Introducing the next big bad boss: the Giga-Beamer! Equip yourself with a shiny new powershot and a spooky new item to take it down!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
Fear the giga-beamer!
General
-NEW BOSS: The ☠️ GIGA BEAMER ☠️ This boss can be encountered in the second bossfight after defeating wave 10, and should be quite the formidable foe!
-The new boss introduces a new debuff: 🐌 Sticky 🐌 This will slow your movement speed and cripple the recharge rate of your combat roll. When afflicted with this debuff, you have to time your combat roll perfectly, use it too early and you're toast!
-Ammo UI has been reworked for greater back-end flexibility, this should fix issues related to the ammo bar getting messy at high ammo counts
-New Visuals for Rusty Magnet, Mineral Scanner, Unstable Isotope, Whispering Lantern, and Burning Enemies
-Added special art for stunned detonator enemies
-Shortened "Elder Plasma Spitter" to simply "Elder Spitter"
-The game no longer exits you from a store when you Alt+Tab or Shift+Tab
-Integrated steam rich presence! Now you can see which mercenary your friends are playing as and where they are in their runs!
-📡 New Setting: Controller Cursor Distance This setting allows you to customize how close or far your cursor is to your weapon when using a controller
-📡 New Setting: Show Mini Cooldown Indicators This setting toggles on two small indicators by your character that show you the cooldown status of your combat roll and your ability
Minigunner
-Powershot Added new ability visuals! Rotated burst projectile orientation by 180 degrees
Now you won't get that pesky projectile that's sent straight back towards you
Engineer
-Shotgun Tightened projectile spread by +27% This should make it significantly easier to do higher damage without needing to be in point blank ranges to enemies
-Custom Minisentry Increased projectile speed by +75% This allows the minisentry to hit moving targets easier, which helps it deal damage better damage when it's alone
-Scrap Efficiency (Passive) Scrap back from armor purchases in shop increased +25% -> +50% Small buff to make this aspect of his passive a bit more impactful
Drillminer
-Drillmine Launcher Reduced base firerate by -6% Increased drillmine explosion radius by +15% Small Stat tweak to lean the drillminer into his strengths as an AoE damage dealer
Items
-Mineral Scanner 💻 OLD: 9 second scan (+9 seconds per stack)
12 deposits that yield medium scrap
NEW: 12 second scan (+12 seconds per stack)
8 deposits that yield small scrap
4 rich deposits that yield golden small scrap
rich deposits can be scanned 2-5 times each
every deposit has a +18% chance per additional threat level to yield triple scrap values!
New Mineral Scanner Visuals!
-Royal Jelly 🐝 Bee targeting range reduced by 25% (New range: 5) Bee damage reduced 30 -> 20 Bee recharge time reduced 2 seconds -> 1.25 seconds NEW: Bee recharge time now reduced by an additional 0.15 seconds per stack
-Tasty Honeycomb 🍯 Bee targeting range reduced by 25% (New range: 6.5) Bee damage reduced 30 -> 20 Bee recharge time increased 1.25 seconds -> 1.5 seconds NEW: Bee recharge time now reduced by an additional 0.35 seconds per stack
Previously the Tasty Honeycomb was essentially a direct upgrade to the Royal Jelly, it had a higher bps (bees per second) and could fire bees onto enemies from nearly double the range of the Jelly. It also didn't help that stacking them was neat but not that interesting.
Now, the Royal Jelly will have superior bps in the early game, with the condition that you need to remain closer to enemies to fire out the bees, when compared to the Tasty Honeycomb. But, if you gain multiple stacks, the Honeycomb will surpass the Jelly in sheer damage. Both of these items will also benefit from scaling considerably better with additional stacks now that the bee recharge rate is improved by them.
The range adjustments also make the Jelly more useful in prolonged close quarters combat, whereas the Honeycomb will be more suited to longer range playstyles.
-Multi-Stimpack Injector 💉 Movement speed reduced 25% -> 20% Firerate, reload rate, damage, ability recharge speed, and projectile speed & range increased 25% -> 45%
Common Tier -Phantom Minecart 👻 Increases your movement speed, your bonus movement speed effects now also grant firerate as well
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 tutorial would not recognize rebound controller buttons correctly
-Fixed a bug where Tactical Scope would give you a permanent range increase that persisted between runs
-Fixed Voltage Regulator's stats not working correctly
-Fixed cutscene bars not placed correctly on different resolutions
-Fixed an issue where honeycomb bees would fly off in random directions
The phantom minecart!
