Demo - v0.8.38-beta - Hotfix

Hello!

We've been working on tons of stuff, bug fixes and visual polish in the demo! Thank you so much for all your feedback!

⚙️ Gameplay & Balance

• AdjustedStationary TurretsSlightly reduced health for faster TTK.

• Phasebeam weapon:

  • Increased scorch scaling for higher precision damage.

  • Slightly increased toughness to improve overall TTK.

  • Easier to hit small enemies and overheat targets.

• Elite Destroyers: More HP but now drop upgrades sometimes

• RemovedCredit DropsRemoved per-sector cap

❄️🔥 New Stats & Upgrades

Added several new temperature-based stats:

• Frost Harvest: Chance for credits when frozen enemies are destroyed.

• Freezer Burn: Cold weapons apply Scorch, reducing enemy armor.

• Ice Lock: Higher crit chance for cold weapons.

• Permafrost: Extends cold zone duration.

• Frost Nova: Cold zones explode into ice shrapnel when destroyed.

• Heat Burst: Superheat zones detonate on deploy with heated shrapnel.

Upgrades shown in Portals can now have BONUS upgrades attached to them!

🧊 Temperature System

• Ship temperature gauge now dynamically updates with hot/cold upgrades which means...

• Superchill and Superheat thresholds shift based on equipped upgrades!

• Added tutorial steps for new Supertemp mechanics.

🖥 UI & UX

• Overhauled upgrade tooltip system for clarity and consistency.

• Added randomized perk borders, glow effects, and detailed tooltips on portal upgrades.

• Enhanced upgrade store tooltips to match portal upgrades.

• Active status changes now “bounce” visually so it's easier for the player to see they are changing during combat

• Added Skip Tutorial button and tutorial access from main menu.

• Added option to disable all tooltips in settings (thank you for your feedback on this!)

🎨 Visuals & Lighting

• Lighting improvements across all maps while messing around with what looks good and what doesn't.

• Updated Hivemind boss tileset so it looks better.

• Fixed multiple lighting issues (ice shrapnel, scorch rays, portals, lasers, debris, supertemp zones).

• Reduced light intensity in magnetic fields and supertemp zones so things don't wash out.

🕹 Controls

• Fixed controller aim assist not applying correctly in some cases.

🧩 Tutorial

• Can now SKIP the tutorial if desired (thanks for your feedback on this one!)

• Rebalanced early tutorial flow to better explain weapon systems and Supertemps.

• Fixed multiple tutorial-related bugs around sfx and progression

• Updated tutorial tips as the game has evolved.

🔧 Performance & Stability

• Fixed performance issue caused by tooltip garbage collection when hovering over portal stat upgrades

• Fixed various overlapping tween animations causing bounce effect issues when active status effects changed.

🗺 Maps

• Added and adjusted tilemap obstacles across multiple maps for extra variety:

  • Four of a Kind, Frozen Heals, Split Blackholes, Trinest, Mosquito Nesting, Triturret.

Miscellaneous

• Removed outdated crew log collectibles.

Cheers!