This long anticipated update brings a huge new shipment of robotic companions to the shop. Each sentry and drone has unique strengths that can turn the tide of battle in your runs!
Need more single target damage for boss fights? Why not pick up a Marksman sentry or Scattershot sentry! Need more AoE for large groups of enemies? Use a Flamethrower drone or a Frostbomb sentry to control those crowds! With so many options to choose from, there's a sentry or drone for every situation!
We've also given some tender care and love to some of the Engineer's items, with a rework to the Experimental micro-rockets and a ton of exciting improvements to some of his legendaries, he is going to be eating good this update!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-Standardized the way we describe the player's health, will now be stated as 0.5 instead of 1/2
-We’ve made a handful of optimizations to improve performance across the board- especially in the Abyssal Warden boss fight!
-Added new loading screen tips relating to our new sentries and drones
-Added a whole new batch of SFX to the Minigunner and quite a few of his items!
-Improved sentry and drone damage tracking that is displayed in the equipment page of the TAB screen, will now take into account item effects like micro rocket explosions.
-Added muzzle flashes to the attacks of sentries and drones
-Added and improved VFX for many item effects including critical hits, flame trails, damage numbers, and more!
-Improvements made to ally pathing, drones should move much smoother now
-📡 Small and Large First Aids now display how much they can heal for before you buy them from the shop
-📡 Brigade beamers can now notice and seek out enemies that are around walls or behind cover
-📡 All allied drones can now freely path over low walls and through highground platforms (they will no longer take the scenic route anymore!)
Sentries & Drones
-NEW: The Marksman Sentry ⚙️90 scrap This sentry has exceptionally long range! Place it on a far away sentry spot and let it snipe away at the toughest enemies. Its projectiles gain more damage the further they travel!
-NEW: The Scattershot Sentry ⚙️90 scrap This close range sentry gun has a reduced targeting radius but makes up for it with devastating bursts of damage!
-NEW: The Frostbomb Sentry ⚙️100 scrap This sentry excels into big groups of enemies, it fires high-tech frost bombs that explode on contact, damaging and slowing all enemies hit!
-NEW: The Assault Drone ⚙️160 scrap This heavy duty drone has slower movement and turn speed, but cranks out a barrage of bullets towards any foes that get within its sights!
-NEW: The Missile Drone ⚙️120 scrap This versatile drone fires homing rockets that lock onto nearby enemies, exploding on contact and damaging nearby targets!
-NEW: The Flamethrower Drone ⚙️170 scrap This spicy drone will engulf enemies in scorching flames, extremely effective when enemies are clustered together!
-NEW: The Scrap Recovery Drone ⚙️30 scrap This helpful drone will attempt to recover scrap that has despawned. A scrap deposit isn't truly lost until all available scrap recovery drones have tried to salvage it!
-NEW: The Surveillance Drone ⚙️30 scrap This watchful drone will seek out high health targets and scan them. Once the scan is complete they are marked to QUINTUPLE the next damage they take!
-Compound Sentry Damage per second increased by +14%
-Fortress Sentry (Forge Hammer Upgrade) Damage per second increased by +24% Out of all Forge Hammer upgraded sentries, the Fortress Sentry (Formerly LVL 3 Sentry) is now the undisputed king of DPS, with the 60 scrap upgrade cost being 300% efficient on it now!
-Compound Mini-Sentry Damage per second increased by +25%
Items
-Experimental Micro-Rockets OLD: Your sentries gain a chance to fire a homing rocket instead of a normal projectile NEW: Your sentries gain a chance on hit to release a cluster of 3 homing rockets that seek nearby enemies
-Luminescent Prism Stun time increased 0.5 seconds -> 1.5 seconds
-Forge Hammer Improved the value of various forged sentry upgrades Added 3 new sentry upgrades:
Marksman Sentry -> Sharpshooter Sentry
Scattershot Sentry -> Scatterburst Sentry
Frostbomb Sentry -> Frostnova Sentry
-E40 Prototype Rounds Electric explosion damage increased 10 -> 30 Stunning electric explosion stun duration increased 1 second -> 3 seconds
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Helpful Transmitter Use the shop's random item option to discount your next sentry or drone purchase UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: The House Always Wins Reach and complete wave 16 without using the shop's random item option
Rare Tier -Crystal Fruit Increase your max HP (This item cannot be found in shops or rare item crates!) Unlocked by default!
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Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a visual issue with the E40 Prototype Rounds' particle trails
-Fixed issue (from the Commando Update) that prevented the Antique Speedloader from stacking
-Fixed an issue where you could get the frostbite debuff from the Frostblaster’s attacks before they actually go off
-Fixed issue where the TAB Map would show an incoming wave beyond the end of the game after winning (Wave 17 / 21)
-Fixed a bug where the gold ability border persisted after scrapping or trading the gilded anvil as Engineer
-Fixed an issue where the Giga-Beamer could very rarely fire an attack during its death animation
-Resolved an issue allowing you to acquire more stacks than intended for items
-Fixed a bug where you could use your movement skill while inside a vent
-Fixed an issue where damage to bosses with the burst rifle did not count towards charging the Military Munitions
-Fixed an issue where relocating a sentry could have an unexpected impact on its firerate
-Fixed issue where the Combat Jetpack's particle trails could get twisted up
Ending the year right!
