- Version 5.0.0: The Final Update - 10 October 2023
You don't know what you have until it's gone. Answers are found where you don't want to look. Have faith, it gets better as you go. When you don't know what to do, you're in the right place. Everything happens for a reason. Happiness is in the little things. Thank you, Cosmos
- Version 4.3.0 - 15 June 2023
Visual overhaul to backgrounds and enemy sprites XP is now slightly transparent Crystal collect radius increased by roughly 50% Increased enemy speed slightly, but reduced health
- Version 4.2.5: New Visuals and Balance Changes - 14 April 2023
Improved visuals game-wide. Amulet chests now have a marker that indicates where they are even if they aren't on screen. Added XP dropped by enemies that need to be picked up, instead of auto-collecting XP. Upgrades are no longer deferred until after the boss fight. Fixed various crashes. Various UI redesigns. Adjusted various values for primary, secondary, and characters.
- Version 4.2.1: Difficulty Changes - 26 March 2023
Game difficulty has been drastically improved. Enemy health goes from 0.625 to 1.625 to 0.25 to 0.75. Various visual changes. Fixed a crash on the game settings screen. Added new songs with slowed versions. Added new player visuals. A new crystal timer above the crystal requirements meter that counts down over 12 seconds. It resets every time a crystal is collected. If it reaches 0 you die... Match time increased from 1:00 to 8:00 and is now 8:00 across both arenas.
- Added Arleas to credits - 1 March 2023
Added a note about Arleas' help to the credits in game settings
- Version 4.0.0 - 1 March 2023
Various enemy visual tweaks Most late-game enemies have been removed from regular arenas and are instead accessible in the endless mode. Greatly reduced the number of crystals needed to unlock the boss fight I fixed a bug where current mythic text would appear on the reward screen even if there was no current mythic. Amulet chests now drop from regular enemies instead of OSIRIS OSIRIS now shoots his bullets from above down toward the player. These bullets attempt to predict movement. Adjusted enemy health scaling to 0.625 to 1.625 over difficulty levels. (Game was reworked around 1-minute matches, but that's been scrapped)
- 3.2.0 - 3.6.0 - 24 February 2023
Visuals have been changed drastically. Performance improvements. Difficulty levels have been rescaled so that higher-level enemies have less health and lower-level enemies are faster with better AI. Crystal duration is now 5 seconds across all difficulty levels. Increased various enemy sizes by 25-50%. Added tooltips to the terminal command screen. Increased number of crystals needed to unlock the boss fight across both arenas and all difficulty levels. Increased enemy crystal spawn rate. Improved audio sfx. Every enemy in the game has reworked visuals with a new texture. Added 6 customizable "add-on" upgrades that can be bought from the shop with crystals. These upgrades allow you to add clothing items to your character! They are: "Headphones" "Headband" "Helmet" "Rock Helmet" "Cape" "Orb" Implemented the crystal weapon section of the shop. You can now use crystals collected during mat…
- Version 3.1.3 and Version 3.1.2 - 8 February 2023
Added 4 new items to the crystal shop Helmet Rock Helmet Cape Orb Cape can be combined with helmets Fixed visual bug with Scientist's field before matches started Increased tank speed from 0.85 to 0.9 Increased tank health form 6 to 7 Increased tank passive from 20% to 25% Defensive Position Damage Reduction from 30% to 25%
- Version 3.1.1 - 7 February 2023
Fixed bug with scientist field not appearing Fixed potential crash with new crystal customizables Added new "headband" customizable in the shop for 400 crystals Updated visuals to be less dark and more easy to see Fixed mercenary color visuals
- Version 3.1.0: Player Skins, Crystal Friend, Parallax Background, and more - 5 February 2023
Added a new crystal section to the shop where you can spend crystals you collect in battle. Added new "headphones" player skin that can be bought with crystals. Added a new crystal friend that fights above you and shoots bullets at nearby enemies. You'll be able to spend crystals to change him (coming soon). Added a scrolling parallax background to the arena which helps give a sense of direction Fixed a bug where ghost phase state visuals wouldn't play properly Fixed a bug with borken wasd achievement not triggering properly Fixed a bug where exiting the pause menu with the terminal open would cause the game to break Fixed a bug where teleporting characters were confined by the previous arena's teleportation limits. Fixed a bug where amulet chests were confined by the previous arena's limits. Fixed visual bugs with certain title scene skins not appearing properly Various QOL improvement…
- Feb 4 - 4 February 2023
Added controller deadzone Fixed a bug where the game would break after pausing with the terminal open Crystals now disappear after the max amount has been reached and a "bossfight unlocked!" text appears.
