coupling
crystallography renamed quintessence
wormhole -> energy after eating blocks
penrose process is removed
perfect diamagnatism and standing wave -> ice IX after blocking
tech triple point removed
plasma torch -> +damage
killing one of the first 3->4 snake body mobs makes snake bosses vulnerable
shooterBoss shoots 3-6 smaller bullets
bug fixes
tech: crystallography - convert all your research into 0.25 coupling per research
tech: residual dipolar coupling - cancelling field gun or tech gives +0.5 coupling
tech: fine-structure constant - +6 coupling, eject this tech if you take damage
coupling for cloaking field now gives +33% ambush damage
tech: ambush removed
coupling for time dilation now gives +25% longer time dilation effect
about +2 seconds
coupling tech isn't well balanced yet, so give me feedback
non-unitary operator renamed to Hilbert space
bug fixes
tech: coupling - +1 coupling, coupling is a new stat that provides different buffs for each field
releasing this early for feedback about balance and bugs
removed tech Pauli exclusion
now the perfect diamagnatism coupling effect
snakeBoss tails are closer together
some bosses have a higher vision memory and response time
phonon gets 10% less ammo and 10% less damage
meta-analysis gives 2 research per use
energy drain rework
in many situations drain no longer scales with regen
this might have some bad side effects, let me know
bug fixes
made several tech effects not an arrow function
timeSkip graphical glitches might be improved
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
makes 100% more bullets
grows and shrinks smoothly near start and end of phase
does 20% more damage to player
historyBoss has a "fun" graphical effect
acetone peroxide has 50 -> 40% less explosion defense
bug fix: timeSkip graphic glitch
there is a chance to cause other bugs with timeSkip effects
elephant's toothpaste: mines make foam
sentry fires about 40% faster
but each shot slightly reduces the total duration
(duration = 17s - 1/10 s per shot)
foam can move through blocks a bit faster
laser reflection damage is increased
about 15% -> 8% damage loss per reflection
beetleBoss pushes player away and spawns baby flutter mobs
fire rate affects block throwing charge rate
snakeBoss is now dragonFlyBoss
snakeSpitBoss till exists, don't worry
flutter and beetle mobs changes
Noether violation has 50% less forward recoil for shotgun
tech: ricochet - nails bounce off mobs and hit other mobs with extra damage per ricochet
tech: dye laser - 20% efficiency and 20% damage
laser diode renamed infrared diode
40 -> 50% efficiency but you can't see the laser beam
laser-bots acquire new targets much faster
iridescence 88 -> 100% damage, a tiny bit harder to hit center of mobs
stacks up to 3 -> 9
dynamic equilibrium scales damage with defense
goes up to 9x stacks
neutronium 25 -> 20% slower movement
revolutionBoss laser swords are much slower and shorter
but they do more damage
field tech: patch - after cloaking recover 75% of last health lost using that much energy
taking damage now forces decloaking
field tech: dynamic equilibrium - increase damage by 5% the value of your last health loss
foam has less velocity after a mob it's stuck to dies
snakeBoss becomes vulnerable if you remove any of the first 3 body segments
body segments have more health
bug fix: quantum eraser now removes mobs in a more random order
it used to have a too low chance to remove bosses
tech: electric generator - deflecting mobs generates energy for molecular assembler
tech: homeostasis - for each health below 100 +0.8% defense
tech: compound lens - +77% laser lens damage, +10° lens arc
tech: robotics - 2 random bots, power up choices include a bot tech option
tech: open-source - 3 random bots, 4x bot tech frequency
renamed from previous robotics tech
slightly buffed all bot upgrades
+9% iceIX damage
catabolism uses energy instead of health if you have mass-energy
optical amplifier laser tech options include laser-bot
rule 90 and rule 30 looks better on more browsers, I hope
cloaking +damage occurs for 2 seconds after decloaking
need to cloak for 4 seconds to get the full 2 seconds of +damage
ambush 666% -> 555% damage
boson composite drains 25% more energy when you move through mobs
nail gun gets 20% more ammo
harpoons now properly do damage on the frame before they retract
smelting removes 10% more ammo to get another harpoon for railgun
grenade fireworks explosive petals are 25% closer together
finalBoss pushes away things between every phase
it's much smaller in black hole phase and very hard to hit
timeBoss, shooterBoss, orbitalBoss, laserTargetingBoss have "orbital armor"
orbitals have less health and move a bit slower
orbitalBoss is slower and has more health
blinkBoss does much less collision damage
laserTargetingBoss does 2.5x damage but it's laser is only on 1/2 the time
URL builds share what mode molecular assembler is on
siphonaptera makes shotgun fire fleas
colony 37% -> 50% more stuff in sporangium
