After far too long of a delay we are proud to introduce our biggest update yet, the Chaotic Update. In this update we have added the sixth level and boss fight, updated the random generation system, daily dungeon leaderboard, updated all the boss fights and prepared the servers for the upcoming online co-operative multiplayer update which has been a major undertaking.

Level 6 Chaos the Abyss

The most notable part of this update is the addition of level 6 and its respective boss fight. This level is called the Abyss of Chaos.

New Boss Power ups with Chaos' Holy Champion!

Chaotic Corruption Adds a damage multiplier to your bullets based on the distance the bullet has travelled. The shorter the distance the higher the multiplier. Does not stack.
Chaos Armour Gives a 25% damage reduction. Acquiring additional Chaos Armour blessings will increase the percentage of damage reduction.
Arm of Chaos Activates a melee attack when you tap the 'R' key. The melee attack kills beasts instantly. Arm of Chaos has a 10 second cooldown. Acquiring additional Arm of Chaos blessings will decrease the cooldown by 5 seconds.

For the speed runners

• Blessings are now linked to the dungeon seed. This means that for any particular seed the blessings which spawn will be the same every-time. The implication of this is that now for the daily dungeon the time that someone gets will be 100% representative of player skill as the only differentiating factors are player decisions.
• Timelines built into the blessing link. We thought it would be fun to create alternate timelines which are triggered by using red portals (the harder alternative boss fights). When a red portal is used the future blessing spawns for a seed are changed according to a timeline with a red portal. Every-time a red portal is used a new timeline opens up with a different set of blessings unique to that seed. This means that speed runners should optimally check all the alternate timelines to find the most efficient combinations of blessings for a particular seed in order to get the best time possible.

Boss Health bars

We thought it was about time we added names to our bosses as well as on screen health bars for them. The health bar is visible in the bottom right hand of the screen creating a diagonal symmetry with the player health bar.

Multiplayer temporarily disabled for Online Co-op Preparation

We have made huge amounts of progress in the complicated endeavour of adding full online cooperative multiplayer functionality to the game. We are almost ready to add Online Co-op to the working build but want to perform a few more tests first. We have temporarily disabled the multiplayer menu while we work on the servers and stress test them for the co-op implementation which will also include an update to the multiplayer versus mode. This implementation is planned for our next update!

Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Catch22 Blessing. When active it was previously giving a 5x damage increase. It has now been changed to match the description in giving a 2.2x damage increase.
• The pathfinding system has been optimised which will increase the performance of the game on lower-end computers. This also means the dungeon sizes have been increased for all the levels.
• The random generation system has been optimised. This has improved the randomness of the levels.
• Fixed a bug where NPCs and the Mini Jellyfish would get infinite health when the player had the Unstable Soul blessing.

Balance Update

• Increased the weight of the Sphere'O (Level 1) and the Jawbreaker (Level 1) so the push back from getting shot is not so drastic.
• Level variety has been increased through the introduction of new enemy engagement scenarios on the earlier levels.

Level 6

• Chaos' Abyss has been added as the 6th level.
• Chaos' Holy Champion has arrived. Chaos' Colossus has entered the building.
• The Bishop has been added with 1150 HP.
• The Chaos Staff has been added with 1200 HP.
• The Sphere'O Death has been added with 1300 HP.
• The Spiker has been added with 1400 HP.
• The Chaos Copter has been added with 1700 HP.
• Chaos has offered three new Boss Blessings: Chaos Armour, Arm of Chaos and Chaotic Corruption.
• CHAOS ARMOUR gives a 25% damage reduction. Acquiring additional CHAOS ARMOUR blessings will increase the percentage of damage reduction.
• ARM OF CHAOS activates a melee attack when you tap the 'R' key. The melee attack kills beasts instantly. ARM OF CHAOS has a 10 second cooldown. Acquiring addditional ARM OF CHAOS blessings will decrease the cooldown by 5 seconds.
• CHAOTIC CORRUPTION adds a damage multiplier to your bullets based on the distance the bullet has travelled. The shorter the distance the higher the multiplier. Does not stack.

Added Content

• Blessings have now been linked to the seeding system.
• Blessings now increase in cost as you progress through the levels.
• Added "Flawless Victory" Text for defeating a Boss without taking any damage.
• Added on-screen Boss health bars during the Boss Fights.
• The Holy Champions have been named:
  • Quetzalcoatl. The Hoy Champion of Gaia.
  • Mazuzoa. The Holy Champion of Mazu.
  • Chad. The Holy Champion of Wrath.
  • Khepri. The Holy Champion of Harenam.
  • Mujaji. The Holy Champion of Raika.
  • Chaos Colossus. The Holy Champion of Chaos.
• Brontes has been given a conclusion to his narrative.
• Maya has been given a conclusion to her narrative.
• Dr Dando has been given a conclusion to his narrative.
  
  [ 2017-04-12 21:06:33 CET ] [ Original post ]