tech: collimator - add 1 laser beam and align your diverging beams to be parallel
requires diffraction grating
added secret pilot wave combo to make blocks
rewrote combo test algorithm to be more forgiving with pattern matching
also extended combos test to arrow keys, not just WASD
cache 17->15x ammo
metamaterial cloaking 0.3->0.4x damage reduction while cloaked
boson composite drains more energy when passing through mobs
scales with difficulty
subway level has 6->4 (5 on hard difficulty) stations
subway gives 1/3->1/5 interest per station
bug fixes
Higgs skin removal fixed
diaphragm skin removal fixed
new level testChamber2
New camera flip effect
new laser level element now has collisions with blocks
elevators are less deadly to mobs at low speeds
difficulty level progression reworked
no constraints on final boss
new constraint - healing disabled
quenching 0.3->0.4x overheal converted to max health
tungsten carbide 400->500 extra max health
paradigm shift's health loss is no longer reduced by damage taken reduction
coherence no longer remembers tech that is set to zero frequency, like removed tech
JUNK tech: pet the bot - lets you pet your bots
JUNK tech: the upside down - flip everything
bug
prevented possible duplicate choices with coherence tech
fixed issues with showing and hiding health bars on that constraint
fixed crash from autonomous defense
mass-energy mode wasn't getting any benefit from damage taken reduction
it now gets square root of damage taken reduction
JUNK: wikipedia - After you get a new tech you have 7 seconds to study before a quiz, 4 research if you aces the quiz.
this code for this works 80% of the time every time
renamed propagator->Verlet integration it's now a skin tech
1.6->3x damage
slightly increased the time skip amount
on some skins the feet will hang lower while player is in the air
on some skins the upper legs are skinnier
mouse over on orbs for tech, field, and gun has a tooltip with text
added keyword CSS style for "bot"
added an aura around powerUpBoss so you can kinda see it inside walls
quenching just gives max health from over healing instead of damaging you first
depolarization does 0.5->0.4x damage when on cooldown
many-worlds spawns a tech and also 3 coupling at the start of each new level
dynamic equilibrium does 1.15x more damage and only stacks to 9->3
orbital bots collide with a 1.2x larger range
Zectron no longer drains energy when balls hit you, but the balls still stop
supply chain just gives a gun and a flat 10 ammo
polyurethane foam will only trigger up to 55 total foam per harpoon
to prevent a huge number of foam bubbles causing lag
no cap for super balls for now
fixed bug with planned obsolescence + instant tech
fixed bug with ice crystal nucleation
applied science gives each gunTech with a short delay
this helps with sorting and maybe other rare bugs
fixed bug with delivery drones and path integration
you can no longer deflect snakeBoss, but it moves a bit slower
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
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
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
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()
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
tech grappling hook - can attack to walls and pull you towards the walls
harpoon extends farther as you hold down fire, but no longer has auto-steering
mobs do 4% less harm per difficulty level
railgun/harpoon auto-targeting is smarter at long distances with multiple small targets
but it still has trouble with moving targets
booby trap only has a 100 -> 50% chance to drop a mine when picking up power ups
added fallback for browsers that don't allow local storage
more training levels: "trainingWalk", "trainingCrouch", "trainingJump", "trainingHold", "trainingThrow", "trainingHit", "trainingHeal", "trainingFire", "trainingDeflect"
tech: Bose Einstein condensate is removed until I can balance it
bug fixes
first 4 levels of the training maps are live
this is very much a work in progress, but I'm putting it up for feedback
stunned and frozen mobs do no harm by default
removed tech: osmoprotectant - stunned and frozen mobs do no harm
tech: annelids - randomly increase worm size and damage up to 100%
weak anthropic principle gives 45->50% duplication chance after almost dieing
complex spin-statistics immune to harm for 1.5->1.8 s every 7 s
