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Genre: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Bartlow's Dread Machine

Bartlow's Dread Machine Winter 2020 Update-aganza

- The Agent character can now be changed between levels instead of requiring a separate play-through. Once you unlock a new hero you can play them the very next level.

- The game’s difficulty setting can be changed at any time – between or during levels.

- Finishing the game formerly scrubbed the current saved game after the final boss was defeated. Saves now persist so you can go back for unlockable characters you may have missed.

- Added an option to start a new saved game with gear and money zeroed out. These will still exist in previously saved games.

- Several difficulty spikes have been smoothed out, notably the jungle and temple levels in the fifth world.

- Cash accrues more quickly in the game’s later levels, making it possible to buy more of the advanced weapons for those final big battles.

- Fixed a bug where defeating a boss didn’t give players cash.

- Sundry bug fixes and AI tweaks.

To celebrate, we’re putting the game on sale for two weeks starting December 24th. We hope everyone enjoys the update!

Hotfix- World 5_3 balance improvements.

Fixes:
-Summoners wait slightly longer to spawn enemies.
-Slightly reduced enemy counts in summoner fights.
-Summoners have a bit less life.
-Health and ammo pickup before final fight.
-Brightened lighting in dark areas.

HOTFIX Preview - World 5_3 Balance fixes

Fixes:
-Summoners wait slightly longer to spawn enemies.
-Slightly reduced enemy counts in summoner fights.
-Summoners have a bit less life.
-Health and ammo pickup before final fight.
-Brightened lighting in dark areas.

General Directions:
1) right click "Bartlow's Dread Machine"
2) select properies
3) select the beta tab
6) change the build to opt into: update_preview


So if you'd like to see the newest stuff before anyone else and don't mind a few extra bugs. Check out the update_preview!