Hey everyone! It's been a hot minute since we've said anything on here. Chronicle just launched a massive update changing a lot of the base game and we also added a ton of new content. Check out the patch notes below for ALL of the changes!

Additions

• Dead co-op players now respawn before the final stage.
• Controller D-Pad now works.
• All controllers now have support.
• Menus can now be navigated via the D-Pad on controllers.
• White flash added to the laser recharger for a visual cue when the laser is ready to be used.
• Sound added to the laser recharger on ready use.
• Weapon drop odds reduced 8% -> 1% + 0.5% per missed drop.
• All bosses and midbosses now strafe.
• Some enemies can have armor and will flash blue instead of white.
• B button now allows for back to grid from the menus.
• All damage sources now show damage numbers.
• New start run screen in The Grid.
• The Grid's menu dots now flash red when something new exists in that section.
• Asteroids have been reworked and re-animated.
• Load game screen now shows your current ship level and highest completed difficulty.
• Pause menu shows current game mode.
• Added tutorial to challenges section for clarity.
• New mid-game cutscene added.
• New Voice Over for Operator 27.
• New Voice Over for Unit Eight's computer.
• Arcade mode now has multiple different voice lines.
• New achievements have been added.
• Death defy now shows as a notification when it triggers.

Powerups!

• 2x Damage - Increase all damage output by 2x.
• 3x Damage - Increase all damage output by 3x.
• Auto Fire - Constant fire without holding down the fire buttons.
• Max Fire Rate - Increased your fire rate to the max perk level.
• Ammo Crate - Gives a free pickup of all current ammo-containing weapons.
• Shield - Adds a player shield that blocks the first instance of damage.
• Bullet Reflector - Enables your reflector that ricochets bullets back at enemies using their damage.
• Homing Bullets - Turns your bullets into precision death bullet machines.

Multi-Lane Room System!

• Health - Increases max health by 20%.
• Weapon - Grants a weapon and increased damage output by 10%.
• Scraps - Grants a whole mess of scraps.
• Bombs - Grants extra bombs and increases bomb damage output.
• Trait Star - Grants an increased rarity trait.

Traits!

New Perk Nodes

• Starting Shield - Starts each run with the shield powerup.
• Starting Trait - Adds a % chance to start a run with a trait drop selection.
• Unlock Double Fire - Adds the double fire weapon into the drop system.
• Unlock Double Angled Fire - Adds the double angled weapon into the drop system.
• Unlock Upgraded Sideshot - Adds the upgraded sideshot weapon into the drop system.

Ascensions!

• After completing the Standard game mode, you can now unlock ascension levels.
• Ascensions are the standard game mode with more factors / rules added in to increase the difficulty drastically.

New Boss Abiltiies and Changes

• Bob
• ---> Burst Fire when shield get broken or shield returns to normal after healing.
• ---> Bob Drones now spawn with every attack starting at 50% HP.
• ---> Total bob drones on screen increased from 4 -> 5
• ---> Decreased Bob's cooldown between attacks from 3.5 sec -> 3 sec
• Logan
• ---> Bomb that confused player movement controls.
• Fionne
• ---> Bomb that explodes into shrapnel in 360 degrees.
• ---> Fionne's buzzsaws move 20% faster
• Nano & Nina
• ---> Attached now track player and fire a massive laser.

Changes

• Initial Bullet Attack Cooldown reduced from 0.3 sec -> 0.15 sec (faster initial fire rate)
• Fire Rate per level perk reduced from 2.5% -> 2%
• Initial Bullet Speed increased from 6.5 units/sec -> 8.75
• Initial Missile Fire Rate reduced from 0.58 sec -> 0.445 sec
• Initial Player Movement Speed increased from 5.5 units/sec -> 6.15
• Players now start with 3 weapons, basic shot, single angled shot, sideshot. Can pickup empowered version of each of these weapons which have an ammo count.

