relay switch

bug fix - grower mob becoming immune to damage when shielded and growing bigger than shield

relay switch - toggles ON/OFF when you pick up a power up
tech: ice IX condenser - if ON make a couple Ice IX crystals every second

js/bullet.js

@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ const b = {
             restitution: 0.3,
             dmg: 0.29, //damage done in addition to the damage from momentum
             lookFrequency: 14 + Math.floor(8 * Math.random()),
-            endCycle: simulation.cycle + 120 * tech.isBulletsLastLonger, //Math.floor((1200 + 420 * Math.random()) * tech.isBulletsLastLonger),
+            endCycle: simulation.cycle + 140 * tech.isBulletsLastLonger,
             classType: "bullet",
             collisionFilter: {
                 category: cat.bullet,
@@ -4066,8 +4066,16 @@ const b = {
             ammoPack: 36,
             have: false,
             fire() {
-                m.fireCDcycle = m.cycle + Math.floor((m.crouch ? 15 : 5) * b.fireCD); // cool down
+                let radius, spread
-                const radius = (m.crouch ? 10 + 5 * Math.random() : 4 + 6 * Math.random()) + (tech.isAmmoFoamSize && this.ammo < 300) * 12
+                if (m.crouch) {
+                    spread = 0.2 * (Math.random() - 0.5)
+                    radius = 10 + 5 * Math.random() + (tech.isAmmoFoamSize && this.ammo < 300) * 12
+                    m.fireCDcycle = m.cycle + Math.floor(15 * b.fireCD); // cool down
+                } else {
+                    spread = 0.5 * (Math.random() - 0.5)
+                    radius = 4 + 6 * Math.random() + (tech.isAmmoFoamSize && this.ammo < 300) * 12
+                    m.fireCDcycle = m.cycle + Math.floor(5 * b.fireCD); // cool down
+                }
                 const SPEED = 18 - radius * 0.4;
                 const dir = m.angle + 0.15 * (Math.random() - 0.5)
                 const velocity = {
@@ -4088,12 +4096,12 @@ const b = {
                     });
                     setTimeout(() => {
                         if (!simulation.paused) {
-                            b.foam(position, Vector.rotate(velocity, 0.5 * (Math.random() - 0.5)), radius)
+                            b.foam(position, Vector.rotate(velocity, spread), radius)
                             bullet[bullet.length - 1].damage = (1 + 1.27 * tech.foamFutureFire) * (tech.isFastFoam ? 0.048 : 0.012) //double damage
                         }
                     }, 250 * tech.foamFutureFire);
                 } else {
-                    b.foam(position, Vector.rotate(velocity, 0.5 * (Math.random() - 0.5)), radius)
+                    b.foam(position, Vector.rotate(velocity, spread), radius)
                 }
             }
         }, {

js/level.js

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ const level = {
         // }
         if (tech.isFlipFlopHarm && tech.isFlipFlopLevelReset && !tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
             tech.isFlipFlopOn = true
+            m.eyeFillColor = m.fieldMeterColor
             simulation.makeTextLog(`tech.isFlipFlopOn <span class='color-symbol'>=</span> true`);
         }
     },
@@ -1102,8 +1103,8 @@ const level = {
 
         // simulation.difficulty = 30 
         // spawn.starter(1900, -500, 200) //big boy
-        spawn.pulsar(1900, -500)
+        // spawn.grower(1900, -500)
-        spawn.pulsarBoss(1900, -500)
+        // spawn.pulsarBoss(1900, -500)
         // spawn.historyBoss(1900, -500)
         // spawn.ghoster(2900, -500)
         // spawn.launcherBoss(1200, -500)
@@ -1115,11 +1116,11 @@ const level = {
         // spawn.streamBoss(1600, -500)
         // spawn.orbitalBoss(1600, -500)
         // spawn.cellBossCulture(1600, -500)
-        // spawn.shieldingBoss(1600, -500)
+        spawn.shieldingBoss(1600, -500)
         // spawn.beamer(1200, -500)
         // spawn.shield(mob[mob.length - 1], 1800, -120, 1);
 
