new level corridor
new level element fizzler - it removes blocks
interferometer has wider platforms, a few helpful blocks, and fewer mobs
level constraints are announced in console
foam gun no longer pushes the player back when firing
wave gun buffs
1.2x base damage
1.1x base ammo
0.1->0.13x speed in map
0.25->0.30x speed in blocks
tech: phase velocity 1.4->1.5x damage
pigeonhole principle gives 1.3->1.4 damage per gun
you can no longer switch guns, your gun cycles each level
quenching 0.4->0.5x overheal converts into max health
tungsten carbide no longer has reduced coyote cycles
control theory 1.5->2x damage at max health
stability 0.3->0.2 damage taken at max health
overcharge +88->100 max energy, 4->5% JUNK
zoospore vector 10->13% chance for spores on mob death
replication 15->10% JUNK
interest 6->5% of your power ups spawn each level
updated "about" details menu
moved classic n-gon to here from settings
added links to community content in "about"
Are there more links I should add?
added an n-gon SVG head image
bugs
fixed outline on splash screen doesn't sync right on safari browser
fixed possible lock out on training levels: "hold", "throw", "throwAt"
from losing block behind a door
shortcut sort buttons in experiment mode properly order tech without clicking sort
fixed/increased the horizontal velocity contribution for some guns
this makes bullets shot on moving platforms more realistic
nail gun, super balls, foam, harpoon
reworked m.switchWorlds() (used in many-worlds and similar effects)
no longer has extra bot build up
effects that carry over into next world:
your total tech count
effects of non-removeable tech, like determinism
mass production research ramps up by 5->4 each time
bot fabrications cost ramp is increased to (+1 per 4)-->(+1 per 3)
lowered minimum threshold for making small heals from over healing to 13->20 health
snakeBoss invulnerable phase is 5->4 seconds long
time dilation disables level based lasers
adjusted laser sensor paths on substructure level
move splash screen buttons to bottom right
added a start button
details menus in splash screen now have individual widths instead of sharing with each other
bugs
non-renewables change color for ammo power ups on current level
images are back as an option due to public outcry
bug fixes
getting a power up quickly after warp, difficulty or instructions power ups was making the screen go blank
heuristics resets on death properly now
images have been disabled
I think they don't fit stylistically
new power up: level WARP
it shows up when you enter testing mode on the initial level
interferometer horizontal laser now moves with the elevator
LaunchSite community map updated
some minor bug fixes
difficulty
difficulty level 6 adds flat damage and damage taken
bonus tech no longer spawns on level 2 and 3 on difficulty level 6
at the end of subway you get 1 tech, but not on difficulty level 6
difficulty level 3 and 5 add a random constraint that changes each level
constraints are effects that only last until the level ends
50% JUNK chance
4x shielded mob chance
power ups are sent to next level
+33% chance for mobs to respawn
-1 choice
2x ammo costs
duplication is set to zero
50% max energy
50% max health
bots follow slow
full damage taken after boss dies
0.1x damage after a power up
mob death heals mobs
mobs heal for your lost health
periodically spawn WIMPs
exciton damage boost power up has a chance to spawn without the tech (~3%/mob)
damage boost has a unique gel/hair aura for each skin
damage boost timer no longer ticks with time dilation field
JUNK tech: stationary - thrown blocks can't move, but they still have momentum
added a classic n-gon link for the previous patch in settings
but images are disabled to save space
on levels where you can fall endlessly, power ups will also fall endlessly
they no longer teleport to the exit, sorry
Newton's 1st and 2nd laws are field tech, and they give twice the effect
abelian group 4->3x damage while invulnerable
bot fabrication price increases after 5->4 bots
wikipedia 4->3 research per correct quiz
upgraded sound bots fire fewer waves but do more damage per wave
not much changed except improved performance, I think
incendiary ammunition drones explode when they run out of durability not on the first hit
this allows better synergy with other drone tech
grappling hook retract momentum no longer scales with distance
this should give you more control
pressing the 3rd button in factory will remove blocks resting on the second block
preventing an endless toggle
bug fixes
fleas no longer die early after hitting a high health target only once
something with super ball density calculations for tech rebound
grabbing a big block can make grappling hook go flying
added 3 potential fixes, but the bug is too rare know if it's fixed
replaced tech, field, and gun text with orbs
orbs length scale with px->em
cleaned up simulation variables text in pause menu
some minor tech description changes
total tech count no longer includes instant tech or removed tech
tech: planned obsolescence - at the start of each level eject your oldest tech and gain 1.1 damage
heuristics 1.3 -> between 1 and 1.5 fire rate
combinatorial optimization 1.35->1.4 damage
difficulty reduction per level
0.85->0.87x damage done
1.23->1.22 damage taken
difficulty rework
difficulty adjusted through a power up on the initial level
difficulty parameters are more precisely explained
JUNK tech: difficulty - spawns a difficulty power up (only works before level 6)
bots no longer benefit from increased fireRate
shields have a chance spawn on almost all mobs (but not stealth mobs)
level exit door animation is 33% faster
power ups have fewer sides. It might improve game performance, but I can't tell the difference.