• Basic enemy drones now attack faster from 0.75 sec -> 0.6 sec
• All enemy default bullet speeds increased from 5.85 units/sec -> 7.85 units/sec
• Turret bullet speed increased from 5.95 units/sec -> 7.85 units/sec
• Bob's drones bullet speed increased from 3 units/sec -> 4 units/sec
• Bob's elites bullet speed increased from 4 units/sec -> 6.25 units/sec
• Zelos - all forms - bullet speed increased from 5 units/sec -> 6.75 units/sec
• Base Defense System bullet speed increased from 5 units/sec -> 6.25 units/sec
• Fionne, Logan, Nano & Nina, and Tetraknights bullet speed increased from 4 units/sec -> 6 units/sec
• Ground Mech bullet speed increased from 6 units/sec -> 7 units/sec
• Enemy health calculations reworked to be less exponential and feel more fair.

• On a new run, enemies now start spawning 1 second faster from 3.5 sec -> 2.5 sec after player flies in.
• Reduced enemy spawn interval speed from 1.75 sec -> 1.05 sec
• Reduced time waiting between waves from 5.5 sec -> 0.25 sec
• Increased chance of two enemies spawning at the same time from 10% -> 25%
• Increased chance of three enemies spawning at the same time from 3% -> 6.5%
• Tweaked the color of the back button in the New and Load Game menus to better show when it is selected.
• Pausing in story mode is now instant and does not have a wait buffer.
• Removed moving around The Grid during zoom out.
• Missiles have been reworked.
• ---> Missile weapon is now the Missile Barrage.
• ---> Missiles now auto target enemies.
• ---> The missile fire rate perk is now Total Missile Targets (up to 16 missiles can be fired at once)
• ---> Turning speed improved.
• Nina now targets and tracks the player faster during her laser attack.
• Increased loading screen bullet speed.
• Modified asteroid explosion sound.
• Added sounds in selection screens.

Fixes

• "Defy Death" perk could activate when you choose to End Run from the Pause Menu, which would not end your run.
• Fixed a bug where you could scroll between menu screens when the stats screens were open.
• Fixed a bug where Pulse Blast ammo was consumed as fast as regular weapons.
• Fixed an issue where The Tetraknights would fire missiles from empty voids.
• Fixed a co-op issue where reaching Zelos with a dead second player stops you from advancing to the final level.
• Fixed a bug where hitbox was larger than intended for player collisions.
• Fixed a bug where Tetraknight Gren's vines would persist after he exploded.
• Fixed a sorting issue where Weapons and Scraps were not sitting above all objects for easy visibility.
• Fixed a sorting issue where Players were not sitting above all objects for easy visibility.
• Fixed a bug where the game would not progress is Nano died too fast before Nina.
• Fixed localization issues in The Grid.
• Fixed an issue where Vine attacks would not update when the boss strafes.
• Fixed a bug where The Tetraknights would not attack immediately in Boss Rush.
• Fixed a bug where Nina would spawn in the wrong animation state in Boss Rush.
• Bosses no longer bounce backward when taking damage.
• Fixed a bug where skipping too quickly through cutscenes would break them.
• Fixed a bug where The Grid would say you were about to play a Boss Rush mode but ended up in Standard.
• Bosses no longer move horizontally off camera.
• Fixed a bug where Drill Drones sometimes would not attack.
• Removed challenge rewards line from Boss Rush end screen.
• Fixed a bug where Fionne's buzzsaws would disappear if only one left the top of the screen.
• Fixed Background in main menu for controls screen.
• Added loading screen after company logos to fix the black screen issue.
• Fixed a bug where tutorials would break boss cutscenes.
• Fixed controller navigation in load game screen.
• Fixed a bug where beating the game would grant you 5 ship levels.
• Fixed a bug where players would sit above blast doors inside the ship.
• Fixed Gren's warning vines to update with his movement.
• Fixed a bug where you could not re-select the pause menu after alt-tabbing.