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Genre: Adventure, Indie

Rakuten

Patch 0.3.97

This update includes improvements to the networking and client prediction code to help provide a better play experience.

Features



  • New Shield Siphon upgrade for the laser beam weapon


Changes



  • Bouncer weapon has been buffed; damage reduced, fire rate increased (higher dps)
  • Railgun weapon has been nerfed; fire rate reduced
  • Scroll wheel now cycles selected weapon
  • Minus and Plus keys will now adjust zoom (change via control settings)
  • Control + Scroll wheel can still be used to adjust zoom (held key can be changed via control settings)
  • EMP missiles are now an alt/secondary fire option for the missile launcher, this still requires the EMP enhancement to unlock, missile ammunition is now shared across both missile types


Fixes



  • Fix potential crash relating to the laser beam

Patch 0.3.80

Features



  • New Laser Beam weapon, laser beams consume energy to run and will lock on to targets dealing damage over time
  • Added main menu customize section to allow changing name and rocket color preferences
  • Added main menu enhancements tech tree to view enhancements


Changes



  • Rockets now have a velocity max limit
  • Updated missile tracking to be a tad more chaotic
  • Added trail particles to rockets and missiles
  • Added rocket exploding particle effect
  • Added 'Reset to Defaults' button to controls UI
  • Renamed Quick Play to Multiplayer Queue in gamemode select screen


Fixes



  • Fixed statistic tracking for counting destroyed entities
  • Fixed controls UI column positioning for smaller devices

Patch 0.3.54

Features



  • New Bouncer weapon, bouncer projectiles will bounce off of asteroids with each consecutive bounce increasing the bouncer bolts final damage when landing a hit
  • New Railgun weapon, railgun projectiles have a high velocity and pierce directly through any asteroids found in their path


Changes



  • Increase respawn time each time a player dies by means of not killed by player to help discourage any advantage by suiciding
  • Exploding asteroid pieces now fly in the same direction as the projectile that destroyed it
  • Falling into a blackhole now also deals damage based on remaining hull health
  • Controls adjusted to only allow firing one weapon at a time
  • Increased points for killing players and reduced points for destroying asteroids in Bounty Hunter gamemode
  • "Obliterated by asteroid" death message now used if asteroid is moving faster than rocket
  • Enhancement options reduced to 3 options for Arena and Bounty Hunter gamemodes


Fixes



  • Fix first spawn to ensure players each have different starting locations
  • Fix bots enhancements count, reduce by 1 to match players enhancement count
  • Fix crash when landing a final hit after shooter was destroyed
  • Fix issue with blackhole attraction at close range
  • Fix message box to ensure is always hidden while not in game
  • Fix projectiles stuck in blackhole, projectiles that land in a blackhole are now destroyed
  • Fix to include better scrolling support for smaller screen sizes