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Steam News20 April 20242y ago

Update 3: Minotaur Boss

This update brings the first boss enemy to the game: The Minotaur. He is half man, half bull and swings a giant axe while charging at the player.

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What changed

1 fix4 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
addedThis update brings the first boss enemy to the game: The Minotaur. He is half man, half bull and swings a giant axe while charging at the player. The Minotaur appears in wave 9 as a final goal (although you can continue fighting to increase your score, even after defeating him). Each piece of equipment now has a greyed-out trophy icon in the equipment screen. When defeating the boss, you will get the trophies for the weapon and armor you were using and the icon gets colored. Which combinations of equipment work best for you? It's a challenge to get all the trophies!
addedAdded the Minotaur boss.
addedEvery weapon and armor now has a boss trophy icon in the equipment menu that turns colored when defeating the boss.
addedAdded a hint "Defeat the Minotaur (Wave 9)" when entering the world.
changedTweaked the waves to account for the boss and improve the difficulty curve.
changedTweaked damage numbers and set them to off by default.

Sword vs Horde changes

addedThis update brings the first boss enemy to the game: The Minotaur. He is half man, half bull and swings a giant axe while charging at the player. The Minotaur appears in wave 9 as a final goal (although you can continue fighting to increase your score, even after defeating him). Each piece of equipment now has a greyed-out trophy icon in the equipment screen. When defeating the boss, you will get the trophies for the weapon and armor you were using and the icon gets colored. Which combinations of equipment work best for you? It's a challenge to get all the trophies!
addedAdded the Minotaur boss.
addedEvery weapon and armor now has a boss trophy icon in the equipment menu that turns colored when defeating the boss.
addedAdded a hint "Defeat the Minotaur (Wave 9)" when entering the world.
changedTweaked the waves to account for the boss and improve the difficulty curve.

This update brings the first boss enemy to the game: The Minotaur. He is half man, half bull and swings a giant axe while charging at the player. The Minotaur appears in wave 9 as a final goal (although you can continue fighting to increase your score, even after defeating him). Each piece of equipment now has a greyed-out trophy icon in the equipment screen. When defeating the boss, you will get the trophies for the weapon and armor you were using and the icon gets colored. Which combinations of equipment work best for you? It's a challenge to get all the trophies!

Changelog:

  • Added the Minotaur boss.

  • Every weapon and armor now has a boss trophy icon in the equipment menu that turns colored when defeating the boss.

  • Added a hint "Defeat the Minotaur (Wave 9)" when entering the world.

  • The wave timer now shows the current wave number.

  • Tweaked the waves to account for the boss and improve the difficulty curve.

  • Tweaked damage numbers and set them to off by default.

  • Reduced maximum screenshake intensity.

  • Fixed skeleton knights not showing damage numbers.

Source

Steam News / 20 April 2024

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