tech: toggling harpoon - after picking up a power up with the harpoon, your next harpoon is 7x more dense
this probably needs to be balanced in the next patch
tech: regularization - use 6 research to increase renormalization by 10%
(renormalization is 40% chance to get research when you use research)
tech: bot fabrication uses 2 research to build a bot (+1 cost every 5 bots)
tech: uncertainty principle now applies to wave beam in addition to foam
tech: integrated armament gives 19.95% damage (was 23%)
level: labs - platforming rooms have been simplified
start with 7/7 undefined tech if you choose an -experiment- and no other tech
tech: cache - ammo power ups give 11x ammo, but you can't hold over 11x ammo
harpoon
grabs 1 power up on the way out, or in
harpooned power ups are predictable
they attach to the harpoon instead of using physics to move towards player
bugs fixes
lasers were broke, but I fixed them
gun alt fire is determined by the down key not the player crouch state
(so you can control alt fire when in the air or stuck in a tunnel)
I did this with text replace, so it could produce some bugs
harpoon
automatically uses power ups that return to player
will aim at harder to hit targets, and possible miss
returns extra fast if it is far from the player
bullets last a bit longer so they don't despawn early
cd on miss fire lowered to 1.5s (was 3s)
bugs fixes
harpoon gun
shaped more like a harpoon
grabs power ups slower, and from the tip of the harpoon
only uses energy on returning
doesn't have thrust if there is no mob target
tech: reticulum - make one more harpoon if there are mobs nearby that you are facing
I'm letting this stack to 9 even though it's silly cause that is n-gon's style
tech: ceramics now lets both harpoons and needles ignore shields
this was coded poorly so if shield bugs show up it might be from this
tech: fragmentation makes ~15% fewer nails for everything it affects
tech: filament gives 3% length per ammo (was 1%)
also length is capped at 75 ammo because after that it's just annoying
tech: unaaq is longer at low ammo but scales slower at high ammo
bugs
fixed laser collisions on player head when crouching
returned experiment gun and field circles
new gun harpoon
tech: filament - harpoon rope gets 1% longer for every harpoon ammo in your inventory
tech: unaaq - harpoon gets 1% longer for every harpoon ammo in your inventory
harpoon is pretty unbalanced, but I'm pushing it out so ya'll can let me know how I should balance it
more harpoon tech to come
2+ harpoons out at once
hold fire to extend rope longer
improved targeting: so it can hit the same target a few times
tech: controlled explosion - explosions shrink to prevent them from hitting you, cost 3 research
JUNK tech: true colors - set all power ups to their real world colors (just makes random colors)
all explosions do 33% more damage to mobs
and 75% more damage to player
boom bot explosions are 16% smaller
laser-bot does 15% more damage
missile bot fires 15% quicker
tech: phase velocity also adds 15% wave damage (because it disables phonon is was a bad choice)
many duplication tech add less duplication
Maxwell's demon now requires current energy above your max to unlock
power ups in the intro tube get pushed around a bit, this might stop them from sliding on the walls
mines when they are stuck to walls no longer collide with blocks (to not block elevator)
more bug fixes
blockBoss: new boss based on work by TheShwarma
(3x chance to randomly see blockBoss until next patch)
it's over powered, I'll probably nerf it next patch, but I want to get some feedback first on how to nerf it
hint: if you kill the boss all the mobBlocks turn back into blocks
very very small blocks are slightly limited in how fast they can be thrown
they were moving so fast they would miss their target sometimes
tech: energy conservation gives 5% energy back (was 6%)
tech: arsenal requires at least 3 guns in your inventory
tech: active cooling requires at least 2 guns in your inventory
several bug fixes
orbs replaces some power up text descriptions
player damage taken is increased by 1%
finalBoss ramps up the mob spawns more slowly, making lower damage high survival builds more effective on the finalBoss
5% laser damage increase
15% mine fire rate reduction
ctx.clip() is back for metamaterial cloaking field
it wasn't the source of the lag, firefox is just slow on my work computer
tech: buckling was disallowed, but I fixed it so you can get the tech again
tech: MIRV - now effects grenades and super balls in addition to missiles
