v0.4.0 — Engineering Bay Renewal & Combat Balance Overhaul

v0.4.0 — Engineering Bay Renewal & Combat Balance Overhaul

⚙️ Engineering Bay Complete Renewal

You no longer collect Void Alloys to purchase permanent upgrades. Now, each time you start a mission, you distribute points as you wish in the Engineering Bay.

• 5 Core Parts: Hull · Engine · Wings · Arsenal · Core

• 4 Tiers per Part — Higher tiers grant stronger stat bonuses

• 1 Point per Stage acquired → Stronger builds possible at higher stages

• Real-time Preview — Your ship's appearance changes instantly each time you upgrade a tier (armor plates, engine flames, weapon pods, wing beams, core aura, etc.)

• Start fresh each run → Free to experiment with builds

🚀 Ship Role Re-establishment

Focusing on a 5-ship system, we have rebalanced each ship to fit its unique characteristics.

• Void Striker · Storm Breaker · Titan Vanguard · Shadow Reaper — Selectable from the start

• Eclipse Wing — Unlocked upon reaching Stage 5 (Enhanced Void Striker)

Each ship's characteristics are now clearer:

On the ship selection screen, DEFENSE value is newly displayed, and the previously confusing "Speed" indicator has been separated into Movement Speed and Fire Rate.

🎧 You can finally adjust the volume

Master · SFX · UI · BGM — Four types can be adjusted independently:

• Lobby: Click the ▾ AUDIO button next to the language dropdown

• Pause Menu: The top-right AUDIO panel is always displayed

• Smooth adjustment by dragging, settings are automatically saved and persist for the next run

🎯 Custom Targeting Cursor

Instead of the browser's default cursor, a Sci-fi Targeting Reticle operates throughout the game.

• Basic reticle composed of a rotating crosshair + pulse ring

• When the cursor hovers over a button, yellow corner brackets automatically indicate target lock

• Lobby, pause, level-up cards, during combat — Works identically on all screens

⚖️ Major Balance Adjustments

⚠️ Level Up POT2 SKIP Penalty Actually Applied

Previously, we fixed a bug where"Enemy Attack +5%"message was displayed, but nothing actually happened.

• Now, for each SKIP, enemy attack/HP actually increases by +10% (soft cap +80%)

• The actual increase is displayed on the SKIP button, and changes to MAXED when the cap is reached

🩸 Nano Leech Nerf

• Recovery per kill reduced by approximately 50%

• Still a powerful sustained recovery module, but infinite safe zones are gone

• Full heal duration: Previously ~1 second → Now 2-4 seconds (Varies by ship)

💥 Shrapnel Grenade Nerf

• Guidance function completely removed — Even with a heat-seeking chip artifact, shrapnel no longer tracks.

• Linger distance 1200px → 400px significantly reduced

• No longer drifts to the other side of the screen

🧬 Void Shard (VOID_BIT) XP Drop Nerf

• The experience points from the minions summoned by VoidCataclysm were excessive.

• Drop rate 15% (Previously 100%) + XP 0.3x (Previously 1.0x)

• Actual XP gain reduced by approximately 95%

🐛 Bug Fixes & UI Improvements

• FixedNeural InfectorZigzag movement formula bug fixed. Now actually pursues players and performs melee attacks (Previously, it always just circled around the player)
• FixedMirror MirageSame movement bug fixed
• AddedLobby Language Selection7 → 11 languages (German, French, Vietnamese, Latin American Spanish added)
• AddedShip Selection Screen Label CorrectionMovement Speed/Fire Rate distinction, Critical Hit Chance, Magnetic Field Range, Defense display added

• Dead Sound Effects Cleanup — Reduced loading overhead by removing 5 SFX that are no longer called

We await your feedback. We wish you happy survival! 🚀