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Medium-size update - batteries and upgrades

This update fixes some common criticism about upgrades, should greatly help with onboarding new players about the battery mechanics, and also adds a few augments with a fun, active playstyle in the process.

The game now has almost 80 total augments, which is nice.

upgrades:

  • upgrades now show text vaguely describing what the upgrade does

pickups:

  • upgrade pickups that drop from beating elites no longer expire
  • other pickups fade slightly over their lifetime to indicate they will go away

batteries:

  • BDC warning about bad things that happen when you run of of juice are now more visible
  • lack of juice kills you more slowly

new augments:

  • overcharge
  • explosive charge
  • extra oomph
  • artemis accumulator
  • celebration
  • brood batteries
  • one with the brood

balance

  • lategame bossess have somewhat more HP

+ minor improvements to sound and graphics