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
tech: MACHO - an object follows you and gives you harm protection when you are inside it's halo
several nano-scale field tech now require some research, and have been buffed
nano-scale mycelium, ice-IX, missile tech now consume 20% less energy to produce bullets
nano-scale bot tech: spawn an extra bots
some bug fixes
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
random tech spawn chance now scales with levels clear (zero chance after level 10)
(it used to scale with total tech acquired, but you probably will not even notice this change)
tech: crystallizer - mods produce ice-IX crystals when they die
tech pulse and tech slow light now work together for laser beam,
(I think it is pretty dangerous to try them together though)
more wave beam balance
backward induction costs 2 research now, also it is fixed (it would sometimes give an extra tech or the wrong tech)
powerupBoss now gives research and ammo when it hits you, not 2 heals (it still ejects one of your tech also)
tech: non-unitary operator - taking damage randomizes your run, reduce difficulty by 2 levels
perfect diamagnetism now has a 1/6 of a second cooldown after blocking (same as other fields)
perfect diamagnetism can get bremsstrahlung now
standing wave harmonic field blocks now block large mobs more reliably
tech: triple point - blocking makes iceIX crystals
unlocked with: standing wave harmonic field or perfect diamagnetism
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
tech: automatic - always fire, but get 2.5x ammo
requires inertial frame
tech: drone repair - while drones are your active gun, drones respawn with a 50% chance to consume ammo
bug fix - grower mob becoming immune to damage when shielded and growing bigger than shield
relay switch - toggles ON/OFF when you pick up a power up
tech: ice IX condenser - if ON make a couple Ice IX crystals every second
more bug fixes (pulse color, backwards induction giving too many tech)
mobs can now see through blocks
mobs spawns and level spawns have been adjusted to prevent getting zonked at the start of a level
more bug fixes (many worlds, disintegrated armament)
tech: backward induction - gain all the tech options you didn't choose from your previous tech selection menu
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
meta-analysis - if you choose a junk tech you instead get a random tech and spawn 2 research
micro-extruder should have 50% less lag
new community level testChamber2! by Oranger on n-gon discord
(be sure to enable community levels in settings)
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
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
possible bug fixes for the crouch lock bug
tech: NAND gate - at the start of a level set flip-flop to "on"
tech: NOR gate - do 50% more damage when the flip-flop is in the "off" state
shieldingBoss - doesn't attack, but shields all mobs every 2.5s
reworked how tetherBoss's constraint work
please, let me know if the tether boss is buggy on any of the levels
the chance for tether boss was removed from level: detours
tech: flip-flop - collisions do 25% more harm, but you become immune to harm for the next collision
many worlds renamed to ansatz
new tech many-worlds: at the start of each new level switch realities
removed tech: electroactive polymers - convert bots to the same type on weapon swap
all bot upgrades convert current bots to the upgraded type
only one bot upgrade allowed
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
all mobs that move through walls and blocks now have a transparent fill
player and power ups float in hazards
tech: apomixis - after reaching 100% duplication spawn 4 level bosses
tech: quantum foam - +153% foam damage, fire 0.35s into the future
bullets are bigger, and easier to see
tech change: commodities exchange 6 -> 8 power ups on cancel
tech change: MIRV - doesn't reduce the missile size as much, has a better missile spread, and a very short fire delay
tech: replication - gain 8% duplication, but add in 10 junk tech to the pool
added several new junk tech (18 possible junk tech now)
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)
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
health background finally updates to show max health changes
tech: rest frame is removed
tech: inertial frame - gain 66% fire rate, but you can't fire when moving
tech: dead reckoning - when at rest do 33% more damage
requires inertial frame
tech: Galilean group - when at rest take 50% less harm
requires inertial frame
tech: antiscience - 100% damage, but lose 11 health when you pick up a tech
tech: laser widebeam + output coupler can now stack up to 9x (was 1x)
but it not longer works with tech: slow light propagation
tech: active cooling - 15% faster fire rate for each gun in your inventory
tech: specialist - spawn a random power up for each gun in your inventory
(not available in custom, requires tech: generalist)
tech: complex spin-statistics - become immune to harm for 1s every 7s
requires Pauli exclusion
even less difficulty ramp after killing final boss
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)
beating the final boss automatically increases the difficulty mode for this run and future runs
some foam balancing, mostly buffs
standing wave harmonics gets 15% harm reduction again
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
your build url can now be copied in the pause screen
mod: inductive coupling - 4 max health per power up, but limited to 44 max health per level (replaces crystalized armor)
mod: transceiver chip - use all the power ups left over at the end of a level
mod: catabolism - does a flat 5 damage to your health for 3 ammo (was 2% of max health for 1 ammo)
catabolism - 2% (was 2.3%) of max health removed
many worlds - spawns 2 rerolls (was 1)
pilot wave field- now has access to several mods that normally require other fields
this plus the fragmenting block mod are a big buff for late game pilot wave
let me know if it is too strong
mod nano-scale: bot prototypes - upgrade a bot type and build 2 of that bot
mod nano-scale: bot manufacturing - build 3 random bots
these mods don't show up in custom
added more requirements to various mods
CPT reversal is more flexible with energy
1.5-5 seconds of rewind drains 66% - 220% energy
mod: exothermic process - renamed acute stress response
mod: heat engine - reduce max energy by 50 increase damage by 40%
mod: Gibbs free energy - gain 5% damage for every 10 energy below 100
field - wormhole now has a 10% chance to duplicate power ups
mod: erase - remove rerolled mods from the selection pool
custom now lets you reproduce builds that only occur in game when a mod/gun/field is removed is ejected
example: in custom you can get time dilation only mods, then jump over to nano scale field and keep the crazy time dilation regen
this might cause some problems, let me know if anything gets weird
balance: perimeter defense - 3% harm reduction for each bot (was 5%)
mod: network effect - 2% damage for each bot
mod: commodities exchange - canceling a power up gives 6 rerolls, ammo, or heals
all bot upgrade mods are improved by about 33%
mod superdeterminism - spawns 6 mods (was 3)
mod: futures exchange - canceling power ups increases duplication chance by 4%
mod: monte carlo experiment - spawn 2 mods, but you have a 50% chance to lose a random mod
requires duplication mods, not available in custom
mod: exchange symmetry - spawn 1 mod with double your normal duplication chance
requires duplication mods, not available in custom
mod: CPT reversal - avoid damage by rewinding to your past, but use up all your energy
requires wormhole or time dilation
several minor buffs to wormhole
small changes to mob distribution on a few maps
you can see your build while in the power up selection menu
balance - metamaterial cloaking field gives 111% more damage (up from 66%)
mod: Newton's 1st law - harm reduction when moving fast (thanks NoHaxJustPi)
mod: Newton's 2nd law - damage increase while moving fast
mod - neutron bomb is a grenade mod, it's damage is 33% higher
direct hits also apply radiation damage over time
missiles aim better, accelerate quicker, push blocks out of the way better
crouch fire mode rapidly launches missiles vertically
