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Genre: Shooter, Adventure, Indie

Madshot

0.439 (HotFix)

-Fixed issue where rite rewards would not unlock properly.
-Fixed issue where summoned minions could lose their dominated status and attack you.
-Reduced brightness of enemy "damage flash"
-Fixed issue where bullet damage could be less and 0, (new minimum is 1)
-Fixed issue where boss hp bars would remain after the encounter.

-Fixed Transmutation achievement, cap changed to 24.

0.438 (Hotfix)

- Fixed Issue where Void hooks would go through walls
- Fixed Controller input issue in Road to madness score screen.
- Fixed faulty tooltip Icon for controllers.
- Fixed bug where sticky bombs would prevent level completion.

1.0 Update is OUT NOW: new zone, new enemies, and Cthulhu itself!



Hail to thee humans,

All of you prove to be worthy challengers, and now the time has finally come: the Great-Old-One, the Only and Mighty, Lord Cthulhu itself will face you in battle!

It's been a long way, but the 1.0 is finally here and will bring many exciting new enemies, a new zone, the Codex, and tons of quality-of-life improvements. But without further ado, let’s see the full patch notes:


  • Zone 7 + Cthulhu boss Fight.
  • Updated visuals and structure of the Manor and the Mind Palace.
  • UI visual overhaul.
  • Killing foes now gives you small amounts of aether.
  • Added a Codex with information about the various locations, creatures, and characters.
  • Added subtitles to cutscenes.
  • Added Damage/Effect Leveling Side Arms.
  • Added prompts for weapon and transmutation unlocks.
  • Various Balance tweaks.
  • Added additional cosmetics and rebalanced cost.


SPECIAL OFFER:


Madshot 1.0 is now available globally via Steam and Nintendo Switch as well with a juicy limited-time discount!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1524550/Madshot/

We hope you can all enjoy this new update, and we would like to thank you all for supporting us until this very moment. If you didn’t do it yet, this is the best time to join our Discord and share your feedback, experiences, and best moments!

The abyss, and now the Great-Old-One itself, are waiting for you.

See you there!

Alessandro from HOOK

Early Access is about to END!

Hail humans,

The Great-Old-Ones bring good news!

We are excited to announce that Madshot is about to leave his early access stage. Save the date *uprising fanfare intensifies*: the 1.0 update will be Live on July 18th!

It’s been a long journey, and so, so many updates were made so far: we add the Codex, the cosmetic system, the insight, tons of new enemies, sidearms, relics, and more but now we are almost ready to celebrate the upcoming new update and to share with you a sneak peek of what awaits you.



You all want it, you all hear about it, hell it’s even on the cover of the game: CTHULHU AND AN ENTIRE NEW ZONE WILL CHALLENGE YOUR SANITY!

Along with our mighty one-and-only, chunks of fixes, visual updates, and quality-of-life improvements will side along. Stay tuned for the full patch notes coming July 18th.


The Abyss is waiting for you, now more then ever!

- Alessandro from HOOK

Madshot is a Silver Winner for NYX Games Awards!

Hail to thee, humans

Today, we are proud to share with you all a new goal we achieved: Madshot won two Silver awards for the PC Game: Indie and Best Gameplay category!

The NYX Games Awards is an international competition that recognizes creativity and technical excellence in the Gaming Industry, and we had the chance to show our game to a talented jury made up of passionate industry veterans.

With this message, we’d love to take the opportunity to kindly thank the jury of the NYX Games Awards and to thank all of you for keep supporting us and challenge the Abyss.

Speaking of, as always, see you there!

- Alessandro from HOOK



Tentacle Buster Bundle

Hail humans,

it seems your dare knows no limits, so brace yourself 'cause the Great-Old-One decide to join forces with the deadliest of your enemies: VIRUSES!

With this bundle get yourself not one, but two vibrant, dynamic rogue-lites to battle a visceral crawling chaos in! Evolve into the ultimate cure in Deflector where you will strike against hordes of viruses in a microscopic environment. Your bioshell's combat abilities and the bullets of your enemies that you deflect are your best allies. And when you're done, step into the eldritch horror with Madshot! Enter Cthulhu and kill the nightmares within with style. Shoot, dodge, roll, dash, flip, wall jump and bring a combination of weapons, sidearms and upgrades to every fight.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/32064/Tentacle_Buster_Bundle/

0.402

- Fixed Saved Issue in the cosmetics menu.
- Fixed Controller input string issue in the cosmetics menu.
- Added Clearer Enemy attack "tells".

New Update: New zone, New Boss & more!



Hail to thee, humans

Our last update was only a few weeks ago, but here we go again with some big, bad and eeevil addition!

NEW ZONE



  • R’lyeh: Zone 6 – a brand new Area is now available and accessible for anyone brave enough to accept the challenge.

NEW ENEMIES & BOSS



  • The Shoggoth - New Boss
  • The Flying Polyp – New Miniboss
  • 5 new unique enemies

NEW RITES, UPGRADE & TRANSMUTATIONS



  • Rite of the Gazelle - Complete X encounters without rolling
  • Rite of the Gladiator – Defeat 4 mini bosses
  • Rite of the Adept - Complete X encounters without using your weapon
  • Rite of the Cobra - Complete an encounter without missing a single attack
  • Rite of the Fly - Complete an encounter without missing a single attack
  • Rust: Toxic can stack more times
  • Fertilizer: Foes killed by toxic add bullets to your clip
  • Mender: Dominated foes movement speed is increased by 50%
  • Dominion: Dominate a nearby foe when you land a one shot kill
  • Kickback: Damage received is returned as health, if the foe is killed within a second
  • Hold the line: Gain bonus damage every second while standing still, resets when you take damage
  • Mesmerizing Impact: Attacks have a chance to spawn an explosion on knockback
  • Callous: Your damage resistance is increased by your gold
  • Dash: Begin your run with the Dash
  • Alteration: Optionality Alteration options are increased from 3 to 4
  • Haggler: X% Gold discount in stores and events
  • Reckless: X% Damage given increase, X% Damage taken increase
  • Pestilence: Spawn X dominated rats at the start of each encounter

GENERAL



  • Cosmetic System implemented
  • Insight system that unlocks new functionality in levels
  • Removed Touch Damage
  • Steam Achievements implemented
  • Additional Minor Bug Fix

We hope you will enjoy this new update! If you want to help us make Madshot even better, join us on Discord to share your feedback and participate in our exclusive beta testing sessions.

The abyss is waiting for you.

See you there!

- Alessandro from HOOK

0.351

- Fixed Issue where Vsync was not functioning properly.
- Fixed Issue where Liturgy of haste timer was not counting.

0.350 Hotfix

- Fixed issue where Bullseye + LockShot bullets would stay alive indefinitely.
- Fixed issue where Voids Hooks woudn't stun enemies.
- Improved performance of homing (Bullseye).