1.15x base wave bullets damage (bots, particles, and phonon)
metamaterial absorber 25->30% chance to get power ups from mobs left alive
apomixis is now a JUNK tech, and it requires duplication > 99%
pilot wave field 2->3 extra choices
plasma torch slows mobs more, and don't push mobs back as much
fixed bug where plasma torch didn't get tech degenerate matter
laserLayerBoss and layerLayer do 33% less damage
mines aren't triggered by invulnerable mobs
bug fixes
switched github pages hosting folder
https://landgreen.github.io/sidescroller/ -> https://landgreen.github.io/n-gon/
player damage reduction adjustment: 0.905x -> 0.9x per level per difficulty mode (1,2,4,5)
on easy that's 0.30 -> 0.28 by level 12 (a 6% player damage nerf)
on why that's 0.0025 -> 0.001797 by level 12 (a 28% player damage nerf)
you can only get applied science 9->1 time
supply chain - spawns a gun, but doesn't give applied science frequency
bug fixes
added CSS style for "remove/eject" keyword
tech: deprecated - gain 1.05x damage for each tech removed this game
tech: externality - 1.1x damage, removing this gives 40 ammo power ups
paradigm shift no longer has a 3% failure rate
minus 3->4 health
it can remove applied science tech
removing strange loop gives a random removetech
tech: marginal utility - give a specific gun 2x ammo per ammo power up
tech: interest - research, ammo, coupling, health increases by 6% at the start of each level
tech: Pareto efficiency - give each gun randomly 5x or 0.2x ammo per ammo power up
aperture 6->4s cycles between 1 to 2 -> 0.8 to 3 damage
mass-energy no longer has a reduction in defense effects
but it costs 2 research now
1st ionization energy 11->14 max energy per heal
colony: 1.5->1.6x spores 40->33% chance to spawn something different
laser cost formula changed to be independent of field regen
this makes the effects of cost and fire rate 33% bigger
free-electron laser 3.5->3x energy cost
options exchange - the first time you click cancel it randomizes choices
allows a free trigger from other cancel tech
pseudoscience gets 3->2 free researches
alternator harpoon has 0->0.03x energy cost
coupling for pilot wave gives 1.04->1.05x block damage
several bugs fixes
text rework
most numbers converted from "+50%" to "1.5x"
renamed defense -> damage taken
adjusted about 20 tech to round down or up their values to less decimals
for a few I added research cost or JUNK chance to balance rounding
new community map soft by Richard0820
tech: peer review - gain +damage each time you research
self-assembly scales with health not health percent
matter.js engine reverted back to 0.18 (to fix an issue with time dilation)
community map - arena by Richard0820
skin tech: depolarization - gain +300 damage or -50% damage if a mobs has died in last 5 seconds
CPT triggers if you have above 90->85 energy
CPT skin graphically indicates when CPT is active
mass-energy defense reduction is 66->50%
new level load display animation draws the outline of the new map
only on reactor and final levels
choose MINIMAL HUD in settings to disable (or enter testing mode)
enthalpy spawns heals on mobs death with a 5% chance
this is roughly an 80% increase in spawn rate
mass production spawns a few ammo and heals when you first get it
paradigm shift 6->4 health removed
incendiary ammunition drone and shotgun explosions are 30% bigger
Zectron super balls do 75->90% more damage and drain 25->20 energy on hitting player
fixed bug with optical amplifier and cloaking field
plasma ball can pick up power ups when out of energy, like other fields
fixed bug with not hiding mouse
electronegativity: +26->23% damage
gun cancel button doesn't show up on the initial level if you haven't done the training yet and you didn't choose a gun
after exiting initial level players are prompted to start the training levels
only if they haven't done the training and they didn't pick up a gun, and a few other conditions
community training levels only are added when community maps setting is on and player clicks on training
if you die after clearing fewer than 4 levels the difficulty settings automatically opens
improved text formatting on updates
animated new level load graphics for reactor and final level
autoZoom code rewritten to work with pause better using the ephemera system
this might cause bugs, I already found a few
intro level renamed initial
extra ammo power ups on why difficulty for final and reactor levels
removed falling off the map damage on levels that still had falling off damage
mob: stinger - has speed that adjusts as it flaps it's wings and a short range laser
tech: strange loop - +9% damage, removing it gives null hypothesis and strange attractor
tech: martingale - +11% damage, removing this has a 50% chance to not remove and to double it's damage
paradigm shift removes 6 health when it ejects a tech, but now has a 85->97% chance to work