no change for super balls and missiles, but this is a new tech for grenades
undetonated mines are returned at the end of a level
removed tech: mine reclamation
mine gun has 30% less ammo
laser mines do 7% less damage
booby trap now comes with 53 JUNK (up from 33) but it's mines can be returned for ammo
removed ctx.clip() from metamaterial cloaking field for performance reasons
the graphics look a bit different now, maybe not as good, maybe it's just different
iceIX bullets last 50% less time, but do 50% more damage and have 25% more thrust
so it's more of a close range bullet
ice-shot has 2 fewer bullets
20% damage for all mine modes
laser mines spin super fast when it first finds a target, and a bit faster overall
mine sentry lasts 17 seconds (2 more seconds)
desublimated ammunition comes with 7 JUNK tech
several foam tech do 5% less damage
shotgun has 1/9 less ammo
apomixis now requires 11 research
historyBoss takes 25% longer to reach it's minimum follow distance
bug fixes
tech: blast mines - mines stun when they activate
laser mines only fire if crouching (so you can fire normal mines when energy is low)
mines now includes the radius of the mob when calculating mobs in range
so it will detonate from the final boss from farther away
mines have a small random chance to detonate from targets up to 40% father away
time dilation field drains less energy for the first few seconds, but linearly ramps up energy drain as you stay frozen in time
unfreezing time returns you the normal drain rate in half the time to ramp up
this should be a buff for all situations, except someone who has a huge external source of energy
360 wave beam has reduced mob slow effect
perfect diamagnetism can maintain after you deactivate the field with out tech: Lenz's law
starting perfect diamagnetism is a bit smaller
tech: Meissner effect - makes perfect diamagnetism much bigger
plasma-bot removes plasma field
plasma-bot uses much less energy and does a bit more damage
plasma jet requires 1 research, increases range 50% (was 30%)
tech microextruder does 30% more damage and uses 10% more energy
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
new laserBombingBoss
I didn't do any difficulty testing, so maybe let me know if it's too easy
laser and plasma bots will target mobs bullets
non updating health bar bug fix
tech: brushless motor - drones rush more often and do 44% more damage
requires torque bursts
tech: orthocyclic winding - irradiated drones are faster and do more damage
requires irradiated drones
automatic aiming systems (bots, drones, missiles) will ignore the pink seeking mob bullets
safari is super buggy, I'm guessing no one that reports bugs uses it.
fixed scroll bar covering up pause right side text on safari and firefox
fixed issue with ctx.setLineDash sometimes making the player dashed on safari
various other bug fixes
new boss snakeSpitBoss - it's just snake boss but it shoots little pink seekers
tech: cross disciplinary - get an extra gun or field option in tech menu
now that you can scroll the selection menu can be longer
unified field theory - now gives 6 research, in addition to letting you switch fields when paused
cardinality renamed emergence - and gives some JUNK
bug fix where game crashes if you beat the boss
missile-bot tech now removes your missile gun, but missile bot fires much faster
missile-bot now benefits from all missile tech
rail gun has a bit less ammo and fires a bit faster
in between how it is was in the last two patches
rail gun gets less energy from half-wave rectifier
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
tech: chain reaction now requires vacuum bomb, but it increases grenade radius and damage 33%
(and makes blocks explode)
needle gun fires with more regular timing
needles despawn 1.5s faster, for performance reasons
intro level power ups are relocated
tech: decomposers renamed necrophage
if mobs are one shotted before they see you, they no longer alert nearby mobs
clicking on a mob in testing will log that mob in console
decomposers - worms reset their lifespan if they kill their target
nail tech tree reworked a bit
removed powder actuated, nail gun ramps up to full fire rate with just pneumatic actuator
needles and ice crystal nucleation can get supercritical fission and irradiated nails now
supercritical fission crits easier
labs exit platforming is a much easier since it's in the general rotation now
bug fixes
"labs" is now in the normal map rotation
experimental mode is now endless (no gauntlet, finalBoss, ...)
