Blacken Slash

• New level type: BLOCK THE EXIT, where you lose as soon as one enemy reaches the exit
  
• New level type: PAINFUL MOVES, where you take damage upon moving
  
• New level type: KEEP MOVING, where lightning spawns on your position every turn
  
• You can now cycle tabs in the inventory with the Tab key or L/R buttons on the controller
  

• Selecting scripts you use on yourself now automatically highlights the player tile and shows a shortcut icon on the player
  
• With the new types the levels are rolled at random again (except node gates every 5 levels)
  
• Reworked some of the existing levels, mostly making early ones easier
  

• Levels now end properly if there are no more enemies alive
  
• The augment and reroll buttons on items properly update on all items, making it no longer possible to spend more kernels than you have
  
• The number of available kernels in the inventory is no longer rounding up in certain cases
  
• The text in story screens is now left aligned for better readability
  
• Closing an achievement popup no longer triggers inputs on what's behind it
  
• Fixed content being cut off in the new help overlay sometimes
  

• New ENTANGLER set; with it every time you lose health, the enemies lose as much. Also it gives you the MASOCHISM skill to damage yourself and makes you regenerate health every time you eliminate an enemy!
  

• Reworked the spawner / lightning tile highlights yet another time to increase readability
  
• Removed the warning icon from the player in exit levels, instead the turns left are also shown above the exit
  

• With the last update I accidentally displayed the install button on items in the archive during the game – which is fixed now! :-P
  
• Made the new help overlay a bit more narrow so you can close it more easily on mobile
  
• When using the back button from the new game screen the title screen no longer loses focus
  
• At the end of the demo, the screens are properly layered again
  

ADDED

• Full controller and keyboard support: consoles here we come! <3
  
• Archive folders: you can now create builds in the archive with folders!
  
• A new screen with stats across your normal and ladder games
  
• MINELAYER script: for the rest of combat, you leave shock mines as you move
  
• More Gigasprite boss level variants
  

CHANGED

• Completely reworked difficulty scaling:
  
  
  
  • Each run ends after level 100, but runs now have a score!
    
  • After each gate reward you can choose a difficulty upgrade
    
  • You can get score bonuses by choosing harder difficulty upgrades
    
  • For each item taken from the archive in normal runs, you have to choose one difficulty upgrade
    
  
  
• Made many performance improvements under the hood to save energy and keep your device cool ;-)
  
• Removed the help mode in favor of a new ingame overlay which displays info about the current run, your character and all enemies in the level
  
• Improved spanish translation (thanks to Estyx Translations <3)
  
• The full PIXEL PUSHER set no longer grants the ability to push immobile enemies; instead you leave shock mines upon pushing
  
• Removed all levels with both Megasprites and Spawners
  
• Removed translucent tiles from all levels, instead teleport scripts are now disabled in gate levels
  
• Grid overload strikes no longer affect treasures
  
• RANGED ROUNDHOUSE script damage nerfed from 100-300 to 100-200
  
• MELEE ANNIHILATION (3) script damage buffed from 40-120 to 50-200
  
• MELEE ANNIHILATION (5) script damage buffed from 100-300 to 200-300
  
• MELEE CROSS (1) script damage buffed from 50-100 to 80-120
  
• MELEE CROSS (2) script damage buffed from 100-200 to 100-300
  
• MELEE TRIPLE (2) script damage buffed from 40-120 to 100-200
  
• RANGED CROSS (2) script damage buffed from 50-200 to 100-200
  
• TELESTOMP damage buffed from 50-200 to 200-300
  
• Removed EVADE bonus from Megasprite bonus pool
  

FIXED

• The options in the language select and similar interface items are now a little bigger and easier to select on mobile devices
  
• Using certain scripts can no longer lead to levels ending early
  
• Teleporting enemies no longer teleport when they could move and attack instead
  
• Added a cap for meta bonus and loot per level to deny certain exploits
  

• Play the game!
  
• Write a review on Steam!
  
• Tell your friends about it!
  
• Tell your favorite streamer to play it!
  
• Join the Discord server and help shape the game in the months to come!
  

Development Roadmap

• Keyboard only controls
  
• Gamepad controls
  
• Folders to organize builds in the archive
  
• Level Editor
  
• Run statistics
  

Launch Ladder Challenge

Thanks are in order!