- Feb 4 - 4 February 2023
Changed cursor trail visuals to no longer affect player UI with the recent visual changes Also, updated various UI elements in menu screens
- Feb 2 - 2 February 2023
Fixed various enemy spawning bugs
- Version 3.0.0: Infinite Map and Crystals - 2 February 2023
Both Ether and Maroon Fog are now infinite-scrolling maps. Arena variations have been removed. This also means slight visual adjustments and overall performance improvements. Added new crystal mechanic and indicators at the top of the screen alongside other minor UI redesigns. Enemies have a random chance to drop crystals when they die. Crystals have to be picked up by walking over them. You must collect a certain number of crystals before the end of the match otherwise you won't enter the final boss fight. Super-dash is no longer infinite and has been changed to simply be a longer dash. Movement deceleration has also been tweaked. Enemy health scaling increased from 0.35 - 1.25 to 0.35 - 1.85. Enemy speed scaling increased from 1.0 - 1.5. Changed the ruby amulet fire visuals. Fixed some bugs with drillers and tris not properly locking on to the player's position after spawning.
- Version 2.8.1: New Enemy Spawning and AI - 30 January 2023
Enemy spawning is now map-wide and indicated by an X. This should help the game feel more dynamic. Enemy AI is now more group-oriented and predicts the player better. Increase color batching which increases performance. Changed frenzy sfx. Changed gold cube sfx. Changed Octo sfx. Various audio mixing changes.
- Jan 29 - 29 January 2023
Fixed laser and frenzy cube crash introduced in performance optimizations last patch Adjust various audio effects and gold cubes now have a new hit sound
- Version 2.8.0: Hyper Mode - 29 January 2023
Added a new hyper and uber-hyper mode that increases game speed by 25% and 100% respectively. Note: this isn't just a movement speed increase, it's an increase in game clock speed. Added two new achievements based on the new hyper modes. Fixed a crash that occurred in Maroon Fog when blue goo balls spawned in. Fixed a crash that occurred at the end of a Maroon Fog match. OSIRIS now has altered and more lifelike horizontal tracking of the player. Guardian cube, evolved goo ball, blue goo ball, and gold goo ball visuals have been changed. Guardian cube health, shield health, speed, acceleration, and size have been increased. Decreased upgraded cube hitbox size and health. Fixed blue and gold goo balls looking weird when damaged. Increased blue goo ball health. Increased gold goo ball health and acceleration. Frenzy cube now fires less bullets a shot, but bullets are faster and last for a…
- Maroon Fog Fixes - 29 January 2023
Improved performance on maroon fog 7 minutes+ Fixed a Maroon Fog crash that could occur when instancing blue goo balls later in the match Fixed a maroon fog crash that occurred when beating maroon fog Change gravity cube gravity well visuals Changed Mega Diamond Visuals Changed Penta Laser visuals and reduced rotation speed Penta health from 500 to 350 Reduced giant upgraded cube size from 1.0 to 0.75 and health from 50 to 25 Frenzy cube health from 150 to 100 and increased speed Increased guardian cube health from 15 to 20 and shield health from 3 to 10 Guardian cube speed from 800 to 1000 and acceleration from 1600 to 2000
- Jan 28 - New Ui Visuals And Bugfixes - 28 January 2023
Updated UI Visuals Updated Maroon Fog Visuals Slightly Fixed tank heal ability not retriggering Increased tank and scientist movement speed Scientist now deals 10% less damage and field deals slightly less damage at a slower tick rate Scientist health from 5 to 4 Tank health from 8 to 6 Tank damage reduction from 65% to 35% Tank damage reduction now stacks with Defensive Position Fixed a bug where endless mode could carry between arenas if not unlocked in one already Fixed various mythic perks not properly applying. Fixed the "healing" mythic perk from stacking endlessly Fixed healing from potentially causing the damage animation to play Fixed player health sometimes not fully resetting after a game
- Version 2.7.5: New Visuals And Endgame Re-balancing - 27 January 2023
Updated visuals with a Desaturated style that lets through shades of red with background lightning vfx. Enemy health now scales from 0.35 to 1.25 instead of 0.35 to 1.6 across kernel levels. Enemy damage now scales from 0.5 to 1.0 instead of 0.5 to 1.5 across kernel levels. Osiris' health at higher kernel levels has been significantly reduced. Changed Carbon and Obsidian Octo Sfx to match standard Octo. Laser cube laser has an increased startup time but deals more damage and spins faster. Enemy AI is now more powerful at lower kernel levels and scales less harshly over kernel levels. Fixed a bug where switching from controller mode to keyboard mode while the game was active would cause problems with custom controls loading. Nerfed mega diamond health. Nerfed driller and mini driller health. Mini drillers now more closely follow the player before dashing. Nerfed sapphire hit chance and d…
