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
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
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 & 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
pneumatic hammer (20 -> +18% size and damage effects)
now applies to nails, slugs, needles, in addition to rivets
integrated armament 20->25% damage, also if you switch guns converts guntech to new gun
backward induction removed
symbiosis removes 1 -> 0.5 max health per mob kill
plasma jet - costs 1 -> 2 research, and goes a bit farther
Occam's razor gives 36 -> 40% damage per removed tech
tech: affine connection - wormholes can now tunnel through the map at 200% increased energy cost
tech: regression - after bullets hit a mob, the mob takes 5% more future damage (0.5% for bosses)
tech: axion - while inside the MACHO halo, 75% of your total harm reduction is added as damage
mob: launcherOne - launches 1 big seeker bullet that chases you
black holes boss and final boss spawn big seeker bullets that chases you during the black hole phase
applied science no longer gives research (just a random tech for every gun you have)
bot fabrication increase cost every 5 -> x6 bots
average console time to disappear is 3 -> 4 seconds
ammo power ups no longer log ammo to in game console for performance reasons
JUNK tech: catabolysis - set max health to 1; double your current ammo 10 times (2^10 = 1024x ammo)
tech: Occam's razor - remove 50% of your tech and guns; `for each removed get 36% damage
tech dormancy removed
tech: predator - if you have killed a mob in the last 5 seconds increase damage by 50% and disable energy regen
tech: torpor - gives the opposite of it's previous effect
if you have NOT killed a mob in the last 5 seconds reduce harm by 72%, else increase it by 10%
relativistic momentum - pushes blocks in addition to mobs
not much benefit, but it's fun
supply chain: still doubles ammo, but now also adds 5% JUNK (yay)
it no longer has any tech requirements
inductive coupling: 600% -> 700% regen while crouched
JUNK tech: density - blocks are 100x times less dense
tech descriptions can change their text dynamically now
only a few tech are using this option so far
railgun is now a tech for harpoon
railgun tech: dielectric polarization has been removed
unaaq increases the size not length of harpoons
capacitor bank applies charging effects: throwing blocks, foam, railgun, pulse, tokamak
fire cooldown reduction no longer effects these charging abilities, but it does reduce cooldown between discharges
foam now has a short delay between each discharge
foam charges ~10% faster
tokamak graphics indicate charging and max charge better
pulse laser can now regen energy passively while charging
tech: mass driver no longer gives improved block charge rate,
but it gives 200% -> 300% damage for blocks
tech: inflation no longer gives improved block charge rate
it gives harm reduction when holding a block and makes block expand when you throw them
tech: inelastic collision was removed it used to give harm reduction when holding a block
pilot wave uses 66% less energy to fling blocks
pilot wave can fling block effectively at much higher speeds now (which happens to use much more energy)
tech potential well is removed, because it isn't really needed anymore
inductive coupling: 500% -> 600% regen while crouched
molecular assembler now works with inductive coupling regen properly
bug fixes (superdeterminism, wormhole, applied science)
I probably added several new bugs, let me know if you find any
tech: applied science - gives a random gun tech and a research for each gun in your inventory
JUNK tech - motion sickness - disable camera smoothing
JUNK tech - palantír - see far away
foam-bot, nail-bot, missile-bot: are now affected by fire delay tech
this gives some options for late game bot scaling
timelike now allows some energy regen while immune to harm in double time
Tokamak now overrides the trajectory throw graphics with its own
block throwing and mines when crouched now have trajectory prediction, like grenades
all bot upgrades are about 20% better
Ψ(t) collapse gives 16->21 research
spores and drones have up to 20% shorter life span when the number of active bullets is high
1st ionization energy gives 7 -> 8 max energy per heal
permittivity renamed weak interaction
weak interaction gives 4 -> 5 max energy per unused power up
transceiver renamed electroweak interaction
fixed about 70 different requirement text situations
tech: inductive coupling - regen is increased by 500%, but you only regen when crouched
tech gun turret gives 55% -> 60% harm reduction
also I fixed a bug where it was giving 45% not 55%