foam bullets have a +7% slow effect
about +7% damage for some foam tech
laser diode 33% -> 40% less energy cost
free-electron laser 200% -> 225% damage
extra clicks in experiment and unified field theory pause now switches molecular fab types
bug fixes
mob stun graphics is more consistent and less like mob invincibility
molecular fabricator defaults to random type on game load
spores, missile, ice IX, drones
probably some bugs with this. I haven't really checked
renamed fleas -> siphonaptera
tech: colony - sporangium discharge 38% more stuff, but it has a chance to discharge random bullet type
tech: annelids renamed -> K-selection - fleas and worms are bigger and do more damage
tech: anti-shear topology now applies to grenades, shotgun so basically everything that matters
no longer a "gun tech"
tech: fleas - replace spores with little hoppers
frame-dragging - time dilation field stops time when you aren't moving or firing, +33% defense
the odds of finding this tech is low because I find it kinda annoying, but maybe you will like it
molecular assembler field energy meter is yellow
wormhole is lavender
perfect diamagnetism is blue
time dilation is green blue
pilot wave is black
new room in labs: hopBossMom
harpoon now auto targets by default, but disabled when crouched
pulse + neocognitron auto targeting also disabled when crouched
bug fixes
tech: iridescence - laser does 100% damage to mobs hit near their center
tech: lens - laser does extra damage if you fire through a lens that revolves around you
tech: arc length - increase the size of the lens
virtual particles costs 4->6 research for 11% duplication
quantum eraser has less duplication chance at higher difficulty modes
community map temple updates
bug fixes
tech: resonance - when a block gets vibrated by phonon, it has a chance to spin towards mobs
cross disciplinary gives 4% duplication
boson composite lets you move through elevators again
JUNK tech: microtransactions - buy in-game skins for 1 research anytime you choose a tech
bug fixes
tech: quantum eraser - for each mob left alive after you exit a level
kill a spawning mob with 100% duplication
symbiosis: bosses spawn a tech and also an ammo, research, and heal
when mobs dies lose 0.45 -> 0.5 max health
boson composite - when you move through mobs they drain a little bit of energy
incendiary ammunition makes bullets explode on impact with map
polyurethane foam now works for harpoons
reactor level: timeBoss is much faster, mineBoss does 50% mine more damage
all bosses spawn fewer numbers
spawning all 4 bosses spawns much fewer numbers
bug fixes
loaded a patch to matter.js physics engine 0.18 to fix issues with time dilation
shape-memory alloy now also increases 100% heal power ups when "ON"
smelting makes multiple harpoons that fire in a quick succession
instead of at different angles
costs 2 less ammo
harpoon tech filament gives +20% longer rope per ammo
ground state: 66->50% less passive energy generation
grenadier mobs have a much longer delay before they explode on death
level based lasers now damage mobs
but don't trick mobs into touching the laser, it's rude
bug fixes
rewrite of the tech,gun,field selection code
odds of new bugs is pretty high, but the code is shorter and faster, so easier to fix
path integral is no longer a JUNK tech
lets you choose from every option on next tech
emergence is stackable
+2 power up choices per stack
tech: integrated circuit - if ON +7 power up choices if OFF -1
update matter.js engine 0.17.1 -> 0.18.0
shouldn't change anything
big fixes
nail gun tech: stress concentration - if a mob has below 50% durability after taking damage
from needles or rivets near the center of it's body it dies
caliber 16->25% nail, needle, rivet size/damage
combined tech: flagella - spores move +50% faster
spores follow you if they can't find a target
shock wave stun also applies to sporangium
no longer reduces explosion size
JUNK tech: reincarnation - kill all mobs and spawn new ones
(also spawn a few extra mobs for fun)
updated pause menu and fields descriptions to new wording style
bug fixes
tech: freezer burn - if a mob is frozen while below 33% health, it dies
tech: flash freeze - if a mob is above 66% health it's health is set to 66%
snakeBoss 1st tail mob is larger and farther from boss
parthenogenesis your duplication effects extend to duplicate mobs and bosses
WIMPs do 33% less harm (because they are hard to deal with on reactor)
MACHO 66->60% defense
axion 75%-> 100% of defense added to damage
full tech wording rewrite (I probably made a few typos)
increase damage by 10% -> +10% damage
20% fire delay reduction -> +20% fire rate
taking harm -> losing health
50% harm reduction -> +50% defense
new defense text effect
extra long minus sign - -> –
bug fixes
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
boss orbitals and mineBoss mines are destroyed when you deflect them with your field
drones, spores and other bullets that target mobs, will not target invulnerable mobs
