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
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
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
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)
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
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
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 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
level: subway
replaces gauntlet just before the final boss
gauntlet moved to community map pool
subway todo:
add a few more stations
balance difficulty
find bugs
surface plasmons does 50% more damage
elasticity renamed nitinol because I bought some nitinol wire and it's neat
entanglement power up no longer shows guns or fields you already have
disabled minimal HUD for training levels
reaction inhibitor 12->11% mob max health reduction
spawn.bodyRect() now can add blocks mid level without any extra code
I think I found all the bugs this causes, but let me know if any blocks added mid game aren't colliding
community map - clock update:
visual overhaul,live lighting, remove pendulum overlap, move with pendulum if you stand in it, debris, trap exit only opens after completing the fight, moving elements now freeze while using time dilation
JUNK tech: flatland - draw line of sight
credit to Cornbread for line of sight algorithm
a preview of future line of site content
try it out in console: tech.giveTech("flatland")
new images
bug fixes
factory: rewrote the end
clock gating was removed because it's annoying
liquid cooling -> refrigerant - freezes mobs after losing at least 5% health
mass-energy gets more effect from defense (0.13 -> 0.19)
ternary 84 -> 77% damage
dark patterns 15 -> 17% damage and JUNK
Maxwell's demon 3% -> 1% energy loss above max
exciton 16 -> 14% chance to drop
10% increase in overall mob health
new images
bug fixes
new community map!! underpass by Richard0820
duplicated power ups aren't circles
metastability makes power ups triangles instead of circles
3->4 seconds of half life before exploding
only metastability duplicated power ups have the lighting graphic
mob's that fall off the map now die instead of just being removed
so they can still spawn power ups
you can pick up power ups from slightly farther away (450)
but less far away when not facing the power up (100)
accretion has less lag at high amounts of heal power ups following you
several other bug fixes
setting - minimal HUD
remove: defense bar, damage bar, tech, in game console
improved text clarity on coupling
removed tech decoupling
added cloaking and sneak attack graphics
also, the 50% defense when cloaked is now clear from the defense bar
ternary 44->83% damage but requires current gun to have ammo/3 (was any gun)
wormhole invariant: uses much less energy to pause time
standing wave has less recoil when blocking
new images
bug fixes
new community level - superNgonBros by DesBoot
tech: induction brake - after using a heal slow nearby mobs for 15 seconds
tech: null hypothesis - +9 damage, spawn several research after removing
reworked: strange attractor - +7% damage, +10% duplication after removing
bremsstrahlung does 50% more damage
time crystals 200 -> 150% passive energy regen
it also tells you how much energy regen you will get
aperture (-50 to +150) -> (-10 to +110) damage
diaphragm (-33 to +100) -> (+8 to +80) defense
tungsten carbide 200 -> 222 health
CPT symmetry 30 -> 20 energy per second of rewind
quenching gives more max health, but also does more damage per over heal
final boss has 50% faster armor decay
so it takes even more damage the longer you fight it
a few more images
some bug fixes
new favicon
heal power up overheals don't consume the entire heal power up
accretion works with all fields except wormhole
(only because wormhole eat up heals so it's bad)
spawns 6 -> 3 heals
pilot wave 1 -> 2 extra power up choices
standing wave 66 -> 150 max energy
electronegativity 0.1% -> 0.15% energy per energy (10->15% damage at 100 energy)
a few more images
bug fixes
field tech: accretion - health power ups follow you around and they travel with you to the to next level
spawn 6 heal power ups
negative mass, plasma torch
foam gun tech cavitation - more knock back, and 25% to make a foam bullet extra large and fast
foam-bots now discharge a few bullets in a stream with a long reload time
laser-bot +5% energy drain, -5% damage
nail-bot +10% fire rate
mob damage difficulty setting is lower
recycling now flashes green when it heals
merged cancel and research bars for single column selection
added some dark grey borders for no images selection mode
new images with midJourney V5