ammo, heal, research tech spawn extra power ups after each time you take them
tungsten carbide skin has a hexagon look and +222->300 max health
Bayesian statistics spawn 3->6 research
ansatz spawns 2->3 research if you have no research
Ψ(t) collapse 16->21 research
futures exchange 4.3->4.7% duplication
replication 9->10 duplication
stimulated emission 17->19% duplication
anthropic principle spawn 5->16 heals when you die
supply chain: no long gives JUNK instead triples the frequency of finding applied science
electronegativity 0.22->0.26% damage per energy
non-renewables 88->97% damage
anticorrelation 100->111% damage
decorrelation 70->77% defense
parasitism 83->93% damage
torpor 66->74% defense
bug fix:
recycling works with mass-energy (although it doesn't do much)
ternary wasn't working in many situations, but it should now
fixed bubble fusion exploit that triggers on mobs in factory endlessly
bot fabrication was making 1 extra bot and giving negative research sometimes
why mode is now 20% easier, but still 25% harder than hard mode
easy:1, normal:2, hard:4, why:6->5
new community map unchartedCave by 3xionDev!
Newtons 1st law 66->88% defense when moving fast
Newtons 2nd law 66->88% damage when moving fast
CIWS energy 20->18 per shot
rupture disables reel and tokamak
pause menu can sort tech by keywords
tech: mechatronics - randomly add +(7 to 13)% damage
a few new images
bug fixes
cherenkov radiation damage bug fixed it does much more damage and matches the description
factory: rewrote the end
clock gating was removed because it's annoying
liquid cooling -> refrigerant - freezes mobs after losing at least 5% health
mass-energy gets more effect from defense (0.13 -> 0.19)
ternary 84 -> 77% damage
dark patterns 15 -> 17% damage and JUNK
Maxwell's demon 3% -> 1% energy loss above max
exciton 16 -> 14% chance to drop
10% increase in overall mob health
new images
bug fixes
new community map!! underpass by Richard0820
duplicated power ups aren't circles
metastability makes power ups triangles instead of circles
3->4 seconds of half life before exploding
only metastability duplicated power ups have the lighting graphic
mob's that fall off the map now die instead of just being removed
so they can still spawn power ups
you can pick up power ups from slightly farther away (450)
but less far away when not facing the power up (100)
accretion has less lag at high amounts of heal power ups following you
several other bug fixes
setting - minimal HUD
remove: defense bar, damage bar, tech, in game console
improved text clarity on coupling
removed tech decoupling
added cloaking and sneak attack graphics
also, the 50% defense when cloaked is now clear from the defense bar
ternary 44->83% damage but requires current gun to have ammo/3 (was any gun)
wormhole invariant: uses much less energy to pause time
standing wave has less recoil when blocking
new images
bug fixes
new community level - superNgonBros by DesBoot
tech: induction brake - after using a heal slow nearby mobs for 15 seconds
tech: null hypothesis - +9 damage, spawn several research after removing
reworked: strange attractor - +7% damage, +10% duplication after removing
bremsstrahlung does 50% more damage
time crystals 200 -> 150% passive energy regen
it also tells you how much energy regen you will get
aperture (-50 to +150) -> (-10 to +110) damage
diaphragm (-33 to +100) -> (+8 to +80) defense
tungsten carbide 200 -> 222 health
CPT symmetry 30 -> 20 energy per second of rewind
quenching gives more max health, but also does more damage per over heal
final boss has 50% faster armor decay
so it takes even more damage the longer you fight it
a few more images
some bug fixes
field tech: accretion - health power ups follow you around and they travel with you to the to next level
spawn 6 heal power ups
negative mass, plasma torch
foam gun tech cavitation - more knock back, and 25% to make a foam bullet extra large and fast
foam-bots now discharge a few bullets in a stream with a long reload time
laser-bot +5% energy drain, -5% damage
nail-bot +10% fire rate
community map downpour by DesBoot
community map buttonbutton by ||Destabilized E||
rounded borders on no-image mode selection cards
foam gun has some recoil
new superball gun image
bug fixes
mob damage difficulty setting is lower
recycling now flashes green when it heals
merged cancel and research bars for single column selection
added some dark grey borders for no images selection mode
new images with midJourney V5
spores, pilot wave, standing wave
bug fixes
community map clock by Cornbread 2100
health bar is now green
added a damage bar
(I'll probably add a setting to disable this next patch)
wave gun has -15% ammo
tech phonon has +25% ammo, and +10% damage
JUNK tech stubs can now wall climb
map: factory
this is completely unbalanced, so let me know if what rough edges need to be sanded
found on seed 47086 level 6
