- New Ability Tower, Level 7, Multiplayer is now public! - 13 April 2021
Patch Notes This update makes the previously opt-in multiplayer beta branch the new default branch. This update also fixes a variety of bugs that were introduced with the multiplayer branch. New Content / Features Level 7 is now available! -> Includes a new Level Completion Achievement & Leaderboard. New Magic Ability Tower -> This new tower has a long cooldown but will spawn a fireball on top of the tower which you can pick up while in room-scale(Not on the Map) and you can throw it at the map to deal massive AOE damage in a large range. New Status Effect: Healing -> The monster plant has a new ability that has a 20% chance to provide a healing effect to nearby monsters that last for a short period of time. Other Changes Added a new animation for the Boat on the campaign map. Improvements to the NonVR Version of the game. There is still a lot of work to be done before this is added as…
- Multiplayer Update: Beta Branch! (Early NonVR Support) - 18 March 2021
Once again I would like to thank every who has taken the time to play my early access game! I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has written a review or left me feedback about the game! One of the most popular suggestions was to add multiplayer into the game. This is something I really wanted to work on personally but I had very zero experience with networking games. Since my previous game update at the beginning of February, I have spent the last month and a half working on adding multiplayer into the game. I decided to do this early on in the development process because with each and every feature that I add it would take more work down the line to backport into multiplayer. Now that I have the update ready in its beta form I will be getting back to adding more levels and features! As a solo developer, with only one VR headset I'm at the point where I've done all the testing I can a…
- Multiplayer Update Progress #2 - 9 March 2021
I've made great progress in regards to multiplayer. There are some visual bugs for a few things due to network position syncing, but it's mostly bug-free in regards to the internal code. I haven't decided on it yet, but if you have any interest in having beta access to a private Multiplayer build leave a comment below. Performance seems to be fine on my end, but it might be helpful to have a range of computer configurations. I've been testing the game out by running both a Server/Host Client with a 2nd Client on the same PC. Performance should still be just a solid as it was before. In the previous post, I mentioned I was targeting this multiplayer patch to be released this week and that it would also accompany a Week-Long Sale @ 40% Off. I will most likely still have the patch ready this week, but since a Steam Week-Long Sale has to start on a Monday, I will probably push the update ba…
- Multiplayer Update Progress / News - 23 February 2021
Hello! I would like to thank everyone who has continued to leave me feedback and suggestions! If you haven't already, please leave a review! I had my wisdom teeth removed on Feb 8th and was out of commission for about two weeks. I wasn't able to get much work done or be as active in the community threads as I would have liked. But I'm happy to say I'm feeling better and started back on the next update! If you haven't seen it already, check out the previous Development Roadmap! https://steamcommunity.com/games/1322370/announcements/detail/3019069421682253534 While I have a few of the below ideas already implemented, I would like to have the alpha build of multiplayer ready as well. Next Update Progress Multiplayer Alpha One of the most popular suggestions and something I would love to add. I have begun rewriting the internal codebase to support multiplayer. I only have limited experience…
- Level 6, Status Effects, New VFX, Game Changes! - 5 February 2021
This update contains some of the ideas from the Development Roadmap post. It also has includes a new level and many bug fixes and changes. Patch Notes New Features / Content Quick Mode - This new mode is identical to normal mode except that monsters spawn 20% faster. Added Level 6 - With new Achievement and Leaderboard. Wizard - This new monster appears on level 6. Towers do little damage making in a primary target of the player. Faresthest Arrow Shot - This new leaderboard tracks your farthest arrow shot. Game Speed / Time Scale Option - This new option found in the menu lets you switch the games speed from: 1x -> 1.25x -> 1.5x Status Effects / Damage over Time - Various Towers and Monsters now have abilities. Pyro Tower: Has a 10% chance to inflict burning. This lasts for 10 seconds and does 1-3 damage every 3 seconds. Poison Tower: Has a 20% chance to inflict poison. This lasts for 1…
- Roadmap - Ideas/Concepts/Plans! - 27 January 2021
I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to play my early access game so far! If you haven't already, please leave a review. Early feedback has been phenomenal! I'm honestly surprised how well people seem to like the concept of the game. I appreciate everyone who took the extra time to leave me feedback. I continue to read every comment and encourage anyone who has feedback or ideas to make a community post. With the latest Leaderboards Update - I have finished implementing the last of the core ideas I wanted to have in the game. Now that everything is implemented in its base form I can switch back to improving and developing new content. I have taken all of the future concepts/ideas I originally had and combined them with everything the community has suggested so far. I tried my best to include everything but I did prune some suggestions that either: didn't fit the current…
- Leaderboards Update! - 27 January 2021
