snakeBoss - boss with a tail that grows longer after damage or eating power ups
trying out putting actual system error messages directly into the in-game console
charmed baryons: 0.66->0.8x movement
grappling hook field: 0.6->0.5 damage taken
renamed MACHO -> dark matter
tech: MACHO - dark matter is active when you are outside not inside it's range, 1.5 to dark matter effects
tech: dark energy - inside dark matter regen 10 energy
tech: stability - 0.3x damage taken if health equals maxHealth
tech: instability - 2x damage if damage taken is 1x
tech: control theory - 1.5x damage if health equals maxHealth
tech: inertial confinement - while charging tokamak you can fly, but energy drains
tech: stellarator - after firing a block with tokamak, spawn up to 5 heals
boss health nerf: almost every boss has ~0.8x less health
secondary bosses also spawn 2 ammo
aerostat 0.85->0.9 damage on the ground
Pauli exclusion 6->8 seconds of invulnerable after getting hit
Gibbs free energy 2->0 research cost, 1.01->1.05 damage scales with energy below 100->maxEnergy
cache 15->17x ammo
several bug fixes
new community levels: (you can enable community maps in the settings)
rings by thatLittleFrog
flappyGon by Digin
trial by Cirryn and Tarantula Hawk
arena level updated by Whyisthisnotavalable
difficulty scaling: 0.84->0.85x player damage per level
research spawn per level is no longer in the difficulty settings
instead players get 1 research for only the first few levels
cell boss has less health at high difficulty
converted JUNK tech to additive, instead of the multiplicative
makes the first JUNK you take do the same, but if you take too much you can get to 100%
right aligned some text in tech descriptions
added some circles to the in-game console messages
renamed slow light -> delayed-choice - a single 0.4 second delayed 0.7x damage laser beam
also now works with reflection
plasma torch field gets 1.5x damage by default
molecular assembler coupling 0.8->0.6 energy per second
nail-bot upgrade 5->4x fire rate
foam-bot upgrade 3->2.5x size and fire rate
sound-bot upgrade 2.5->2x fire rate, damage, 1->2x wave packet length
boom-bot upgrade reduced range, bot acceleration
orbital-bot upgrade 1.5->2x radius
perimeter defense 0.95->0.96x damage taken per bot
network effect 1.05->1.04x damage per bot
tech: working mass - cleaned up physics and logic a bit
negative feedback scales with health below maxHealth, not health below 100
1.007->1.006x damage per missing health
homeostasis scales with missing health, not health below 100
limit of 0.2x at 0 health
tech: working mass - in midair molecular assembler or pilot wave prints a block to jump off
buckling: 100%->50% chance to spawn a power up from any block that kills a mob
no longer requires the block to be thrown
mobs: powerUpBoss, snakeBoss tails, cellBoss, ghoster, sucker - all collide with blocks now
added a few more blocks to towers level
deprecated: 1.05->1.07 damage per removed tech
laserLayerBoss has 33% less health and has fewer lasers at higher difficulties
bugfix
disabled spawnDelay stopping on damage because it had too many negative tech interactions
metastability + paradigm shift no longer makes all ejected tech explode
you can now jump off mobs while invulnerable
includes time dilated
pause display text updated with details menus
difficulty parameters
0.82->0.84x damage done per level
1.25->1.23x damage taken per level
tungsten carbide 300->400 health, but 0.08->0.02 seconds of coyote time and longer crouch time
nitinol 0.08->0.17 seconds of coyote time and much less crouching on hard landings, but 0.8->1 damage taken
mass-energy equivalence no longer costs 2 research
long power up spawns, like from interest or supply chain:
will pause new spawns until total power ups are below 300 to reduce lag
stop spawning if you take damage
bug fixes
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
tech: anyon - 2x energy after duplicating a power up, +6% duplication chance
tech: Abelian group - 4x damage while invulnerable
tech: fermion - become invulnerable for 5 seconds after a mob dies
tech: entropic gravity - crouching pulls MACHO towards the player, and 1.5x to all MACHO effects (damage, damage reduction, AoE damage)
tech: modified Newtonian dynamics - +20 speed for all Newtonian law tech
choice, MACHO, invulnerable, speed - have text keyword CSS style
removed chance to find a random tech in early levels from mobs
this reduces tech per full game by about 2
tower level has a few changes
options exchange only works once per level, but it gives 3x choices after randomizing
dark star has a 1.2->1.3x MACHO radius
autocannon fires 1->2 extra super balls, but balls have higher gravity
grappling hook field starts with 0.6x damage reduction
super balls + uncertainty principle makes all balls start in the same spot and only separate after teleporting
ablative drones spawns 50% more drones on collision
von Neumann probe gives 40% more drones per block mass
also added text clarification that it uses 5 energy
tech lens rotates 50% faster
ghoster mobs are more aggressive once they have lost 20% health
