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
base wave gun rework
damage per hit 1.55 -> 0.33, -15% range, +20% ammo
no pause between wave packets
wave bullets can hit about once every 10 game cycles (1/6 of a second)
time between hits is reduced by fire rate
wave tech frequency has -25% damage no longer reduces fire rate
+10% phonon damage and ammo
JUNK tech: universal healthcare - your damage heals mobs
bug fixes
map: factory
this is completely unbalanced, so let me know if what rough edges need to be sanded
found on seed 47086 level 6
tech: ternary - +40 damage if any gun has ammo divisible by 3
level element: transport - horizontal moving platforms
level element: mover - stationary platform that pushes the player horizontally
to see examples of transport and mover look in level.testing()
tech: rebound - super balls speed up and reset duration after they hit a mob
Zectron does 100->66% damage and it drains 25% of current energy instead of health
mantisBoss is back
level element: mover - rectangular map element that pushes horizontally
it's in a possible room for labs
new community level - staircase by ryanbear
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
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
harpoon
default fire rate is 10% higher
default harpoon range 15% higher
railgun
tech: Bitter electromagnet - 33% slower charge time for railgun, 100% more density and damage
area effect damage is increased 20%, scales with bitter electromagnet and total charge
charging longer increases harpoon velocity/damage by up to 30%
contributions to charge time are more uniform between:
crouching, fire rate, Bitter electromagnet, and capacitor bank
auto aims no longer disabled on crouch
emergence 2->1 extra choice, and +8% damage, and no added JUNK anymore
cache 16->15x ammo
many-worlds 1->0 research to enter an alternate reality on each new level
finalBoss
health decays a bit faster
spawns 6 mobs at each health threshold
spawns from the different modes are reduced
boss laser damage is 25% reduced
hoppers spawn from the slime tunnel
JUNKtech: random - gives random +damage
bug fixes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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