fixed a bug that was giving experimental mode full life at the start
perfect diamagnetism field has a 10% larger radius and arc
the 1/15 second cooldown after blocking with perfect diamagnetism no longer stops you from blocking
it still disables field damage effects and player recoil after blocking (for 1/15 of a second)
mass-energy now works with catabolism by removing max energy to make ammo
ergodicity - now reduces difficulty by 2 levels and prevent healing from heal power ups (was all healing)
Noether violation gives even more forward recoil
blinkBoss has more health, but it's much slower at easy difficulty
tech: Lenz's law -perfect diamagnetism field stays when you aren't holding field
tech: Zeno's paradox - every 5s lose 10% of your current health, but get 84% harm reduction
tech: restitution: thrown blocks are bouncy and blocks do 150% more damage
the tech previously named restitution is now named buckling
after getting a bot upgrade, future bot tech will be for the upgraded bot type
(doesn't effect tech that gives random bots)
bug fixes
blinkBoss - teleports after you, drops grenades after each teleport
sneaker (the stealthy black pentagons) - decloaks slower, moves slower, is smaller, has more health
some mobs can now sense you by "smelling" where you were
they check for a clear line of sight with your last 10 seconds of history
snakeBoss, blinkBoss, sneaker
extra bosses no longer spawn on final level
beating the final boss clears mobs that spawn after a mob dies, like powerUpBoss
phonon and isotropic radiator range reduced about 10%
shotgun balance
ice-shot: less spread, higher damage, more crystals
needle-shot: more needles, higher damage, less spread
foam-shot: 1 more bubble
power up selection and pause menu elements scroll individually now
it looks great on my computer, but different operating systems and browsers are unpredictable
let me know if text is hidden or if it doesn't scroll for you and what OS and browser you're on
shotgun techs:
(I haven't done enough testing so let me know if these different shotgun modes aren't balanced)
worm shot
ice-IX shot
foam shot
needle shot
foam lasts much longer on shielded mobs
overall foam damage is reduced about 8%
attacks that drain energy don't work when the player is immune to harm
slime, radiation fields, black holes
energy regen that consumes something (ammo, blocks, power ups) now works when immune to harm
but passive energy regen is still stopped while you are immune to harm
pilot wave field can no longer hit intangible mobs with blocks
it was too annoying that you can't use blocks to move around so I reverted it back
tech: weak anthropic principle - after anthropic principle prevents your death, gain 50% duplication for that level
anthropic principle now correctly gives 6 seconds of harm immunity after preventing your death
almost all energy regen is disabled while immune to harm
you aren't immune very often so you may not notice, but it will limit some builds that let you get almost constant immunity
Pauli exclusion gives 1 s of harm immunity (was .75 s)
CPT reversal requires 10% less energy (min energy is 60% to activate)
CPT grenades gives many more bombs
CPT bots gives many more bots
growBoss balance: a bit smaller and slower, and a extra high chance to drop a random power up when you kill one
sneaker mobs are a bit slower, and have much lower health
starter mobs are no longer aggressive
gun tech will now only show up for your active gun
set CSS max width of the update element to match other elements
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
spore tech - nematodes - replace spores with 1/2 as many worms that do 200% more damage
worms are also a bit faster, last longer, have better reaction times
a cool worm graphic, and a simple searching behavior if they haven't found a mob
mycelial fragmentation - makes 6 extra spores during growth phase (was 4)
historyBoss has less health, slower tracking, and more damage
"pressure wave" renamed "phonon"
tech packet length removed
most wave beam tech is now compatible with phonon
wave beam tech: isotropic radiator - phonon has shorter range but expands in every direction
drone tech: torque bursts - teleport towards targets and do 30% more collision damage
irradiated drones do 33% more damage, 33% less collisions damage
5% more ammo, 30% less range, don't lose duration on collisions
pseudoscience only gets 3 free rerolls per tech
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)
tech: Noether violation - shotgun and railgun recoil is increased and it's direction is reversed, +60% damage for shot/rail gun
each field now has a tech that uses research to give a simple bonus
wormhole: virtual particles - 3 research for 19% duplication chance
cloaking field, pilot wave: dynamical systems - 2 research for 35% damage