Minigunner Build 0.8.9.4 Patch Notes
This small update brings a festive new shop and medical items to the game! We've also made quite a few fixes and adjustments after the commando update, including some changes to achievements.
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Merry Gloopmas!
General
-Added seasonal decorations to the shop!
-Added new festive item icons for all of the shop's medical items!
-Standardized health and healing descriptions, now all mentions of 1/2 health will read as 0.5 health
-New and tweaked Commando SFX
-📡 Small & Large First Aid items now show how much health they can restore before you purchase them
-📡The TAB stats screen now shows your run's selected difficulty
Festive health item icons!
Achievements
-Ready for More Complete wave 16 in normal mode (Previously wave 20, but that's impossible in normal mode now!)
-Healthy Gamer Increase your max health by +3 (Previously the goal was to reach 6 max hp, but that was skewed with the recent difficulty changes)
-Diamond in the Rough Have your reactor take 2000 damage across all runs (Previously 3000 dmg)
-Commando Milestones 1-3 and Primary - Tertiary Directive achievements Progress is now tracked in easy mode (now consistent with all other characters)
Items
-Holo-Record Disc Now behaves more consistently with items that can greatly modify your movement skill Tweaked item visuals and VFX
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed an issue where a barricade warning would appear if they took damage from enemies
-Additional minor bugfixes
The Commando Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.9.0 Patch Notes
This update brings the highly anticipated fourth playable character to the game: The Commando! Armed to the teeth, he has the tools for any situation! Mow your enemies down with laser fire or clear a path with sheer explosive force. Learn more about him in the patch notes below!
This update also includes a pretty big shift in the game's difficulty levels, making the game easier and faster for new players! Lastly we also have a TON of new achievements to unlock the Commando's shiny new class items, some of which are easily our new favorites in the whole game.
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Unleash your potential with the Commando's impressive arsenal!
General
-New Mercenary: The Commando
-Updated Difficulty tiers to better distribute challenge, and make the game more accessible to new players. See the full mode descriptions below:
-Easy Mode: Starting HP: 5 (Previously 4) Medical Item Prices: -50% (Unchanged) Enemy HP: -35% (Unchanged) Total Waves: 16 (Previously 20) Boss Fights: 3 (Previously 4) Limited Achievement Progression (Unchanged)
-Normal Mode: Starting HP: 4 (Previously 3) Total Waves: 16 (Previously 20) Boss Fights: 3 (Previously 4)
-Hard Mode: Starting HP: 3 (Previously 2) Total Waves: 20 (Unchanged) Boss Fights: 4 (Unchanged) REMOVED: Enemy HP: +20% REMOVED: Barricades Destroyed 4 waves early REMOVED: Shops are Closed every other wave
COMING SOON! You've got a bad feeling about this... In hard mode, you'll have the option to enable additional custom wave modifiers that add extra challenge (and score!) to your runs. Push yourself to the absolute limit to see how many you can overcome! Watch this space for more info when it drops in the next major update! Developer Thoughts: This is the first half of a greater difficulty options rework that we've been planning for a long time now. Our goals are to make the game easier to pick up at the start, while also giving options to add more challenge for our veteran players. The "Normal mode" that the game has been using up until this point is now the baseline for our new "Hard mode", with the spicy new wave modifiers arriving in the upcoming FINAL BOSS UPDATE.
-The player's rotation will now update correctly if you move your cursor while combat rolling
-📡 Added a "shoot when aiming" option for gamepad controllers
-📡 The Tab Screen has a new timer that will show the duration of the current run
-📡 The time stat in the post game screen will now show new records for successful runs with the fastest times
The Commando
This new mercenary relishes every moment in battle, blasting and blowing up anything in his way! Wielding TWO primary weapons that each have a unique ability tied to them, he has the tools to deal with any situation. To play him most effectively, you'll want to make the most out of his passive, using your abilities often to switch weapons and gain massive amounts of adrenaline. The closer you are to the enemies you're fighting, the more adrenaline you'll gain per hit!
-Weapon: Burst Rifle Fires 3 round-bursts of laser projectiles that travel a long distance. The first shot in each burst is perfectly accurate!
-Weapon: Rocket Launcher Fires powerful rocket projectiles that explode on contact. Most effective against enemies that are clumped together.
-Ability: Suppressive Fire Rapidly fire laser rounds that damage and stun all enemies hit.
-Ability: Rocket Barrage Unleash a barrage of swarm rockets that damage and slow all enemies hit.
-Passive: One Man Army Using your ability will cause you to switch to your other weapon and will consume all extra ability charges you have to deal bonus ability damage.
Additionally, you can fill an adrenaline meter by landing hits on enemies, When you fill the meter, you double your TOTAL firerate for a short duration!
Feel the rush!
Achievements
PSA: Because of the maximum achievement limit that Steam imposes being capped at 100, only a few of these achievements will be reflected on Steam, but rest assured that all your progress will continue to act like normal in game. Steam notified us that once we reach a certain threshold of player numbers, they will uncap this limit, and Steam will automatically update to reflect any progress you've made in game the next time you launch.