sneakBoss doesn't start accelerating until it is partly uncloaked, but it spawns sneaker mobs after cloaking
fixed bug with 2 different boost power up sizes
paradigm shift doesn't do damage while player is invulnerable
random internet JUNK images disabled because some of the images are bad
entanglement bug fix, maybe
newLevel - towers
please give feedback
boost level elements can now be pointed at any angle
paradigm shift costs 1 health, but cost increases after each use
ejecting with paradigm shift tech sets their frequency to zero, so they don't show up again
polyurethane foam - makes more foam from super balls
bubble fusion - now works with any shield, but only once per mob
so it triggers from the shieldingBoss
collider - has a higher chance to form tech vs. other power ups
removed all ON/OFF tech
I just don't think they are fun
JUNK tech - wall jump
fixed some bugs
player damage reduction adjustment: 0.9x -> 0.89x per level per difficulty mode (1,2,4,5)
on easy that's 0.28 -> 0.245 by level 12 (a 12% player damage nerf)
on why a 50% player damage nerf by level 12
adjusted text and math for the fire rate system to use the new "x" syntax
tech search is no longer case sensitive
Zectron 1.9->2x damage, -25% -> -5 energy
exothermic process -20% -> -5 energy
instant/unRemovable tech has a unique icon and no longer shows up in the tech list
marginal utility - no longer spawns ammo
heuristics - no longer spawn a gun, 1.2->1.3 fire rate
open-source - gives 1 extra bot option and 3x bot tech frequency
robotics - now just spawns 2 bots
induction brake - doesn't spawn heals, but lasts 15->17 seconds
accretion - doesn't spawn heals, but gets 3% duplication
mass production - doesn't spawn power ups, but gets 3% duplication
Ψ(t) collapse - doesn't spawn research, spawns 5 research from bosses
decoherence - doesn't spawn research, spawns 2 research from bosses
fine-structure constant - doesn't spawn coupling, spawn 9 coupling from bosses
Bayesian statistics - 1.03->1.05x damage, doesn't spawn research
Born rule code rewritten, but it should have a similar effect as before
triple point - 1.5->5 second freeze, but no coupling spawn
geodesics - no longer spawns ammo and guns, but gives 1.5x damage
ideal gas law - doesn't remove ammo, 12->6x foam ammo per ammo power up
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)
new tech are sorted to the top of the tech list
pause menu tech list matches the tech list in game
JUNK tech icons are properly displayed in pause
Sort interface works with enter key
bug fix: you can no longer pause or enter testing in experiment selection on text input
pressing P in power up selection menu brings up the pause menu
so you can see your tech and stats
blocks stuck in vertical portals have a bit of randomness added to their velocity to help them escape
JUNK tech chance is a raw percent chance to display a random JUNK
it was previously a specific JUNK tech directly added to the pool
this might cause bugs
JUNK tech: beforeunload - asks if you want to cancel if you exit game, if you cancel gain 25% damage, but there is a 25% chance to exit anyways
JUNK tech: what the block? - trying to throw a block, throws you instead
reinforcement learning converted into a JUNK tech
JUNK DNA - scale damage by 100->200% of JUNK pool tech percent
dark patterns 33->22% JUNK
replication 33->22% JUNK
overcharge 66->88 max energy
residual dipolar coupling 6->8 coupling per cancel
futures exchange 4.7->5% duplication per cancel
hyperpolarization reduces polarization time by 1->1.25 seconds
reel +75->100 energy
updated physics engine to matter.js 0.19 (from 0.18)
laserLayerBoss - sends lasers to player's location
snakes bosses - after you kill a tail piece the rest of the tails lose 5% life
this makes targeting any part of the tail a viable strategy
accretion disk - 5% damage for every power up on this level
requires accretion
unified field theory has buttons to cycle field forwards or backwards when paused
iceIX range and damage increased 15%
electric tech in labs level is finally nerfed
drains energy, but doesn't do damage
pushes player away
mob: laserLayer - leaves behind lasers that persist for a few seconds
ghoster mobs do 66% less damage, but they eject your ammo
grappling hook tech rupture renamed swarf
fires several nails at nearby mobs, not explosions
grappling hook 6->9 energy per second
CIWS 18->10 energy
reel +40->75 energy reeling blocks
wormhole 5->7% duplication
cloaking no longer drains energy, this fixes a can't cloak bug
dazzler no longer drains energy
dazzler range reduced by 15%
dazzler stuns for 3->2 seconds
zero point energy 100->166 max energy
expansion 40->77 max energy
annihilation -33% of max energy -> 10 energy
dynamical systems is no longer a field tech 35->30 damage
tessellation is no longer a field tech 50->35 defense
yield stress removed
topological defect 80->111% damage
brittle 80->111% damage
commodities exchange 6-12 -> 10-14 power ups
heat engine 50->40% damage
flame test grenades clusters explode 40% faster
alternator uses 10->0% energy for harpoon
finally made a shared vertexCollision function
this might cause some bugs with laser-like effects...