spores, pilot wave, standing wave
bug fixes
community map clock by Cornbread 2100
health bar is now green
added a damage bar
(I'll probably add a setting to disable this next patch)
wave gun has -15% ammo
tech phonon has +25% ammo, and +10% damage
JUNK tech stubs can now wall climb
tech: aerostat - +88% damage off the ground, but -22% damage on the ground
negative mass field required
tetherBoss now has beetle babies, and immunity
skins have a unique orb for their description card
and some new images
cloaking field has a new graphic for sneak attack on the cross hairs
new community map yingYang by Richard0820
bug fixes
tech: elasticity - skin, does "crouch landings" a tiny bit more
jump and move faster, +15% defense
(replaces squirrel cage rotor)
tech: diaphragm - skin, defense cycles between -33% and +100%
requires aperture
tungsten carbide 150->200 maximum health
but now does "crouch landings" a more
Zectron damage 80->100% and it does a bit less harm to player
flip-flop, relay switch are no longer skins
pause brings up the most recent in game console message
in game console no longer fades out it just instantly goes on and off
bug fixes
some tech come with a skin - but only 1 at a time
tech aperture - skin, damage cycles between -25% and +125%
tungsten carbide - skin, +100->150 max health
mass-energy equivalence - skin, gets a bit more benefit from defense
CPT symmetry - skin, costs a bit less energy
flip-flop, and relay switch and a few JUNK tech are also skins
some new images
bug fixes
new level: lock
it's a work in progress
I'm looking for feedback:
anything confusing?
combat too hard/easy?
it will probably feel hard because you don't know the map yet
images are now hidden by default for new players
time dilation 18->15 energy/s
bug fixes:
extended CSS media rules and power up selection code to entanglement
tech: RPG - gains the rocket jumping effects from electric armor
eternalism no longer makes tech options have 50% opacity when choosing
some new images for cloaking tech
and some images were made brighter
bug fixes
safari media rules css fixed
tech: repeater - shotgun gets another shot, and a longer fire delay
shotgun cross hairs show when fire is on cooldown
keys 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,-,= switch to a gun in your inventory
Nerfed blinkBoss health and speed
sneaker mobs are immune to harm for one cycles after vanishing
experiment button new style
new images for energy, bots
bug fixes
tech: cordyceps - sporangium infect mobs, making them fight for you as zombies
tech: blast ball - mines fire super balls
tech: extended magazine - sentry fires 50% more shots
sentry works with foam, nails, or super balls
dark patterns - stacks to 9
38->15% damage, 53->15% JUNK
electronegativity - stacks to 9
0.12->0.1% damage per energy
bug fixes
card font is 10% smaller with a bit more padding on the edges
background is darker on power up selection
css border added to research and cancel buttons
JUNK images now timeout if you don't download the image in under 1 sec
and it will not even try to download an image above 500KB
and it will try a different random image if it's first attempt is too big
(gotta protect our friends with slow internet)
finalBoss
mine mode comes in waves
orbiters mode comes in waves, and they spawn at a radius that intersects the player
several on new level tech effects now also run on each new final Boss phase
gun stuff, many worlds, negative entropy heal spawns
perfect diamagnetism slow fall is much strong, but works better when angled like a parachute
added images to tech, field, gun cards (enable this in settings)
in progress - not all images are generated yet
images are generated by me using midJourney plus significant post processing
random research power ups are 20% more common per level
global difficulty balance: player takes a bit less damage
mutualism: 0.5->1 borrowed health for 250->300% more spore damage
harpoon can still fire when out of energy, but slower
harpoon fire cooldown no longer triggers when the harpoon returns
it's just a flat 2/3 of a second after you Fire
improved fire rate now allows you to fire many harpoons at once until you run out of energy
default harpoon rope is a bit longer
several bug fixes and undocumented changes I forgot to list
tech: junk DNA - +53% spore/worm/flea damage per JUNK tech you have, +50% JUNK added to tech pool
tech: pigeonhole principle - +31% damage for each gun you have, while a chosen gun is active
chosen gun cycles each level
syncs well with generalist
heuristics 30->25% fire rate, and now spawns a gun
arsenal gives 13->22% damage per gun, but no longer counts your current gun