-LOCKED AND LOADED Defeat the Elder Spitter, Giga-Beamer, and Frostblaster Unlocks: Commando
-COMMANDO: MILESTONE 1 Complete Wave 8 as Commando Unlocks: Plasma Grenades (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: PRIMARY DIRECTIVE As Commando, defeat 500 enemies total across all runs Unlocks: Special Delivery (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: SECONDARY DIRECTIVE As Commando, hit 20 different enemies with a single rocket barrage Unlocks: Battle Mortar (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: TERTIARY DIRECTIVE As Commando, use the all-in-one foodmart 5 times in a single run Unlocks: Canned Peaches (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: FEELING THE RUSH As Commando, fully fill your adrenaline bar in less than 20 seconds Unlocks: Adrenaline Booster (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: FASTER THAN RELOADING As Commando, use your ability while you're out of ammo 3 consecutive times Unlocks: Trusty Sidearm (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: WE HAVE LIFT OFF As Commando, fire off at least 50 rockets in a single rocket barrage Unlocks: Rocket Fuel (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: LEAD THE CHARGE! As Commando, deal at least 50,000 damage during a single adrenaline rush Unlocks: Tattered Flag (Commando Common Item)
-COMMANDO: ARMY SURPLUS As Commando, hold 10 unique military grade items at the same time Unlocks: Military Munitions (Commando Rare Item)
-COMMANDO: TARGET LOCKED As Commando, hit a single enemy with every shot from suppressive fire Unlocks: ARH Guidance System (Commando Rare Item)
-COMMANDO: TACTICAL SWEEP As Commando, access 10 keycard locked rooms in a single run Unlocks: Holo Sight (Commando Rare Item)
-COMMANDO: ONE MAN ARMY As Commando, defeat 10,000 enemies total across all runs Unlocks: Phoenix Rockets (Commando Legendary Item)
-COMMANDO: TIME FLIES... As Commando, complete the first 8 waves in less than 20 minutes Unlocks: Combat Jetpack (Commando Legendary Item)
-COMMANDO: THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN As Commando, defeat the Abyssal Warden in hard mode Unlocks: Supply Signals (Commando Legendary Item)
Sentries & Drones
-Attack Drone Attack drones will now prioritize targeting enemies that are closest to the player Attack drones can now fire at enemies from slightly further away
Items
-📡 Reactor Items (Critical Mass, Reactive Electro-Goo, Industrial Capacitor, Service Radio, Core Crystals, and Unstable Isotope) To improve the quality of early game shops, reactor items will only start showing up after the first threat level is complete. To get value out of many of these items, your reactor will need to be under attack often, and since that does not really happen in the first few waves, these items felt like dead weight early on. We've been playtesting this change a lot and it feels great, shops now show you much better options in the early game.
-Heavy Caliber Rounds Weapon explosions will now also benefit from the Heavy Cal Rounds' size increase!
-Rusty Magnet Fixed the item panel showing as blank
-Winchester Shells Will now correctly pierce enemies when Incendiary Shells are active
-Candy Jar This item is now deprioritized by transaction stations that take random inputs from your inventory. You can now safely use them without worry of this item being taken unless it is the only viable input you have. Candymaxxers rejoice!
What's that sound?!
We are very excited to share that Dylan King has joined the Crystal Fruit Games team as a talented sound designer! He's got a fantastic youtube channel (linked below) and is an absolute CHEF when it comes to cooking up sound effects! The Commando is the first mercenary to have benefited from his magic touch, and we hope you like what you hear! Please note that some of his sounds are still works in progress and will be updated as we make more progress. Also be on the lookout for the new sounds for hitting and killing enemies, they're very juicy and satisfying!
We've got exciting plans for all things audio in Minigunner, expect to hear more with each patch that is rolled out!
Subscribe to this man for yummy sound design breakdowns and insights!
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed issue where some enemies were not dealing correct damage while empowered
-Fixed some items have persistent effects after being scrapped or traded away
-Fixed having a button bound to interact meant opening a transaction station can instantly purchase or close
-Fixed an issue where Star Forger's Armor would not regenerate if you left a scene while it was coming back
-Fixed a visual issue with the Drillminer's light
-Fixed Halloween shop background for the Professional's Briefcase getting broken after a scene transition
-Fixed issue where the “low ammo” firing sound would play on the first shot after a reload
-Fixed an issue where readying the winchester shells right as entering a vent would break the shotgun
-Fixed issue where stacking the industrial capacitor would infinitely stun enemies
-Fixed issue where the Reactive Electro Goo would gain unintended stacking damage and stun time when changing scenes
-Fixed issue where changing scenes during a star forgers armor recharge would prevent the armor from being restored
-Fixed Candy Jar icon not reappearing on transaction stations with multiple uses
-Fixed an issue where stunned enemies could still get an attack off if they were about to fire
New Discord Emotes!
Say hello to the freshest batch of minigunner themed emojis on this side of Frostus III, now featuring the titular COMMANDO! (And friends!)
The Pressing Matters Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.8.0 Patch Notes
Hey everyone!
For this update we wanted to focus on quality of life features, tutorial improvements, and filling a gap in the item roster when it comes to reactor survivability, similar to how we improved the accessibility of area of effect items in the Luck of the Draw update. The goal is to give you more agency when it comes to reactor defense, and letting you make build decisions that have a noticeable payoff later on.
