UPDATE 0.6.0 VARIANCE! Variance
Check out 6 new maps, 4 of which CHANGE every time you play them!?!? The rest of the silly story is complete (English only .. for now). Frenzied creeps! New artifact mods, experimental controller mode, and way more!
MORE STORY (English only ... for now)
The rest of the story is now complete, bringing the total number of chapters to 15. You can of course keep playing afterwards. The story was always intended to be a minor goofy feature. I hope you enjoy!
RANDOMIZED MAPS (Experimental)
This update features a new map type (randomized). Random maps are DIFFICULT challenges that change every time you play. Due to their difficulty, you will find them at the very bottom of the map list. Randomized maps have a mixture of authored and generated content. The map still has an overall designed shape and layout, but bridges, tiles, creep types, and other elements are semi-random. Randomized maps have a higher endless score rate compared to static maps.
6 NEW MAPS!
-Relay (Static)
-Shrouded (Static)
-Gnarled (Randomized)
-Astray (Randomized)
-Stacks (Randomized)
-Twisted (Randomized)
EARLY XP RATE CHANGES
I’ve slowed down the level rate a little bit in the early part of the game in hopes of not having the player get overwhelmed with new stuff. This “might” result in some players no longer having access to structures they normally would until they reach the new unlock gate.
ARTIFACT ART CHANGES
The artifact icons that use to look like “a weird thingy” have been changed to simply show the icon for the turret or unit it focuses on.
SCORE BONUS CHANGES
The score bonus rate will be “higher” early on, but will taper off and become harder to increase as the number gets larger. Currently the new value is “roughly” tuned that your score bonus values will only be higher unless you’ve completed all maps with high scores, in which case you may notice a tiny decrease. This change was necessary due to how many new maps are being included every update, all of which can increase your bonus score rate. Now the map list can grow indefinitely without totally breaking the scoring and artifact system.
CONTROLLER MODE (VERY Experimental)
You can enable controller mode from the main options menu. This setting will override various mouse and keyboard functions (for now), so using both modes like some kind of octopus isn’t currently supported (maybe later). I expect this feature will go through quite a few growing pains, hence the experimental state. Please send any bugs or feedback my way (Steam forums, Discord, E-mail, etc).
NEW ARTIFACT MODS
Ground Pounder: Boost Self On Fire (range).
Beam Emitter: Boost Self On Fire (damage).
Ranger Turret: Reverse Time On Hit.
Lag Field: Periodic Self Boost (range).
Flame Turbine: Penetrate Shot.
Brian Jar: Toxic Cloud On Hit.
Chain Bolter: Freeze Wave On Hit.
Snap Trap: Reverse Time On Hit.
Toxic Launcher: Boost Self On Fire (damage).
Mini-You: Toxic Cloud On Hit.
SRM Launcher: Vortex Bomb On Hit
TERMINOLOGY
-All Best Scores now changed to Meta Score.
TWEAKS
-Tweaks to make artifacts tend to pick more related stats.
-All damage and all health artifact stats are highlighted if they effect the target object (artifacts).
-All damage artifact stats now increase the damage of Genocide Strike and Vortex Bomb.
-Loot sort type is now saved.
-Boost tile effects are lifted to appear on top of the walls so you know the booster is underneath.
-Periodic freeze wave artifact for Lag Field rate increased to every 7.5 seconds from 10 seconds.
-Clicking on a selected object while holding shift will now deselect it.
-Slight adjustment to map selection button colors.
-Tweak to “how to play” images (different artifact icons).
-New tips added.
-Tutorial for artifacts is persistently on the artifact menu now.
-Map and artifact scroll bars will remember their positions (note: map scroll will always focus on the next playable map until you have completed all of them).
-Improved leaderboards reporting.
-Bunch of UI tweaks and improvements.
FIXES
-Fixed Toxic Launcher sometimes not being able to hit targets it should.
-Fixed instant reload artifacts sometimes triggering another instant reload, and so on.
-Fixed Bricks sometimes staying on fire forever (rare).
-Fixed periodic artifacts triggering more often than they should be.
-Fixed All best scores (meta score) being one map behind when uploading to the leaderboards.
-Fixed All best scores (meta score) reporting zeros on leaderboards.
-Fixed damage over time types (toxic, fire) not correctly modifying the damage values for creeps that can scale damage (Bricks, Skits). All damage is now modified on contact.
-Fixed case where sometimes artifacts would generate the same item.
-Fixed some missing Japanese story dialog.
-Fixed a few cases where victory score would read as victory XP.