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
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: 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
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
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 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
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
grenade now has 3 fireworks options, you can only have 1 at a time
flame test, fireworks, pyrotechnics
implosion has been removed
controlled explosion 3->4 research
base matter wave moves 20% faster
gun science renamed ordnance
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
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
seeds are displayed in pause menu and intro map
seeds from your previous run is displayed in settings after you die
fixed some minor seed inconsistency
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
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
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
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
intro screen is more grey
experiment button is larger and darker
tech: nanowires - needles tunnel through blocks and map, +20% damage
Occam's razor gives 40->50% damage for each removed tech
determinism no longer removes the cancel button
superdeterminism now removes the cancel button and research, but doesn't remove gun and field power ups
railgun damage is doubled
regression does more damage per hit: 5->6% vs. mobs and 0.5->1% vs. bosses
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: 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
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
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
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
tech: weak anthropic principle - after anthropic principle prevents your death, gain 50% duplication for that level
anthropic principle now correctly gives 6 seconds of harm immunity after preventing your death
almost all energy regen is disabled while immune to harm
you aren't immune very often so you may not notice, but it will limit some builds that let you get almost constant immunity
Pauli exclusion gives 1 s of harm immunity (was .75 s)
CPT reversal requires 10% less energy (min energy is 60% to activate)
CPT grenades gives many more bombs
CPT bots gives many more bots
growBoss balance: a bit smaller and slower, and a extra high chance to drop a random power up when you kill one
sneaker mobs are a bit slower, and have much lower health
starter mobs are no longer aggressive
gun tech will now only show up for your active gun
set CSS max width of the update element to match other elements
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
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
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)
duplication bug fix
renaming custom mode -> experimental mode
experimental mode is available again even without completing lore
mob: sneaker is a bit faster and stronger
(the invisible one that attacks from stealth)
tech: unified field theory - switching guns uses a reroll to cycle your field
lore: chapter 1 and 2 are now somewhere in the game
lore is the same for all difficulty levels
testing mode and custom are now locked by default until you reach chapter 1
or just hack the game to skip the lore and enable testing and custom
localSettings.loreCount = Infinity;
localStorage.setItem("localSettings", JSON.stringify(localSettings));
bug fix: performance greatly improved on drawing multiple duplicated power ups
reroll renamed -> research
spore damage increased 25%
ice IX has it's damage buffed by 50%, and freeze effect lasts 2s (up from 1s)
ice IX is no longer a gun
but you can still get it for nano-scale field (and it's pretty strong)
tech: heavy water was removed
tech: correlated damage - duplication chance also gives % damage
(also added some minor nerfs to other duplication tech for balance)
fixed some math on laser tech: diffraction grating and slow light propagation
they were giving too much damage
flechettes are slightly improved in: ammo, damage, fire rate
tech - MIRV can now stack up to 9 bonus missiles
removed tech - recursive missiles
tech: cruise missile - 50% larger size, but travels 50% slower
tech: missileBot - requires gun: missiles
updated in game console style and all messages to match real game commands
new names inline with lore, mod -> tech, game -> simulation
this is probably going to cause many minor bugs, so let me know what you find
new reroll display in power up selection
tech: rocket-propelled now works with all grenade tech
you can view the patch notes for the last few commits from the game menu
this uses the github API, so it might have some delay
overfill mods add energy instead of setting energy to a value
bug - blocks in vertical portals can get stuck inside the portals
fixed, but only for one portal... oh well
mobs that make a scrap bot, don't leave a block body anymore
update to mod: anthropic principle - only works once per level
but gives 6 seconds of damage immunity and 2 extra heal power ups
most energy regeneration effects now overfill energy above the max by default
piezo electricity over fills energy by 300% (was 100%)
gun: pulse is now a mod for laser
mod: beam splitter applies to pulse
difficulty balancing
(this needs to be done as more mods are added to the game to prevent power creep)
all modes are a bit harder
if you used to play why, try the new hard
if you used to play hard try the new normal
power ups drop more often from bosses on all modes
gun: vacuum bomb is removed
mod: vacuum bomb - grenades fire slower, explode bigger and, suck everything towards them
laser and diffuse laser graphics are better
mod: output coupler - diffuse laser beam is 30% wider and does 30% more damage
requires diffuse beam
level number doesn't increase if you skip the boss (in the late game)
