ICONIC Development Update #2

Steam post image This phase focused on strengthening the core systems of ICONIC — from finalizing the structure of the Endurance Mode to new combat effects, system polish, and more bug hunting. Instead of a compact overview, we’re jumping straight into the details this time:

DETAILS

📦 Artefacts & Systems

• New status effect: Shock - briefly halts and damages enemies over time

• First Shock-related artifacts added

• On-death effects for Bleed and Poison

🗺️ Stage Design

• Endurance Stage finalized - longer, steadily escalating challenges

• Endurance Stages now unlock through regular Stages

• Endurance Stages require a by percentage completion to progress instead of full clears

🛠️ Tech & Codebase

• Extensive refactoring phase

• Various Endurance-related bugs fixed

• Power Core overscaling bug resolved

• Movement logic expanded (dynamic enemy speed)

🎛️ UI & Visuals

• HUD indicators for active temporal effects

• Settings menu added to the hero screen

NEXT UP

• Polish & balancing for the Endurance Stage

• More artifacts, supplies & synergies

• Improvements to status effects

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