Patch Notes v2.2.0 - MORE

More new stuff and a lot of tuning adjustments and reworks to try and keep things fun, but fair.

Ship Selection:

• added 4 new ship frames

• added 4 new ship colors

• adjusted purple and gray colors to be a little lighter

• added the ability to change slightly how your bullet looks with a toggle

Player:

• slightly adjusted bullet visuals and collision

• adjusted how bullet aim works

  • checks on creation for an enemy to constantly track

  • no longer checks every couple of frames if it doesn't have a target

  • it only misses if it's target wasn't there when it was created or if it's target died

• freeze shatter shard damage decreased from 50 damage to 25 damage

• adjusted the collision mask of all fire

Powerups:

Incinerator Drone:

• adjusted how the coloring works on the drone

Cannon Comrades:

• decreased homing value for bullets shot from the cannons from 1 to 0

• adjusted how the coloring works on the cannons

Hivemind:

• additionally activates upon use

Boom Buddy:

• changed name to Boom Buddies

• changed tagline

• now spawns 10 in a circle formation instead of 1

• no longer has health

  • no longer applies the sauce debuff when killed

  • can infinitely absorb bullets until destroyed

• no longer fires bullets when hit

• explodes when an enemy comes near

• decreased explosion size by ~1/2

• explosion damage decreased from 2750 to 250

• explosion now also applies a corrosion debuff to enemies

Kettle Cannons:

• changed the kernels to become reskinned bullets instead

  • kernels have a homing value of 2

• instead of exploding randomly or on a kill, all kernels explode

• decreased firing delay when fully spun up from 2 frames to 3 frames

Strike!:

• increased cooldown refresh threshold from 5 to 10

• increased size of the bowling ball by ~33%

Sploda Can:

• failing to throw the soda can no longer damages the player

• explosion damage from failing to throw the soda can increased from 3500 to 6000

  • this increases the damage over time after the explosion from 2 damage/frame to 3 damage/frame

Gem of Void:

• adjusted how the coloring works on the void

Gas Grenade:

• duration decreased from 12 seconds to 4 seconds

• stink cloud linger duration decreased from 6 seconds to 4 seconds

• stink cloud damage decreased from 3 damage/frame to 2 damage/frame

Alarm Clock:

• additionally activates upon use

Horrific Belch:

• decreased the damage of the projectile from 100 damage/frame to 50 damage/frame

Frosted Icing:

• icing is now destroyed when it shatters a bullet

• reduced number of shards created when shattering a bullet from 10 to 8

• reduced trail duration from 5.5 seconds to 2.5 seconds

Stink Blink:

• blink clone linger duration decreased from 8 seconds to 5 seconds

• stink cloud damage decreased from 3 damage/frame to 2 damage/frame

Ceiling Fan:

• adjusted how the coloring works on the fan

• adjusted the sprite of the fan

Spin Dig:

• increased speed when passing through an enemy from 1 unit to 2 units

Bottle Rocket:

• changed tagline

• target is no longer chosen via distance, but by what's closest to where you're looking

• no longer charges up, now immediately launches

• base speed decreased from 35 units to 15 units

• now only has a single explosion

  • damage increased from 2500 damage to 3500 damage

  • the distance-based chain explosions that follow have been removed

• after the explosion, shrapnel-like projectiles are released in the direction the rocket was traveling

Synergies:

• adjusted internally how they work for both performance improvements and easier updates later

Laser Beam + Cannon Comrades:

• reduced the number of Cannon Comrades created from 5 to 4

Health Regen + Hero's Cape:

• heal from Health Regen while Hero's Cape is inactive reduced from 100% to 75%

• increased bullet homing while Hero's Cape is active from 2 to 5

Stop Watch + Spin Dig:

• drills no longer gain bonus damage from a time slow

• the drills no longer do damage while time is slowed

• decreased damage of the lasers from 12 damage per frame to 2 damage per frame

• increased the spread of the lasers

Drain Shot + Magical Shards:

• increased cooldown of Magical Shards while synergy is active from 10 seconds to 30 seconds

Acid Reflux + Horrific Belch:

• bullets fired from the player now require Acid Reflux to be active to destroy bullets

• bullets fired while Acid Reflux is active now only apply corrosion on death

• increased the spread of the belch projectiles by ~10 degrees

• belch projectiles additional corrosion decreased from 5 corrosion/frame to 2 corrosion/frame

Space Strike + Line Of Fire:

• decreased the number of airstrikes spawned by ~78%

Seek Saws + Frosted Icing:

• duration of icing trail left by saws reduced from 6 seconds to 1 second

• reduced number of shards created for shattering a bullet from 15 to 10

• frequency of icing trail left by saws reduced from 3 frames to 10 frames

• saws now create icing trail pieces individually, alternating between the saws

Boom Buddies + High Voltage:

• the plushies no longer turn and face towards enemies while firing

Kettle Cannons + Mega Microwave:

• kettles no longer fire double the kernels when shooting

Cheesy Goodness + BBQ Sauce:

• bullets fired now have a unique sprite

• bullets fired now also have a 1.5x size multiplier in addition to their increased potency

Atomic Knife + Atom's Apple:

• heal from Atom's Apple decreased from 100% to 50%

Sploda Can + Ice Machine:

• Sploda Can cooldown reduction from killing a frozen enemy reduced by about 50%

Gem Of Finality + Glitch Heart:

• heal from Glitch Heart while Gem of Finality is inactive decreased from 100% to 50%

Particle Wave + Beam Blade:

• Particle Wave projectiles no longer recieve a 2x damage bonus

Deadly Sneeze + Allergy Pills:

• heal from Allergy Pills decreased from 100% to 50%

Modifiers:

• All Together will now grant you a synergistic powerup that is unlocked and enabled when you pick up a powerup

• adjusted unlock requirements for All Together

  • now unlocks when the catalog is opened

  • can no longer be acquired by using the same synergy repeatedly

  • increased number of synergies needed to unlock from 10 to 30

• adjusted unlock requirements for Forever Alone

  • now unlocks when the catalog is opened

  • can no longer be acquired by using the same synergy repeatedly

  • increased number of synergies needed to unlock from 5 to 15

• if you have All Together and/or Forever Alone unlocked, it will become locked again

  • if you have purchased them, you will be refunded 50 tickets each

  • you can unlock them by opening the catalog while satisfying the requirements above

Bug Fixes:

• fixed an issue where a weird audio pop would happen while playing at random

• fixed an issue where the glow color the powerups had on the field when it was a possible synergy was based on the ship selected and not the color of the ship

• made the description of Sinister Sunbeam clearer

• made the description of Odorant clearer

• fixed an issue where the Safety Circle special wave would rarely cause a crash when completed

• fixed an issue for the following powerups that resulted in a larger collision box than intended, but adjusted the collision box to compensate

  • Laser Beam

  • Sinister Sunbeam

  • Deletion Beam

  • Cheesy Goodness

  • Laser Sight (synergy variant)

  • Sustainable Beam

  • Swift Edge

  • Beam Blade

  • Paint Brush

  • Cross Beams

  • Chair

  • Marble Buster

  • Bullet Train

  • Spin Dig

  • Table

  • Baseball Bat

• fixed an issue with the description of Baseball Bat

• fixed an issue where the same ship window would display for every ghost ship when they died

• fixed an issue where a player using a controller could enable and disable powerups while in the grid view of the catalog in the middle of a game

• fixed an issue where you couldn't look at the name of a powerup while in the grid view of the catalog in the middle of a game