The battlefield is becoming more polished, more rewarding, and more dangerous.

Version 1.0.21 focuses on major user interface improvements, controller support enhancements, mutation progression updates, performance optimizations, and additional visual polish throughout the game.

User Interface Overhaul

HUD Improvements

• Completely revamped UI for Money, Gold, Player Level, and Round information

• Round progress now displays more clearly

• Updated Money and Gold HUD sprites

• Money, Gold, and XP values now smoothly count up instead of updating instantly

• Fixed round displays showing decimal values

Menu & Controller Improvements

• Controller sticks can now navigate all menus

• Improved pause menu navigation

• Updated button prompts on the character selection screen

• Fixed controller cursor snapping to mouse position while using a gamepad

• Fixed incorrect player indicators appearing on menu cursors

• Load Game option now only appears when save data exists

Mutation Improvements

Expanded Mutation Rewards

• Mutated enemies now drop 8x the normal Essence reward

• Increased mutation spawn chance

• Mutated enemies become more aggressive during Freeplay

Mutation Visual Fixes

• Fixed Necromaster appearing stretched when mutated

• Fixed incorrect mutated Necromaster sprites

• Mutated Cars now use black crosshair targeting indicators

Gameplay Changes

Character Adjustments

• Increased Sharpy's bullet size at higher upgrade tiers

• Fixed Sharpy's special bullet size inconsistency

Enemy Improvements

• Mechanical enemies now leave behind corpses and mechanical debris when defeated

New Environment

Desertio Dunes

• Added the new Desertio Dunes background

Performance & Optimization

• Re-optimized status effect systems for improved performance

• Optimized room generation code for improved FPS and overall performance

Fixes

• Fixed kills occasionally not being credited to the correct player

• Fixed multiple mutation-related visual issues

• Fixed various controller navigation issues

• Fixed several UI display inconsistencies

• Additional stability, polish, and quality-of-life improvements throughout the game