tech: hyperpolarization - reduce the CD on depolarization by 1 second
metamaterial absorber 22->25% chance to get power up for mobs not killed
symbiosis -0.5 -> 0.25 max health after killing a mob
dazzler -15->10 energy after decloaking and stunning mobs
Hilbert space 142->300% damage
fixed bug with 1000x more frequent enthalpy
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
after beating the final boss the difficulty settings automatically opens
quenching - double the damage and double the max health given
aligned the effects more consistently with defense and difficulty based heal reduction
prevented possible death by quenching
fixed super balls bug
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
mob health tech
tech: cascading failure - +222% damage to mobs below 25% health
tech: yield stress - +55% damage to mobs at maximum health
cloaking tech: topological defect - +88% damage to mobs at maximum health
harpoon tech: brittle - +88% harpoon/grapple damage to mobs at maximum health
cloaking buffs
50->66% defense while cloaked
recloak 0.25s faster
simplified cloaking field graphics
boson composite drains much less energy while moving through mobs and shields
fixed bug where mines and egg mobs were colliding with player while intangible
patch no longer drains energy when you heal on cloaking
metamaterial absorber gets 17->22% chance to spawn a power up for each mob alive
no-cloning theorem changes to 45->40% duplication and 2->1% duplication loss on killing a mob
finalBoss phases:
new: slow zone, antigravity pulse
nerfed: laser, black hole, orbitals
buffed: oscillation, mobs
improved graphics: boulder
Hilbert space has a skin. 99->142% damage increase, but randomize tech after taking damage
Higgs mechanism has a skin. +45->77% fire rate, player can't move while firing
induction furnace gives +77% harpoon/grapple damage for 8 seconds after picking up a power up
collider 50->100% chance to combine and randomize power ups
quenching gives more bonus max health at high difficulty level (maybe around 30% more health)
accretion gives 5->7 heal power ups
dynamo bots follow player much closer when you have many of them
scrap-bots don't follow the player as accurately or as quickly
scrap bot duration 13->15 seconds
JUNK tech: planned obsolescence - make 100 scrap bots that last for about 30 seconds
community map dojo by werid_pusheen
fixed by Cornbread 2100
hard mode gets 1 less heal at the start
hard and why difficulty don't begin with starter mobs
hopBullet mobs last 2 seconds less time
adjusted button heights on train station level to be consistently the same height
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
new community level shipwreck by 3xionDev
grappling hook
tech: reel - increase block damage 400%, generate 30 energy after hooking blocks
added tokamak to grappling hook
updated rope graphics
added input.up to adjust positioning while hook is attached
added images for CIWS, rupture, autonomous defense
aerostat: 25->15% reduced damage on ground
rupture unlocks explosive tech
rupture destroys blocks
autonomous defense renamed to CIWS
field emitter 6->4 base energy regen
tech: autonomous defense - harpoon tech that fires harpoons after taking damage
degenerate matter: 75->85% defense while field is active
neutronium: 90->95% defense while field is active
unified field theory no longer has field emitter as an option
grappling hook
added coupling effect - 4% extra ammo per coupling
doesn't destroy blocks, instead the player grabs blocks
doesn't automatically retract after hitting power ups
improved momentum conservation on yank and catching blocks, power ups
removed accidental 55% defense for grapple field
tech (no images yet)
autonomous defense - fire harpoons at nearby mobs
rupture - explosion on impact with map, block, mob
negative mass field has horizontal block motion by default
fixed tech sorting by "allowed tech" in experiment mode
grappling hook is now a field (work in progress)
reworked physics to allow faster speeds, but more control
improved rate of power up grabbing
more player control to hook retraction rate
changed hook shape and field image graphics
grappling hook field coupling, more tech, bug fixes, and general polish to be added soon
aerostat - 88->100% damage in air 22-> 25% damage on ground
foam damage reduced 10%, ammo increased about 10%
after hitting an invulnerable mob (drones,spores,worms,iceIX,fleas) don't die or lose cycles
added JUNK tech: mobs! - summon 20 random mobs
added announcement of mob names in console at start of new level
bug fixes
new community map - LaunchSite by Des Boot
added a short color animation after grabbing basic power ups
reduced overall damage done to player by ~6%
commodities exchange spawns 5-10 -> 6-12 power ups on cancel
residual dipolar coupling spawns 5 -> 6 coupling power ups
bots maintain relative position to player after the no camera tracking teleport
for portals and falling off level
the once every 7 seconds stuck check now also check to see if you stay stuck for 3 seconds before resetting you.