We're also adding a brand new transaction station to the underground: the Hydraulic Press!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-Added extra visual flair to getting legendary items from crates or transaction stations
-Improvements have been made to player movement to eliminate the jitteriness that would sometimes occur
-Updated mercenary descriptions in character select
-Improved reactor survivability: will now start repairing 50% sooner while at critical health
-Adjusted forklift art to improve clarity
-Updated the look of the Reactor's crystal
-Added some ground markings that call attention to the shop in the bottom right part of the map
-Scrap dropped by bosses will no longer despawn
-📡 Added a new option to auto mute the game when you alt+tab (on by default!)
-📡 Increased the attraction radius for non-scrap pick ups
-📡 Improved steam rich presence text to show more info about where you are in your run
-📡 "Games are better with friends!" (Engineer unlock achievement) Unique sentry & drones requirement reduced 4 -> 3
-📡 Improved descriptions of all Crit Prism items to better describe what 'Crits' do
-📡 You can close the early access text in the main menu by pressing 'Esc'
-📡 Created a new asset pack for tier list icons! (Learn more at the end of this patch)
Tutorial
-Added a new first time player prompt that recommends doing the tutorial before starting a new game
-Added arrows to highlight new ui elements as they are revealed on screen
-Added arrows to highlight the doors on the TAB screen while they're being introduced
-Added arrows that emerge from active mineshafts to show where enemies will come from
-Camera will now zoom out to give you a better view of what is happening when the barricades are destroyed
-Improved guidance arrows for showing you the nearest shop or sentry spot
-Tweaked art assets in intro slide show sequence
-Added a typing sound to all dialogue boxes
-Streamlined the wording of many dialogue texts
-Various minor tweaks and improvements
Bosses
-The Elder Spitter Reduced max health by 18%
-The Giga-Beamer Improved animation of attack 4's super giant beam to make it easier to tell when the beam is actually going to fire
Enemies
-Improved consistency for enemies when they have multiple options to target. They will now always prioritize targets in this order: Safety Cone > Brigade Beamers > Player > Reactor
-Sniper 📡 Will now commit to any target they set their beam on. If the target they are aiming at dies or disappears, the attack will be reset. This change massively improves interactions where you are approaching a sniper while they are aiming at something else (like the reactor) only to be met by an untimely quick scope. Now they are much more susceptible to approaches and should be generally way more consistent to fight against!
Transaction Stations
Sleeping Quarters -Standard Unit Replacer You can now cycle between 3 potential common item output choices!
Laboratory -Scientific Unit Replacer You can now cycle between 2 potential rare item output choices!
Mechanical Garage Room -NEW: Hydraulic Press Choose an item to destroy for maximum scrap (scales per threat level)
Sentries and Drones
-All sentries have had their pick up speed increased by +20%
Items
-Red Matter Duplicator Scrap interest percentage on wave end increased +12% -> +20%
-Cracked Pipe Added new visuals for items that are discounted by this item!
-Charging Prism Cooldown reduction on hit increased +10% -> +15%
-Fusion Core Kills required per level up decreased 10 -> 6
-Gilded Anvil (Engineer) In addition to its existing effect, it will now also double your total overclock activation damage
-Gilded Anvil (Minigunner) Powershot speed and range increased +20% -> +25%
-Fragile Monocle Increased damage +35% -> +40% Increased accuracy +8 degrees -> +10 degrees Added a new visual that shows while you have this item!
-Irradiated Prism OLD: 200 poison damage over 20 seconds NEW: 100 poison damage over 25 seconds The poison status effect can now be stacked repeatedly on a single enemy! Updated poison VFX particles to increase in intensity as the target gets more poisened We are adjusting this item to allow for repeated hits to increase the strength of the poison damage to make this effect more distinct from afterburn. We had to adjust the numbers a bit to bring it more in line with the amplifying prism, as it can quickly surpass it in damage now! Poison is at its most effective against enemies that take longer to kill.
-Explosive Detonator This item has been reworked! It will now grant a chance on kill for enemies to drop dynamite, use your ability to detonate it
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Reactive Electro-Goo The reactor gains a chance to block damage and fire a retaliatory bolt at the attacker Unlocked by default!
-Service Radio Gain increased firerate and ability recharge speed whenever the reactor takes damage Unlocked by default!
-Industrial Capacitor When the reactor takes damage it charges up a huge electric nova Unlocked by default!
-Storm Totem Chance on hit to strike an enemy with lightning Unlocked by default!