tech: ternary - +40 damage if any gun has ammo divisible by 3
level element: transport - horizontal moving platforms
level element: mover - stationary platform that pushes the player horizontally
to see examples of transport and mover look in level.testing()
tech: rebound - super balls speed up and reset duration after they hit a mob
Zectron does 100->66% damage and it drains 25% of current energy instead of health
mantisBoss is back
level element: mover - rectangular map element that pushes horizontally
it's in a possible room for labs
new community level - staircase by ryanbear
tech: aerostat - +88% damage off the ground, but -22% damage on the ground
negative mass field required
tetherBoss now has beetle babies, and immunity
skins have a unique orb for their description card
and some new images
cloaking field has a new graphic for sneak attack on the cross hairs
new community map yingYang by Richard0820
bug fixes
some tech come with a skin - but only 1 at a time
tech aperture - skin, damage cycles between -25% and +125%
tungsten carbide - skin, +100->150 max health
mass-energy equivalence - skin, gets a bit more benefit from defense
CPT symmetry - skin, costs a bit less energy
flip-flop, and relay switch and a few JUNK tech are also skins
some new images
bug fixes
new level: lock
it's a work in progress
I'm looking for feedback:
anything confusing?
combat too hard/easy?
it will probably feel hard because you don't know the map yet
images are now hidden by default for new players
time dilation 18->15 energy/s
bug fixes:
extended CSS media rules and power up selection code to entanglement
tech: repeater - shotgun gets another shot, and a longer fire delay
shotgun cross hairs show when fire is on cooldown
keys 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,-,= switch to a gun in your inventory
Nerfed blinkBoss health and speed
sneaker mobs are immune to harm for one cycles after vanishing
experiment button new style
new images for energy, bots
bug fixes
card font is 10% smaller with a bit more padding on the edges
background is darker on power up selection
css border added to research and cancel buttons
JUNK images now timeout if you don't download the image in under 1 sec
and it will not even try to download an image above 500KB
and it will try a different random image if it's first attempt is too big
(gotta protect our friends with slow internet)
finalBoss
mine mode comes in waves
orbiters mode comes in waves, and they spawn at a radius that intersects the player
several on new level tech effects now also run on each new final Boss phase
gun stuff, many worlds, negative entropy heal spawns
perfect diamagnetism slow fall is much strong, but works better when angled like a parachute
added images to tech, field, gun cards (enable this in settings)
in progress - not all images are generated yet
images are generated by me using midJourney plus significant post processing
random research power ups are 20% more common per level
global difficulty balance: player takes a bit less damage
mutualism: 0.5->1 borrowed health for 250->300% more spore damage
harpoon can still fire when out of energy, but slower
harpoon fire cooldown no longer triggers when the harpoon returns
it's just a flat 2/3 of a second after you Fire
improved fire rate now allows you to fire many harpoons at once until you run out of energy
default harpoon rope is a bit longer
several bug fixes and undocumented changes I forgot to list
plasma-bot does 15% more damage, but costs 2 research
fault tolerance 4->5 forever drones, but costs 2 research
surfactant 2->3 foam bots, but costs 2 research
missile-bot costs 1 research
shaped charge 4->3 research cost
renormalization 40->44% chance to refund research
exciton 18->16% chance to spawn
ground state 50->40% reduced energy regen
Bayesian statistics 3.8->3% damage per research, and spawns 3 research
JUNK tech: startle response - if mobs are near boost damage, and lock mouse until you press escape
matter wave renamed wave
tech: frequency - wave has unlimited ammo, but -50% wave firerate
tech: sympathetic resonance - when phonon waves hit a mob they make a new resonance wave
effect cooldown grows +5s with each chained resonance
uncertainty principle works with phonon wave
phase velocity works with all other wave tech, 40->35% damage
boundstate reduces wave range by 25->15%
non-renewables 88% -> 67% damage
improved fine-structure constant graphic for when you lose coupling
laser mobs pulse a laser 50% of the time for 2x damage
a bunch of bug fixes
caliber does a bit more damage at 1 stack, but does less damage at 3+ stacks
it grew mass and damage at an exponential rate before
now it's closer to the +30% damage description
new setting: level ban list
bug fix: removed a command to preventDefault on space key, this might break something else
new boss added to level - Temple
snake tails have a lower mass and whip around a bit
