🚨 I've checked myself as best I can, but if this update causes you to be unable to reach the main menu or some other major bug, please LET ME KNOW in the Discord and I will fix it ASAP! 🚨
EDIT 1: Perk menu fixed!
EDIT 2: I'm aware of a bug preventing players from adding weapon mods when they should be able to sometimes, as well as a bug that can freeze the game - I'll have these fixed as soon as I can!
I've been VERY hard at work setting things up for turret & perk variants, which I would say is "half ready". That required putting the game into a fairly broken state that I needed to "put back together" before I could do another update.
Also, I'm aware of some FPS-related issues (animations playing quicker than they should + FPS not being capped for some people). Working through people's reports best I can! Remember, I'm just one guy doin' his best (while trying to mentally process the recent explosion of the game's popularity).
My next big priorities are (not necessarily in order):
- Improving the early-game experience.
- Performance optimization (both during gameplay and getting rid of the delay when opening some menus).
- Various QoL improvements.
- Maybe getting some turret & perk variants actually ready for release.
For now, you can have:
NEW STUFF:
- 8 New Cosmetics:
- Research → Miscellaneous: "Reveal Unknown Unlock Conditions" (6000 Research) will show the unlock conditions for everything in the CHECKLIST that says "UNLOCK CONDITIONS UNKNOWN". Note that it stops saying that after you unlock that thing regardless, and don't be surprised if some of the game is spoiled to you when those hidden ones are revealed.
CHANGES:
- You'll notice the layout has changed in Research → Miscellaneous - I've made room for future cursor / crosshair / heat style / barrel light additions.
- You'll now receive +500 Research when you obtain an Award (this applies retroactively, so if you've completed 10 Awards, you'll start the game after this update with +5000 Research).
- +5000 Research when you discover your true purpose (also applies retroactively).
- I plan on improving performance where I can a lot more in the future - currently I have it so that projectiles get deleted based on your current framerate. It's a sucky way of handling it that many thought was a bug, so I adjusted the threshold so that there will be more of a performance hit, but much less likelihood that you witness your shots vanishing.
- (new players only) It's now more clear that your first victory is simply completion of the introductory sequence, and it's stated clearly that the goal initially is just to reach wave 30.
- (turret) Demon: Can now use the Tire perk without instantly being destroyed.
FIXES:
- If you only owned one of the new cosmetics, the Cosmetics button wouldn't appear in the TURRETS menu.
- Fixed another bug with the highest wave (survived) being incorrect in RECORDS (anyone that's never proceeded past the VICTORY screen would have only saw 29).
- Various achievement descriptions have been updated (unlock conditions for many things have changed since they were defined).
- Turret descriptions would be based on the heat type of your selected turret instead of the turret you're hovering over (for example, having the Surge turret selected would make the Scorch turret's description make reference to electricity).
- Victory stars weren't displaying on perks in the CHECKLIST menu for roughly half of the perks.
- (weapon) AGGT Stardust Mortar: Now has the Flak icon.
- If you were in a state that you could begin the story ending sequence but reached wave 100, there was a chance you got into a situation where microbes stopped spawning after that point.
FAN ART:
More from @fisch in the Genome Guardian Discord:
(note that the above pic is the greatest thing I've ever seen)