standing wave harmonics, pilot wave: zero point energy - 2 research for 74% max energy
perfect diamagnetism or negative mass field: tessellation - 50% harm reduction for 4 research cost
time dilation field - Lorentz transformation now uses 4 research for a 50% speed increase (was 40% for no research)
plasma-bot - now also requires 1 research
nano-scale already has several research deals
added a research to the intro level
Newton's 1st law reduces harm by up to 66% (was 60%) when moving at up to 30
Newton's 2nd law increases damage by up to 66% (was 43%) when moving at up to 30
also they both have no requirements anymore
super ball tech supertemporal now fires with much less delay
and it syncs with frame rate much cleaner
metamaterial cloaking
now gets the damage buff after 3 seconds of no kills (was 4s)
recloaks 1/2 second faster
cloaked vision has a 10% larger radius
6 situational tech can now show up in situations where they are only "OK", but not "great" choices
"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
pressure wave balance - slightly more ammo
gamma-ray laser does 200% damage and 250% more drain (was 150% damage, 200% drain)
gamma ray now doesn't lock out other laser tech
hidden variable now gives 15, not 30 heals
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: pseudoscience - renewing power up choices costs no research, but adds 1-5 JUNK to the potential tech pool
>update text now shows the last 20 updates and has a scroll bar
tech: abiogenesis - spawn a second level boss on each level, but costs 5 research or if you don't have the research add 49 JUNK tech to the pool
note to level builders I rewrote the add duplicate boss code in all levels: spawn.secondaryBossChance(x,y)
foam tech: uncertainty principle - foam bullets change position randomly, increase foam damage by 66%
throwing blocks now charges faster with reduced fire cooldown
tech renormalization now has a 40% chance to refund a research (was 37%)
performance- now precalculate player gradient fill
irradiated drones
new tech: beta radiation - double damage and half lifespan
now don't clump as often, to make the graphics look better
effective radius now includes edges of mobs, not just centers
so they work better on large radius mobs
do 50% more damage, but have a 10% smaller radius and last 3 second shorter time and 80% less ammo (was 75%)
irradiated drones can't get a slowing effect anymore
it was just too annoying
nano-scale can now unlock irradiated drone tech properly
nano-scale now drains more energy per irradiated drone, to scale with the higher ammo costs
time dilation field is now just called "time dilation"
constraints under time dilation is less buggy, but still a bit buggy
tech - radioisotope generator - drones have the effect of neutron bomb, but you get less ammo
bug fix - reduced tolerances now properly gives extra ammo
water shielding now protects you from all radioactivity, but only gives 75% protection
(drones, neutron bomb, radioactive explosions, and even slime)
final boss has more durability in it's final phase
final boss no longers gets knocked around as much from explosions
level.warehouse predraw lighting for performance
bug fix on sewers where slime was doing too much harm
new level labs is done (it's kinda randomized, so expect it to feel different each run)
(I know there are tons of bugs, but I figure we can find them together :)
foam gun now gets about 20% less ammo
new junk tech: "emergency broadcasting" - plays some fun sounds and gives you health
updated matter.js to a newer build matter-js 0.17.1 by @liabru
(was matter-js 0.14.2 by @liabru 2018-06-11)
matter.js patch notes suggest a possible 30% physics performance increase
decomp.min.js was removed because I don't think it does anything anymore
I did get one error message about it being missing, but there were other bugs too
catabolism - lowers your max health by 1 (was 3 harm) and gives 4 ammo
inductive coupling - gives max energy for leftover power ups (was max health)
now requires mass-energy equivalence
switched to a newer copy, paste URL
this seems to fix issues with failed text copy in the level builder if you hold mouse down for over 6 seconds
tech: quenching - if you're at full health heal power ups do harm but they also increase your max health
you can play with camera smoothing now in the console
m.lookSmoothing = 0.07, //1 is instant/jerky, 0.01 is slow zoom, 0.07 is standard
more progress on level - labs
tech: chain reaction - blocks caught in explosions, explode
tech: shock wave reduces explosion damage by 30% (was 40%)
slime hazards now draw themselves in hazard.query()
I updated all the maps to remove hazard.draw()
but maybe I missed one let me know if you find a buggy slime
laser hazards also draw themselves in hazard.opticalQuery()
2/6 rooms for new level.labs() are completed
