Closed Early Access Build 454

Time Wasters will release into Steam Early Access on Friday March 10 (MAR10) for $2.99 USD

Timeline

• Increased from 50 to 120 Waves

Unified Rank Progress

• Rank incorporated into Timeline instead of separate difficulties

  • Bronze: Waves 1 - 20

  • Silver: 21 - 40

  • Gold: 41 - 60

  • Platinum: 61 - 80

  • Diamond: 81 - 100

  • Champion: 101 - 120

Planets Complete Missions to Unlock, Buy Planet Upgrade to Establish Planet

• Space Cube Locator Planet: Spawns a Space Cube Portal every 120 seconds

• Time Cube Planet: Collect a Time Cube pickup every 60 seconds

• Hull Repair Planet: Collect a Hull Repair Pickup every 60 seconds

• Upgrades:

  • Cooldown (3 Levels)

  • Hull Repair Per Pickup (3 Levels)

  • Hull Repair Per Pickup Overclock

• Gold Planet: Extra 0.05 Gold Find when within planet radius

• Upgrades:

  • Gold Per Pickup (3 Levels)

  • Gold Per Pickup Overclock

• Gold Refinery: Collect a Gold Vault pickup every 60 seconds

• Upgrades:

  • Cooldown (3 Levels)

  • Gold Vault Multiplier (3 Levels)

  • Gold Vault Multiplier Overclock

• Super Nova Planet: Super Nova Blast every 120 seconds

• Upgrades:

  • Cooldown (3 Levels)

  • Damage Per Player Level (3 Levels)

  • Damage Per Player Level Overclock

• Super Plasma Planet: Super Plasma Turrets that fire when within planet radius

• Upgrades:

  • Turrets (3 Levels - Max 4 Turrets )

  • Damage Per Player Level (3 Levels)

  • Damage Per Player Level Overclock

• Planet Under Attack:

  • Enemies attack a planet every 20 Waves starting at Wave 22

  • Defeat enemies before the planet is destroyed

  • Destroyed planets become inactive

Weapons

• Added 4th Weapon Slot

New Enemies

• Red: Easiest enemy

• Red Horde: Appears on the 5 waves (5, 15, 25, etc)

• White: 10x Hull of Red Enemies

• Red & White Enemy appearance changes to match the rank

• Planet Attack

Space Cube Upgrades - Planets

• Hull Repair Planet

  • Hull Repair Planet (1 Level)

  • Hull Repair Per Pickup (3 Levels)

  • Cooldown (3 Levels)

• Gold Refinery

  • Gold Refiner (1 Level)

  • Gold Vault Pickup Multiplier (3 Levels)

  • Cooldown (1 Level)

• Super Plasma Planet

  • Super Plasma Planet (1 Level)

  • Turrets (3 Levels)

  • Damage Per Player Level (3 Levels)

• Super Nova Planet

  • Super Nova Planet (1 Level)

  • Damage Per Player Level (3 Levels)

  • Cooldown (3 Levels)

Space Cube Upgrades - Power Ups

• Defense

  • Max Shields (6 Levels)

  • Boost Defense (6 Levels)

• Offense

  • Critical Chance (6 Levels)

  • Critical Damage Multiplier (6 Levels)

• Gold

  • Asteroid Gold (6 Levels)

  • SS Gold Bug Vault (6 Levels)

• Progression

  • Bonus Space Cube From Elite (6 Levels)

  • Extra Elite Asteroid (6 Levels)

Unlocks

• Hull Repair Collector:

  • Mission: Collect 3 Hull Repair Pickups

  • Reward: Hull Repair Planet

• Gold Vault Collector 1:

  • Mission: Collect 5 Gold Vaults (Gold Vault, Super Gold Vault, SS Gold Bug Vault)

  • Reward: Gold Refinery

• Plasma Cannon 1:

  • Mission: Upgrade the Plasma Cannon to Level 10

  • Reward: Super Plasma Planet

• 360 Nova 1:

  • Mission: Upgrade the 360 Nova to Level 10

  • Reward: Super Nova Planet

Elite Fire Storm Circle

• Appears Elite waves (20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120)

• Closes in after 15 seconds

• Damage when touched

Radar

• Green Circle icon on Planets & Time Cube Shop when ready

• Icons display Cooldown timer

• Icons display planet health when under attack

• In-game Radar icons spaced out so they don't overlap

• Icon size increased

Enemies

• Elites drop a Space Cube when defeated

• Reduced Rocket Explosion brightness by 50%

• Reduce size of Super Plasma & Super Fire Balls

• Reduce Bat Rocket Hull to 25%, Damage to 50%, Mass to 25% & Speed to Max of 1

Alets

• Planet Under Attack

• Main Menu display green circle when can buy Upgrade

• Upgrades display green circle on Upgrades can be afforded

** Additional Features**

• Wave & Rank UI simplified & moved to top right corner of screen

• Difficulty details displayed in Pause Menu

• Quantum Probabilities: Super Magnet more likely to spawn the more Gold there is onscreen

• World wraps