Update V1.2.0 notes

CHANGES

• Powers are now rarer but they are added to blueprints instead of specific towers so that they affect all towers of the same type
• Powers will no longer be offered for blueprints on which they would have no effect
• Added a new section in the inventory UI for spending coins to craft blueprints and powers from your selected faction, as well as wrenches
• Enemies will now be spawned in larger quantities
• Enemies now always target the base, only attacking towers that block their path to it.
• Reduced coin rewards from enemy spawners
• Increased starting coins from 50 to 75
• Updated Animation for arcane wisps
• Revamped UI for selecting blueprints /powers
• The cost and health of towers is now displayed in the selection UI
• Revamped pause menu UI
• Added in-game settings to the pause menu
• The islands of the first enemy factions now appear from the bottom right side
• Settings are now saved on your device
• New settings for max FPS, resetting settings and erasing progress
• Area effects for final support and heartbeat now appear underneath towers and enemies
• The spawner for the final boss no longer shows rewards, as the game ends when you receive them.
• Various small inventory UI tweaks
• Improved lighting
• Cleaner implementation of pixel art
• Cleaner font

ENCYCLOPEDIA REVAMP

• The encyclopedia has new visuals to make it look like a book
• The encyclopedia and its text are now larger
• Added pages for all tower and enemy status effects
• Pages for towers and enemies now also include stats
• Pages for powers now also state the requirements for unlocking them
• Abilities of towers and enemies are now explained in more detail
• Added Bookmarks that instantly get you to a certain section of the encyclopedia
• Towers, powers and enemies need to be discovered in game before they are added to the encyclopedia

NEW POWERS

• Arcanist power "Expiry Pain" - negative effects damage enemies when they expire
• Arcanist power "Time Control" - slows nearby enemies when special is used
• Arcanist power "Curse Burn" - negative effects also deal damage over time
• Automation power "Charge Release" - stuns nearby enemies when special is used
• Automaton power "Charge Share" - charges the specials of nearby towers when it uses its special
• Automaton power "Headstart" - The tower has its special fully charged when it gets placed down
• Warrior power "Last Stand" - the tower is empowered while below 30% health
• Warrior power "Rally" - Empowers nearby tower when special is used
• Warrior power "Revenge Spikes" - Deals 10 damage to nearby enemies for every 5 hits the tower takes
• Florist power "Poison Strike" - Main ability damage applies 2 stacks of poison
• Florist power "Poison Special" - Special ability damage applies 10 stacks of poison
• Florist power "Swift Death" - Poison does damage twice at a time

DUO POWERS

• Duo powers are stronger powers that combine the mechanics of two different factions.
• Arcanist/Automation power "Cursed Lightning" - Chain lightning effects spread negative effects
• Arcanist/Warrior power "Intimidation" - Nearby enemies are weakened
• Arcanist/Florist power "Curse Transfer" - Poisoned enemies transfer their negative effects to another enemy on death
• Automaton/Warrior power "Critical Rush" - Grants haste when the tower does critical damage
• Automaton/Florist power "Stunning Toxin" - Poison stuns the enemy when doing damage
• Warrior/Florist power "Reaper Toxin" - Poison executes enemies below 25% health

TOWER BALANCE CHANGES

• Arcane Shield health increased from 1000 to 1500
• Arcane Shield cost reduced from 15 to 10
• Auto Pusher health increased from 1500 to 1750
• Auto Shocker cooldown increased from 0.1 to 0.2 seconds
• Auto Shocker main ability damage increased from 5 to 10
• Crossbow can no longer damage multiple enemies with a single main ability
• Crossbow main ability damage decreased from 25 to 15
• Crossbow special ability damage decreased from 75 to 45
• Crossbow now needs 250 charge to use it's special instead of 375
• Spike Shield health increased from 2000 to 2500
• Spike Shield now needs 275 charge to use it's special instead of 875
• Spike Shield special lasts for 3 seconds instead of 5
• Spike shield cost reduced from 20 to 15
• Leaf Shield health increased from 1250 to 1750
• Leaf shield cost reduced from 15 to 10
• Lifebark cost reduced from 20 to 15
• Flytrap cost reduced from 25 to 20

POWER BALANCE CHANGES

• Arcanist power "Final Support" now has a 6 tile radius instead of a 7 tile radius
• Arcanist power "Curse Exploit" now also works with damage from special abilities
• Florist power "Replacement" now requires the tower to have survived for at least 30 seconds for the effect to take place
• Chain lightning now happens instantly and has increased reach but has a limit of 5 targets
• Impact Charge now charges 10% per hit instead of 3%

ENEMY BALANCE CHANGES

• Arcane summoners can now float on water
• Arcane Wisps can now float on water
• Arcane Wisp attack speed reduced
• Arcane Wisp attack delay removed
• Automini attack speed reduced
• Automini attack delay removed
• War machine's bomb ability is no longer its main ability, and its main ability is now a single target hit
• War machine's bomb ability damage increased from 10 to 50
• War machine's self destruct ability now has a 4 tile radius instead of a 6 tile radius

BUG FIXES

• Fix being able to spend a wrench on a tower that is already destroyed
• Fixed a bug that let you destroy the same tower multiple times to get more coins back than you should
• Fixed a bug that caused cancelling placing down a crossbow to crash the game
• Fixed War Machine's self destruct ability area not being correct
• Fixed a bug that caused enemies to target the bottom of a tower rather than the center
• Fixed black bars on wider screen resolutions