NEW FEATURES:
- NEW MODE: NEW GAME PLUS! (more info below)
- Swarm Queen now has Steam trading cards and badges!
- Now includes a "Swarmpedia" (on the map screen) with info on unlocked minions and basic game mechanics.
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:
Each level now shows which minions are unlocked for that level. This is a much-requested feature that should help with replaying previously-completed levels. (also shows in the "Escape" menu in-game)
CHANGES TO UPGRADES:
- The "REVENGE" upgrades used to only trigger when your Queen fell below 25% health, making them useless if you want to 3-star a level. They now all trigger when EITHER Queen falls below 50% health.
- The upgrades menu has been redone.
BALANCE UPDATES:
- Level 11: Enemy no longer has access to Spewers, Neurotoxin or Bio-Nuke.
MISC CHANGES:
- Various minor menu/map/settings screen visual improvements.
- The Twitch.tv gimmick that nobody uses should look less cluttered (names are half the size, and only for your own minions)
- The "Challenge Levels" screen has been redone.
BUG FIXES:
- Challenge level: "Survival": Enemy wasn't actually getting extra nectar.
- Challenge level: "Super Wormy": Wormy-speed carried over into regular levels.
- Challenge level: "Infinite Nectar" (hard mode): Slow mutations carried over into regular levels.
- Challenge level: "Silly Speed": The enemy Swarm Queen would randomly become unable to take damage.
- All levels: Wormy was doing extra damage to you on "Hard" difficulty (unintended).
NEW GAME PLUS DETAILS:
If you have a save file with the campaign completed (level 21), you can now start a "NEW GAME PLUS". Play through the campaign again with:
- Lots of extra nectar for both Swarm Queens.
- This applies to (most) challenge levels, too.
- Skip level 1.
A lot of people's favorite level is "Infinite Nectar". I think it highlights the best part about Swarm Queen; big battles with tons of minions, projectiles, and particles flying everything. So that's exactly what this New Game Plus mode allows, while keeping the core gameplay; more nectar equals more stuff on the battlefield.