The fifth update for Swarmcade is now live, and it's a major one. Yes, as promised, Stage 2 has arrived!
The map is called Arcadia and is a 30+minute run (to complete all waves and kill the boss). It contains all new enemies, elites and final stage boss. On top of that there are 2 awesome new tracks (composed by Miguelangell960)!
The new stage is a pure love letter to old school arcade gaming (even more so than the first). I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I did making it! And don't be fooled into thinking you've seen the whole level by just the first minutes...
How to unlock Stage 2
To unlock Stage 2, players must survive 5 minutes in Stage 1 (normal). This is not retroactive, so even those of you that have beaten Stage 1 must do this first. Still, this will be extremely easy for anyone with even just a few upgrades and only takes 5 minutes. Stage 2 is a little harder than Stage 1 (even more so on hard difficulty), so it is recommended you have some upgrades under your belt.
Elsewhere in the update, there's a few quality of life tweaks and bug fixes. Full notes follow.
V0.6.0 Patch notes:
- NEW map added, Arcadia
- NEW regular enemies added
- NEW elites added
- NEW boss added
- NEW Music tracks added
- QOL - Added Master Volume setting to options
- QOL - Turned down brightness on some weapons
- QOL - Changed some weapon/item icons
- Tweak - Elite movement improved
- Tweak - Final Boss fights give slightly longer to prepare before spawning
- Tweak - Changed Ultimates' chest spawn logic (now rewarded upon elite kills)
- Balance - Lil Dragons' attack range increased slightly
- Bug fix - Some instances of hearts drops showing incorrectly
- Bug fix - Some incorrect death explosions triggering
- Bug fix - Some crash instances
- NEW - 3 Achievements (requirements): -Survive 30 mins in Stage 2 on Normal -Survive 30 mins in Stage 2 on Hard (unlock hard mode by completing Stage 2 on Normal) -Kill the Stage 2 final boss (any difficulty)