Play Our New Incremental Tower Defense!

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✨ Major Features & Progression

• New Upgrade Tree: Enemies now drop Gems, which can be spent in our brand-new progression tree. Use Gems to unlock and upgrade towers, character stats, diggers, and collectors.

• New Guard Companions: You can now purchase Guards from the tech tree that actively follow your character and help you fight off enemies!

• Character Overhaul: We have completely revamped the player character with a brand-new 3D mesh, updated animations, and totally rebuilt shooting and mining systems for a much better feel.

⚔️ Gameplay & Combat

• Simultaneous Spawner Logic: Overhauled the enemy spawner system to allow for simultaneous spawns, making defense waves much more intense and dynamic.

• Anti-Camping Hazard: Watch your head! We introduced Ceiling Rockfalls to punish players who try to camp in one safe spot for too long.

• Tower Build Capacity: Introduced a tower build limit to balance out the defense phase and encourage more strategic tower placement.

• Streamlined Game Flow: Removed the old "Preparing Mode" entirely and added a highly requested "Skip Mining" button to keep the action moving at your pace.

🗺️ Level Design & Mechanics

• Pathing Redesign: Completely redesigned the enemy spawn points and paths across all existing levels for better balance and flow.

• Blocking Doors: Reworked the blocking door mechanics to make them more reliable and intuitive during gameplay.

🎨 Visuals & Audio

• Original Soundtrack: Added an entirely new, atmospheric soundtrack to the game.

• Fresh SFX: Implemented new sound effects across the board for a punchier audio experience.

• Collector Animations: Collectors now have a satisfying new animation where they physically throw mined minerals back to your base.

• Brighter Projectiles: Enhanced character bullets with brighter colors and a more appealing design to make combat easier to track.

🛠️ Quality of Life & UI

• Camera "See-Through" Shader: Implemented a new shader that makes walls and chests transparent when they block the camera, ensuring you never lose sight of the action.

• Phase UI Animations: Added smooth new UI animations that clearly announce the transition between the Defending and Mining phases.

• Improved Build Mode: Build mode now features clear, icon-based on-screen text prompts (Left Click to Build / Right Click to Cancel) alongside new animations.

• Shorter Tutorial: Reworked the onboarding tutorial to be much faster, easier to understand, and quicker to get you into the actual game.

• Mineral Tooltips: Added helpful tooltips that display exactly how many minerals you have.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed the infamous "Ghost Bullets" bug where your shots would occasionally pass right through enemies without dealing damage.

• Fixed an issue where Collectors would slack off and stop gathering minerals during the Defend phase.

• More bugs fixed. Thank you for your continued support, please if you have feedback let use know!