Legendary Tier -Core Crystals The reactor fires powerful homing energy orbs at enemies UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Diamond in the rough Have your reactor take 3000 damage across all runs
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed issue where some of the Frostblaster’s attacks could not be blocked by the Brittle Shield
-Fixed issue where enraging the Frostblaster between left & right blasts in its first attack would cause it to stop attacking
-Fixed issue causing the Sticky Beeswax debuff to get removed too soon
-Fixed an issue where the Rendered Wrench field could be active in the mines under certain circumstances
-Fixed an issue where holding “Power Reactor” when in the mines while owning the safety cone would cause the placement indicator to appear
-Fixed an issue where E-40 Prototype Rounds could sometimes not apply to attack drones
-Fixed an issue where scrapping or trading the E40 Rounds would softlock the game
-Fixed an issue where defeating a boss after dying would cause the game over screen to become obstructed
-Fixed issue where scrapping or trading the winchester shells while having a winchester shell loaded would cause all shotgun shots use the winchester shot SFX
-Fixed an issue where Minigun accuracy displays could only show the Minigun’s base accuracy and wouldn’t be updated with accuracy items
-Re-Enabled Rare Earthgem projectile trail effect
-Fixed warrior's helm status effect icon not showing in the underground
-Fixed muzzle flash light not getting disabled when you combat rolled
-📡 Fixed an issue where the Unstable Isotope was not properly setting up the reactor shield when returning from the mines
-📡 Fixed an issue where the “Lone Warrior” achievement was easier to obtain than intended
-Additional minor bug fixes
Tier List Time!
To celebrate this update, and all the progress we've made on Minigunner so far, we've created an updated tier list template for you to use! Our last one was way back in April of 2023, so let's see how much has changed! We invite you to post your tier lists in our Discord!
Why do I hear boss music...? The ABYSSAL WARDEN can give you the answer! This massive update brings an intense new boss fight, as well as a ton of boss fight system polish! We've added a lot of art to various aspects of boss fights, including the boss arena environments, the elevator descent loading screen, the boss intro screen, and more! We also made various gameplay and item balancing improvements that we're really excited about, not to mention the addition of a few new items and achievements.
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Brace yourself for an intense fight!
General
-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ ABYSSAL WARDEN ☠️ This boss can be encountered in the fourth bossfight after defeating wave 16, and will be quite the formidable foe!
-The new boss introduces a new hazard: Plasma Chains! The boss will try to lock you down in certain sections of the room with these terrifying chains! They will inflict the Sticky debuff if you make ANY contact with them. (Even attempting to roll over them!) The debuff will slow your movement speed and cripple the recharge rate of your combat roll, so even though the debuff does no damage itself, its long duration makes you particularly vulnerable to taking a lot of damage from the boss. Be careful!
-Added new art to the underground boss arenas! Each boss will have a unique environment:
Level 1: The Upper Mine
Level 2: Ore Loading Zone
Level 3: Wastewater Pumping Station
Level 4: Heavy Excavation Site
-Added new location flavor text that appears when you enter a new zone
-Added a new animation to elevator loading screen, it will now show your chosen mercenary, as well any sentries or drones that you are bringing with you to the boss fight
-The loading screen will now display useful tips based on your chosen mercenary, the boss fight you are entering, and the items you have in your inventory!
-Added new art and animations for boss fight intro screen!
-Improved power outage visuals and warning screen
-Added new music to boss fights that adapts to the gameplay, increasing in intensity when the boss becomes enraged!
-Updated main menu early access screen to show our current progress and planned content, with links to the full roadmap and patch notes!
-📡 The ceiling lights in the mining lift repair room now fade out when you or an enemy pass underneath them
-Improved VFX for various item and status effects
-Added a few additional SFX (WIP)
Bosses
-The Elder Spitter Added a new indicator for projectiles stuck to walls that shows the direction that they will fire out towards
-The Giga Beamer Fixed some visual inconsistencies where boss animations were not aligned with some attacks Tweaked attack 2 to make the enraged/ unenraged versions more distinct Tweaked attack 4 to make the super beam more dynamic, the boss will now vary between shorter and longer charge up times, be ready to react accordingly!
-The Frigid Frostblaster Fixed some bugs related to the ice pillars Improved the visuals of the icicle projectiles
Enemies
-All Enemies Standardized enemy healthbar colors: each color can now hold up to 500 health
-Sniper The targeting laser will now glow brighter to warn you when it's about to fire!
-Bomber Updated projectile art and visuals Bomb projectiles now explode with a thicker wave of projectiles that travel slower than before Cooldown time after attacking increased 2 seconds -> 5 seconds
-Obliterator Updated art and animations for the death orb that it drops when it dies Death orb projectile range greatly decreased Death orb projectile firerate greatly increased Death orb's lifetime greatly decreased These changes aim to make the orb less 'long duration, long range, & annoying' and more 'short duration, short ranged, & scary'. The new animations also make it much more telegraphed.
Transaction Stations
-Tweaked the appearance of the Automated Lockers, Mining Equipment Crate, Large & Small Lockboxes, and Large & Small Storage terminals to better show what rarity of items you will be getting from them
-Standard Trade Computer & Executive Trade Computer Now have a new animation on their screens that do a better job of showing what these interactables do
Sentries & Drones
-All sentries and drones have had their icon sprites touched up!
-LVL 1 Sentry Has been renamed to 'Outpost Sentry'
-LVL 2 Sentry Has been renamed to 'Compound Sentry'
-LVL 3 Sentry [Forge Upgrade] Has been renamed to 'Fortress Sentry'
Items
-Safety Cone Increased base max health 20 -> 24 Increased max health growth per threat level +2 -> +4
-Beamer Brigade's Bugle Increased beamer max health per stack +24 -> +32
-Explosive Detonator Increased explosion stun time 1 second -> 2 seconds
-CMC Resupply Shipment Renamed to CMC Supply Requester Updated item icon art This item can now stack! Additional stacks now reduce the cooldown waves required between resupplies!
