Operation Octo has just released! You can now play up until the first 3 biomes! \nIt has been 5 years since I started making this game - Thank you all so much for being part of the journey <3\n\nIf you encounter any bugs while playing, please report them to me on Discord ! \n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44356379/480f0afb416228b9bf5421b0206316559c844095.png\"][/img]\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n

Looking Ahead

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• I will immediately be working on new gadgets, new shop turrets, and lots of quality-of-life improvements & balancing in the next few weeks! \n

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• More biomes, starting with Volcanic Ridge, will eventually be added as free updates

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• But before that, expect the level editor to arrive this year (Edit: erm, early next year), where you can create & share custom levels via Steam Workshop! \n

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Other Noteable Changes

Balance Changes

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• Bolt Eel cost decreased from 50 to 45 \n

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• Eels have consistently been the weakest combat turret, due to its weakness in early game, and levels never spawning too many enemies for AoE investments to pay off. A slight cost decrease will alleviate some of the early-game struggles Eel decks experience.

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• Bubble Parrot deployment time (turret ball toss) reduced from 1 second to 0.3 second \n

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• There are reasons to reactively revive turrets in a timely manner now. This deployment speed buff will make Parrots more reliable for these use cases later on.

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• Mutant Bumper Fish melee damage deflection increased from 50% to 66%\n

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• Mutant Elixirs are so precious, that people rarely give it to a Bumper, whom I actually consider to have a very interesting upgrade.

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• Lionfish spike damage to 2 targets increased from 30 to 35\n

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• Lionfish is often thought of as the weakest gadget, due to it requiring very niche scenarios to be worthwhile. If you barely failed to snipe a single skeleton with Lionfish, you\'ll now still get a bit of a bonus for the placement.

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• Pleco attract capacity per collection decreased from 4 items to 1 item \n

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• Pleco collection cooldown decreased from 7 seconds to 4 seconds\n

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• Pleco now picks up the item that is closest to it, while prioritizing pearls inside Clams \n

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• Mutant Plecoattract capacity per collection decreased from 8 items to 2 items \n

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• Mutant Plecocollection cooldown decreased from 4 seconds to 2 seconds\n

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• Pleco, the most OP turret in the game, is finally getting nerfed! This rework is mainly aimed at reducing Pleco\'s synergy with Pearl Tree. Pleco will now require a whopping 16 seconds to fully reel in a Pearl Tree\'s produce! (assuming there aren\'t other pickups that\'re also waiting to be collected!) If you bring Pearl Tree to a battle, Pleco is no longer your default choice of collector, and you might now want to manually tend to each Pearl Tree harvest.

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• Pearl Tree now attracts skeletons that are close to it (Forcing attacks similar to what Red Herring does)\n

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• It\'s too easy to profit off of Pearl Trees. There simply wasn\'t enough of a risk to this economy investment. Now, if even an otherwise-harmless Bandana Skeleton waddles through your base, your Pearl Tree could die.

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• Hammer Shark can no longer demolish a Pearl Tree while it is bursting pearls \n

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• Hammer Shark Hammer Shark can no longer demolish Clams \n

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• Recycling Clams has led to some game-breaking (but hilarious) shenanigans. Check out Eagle\'s Clamless strat . Hammering Clams demolishes how this game\'s meant to be played, and I have finally resolved to ban the option instead of trying to nerf it more.

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• Watchdog cost now capped at 60 \n

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• Watchdog will no longer become a guaranteed stuck-in-your-hand card. This should give it more flexibility, and allow it to not be a \"total\" dead-weight to Imitation Crab decks. (I just found out that the price cap isn\'t working for now - Will patch it tomorrow!)

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