- Hotfix #12 - 26 June 2023
The game is finally playable again after fixing some backend issues ːsteamhappyː. I fixed some other small issues as well, which are listed below. It's been a while since I worked on this game, so I hope no issues pop-up, but if there are any don't hesitate to send me a message or post in the forums! Make sure to join The Mutational discord to find some games: Invitation link: https://discord.gg/35SrPWy Patch notes: Reduced the difficulty of the default level before wave 15 Slightly increased the difficulty for the default level after wave 15 Fixed the discord logo not being hidden when opening a menu Fixed V-Sync to disable after changing the graphics settings, even if it was shown as enabled in the settings menu Fixed the DUO leaderboard highscores not being shown correctly Massively increased the performance of all GUI screens (Settings, Perk select, matchmaking etc.) V-Sync is now e…
- Quality Of Life Update #1 - 1 October 2021
Hey, all! It has been a while for sure ːcleanhourglassː. I hope you are all doing okay, wishing you the best! I have been busy with a lot of stuff lately, but I have finally been able to finish this update for The Mutational. It contains a lot of bug fixes and quality of life changes, as well as a revamped tutorial. I also started working on a patch with some new actual content and bug fixes for multiplayer, which I hope to finish soon. Hope you all enjoy it! ːlunar2019piginablanketː PS: Make sure to join our discord! Invitation link: https://discord.gg/35SrPWy Patch notes: Keys listed in the tutorial text are now marked in yellow. Buildings you have to place during the tutorial are now marked in orange. Resized tutorial window to be more readable. Rewritten some tutorial text to be more concise. The repair all button is now hidden iff there is nothing to repair. Increased the size of t…
- Hotfix #11 - 27 April 2020
A small follow up patch on hotfix #10. Mainly fixing some small balance issues as well as a couple of bugs. Make sure to join The Mutational discord to find some games: Invitation link: https://discord.gg/35SrPWy Patch notes: You now earn a bit more money on all 'Defend' levels. Slightly reduced the enemy spawn rate on all 'Defend' levels. Fixed some invisible barrels on the endless map. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. If you place a lot of drones they might act a bit wonky/fly into each other. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix #10 - 27 April 2020
A new update for The Mutational is now live! Introducing a lot of quality of life improvements and balance changes. Overall it should be a bit easier to reach wave 15 and it should be easier in general when playing multiplayer (especially in a 3 or 4 player team). Also make sure to join The Mutational discord to find some games! Invitation link: https://discord.gg/35SrPWy Patch notes: The Mutational discord is now advertised in-game. You can now place a building multiple times by holding the 'Keep Building/Upgrading' key. (default ) There now appears an arrow in front of a beamer in the shooting direction when placing it. You can no longer place buildings inside the redzone of levels. Reduced audio volume of rockets/barrels. Removed the increased enemy Speed when playing multiplayer, it's now the same as in singleplayer. Reduced the increased enemy HP when playing multiplayer, it's now…
- Hotfix #9 - 9 April 2020
This patch includes one small bug fix and two new perks for the charity dlc! Patch notes: Added a new perk 'Cashback' that unlocks when owning the charity DLC. Added a new perk 'Hunter' that unlocks when owning the charity DLC. Fixed an issue that caused the wrong perk to unlock when reaching wave 15 in the level 'double lion' Some general performance improvements for later waves. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. If you place a lot of drones they might act a bit wonky/fly into each other. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix #8 - 16 March 2020
This patch mainly fixes some issues that were introduced last patch, but also includes small balance changes and a couple bug fixes for older issues. The leaderboard now also shows both players of a duo, instead of only one player! Patch notes: The Duo Leaderboard now shows the names of both players that achieved the highscore. The Leaderboard now only shows the first 18 characters of a steamname to make sure that there is always enough space. Enemy HP bonus increases slightly faster after wave 15. Reduced repair costs by 12.50% Fixed an issue that caused rockets to fly into the ground when being launched at an enemy that was too close. Fixed an issue that caused rockets to keep flying/circling above an enemy. Fixed an issue that caused the default pistol to appear inside another weapon when picking up a weapon from a holospawner in multiplayer. Fixed an issue that caused holospawners n…
- Content Patch #1 - 16 March 2020
The first content patch of The Mutational launches today! It introduces 2 new perks and a option to delete your turrets. Patch notes: Added a new perk, you can unlock it by playing Defend on 'Simple Path' and reaching level fiftheen. 'Foritfy: Barricades regenerate 15% of their HP after each wave.' Added a new perk to the Charity Bundle: 'Strong Man: Increases your own damage output by 10% every wave.' You can now delete turrets that you have placed. 80% of the original purchase price minus any repair costs will be refunded. (Press 'i' while hovering over a turret to delete it) Repair costs are now calculated based on the original purchase price, instead of only on the amount of HP lost. The 'Repair All' button no longer repairs some random turrets when you don't have enough money to repair all turrets, instead it stops working and gives you an error. Increased the price of the microwav…