-Whispering Lantern Increased damage boost from leveling up +10% (max +50%) -> +15% (max +75%)
-Cozy Space Heater Increased debuff duration reduction 60% -> 75%
-Fusion Core Reduced kills needed for each damage increase 12 -> 10
-Superheated Prism Chance for crits to ignite enemies reduced 100% -> 50%
-Red Matter Duplicator Scrap interest percentage on wave end increased +10% -> +12%
-Unstable Isotope NEW: In addition to its existing effect, now also shields the reactor when it takes lethal damage, making it immune for 12 seconds and granting it massively increased repair rate for the duration! (Shield can only trigger once per wave)
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Smokey Brand Cigarettes 🚬 Gain increased damage based on your missing health Unlocked by default!
-Sticky Beeswax 🕯️ Movement impaired enemies take more damage from all sources (and even more damage from bees!) UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Beekeeper Release 1500 total bees across all runs
Rare Tier -Fossil Fuel ⛽ Enemies take increased burn damage and burning enemies explode on death, igniting nearby enemies! Unlocked by default!
Legendary Tier -Star Forger's Armor 💫 Gain a regenerating piece of celestial armor that empowers you when it gets destroyed UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Indestructible Defeat a boss after taking at least 6 damage during the fight
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed an issue where firerate candy from the Candy Jar would reduce firerate instead of increase it (whoops!)
-Fixed issue where re-applying a status effect would fully reset effect ticks, leading to a case where constantly refreshing a DOT effect like fire or poison would lead to that effect never ticking / dealing damage
-Fixed Ice pillars in the Frostblaster's chamber losing their frost zone particles once spawn animation completed
-Fixed Ice pillars in the Frostblaster's chamber showing flavor text and rotated stuck entities (drillmines)
-Fixed an issue where leaving the boss arena or mining lift with multiple sentries placed would cause you to both lose access to one of those sentries and also softlock you
-Uncommon denominator was not using owned legendary items to calculate the discount
-Fixed a bug that prevented music from playing from the game start
-Additional minor bug fixes
Four months ago we started with a few bomber boss concept art doodles, now it's finally here! :)
Minigunner Build 0.8.6.7 Patch Notes
Minigunner Build 0.8.6.7 Patch Notes
This small patch contains a variety of fixes and improvements from playtesting and feedback from the Freezer Boss Update.
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-Tweaked and Improved defense drone visuals for each damage level to pop out more
-Increased the leash range of attack drones deployed by the CANARY Drone Pack
-Updated the threat level text on the TAB screen to be more like the display in the game view
-Updated visuals for the Pressure Release Valve
-Minor tweaks and fixes to the Frostblaster's attacks
Transaction Stations
-📡 Increased the speed of the scrap reward number for all the minigames in the Break Room (Card Matching Table, Slot Machine, and Spinning Dart Board)
Items
Herbal Medicine -This item can now stack! (with two stacks you have a 100% chance to heal after each heal)
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a bug where the fourth boss would not load in properly
-Fixed an issue where candy jar was not behaving properly in some instances
-Fixed the Ingenious toolbox using an incorrect icon
-Fixed defense drones sometimes taking a moment to update their visuals to match their current health, this will now happen instantly
-Additional minor bug fixes
The Freezer Boss Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.6.0 Patch Notes
We hope you brought a sweater! The Frigid Frostblaster is here!! This boss features entirely new combat mechanics and some devastating ice-cold moves. We've also given defense drones a mini rework and have implemented steam cloud saving functionality!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Winter is coming!
General
-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ FRIGID FROSTBLASTER ☠️ This boss can be encountered in the third bossfight after defeating wave 12, and will be quite the formidable foe!
-New Arena Mechanic: The Steam Release Valve In the Frostblaster's chamber you can find a damaged Control Station that you can repair by spending some scrap. Once repaired you can interact with the big red valve to fill the room with superheated steam, and gain the STEAMY buff!
-New Buff: Steamy ♨️ This buff grants you increased movement speed and a complete immunity to the frostbite debuff!
-Speaking of Steam, we now have fully functional Steam Cloud Saving! Take your progress across multiple devices and leave those manual file transfers in the past!
-Updated the "Snowcone?" achievement OLD: Kill a boss while you're afflicted with the frostbite debuff NEW: Kill the Frostblaster without getting frostbite during the fight
-Updated the visuals of the frostbite debuff, with new particles, screen effects, and even freezing your weapon icon in the bottom left!
Sentries & Drones
-Defense Drone Price scaling per defense drone purchased has been removed Defense drones now take damage when they block projectiles, taking increased damage from more dangerous projectile types. Defense drones start regenerating health after not taking damage for a few seconds, if they take too much damage they explode, becoming disabled for a short while. Disabled defense drones will automatically repair and reenable at full health. You can see the drone's current health level by the indicator light color and visual effects as more damage is taken.
