Major Update 3 - The Anniversary Update:
What an incredible year it has been, and what better way to celebrate it than with a ton of updates crammed into the biggest singular update in PWAG's history!
Dark Deals:
Occasionally you are offered a Tarot Pack in your vending machine. Opening the pack replaces your next machine with a Major Arcana Shop, which grants you access to the strongest items in the game. But these items come with the drawback of adding more foes to the enemy ranks, so use their power cautiously.
- New Item: Tarot Pack - Replaces next shop with tarot offering
- New: Tarot Card - Death
- New: Tarot Card - Temperance
- New: Tarot Card - The Devil
- New: Tarot Card - The Hermit
- New: Tarot Card - The High Priestess
- New: Tarot Card - The Fool
- New: Tarot Card - The Emperor
- New: Tarot Card - The Empress
- New: Tarot Card - The Magician
- New: Tarot Card - The Sun
- New: Tarot Card - The Tower
- New: Tarot Card - Wheel of Fortune
Collab Update:
Collab 1 - BassKnightVA:
PWAG has a super serious and intense lore to the game, so to help emphasis this BassKnight is assisting by adding voice acting to the game! You will get to hear them announce the cover, intro sequence, and the true ending of the game. They are extremely talented, and hearing them voice this game has been such a wonderful experience! And I believe that you too will get to feel the gravity behind Father Garcia’s fight brought to life by their voice acting!
Collab 2 - RossBoomSocks:
Ross is a streamer I have watched for the past 8 years of my life, so getting his permission to add his mascot to PWAG was huge news to me. Somewhere in the park you will be able to find a drawer, where you can recruit Sockrates to aid in the fight against evil. Sockrates will somewhat function as a mix between a recruited stray animal (like the dog) and an item, in that he is leveled up via the vending machine.
Polish Update Part 2:
- New: Item inventory (hover over an item to see what it does!)
- New: Vending Machine UI now looks like a vending machine
- New: See your real-time stats while in shops
- New: HUD has Wave Progress bar to indicate remaining enemies
- QOL: Controls are displayed under HUD icons
- QOL: The Pause menu now displays random hints
- QOL: Reticle indicates who you are targeting in auto-aim mode
- QOL: Wave and Enemy display improved to be more visually pleasing
- QOL: Intro sequence reworked to be more visually pleasing
- QOL: Important text is outlined to be more legible
Strays Update:
- New: Stray Cat - Flies around on a broom and rapidly scratches enemies
- New: Stray Raccoon - Rummages through trash cans to retrieve items for you
- Balance: Stray Dog costs less money to feed
- QOL: Stray Dog’s bowl is more visible
- QOL: Strays’ level up locations are where you rescue them from (instead of by the vending machine)
The Town Update:
Occasionally your bus pass will appear in the vending machine. Buy it to visit town at the end of the wave!
- New: The Casino - Let’s go gambling!
- New: The Gun Smith - Upgrade core stats of your gun for the run
- New: The Shooting Range - Test your damage output on dummies
- New: The Pond - A stranded imp needs help
General & Bugs:
- New Gun: Blessed Beehive (suggested by hoze424)
- New Achievement: Join the Sock Drawer - Recruit Sockrates
- New Achievement: The Start of a Journey - Recruit the stray cat
- New Achievement: Pain Delivery Service - Reach max level with the stray cat
- New Achievement: One Man’s Trash… - Recruit the stray raccoon
- New Achievement: Master Thief - Reach max level with the stray raccoon
- New Achievement: Let’s Go Gambling! - Visit the Casino in town
- New Achievement: Call it an Investment - Use the ATM to go into debt
- New Achievement: Bee Keeper - Win using the beehive
- New Achievement: But What Did it Cost? - Accept a Tarot Card deal
- Balance: Increased starting stats of Disciple difficulty
- Balance: Increased starting stats of Priest difficulty
- Balance: Warlocks shoot less bullets
- Balance: RolliBullies no longer are immune to damage while rolling and instead resist damage while rolling
- Balance: All on-hits can apply Rootbeer, but its chance to spawn is lower
- Balance: Secret Lamp boss can no longer spawn during initial waves of the game
- Bug Fix: Pausing no longer has a slight delay
- Bug Fix: Healing before vending machine no longer causes a super loud noise
- Bug Fix: Rootbeer no longer spawns a root per game frame on hit
Lastly, a message to you as a player.
Hey vending machine enthusiast! Whether you have dumped hours into this game or have never played it and are just reading this for some reason, thank you. Thank you for the time you have given my game out of all the vast amount of games on Steam. This game is jank and goofy and at times confusing, but it was a blast to make and I hope you’ve had fun playing it! I’m thankful for the support that I’ve gotten and for all the people who have showed their excitement throughout this journey. Thank you for a great year!
That’s all for now! Stay safe, and good luck with your next vending machine run!