Roadmap Hello Voiders! Beta 26 is here! Lots of changes this week. Due to a very mixed reception, we removed the "reveal" system introduced last week. You were many to have pro's and con's, and we've simply decided to not go further into this direction. We replaced this by a new "Reboot RNG" system which allows you to refresh the level selection. Refreshing levels will have a chance to yield better values, with a chance to go past their normal maximum. This should remove the "random" aspect of level selection and offer more min-maxing strategies to advanced players. The Rampage has been slightly modified, you can now move while rampaging! Let us know what you think of this new update. :)

New

• Level reveal option has been replaced by a new feature called "Reboot RNG" which refresh the level selection at the cost of scraps. Rebooting the levels has a chance to produce level stats above their maximum of 5, and it keeps increasing if you reboot them more than once per level. This also affects special levels.
• Special levels now have unique peculiarities which can be of the following:
  • Self-destructing: a countdown will appear and the level must be finished before it reaches 0 (the time is dependent of the level size)
  • Super-Elites everywhere: nothing but red enemies will populate the level
  • Pitch black: the level will have no lights (though enemies and bullets emit light)
• Special levels always have their stats maxed out (size, loot & difficulty)

Changes

• The level reveal system has been removed (and replaced by the reboot system described above)
• The default weapons of each classes have been changed, they now all start with an Auto-Gun and the following:
  • Dash: Cutter
  • Rampage: Shotgun
  • Fortress: Rocket Launcher
• Rampage can now move while using its special and also has a 30% movement speed bonus
• Skipping a level doesn't increase the difficulty anymore
• Scraps bonus for completing a special level has been increased by 50% (it scales up with the difficulty)
• Mini-map has been removed from left stick buttons and added to the B button (and it is still available with the Back button)
• Boss fights:
  • Bosses now drop 6 to 12 items per players (was 2 to 5 before)
  • More small enemies will spawn, but they now drop repair packs
  • Crystals dropped have been increased
• All classes now have the same movement speed (based on the Dash speed)
• EMP duration has been increased on elites and bosses
• The hole design of the Lab and Sub environments has been changed to be more visible
• Enemy bullets will now always be drawn above any other bullets or explosions
• The Unstable skill has been changed to avoid the following skill: Jackpot, Loaded, Hardcore, Repair.All (only if solo), Reboot Sequence (only if solo)

Fixes

• Fixes the shadow of a Transport sprite
• Fixes having more than one special levels per boss phase (should be limited to 1)
• Fixes wall being invisible during boss intro when there is no light
• Fixes Fortress shield dealing damages to players and enemies
• Fixes lasers using 2x more EP when using the Rampage special
• Fixes drop names alignment for players 2 & 4