v2.3.0 - Powerup Rebalancing

Mostly some powerup tuning to even out the playing field between powerups, focusing on the removal of most lures and punishing abusing infinite healing

Settings

• added the ability to make the bullet cover black in addition to the other options

Modifiers

Final Trial

• now disables all other modifiers and enables all unlocked powerups

Powerups

Drain Shot

• now creates a projectile that needs to be caught in order to gain the benefits

• killing enemies only grants healing, catching the new projectile without killing an enemy reduces the cooldown and returns the powerup now

• failing to kill an enemy will no longer cause any self damage

Hivemind

• there are now diminishing returns for each use of the powerup

Space Strike

• adjusted the targeting sprite

Boom Buddies

• fixed an issue where swapping powerups while the powerup was active would put a cooldown on the other slot

Flashback

• you no longer fire bullets at all enemies on use

• the invulnerability gained on use has been significantly reduced

• you now activate a short period of time slow if you didn't heal using the rewind

• you now have to go through a brief period of end lag if you healed from the rewind

Suspicious Substance

• now additionally increases blink distance

• now additionally decreases blink cooldown

• now additionally increases bullet fire rate

Cheesy Goodness

• decreased the speed of the cheese pot by about 50%

• decreased cooldown from 12 seconds to 9 seconds

• decreased duration from 15 seconds to 3 seconds

• increased damage from 2 damage/frame to 8 damage/frame

• the pool of cheese now destroys bullets

• the pool of cheese is no longer a lure

• removed the manual detonation on the pot of cheese

• reduced time until the cheese spills from the pot by about 75%

Gem of Strength

• reduced the time gained from getting a kill from 1/4th of a second to 1/6th of a second

Gem of Sacrifice

• decreased cooldown from 20 seconds to 14 seconds

• you now lose the powerup if you take damage while it's active

• removed the kill tracking from the powerup entirely

• losing the powerup while it's active will result in an effect that damages every enemy

• you can now stop the powerup early and begin it's cooldown

Gambler's Fallacy

• no longer fires a projectile regardless of the roll

• the dice have completely new effects

  1. [1] consume the powerup and heal 25% of health, with no effect at max health

  2. [2] fire a set of dice that create a shocking tripwire to damage enemies as they travel

  3. [3] summon a set of revolving dice to fire additional bullets at enemies for a brief period

  4. [4] conjure a set of dice the will move outward, damaging enemies and destroying bullet in their path

  5. [5] fire a barrage of exploding dice forward

  6. [6] create a set of dice that will revolve around you, fire lasers outward as they do so

Widow's Web

• removed the slowing effect

Crooked Deal

• decreased cooldown from 11 seconds to 9 seconds

• now fires a single card

• the card now has piercing properties

• the card now has a set damage value at 50 damage/frame

• the cards effects have been altered

  1. [heart] dealing damage with the card recharges the cooldown faster

  2. [diamond] enemies killed with the card create a shattering effect

  3. [club] dealing damage with the card spawns bees

  4. [spade] while dealing damage, the card moves slower

Alarm Clock

• there are now diminishing returns for each use of the powerup

Lightning Rod

• the lightning rod no longer lures enemies

• the lightning rod no longer spends charges if no enemies are near it

• increased damage of each strike from 75 damage to 125 damage

Refire Rounds

• bullets no longer gain increased potency from hitting an enemy

• increased bullet damage bonus from 2x damage to 3x damage

• removed the ricochet effect from the bullet entirely

• bullets are refired once after hitting an enemy or after hitting the arena border

Ice Machine

• decreased bullet damage multiplier from 3x damage to 2x damage

• increased duration from 5 seconds to 7 seconds

• increased cooldown from 11 seconds to 12 seconds

Cross Beams

• increased damage of each beam from 12 damage/frame to 16 damage/frame

• the beams now spin around you

Jalapeno Popper

• formerly known as the Jalapeno Bomb

• there is no longer a duration attached to the powerup

• the jalapeno is no longer a lure

• the jalapeno splits into 3 smaller jalapenos upon exploding

• the jalapeno splits 5 times total

• base explosion damage increased from 750 damage to 1000 damage

• explosion damage scales with jalapeno splits

• the explosions now delete bullets

• increased time the jalapeno travels before exploding

• decreased rate at which the jalapeno slows down

• you can now manually detonate the jalapeno

Table

• the table no longer reflects bullets, it just deletes bullets

• removed the sweet spot that didn't work anyways

• you now throw the table

Tactical Penguin

• adjusted the targeting sprite

• there is no longer a duration attached to the powerup

• the targeting reticle no longer acts as a lure

• increased number of airstrikes from 1 to 4

• decreased damage of the explosion from 5250 damage to 250 damage

• decreased distance away from the user the targeting reticle spawns

• decreased time before the penguin hits the targeting reticle

• enemies near the targeting reticle when the penguin strikes are now frozen

• the explosion now additionally creates shatter shards

Egg Cannon

• increased fire rate from about 1/2 second to 1/4 second

• decreased damage of the egg from 350 damage to 200 damage

• decreased damage of the shells from 25 damage to 15 damage

• increased the velocity of the egg by about 50%

• the eggs will now automatically detonate if they will not hit anything

Line of Fire

• adjusted the targeting sprite

Engine Coolant

• now additionally decreases blink cooldown

• now additionally increases blink distance

Yummy Takoyaki

• when a piece of takoyaki absorbs a projectile, it now has a cooldown based on the number of takoyaki the player has

Cup of Coffee

• now capped at 50% powerup cooldown reduction

The next update is going to focus on overhauling enemies, as waves take too long and enemies feel scaled horribly as you get into the later waves