S.C.O.N.E. INTERNAL MEMO # 10002 From: Overlord To: Minions

Dearest Minions,

I felt it appropriate to issue a short missive to make you all aware of some changes that you will undoubtedly notice over the coming days, before returning to my work establishing our stronghold in The Forest. Please familiarize yourself with these changes immediately and incorporate the information into your daily work against the nefarious heroes. First: We have retained the services of a professional Relic Hunter to assist in identification of the items we find in the zones of engagement. They are working around the clock to identify and name all relics found and submitted to Central Services. Please send all new relics to Central immediately via the nearest available pneumatic tube. Second: Central has identified and weaponized four new relics for immediate use, please see the attached Intelligence Report for more details. Third: Central has also … lost four relics. Those responsible have been sacked. Central Services Executives send their deepest regrets to anyone using the crumpet cannon, gatling gun, hand cannon, or firebuss relics. Hopefully new relics will be found over time that make up for the loss. Fourth: I have authorized the use of several experimental rare minions across the current zones of engagement. Please be aware if you see a Tesla Turret, Dark Scorpion, Scatter Ghost, or Pink Eye that they are in our employ, and give them any assistance needed. Thank you, as always, for your tireless service. I know you may be feeling beleaguered, but look forward to the new year as we attack our foe across new zones of engagement. Yours, Overlord of the Secret Criminal Organization of Nasty Evildoers Att. Intel Report 1.4.6199 --------------------------------------------------------------------- INTELLIGENCE REPORT #: 1.4.6199 TOPIC: RELEVANT CHANGES IN ZONES OF ENGAGEMENT What's New: * Relic Rework - All relics given new art, new names, and new functionality. Four relics replaced with new ones. Details in a section below. * Rare Enemies - Pink Eye, Dark Scorpion, Scatter Ghost, and Tesla Turret have joined the enemy forces * Initial work on contextual button icons. Controller players should now see xbox or ps4 controllers based on their controller type. (Keyboard support still in progress) * Gun pickup UI now shows what class a weapon belongs to before pickup * Relic/Item pickup UI now shows what type of item it is before pickup * Relics now tell you their effect on pickup * Added the concept of damage types so the system can respond to them differently. Initial type is Explosion, will add new types like Burn etc as needed. Relic Details: * Midas Crown (prev. coins+) - new art/name * Bandit's Glove (prev. coin range+) - new art/name * Flask of Endurance (prev. dash recharge) - new art/name * Puma Mask (prev. dash speed+) - new art/name * Flask of Vigor (prev. health+) - new art/name * Wings of Icarus (prev. speed+) - new art/name * Holy Chalice (prev. health regen) - new art/name * Templar Shield (prev. knockback-) - new art/name * Enchanted Teacup (prev. health item+) - new art/name * Janus' Hourglass (prev. combo cooldown+) - new art/name * Loki's Mask (prev. combo kills-) - new art/name * Jaws of the Last Wight (prev. revolver dmg+) - now affects Bullet class weapons, new art/name * Hand of the Last Wight (prev. revolver fire rate+) - now affects Bullet clas weapons, new art/name * Flames of Ra (prev. flamethrower burn+) - now affects all Fire class weapons, new art/name * Totem of the Wind Giant (prev. machine gun range) - now affects all Bullet class weapons, new art/name * Dragon Breath (prev. stake launcher burn) - now adds burn to all Holy class weapons, new art/name * Ares' Wrath (prev. grenade launcher explosion radius+) - now increases radius on all Explosive class weapons, new art/name * Khione's Ice Crown (prev. blunderbuss slow) - now adds slow effect to all Spread class weapons, new art/name * Gungir (prev. revolver max hits+) - now adds additional hits to all Bullet class weapons, new art/name * Cloak of Houdini (new!) - Reduces movement penalties from slowing effects * Skadi's Tear (new!) - Slows the rate at which weapons overheat on all weapon classes * Stone Golem's Heart (new!) - Reduces damage taken from explosive blasts * Fist of the Titans (new!) - Increases knockback on Spread class weapons Changes/Fixes: * Portal modified to not allow for knockback, which previously prevented its firing sequence to occur * Adjusted enemy generation on town * Fixed bug where barrier/key objective could be defeated by dashing through the barrier * Fixed bug where last alive player could drop out from menus * Removed two beams in the airship where players could get stuck * Fixed bug where tutenkraben's health bar wasn't appearing if he was shot before initial state change. * Fixed bug where vase hermits weren't properly responding to player proximity * Fixed bug where in an online game after a loop levels weren't always correctly cleared out for the next loop.

[ 2016-12-21 21:58:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Monsters & Monocles is a frantic, Victorian steampunk themed twin-stick shooter all about using teamwork and heavy weaponry to battle the hordes of evil. A naive occult collector has unknowingly unleashed a great evil that is spreading across the globe, and it’s up to you and a team of quirky paranormal investigators to find the source of this dark energy and blast it back to where it came from.

Online and Local Multiplayer

Take on the challenge solo, or play with up to 4 players online or locally. Your team shares a single pool of lives so you need to stick together, revive fallen comrades, and watch each other’s backs.

Customize Your Play Style

Search out and use powerful weapons to aid you in battle like the blunderbuss, stake launcher and the crumpet cannon - a steampunk toaster that fires weaponized crumpets.
Find and equip relics to customize your weapons and add new abilities to match your play style, and upgrade them by looting chests and destroying enemies.

Procedurally Generated World

Each level is procedural so you and your comrades will be faced with unique enemy placement, traps, secrets and objectives each time you play. Your trusty airship the HMS Scone acts as your hub and lets you gear up before taking on challenging levels like the haunted mansion, snowy Victorian streets and a cursed Pharaoh’s tomb. Each area ends with a fearsome boss encounter, such as a demonic chimney sweep or a giant cyclops skull.

Features

• 4 player co-op - both locally and online
  
• Co-op centric gameplay - Revive teammates and shared pool of lives across all players
  
• Challenging single player
  
• Every game is different - Procedural levels, enemies, relics, objectives, and secrets
  
• Customizable abilities - Collect relics that can be upgraded across play sessions to match your play style
  
• Full Controller support
  
• Huge bosses
  
• Sound design & Music by Hyperduck Soundworks
  
• Dogs wearing smoking jackets