Monster Portal – Major Patch Update! 🌀

🔥 NEW & IMPROVED FEATURES

• [p]🧭 Mini Map Added!
  See shops, portals, quests, health regen zones, and bosses at a glance.[/p]
• [p]💠 Gem Store Upgrade!
  Make your gold matter with powerful gem upgrades and a cleaner buying/selling experience.[/p]
• [p]🚨 Danger Indicators
  Now you'll know what hurts — new danger icons alert you to threats.[/p]
• [p]🎯 Ultimate Abilities Rebalanced
  Stronger ultimates, smoother gameplay, bigger impact![/p]
• [p]🧼 Improved Help Menu & Color-Coded Hints
  Understand everything faster with better tool-tips and clearer guidance.
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⚔️ BOSS + ENEMY UPDATES

• [p]🧠 Boss AI Overhaul
  Bosses and minibosses no longer get stuck on the player — there's always a way out![/p]
• [p]💥 Boss Fights Revamped
  Major improvements to Boss 1, Boss 2, and Boss 4 (including projectile defenses and shield interactions).[/p]
• [p]👿 Miniboss Attack Variants
  Minibosses now use alternate attack patterns on levels 2, 3, and 4.[/p]
• [p]😵 Improved Enemy Status Effects
  Buffed Eye Stun, new stun/poison particles, and visible player effect icons (stun, buff, poisoned, etc.).
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🎮 GAMEPLAY & BALANCE CHANGES

• [p]💨 Sprint & Dodge Reworks[/p]
  • [p]Sprint now respects slow debuffs[/p]
  • [p]Dodge now moves through objects to help escape sticky situations and buildings[/p]
  • [p]Shift = Sprint / Space = Dodge[/p]
• [p]💰 Gold & Gem Economy Rebalance[/p]
  • [p]Reduced gem drops from minibosses to make gold buying at the shop more integral[/p]
  • [p]Lower shop gem chance = more value for gold[/p]
• [p]🧙 Path Buffs & Debuffs[/p]
  • [p]🛡️ Path of Death Eater buffed to +15 hit-points gained per kill [/p]
  • [p]🐉 Dragon & Veteran Paths fixed[/p]
  • [p]👟 Debuff Shoes scale by level (10% base + 5%/lvl)[/p]
  • [p]🎭 Level 3 Hooded Demon slightly nerfed[/p]
  • [p]⚡ Miniboss speed reduced on levels 4 & 5[/p]
• [p]🩸 Health & Shield Adjustments[/p]
  • [p]Health gem auto-give takes longer (balanced)[/p]
  • [p]Shield gem duration slightly reduced[/p]
• [p]🚶 Easy Mode Enhanced[/p]
  • [p]Slower enemy cooldowns, slower projectiles, increased spawn time between monsters[/p]
  • [p]"Made easy... even easier"
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🎨 VISUAL & AUDIO UPDATES

• [p]🌪️ New screen shake effects for certain attacks[/p]
• [p]🔥 New particle effects for enemies, flamethrower, Boots of Haste, stunned/poisoned states[/p]
• [p]🎵 New sound effects for spike hits and dodge shots[/p]
• [p]🛍️ New Steam Store + Library art
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🐞 BUG FIXES

• [p]✅ Fixed: Health regen upgrade now improves negative regen until positive (aka -1 will not go to -1.15 if upgraded, will now go to -1 -> -0.85 etc)[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Gambler & Greedy Path bugs [/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Massive lag caused by 3rd boss[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Totem speed bug with loot boss shots[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Store logic issues and clarity[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Text display after boss fights[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Incorrect speed values in character select[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Damage passing through Boss 4’s shields[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: "R" not opening the store reliably[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Multiple shop UI bugs and text clipping[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Boost of Haste logic bug
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✨ Other Quality of Life

• [p]Higher shop appearance rate[/p]
• [p]Updated tutorial [/p]
• [p]Giving better hints and objectives when finding travelers notebook[/p]
• [p]Reduced snowflake opacity[/p]
• [p]Improved visual cues for Confuse effect[/p]
• [p]Dodge Bomb added + shots & distance rework[/p]
• [p]Slight increase in Fire-shot refresh rate
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• Game now pauses when pressing [TAB] so you can take the time arranging your gems and reading about their spells/abilities, not having to worry about the chaos going on around you.
  