-        // spawn.nodeGroup(1200, -500, "launcher")
+        spawn.nodeGroup(1200, -500, "grower")
         // spawn.snakeBoss(1200, -500)
         // spawn.powerUpBoss(2900, -500)
         // spawn.randomMob(1600, -500)
@@ -3101,7 +3102,7 @@ const level = {
             button = level.button(525, 0)
             door = level.door(1362, -200, 25, 200, 195)
             level.setPosToSpawn(1375, -1550); //normal spawn
-            level.exit.x = 3288;
+            level.exit.x = 3088;
             level.exit.y = -630;
             // spawn.randomSmallMob(3550, -550);
             level.fillBG.push({
@@ -3114,7 +3115,7 @@ const level = {
         } else { //reverse direction, start in bottom right
             button = level.button(3800, 0)
             door = level.door(3012, -200, 25, 200, 195)
-            level.setPosToSpawn(3337, -650); //normal spawn
+            level.setPosToSpawn(3137, -650); //normal spawn
             level.exit.x = 1375;
             level.exit.y = -1530;
             // spawn.bodyRect(3655, -650, 40, 150); //door
@@ -3186,10 +3187,10 @@ const level = {
             color: "rgba(0,0,0,0.1)"
         });
 
-        spawn.debris(-300, -200, 1000, 4); //ground debris //16 debris per level
+        spawn.debris(-300, -200, 1000, 6); //ground debris //16 debris per level
-        spawn.debris(3500, -200, 800, 4); //ground debris //16 debris per level
+        spawn.debris(3500, -200, 800, 5); //ground debris //16 debris per level
-        spawn.debris(-300, -650, 1200, 4); //1st floor debris //16 debris per level
+        spawn.debris(-300, -650, 1200, 5); //1st floor debris //16 debris per level
-        spawn.debris(3500, -650, 800, 5); //1st floor debris //16 debris per level
+        // spawn.debris(3500, -650, 800, 5); //1st floor debris //16 debris per lesvel
         powerUps.spawnStartingPowerUps(-525, -700);
 
         spawn.mapRect(-600, 0, 2000, 325); //ground
@@ -3243,8 +3244,8 @@ const level = {
         spawn.bodyRect(3665, -600, 20, 100); //door
         // spawn.mapRect(3150, -550, 300, 75);
         // spawn.mapRect(3225, -600, 175, 75);
-        spawn.mapRect(3150, -550, 375, 75);
+        spawn.mapRect(3000, -550, 375, 75);
-        spawn.mapRect(3225, -600, 225, 75);
+        spawn.mapRect(3000, -600, 225, 75);
 
 
         spawn.mapRect(3000, -2000 * 0.5, 700, 50); //exit roof

js/mob.js

@@ -767,9 +767,6 @@ const mobs = {
                         this.force.x += this.accelMag * this.mass;
                     }
                 }
-                // else {
-                //   this.gravity();
-                // }
             },
             grow() {
                 if (!m.isBodiesAsleep) {
@@ -780,6 +777,10 @@ const mobs = {
                             this.radius *= scale;
                             // this.torque = -0.00002 * this.inertia;
                             this.fill = `hsl(144, ${this.radius}%, 50%)`;
+                            if (this.isShielded) { //remove shield if shielded when growing
+                                this.isShielded = false;
+                                this.removeConsBB();
+                            }
                         }
                     } else {
                         if (this.radius > 15) {

js/player.js

@@ -831,6 +831,41 @@ const m = {
         ctx.restore();
         m.yOff = m.yOff * 0.85 + m.yOffGoal * 0.15; //smoothly move leg height towards height goal
     },
+    drawFlipFlop() {
+        ctx.fillStyle = m.fillColor;
+        m.walk_cycle += m.flipLegs * m.Vx;
+
+        //draw body
+        ctx.save();
+        ctx.globalAlpha = (m.immuneCycle < m.cycle) ? 1 : 0.5
+        ctx.translate(m.pos.x, m.pos.y);
+
+        m.calcLeg(Math.PI, -3);
+        m.drawLeg("#4a4a4a");
+        m.calcLeg(0, 0);
+        m.drawLeg("#333");
+
+        ctx.rotate(m.angle);
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(0, 0, 30, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
+        let grd = ctx.createLinearGradient(-30, 0, 30, 0);
+        grd.addColorStop(0, m.fillColorDark);
+        grd.addColorStop(1, m.fillColor);
+        ctx.fillStyle = grd;
+        ctx.fill();
+        ctx.arc(15, 0, 4, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
+        ctx.strokeStyle = "#333";
+        ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+        ctx.stroke();
+        //draw eye
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(15, 0, 3.5, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
+        ctx.fillStyle = m.eyeFillColor;
+        ctx.fill()
+        ctx.restore();
+
+        m.yOff = m.yOff * 0.85 + m.yOffGoal * 0.15; //smoothly move leg height towards height goal
+    },
     drawDefault() {
         ctx.fillStyle = m.fillColor;
         m.walk_cycle += m.flipLegs * m.Vx;