timeSKipBoss is a bit slower with a bit less time skipping
fixed color to better match level background colors
JUNK tech: path integral - your next tech choice has almost all possible choices
bug fixes
tech: propagator - 67% damage, lose 1/2 second of time when a mob dies
timeSkipBoss is back, maybe it will not cause bugs this time
immune to harm unless player is inside horizon
player loses time when inside horizon
snake bosses are immune to harm until your remove their tail
mob shields are 30% stronger
time dilation: retrocausality automatically grabs power ups
eternalism 50->40% damage
paradigm shift 10->16% chance to get a research when ejecting tech
reaction inhibitor 11->13% mob health reduction
recycling 1->0.5% health for 5 seconds
up to 2.5% per mob kill at normal max health
bug fixes
new reactor boss: timeBoss - after taking some damage it speeds up the passage of time
reactor level has big doors
nonrefundable tech show up in the pause menu
time dilation field - move, jump, and fire 25% faster
JUNK tech: closed timelike curve - spawn 5 field power ups, but every 12 seconds teleport a second into your future
ideal gas law - lose all your current foam ammo; foam gun gets 1200% more ammo from ammo power ups
pressure vessel - has 25% more charges produced as you hold
slashBoss is a bit slower and has a bit longer between slashes
reactor SprayBoss: slower to fire, slower to move, smaller bullets, fewer in number
just a tiny nerf though
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
grenade tech: flame test - grenades release a cluster of smaller explosions
grenade tech: pyrotechnics - grenades release a circle of smaller explosions
grenade tech: implosion - explosions pull things in, not out, +25% to grenade explosion damage and radius
chain reaction no longer requires vacuum bomb
bosses and mobs have much less knock back from explosions
invulnerable mobs have no knock back
alternator harpoon/grapple/railgun energy drain reduced by 100->60%
bots no longer unlock tech until you upgrade to a bot type
JUNK tech rule 30 is now sometimes rule 90 instead
disabled testing for why? mode
wave beam
amplitude 50->37% damage
propagation 50->37% damage
worms
annelids 10-120% -> about 37% damage
radiation
nuclear transmutation stacks 9x
gives 70->47% damage per stack
explosions
ammonium nitrate 27->24% damage and radius
tech: cherenkov radiation - bremsstrahlung damage is increased by 300% over 6 seconds
bremsstrahlung does 2->3 damage, and also applies to block collisions
tech: nuclear transmutation - radiation sources do 70% more damage and harm
enthalpy now drops heal power ups instead of directly healing you
foam-shot has 13->15 particles, is slower, and less spread
bug fixes
plasma ball damage radius is 2x bigger
map collisions radius is unchanged
it no longer pops after hitting mobs
energy drain is 50% higher
JUNK tech: rule 30
generalist cycles guns with final boss phases
electric reactive armor renamed electric armor
reduce harm from explosions by 99%, drain 15 energy,
and greatly increase knock back
it does look like you can go through some thin walls,
but that's how it is in the real world, so not a bug
grenades have 40% more ammo
time dilation generates 12->18 energy/s
default foam gun fires a stream
tech: pressure vessel - in addition to the stream, foam gun builds up charges.
charges release after you stop firing
capacitor tech doubles pressure vessel effect
tech: syntactic foam - foam does 41% more damage per second
quantum foam removed
spore gun has 25% more ammo and fires 25% more often
spores and worms move 25% faster
nail gun has 5% more ammo
all versions of nail gun have a much higher fire rate
harpoon/grapple density reduced by 20%
this also lowers damage about 10%
harpoon/grapple properly follow conservation of momentum
(a small jerk when it retracts)
bug fixes
time dilation field rework
2x energy regen, but pausing time now uses much more energy
you are immune to harm while time is paused
but this stops energy regen
tech timelike is removed
eternalism gives 50% damage instead of ammo
also disables the pause button, and other pause effects
tech: polyurethane foam - super balls turn into foam after hitting a mob
supertemporal renamed autocannon
now gives +1 ball, and has a shorter delay between balls
harpoon and grapple no longer lose ammo when you run out of energy
they just trigger a 2 second fire CD
slashBoss doesn't slash as often at higher difficulty levels
field descriptions rewritten
bug fixes
tech: eternalism - tech,gun,field gives an ammo but, time doesn't pause while choosing
I might change the ammo to something else, not sure, maybe just damage
JUNK tech: panpsychism - awaken blocks, blocks can drop power ups
cache gives 14->16x ammo
1st ionization energy gives 8->10% max energy on heal
powerUpBossBaby immunity phase is a bit shorter
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
new fan level temple by Scar1337 is now add to community maps!