- Hotfix 7 - 15 February 2020
Some balance changes and an important fix in this patch. Patch notes: Increased the 'sniper turret' shot frequency. (+100%) Increased the 'wiper turret' shot frequency. (+100%) Increased damage of the 'normal turret'. (+25%) Fixed an issue that could leave players to be unable to connect to a multiplayer match. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix 6 - 15 February 2020
A small patch today that adds some tooltips for beginning players and applies some balance changes. Patch notes: Reduced HP of several bosses. Boss enemy now only spawns in wave 15 (instead of 15 and 12) in the level endless. Reduced HP bonus that got applied to enemies when playing multiplayer. Reduced Speed bonus that got applied to enemies when playing multiplayer. Added a new tooltip that appears when you don't place any barricades. Added a new tooltip that appears when you don't place any turrets that do splash damage. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix 5 - 14 February 2020
Fixing some issues with perk rewards. Patch notes: Fixed an issue that caused players to receive the wrong perks when completing the level "endless". Fixed an issue that caused players to receive the wrong perks when completing the level "Crazy Six". Fixed an issue that caused players to receive the wrong perks when completing the level "Double Lion". If you missed perks because you the completed the level "Endless" previously you should have received them now. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix 4 - 14 February 2020
Another small patch today, mainly some balance changes. Patch notes: Enemy HP goes up faster after wave 15 in the level 'endless'. Enemy HP goes up slower until wave 15 in the level 'endless'. Increased the damage dealt by the 'normal turret'. (+30%). Decreased the damage dealt by the 'Rocket Launcher'. (-10%). Increased price of mines (from $3 to $4.50). Reduced range and damage of nuke meat. Reduced boss wave enemy hp bonus (from 60% to 30%) Fixed an issue that could cause a wave to start when pressing the spacebar (Activating a hashtag). Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preventing you from seeing certain GUI elements). You can manually drag the window up to make these elements visible again. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- Hotfix 3 - 13 February 2020
A small patch today fixing a big issue in the "Quad Lion" level and problems with multiplayer among other things! Patch notes: Enemy HP goes up faster after wave 15. Reduced Bomb Turret damage and shot speed. Reduced "Bomb" perk damage increase to 2x (from 2.25x). Fixed an issue that caused zombies not to move in the level "Quad Lion". Fixed an issue that caused the lions being wrongly oriented in the level "Quadruple Path". Fixed an issue that caused the buy menu not to appear for some players in multiplayer. Fixed an issue that caused players to sometimes have the wrong skin texture in multiplayer. Fixed an issue that caused the health bar not to work for some players in multiplayer. Fixed an issue that caused players to sometimes not earn any money in multiplayer. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preve…
- Hotfix 2 - 12 February 2020
One day after launch and there have already been played more than 2000 waves! And many more zombies have been killed. Today there is a small patch with some much needed balance changes and fixes. There will be a content patch soon with some QOL features. Patch notes: Some small balance changes to all path levels, they have been made easier in general. Reduced movement speed of enemies on path levels. Reduced the max movement speed of enemies on all levels. Increased the difficulty of the hard mode. Reduced "Bomb" perk damage increase to 2.25x (from 3x). Slightly decreased the damage output of the grenade launcher weapon. Slightly increased the damage output of all other weapons. Fixed an issue that caused dragons not to fly for some players when playing multiplayer. Known Issues: When playing in windowed mode the bottom of the game window might be covered by the windows task bar (preven…
- The Mutational - Hotfix 1 - 11 February 2020
Hotfix The small hotfix that was announced earlier today is now live. Patch notes: Some small balance changes in the level "Crazy Six" A new option to disable tooltips in the settings menu A new tooltip for the rocket launcher! Weapon Spawners in the tutorial now always spawn a flamethrower. Fixed an issue that caused private games to sometimes not function properly. Fixed an issue that caused a stuck screen when trying to join a multiplayer game. Fixed an issue that could leave players unable to join any multiplayer games. Fixed an issue that caused joining a multiplayer game to fail roughly 1 in 20 times. Fixed an issue that caused the Turret stats menu to not work in the level "Crazy Six". Fixed an issue that caused most achievements to not be unlockable. Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
- The Mutational - Launch - 10 February 2020
Launch The Mutational is now officially live! After working on it for quite a while it's now available for free on steam. So play a match with your friends and let me know what you think. Hotfix I am currently working on a (small) hotfix that includes a number of fixes: Display a message on the client when the hosts leaves (so you know you can't keep playing). Display a small tool-tip for certain weapons (like the rocket launcher). 4 out of 5 achievements are currently not working. Some small balance changes in a couple levels. This hotfix will (hopefully) launch in a few hours! Have fun playing, Oesterseks Wolboer