The Luck of the Draw Update
Minigunner Build 0.8.2.8 Patch Notes
This update includes a few quality of life features and the addition of 3 exciting new common items! We also have some item balancing and mini-reworks!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-New visuals for bee impacts
-Updated intro sequence slides that appear before the tutorial
-📡 Improved tutorial to be much more streamlined and straight forward
New General Achievement
Float like a butterfly 🦋 Complete a boss fight without taking any damage
Items
-Cozy Space Heater ♨️ Mini-Rework: The space heater will now grant you armor and the heater buff at the start of each boss fight Removed the blocking 1st damage effect and the need for the block to be triggered for the buff to begin in exchange for armor generation and the buff starting automatically at the start of the fight.
-Sprouting Amber 🌱 Mini-Rework: The amber will now heal you at the start and end of each wave or boss fight Removed the damage condition on the heal and the compounding heal effect in exchange for much more consistent and frequent healing throughout your run
-Bandit's Bandolier ❎ Reduced mark duration 15s -> 6s
-Handmade Scope 🔭 New name and item sprite! Now named "Tactical Scope"
New General Items
(spoilered for your protection)
Common Tier -Voltage Regulator ⚡ Get near to enemy attacks to grow an electric field
-Stacked Deck 🃏 Chance on hit to bounce a playing card towards nearby enemies
-Tasty Honeycomb 🍯 Release a swarm of homing bees when you roll
Bug Fixes
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed an issue where experimental micro-rockets could lag out your game over screen
-Fixed an issue where you could open your inventory in front of a supply crate and soft lock your game
-Fixed minor tutorial issues
New intro art!
0.8.2.5 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.2.5 Patch Notes
In this small patch we are trying out some suggestions that we received, as well as fixing a few bugs and issues that have been found! Thank you for your initial feedback, and please keep it coming!
Changes with the '📡 ' icon in front of them are changes or additions suggested by the community!
General
-Map Updates: •📡 Swapped the exit locations of teleporters A (green) and C (Blue)
•📡 Updated art for the orange bridge motor and highground platform railings so they pop out more from their surroundings
•📡 Roofs will now fade out from a little further away
- 📡 Ui for reactor health will now have a better indicator for when the reactor is taking damage
-📡 Waves 1-5 have been rebalanced, the first few waves will be a little more challenging and waves 4 and 5 should be a little easier
-New text warning for when a huge wave of enemies is approaching
-Boss health slightly adjusted
- 📡 There is now a button that links to our discord in the game's main menu
-📡 Adjusted the tutorial based on received feedback to make it a bit shorter and more streamlined (We have bigger tutorial changes coming up later)
Bug Fixes
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed tab screen being messed up if you die in the boss fight
-Fixed the game over screen saying you were killed by "unknown" if you died to the spitter boss's sticky projectile
The Boss Fight Update Begins
Minigunner Build 0.8.2.2 Patch Notes
In this update we finally introduce the first boss fights! We currently only have the first boss, the Elder Plasma Spitter, in the game so far as the others are still in development! We plan to roll them out one at time as we finish them. Then we'll work on polishing the boss fight system, with smoother transitions, art for the different boss arenas, and more! We're also planning to release in early access on steam in two weeks!!! We'll be cleaning up and fixing small things from now until then.
General
-Introducing BOSS FIGHTS!! •After completing every fifth wave, you will be prompted to enter the main mineshaft, to repair a damaged powerline substation •When you start the repair you'll have to fight a supercharged boss gloop! •The boss gloop has several unique attacks that you'll have to outplay to come out unscathed! •When the boss hits half health, it becomes ENRAGED, enhancing its attacks with new effects •Upon death, the boss explodes with scrap and drops a supply crate that contains a free rare item!
-Also, everytime you return to the surface after a boss fight, the time of day will be changed!
-New visual effect for applying the poison debuff to enemies ☢️
New Minigunner Achievements
Playing with fire Ignite an enraged boss while you're at critical health
The bigger they are... Kill 3 bosses with powershot in a single run
New Engineer Achievement
It can strike twice! Kill a boss with the activation damage from an overclock
New Drillminer Achievement
What doesn't kill you... Finish a bossfight with at least 1 armor
Items
-Explosive Detonator 🧨 Dynamite dropped per roll increased 1 (+1 per stack) -> 3 (+3 per stack) Max dynamite cap increased 5 (+5 per stack) -> 9 (+9 per stack) Dynamite damage reduced 100 -> 75 This item required too much work to set up a dynamite trap without that much payoff, with these changes it is much easier and faster to set up dynamite traps on a whim, and get super satisfying explosions as payoff.