you have to try it out!
standing wave buffs
standing wave deflecting, is more efficient for multiple blocks in a very short time (< 1s)
spherical harmonics no longer deactivates on contact with shielded mobs
expansion increases block efficiency by 25->40%
negative mass field
neutronium: move 33->25% slower
generalist now requires 2 guns to unlock
active cooling 18->20% fire speed increase per gun
arsenal 12->13% damage increase per gun
futures exchange 4.3->4.5% duplication on cancel
perimeter defense 7->6% harm reduction per bot
unified field theory no longer gets bonus rerolls, instead it triples the frequency of field tech
removed tensor field
meta-analysis gives 3->1 research after choosing JUNK
plasma ball moves faster 7->10
bug fixes
JUNK tech density removed
it was causing the NaN bug
reactor
you can skip the fight, by not pressing the button and exiting
sprayBoss spray mode is now triggered by health loss, it fires a bit slower
power ups now spawn high up, but some fall off the edges
bonus Bosses can now spawn on reactor
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
nematodes now wiggle their tail. it's horrible
tech: transdimensional spores renamed transdimensional worms
spawns spores -> worms
missiles:
20% more ammo
no longer fire rapidly on crouch
instead crouch gives missile initial forward velocity
no crouch makes the missiles recoil back before they accelerate forward
tech: launch system - fire missiles 500% more rapidly, gives 25% ammo
doesn't work with cruse missile
tech: ICBM - cruse missile is even bigger and slower
pavilion has been added back to the map rotation
this will make the game end at 13 again, and feel harder
let me know if it's absence resulted in less NaN game crashes
reactor sprayBoss is now harder to kill
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
added 5 cycles of "coyote time"
this means you can still jump for 5/60 = 0.1 seconds after leaving the ground
let me know if you like the feel
this might cause some unexpected bugs, or reduce the difficulty of some platforming levels
JUNK tech: NFT - buy your current game seed
no one is allow to use your seeds
if they use them they are gonna get in trouble
removed the pavilion/ruins map to see if it's causing bugs
JUNK tech: meteor shower - take a shower, but meteors instead of water
JUNK tech: discount - get 3 random JUNK tech for the price of 1!
bug fixes
I'll be off line until Saturday, so please don't submit any bug reports until I return
tech lithium-ion - give 200 max energy when relay is ON
tech shape-memory alloy - give 200 max health when flip-flop is ON
NOR gate now prevents damage when in the OFF state (previously ON) to work well with shape-memory alloy
harpoon crouch mode now retracts at 30% greater distance than normal with no targeting
more bug fixes of course
new community map! - islands by Richard0820
enable community maps in settings
plasma ball
tech: corona discharge - increase frequency and range of electric discharges
several bug fixes
bug fix for some people that can't store settings between reloads
plasma ball
once released explodes on mobs or map
slows mobs
grows at 2x rate if you have energy above max
player is slowed when holding plasma ball
every 20 cycles damage a nearby mob
next patch plasma ball tech
plasma ball
moves faster
grows/drains extra fast when you have excess energy
bug: technical debt no longer produces negative damage at high tech levels
maybe this was causing the NaN position bug?
plasma ball
much more damage
new graphics
fast decay in mob shields
works with capacitor
some bug fixes
paradigm shift: 4->10% chance to give research instead of tech
harpoon density: 0.006->0.005 (lower damage and knock back to mobs)
wormhole: 7->5% duplication chance
pilot wave uses less energy
plasma ball is now live, but it's still in beta
still needs
new graphics
damage balancing
fast decay in mob shields
player angle rotation speed while firing adds to fire speed
tech upgrade to get electrical arcs that randomly damage nearby mobs
current tech synergy
capacitor bank,plasma jet(range?)
reservoir level is less crowded, so you can dodge mobs easier
horizontal flipped version is so reenabled
pure science renamed paradigm shift
difficulty scaling for heal and mob damage reduced 2%
some possible bug fixes, I don't know...
