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
tech: toggling harpoon - after picking up a power up with the harpoon, your next harpoon is 7x more dense
this probably needs to be balanced in the next patch
tech: regularization - use 6 research to increase renormalization by 10%
(renormalization is 40% chance to get research when you use research)
tech: bot fabrication uses 2 research to build a bot (+1 cost every 5 bots)
tech: uncertainty principle now applies to wave beam in addition to foam
tech: integrated armament gives 19.95% damage (was 23%)
level: labs - platforming rooms have been simplified
start with 7/7 undefined tech if you choose an -experiment- and no other tech
harpoon gun
shaped more like a harpoon
grabs power ups slower, and from the tip of the harpoon
only uses energy on returning
doesn't have thrust if there is no mob target
tech: reticulum - make one more harpoon if there are mobs nearby that you are facing
I'm letting this stack to 9 even though it's silly cause that is n-gon's style
tech: ceramics now lets both harpoons and needles ignore shields
this was coded poorly so if shield bugs show up it might be from this
tech: fragmentation makes ~15% fewer nails for everything it affects
tech: filament gives 3% length per ammo (was 1%)
also length is capped at 75 ammo because after that it's just annoying
tech: unaaq is longer at low ammo but scales slower at high ammo
bugs
fixed laser collisions on player head when crouching
returned experiment gun and field circles
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
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
20% damage for all mine modes
laser mines spin super fast when it first finds a target, and a bit faster overall
mine sentry lasts 17 seconds (2 more seconds)
desublimated ammunition comes with 7 JUNK tech
several foam tech do 5% less damage
shotgun has 1/9 less ammo
apomixis now requires 11 research
historyBoss takes 25% longer to reach it's minimum follow distance
bug fixes
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
Matter.World has been replaced with Matter.Composite
matter.js deprecated World
could cause problems merging your old code
(replace World with Composite in your code)
tech: many worlds - now costs 1 research at the start of each level to activate
a nerf, but also a buff because if you like a build you can freeze it by not getting research
mine gun has 25% less ammo and 33% more damage
railgun now gets 50% more ammo, but it fires slower
fixed rail gun ammo drain on misfire bug
fixed experiment gun display bug
tech: chain reaction now requires vacuum bomb, but it increases grenade radius and damage 33%
(and makes blocks explode)
needle gun fires with more regular timing
needles despawn 1.5s faster, for performance reasons
intro level power ups are relocated
tech: decomposers renamed necrophage
if mobs are one shotted before they see you, they no longer alert nearby mobs
clicking on a mob in testing will log that mob in console
decomposers - worms reset their lifespan if they kill their target
nail tech tree reworked a bit
removed powder actuated, nail gun ramps up to full fire rate with just pneumatic actuator
needles and ice crystal nucleation can get supercritical fission and irradiated nails now
supercritical fission crits easier
labs exit platforming is a much easier since it's in the general rotation now
bug fixes
"labs" is now in the normal map rotation
experimental mode is now endless (no gauntlet, finalBoss, ...)
fixed a bug that was giving experimental mode full life at the start
perfect diamagnetism field has a 10% larger radius and arc
the 1/15 second cooldown after blocking with perfect diamagnetism no longer stops you from blocking
it still disables field damage effects and player recoil after blocking (for 1/15 of a second)
mass-energy now works with catabolism by removing max energy to make ammo
ergodicity - now reduces difficulty by 2 levels and prevent healing from heal power ups (was all healing)
Noether violation gives even more forward recoil
blinkBoss has more health, but it's much slower at easy difficulty
blinkBoss - teleports after you, drops grenades after each teleport
sneaker (the stealthy black pentagons) - decloaks slower, moves slower, is smaller, has more health
some mobs can now sense you by "smelling" where you were
they check for a clear line of sight with your last 10 seconds of history
snakeBoss, blinkBoss, sneaker
extra bosses no longer spawn on final level
beating the final boss clears mobs that spawn after a mob dies, like powerUpBoss
phonon and isotropic radiator range reduced about 10%
shotgun balance
ice-shot: less spread, higher damage, more crystals
needle-shot: more needles, higher damage, less spread
foam-shot: 1 more bubble
power up selection and pause menu elements scroll individually now
it looks great on my computer, but different operating systems and browsers are unpredictable
let me know if text is hidden or if it doesn't scroll for you and what OS and browser you're on
2 more lore chapters (5 total now)
entering testing mode makes a sound now
reduced the requirements and frequency for many tech so that they may show up in "less optimal" situations
I hope this will increase build variety and also give more value to making good tech choices
countless bug fixes and wording fixes
mobs have a new trait mob[i].damageReduction
"pressure wave" renamed "phonon"
tech packet length removed
most wave beam tech is now compatible with phonon
wave beam tech: isotropic radiator - phonon has shorter range but expands in every direction
drone tech: torque bursts - teleport towards targets and do 30% more collision damage
irradiated drones do 33% more damage, 33% less collisions damage
5% more ammo, 30% less range, don't lose duration on collisions
pseudoscience only gets 3 free rerolls per tech
shieldingBoss stops re-shielding after taking damage
25% more health
re-shielding Cooldown is 25% shorter
you can pick up ammo with laser again
it was too annoying to switch guns
you have 1/2 second harm immunity after leaving a portal
lore conversations are better at recovering from speech API freezes
(if the speech API doesn't work after 10 seconds it switches to pure text)
to prevent misclicks when you grab two power ups in a row there is a 1/2 second delay before power up selections can register
I also added in a 0.25 fade in effect on the power up selection menu. Can you tell?