-Silver Wings ⏩ Projectile speed and range increased 15% -> 20%
-Overloading Prism 🟣 Crit chance reduced 16% -> 8% When we did the crit number adjustment, we increased the crit chance of this item, but it proved to be very impactful just on its own, we're reducing this a bit so that it depends more on getting more crit chance from other items
-Winchester Shells 💥 Empowered attack projectiles will now pierce 1 (+1 per stack) enemies
-Red Matter Duplicator 🏮 Scrap income reduced 15% (+15% per stack) -> 10% (+10% per stack) This item proves to be a little too powerful now that it is an all class item, so it's getting a slight adjustment
New General Item
(spoilered for your protection)
Rare Tier -Beamer Brigade's Bugle 🎺 Summon a trio of friendly beamers when you use your ability!
Bug Fixes
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed a bug where hitting escape in the settings menu would cause a game crash
-Fixed an issue where if you rolled directly into a teleporter, it wouldn't actually teleport you
-Fixed an issue where doing the mining lift would always set your difficulty to normal when you went back out
-Fixed an issue with your inventory sometimes visually disappearing after exiting from an alternate area
-Fixed many smaller bugs that have been found during playtesting
0.8.1.3 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.1.3 Patch Notes
This should be our last patch before we ship the big boss fight update! We've squashed the remaining bugs discovered from drillminer update playtesting, and we're introducing an exciting new engineer item!
General
-Updated sentry firing animations to be a lot more clear/ crisp
-Controller aim assist for should now work as intended for all characters!
-Fixed an issue where your character would be twitching / shaking during gameplay. This was more prevalent on less powerful computers.
-Your aim is no longer affected by collision with walls
-Unattainable achievements will now have a (W.I.P.) tag on the unlocks screen until they are ready!
-We have added in two new achievements! This is because we are moving some items around, read more about this further down.
New General Achievement
Personal Finance is Epic: Hold 750 or more scrap at once
New Engineer Achievement
Resourceful: Start 3 consecutive waves holding at least 100 scrap
Items
-Frequency Tuner 📻 Stun duration decreased 6s -> 3s New Effect: Your empowered Overclock cast now has +6s buff duration (+6s per stack) You can now also correctly layer overclock effects on targets affected by a empowered overclock (empowered overclock takes priority)
-Red Matter Duplicator 🏮 This is now a general item that can be unlocked with the achievement "Personal finance is epic"!
This item is really neat and it isn't that connected to the Engineer's item themes or his gameplay kit specifically, so moving it to the general item pool creates a spot for a cool new rare item for him that is!
New Engineer Item
(spoilered for your protection)
Rare Tier -Ingenious Toolbox 🧰 All of your sentries now create zones around them that boost you. You can improve these zones with added bonus effects if you are holding more scrap.
Bug Fixes
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed explosive detonator ceasing to function after mining lift
-Fixed enemies killed by the golden drillmine projectile itself not dropping golden scrap
-Fixed a bug related to flicking your stick on a controller messing up the cursor location
-Fixed empowered obliterator orbs doing no damage
-Fixed some single run achievements showing their progress in the next run too
-Fixed minigunner muzzle flashes desyncing when you bought pneumatic motor
-Fixed gamepad game over screen being stuck in the rotational circle
-Fixed a bug where you can 'freeze' your game by opening the TAB screen while paused
-Fixed a bug where if you have welding mask and amplifying prism, and then you lose all your armor, your crits would revert to their unamplified state
-And a few more smaller fixes!
0.8.1.2 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.1.2 Patch Notes
In this small patch we are making changes to make the game more accessible for players that are still getting into it, by making improvements to the progression you can make in easy mode.
General
-More achievements (both general and mercenary specific) are now available in easy mode!
-"Blinded by the Light" achievement requirement has been reduced from a 10s stun to a 7s stun
-"Making progress" achievement requirement has been raised to beating wave 15 in easy mode
-New Lighting VFX for ticking cluster bomb explosions and Vulkanite Ingot detonations!
Items
-Heavy Shopper and Ammonite have had their ammo rates adjusted for the minigunner
-Vulkanite Ingot now ignites enemies as intended
Bug Fixes
These bugs have been squashed!
-Fixed Drakonic Bagel not firing its fireballs
-Fixed Vulkanite Ingot having invisible armor after mining lift room
-Fixed Heavy Shopper not showing ammo buff icons over items in shops
0.8.1.1 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.1.1 Patch Notes
This small patch has some gameplay balance adjustments and a lot of bug fixing!
