Added new map Hallows’ Grove where you defend pumpkin groves that power magic cauldrons that summon Ether Paladins to aid you
Added Halloween themes to all maps (excluding Christmas)
Added spooky sounds and music
Added Jack-o’-lantern bombs in place of Powder Kegs
Added Orc Beastmaster, summons demon hounds
Added restless souls, when villagers are killed, they can become a ghost and haunt the living until they reach a cemetery, also takes a population slot
Added Ether Paladin that will spawn from cemetery once enough restless souls are collected
Added a monster counter under wave timer to show total number of creatures attacking
Added over 30 new sounds effects
Improvements:
Improved performance and frame rates
Improved monster spawner to be more aggressive, and to use large groups when attacking
Improved radar, now easier to see enemies
Improved campaign map, moved bonus maps to left side
Improved effect of higher level monsters and villagers, now have stars under their feet
Improved buildings to have light emitting from windows
Improved cursor with custom image
Improved particle effects on many of the towers
Improved turn rate of AI controlled agents
Improved animations to better match movement and actions
Improved graphics by adding glow to lights and reflective objects (may be toggled in options)
Improved powder kegs/jack-o-lantern bombs by adding range ring
Improved static spire’s enemy detection
Removed structures from build list when it would conflict with map objectives
Improved many of the shaders
Balance Changes:
Made event maps playable independent of campaign progress
Slightly reduced income rate on Muir
Decreased damage on Flame Shrine level 1 from 50 to 40
Increased damage on Flame Shrine level 2 from 50 to 65
Bug fixes:
Fixed bug where player would sometimes auto-attack when trying to run away
Fixed bug with shadows on map Shadestone
Added short splash screen on start so steam was causing game window to be in background because it took too long on startup
Fixed normal map problem on some terrain textures
Fixed bug that would prevent villagers from attacking hostile animals
Fixed bug where voices were not using the voice slider in options
Fixed bug with slow shrines that would sometimes allow mobs through without effects