• Updated the tutorial and GUI to help inform the player more on the mechanics of the game.
  
• Added some new features to hopefully help the player understand how to bring out the bosses.
  
• Further balanced monsters.
  
• Added some lighting effects
  

1. Gives player more vision of map to help orient themselves and see things to access.
   
2. Adds more monsters on screen to add more chaos.
   
3. There is now more room for GUI elements to make the screen feel less cluttered.
   

• Fixed objects to bounce off new camera size.
  
• Fixed the pressing "e" crash while in chaos totem.
  
• Updated most font for legibility.
  
• Updated the tutorial.
  
• Made the hero starting AOE lighting bigger to start.
  
• Made first level easier to access boss hint to guide players.
  
• Fixed a few bugs because of the new camera size.
  

Monster Portal – Official Release! 🎉

• Added option for random starting gems so now you can play the game with the main three characters and different starting gems.
  
• Made it so you run into less things and get stuck less.
  
• Updated the gem store.
  
• Chaos totem spawns more often on each level.
  
• Chaos totem now displays 12 options as well as being mandatory. Also added new options.
  
• Updated loot boss attacks.
  
• Updated mage attack on 2nd level.
  
• Added more sound effects.
  
• Updated enemy AI.
  
• Updated tutorial at the beginning of game.
  
• Changed 2nd level boss attacks and added lighting effects to aoe attacks.
  
• Added lighting effects to level 3 Minions.
  

• Added monster shards! Currency that transfers between runs to upgrade your hero!
  
• Added global +20% speed boost
  
• Added player dashes
  
• Made it easier to level up (40% faster)
  

• Added moveable, lockable, and deletable GUI
  
• Added more particles effects
  
• Balanced level 3, enemy fire attacks
  
• Boss 3 destroys all enemies when killed
  
• Audio death sound level 3 explosion
  
• Update death particles for level 3 minion
  
• Updated chaos totem
  
• Buffed aoe sword gem
  
• Buffed totem gem
  
• Balanced minibosses
  
• Fixed bugs
  

Major update!

Major changes




• Each hero now has his own ultimate ability
  
• Added 2 loot bosses that randomly spawn
  
• Game play paths are now unlock-able through various tasks ("Way of the X")
  
• Created a Chaos Totem with random positive/negative effects chosen at random if accepted
  
• Added an instance where magical "fairies" spawn and if you catch enough you level up
  
• Toggle on/off new gem refresh rates (quick reference GUI)
  
• New gem info window when hovering over gems
  
• No cap for gem/player leveling anymore
  
• Gems are now named
  
• Added new monsters
  
• Added new monster player effect (confusion)
  
• Added text when poisoned, slowed, stunned, or confused for player visibility
  
• Updated knock-back for certain gems
  
  

  Audio/Visual updates

  
  
  
• Various new sound effects and particle effects
  
• New particles on upgrade screen
  
• Updated 3nd level boss AOE attacks
  
• Updated 2nd level boss AOE attacks
  
• Updated 1st level boss spore AOE attacks
  
• Updated first level minion shot
  
• Updated store art
  
• Updated character selection art and hero info
  
• Updated tornado particles
  
• Updated nova burst particles
  
• Added descriptions of gems in store
  
• Reduced poison particle effects for better player visibility
  
• Fixed pause menu music issue
  
  

  Performance/Bugs

  
  
  
• Fixed an infinite loop crash
  
• Optimized sprites for drastically increased game-play performance
  
• Fixed bugs for slowing monsters
  
• Large overall optimization of code/sprites/particles