Version 1.1.2

This patch addresses multiple issues reported via Steam, Discord and email. Experiments game mode

Resource spawners and colony base wont block any major paths on randomly generated levels. (thanks to Kezzbo, vervedan and Ernest)
Resource spawners for survival type missions are closer to the base now
Orange Centipede spawn chance is significantly lower for low risk experiments

(resource spawners location, 'before' and 'after') All existed experiments could have significant changes due to these improvements. The amount of enemies and spawn locations may vary, but the layout of each level will be the same. Please note that we are still working on Tower Editor balance issues. Thank you for all the feedback provided about this feature. Fixes

Crash Report: _this5.substate.closeDialog is not a function (thanks to Austinlb90)
Crash Report: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined at new Watcher (thanks to Jseah)
Crash Report: Cannot read property 'bringToTop' of undefined (kudos to Sam Quan)
Crash Report: Cannot read property 'a' of undefined (thanks toDr. Danger!and Austinlb90)
Crash Report: Renaming a tower to a name you already have freezes the game
Shader error for experiments reward dialog (thanks to do335)
TMSL boost breaks its projectile trajectory (thanks to vervedan)

Version 1.1.0, 1.1.1

New game mode: Experiments
New game mode: New Game+
New game feature: Tower Editor
New game feature: Unlockable Tower Blocks
New enemy structure: Pattern Shutdown disables random tower pattern until the structure destroyed (health: 5, armor: 1)
New enemy mob: Orange Centipede drops orange slimes
New tower patterns: TY1/TY2 short range shotguns, low ap, high dps, high spread
New booster pattern: RBST boosts reload for all towers in range by x0.85, stackable
New UI feature: survival wave preview shows the amount of enemies in each wave
Some performance optimizations

Levels tweaks

28 - Squid Ravine: now has 2 TX3 on start
33 - Cluster: now does not spawn Magnetos (while still have two repulsor structures)
All survival levels now use wave spawners (cocoons) instead of spawn-from-the-air approach

Balance tweaks

TX3 rework now guards will return to the orbit upon targets death, more sustainable
TMSL1 projectile follows the enemy
TMSL2 now fires 3 projectiles with 5 dmg each instead of 1x20dmg, projectiles follow the enemy
WBUILDER (wall printer) build time rate reduced to 0.5 seconds (was 2.0 seconds)
Every tower now have a x0.5 time delay for the first reload (more convenient in a rush situation)
Behemoths wont spawn from L0 buds
Enemy ZAPPER reload time decreased to 0.5 sec (was 0.7 sec) due to TMSL2 rework
Wave spawners health increased from 1 to 10 to avoid unintentional agro

Fixes

Crash Report: Cannot read property 'invincible' of undefined at TiledLevel.checkDefenceIntersection (multiple reports)
A lot of minor UI tweaks and fixes

Misc

Robot now makes one step side if reaches an obstacle on its way
New secret robot ability to lock towers configuration (default key L) allows to nail down any tower so it will ignore any other possible transformations

Cheers!

[ 2018-11-07 05:58:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Protolife

Volcanic Giraffe Developer

Volcanic Giraffe Publisher

2018-06-15 Release

Strategy Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 23

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

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15 years since the first colonization parties landed on Gagarin-5. 15 years of tedious yet satisfying work on making this planet our home. I miss these years now.
It all happened in mere days. The corruption spread across our lands, waves of crimson doom washed away our mushroom farms, and giant worms devoured our cities. As far as I know, only few thousands of people were able to escape into the emergency bases. Now the thing.. is dormant. It sleeps during the day, and grows only slowly over the night, filled with tumors, blights and rolling, nauseating pink lights.
This small opening seems to be our only chance to fight back, to clean the planet. And we are sure to take it.

Gameplay

Stand to defend a distant human colony against the growing lifeform that devours everything in its wake. Build complex defenses from the simplest element possible – a single block, save few remaining settlements and clean the planetary surface from the corruption in this original tower-based RTS. Initially built for a Ludum Dare 38 game jam, it was completely redesigned, got a graphics update, tons of new content, but still works around a simple idea: build towers from blocks, contain the enemy, survive the night onslaught and strike back.

Key features

Unique approach to building process: Every tower is constructed from patterns of simple blocks. Build your defense grid piece by piece the way you like it, upgrade, combine, optimize space and resources to survive against the overwhelming odds.
An enemy unlike usual RTS adversaries: Growing, living entity designed to exploit every small weakness in your defense. The more space it takes from you, the more powerful it becomes.
Freedom of strategy and flexible defense perimeter: Go for quick low-tier tower rush or bunk with well-defended artillery posts, then collect your blocks and rebuild the defenses on the spot — just mind the free space and resources left.
Direct control over the builder: Or two? Dynamically switch between several battlefronts and dominate over the enemy.
Over 30 levels with variative gameplay and win objectives.
Random missions generator with an adjustable difficulty level and special rewards.
Custom towers editor where you can construct your own powerful weapon.
Remappable keyboard or gamepad controls. Please note that the game was not designed for mouse control.

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