Features / Improvements

• Reduced the skill costs of Trap and Turret Skills. Increasing the skills now costs 1 point until 18 points have been spent, after which they will cost 2 points up until they are level 24.
• Increased the overall experience gained in Chapter 2 by 66%
• Reduced the enemy resistance scaling with the Deranged modifier to a more reasonable level: +0.8% -> +0.1% per character level
• Added an option in the settings for toggling Windowed mode (Alt + Enter works as well)
• Renamed Cold/Physical/EW Mastery skills to Cold/Physical/EW Mastery I and II correspondingly, based on the amount of damage they add and availability in the skill tree
• Fixed some minor issues with the Chem Storage map's Special Ability tutorial tooltips

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where enemies opening a side door could cause a massive increase in the number of spawned enemies
• Fixed a bug where Cold Mastery did not affect Frost Lance properly
• Fixed turret sight range calculation for Shockwave Coil and similar turrets which have the Larger Radius upgrade

[ 2025-03-13 08:52:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Build, Fight, Improve, Obliterate. Create bloody mayhem by building turrets and traps in strategic positions and fighting waves after waves of ferocious clones and creations of immoral research. As you gain experience in the battlefield, improve and develop your characters and weapons to get more and more powerful and decimate your enemies.

Combining the classic Tower Defense gameplay, graphic pixel-art violence and elements of character and team building action RPGs set within a dark, futuristic sci-fi world, Neural Shock brings an engaging experience which caters both to short and long play sessions to experience at your own pace.

Engaging Tower Defense Puzzles
Unique tower defense missions in an engaging, dark and futuristic world, complemented with captivating side objectives that require razor-sharp senses and wits to complete in the most optimal ways.

Visceral Pixel-Art Violence
Tens of different ways for each monster to meet their maker, ranging from getting shredded, electrocuted, burnt to a crisp, melted to a pile of goo, and many others, visualized and animated with crunchy pixel art graphics that don't hide any ounce of blood or drop of gore. Let your creativity run wild as you discover new ways to eradicate the murderous cretins that run amok in this vicious world.

Class-based Character and Team Building
Pick your favorite class, delve into the monster-filled world and exterminate the horrid creatures to level up and create your optimal build by specializing in different weapon, turret and trap masteries and selecting the best supporting abilities for your playstyle. As you progress further, you'll gain access to new team members to aid you in the fight in the battlefield, whom you can also level up and improve as you best see fit.