old tech inductive coupling is renamed: permittivity
permittivity gives 3 -> 4 max energy per unused power up
1st ionization energy gives 6 -> 7 max energy per heal
tech expansion - no longer costs energy to expand standing wave field
JUNK tech planetesimals now can spawn tech in n-gon
or kill the player in n-gon
time dilation tech: retrocausality - instead of pausing time your field rewinds time, including your health
this tech replaces replaces CPT gun
works well with tech: causality bots and grenades
wormhole
activated on mouse up
draw an outline of the wormhole to show if can work at your mouse location
adiabatic healing: adds 5% JUNK in addition to 100% better heals
several tech pool frequencies have been adjusted to roughly this rule:
no requirements: 1x chance
requirements: 2x chance
(most gun and field tech)
strict requirements: 3x chance or higher
bug fixes
field tech balance:
pilot wave has access to more field tech: time crystals, WIMPs, no-cloning
time dilation: can get symbiosis
flux pinning: 2s -> 4s stun on blocking
zero point energy: 74 energy -> 100 energy
tessellation: 4->2 research cost
bremsstrahlung: 33% more damage
triple point: 50% more ice
bug fixes
JUNK tech: facsimile - copy current level and insert into level queue
JUNK tech: planetesimals - spawn a tech, and play planetesimals, an annoying asteroids like game with realistic physics
tech that previously added 1 junk tech now adds 1% (of current non-JUNK tech options)
the percent values may seem like more but I actually lowered the JUNK chance about 10%
meta-analysis no longer requires replication - (if you choose a JUNK tech get a random tech and 3 research)
symbiosis: only gives 1 bonus tech (was 1 or 2)
blink boss rebalanced (it's easier, and has two modes)
bug fixes
tech: neutronium - 90% harm reduce while field is active, 33% slower move speed
(requires negative mass field)
tech: charmed baryon - 0 cost wormhole, 33% slower move speed
harpoon tech: reticulum now always fires extra harpoons even if there are no targets
tech.removeTech() method has been improved
bug fixes
perimeter defense and network effect each give 1% more bonus per bot (around an 18% increase for each tech)
extra bosses spawned from parthenogenesis and apomixis have health increased by your duplication chance
(if you have 50% duplication the extra boss have 50% more health)
apomixis no longer costs 8 research
tech: surfactant - remove foam gun, get 3 foam bots, upgrade all bots to foam
you can now have a chance to see gun removing tech even when that gun isn't active
n-gon title draws in 1/2 the time
I'm getting flagged by google search that my loading page takes a long time to full render, so this might remove the flag
the site is very fast to load, but I think google is getting confused by the title animation
bug fixes
after you die your canvas sticks around at 10% opacity
add a mouse over underline effect to hint that names are links
molecular assembler: all 3 manufacturing tech cost 3 -> 1 research
extruder:
new tech: refractory metal - increase extruder damage radius
fixed extruder graphics bug, and collisions bug
dynamical systems and discrete optimization are allowed with plasma torch
(although I nerfed them both just a bit)
irradiated nails: 90% damage spread over 2s -> 3s
same total damage, but it takes 1 second longer
toggling harpoon: 6x -> 8x damage
also the graphic effect is more obvious
slasher mobs will grow their sword at the farthest vertex from the player
plasma extruder
extruder lag issues should be fixed!
extruder graphics have a cool glow
45% more damage
20% more energy drain
slows mobs a bit more
extends faster
it can hit mobs that get near it now instead of just inside it
plasma jet now works with extruder
new mob: slasher - it's basically a jedi
harpoon: +33% damage, +33% delay after firing
time dilation reverted 50% -> 0% collision harm reduction
time dilation can no longer get tech: symbiosis
nano-scale: can access tokamak and discrete optimization
cache: 11x -> 13x ammo
bug fixes
pausing time or being cloaked gives you 50% harm reduction from mob collisions
no-cloning theorem duplication => down to 42%, but no longer removes 1% on bosses
dazzler => drains 25%->10% energy, and it has a 15% bigger radius
boson composite => only drains energy when you touch shields
'F' key lets you fire, and it can be rebound to other keys
might be some bugs here, I didn't do much testing
no cloning theorem - 42% duplication, but lose 1% dup if you kill a mob
requires cloaking or time dilation field
tech: symbiosis - if you kill a mob lose 2% max health, but gain 2 tech at the end of every level.
