Demo 3 Update

Demo update 3 has been released on Steam and itch.io. This update features many bug fixes and quality of life improvements!

Here's an overview of the changes:

Items

• Added utility item system: The lantern which can be found in chests and faulty dynamite which you can throw around in the entrance... but maybe you shouldn't be playing it?

• Weapons now have a "broken" state when they reach zero health. They attack slower and the attack area is reduced.

• Combined item and interaction system so you're now easily able to swap weapons.

• Weapons now use a heat/overheat mechanic for the special attack rather than a generic energy bar.

• Added a new EPIC weapon! This can be looted from chests.

• Weapon attack cooldowns are now tracked between equip\\unequip.

Resources

• Increased the "numbers go up" feeling for ore and purple gem resources.

• High yield rocks now provide vastly higher amounts of ore.

Upgrades

• Rebalanced resource costs in line with ore and purple gem gain increases.

• Added video previews for certain upgrades.

• Added "Auto Chest".

• Added "Weapon Heat Regen".

• Added "High Yield Value".

• Added "Purple Gem Purity".

• Added "Lantern Fuel Consumption".

• Smelter now converts ore -> purple gems and purple gems -> blue gems.

• Added click and hold multi purchase to smelter.

• You can toggle "favourite" an upgrade by using the "F" key while hovering over it.

UI

• Added a Codex menu and popup to give context to new item, resource, etc discoveries.

• Clearer feedback for XP gained.

• Added a circular progress graphic indicating attack cooldowns to the crosshair.

• You can now open the pause menu while in the game over and upgrade menus.

• Streamlined the text shown for upgrades so their impact is easier to understand.

• Unlocked tutorials show for the entire run. Some inputs will highlight depending on context.

Graphics

• Visual upgrades to the environment.

• Improved pixelation effect.

• Added posterization effect.

• Both pixelation and posterization levels can be changed or disabled in the options menu.

General

• Fixed input bindings not being saved/loaded correctly.

• Reenabled the last run ghost that shows your previous progress through the level. (Level must use the same seed)

• Added an in world visual for the player's further progress through the level so far.

That's all for now. I hope you enjoy the changes! If you have feedback then you're welcome to reach out in the Steam community hub, Discord or my YouTube channel.

Garrit