js/powerup.js

@@ -482,6 +482,17 @@ const powerUps = {
                 b.mine(who.position, { x: 0, y: 0 }, 0, tech.isMineAmmoBack)
             }
         }
+        if (tech.isRelay) {
+            if (tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
+                tech.isFlipFlopOn = false
+                if (document.getElementById("tech-switch")) document.getElementById("tech-switch").innerHTML = ` = <strong>OFF</strong>`
+                m.eyeFillColor = 'transparent'
+            } else {
+                tech.isFlipFlopOn = true //immune to damage this hit, lose immunity for next hit
+                if (document.getElementById("tech-switch")) document.getElementById("tech-switch").innerHTML = ` = <strong>ON</strong>`
+                m.eyeFillColor = m.fieldMeterColor //'#0cf'
+            }
+        }
     },
     giveRandomAmmo() {
         const ammoTarget = Math.floor(Math.random() * (b.guns.length));

js/simulation.js

@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ const simulation = {
     // },
     checks() {
         if (!(m.cycle % 60)) { //once a second
-
             //energy overfill 
             if (m.energy > m.maxEnergy) m.energy = m.maxEnergy + (m.energy - m.maxEnergy) * tech.overfillDrain //every second energy above max energy loses 25%
             if (tech.isFlipFlopEnergy) {
@@ -803,6 +802,12 @@ const simulation = {
                     if (m.energy < 0) m.energy = 0
                 }
             }
+            if (tech.relayIce && tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
+                for (let j = 0; j < tech.relayIce; j++) {
+                    for (let i = 0, len = Math.ceil(3 * Math.random()); i < len; i++) b.iceIX(2)
+                }
+            }
+
             if (m.pos.y > simulation.fallHeight) { // if 4000px deep
                 Matter.Body.setVelocity(player, {
                     x: 0,