Patch Notes Leaderboards Track your skill with the new leaderboards! There is currently a leaderboard for the fastest completion time for each level. There is also a leaderboard for the total number of monsters you have personally killed with your bow. This is still an early attempt. If you notice any bugs please let me know asap. Changes Achievements are now retroactive as long as you still have your saved data. Just relaunch the game and you should be given them. Added a slider for adjusting the Snap Rotation Delay. The tabs in the settings menu now change color when hovering to help indicate where you touching. The level info popup now shows a different color for the stars earned for a hard mode level. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where some achievements weren't properly being tracked. Hot Fix - 8am EST The monster kills leaderboard wasn't properly tracking. This has been fixed. I'm stil…
- More Achievements & Bug Fixes - 23 January 2021
If you haven't already, please take a look at the development roadmap! If you have any feedback drop a comment in that thread! I will be making another post soon with a list of all the outstanding ideas/concepts and encourage anyone to comment in that post with what they would like to see implemented first. In-game Leaderboards are in development and will be released soon! Edit: Currently these new achievements aren't retroactive. I should be able to make these retroactive in a future patch as long as you still have your saved data. All achievements are now retroactive via the patch on 1/26/21 Patch Notes New Achievements Added an achievement for completing each individual level Added an achievement for earning 3 stars on any single level Added an achievement for earning 3 stars on ALL available levels. Added an achievement for completing any level on Hard Mode Changes The Level Info Po…
- More Quality of Life Improvements! - 21 January 2021
These last few updates have all been about addressing the early feedback I have gotten since the launch of the early access build on 1/16/21. Ranging from quality of life improvements, new mechanics, and bug fixes. With this latest patch, I've squashed the last few remaining bugs and implemented all of the biggest suggestions so far. If you haven't already, please take a look at the development roadmap! If you have any feedback drop a comment in that thread! I will be making another post soon with a list of all the outstanding ideas/concepts and encourage anyone to comment in that post with what they would like to see implemented first. Patch Notes New Features Added an option in the settings to auto equip the bow when teleporting to the map. Added an option to hide empty tower slots while on the map. Added an option to show the current wave along with the existing arrow combo counter.…
- Significant Balance Changes & Custom Damage Colors! - 20 January 2021
New Features Custom Damage Colors - You can now customize the colors used across the game for various types of damage. You can customize -> (Weak Damage, Normal Damage, Critical Damage, Long Range Bonus Damage, Tower Damage). You will find this in the settings menu under the tab "Colors". This is still experimental. For now, it's best to change these while in the room. You may still change these on the map but the accuracy of selecting colors is slightly reduced. Monster Changes Bat health increased from 12 to 18 Orc armor increased from 30% to 45% Spider health increased from 28 to 32 Spider speed increased from 6 to 7 Giant spider health increased from 48 to 52 Giant spider speed increased from 6 to 7 Spider matriarch health increased from 200 to 240 Spider matriarch speed increased from 5 to 6 Tower Changes Archer Tower Level 2 gold cost increased from 110 to 120 Archer Tower Level 3…
- Various Arrow Damage Multipliers! - 18 January 2021
I have received a ton of great feedback so far and I would like to thank everyone who took their time to do so! One of the most common suggestions I have received thus far is that there should be damage multipliers to the various aspects of shooting arrows. Both to add another layer of skill and to prevent some of the more spammy shots that are possible from close range. By popular demand, I have added my first attempt at these mechanics to the game. Details can be found below. Bow Mulitplers (Additive percentages) Consecutive Shot Multiplier - The more accurate your shots the higher damage you do! The current breakdown is the following -> 0-6 shots is regular damage. 7-18 shots provides a 10% damage boost. 19+ shots provide a 25% damage boost. Bow Draw Distance Multiplier - To prevent spamming shots there is now arrow damage scaling based on how much you draw your bow before firing. Th…
- Bug fixes, Balance Changes, Input Bindings Update - 16 January 2021
A game update with the following changes: Updates Added a Wave Counter / total number of waves to the Wave Info Popup that's shown on a map. Balance Changes Increased shooting delay for Archer Tower Level 2 from 0.6s to 0.8s Increased shooting delay for Archer Tower Level 3 from 0.5s to 0.7s Reduced Ogre health from 640 to 480 Input Bindings Swapped the Menu Open & Menu Selection buttons for the Vive Controller. Potentially added a full mapping for the Windows Mixed Reality HP Reverb G2 controllers. The game still does NOT have a binding for the original Mixed Reality controllers. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that occurred when trying to update Monster stats with the modding tools. If the game detects that you've used the modding tool and have created a custom config and a new game update has a newer config it will now rename your modified config to "config_old" and generate the latest one.…
- Smooth Locomotion Update - 15 January 2021
New Features Added Smooth Locomotion as an alternative to Teleporting. You can find this in the Settings Menu along with a slider to adjust the default movement speed. Currently, the Forward direction is based on the player's head but I will be adding an option to use the player's hand this weekend. This is a Work In Progress feature so if you run into any issues, please leave a comment below. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue with sliders not working in the Settings Menu when on the map. Check out the included modding tools for full game customization!
