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Steam News19 December 20256mo ago

SANDROTTEN: EKERA UPDATE 1.0.5.3

*FIXED TEXTURE ON PLAYER CHARACTER'S CLOTH MASK ON DEFAULT OUTFIT. *ADDED THE CRYPT LEVEL. THIS WILL ACT AS A HUB AREA. *ADDED THE OUTFIT EQUIPMENT SYSTEM.

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fixedFIXED TEXTURE ON PLAYER CHARACTER'S CLOTH MASK ON DEFAULT OUTFIT.
addedADDED THE CRYPT LEVEL. THIS WILL ACT AS A HUB AREA.
addedADDED THE OUTFIT EQUIPMENT SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOW UNLOCK 4 NEW OUTFITS FOR YOUR CHARACTER BY REACHING THE REQUIRED HIGH SCORE.
addedADDED THE "RETREAT" BUTTON TO THE PAUSE MENU - THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE CRYPT.
changedOPTIMIZED SPECIAL EFFECTS TO REDUCE CPU LOAD. SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STUTTERING.
addedADDED THE WEAPON EQUIPMENT SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOW ACCESS A TOTAL OF 42 WEAPONS BY REACHING THE REQUIRED HIGH SCORE.
TOTAL STAMINA INCREASE PER KILL510TOTAL STAMINA INCREASE PER KILL increased, buffBONUS CRIT DAMAGE PER KILL0.10.2BONUS CRIT DAMAGE PER KILL increased, buffBONUS DAMAGE PER KILL2%5%BONUS DAMAGE PER KILL increased, buff

Sandrotten: Ekera changes

fixedFIXED TEXTURE ON PLAYER CHARACTER'S CLOTH MASK ON DEFAULT OUTFIT.
addedADDED THE CRYPT LEVEL. THIS WILL ACT AS A HUB AREA.
addedADDED THE OUTFIT EQUIPMENT SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOW UNLOCK 4 NEW OUTFITS FOR YOUR CHARACTER BY REACHING THE REQUIRED HIGH SCORE.
addedADDED THE "RETREAT" BUTTON TO THE PAUSE MENU - THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE CRYPT.
changedOPTIMIZED SPECIAL EFFECTS TO REDUCE CPU LOAD. SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STUTTERING.

*FIXED TEXTURE ON PLAYER CHARACTER'S CLOTH MASK ON DEFAULT OUTFIT.

*ADDED THE CRYPT LEVEL. THIS WILL ACT AS A HUB AREA.

*ADDED THE OUTFIT EQUIPMENT SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOW UNLOCK 4 NEW OUTFITS FOR YOUR CHARACTER BY REACHING THE REQUIRED HIGH SCORE.

*ADDED THE "RETREAT" BUTTON TO THE PAUSE MENU - THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE CRYPT.

*OPTIMIZED SPECIAL EFFECTS TO REDUCE CPU LOAD. SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STUTTERING.

*ADDED THE WEAPON EQUIPMENT SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOW ACCESS A TOTAL OF 42 WEAPONS BY REACHING THE REQUIRED HIGH SCORE.

*REDUCED TRIANGLE COUNT ON ENEMY CHARACTER MODELS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.

*SHOTGUN.

*ADDED THE NEW "FAILURE" EKERA MAP.

*DEATH IS NOW ABRUPT.

*CHANGED START MENU TEXT COLOR.

*REMOVED CHROMATIC ABBERATION IN START MENU.

*MADE CHANGES TO THE ENEMY SPAWNER TO REDUCE CPU LOAD.

*DEATH SCREEN'S "DIE AGAIN" HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH "AWAKEN" AND WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE CRYPT.

*EACH HELL SHOULD NOW HAVE A UNIQUE BACKGROUND MUSIC. TRY PACING YOUR ATTACKS TO THE BEAT. (NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, IT'S JUST FUN)

*DEAD ENEMIES NOW DESPAWN MUCH FASTER.

*INCREASED TOTAL STAMINA INCREASE PER KILL BY FROM 5 TO 10 PER KILL.

*INCREASED BONUS CRIT DAMAGE PER KILL FROM 0.1 TO 0.2 PER KILL.

*INCREASED BONUS DAMAGE PER KILL FROM 2% TO 5% PER KILL.

*KILLS NOW INCREASE ATTACK SPEED UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 1.5X PER MATCH. RESETS BACK TO NORMAL SPEED ON DEATH.

*KILLS NOW INCREASE STAMINA REGENERATION RATE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 2X PER MATCH. RESETS BACK TO NORMAL REGENERATION ON DEATH.

*ADDED AUDIO SLIDERS FOR MASTER VOLUME, SOUND EFFECTS, AND MUSIC, ACCESSIBLE VIA THE RITES TAB ON THE PAUSE MENU.

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