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1.5.0 Dark Path: Evil Cards, New Weapons, Wave 80 Zombies & More!

Welcome to Update 1.5.0: Dark Path! Brace yourself as the battle intensifies with the addition of powerful Evil Cards, brand-new weapons, and a chilling Wave 80 zombie onslaught.

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What changed

1 fix9 additions23 changes3 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
addedWelcome to Update 1.5.0: Dark Path! Brace yourself as the battle intensifies with the addition of powerful Evil Cards, brand-new weapons, and a chilling Wave 80 zombie onslaught. Dive into the Halloween spirit with exclusive costumes, and prepare for more surprises as you take on the undead like never before!
addedEvil CardIntroducing the new "Evil Card" upgrade! Each offers unique, powerful boosts that come with their own risks. Now featuring 5 evil cards: Tornado, Echo, Fury, Hunger, Pride. Will you dare to wield them?
addedNew Halloween Styles6 New Faces: Shocking Eyes, Cat Eyes, Crazy Eyes, Mad Doctor Face, Smiling Eyes, Multiple Eyes.
addedNew Halloween Styles4 New Hats: Skull Hat, Pumpkin Hat, Grave Hat, Candy Hat.
addedNew Halloween Styles2 New Skins: Pale Brown, Mint.
changedWave 80 with new boss and zombiesShark Boss zombie The King of the Sea!. Armed with a powerful trident and capable of unleashing water spells,
Flamethrower damage1517Flamethrower damage increased, buffLaser damage2426Laser damage increased, buffRed laser damage6680Red laser damage increased, buffspike zombie HP180160spike zombie HP decreased, nerf

Around Us : Zombie Shooter changes

addedWelcome to Update 1.5.0: Dark Path! Brace yourself as the battle intensifies with the addition of powerful Evil Cards, brand-new weapons, and a chilling Wave 80 zombie onslaught. Dive into the Halloween spirit with exclusive costumes, and prepare for more surprises as you take on the undead like never before!
addedIntroducing the new "Evil Card" upgrade! Each offers unique, powerful boosts that come with their own risks. Now featuring 5 evil cards: Tornado, Echo, Fury, Hunger, Pride. Will you dare to wield them?
added6 New Faces: Shocking Eyes, Cat Eyes, Crazy Eyes, Mad Doctor Face, Smiling Eyes, Multiple Eyes.
added4 New Hats: Skull Hat, Pumpkin Hat, Grave Hat, Candy Hat.
added2 New Skins: Pale Brown, Mint.

Welcome to Update 1.5.0: Dark Path! Brace yourself as the battle intensifies with the addition of powerful Evil Cards, brand-new weapons, and a chilling Wave 80 zombie onslaught. Dive into the Halloween spirit with exclusive costumes, and prepare for more surprises as you take on the undead like never before!

Evil Card

  • Introducing the new "Evil Card" upgrade! Each offers unique, powerful boosts that come with their own risks. Now featuring 5 evil cards: Tornado, Echo, Fury, Hunger, Pride. Will you dare to wield them?

New Halloween Styles

  • 6 New Faces: Shocking Eyes, Cat Eyes, Crazy Eyes, Mad Doctor Face, Smiling Eyes, Multiple Eyes.

  • 4 New Hats: Skull Hat, Pumpkin Hat, Grave Hat, Candy Hat.

  • 2 New Skins: Pale Brown, Mint.

Wave 80 with new boss and zombies

  • Shark Boss zombie The King of the Sea!. Armed with a powerful trident and capable of unleashing water spells,

  • Fishman zombie Covered with tough and fishy skin.

  • Pirate zombie Armed with sword skills.

  • Pufferfish zombie Can swell up to massive sizes and explode in a powerful blast.

Shop System: 12 New Items/Weapons

Added a new option: Shop, where you can use "Green Balls" as currency. Green Balls have a chance to be dropped by zombies!

  • Auto Cannon Shoot RPG like rocket launcher, but with quicker rate of fire.

  • Blink Musket Teleport to where your bullet shot at.

  • Blade Wheel Place a spinning blade wheel trap.

  • Glue Place a large sticky liquid on the floor.

  • Spike Pendulum Place a swinging spike ball pendulum.

  • Explosive Bolt Shoot high velocity bolt which attached with time-bomb.

  • Demon Blaster Shoot a demonic blast shots.

  • Pen Throw out a very special pen (?).

  • Shock Gun Stun all zombies in front for few seconds.

  • Health Elixir Instantly heals for huge amount.

  • Shield Elixir Instantly gives you full amount of shield/armor.

  • Pocket Loot Instantly gives you a random weapon, just like a loot box—but with the advantage of being usable anytime!

  • Bring these weapons into shop item: Laser Gun, Machine Gun, Rocket Launcher.

  • Bring these super cards into new shop item weapon: Charge Cannon, Red Laser Gun, Laser Machine Gun.

  • Bring these items into shop: Basic Turret, Rocket Turret, Laser Turret.

Add New Super Cards

  • Blade Spinner: Add spinning blade to spin around you. (Max 3)

  • Double Barrel: Attach 2 extra mini missile shooters.

Weapon Update

  • Remove main weapons: Rocket Launcher, Machinegun, Lasergun. (Moved to Shop)

  • Remove upgrade cardsRemove upgrade cards according to weapons removed.
  • Remove super cards: Laser Machinegun, Blast shot, Death shot. (Moved to Shop)

New Achievements

  • Shark Zombie Kill Shark boss zombie for the first time.

  • Wave 80 Reach wave 80.

Improved UX/UI

  • Add character and background image for skill voting and upgrading session.

  • Improve popping icons for notifying ready skills.

General update & rebalances

  • Now instead of restore little amount of HP on every time level up. do restore more HP but only on some level.

  • Increase Machinegun shooting range by +100%.

  • Increase Flamethrower damage from 15 to 17.

  • Increase Laser damage from 24 to 26.

  • Increase Red laser damage from 66 to 80.

  • Reduce zombie increase per player from 40% to 28%.

  • Reduce spike zombie HP from 180 to 160.

  • Reduce chance of spawning Elite zombies on wave 50+ by 10-15%. (Reduce difficulty).

  • Fix electric trap and armored jumper skin.

We hope you're as excited about these updates as we are. Thank you for your continued support, and we'll see you in the game!

Note: For DEMO and mobile version will be scheduled to get 1.5.0 update in following week.

Best, The "Around Us: Zombie Shooter" Team

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Steam News / 31 October 2024

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