v.56 Cave Spikes and TONs of Changes — Rogue Islands Steam update #363430

Hazardous Islands Our big push right now is to make the islands much more hazardous. With the eventual goal being that just moving across the islands carries with it a high risk of dying. The first step towards that was the addition of thistles; an early introduction to the idea of a hostile environment. Now today we're adding Cave Spikes which spawn in overhangs. If you walk under them, they smash into the ground and blow apart doing massive damage. You can of course knock them off with a well placed shot. So keep your eyes open. Lots more hazards are coming down the pipe. But please let us know in the comments if you have any ideas for cool hazards you'd like to see in the game! Balancing Finally Decent! Balancing is of course always on-going, but in our recent in-house playthroughs we are finding that the balance is really feeling pretty good now. Finally, you can progress through the...