js/tech.js

@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 allowed() {
-                    return m.fieldUpgrades[m.fieldMode].name === "nano-scale manufacturing" || tech.haveGunCheck("spores") || tech.haveGunCheck("drones") || tech.haveGunCheck("missiles") || tech.haveGunCheck("foam") || tech.haveGunCheck("wave beam") || tech.isNeutronBomb
+                    return m.fieldUpgrades[m.fieldMode].name === "nano-scale manufacturing" || tech.haveGunCheck("spores") || tech.haveGunCheck("drones") || tech.haveGunCheck("missiles") || tech.haveGunCheck("foam") || tech.haveGunCheck("wave beam") || tech.isNeutronBomb || tech.isIceField || tech.relayIce
                 },
-                requires: "drones, spores, missiles, foam, wave beam, neutron bomb",
+                requires: "drones, spores, missiles, foam, wave beam, neutron bomb, ice IX",
                 effect() {
                     tech.isBulletsLastLonger += 0.3
                 },
@@ -1390,77 +1390,8 @@
                 remove() {
                     tech.cyclicImmunity = 0;
                 }
-            }, {
+            },
-                name: "flip-flop",
+            {
-                description: `<strong>flip-flop</strong> toggles <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong> and <strong class="color-flop">OFF</strong> after a <strong>collision</strong><br>unlock advanced <strong class='color-m'>tech</strong> that runs if <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong>`,
-                nameInfo: "<span id = 'tech-flip-flop'></span>",
-                addNameInfo() {
-                    setTimeout(function() {
-                        if (document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop")) {
-                            if (tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
-                                document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop").innerHTML = ` = <strong>ON</strong>`
-                                m.eyeFillColor = m.fieldMeterColor //'#5af'
-                            } else {
-                                document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop").innerHTML = ` = <strong>OFF</strong>`
-                                m.eyeFillColor = "transparent"
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }, 100);
-                },
-                maxCount: 1,
-                count: 0,
-                frequency: 2,
-                allowed() {
-                    return true
-                },
-                requires: "",
-                effect() {
-                    tech.isFlipFlop = true //do you have this tech?
-                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = true //what is the state of flip-Flop?
-                    if (!m.isShipMode) {
-                        m.draw = () => {
-                            ctx.fillStyle = m.fillColor;
-                            m.walk_cycle += m.flipLegs * m.Vx;
-
-                            //draw body
-                            ctx.save();
-                            ctx.globalAlpha = (m.immuneCycle < m.cycle) ? 1 : 0.5
-                            ctx.translate(m.pos.x, m.pos.y);
-
-                            m.calcLeg(Math.PI, -3);
-                            m.drawLeg("#4a4a4a");
-                            m.calcLeg(0, 0);
-                            m.drawLeg("#333");
-
-                            ctx.rotate(m.angle);
-                            ctx.beginPath();
-                            ctx.arc(0, 0, 30, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
-                            let grd = ctx.createLinearGradient(-30, 0, 30, 0);
-                            grd.addColorStop(0, m.fillColorDark);
-                            grd.addColorStop(1, m.fillColor);
-                            ctx.fillStyle = grd;
-                            ctx.fill();
-                            ctx.arc(15, 0, 4, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
-                            ctx.strokeStyle = "#333";
-                            ctx.lineWidth = 2;
-                            ctx.stroke();
-                            //draw eye
-                            ctx.beginPath();
-                            ctx.arc(15, 0, 3.5, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
-                            ctx.fillStyle = m.eyeFillColor;
-                            ctx.fill()
-                            ctx.restore();
-
-                            m.yOff = m.yOff * 0.85 + m.yOffGoal * 0.15; //smoothly move leg height towards height goal
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                remove() {
-                    tech.isFlipFlop = false
-                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = false
-                    m.eyeFillColor = 'transparent'
-                }
-            }, {
                 name: "NOR gate",
                 description: "if <strong>flip-flop</strong> is in the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>take <strong>0</strong> <strong class='color-harm'>harm</strong> from collisions with mobs",
                 maxCount: 1,
@@ -1477,18 +1408,110 @@
                 remove() {
                     tech.isFlipFlopHarm = false
                 }
-
+            },
-            }, {
+            {
+                name: "flip-flop",
+                description: `toggle <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong> and <strong class="color-flop">OFF</strong> after a <strong>collision</strong><br>unlock advanced <strong class='color-m'>tech</strong> that runs if <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong>`,
+                nameInfo: "<span id = 'tech-flip-flop'></span>",
+                addNameInfo() {
+                    setTimeout(function() {
+                        if (document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop")) {
+                            if (tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
+                                document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop").innerHTML = ` = <strong>ON</strong>`
+                                m.eyeFillColor = m.fieldMeterColor //'#5af'
+                            } else {
+                                document.getElementById("tech-flip-flop").innerHTML = ` = <strong>OFF</strong>`
