Deepstone Rift V0.2- Levels Update!

Levels reworked! Watch video below:

Also a huge thank you to everyone who joined the recent QA session. Your reports helped us track down a long list of issues across tutorials, turrets, weapons, and UI. Here's everything that landed in this patch:

Tutorial & Onboarding

• Fixed energy collection counter not displaying and bullet count showing incorrect values in tutorial mode.

• Steam achievement now correctly unlocks after completing the tutorial.

• Fixed game freeze caused by upgrading turret learning time prematurely after the first wave.

• Save files are no longer wiped when replaying the tutorial.

Turrets

• Sawblade projectile chaining now works as intended.

• Added build prompts to guide players placing towers.

• Sawblades no longer linger on the field after the defense phase ends.

• Mine turret now properly deploys explosive mines.

• Rolling turret attack behavior fixed. (enemies were not releasing them backward)

• Fixed erratic UI when building a second roller turret.

• Bow & Arrow turret can now be selected and upgraded on hover.

• Cannon tower can now be built in Level 1 after unlocking the upgrade.

• Barrel turret ghosting effect after firing has been cleaned up.

• Triple-barrel burst fire upgrade now unlocks correctly. (was only applying stun)

• Some tower upgrade issues has been resolved.

Weapons & Combat

• Fixed AK47 not firing after being picked up from a treasure chest mid-defense.

• Fixed AK47 buff disappearing unexpectedly in the second wave.

• Bullet stun effect now correctly applies.

• Summoned guard's first shot now deals proper damage.

• Stunned characters now stop shooting and display a stun effect.

Pause & Game State

• ESC now properly pauses mining.

• Character can no longer shoot while paused, and monster movement is correctly frozen.

• Turrets no longer freeze mid-attack if you pause right before their shot.

• Incoming wave counter no longer ticks down while the game is paused.

Levels & Progression

• end of the level now gives proper time to collect end-of-level rewards. (now its collect automatically)

• Skipping outside the door no longer traps your character outside the room.

• Door now closes correctly when the defense phase begins.

• Chapter 1 boss crystal drops now grant the correct loot value.

• Extra gold nugget drop effect now works.

• Double reward effect for gold now applies correctly.

UI & Visual

• Tech tree have improved graphics.

• Items dropped by monsters are now visible (no longer just a glow).

• Gates now recover health between rounds instead of waiting for full destruction.

• weapons & ammo now display in the bottom-left HUD.

• enemies route is now drawn alongside the info panel in the right way.

• Fixed text overflow at the rolling turret position.

• mining-phase arrow prompts. (now only appear during defense)

• Magnet pickup after monster death now properly disappears.

Keep the reports coming — every bug you flag makes the next patch tighter. See you on the battlefield.