- Update 5.5 - 21 September 2026
welcome to the biggest update yet! update 5.5 is reworking the whole game! i listened to feedback :)CONTENTnew main menuui rework (cleaner design)new indicator placement for upgrades and ammoHEAT MECHANICusing commands now generates heat, too much heat causes commands to be disabled. \dev note: this was added because players kept spamming commands and reaching scores that even broke the 32 bit integer limit (lol)]added new drive update "ThermalDissipator" (faster cooling when overheating)added new drive update "SpeedLoader" (flak gun shoots faster)added new upgrade "deadzone"CHANGESemp rockets now always give you 1 energy on defeathard mode enemy spawn rate climb is now slowerall abilities that give you score now scale with multipliers/comboadded an amount indicator for ammo types in the "Ammo'" shopmade leaderboard entries clickable to view steam profileyou can now view older seasons o…
- Update 5.4 - 14 September 2026
CONTENTadded new hidden achievementBUG FIXESfixed pressing TAB in the upgrade menu causing the game to unpause
- Update 5.35 - 14 September 2026
BUG FIXESfixed a bug causing the browser menu to disappear when starting a bossfightCHANGESall epic homing upgrades like bouncehoming or emphoming now add 1 energy cost to the commandchanged all fonts in the game to the same retro computer esque font
- Update 5.3 - 10 September 2026
CONTENTadded new highgrade "preperation"added new drive update "Acquisitory Compiler"
- Update 5.2 - 18 August 2026
you felt like you did NOT have enough control over your system? no administrator access? well:CONTENTadded an update window/shopselect an available update from the list and install it with bought storage spaceadded an info window
- Update 5.15 - 12 August 2026
CHANGESadded a popup-window when beating easy mode, with an option to leave and swap to hard mode or stay in the last (infinite) wavechanged the difficulty for energy trade upgrades -> difficulty/energy before: 3/5, 5/10, 7/15, 10/20 and 15/25 now -> 5/10, 8/20, 10/30, 12/40 and 14/50 (this makes higher tiers actually more efficient, before it was literally bs)added a new visual indicator for the red end-boss of easy modeBUG FIXESfixed a layering issue where rockets would clip through uifixed an upgrade's icon being missing
- Update 5.1 - 10 August 2026
CONTENTleaderboard reset - season 6 startedadded new achievement "bouncer"added new upgrade "weakchain"
- Update 5.0 - 9 August 2026
well, i bet you did not expect a GIANT update this soon, well, enjoy :)CONTENTreplaced the old first boss with a new one:this boss is protecting close rockets, making them invincible until you defeat it. /emp can also disable the guarding effectadded new upgrade "scorecounter"added new upgrade "letterscore"added new upgrade "comboenergy"added new upgrade "scorerocket"new highgrade "planev2"new highgrade "tesla"added new random event "air support"the red end boss of easy mode now splits into 4 normal rockets when defeatedCHANGESadded glow to the browser menutext of bosses now has a higher layer / is above small rocketsBUG FIXESfixed the rotation of homing rockets
- Update 4.9 - 29 July 2026
CONTENTadded new modifier "extraction"REWORKSthe game no longer limit's you to one upgrade per kill. killing bosses can now grant multiple upgrades if they give enough scoreCHANGESthe "EMPloyee" upgrade now needs 1 energy per shotadded icons for the selected modifier
- Update 4.8 - 27 July 2026
hello! it seems like you get upgrades a bit too often, especially later on / when having a god run. to counter that, and use upgrades more as rewards, i made these changes:CHANGESrockets now give score based on how hard they are to kill and not their sizethe additional score requirement for every new level is doubled (new level before: \ + 5 score per level. now: \ + 10 score per level)emp effects now remove shields off shielded enemies, but don't freeze them on the first usethe emp interceptor highgrade now requires 25 energy instead of 10CONTENTadded new upgrade "directscore"BUG FIXESfixed the issue of the vignette effect hiding buttons in the settings menu
- Update 4.7 - 25 July 2026
CHANGES/install:virus now only halves the rocket speed on the first use, after a rocket is infected, it slows only 10%/install:virus now costs 15 energy/shockwave now costs 25 energy
- Update 4.65 - 23 July 2026
CHANGESdouble pressing backspace very fast now erases all inputBUG FIXESfixed an issue where the upgrade menu could be activated in the browser or settings menufixed the coderocket's code only being registered in lowercasefixed the settings menu not showing up when pressing escape in the main menu
- Update 4.6 - 22 July 2026
CHANGESthe command auto-deploy upgrade now requires 2x the energy cost of commandschanged the look of the tutorial popup boxesyou can now press escape to close the browser menuBUG FIXESthe game now does register the first input in a run
- Update 4.55 - 15 July 2026
CONTENTadded a "simple font" option (it looks shit, but it's for dyslexia)BUG FIXESfixed the bug of money gained by killing certain enemies / with certain upgrades not being displayed correctly
- Update 4.5 - 10 July 2026
Welcome to the biggest update since 2.0! 4.5! It's been a fun journey from release to now, but i am far away from being happy with how the game is. so:CONTENTadded new command "/flares"added upgrade "hackflares"added upgrade "emergency directive"added upgrade "wavecombo"added upgrade "laser designator"added new difficulty multiplier slider for hard mode. the multiplier affects enemy spawn rate as well as your score. just hole and drag the number with your mouse to change the value!CHANGESreworked the rockets movement with new smooth rotationthe /command list on the left now only appears when writing a commandyou can now remove all commands except one from the upgrade poolthe upgrade "halffocus" now grants you 3 energy and 15% focus per kill during focus instead of 1. before, nobody would pick that for halving your focusthe upgrade "scatter v2" is now epic instead of rarethe fighter jet…
- Update 4.4 - 2 July 2026
CONTENTadded new upgrade "black hole"CHANGESall commands are now unlocked from start when bought, but you CAN remove commands from the pool with a tickboxthe tutorial has been reworked to better explain game mechanicsBUG FIXESfixed /arty not working with auto confirm
- Update 4.3 - 29 June 2026
CONTENTadded an option to automatically confirm inputthis option was added to allow players with bad typing skills to navigate their fingers over the keyboard more smoothly, allowing a better gameplay experience
- Update 4.25 - 25 June 2026
opening the settings while in upgrade mode no longer unpauses the game in the background
- Update 4.2 - 19 June 2026
CONTENTadded new modifier
- Update 4.1 - 15 June 2026
CHANGESchanged enemy pool:increased spawn rate of emp rockets in early waves in easy mode, to help players. and adjusted the entire enemy pool of easy mode to balance out the variety a little betteradded number rocket to hard modeadded more info to the "control info" screen in the settingsdecreased the sizes of the bosses to improve the visual style of the game
