This update is about how the game feels. Every kill hits harder, streaks are now rewarded, and the game speaks one more language.

💥 Impact Overhaul

• Hit-stop — the world freezes for a split second on heavy impacts. Critical hits, elite kills and especially boss deaths now land with real weight.
• Shockwaves — kills leave expanding energy rings behind. Boss deaths trigger a layered triple blast.

🔥 Combo System

Chain your kills to build a combo counter. The streak escalates through colour tiers at x10, x25, x50 and x100, each with its own screen punch. Keeping a streak alive grants bonus XP — aggression is now rewarded, but the window is short, so you have to keep pushing into the swarm.

🌍 Russian Language Support

NOVASWARM is now fully localized in Русский — every menu, weapon, objective, boss name and description. That brings the total to five languages: English, Türkçe, 简体中文, Español and Русский.

🔧 Fixes

• Fixed a few UI strings that stayed in Turkish while playing in other languages
• Removed the Steam diagnostic panel from the settings menu

Thanks for playing — keep the streak alive.