Early Access Build #640

New Captain: TeslAI

• TeslAI is a mysterious and powerful AI entity, drawing on the brilliant legacy of Nikola Tesla and piloting an enigmatic spacecraft with a chain lightning weapon, rumored to have been designed by the inventor himself and waiting for the perfect time to emerge.

• Upgrades

  • TeslAI Chain Lightning (3 Levels)

  • TeslAI Shield Knockback (3 Levels)

  • TeslAI Shields (3 Levels)

  • Super Chain Lightning (3 Levels)

• Added Space Cube Upgrades, Unlock Missions & Steam Achievements

New Weapon: Chain Lightning

• Long Range Lightning Strike that chains through enemies

• Increase the number of Lightning Strikes through Upgrades (Max 4)

• Upgrades

  • Lightning Strikes (2 Levels)

  • Lightning Branch (3 Levels)

  • Max Chain (4 Levels)

  • Lightning Damage (6 Levels)

  • Lightning Range (Optional) (6 Levels)

  • Chain Lightning Overclock

Fire Balls

• Fully Upgraded Fire Ball Damage increased from 27.5 to 45 (63.6% increase)

• Fully Upgraded Fire Ball Range decreased from 13 to 9.5 (-27%)

• Vermillion Max Fire Ball Range decreased from 17 to 11.5 (-32%)

Boxing Gloves

• Fix - Super Boxing Gloves Damage Multiplier not calculating correctly

Menus

• Slow Motion for 2 seconds after exiting the In-game Upgrades, Time Cube Shop or Pause Menu

Space Cube Upgrades

• Captains Tab split into 2 Sub Tabs allowing for multiple pages of captains without needing to scroll

• Gamepad Bumpers or QE scroll through the sub-tabs

• Clickable buttons appear for mouse to scroll sub-tabs (when the tab is selected)

• Added sound effect when Selling Upgrade

• Sell - Mouse tooltip changed to say RMB instead of Tab

Space Cube Chances

• Win/Loss calculated after the spin instead of before, incase the chances increase while spinning multiple portals

Shield

• Absorb all damage for the final hit that takes down shields

• Increased Base Shield Recharge Delay from 3 to 3.1 seconds

• Balanced Shield Recharge Delay Upgrades to have a maximum of -2 instead of -3.5

• Fix - Shields progress bar always showing red when recharging if Recharge Delay is zero

Select Captain Screen

• Remember selected Captain after going back from Main Menu or Confirm and Launch screen

Enemies

• Fix - Explosions on Elites & SS Goldbug destruction no longer just at the center

Performance

• Optimization - Removed physics from Gold pieces

• Optimization - Eliminated lag spike when buying upgrades

• Optimization - Optimization of the Sprite Flashes (Damage, Health Bars, Slime Trail, Blue Outline, etc)