Developer Thoughts: Defense drones have always been held back by their old design. The first drone would be decently balanced, but because they could absorb infinite damage, each acquired drone would have exponential benefits, and as such several limitations had to be placed on the drones, such as the increasing price per defense drone purchased. The biggest flaw was how they limited the design of interesting enemy attacks that used a single projectile. With these adjustments, drones are much more healthy for the game, and should be easier to pick up as a result!
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed an issue where Candy Jar would not activate correctly
-Fixed a bug with the R'lyehian Wood Blocks having progress not tracked correctly after returning from the underground
-Fixed a visual bug where the player's muzzleflash light would be disabled for the rest of the run after their first combat roll
-Additional minor bug fixes
Minigunner Build 0.8.5.1 Patch Notes
Minigunner Build 0.8.5.1 Patch Notes
These small patch contains some tweaking around the weakest transaction stations in the underground. Our goal is to buff them to make them more enticing, and more competitive choices amongst all the other keycard room options.
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-Updated the look of C.M.C. crate props around the map to make them more consistent and distinct from the background.
-Added a warning light in the Mining Lift room that illuminates some crates that could be hard to see before
-📡 Added Minimap and T.A.B. screen icons for the Industrial Scrapper
Transaction Stations
-Industrial Scrapper (Outpost Surface) Increased uses per threat level 2 -> 3 📡 Updated visuals to be more eye catching
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a bug where the curator's cane discount could remove heavy shopper ammo icon from an item
-Additional minor bug fixes
The Safe and Sound Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.5.0 Patch Notes
New items and a ton of new sound effects!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
All eyes on the prize!
This update introduces a lot of new sounds to the game! We are very happy with most of them, but a few are placeholders until we can work with a sound designer in the future and have them take a pass at them. We are aware of an issue where if too many sounds are going off in quick succession they may interrupt each other. We plan to fix this in an upcoming update, so thanks for your patience!
General
-Added new sound effects for the following:
Beamer Brigade Bugle Activation
Train Warning
Train Incoming
Train Passing
Various Explosions (Dynamite toss, Drillmines, Satchel Charges, etc.)
C.A.N.A.R.Y. Drone Pack Activation
Firing a Bee
Bee Hitting Enemy
Firecracker explosion
Stacked Deck Cards Hitting Enemies
Blinding Bulb Activation
Drillmine Launcher Firing
Drillmine Mark Application (1-3)
And more!
Items
-Laser Pickaxe Now deals knockback and has additional hit sfx and visuals!
-Curator's Cane New visual effect when an item is discounted!
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Safety Cone 🚧 Drop a distracting cone at the start of each wave
Rare Tier -Uncommon Denominator 📱 Increase the frequency and reduce the prices of rare and legendary items in the shop UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Access Granted Enter 5 unique types of keycard locked rooms across all runs
Uncommon denominating!
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a bug that caused the game to end when the C.A.N.A.R.Y. Dronepack activated during a wave
-Fixed a bug that limited the "Rolling the Bones" achievement to only track one random roll per run
-Additional minor bug fixes
The Keycards and Catacombs Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.4.0 Patch Notes
Introducing a wide variety of underground rooms that hold special terminals to buy, trade, and duplicate items, giving you way more agency over your builds! We're also rolling out some spicy system adjustments to streamline the progression of each run!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Explore the catacombs!
General
-Added new rooms to the underground mines! These rooms are in a new area behind a locked blast door. You can unlock it by defeating the boss and restoring power, or you can force it open early by paying some scrap to do so
-The rooms have interactable objects inside that you can use in various ways, giving you an added level of agency and decision making when it comes to your item builds
Interactable Interface
-Bosses will now drop a keycard upon death (and an extra keycard if defeated without taking any damage during the fight)
-These keycards can be used as a unique currency in the underground, allowing you to access special locked rooms
-The power in the outpost will now properly go out during a powerline disruption!
-The current threat level is now displayed under the small minimap in the top right
-New VFX for Fragile Monocle, Tactical Scope, Sprouting Amber, Ammo Pouch, and Multi-Stimpack Injector
-Cleaned up "Interact Text" display
-📡 You can now back out of menus with the 'B' button (or equivalent) on Controller!
-📡 New visual indicator for Steel Bootcaps' activation progress
-📡 New visual indicator for vents when you get the Forgotten Screwdriver!
-📡 Updated Combat Crosshair to pop out more
Enemies
-Reduced the waves per threat level from 5 to 4, now there's a total of 20 waves to beat (previously 25) Our goal is to shorten the total run time of a run, so the game will be quicker hop in to and beat!
-The average scrap income from waves overall will remain the same as before
-Improved wave spawning mechanics, so now a single wave can dynamically get more challenging as it progresses!
-Minor improvements to enemy health bar functionality, each color of health bar can now hold up to 600 health
New Interactables
The Outpost -Industrial Scrapper Choose an item to destroy for scrap
This new interactable gives you the ability to remove any item from your inventory at any point in your run! Get rid of a pesky anti-synergistic item, or sell something to gain just enough scrap for a big purchase in the shop!
The Underground Catacombs NOTE: Even though every floor has random rooms and layouts, each floor is guaranteed to have a Medbay room, and each Medbay is guaranteed to have a Medpack Dispenser. This means you always have access to consistent healing before/ after each boss fight!