tech: pseudoscience - adds 0-4 JUNK to the potential tech pool (was 1-5 JUNK)
tech quenching - now increases max health and does harm for over healing from heal power ups
(was for heals at max health)
foam tech necrophoresis now makes less foam spawns if the total number of bullets is high
to help with lag when killing packs of mobs
preparation for more lore chapters
reworked the lore conversation code to make it easier to write
also lore conversations should now have better timing between the text and voice
lore conversations can now recover from some speech errors and try again with safer settings
this seems to allow speech on my firefox browser
added a console command to make it easier to quickly unlock testing mode
lore.unlockTesting()
pressing "b" in testing mode now gives you 10000 research and the damage from research tech
tech: pseudoscience - renewing power up choices costs no research, but adds 1-5 JUNK to the potential tech pool
>update text now shows the last 20 updates and has a scroll bar
tech: abiogenesis - spawn a second level boss on each level, but costs 5 research or if you don't have the research add 49 JUNK tech to the pool
note to level builders I rewrote the add duplicate boss code in all levels: spawn.secondaryBossChance(x,y)
foam tech: uncertainty principle - foam bullets change position randomly, increase foam damage by 66%
throwing blocks now charges faster with reduced fire cooldown
tech renormalization now has a 40% chance to refund a research (was 37%)
performance- now precalculate player gradient fill
catabolism - lowers your max health by 1 (was 3 harm) and gives 4 ammo
inductive coupling - gives max energy for leftover power ups (was max health)
now requires mass-energy equivalence
switched to a newer copy, paste URL
this seems to fix issues with failed text copy in the level builder if you hold mouse down for over 6 seconds
over all game difficulty scaling occurs faster
your damage will feel lower, and you will take more harm,
so you should probably play on a lower difficulty
tech: Higgs manism gives 50% reduced fire delay instead of harm reduction
tech: inertial frame is removed
tech: automatic is now a junk tech
balance:
dead reckoning gives 36% damage when at rest (was 30%)
overcharge gives 10 more energy, but adds 10 junk tech
1st ionization energy gives 6 energy per heal (was 5)
dormancy increases damage by 100% but lowers it by 33% if no recent kills (was +50%, -15%)
torpor decreases harm by 66% increases harm by 15% if no recent kills (was -50%, +10%)
Ψ(t) collapse spawns 3 more research, so it's at 15
fragmentation gives 30% more nails for railgun
ammonium nitrate +25% (was 20%)
generalist gives 8 guns (was 6)
arsenal gives 10% per gun (was 14%)
rivet gun fires 25% faster, rivets are 15% larger
shotgun slug is 33% bigger
missile bot fires 10% more often
tinsellated flagella gives 40% speed increase (was 50%), base spore speed is 10% faster
beamSplitter has a 20% lower divergence
nano manufacturing tech is all buffed 15%
traversable geodesics gives 2 guns and ammo (was 1)
mines have 25% more nails, laser mines use 20% less energy sentry mines last 33% seconds longer
zoospore vector has an 11% chance to spawn (was 9%)
negentropy spawns a heal for every 33 missing health (was 50 health)
exciton-lattice gives 60% damage
thermocouple spawns 1-8 ice-IX (was 1-5)
WIMPs spawn 2-6 research (was 2-3)
quantum immortality reduces harm by 33% (was 23%)
commodities exchange gives 10 power ups (was 8)
super balls are 17% bigger (this means they do about 25% more damage)
exothermic process increases damage by (was 45%)
heat engine increases damage by 50% (was 40%)
replication gives 10% duplication chance (was 8%)
stimulated emission gives 22% duplication chance
futures exchange gives 4.7% duplication chance per cancel (was 4.3%)
needles are 10% slower and do 15% more damage
bug fixes:
reduced tolerances text rewritten to clarify that it gives more ammo per ammo pack
hazards on horizontal flipped levels now correctly do damage
ship mode aims properly after you die
although it still doesn't reset
experiment mode selections are highlighted better
added 50% chance for elevators on warehouse level
metamaterial cloaking now does 300% more damage if a mob has not died in the last 4 seconds
removed: tech: combinatorial optimization - increase damage by 66% if a mob hasn't died in the last 5 seconds
fixed bug with experiment not loading tech
"cloak" and "alternate reality" now have styled text
metamaterial field damage increased to 146% (was 121%)
tech: combinatorial optimization - increase damage by 66% if a mob hasn't died in the last 5 seconds
fix bugs where some shared build URLs were crashing on some unusual tech, like lore tech and nonrefundable tech
junk tech: not a bug - crashes the game
ice-IX does 15% more damage
tech: WIMPs - an indestructible harmful particle slowly chases you
spawn 2-3 research at the end of each level
experimental mode : WIMPS chase you
beating the final boss looks a bit less like death and a bit more like winning
also there are some text directions on how to enter endless mode (press T after you win)
tech removed: 1-body problem
tech: metastability - 20% dup chance, but duplicated powers up eventually explode
nerfed tech: electric reactive armor 6% (was 7%) explosion damage reduction for every 10 energy you currently have
pulse laser now charges up with energy before you fire, but it fires 3 overlapping explosions
please give feedback on balance (too strong, too weak?)