+                                m.eyeFillColor = "transparent"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }, 100);
+                },
+                maxCount: 1,
+                count: 0,
+                frequency: 1,
+                allowed() {
+                    return !tech.isRelay
+                },
+                requires: "not relay switch",
+                effect() {
+                    tech.isFlipFlop = true //do you have this tech?
+                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = true //what is the state of flip-Flop?
+                    if (!m.isShipMode) {
+                        m.draw = m.drawFlipFlop
+                    }
+                },
+                remove() {
+                    tech.isFlipFlop = false
+                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = false
+                    m.eyeFillColor = 'transparent'
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                name: "relay switch",
+                description: `toggle <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong> and <strong class="color-flop">OFF</strong> after picking up a <strong>power up</strong><br>unlock advanced <strong class='color-m'>tech</strong> that runs if <strong class="color-flop">ON</strong>`,
+                nameInfo: "<span id = 'tech-switch'></span>",
+                addNameInfo() {
+                    setTimeout(function() {
+                        if (document.getElementById("tech-switch")) {
+                            if (tech.isFlipFlopOn) {
+                                document.getElementById("tech-switch").innerHTML = ` = <strong>ON</strong>`
+                                m.eyeFillColor = m.fieldMeterColor //'#5af'
+                            } else {
+                                document.getElementById("tech-switch").innerHTML = ` = <strong>OFF</strong>`
+                                m.eyeFillColor = "transparent"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }, 100);
+                },
+                maxCount: 1,
+                count: 0,
+                frequency: 1,
+                allowed() {
+                    return !tech.isFlipFlop
+                },
+                requires: "not flip-flop",
+                effect() {
+                    tech.isRelay = true //do you have this tech?
+                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = true //what is the state of flip-Flop?
+                    if (!m.isShipMode) {
+                        m.draw = m.drawFlipFlop
+                    }
+                },
+                remove() {
+                    tech.isRelay = false
+                    tech.isFlipFlopOn = false
+                    m.eyeFillColor = 'transparent'
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                name: "thermocouple",
+                description: "if  <strong>relay switch</strong> is in the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>condense <strong>1-3</strong> <strong class='color-s'>ice IX</strong> crystals every second",
+                maxCount: 9,
+                count: 0,
+                frequency: 4,
+                frequencyDefault: 4,
+                allowed() {
+                    return tech.isRelay
+                },
+                requires: "relay switch",
+                effect() {
+                    tech.relayIce++
+                },
+                remove() {
+                    tech.relayIce = 0
+                }
+            },
+            {
                 name: "NAND gate",
-                description: "if <strong>flip-flop</strong> is in the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>do <strong>55.5%</strong> more <strong class='color-d'>damage</strong>",
+                description: "if in the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>do <strong>55.5%</strong> more <strong class='color-d'>damage</strong>",
                 maxCount: 1,
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 4,
                 frequencyDefault: 4,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isFlipFlop
+                    return tech.isFlipFlop || tech.isRelay
                 },
-                requires: "flip-flop",
+                requires: "ON/OFF tech",
                 effect() {
                     tech.isFlipFlopDamage = true;
                 },
@@ -1497,15 +1520,15 @@
                 }
             }, {
                 name: "transistor",
-                description: "if <strong>flip-flop</strong> is <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> regen <strong>22</strong> <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> per second<br>if <strong>flip-flop</strong> is <strong class='color-flop'>OFF</strong> drain <strong>3.1</strong> <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> per second",
+                description: "if <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> regen <strong>22</strong> <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> per second<br>if <strong class='color-flop'>OFF</strong> drain <strong>3.1</strong> <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> per second",
                 maxCount: 1,
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 4,
                 frequencyDefault: 4,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isFlipFlop
+                    return tech.isFlipFlop || tech.isRelay
                 },
-                requires: "flip-flop",
+                requires: "ON/OFF tech",
                 effect() {
                     tech.isFlipFlopEnergy = true;
                 },
@@ -1514,7 +1537,7 @@
                 }
             }, {
                 name: "shift registers",
-                description: "set <strong>flip-flop</strong> to the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>at the start of a <strong>level</strong>",
+                description: "set to the <strong class='color-flop'>ON</strong> state<br>at the start of a <strong>level</strong>",
                 maxCount: 1,
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 4,
@@ -1522,14 +1545,15 @@
                 allowed() {
                     return tech.isFlipFlopEnergy || tech.isFlipFlopDamage || tech.isFlipFlopHarm
                 },
-                requires: "2 flip-flop techs",
+                requires: "2 ON/OFF techs",