tech: autonomous navigation - drones travel with you through levels and drones reset durability
tech: technical debt - increase damage by 300%, but reduce damage by 10% for each tech you have
molecular assembler now has a higher bullet spawn cap 200->300
but it increases energy cost per spawn above around 150
fragments are about 15% fewer
thermal runaway is about 40% bigger and more damage
plasma torch: extruder uses less energy
pilot wave uses less energy
bug fixes
JUNK tech - 🐱
railgun buffs
600% -> 800% more ammo
more dense (more damage)
only targets mobs when pressing down
does a bit of damage to nearby mobs after you fire
extra damage to mob bullets
pneumatic hammer renamed caliber
also applies to super balls
5% less size increase per stack
pure science and unified field theory have a pause animation to show they are clickable
bug fixes
railgun and foam have a bit more ammo
capacitor bank makes foam gun fire a stream of foam
tech shift registers is now always on
(set ON/OFF to ON at the start of a new level)
tech from applied science doesn't count for various tech that convert tech into other things (pure science, many worlds)
grappling hook now shows hooks on the grapple
merged similar gun tech
needle gun+needle shot
rivet gun+shotgun slug
shockwave+blast mines
nematodes+worm-shot
necrophoresis+necrophage
the worm aspect now spawns 3 copies instead of just a lifespan reset
grapple goes 40% farther before it retracts automatically
grapple now works well with fire delay reduction
or it's annoying, you decide!
smelting cost more ammo as you increase stacks
grappling hook tech: bulk modulus - immune to harm while grappling, but drain a bit of energy
particle collider renamed pure science - and it gives 1 research instead of energy when it fails: 4% chance
grappling hook - small quality of life improvements
about 30% larger, and a new shape (does more damage as a result)
continues past mobs after hitting them instead of retracting
pulls faster even at close range
sticks into walls more reliably
returns to you when you let go of fire, even when stuck
loses ammo less often
drains energy as it pulls
JUNK tech: Mech v4.48 - open a portal to a primordial version of reality (an old scratch game I wrote)
JUNK tech: harvest - convert all the mobs on this level into ammo
pause menu stats are a bit different
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
filament renamed UHMWPE
unaaq renamed Bessemer process
toggling harpoon renamed induction furnace
half-wave rectifier renamed alternator
reticulum renamed smelting
smelting costs 2 ammo packs per upgrade
railgun works with smelting
JUNK tech: Higgs phase transition - spawn 3 tech, there is a chance to remove everything with a 5 minute halflife
tech railgun - harpoon charge fires and no longer retracts, get 8x ammo from power ups
railgun has auto-targeting, like harpoon
the aiming graphic is gone
disables filament, reticulum, toggling
unlocks capacitor bank
mobs do 2% less harm to player
player does 0.5% more damage per level
Zeno's paradox removes 1/10 -> 1/12 -> 1/14 (7%) health every 5 seconds
drone gun gets 10% more ammo
harpoon damage reduced by 15%
random bots have a 100% -> 66% chance to match your upgraded bot type
phonon has 1/8 -> 1/9 less ammo than matter wave
Penrose process gain 63 -> 53 energy when wormhole eats blocks
transdimensional spores makes 20% fewer spores when wormhole eats blocks
bugfixes
new reactor boss - mineBoss
1/3 chance for 1 of 3 different bosses to spawn on the reactor level
harpoon starts with 10->3 ammo, and still gets 1 ammo per powerUpx
network effect damage per bot 7->6%
perimeter defense harm reduction 8->7%
bug fix decoherence
harpoon's crouch is now a harpoon sized railgun
tech: halfwave rectifier now gives energy on harpoon/railgun charge and also stops harpoon from draining energy when it retracts
toggling harpoon does 800 -> 600% more damage
perfect diamagnetism default field is a bit larger
bug fix with several periodic checks running off simulation time
they now run on player time and will be active during time dilation
fixed a bug where lore wasn't working
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
tech: particle collider - in pause menu clicking a tech ejects it (5% chance to lose the power up and convert into energy)
(also works on testing without the tech)
growBoss no longer goes invulnerable
bounceBoss bullets (on reactor map)
do 33% less damage
move 50% slower, so they don't fill the entire map
ground state reworked: reduce passive energy regen by 66%, increase max energy by 200
electronegativity: increase damage by 1% for every 9 -> 8 energy
acetone peroxide does 300 -> 200% more self harm from explosions
predator renamed parasitism
difficulty balance per level
mob harm done is reduced about 2%
player damage is increased about 2%
slasher mobs do 20% less damage
this is because they killed me on my last run and I'm bitter
mantisBoss is invincible for a less time
Zeno's paradox removes 1/10 -> 1/12 health every 5 seconds
slow, stun, plasma, foam, neutron bomb effects now only slow mobs down to a minimum speed of about 2-4
bug fixes
bounceBoss deals with slow effects in a less buggy way
final boss didn't kill invincible mobs when it dies
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
exit door has a 1 second delay and animation
reservoir map now has a flipped horizontal chance
map ruins renamed -> pavilion
all the individual !m.isBodiesAsleep are replaced with ones in the main game loop
this needs extensive bug testing?