exciton gives 60->66% damage
electronegativity gives 1% dmg for every 11->10 stored energy
arsenal gives 14->12% more damage per gun
pair production is now also a standing wave field tech
mass-energy takes 10% less damage
JUNK tech black hole cluster spawns mobs farther away, so you have a better chance to survive
undefinded tech no longer shows up on your first couple times playing, since it's a distraction for new players
tech: affine connection - wormholes can now tunnel through the map at 200% increased energy cost
tech: regression - after bullets hit a mob, the mob takes 5% more future damage (0.5% for bosses)
tech: axion - while inside the MACHO halo, 75% of your total harm reduction is added as damage
mob: launcherOne - launches 1 big seeker bullet that chases you
black holes boss and final boss spawn big seeker bullets that chases you during the black hole phase
applied science no longer gives research (just a random tech for every gun you have)
bot fabrication increase cost every 5 -> x6 bots
average console time to disappear is 3 -> 4 seconds
ammo power ups no longer log ammo to in game console for performance reasons
JUNK tech: catabolysis - set max health to 1; double your current ammo 10 times (2^10 = 1024x ammo)
railgun is now a tech for harpoon
railgun tech: dielectric polarization has been removed
unaaq increases the size not length of harpoons
capacitor bank applies charging effects: throwing blocks, foam, railgun, pulse, tokamak
fire cooldown reduction no longer effects these charging abilities, but it does reduce cooldown between discharges
foam now has a short delay between each discharge
foam charges ~10% faster
tokamak graphics indicate charging and max charge better
pulse laser can now regen energy passively while charging
tech: mass driver no longer gives improved block charge rate,
but it gives 200% -> 300% damage for blocks
tech: inflation no longer gives improved block charge rate
it gives harm reduction when holding a block and makes block expand when you throw them
tech: inelastic collision was removed it used to give harm reduction when holding a block
pilot wave uses 66% less energy to fling blocks
pilot wave can fling block effectively at much higher speeds now (which happens to use much more energy)
tech potential well is removed, because it isn't really needed anymore
inductive coupling: 500% -> 600% regen while crouched
molecular assembler now works with inductive coupling regen properly
bug fixes (superdeterminism, wormhole, applied science)
I probably added several new bugs, let me know if you find any
relativistic momentum: laser pushes harder and slows mobs a bit to give a more predictable effect
laserBombingBoss targets faster at higher levels
you can now block shielded mobs, but your shield gets disabled for a bit
fixed bug that made perfect diamagnetism have trouble blocking too many things at once
and more small bug fixes, of course
Matter.World has been replaced with Matter.Composite
matter.js deprecated World
could cause problems merging your old code
(replace World with Composite in your code)
tech: many worlds - now costs 1 research at the start of each level to activate
a nerf, but also a buff because if you like a build you can freeze it by not getting research
mine gun has 25% less ammo and 33% more damage
railgun now gets 50% more ammo, but it fires slower
fixed rail gun ammo drain on misfire bug
fixed experiment gun display bug
buffBoss: group of mobs that buff their group after they die
this boss maybe unbalanced in some situations, let me know
(get them all low on health before you start killing them)
complex spin-statistics gives 1.5/7 harm immunity (was 1/7)
also tech frequency was halved
tech fermions is now on by default: thrown blocks can collide with intangible mobs
pilot wave uses 5% more energy for balance
2 more lore chapters (5 total now)
entering testing mode makes a sound now
reduced the requirements and frequency for many tech so that they may show up in "less optimal" situations
I hope this will increase build variety and also give more value to making good tech choices
countless bug fixes and wording fixes
mobs have a new trait mob[i].damageReduction
shieldingBoss stops re-shielding after taking damage
25% more health
re-shielding Cooldown is 25% shorter
you can pick up ammo with laser again
it was too annoying to switch guns
you have 1/2 second harm immunity after leaving a portal