                 effect() {
                     tech.isFlipFlopLevelReset = true;
                 },
                 remove() {
                     tech.isFlipFlopLevelReset = false;
                 }
-            }, {
+            },
+            {
                 name: "clock gating",
                 description: `<strong>slow</strong> <strong>time</strong> by <strong>50%</strong> after receiving <strong class='color-harm'>harm</strong><br>reduce <strong class='color-harm'>harm</strong> by <strong>20%</strong>`,
                 maxCount: 1,
@@ -1569,7 +1593,7 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isStunField || tech.isPulseStun || tech.oneSuperBall || tech.isHarmFreeze || tech.isIceField || tech.isIceCrystals || tech.isSporeFreeze || tech.isAoESlow || tech.isFreezeMobs || tech.isCloakStun || tech.orbitBotCount > 1 || tech.isWormholeDamage
+                    return tech.isStunField || tech.isPulseStun || tech.oneSuperBall || tech.isHarmFreeze || tech.isIceField || tech.relayIce || tech.isIceCrystals || tech.isSporeFreeze || tech.isAoESlow || tech.isFreezeMobs || tech.isCloakStun || tech.orbitBotCount > 1 || tech.isWormholeDamage
                 },
                 requires: "a freezing or stunning effect",
                 effect() {
@@ -1586,7 +1610,7 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isIceCrystals || tech.isSporeFreeze || tech.isIceField
+                    return tech.isIceCrystals || tech.isSporeFreeze || tech.isIceField || tech.relayIce
                 },
                 requires: "a localized freeze effect",
                 effect() {
@@ -2155,7 +2179,7 @@
                 isNonRefundable: true,
                 isBadRandomOption: true,
                 allowed() {
-                    return ((m.health / m.maxHealth) < 0.7 || build.isExperimentSelection) && !tech.isNoHeals
+                    return (m.health / m.maxHealth) < 0.7 && !tech.isNoHeals
                 },
                 requires: "health > 70%, not ergodicity",
                 effect() {
@@ -2192,7 +2216,7 @@
                         powerUps.research.changeRerolls(0)
                     }, 1000);
                 },
-                description: "use <strong>1</strong> <strong class='color-r'>research</strong> to avoid <strong>dying</strong><br>and spawn <strong>6</strong> <strong class='color-h'>heal</strong> power ups once per level",
+                description: "once per level use <strong>1</strong> <strong class='color-r'>research</strong><br>to prevent <strong>dying</strong> and spawn <strong>6</strong> <strong class='color-h'>heals</strong>",
                 maxCount: 1,
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
@@ -2836,7 +2860,8 @@
                 requires: "between levels 1 and 7",
                 effect() {
                     level.difficultyDecrease(simulation.difficultyMode)
-                    simulation.makeTextLog(`simulation.difficultyMode <span class='color-symbol'>--</span>`)
+                    // simulation.difficulty<span class='color-symbol'>-=</span>
+                    simulation.makeTextLog(`level.difficultyDecrease(simulation.difficultyMode)`)
                     tech.addJunkTechToPool(18)
                     // for (let i = 0; i < tech.junk.length; i++) tech.tech.push(tech.junk[i])
                 },
@@ -2860,7 +2885,7 @@
                 effect() {
                     tech.isNoHeals = true;
                     level.difficultyDecrease(simulation.difficultyMode * 2)
-                    simulation.makeTextLog(`simulation.difficultyMode <span class='color-symbol'>-=</span> 2`)
+                    simulation.makeTextLog(`level.difficultyDecrease(simulation.difficultyMode <span class='color-symbol'>*</span> 2)`)
                     powerUps.heal.color = "#abb"
                     for (let i = 0; i < powerUp.length; i++) { //find active heal power ups and adjust color live
                         if (powerUp[i].name === "heal") powerUp[i].color = powerUps.heal.color
@@ -4366,7 +4391,7 @@
                 }
             }, {
                 name: "ice IX manufacturing",
-                description: "<strong>nano-scale manufacturing</strong> is repurposed<br>excess <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> used to synthesize <strong class='color-s'>ice IX</strong>",
+                description: "<strong>nano-scale manufacturing</strong> is repurposed<br>excess <strong class='color-f'>energy</strong> used to condense <strong class='color-s'>ice IX</strong>",
                 isFieldTech: true,
                 maxCount: 1,
                 count: 0,
@@ -4389,7 +4414,7 @@
                 count: 0,
                 frequency: 2,
                 allowed() {
-                    return tech.isIceField
+                    return tech.isIceField || tech.relayIce
                 },
                 requires: "ice IX",
                 effect() {
@@ -5953,9 +5978,11 @@
         isFlipFlopLevelReset: null,
         isFlipFlopDamage: null,
         isFlipFlopEnergy: null,
+        isRelay: null,
+        relayIce: null,
         isMetaAnalysis: null,
         isFoamAttract: null,
         droneCycleReduction: null,
         droneEnergyReduction: null,
-        isNoHeals: null
+        isNoHeals: null,
     }

todo.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ******************************************************** NEXT PATCH ********************************************************
  
-more bug fixes (pulse color, backwards induction giving too many tech)
+bug fix - grower mob becoming immune to damage when shielded and growing bigger than shield
-
-mobs can now see through blocks
-  mobs spawns and level spawns have been adjusted to prevent getting zonked at the start of a level
 
+relay switch - toggles ON/OFF when you pick up a power up
+tech: ice IX condenser - if ON make a couple Ice IX crystals every second
 
 ******************************************************** BUGS ********************************************************
 
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ fix door.isOpen actually meaning isClosed?
 ******************************************************** TODO ********************************************************
 
 have junk tech drop frequency to 0 after showing up once
+  but add way more junk tech into the pool
   how to communicate that to player?
     console message