General
-Achievements to unlock new playable mercenaries are now available in easy mode!
-New lighting VFX for the Minigunner's Powershot, Unstable Isotope, and the reactor's death explosions
Enemies
-Waves 11 and 16 have been made easier
-Beamer, Swarmer, Slicer, and Heavy Slicer Now have a pink glow that indicates the area/ radius that their attack will take place
-Detonator Increased cooldown time in between targeted attacks 0.5s -> 1.75s (This should significantly cripple the detonator's DPS when attacking the reactor)
Items
-Blackpowder bag 💥 No longer increases drillmine explosion knockback (this proved too unpredictable and not very useful)
-Charging Prism, Excited Prism, and Superheated Prism 🔷 Adjusted description in shops to show that they only give a small increase to crit chance
-Gilded Anvil (Engineer) ✨ Adjusted description in shops to say that it buffs yourself as well as your allies
-Goopy Tar Barrel 🛢️ Slow Increased 50% for 15s -> 75% for 15s
Drillminer
-Drillmine explosions now apply a 60% slow to enemies hit for 1.5 seconds
Bug Fixes
-Fixed various new bugs discovered from playtesting that include the following:
>Stat screen display was not resetting properly in between runs
>Safety Compliance stopped giving discounts after doing mining lift room
>Booster nozzles not being active when enter/ leaving mining lift room
>Critical mass stopped stacking correctly after doing mining lift room
>"Not even close baby!" achievement was not triggering when it should have been
>The teleporters in the tutorial had wonky colliders
0.8.0.8 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.0.8 Patch Notes
This is a small patch that sums up fixes for various bugs found in the Drillminer update, along with some visual tweaks.
General
-Updated the map lighting to be set in the morning! This is sneak peak at something we are going to be utilizing more in the upcoming boss fights update!
Night
Morning
-Updated barricades to have improved visual effects when exploding
-Slightly adjusted mercenaries' projectiles to be a bit larger
Engineer
-Custom Mini-Sentry's damage increased 8 -> 10
Bug Fixes
-Many bug fixes!
0.8.0.7 Patchnotes
Minigunner Build 0.8.0.7 Patch Notes
This is a small patch that sums up fixes for various bugs found in the Drillminer update, along with some visual tweaks.
General
-Updated the map lighting to be set in the morning! This is sneak peak at something we are going to be utilizing more in the upcoming boss fights update!
Night
Morning
-Updated barricades to have improved visual effects when exploding
-Slightly adjusted mercenaries' projectiles to be a bit larger
Engineer
-Custom Mini-Sentry's damage increased 8 -> 10
Bug Fixes
-Many bug fixes!
The Drillminer Update
This patch marks the beginning of our work on the boss fights milestone!! We've added a new secret area where you can unlock a new playable mercenary: the Drillminer! He also comes with a whole set of achievements and items for him to unlock and use. The best part? You can now use this area to get a free legendary item in all of your runs (if you survive)!
General
-Added new secret area where you can complete the "Need a lift?" achievement, which unlocks the Drillminer as a playable character!
-This secret area also grants you a guaranteed legendary item if you complete the objective inside the room! NOTE: enemies in alternate areas will have significantly reduced scrap drop rates, making this an optional high risk / high reward room. You will not miss out on a lot of scrap if you choose not to do it.
-The Drillminer has been updated with new lighting and new visual effects
-16 new Drillminer achievements are now available to unlock unique items for him
-Enemies now splatter on death!
-Reduced wave requirement for the Minigunner's "Not a scratch" achievement from wave 15 to wave 10
-Adjusted the Engineer's "Didn't lift a finger achievement" to be achievable on any high threat wave (wave 11 onwards)
-Updated doors and mineshaft entrances with new lighting effects
-Improved train functionality greatly, significantly reducing weird interactions related to it
Sentries and Drones
-Decreased time needed to pick up sentries 1.5s -> 1s
-Decreased time needed to pick up the custom minisentry 0.75s -> 0.5s
-Decreased time needed to swap sentries 2s -> 1.25s
Minigunner
-Minigun heat firerate multiplier reduced 0.3 -> 0.25 *we're reverting last patch's buff to compensate for an addition to the powershot's base functionality!*
-Powershot now grants you a +50% firerate boost for 3 seconds on kill!
Fear the giga-beamer!
Now you won't get that pesky projectile that's sent straight back towards you
New Mineral Scanner Visuals!
The phantom minecart!
