Steam News1 January 20267mo ago

Upcoming Update - Events and More!

Happy New Year, Commanders! I wanted to provide a quick update and a sneak peek at what’s currently in development. The Events System The next major update focuses on the Events system.

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changedThe Events SystemThe next major update focuses on the Events system . Events are optional challenges players can tackle for extra rewards, occurring on Days 8, 14, and 20 .

changedThe Events SystemThe core system is largely complete, and I am now focused on creating unique rewards and expanding the event pool. I’m aiming to launch with 40–50 different events to ensure every run feels distinct.

changedThe Events SystemExample Events

addedWave Variety & New ThreatsTo keep the pre-endless game fresh, I’m increasing wave variety. Currently, there are two variations of waves per night (after Night 5); I am increasing this to three variations . Combined with the new Events, this will hopefully improve the replayability and unpredictability of each run.

addedWave Variety & New ThreatsOf course, more variety requires more threats. I’m introducing new demon types with unique mechanics:

changedWave Variety & New ThreatsReflexive Armor: Any attack dealt to this demon causes a mini-stun to the attacker.

Repel The Rifts changes

changedThe next major update focuses on the Events system . Events are optional challenges players can tackle for extra rewards, occurring on Days 8, 14, and 20 .

changedThe core system is largely complete, and I am now focused on creating unique rewards and expanding the event pool. I’m aiming to launch with 40–50 different events to ensure every run feels distinct.

changedExample Events

addedTo keep the pre-endless game fresh, I’m increasing wave variety. Currently, there are two variations of waves per night (after Night 5); I am increasing this to three variations . Combined with the new Events, this will hopefully improve the replayability and unpredictability of each run.

addedOf course, more variety requires more threats. I’m introducing new demon types with unique mechanics:

Happy New Year, Commanders!

I wanted to provide a quick update and a sneak peek at what’s currently in development.

The Events System

The next major update focuses on the Events system. Events are optional challenges players can tackle for extra rewards, occurring on Days 8, 14, and 20.

The core system is largely complete, and I am now focused on creating unique rewards and expanding the event pool. I’m aiming to launch with 40–50 different events to ensure every run feels distinct.

Example Events

Wave Variety & New Threats

To keep the pre-endless game fresh, I’m increasing wave variety. Currently, there are two variations of waves per night (after Night 5); I am increasing this to three variations. Combined with the new Events, this will hopefully improve the replayability and unpredictability of each run.

Of course, more variety requires more threats. I’m introducing new demon types with unique mechanics:

Reflexive Armor: Any attack dealt to this demon causes a mini-stun to the attacker.
Bomber: Attacks once for massive damage and perishes on impact. Steam post image

Experimental to Main Branch

In addition to these new features, all balance adjustments and Quality of Life (QoL) improvements currently in the Experimental Branch will be merged into the Main Branch with this update.

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I’m looking forward to getting these changes into your hands soon!

RefinedBear

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