auto targeting no longer works for stealth mobs
snipers, sneakers, ghosters
snipers fire more often at high difficulty, but bullets move slower at all difficulties
hoppers have move gravity, so it feels like they are hopping a bit faster
laser energy drain and damage now scale with fire delay effects
no change for pulse since it already has a fire delay
explosion harm to player no longer scales with explosion radius
explosion damage will treat all explosions the same as a basic grenade explosion
large radius explosions are much safer
acetone peroxide 80->70% increased radius, 100->50% increase in harm from explosions
CPT only triggers from damage above 1% per game cycle
so no trigger from slime hazards or black holes or mob auras
level: reactor has a horizontal flipped mode
regression gives finalBoss(1.0005), Boss(1.0025), mob(1.05) increased damage taken
JUNK tech: return - go back to the intro level, but keep your tech
bug fixes
grenade now has 3 fireworks options, you can only have 1 at a time
flame test, fireworks, pyrotechnics
implosion has been removed
controlled explosion 3->4 research
base matter wave moves 20% faster
gun science renamed ordnance
bug fixes
you can scroll through the tech and gun menus while selecting power ups
added another classic n-gon option in settings
tech: options exchange - canceling tech,gun,field has a 90% chance for a reroll
stabber mobs now stab 15% shorter distance, but they can stab more often
weak interaction gives 5->10 max energy per unused power up
bug fixes
automonous navigation -> path integration
sends spores and worms and drones to the next level with you
MIRV gives 10->12% smaller radius and damage
laser tech slow light has 33% less spacing
tech exciton gives 70%->88% damage
discrete optimization: 40%->35% damage and fire delay
degenerate matter 60->66% harm reduction while field is active
virtual particles 15% duplication is now allowed for time dilation
railgun no longer uses extra ammo when firing multiple bullets with smelting
smelting now costs more ammo with railgun
plasma torch, ball, extruder all use 33% less energy, do 15% more damage
bremsstrahlung does 15% more damage
standing wave field gives 50 energy
it's cooldown for blocking shields in now 0.5->0.33 s
reactor
fight now starts when you press a button, so you can prep
spawns more ammo 4->7, heals 0->2
will no longer show up on levels 2,3,4
fewer bosses spawn at high difficulty levels
has a small chance to spawn all 3 boss types
sprayBoss is 25% slower, but it goes immune while spraying instead of shielding
community maps have a short message onload giving credit to the author
new level element balance - it's basically spinners and rotors combined
I'm replacing all rotors to fix potential BUGS
sewers, house, perplex, vats
requirement text bug fixes
added 2 more classic n-gon dates
plasma ball
does 10% more damage
moves 20% faster
targets mob bullets better
standing wave has a 45/60->30/60 second cooldown after blocking a shielded mob
but, standing wave now also triggers it's CD on shields that protect groups of mobs
JUNK tech: Mech v4.48 removed
JUNK tech: cosmogonic myth - opens a random classic version of n-gon in a new tab, after 5 minutes close the tab and spawn 1 of every tech
bug fixes
seeds are displayed in pause menu and intro map
seeds from your previous run is displayed in settings after you die
fixed some minor seed inconsistency
all runs are now seeded
seed defaults to the last 8 digits of UTC time in milliseconds
set a custom randomization seed in settings
seed controls:
at start - boss list, mob type list, level list, horizontal flip
during run - tech, gun, field choices, some custom level randomization
doesn't control: mob spawns, mob size, some minor level differences, specific level boss choices, ammo reward values, specific tech effects
bug fix with ground state
new level: reactor - midBoss fight
it's not well balanced yet
Let me know if there are any impossible gun combinations
for new players the training button at the start screen now cycles colors
effect shows if you haven't cleared the first training level, and you haven't done at least a few normal runs
standing wave expansion tech is 40% larger and gives 25% deflecting efficiency
ammonium nitrate gives 30 -> 27% damage and range
heuristics gives 30 -> 33% fire rate
wormhole invariant tech drains energy much slower while time is paused
bug fixes
null level now longer progresses level.onLevel
JUNK tech: tinker - unlock JUNK tech in experiment mode
this effect is stored for future visits on the same browser
several JUNK tech text have been cleaned up
your explosions do 8% more damage, but not more harm
grenade gun fires 5% faster
ruins/pavilion map is adjusted to be a bit easier to move around
crouching speeds up exit door animation
removed google analytics
bug fix with power ups and frozen time
bug fix with elevators and map collision