active cooling gives 18->28% fire rate per gun, but no longer counts your current gun
supply chain adds 4% JUNK
dead reckoning 36->50% damage
alternator harpoon 60->80% energy cost reduction
quickly releasing the fire button retracts harpoon early
JUNK tech - circular symmetry - ship gets 200% damage, ship only faces forward but you can rotate the universe
several bug fixes
coupling for molecular assembler 5->8 energy per second
but also fixed a bug where coupling was giving 10x regen
when you die store a copy of all your tech
they will show up at your location in the future as a power up
this is probably buggy
CPT triggers at above 100 energy instead of above 68 energy
causality bots makes a few less bots
several tech with dynamic effects show the value of the effect in their description
finalBoss has a bit less health
laser lens has a glow effect
slow light has 11->7 unique beams
slow light has 38% more damage per beam
infrared diode 50->60% energy efficiency
dye laser 20->25% energy efficiency
20->25% laser damage
free-electron laser 190->200% laser damage
crit angle is smaller for iridescence and stress concentration on large mobs
ordnance has +5% JUNK
CPT uses 25% less energy and leaves you with about 10-20 energy
JUNK tech: placebo - +777% damage +777% defense
bug fixes
finalBoss rework
(this is pretty raw, so expect a bug and balance patch soon)
finalBoss goes invulnerable a few times as it loses health
finalBoss damage reduction is higher
finalBoss damage reduction slowly decays as you do any damage to the boss
damage reduction resets to normal with each new invulnerability phase
after each invulnerability phase it randomly adds 1 more attack mode
lasers, black hole, mines, hoppers, seekers, mobs, orbiters, oscillation
mobs die below 0.05 -> 0.01 health
might cause bugs, but testing this out
guns and field power ups show 3 -> 2 options
bug fixes:
mass-energy is compatible with more tech
defense works with mass-energy, but is exponentially reduced (~10%)
damage taken scales with difficulty based heal reduction
1.3x dmg level 5 hard, 2x dmg level 13 why
ergodicity: 91->66% damage, no heals -> 1/2 size heals
negative feedback 0.5% -> 1% damage per missing health
negative entropy spawn heals for 33% missing health not 33 flat missing health
this means it caps at 3 health per level
tech - iceIX freeze effect lasts 2 seconds longer, spawn 10 coupling
perfect diamagnetism, standing wave
research is less common
path integral comes with 5% JUNK
there are fewer starting power ups on why difficulty
bug fixes:
fixed the text overflow issue on small screens
decoherence: if you get a tech that is banished it stops being banished
you can now have negative research
matter wave renamed wave
tech: frequency - wave has unlimited ammo, but -50% wave firerate
tech: sympathetic resonance - when phonon waves hit a mob they make a new resonance wave
effect cooldown grows +5s with each chained resonance
uncertainty principle works with phonon wave
phase velocity works with all other wave tech, 40->35% damage
boundstate reduces wave range by 25->15%
non-renewables 88% -> 67% damage
improved fine-structure constant graphic for when you lose coupling
laser mobs pulse a laser 50% of the time for 2x damage
a bunch of bug fixes
caliber does a bit more damage at 1 stack, but does less damage at 3+ stacks
it grew mass and damage at an exponential rate before
now it's closer to the +30% damage description
new level biohazard by INOOBBOI AND THESHWARMA
enable community maps in settings
some coupling tech spawns power ups instead of directly giving coupling
fine-structure constant gives 60 coupling power ups, lose 0.5 coupling after mob collision
tech: decoupling: when ON: +5.00 coupling OFF: spawn a WIMP
(probably adds coupling drift bugs)
JUNK tech - boost - spawn a large number of boost power ups
several bug fixes
mob - flutter is no longer treated as a boss
some shotgun ammo tech upgrades will continue to fire some original recipe shotgun bullets
rivets, fleas, worms, iceIX
tech: band gap - boosts give more damage but it lasts for 1 less second
WIMPs are 10% faster
controlled explosion renamed shaped charge
bug fixes
construction mode works better with my buttons
to unlock run this and press T to enter testing mode
simulation.enableConstructMode() //used to build maps in testing mode
removed -experiment- tech because it's function was reproduced by "tech - tinker"
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
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
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
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
