Major Game Update

From day one, your feedback shaped this game. You told us what was missing, and we listened. We asked ourselves: what if progression changed how you play instead of just making you stronger? No free stats. No broken leaderboard. Just real depth, real builds, and a real reason to run it again.

That's what this update is.

CHARACTER PROGRESSION SYSTEM

Each character now has a level that persists across runs and unlocks character-specific perk sets as you play.

These sets don't give you free power. They push your character in a direction. Assassin. Tank. Speed. Your Mo-Ying can feel completely different from someone else's Mo-Ying. It's about builds and min-maxing — and you still need to play well to score high.

The leaderboard stays intact. The depth is finally there.

(Artifacts — basically equipment — are already in planning. This is just the foundation.)

NEW SKILL: HYPHAL BRIDGE

A brand-new skill with 3 unique evolutions. Try it. Break it. Tell us what you think.

CO-OP AGGRO SYSTEM

You can now pull enemy aggro in co-op. Tank. Protect. Coordinate. The forest fights better together.

VISUAL & AUDIO OVERHAUL

• Full VFX overhaul across combat

• Gore effects on enemy death

• New sounds for characters, enemies, skills, UI, and indicators

• New UI elements and sprites throughout

COMPLETE BALANCE PASS

• Enemy scaling, behavior, and wave progression

• Skill morphs, cooldowns, and costs

• Difficulty and XP curves

• Perk scaling

• Reduced base dash range

• Damage morph now scales

• Reduced DoT scaling

• Toxic Spitter: less ground coverage, more ground damage

• Miss Mantis got new melee behaviors and a balance pass

• Vampire damage loss increased

🐛 CRITICAL FIXES

• Armor now actually reduces damage. Yeah. That was broken. It's fixed.

• Score calculation corrected

• Minor Leaderboard calculation bug → fixed

• Greed Bug animation broken in co-op → fixed

• Miss Mantis & Greed Bug indicators in wrong position → fixed

• Cellar Beetle getting stuck on walls → fixed

• Flying Bugs getting stuck / falling asleep / animating wrong → fixed

• Ticks not showing explosion indicator / exploding randomly → fixed

• Rotblade not hitting correctly → fixed

• Projectiles hitting multiple enemies → fixed

• VFX breaking after pausing → fixed

• Skills behaving incorrectly in edge cases → fixed

Thank you for being honest with us. You were right, and this update is the answer.

We are working on more. Stay shroomy. 🍄

— The Lazy KodKod Games Team