Medbay -Medpack Dispenser Pay scrap to restore health
-Vital Extraction Station Trade max health capsules for rare items
-Blood Donation Bank Trade 1/2 health for a random common item
-Pill Prescriber Choose 3 items to trade for a max health capsule
Cafeteria -Juicy Co. Vending Machine Buy consumable buffs for your next boss fight
-All in One Foodmart Buy a random "food" themed item
Mining Equipment Room -Armor Dispenser Pay scrap to gain armor
-Armor Return Depot Trade in armor for 2 random common items
-Mining Equipment Storage Buy a random "mining equipment" item
Break Room -Card Matching Table Pay scrap to play a card game for potential rewards
-Spinning Dart Board Pay scrap to play a dart game for potential rewards
-Slot Machine Pay scrap to play a slots game for potential rewards
Storage Room (Keycard Required) -Small Storage Terminal Pay scrap to choose from a selection of three common items
-Large Storage Terminal Pay scrap to choose from a selection of three rare items
-Small lockbox Pay scrap to gain a random common item
-Large lockbox Pay scrap to gain a random rare item
Sleeping Quarters (Keycard Required) -Trade Computer Trade 3 random common items for a random rare item
-Automated Lockers Pay scrap to gain a random "personal" themed common item
-Standard Unit Replacer Trade a common item for a preselected common item
Mechanical Garage (Keycard Required) -Armor Assembler Choose a common item to trade for armor
-Heavy-Duty Armor Assembler Choose a rare item to trade for 3 armor
-Drone Fabricator Choose 3 items to trade for an attack drone
Laboratory (Keycard Required) -Experimental Fabricator Trade a random rare item for 2 random rare items
-Scientific Unit Replacer Trade a rare item for a preselected rare item
-Reactive Centrifuge Pay scrap to choose an item from a changing selection
Administrative Office (Keycard Required) -Elite Fabricator Trade a random legendary item for 2 random legendary items
-Maximum Security Safe Trade 3 keycards for a random legendary item
-Administrative Unit Replacer Trade a legendary item for a preselected legendary item
-Executive Trade Computer Trade 2 random rare items for a random legendary item
-All sentry and drone damage scaling has been removed
-Sentry turn speed increased for better tracking on fast moving targets
-Increased the base damage of all sentries and drones
-Slightly increased sentry and attack drone base prices
-Sentry and drone repeat purchase price increase removed (except for defense drones)
-There is now a max purchase limit of 3 for every sentry and drone type
Items
-All fire/ burning effects now have a consistent and improved afterburn damage and duration OLD: 40 dmg over 4 sec / 60 dmg over 6 sec NEW: 80 dmg over 8 sec
-Whispering Lantern Now ALL enemies have a chance to drop lantern pick-ups (instead of just large enemies) Lanterns needed per level increased 3 -> 5 Chance on kill for lantern to drop reduced 20% -> 3%
-Molten Metal Overclock damage increased +50% -> +75%
-Beamer Brigade's Bugle Beamer health increased 20 -> 24 This item can now stack! Each stack increases the health and damage of the beamers Beamers now take double damage during boss fights
-Purified Moongem Scrap gained at wave start increased 10 (+20 per threat level) -> 15 (+20 per threat level)
-Corrupted Moongem Scrap gained at wave start increased 15 (+30 per threat level) -> 20 (+30 per threat level)
-Safety Compliance Scrap gained per armor at wave end increased 12 -> 25
-Ammonite Ammo gained at wave end increased 2 -> 4
-Nanowrap Bandage Chance to heal after each wave increased 25% -> 40%
-Crit Prisms Base crit damage increased 200% -> 300% Crit chance granted from all prisms reduced by 50% New special damage text icon for dealing a critical hit!
-Explosive Detonator Dynamite dropped per roll decreased 3 -> 2 Max active dynamite decreased 9 -> 6 Dynamite explosion damage increased 80 -> 100
-Steel Bootcaps Damage boost increased +50% -> +100% Added a new indicator that shows progress towards next activation
-Forgotten Screwdriver Added a new indicator that shows active vents Added 3 new vent exits to key areas of the map Movement speed after venting duration increased 1.5 seconds -> 3 seconds The screwdriver will also let you bypass the underground blast door and let you access a keycard locked room for free!
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Cryo-Cola 🥤 Increase your movement speed while your ability is fully charged (Also slightly increase ability recharge rate)
-Candy Jar 🍬 Gain a random candy buff when you use an underground transaction station
Rare Tier -R'lyehian Wood Blocks 🌑 Enemies can drop blocks that discount the shop's random roll option by 99% UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Rolling the Bones Use the shop's random roll option 30 times across all runs
-C.A.N.A.R.Y. Drone Pack 🐤 Deploy a swarm of drones in dangerous situations UNLOCKED WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENT: Canary in the Cryon Mine Enter a boss fight with at least 4 drones
Bug Fixes
If you want to report bugs or give feedback, join our Discord! If you want to check on the status of reported bugs, check out our Bug Tracker!
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a bug where if you got hit by a train while rolling, you wouldn't take any damage
-Fixed a bug in the tutorial where you couldn't move after respawning because of a death
-Additional minor fixes to issues found with the tutorial
A helpful transmission has been received!
