Steam News28 August 20232y ago

New Maps, New Enemy Types, New Items, New Targeting System

!This update will reset your current run!!This update will reset your current run! New Maps Unlock three new maps.

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Full Crystal Tower Defense update

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What changed

0 fixes5 additions16 changes0 removals

Maps
Gameplay
Balance
Performance

addedNew MapsUnlock three new maps. After reaching the required stage, the map theme gets put into a pool and randomly selected on starting a run.

changedNew MapsForest - Stage 20 Ice - Stage 40 Hell - Stage 60

addedNew Enemy TypesWe introduced two new enemy types. This will improve the late game difficulty and leads to the use of more different turrets. These enemies can also appear from the start, once you start on higher difficulties.

changedArmorEnemies with armor take 60% reduced damage through normal attacks. To be able to penetrate the armor more efficiently, you need to equip the right upgrades. You can spot these enemies by their bronze shield bar and you can spot upcoming armor waves by the bronze color of the formation icon.

addedNew ItemsWe introduced two new items, to help you combat the new enemy types.

changedArmor DamageSteam post image Equipping turrets with this item, increases their damage against armor.

Crystal Tower Defense changes

addedUnlock three new maps. After reaching the required stage, the map theme gets put into a pool and randomly selected on starting a run.

changedForest - Stage 20 Ice - Stage 40 Hell - Stage 60

addedWe introduced two new enemy types. This will improve the late game difficulty and leads to the use of more different turrets. These enemies can also appear from the start, once you start on higher difficulties.

changedEnemies with armor take 60% reduced damage through normal attacks. To be able to penetrate the armor more efficiently, you need to equip the right upgrades. You can spot these enemies by their bronze shield bar and you can spot upcoming armor waves by the bronze color of the formation icon.

addedWe introduced two new items, to help you combat the new enemy types.

!This update will reset your current run!!This update will reset your current run!

New Maps

Unlock three new maps. After reaching the required stage, the map theme gets put into a pool and randomly selected on starting a run.

Forest - Stage 20 Ice - Stage 40 Hell - Stage 60

New Enemy Types

We introduced two new enemy types. This will improve the late game difficulty and leads to the use of more different turrets. These enemies can also appear from the start, once you start on higher difficulties.

Armor

Enemies with armor take 60% reduced damage through normal attacks. To be able to penetrate the armor more efficiently, you need to equip the right upgrades. You can spot these enemies by their bronze shield bar and you can spot upcoming armor waves by the bronze color of the formation icon.

Shield

Enemies with shields can only have one of their shield bars broken at a time, no matter how strong the attack. Upcoming waves with shield enemies will have their formation coloured in blue. Monsters of that wave have a second blue healthbar. Equip items to increase the number of shield bars you can break.

New Items

We introduced two new items, to help you combat the new enemy types.

Armor Damage

Steam post image Equipping turrets with this item, increases their damage against armor.

Shield Damage

Steam post image Equipping turrets with this item, allows you to break multiple shield bars at once. One shield bar per 100%.

New Targeting System

We improved the targeting system available to you. You can now no longer only switch between two options, but target specific enemies to pick out the most threatening target.

General Improvements

Changed how points are spent in the stage selection screen to have a more realistic difficulty scaling
Selected turret/abilities are now highlighted
Turrets not affordable are greyed out
Increased zoom range to be able to view the whole map at once
Improved tutorial highlighting
Mouse camera movement doesn't deselect turret anymore
Enemies that are slowed, have their crystals turn blue
Added 15 handmade waves that spawn randomly throughout a playthrough

Balancing Changes

Selling a turret gives back 50% of the gold spend on upgrades
Decreased the gold you get back when selling a base turret to 50% of its cost
Items received from lootboxes drop on the lower end of the rarity range
Upgrading items now scales with the rarity, lower rarity receive a higher % gain than higher rarities.
Buffed late game turrets to be viable around the stage you receive them, even without major upgrades

Bombarding Battery

Splash Damage Falloff: 0.75 => 0.85

Digging Defender

Damage: 150 => 250
Range: 2.5 => 1.5

Missile Matrix

Damage: 90 => 400

Plasma Pulse

Time to max damage: 25s => 10s
Damage: 62 => 60
Range: 3.5 => 3

Performance improvements and small bug fixes.

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Steam News / 28 August 2023

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