after falling off most open maps you don't take damage
you fall down into the level again above the entrance
disabled smooth camera tracking for
portals
falling off map
added a once every 7 seconds check to see if the player is suck inside the map
if stuck you teleport to the level entrance
catches about 90% of the ways to get stuck from falling too fast
this might causing problems after more testing, not sure
bug fixes
new mob type: hopMother - hoppers that drop eggs that explode on contact and after several seconds they hatch into baby hoppers
regular hopper mobs have more life and more damage
a few bug fixes
missile Bot: +10% bigger explosions, +10% damage, +7% fire rate
plasma Bot: +40% damage, and drains 2% less energy
1st ionization energy: 8->11 energy per heal
mass-energy: defense reduction factor 0.13->0.33
neutron bomb: +25% damage
non-renewables: 78->88% damage
junk DNA: applies to all damage, not just spores
pseudoscience: adds (1-4)->(1-3) JUNK to tech pool per free research
futures exchange: 4.1->4.3 duplication per cancel
default skin has slightly more narrow legs
added ammo to gun descriptions
on later levels spawn 2 bosses, but 1 power up each
starts at simulation.difficulty > 23 //on hard mode level 6, level 12 on easy, level 4 on why?
makes combat harder, but also means that you will always get at least 2 drops per level
you used to have a chance to only get 1 near the end of the game
I'm guessing this will lead to about 3 more total tech by the final boss
abiogenesis - removed
parthenogenesis - doesn't duplicate bosses anymore, +8% duplication
community map ace by Richard0820
field tech: additive manufacturing - crouch while activating your field to print a throwable block
blocks 80% faster and 80% more dense/more damage
molecular assembler, pilot wave
inflation: 85->90% defense, 300->200% larger blocks
buckling: can spawn boosts or coupling in addition to heals, ammo, and research
new community training level diamagnetism by Richard0820
it's at the end of the training levels
start training by click the top right button at the load screen
slasher mob variant with 2 laser swords
slasher mob variant with a laser spear
suckerBoss pulls in powerUps and makes them orbit better
shooterBoss fires faster and larger bullets
wormhole 4 -> 5% duplication, and a 10% reduction in energy cost
drones fire faster and aim more accurately
quenching gives 10% more max health and harm
snake tail mobs have 15% less health
tungsten carbide properly gives 222 health in addition to the bonus max health
new community level: dojo by weird_pusheen
sound-bot: makes phonon waves
updated tech
drone repair -> von Neumann probe - if a drones ends near a block it will use that block to repair
quantum eraser -> metamaterial absorber: for each mob left alive after you exit a level there is a 17% chance to spawn a power up
uncertainty principle: extended to super balls
aperture: camera zooms in and out along with the skin animation
balanced tech:
cordyceps: zombies are much smarter, faster, do more damage, and last longer
negative entropy -> self-assembly: 1 heal per 33->25% missing health on each new level
renormalization: 44 -> 46% and +3% JUNK tech to pool
parasitism: 60 -> 83% damage
non-renewables: 67 -> 78% damage
ground state: 200 -> 266 max energy
dark patterns: 17 -> 22% damage and JUNK
eternalism: 30 -> 24% damage
stimulated emission 15 -> 17% duplication
nitinol 30 -> 22% defense
bug fixes
subway
start in an empty station
station exits are blocked by a gate that opens when you press a button
level exit spawns after you clear 4 stations
added 2 new stations (7 possible stations)
laser-bots lasers wiggle as it aims at the target
this is a nerf to iridescence and it looks cool
bug fixes
new community level cantilever
extended tech sorting to experiment
acetone peroxide does 40->33% more explosion harm to player
fleas can do up to 30% more damage before they despawn
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