tech shockwave: now applies to all explosions
foam gun now gets 20% less ammo
bots are now nonrefundable, so they don't display as a tech when you select them
this might introduce some errors, please let me know if you see something
bot counts can be seen in pause menu
the final boss will spawn progressively more mobs if you don't kill it quickly enough
levelBosses are also more likely to spawn on the final boss
added community map - crossfire
by iNoobBoi
experiment and junk tech: decomposers - mobs leave behind spawns when they die
new levelBoss - a cluster of larger spawns
while it's alive all mobs other leave behind spawns
added block collisions to most no collide mobs
(this should buff block throwing and pilot wave)
experiment and junk: panopticon - mobs can see you all the time
scrap bots now have a 33% chance to spawn for 10 seconds after killing a mob
(was 20% chance for 20 seconds)
tech: scrap refit - killing a mob resets your functional scrap bots back to 10 seconds of operation
several damage tech have reduced damage by about 10%
spores do 20% more damage, but last 1 second shorter
tech: 1-body problem - do 100% damage if there is only 1 active bullet
experiment mode and junk tech: random aiming
bug fix - sniper, shooter aiming might be improved (no more firing backwards)
or maybe I just made it worse, let me know
bug fix - Shift registers
working on rewriting the way backgrounds and foregrounds are drawn on each level (in progress)
some tech is now only 50% likely to show up
I choose about 25 tech that don't effect game play as much, and dropped them down to 50% frequency
reset on experiment menu should now clear power ups and bullets
fixed bug with no heals
tech: electrostatic induction - foam bullets are attracted to nearby mobs
portals on perplex map, now remove blocks that fall in
new community map! coliseum by iNoobBoi
a few more tech can be refunded properly
nonRefundable tech don't show up in the list of tech you have
new mob: pulsar - aims at player and does damage in an circle
(set to 3x chance to show up until the next patch)
several tech that were nonrefundable now can be removed and refunded
added several bug fixes
tech: robotics - 3x frequency of bot tech, spawn a random bot
tech: statistical ensemble - 10000% increased frequency of recursive tech you already have
non-refundable tech can no longer display as "off" in the experiment menu when you click it a second time
these tech can't be removed with out resetting
please don't submit bug reports about this...
added more junk tech
some tech now has 2x,3x,4x frequency of showing up
(most tech is at 1x, a few are at 2x if they have a rare requirement to unlock)
reworked junk and lore tech systems
(might be some new bugs)
tech that used to just summon a power up now also increases tech frequency
removed the 4 perpetual techs
maybe fixed immune boss bug on detours level
mob effect: freeze - now only slows mobs down
all freeze effects are about 50% longer
junk tech: music - adds background music to n-gon
junk tech: performance - adds fps tracker to n-gon
tech: dormancy - if a mob has died in the last 5 seconds increase damage by 50% else decrease damage by 50%
tech: torpor - if a mob has died in the last 5 seconds reduce harm by 66% else increase harm by 33%
ship mode can be found in the experimental menu
some mobs now have orbitals at random
new level boss: orbitalBoss
most late game bot tech has been buffed
tech: get 2 random bots, also when you switch guns cycle all bots to the same type
added 2 new testing keys: J = clear mobs, H = infinity health
added junk tech: ship (it's hard to control, but you get better with practice)
m.shipMode() in console
several new junk tech
unified field theory: now cycles fields after you click the field box when paused
tech: restitution - mobs killed by blocks spawn power ups
tech: inelastic collision - 60% harm reduction when holding a block
blocking uses 33% less energy
tech: stimulated emission removed
tech: Bayesian statistics renamed stimulated emission
tech: futures exchange gives 4.5% per cancel (up from 4%)
new level boss: follows you like the dynamo-bot, but is not friend
will not spawn if you have a dynamo-bot
(probably will be rebalanced in next patch)
tech cloning requires > 25% dup chance, and is now only 2x (was 3x) your dup chance for a second boss
playing with the 4 community levels now removes 4 random levels from the level list
tech: dark patterns - reduce combat difficulty by 1 level and add 16 junk tech to the potential tech pool
tech: cloning - chance to spawn another level boss = 3x your duplication chance
tech: dynamo-bot: a bot follows your history, damages mobs, and regens energy when it gets close
tech: dynamo upgrade: more energy regen