- Bug Fixes & Updates #2 - 12 January 2021
A small game update containing the following changes: Fixed an issue with popups not properly scaling. Fixed an issue where popups didn't close when teleporting to/from the room or map. The Upgrade button on the TowerPopup now says "Upgrade For $XX" to be more clear. Check out the included modding tools for full game customization!
- Bug Fixes & Updates - 12 January 2021
A small game update containing the following changes: Snap Rotation delay has been lowered to 0.25seconds from 0.5seconds. The Sell button on the TowerPopup now says "Sell For $XX" to be more clear. Talents Popup now has a close button to be more in line with the other popups. Stage Clear Popup now also has a button to quit back to the main campaign map. Added an option to the settings menu that determines if you stay on the map after finishing a wave. Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where talent points did not properly save upon stage completion. API Changes: Updated Unity SteamVR Plugin to 2.7.2 (SDK 1.14.15) (OpenVR v1.1.4) Updated Unity Platform to Unity 2020.2.1f I've gotten a report that this update has caused a scaling issue with the Talent popup menu. There should be a patch out later tonight that fixes this. Edit: It appears this bug also occurs sporadically with the Settings and Wav…
- Small Game Update - 10 January 2021
A small game update containing the following changes: Improved Controller Hints / Tutorials Quality of Life changes to various popups. Improved various ToolTips messages. Revamped the default SteamVR Input Bindings. If you've changed any bindings, make sure you switch back to default in order to have it recreate the new settings. An early attempt at an input binding for the HTC Vive Cosmos Controllers. Check out the included modding tools for full game customization!
- Custom Modding Support - 9 January 2021
Hello! In the games installation folder, there is a folder called "Modding Tools" inside you will find a ConfigEditor tool that allows you to completely customize all Monster, Tower, and Level data. Make sure you run the game at least once before using this tool. The program should automatically detect the games config folder. After making any changes, you can click File -> Save and then overwrite the file named "Config.json". The game will automatically use the most recent config file in this folder if you don't overwrite the existing one. Do not edit the config file itself. If you do there's a good chance that you could make the file invalid when parsing. If this happens, follow the below instructions. If you would like to revert to the original config - Simply delete the config.json file and restart the game. It will recreate this file with all the original settings. This tool is a w…
- Looking For Beta Testers! - 7 January 2021
This beta window is now closed. Keep an eye out for future beta windows. Hello! Thanks for following the community page. I'm currently looking for around 9 (9 redeemed) that would like to participate in an early access beta of the game. This is an early build so you should expect bugs and rough edges but most everything is working as it should. It's also lacking in some regards to polished tutorials. I'm looking for someone who owns one of the following headsets: Oculus Rift S Oculus Rift HTC Vive Original Valve Index The game currently doesn't support Mixed Reality Controllers or the Vive Cosmos Controllers. I'm working on creating bindings for these controllers but I don't currently own these headsets. If someone has either of these headsets I might be able to send you a beta key and explain how to go about creating an official binding via the SteamVR Input Binding tool that you could…