lore conversations are better at recovering from speech API freezes
(if the speech API doesn't work after 10 seconds it switches to pure text)
"gamma-ray laser" renamed "free-electron laser" to make more scientific sense
since gamma rays would go right through walls
laser diode now makes lasers blue
free-electron laser can no longer work with laser diode
pressure wave has a bit more damage
crouch mode works different (much higher fire rate, low arc)
integrated armament gives 35% dmg (was 22%)
but I fixed a bug where it gave an extra 33% ammo
mine gun gets 25% less ammo
all mines do 30% more damage
trying to make shotgun better at close range and worse at distance
shotgun slug is much slower, but does 60% more damage
nail shot has a 20% wider spread, and is 20% slower, but does 20% more damage
finalBoss has 15% less health
to balance all the buffs
ammo power ups give 15% less ammo
damage done by mobs now scales up a bit faster each level
damage done by you now scales down a bit faster each level
tech: pressure wave - wave beam fires lower frequency, higher damage, wide arcs that propagate through solids
tech: gamma-ray laser - increase laser damage by 150% and energy drain by 200%
works for all lasers except pulse
tech: specular reflection - now just gives +2 laser reflections (was +1, and damage/energy increase)
you, pilot wave, and drones can't pick up ammo if you have Infinite ammo on your current gun
wormhole still eats everything
Bayesian statistics gives 4.2% damage per research (was 3.9%)
bot fabrication needs 3 research to make a random bot (was 4)
to prevent misclicks when you grab two power ups in a row there is a 1/2 second delay before power up selections can register
I also added in a 0.25 fade in effect on the power up selection menu. Can you tell?
tech: pseudoscience - adds 0-4 JUNK to the potential tech pool (was 1-5 JUNK)
tech quenching - now increases max health and does harm for over healing from heal power ups
(was for heals at max health)
foam tech necrophoresis now makes less foam spawns if the total number of bullets is high
to help with lag when killing packs of mobs
preparation for more lore chapters
reworked the lore conversation code to make it easier to write
also lore conversations should now have better timing between the text and voice
lore conversations can now recover from some speech errors and try again with safer settings
this seems to allow speech on my firefox browser
added a console command to make it easier to quickly unlock testing mode
lore.unlockTesting()
pressing "b" in testing mode now gives you 10000 research and the damage from research tech
tech: flip-flip - does nothing, except toggle on collisions
tech: NOR gate - when flip-flip is ON take 0 harm from collisions
tech: NAND gate - when flip-flip is ON do 55.5% damage
tech: transistor - when flip-flop is ON regen 22 energy/s, when OFF drain 3.1 energy /s
tech: shift registers - set flip-flop to ON with a new level
added 2 new testing keys: J = clear mobs, H = infinity health
added junk tech: ship (it's hard to control, but you get better with practice)
m.shipMode() in console
blocking uses 33% less energy
tech: stimulated emission removed
tech: Bayesian statistics renamed stimulated emission
tech: futures exchange gives 4.5% per cancel (up from 4%)
new level boss: follows you like the dynamo-bot, but is not friend
will not spawn if you have a dynamo-bot
(probably will be rebalanced in next patch)
duplication bug fix
renaming custom mode -> experimental mode
experimental mode is available again even without completing lore
mob: sneaker is a bit faster and stronger
(the invisible one that attacks from stealth)
tech: unified field theory - switching guns uses a reroll to cycle your field
lore: chapter 1 and 2 are now somewhere in the game
lore is the same for all difficulty levels
testing mode and custom are now locked by default until you reach chapter 1
or just hack the game to skip the lore and enable testing and custom
localSettings.loreCount = Infinity;
localStorage.setItem("localSettings", JSON.stringify(localSettings));
bug fix: performance greatly improved on drawing multiple duplicated power ups
tech: antiscience - 100% damage, but lose 11 health when you pick up a tech
tech: laser widebeam + output coupler can now stack up to 9x (was 1x)
but it not longer works with tech: slow light propagation