requires cloaking or time dilation field
JUNK tech: all-stars - make mobs look like stars
JUNK tech: mouth - make mobs look like they have a mouth
the nonCollideBosses have been made 10% harder to kill
these are the types of bosses that spawn from apomixis on 100% duplication
7+ sided mobs may slice in two when they die
harpoon damage is increased 30%
picks up power ups from farther away
harpoon's range has been reduced about 20%
filament and unaaq require about 40% more ammo for the same effect
harpoon density lowers when it retracts
so it doesn't do as much damage on retracting
more bug fixes
all explosions do 33% more damage to mobs
and 75% more damage to player
boom bot explosions are 16% smaller
laser-bot does 15% more damage
missile bot fires 15% quicker
tech: phase velocity also adds 15% wave damage (because it disables phonon is was a bad choice)
many duplication tech add less duplication
Maxwell's demon now requires current energy above your max to unlock
power ups in the intro tube get pushed around a bit, this might stop them from sliding on the walls
mines when they are stuck to walls no longer collide with blocks (to not block elevator)
more bug fixes
blockBoss: new boss based on work by TheShwarma
(3x chance to randomly see blockBoss until next patch)
it's over powered, I'll probably nerf it next patch, but I want to get some feedback first on how to nerf it
hint: if you kill the boss all the mobBlocks turn back into blocks
very very small blocks are slightly limited in how fast they can be thrown
they were moving so fast they would miss their target sometimes
tech: energy conservation gives 5% energy back (was 6%)
tech: arsenal requires at least 3 guns in your inventory
tech: active cooling requires at least 2 guns in your inventory
several bug fixes
orbs replaces some power up text descriptions
player damage taken is increased by 1%
finalBoss ramps up the mob spawns more slowly, making lower damage high survival builds more effective on the finalBoss
5% laser damage increase
15% mine fire rate reduction
ctx.clip() is back for metamaterial cloaking field
it wasn't the source of the lag, firefox is just slow on my work computer
tech: buckling was disallowed, but I fixed it so you can get the tech again
tech: MIRV - now effects grenades and super balls in addition to missiles
no change for super balls and missiles, but this is a new tech for grenades
undetonated mines are returned at the end of a level
removed tech: mine reclamation
mine gun has 30% less ammo
laser mines do 7% less damage
booby trap now comes with 53 JUNK (up from 33) but it's mines can be returned for ammo
removed ctx.clip() from metamaterial cloaking field for performance reasons
the graphics look a bit different now, maybe not as good, maybe it's just different
iceIX bullets last 50% less time, but do 50% more damage and have 25% more thrust
so it's more of a close range bullet
ice-shot has 2 fewer bullets
tech: blast mines - mines stun when they activate
laser mines only fire if crouching (so you can fire normal mines when energy is low)
mines now includes the radius of the mob when calculating mobs in range
so it will detonate from the final boss from farther away
mines have a small random chance to detonate from targets up to 40% father away
time dilation field drains less energy for the first few seconds, but linearly ramps up energy drain as you stay frozen in time
unfreezing time returns you the normal drain rate in half the time to ramp up
this should be a buff for all situations, except someone who has a huge external source of energy
360 wave beam has reduced mob slow effect
perfect diamagnetism can maintain after you deactivate the field with out tech: Lenz's law
starting perfect diamagnetism is a bit smaller
tech: Meissner effect - makes perfect diamagnetism much bigger
plasma-bot removes plasma field
plasma-bot uses much less energy and does a bit more damage
plasma jet requires 1 research, increases range 50% (was 30%)
tech microextruder does 30% more damage and uses 10% more energy
relativistic momentum: laser pushes harder and slows mobs a bit to give a more predictable effect
laserBombingBoss targets faster at higher levels
you can now block shielded mobs, but your shield gets disabled for a bit
fixed bug that made perfect diamagnetism have trouble blocking too many things at once
and more small bug fixes, of course
new laserBombingBoss
I didn't do any difficulty testing, so maybe let me know if it's too easy
laser and plasma bots will target mobs bullets
non updating health bar bug fix
tech: brushless motor - drones rush more often and do 44% more damage
requires torque bursts
tech: orthocyclic winding - irradiated drones are faster and do more damage
requires irradiated drones
automatic aiming systems (bots, drones, missiles) will ignore the pink seeking mob bullets
safari is super buggy, I'm guessing no one that reports bugs uses it.
fixed scroll bar covering up pause right side text on safari and firefox
fixed issue with ctx.setLineDash sometimes making the player dashed on safari
various other bug fixes
new boss snakeSpitBoss - it's just snake boss but it shoots little pink seekers
tech: cross disciplinary - get an extra gun or field option in tech menu
now that you can scroll the selection menu can be longer
unified field theory - now gives 6 research, in addition to letting you switch fields when paused
cardinality renamed emergence - and gives some JUNK
bug fix where game crashes if you beat the boss