should behave similarly to testing mode, which doesn't have issues
todo remove the checks from bullets and mobs, do this after update so it can be easy to revert
bug fixes
new boss: slashBoss - same as slash mob, but it's get invulnerability of course
if you have upgraded bots then random bot will that type
being inside slime reduces gravity by 50% through buoyancy
difficulty increase for mobs harm is 2% lower per level
boson composite no longer lets you pass through elevators and rotors
NAND gate damage 50 -> 55.5%
the level list now has 2 levels randomly removed to bring the total back to 13
15 level play session felt too long
tech: invariant - use energy to pause time while placing your wormhole
reservoir level has wider platforms, and some other changes
Zeno's paradox 83->85% harm reduction
supply chain no longer gives 5% JUNK
vector field renamed -> tensor field: also gives 7 research
new map reservoir - still in development, but putting it out for feedback
tech: optical amplifier - get 3 random laser tech, but you can't turn off your laser until you run out of energy
slow light - lasers are slightly closer together at higher stacks of this tech
research power ups no longer log to the "in game console" to prevent spam
dynamo-bots give 6->7 more energy (upgraded 20->23)
some Boss invulnerability times are very slightly shorter
music tech now links to actual n-gon music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbHeSdmS-k&list=PL9Z5wjoBiPKEDhwCW2RN-VZoCpmhIojdn
ruins level is larger, more balanced for combat, with easier platforming
vanish element
vanish slower if they are wider
delete blocks caught inside it as it returns
new level: ruins, let me know about combat and platforming difficulty balance
vanish elements now shrink horizontally
now colored dark blue to not look like mobs
tech: super duper - fire +0-2 extra super balls
super balls no longer part of MIRV
bug fix for plasma extruder interaction with doors that collide with power ups
mantisBoss moves slower, can be damaged for longer time, has less total life, has a smaller punch range
revolutionBoss is immune to damage at 1/4,1/2,3/4 health until it's laser spins around one revolution
thermocouple produces 1-9 -> 4-13 ice nine bullet
thermocouple is on by default until next patch
decoherence rewrite with flags instead of a banish array, to fix bugs
new community level "run" (by iSuggestedThatAlready / iNoobBoi)!!!!!!
try it out by enabling community levels in the settings
more training levels: "trainingNailGun", "trainingShotGun", "trainingSuperBall", "trainingMatterWave", "trainingMissile"
no power ups check box in experiment mode now disables all types of power ups, not just tech
simulation.isNoPowerUps
powerUps can no longer move through doors
this might lead to problems that I haven't thought about, but let's see
adiabatic healing now updates active heal power ups as well as future ones
fixed bug with undefined tech not showing up
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
powerUpBoss no longer gets invulnerability after death
but powerUpBossBaby still has it
tech: brainstorming - randomize your tech choice menu every 2s for 10s
JUNK tech: brainstorm - randomize your tech choice menu every 0.5s for 10s
powerUpBoss & powerUpBossBaby go invulnerable for a second after they die
powerUpBossBaby is even smaller, and a bit slower
growBoss goes invulnerable for a second after one of it dies
shieldingBoss makes shields that are 50% stronger, shieldingBoss has 40% lower health
mantisBoss: 3 punching mobs, eject your ammo when you get punched
invulnerable except for 1 second after moving
powerUpBossBaby: smaller, cuter, faster, can't move through walls
slashBoss renamed revolutionBoss
invulnerable every other revolution of it's blades
new mob state: invulnerable - immune to damage and status effects (stun, dots, freeze)
damage and harm circle graphic size have been made more consistent
bug fixes
several tech now have fewer requirements to unlock
some normal tech is now considered gun tech (mostly explosion stuff)
snakeBoss tails, stay attached to each other
"snakeBoss", "blockBoss", "powerupBoss" are now the only bosses for the random boss list
bug fixes
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