Hello, I am happy to announce a major content update.
New Enemies
There are 6 new enemies that will be encountered during your missions:
- Spike Bois: Does an area of attack when near the player
- Gas Mobs: Leaves behind a toxic gas cloud on death
- Gas Trailers: Constantly lays down toxic gas along its path
- Egg Layers: Periodically lays eggs at its location
- Egg: Static obstacles that will hatch a hatchling after 10 secs
- Hatchling: Quick but weak seeker mobs
New Bosses
Added two new bosses in addition to the Portal Worm:
- Gas Overlord: Like the Gas Trailer, will leave toxic gas in its wake and also will spawn gas clouds surrounding the player.
- Hatchery Queen: Like the egg layer, will periodically lay eggs at its location and will go into overdrive and spawn a litter of eggs.
New Stages
There are now 5 stages with unique environmental attributes.
Tranquil Point: Standard starting stage
Refinery Alpha: Has mining stations that can be capped for credits and level-ups.
Anchor Belt: Large asteroid field.
Tempest Break: Has ion clouds that overcharge your ship and slow enemies.
Blood Rust: Full of visibility-blocking clouds.
New Mechanic: Overcharge
Added a new mechanic called Overcharge, certain environmental or cards will overcharge your ship if near the specified area. Overcharged ships will fire their weapons at 3x at near full charge, but if the meter reaches full, you will take 1 armor damage.
Examples:
- Stay near projectile orb or ion fence to gain overcharge
- Gain overcharge when over a burning area
New Ships
Added 3 new ships to the shipyard in addition to the Carrier and Scout:
- Nova: Fires a repulsor whenever an exp gem is picked up
- Cloaker: Phase through enemies when boosting
- Battleship: Gains a level whenever armor is damaged
Other Changes / Bug Fixes
- Fixed space chicken off-screen indicator still showing for used chickens
- Made off-screen indicators more visible
- Fixed projectile size upgrades making projectiles invisible
- Fixed credit rewards when all cards unlocked
- Shields now collide with asteroids.
Early Access
Please try out the new content in the free demo and let me know if you spot any issues. With these new changes debugged, we will be approaching early access launch soon! Thanks for your support!