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 images and text scale based on browser width for smaller screens
tech Zectron - super ball can damage you, but they do more damage to mobs
superBall bullets are converted to run off generic b.superBall()
sneakers - after taking damage if sneakers are low on life they teleport to a random point from the player's history and they sneak attack again
sneakBoss - a large sneaker that can hide several times before it dies
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
plasma-bot does 15% more damage, but costs 2 research
fault tolerance 4->5 forever drones, but costs 2 research
surfactant 2->3 foam bots, but costs 2 research
missile-bot costs 1 research
shaped charge 4->3 research cost
renormalization 40->44% chance to refund research
exciton 18->16% chance to spawn
ground state 50->40% reduced energy regen
Bayesian statistics 3.8->3% damage per research, and spawns 3 research
JUNK tech: startle response - if mobs are near boost damage, and lock mouse until you press escape
tech: 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 has a new phase: "boulders"
each phase has been rebalanced
boss health is a bit higher
mob mines are white now
pilot wave gets +1 choice for gun,field,tech
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: virtual particles - mobs have a chance to spawn coupling power ups
old tech virtual particles renamed vacuum fluctuation
tech: exciton - mobs have a chance to spawn a boost
boosts are a power up that increases your damage for 10 seconds
old tech exciton renamed non-renewables
laser tech: quasiparticles - replace all ammo with boosts
added +20px to grid elements to prevent text spillover
bug fixes
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
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
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
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: 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
