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COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!

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Update 6.0.8

18 Nov

I've been cooking something new for the last little while that I'll be revealing soon (those in the Discord know what I'm talking about). In the meantime though, have this:

⚖ BALANCE

(perk) Cosmo: Critical Damage +100% → +200%, Damage -15% → -25%.
(perk) Radar, (turret) Spyglass: Radar will now allow Spyglass to autoaim at microbes beyond the normal visible area.
(weapon mod) Accuracy +100%, Firerate -25%: Accuracy +100% → +200%.
(weapon mod) Accuracy +75%, Damage -15%: Accuracy +75% → +90%.
(weapon mod) Accuracy +60%, Speed +100%: Accuracy +60% → +70%.
(weapon mod) Critical Chance +25%, Accuracy +40%: Critical Chance +25% → +50%, Accuracy +40% → -50%, ːbiomassː20 → ːbiomassː30.
(weapon mod) Critical Chance +50%, Knockback -100%: Critical Chance +50% → +40%, ːbiomassː35 → ːbiomassː25.
(weapon mod) Critical Chance +75%, Firerate -25%: Critical Chance +75% → +100%, Firerate -25% → -40%.
(weapon mod) Homing +50%, Size -30%: Size -30% → -25%, ːbiomassː25 → ːbiomassː20.
(weapon mod) Homing +75%, Damage -15%: ːbiomassː30 → ːbiomassː25.
(weapon mod) Homing +100%, Firerate -20%: ːbiomassː35 → ːbiomassː30.
(weapon mod) Damage +50%, Range -25%: Damage +50% → +60%.
(weapon mod) Range +100%, Damage -25%: ːbiomassː30 → ːbiomassː25.
(weapon mod) Critical Chance +30%, Speed -30%: ːbiomassː30 → ːbiomassː25.
(weapon mod) Sticky: ːbiomassː30 → ːbiomassː35.

🔄 CHANGES

Hovering over the filter buttons at the top for weapon traits now says what it's called (ex. hovering over the one for Explosive).
The "feeling sick?" intro popup won't appear if you've already disabled Music Visualizer and Screenshake in SETTINGS.
The warning text that shows when you're about to reroll while at low Biomass will no longer appear if you don't have rerolls, or past wave 30.
For burst-fire weapons, a shot will now only count as a "miss" if all projectiles within the burst didn't hit a microbe.
Menu background patterns now have some extra effects applied to them (if "high quality" is on in SETTINGS).

🔨 FIXES

(perk) Seismograph: The "MOD SPEED IGNORED" popup now says SIZE instead when this perk is equipped.
(weapon mod) Projectiles +100%, Range -35%: Was only reducing Range by 30%.
(turret mod) +100% Range on weapons with Bounce: The Turret Trial & Daily Modifier "Bounce" now properly interacts.
(turret) Chrono: Cosmetic previews will now properly align with the turret.
(mode) Shmup: A handful of microbes that were supposed to move side to side after reaching a certain distance from the bottom, now do so.

Genome Guardian

Need advice

So just got the game, got to wave 30 only due to the 'microbes are insane?!' mutation and I'm legit lost on how to get past wave 10. Do I focus on one weapon, do multiple of each, combo each slot? I'm getting frustrated already as damage doesn't seem to increase without meta progression (first thing I maxed out) and nothing I do works out by like wave 6. Am I missing something?...

soulpelt

17 Nov @ 4:02pm

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Recommended

14.4 hrs on record

Posted: 19 November

Fun game, a lot of content. I like that you gradually construct weapons from components during a run instead of just unlocking them.

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Nice attention to detail, when playing with the "devil" turret you can't get healed, so they added this custom message.

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the wrath of the AA microbe

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cursor and sight lines

I play the game on steam deck and I like it alot but the only problem i have with it is my cursor doesnt show up when i use the trackpad to aim, its completly invisible, whereas on youtube ive seen people have a white circle cursor. I prefer the feel of the trackpad over the joystick though. Also the sight line options are very faint and I often die because my aim is slightly off. Is there a fix in the options that Im just not seeing? or any other heplful suggestions?...

Halcy0ndays

24 Nov @ 6:19pm

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Update 6.0.7 (Controller DPad Navigation)

27 Oct

Adding a much-requested feature for gamepad & Steam Deck users: Proper menu navigation! Analog sticks will still move the cursor, but DPads will now snap the cursor to buttons.

It's not PERFECT yet (there's cases where the next button it snaps to isn't what you expect) but for the most part it's functional - will have a chance to improve it later.

Let me know if you encounter any bugs or oddities with D-Pad navigation - if things ever go REALLY wrong, remember you can still use the Analog sticks or touchscreen for navigation as well.

I've removed the in-game warning about the cursor dissappearing on Steam Deck since that's not really an issue with DPad navigation.[/b]

⚖ BALANCE

(weapon mod) Firerate +60%, Accuracy -60%: Accuracy -60% → -75%.
(weapon mod) Firerate +80%, Accuracy -200%: Accuracy -200% → -300%.
(weapon mod) Projectiles +100%, Accuracy -100%: Accuracy -100% → -200%.
(weapon mod) Critical Chance +20%, Accuracy +40%: Critical Chance +20% → +25%.
(weapon mod) Firerate +40%, Size -40%: Firerate +40% → +50%, Size -40% → -50%.

🔄 CHANGES

Gamepad/Steam Deck D-Pad menu navigation.
I guess that recently Steam Deck update ALSO tanked framerate for some reason - fixed that 👍

Genome Guardian

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got crash after this and all unlocks were lost.

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Update 6.0.6

25 Oct

EDIT: I'm aware of the "dissappearing cursor" issue for Steam Deck users - it's a result of the 24 Oct Steam Deck stable branch update, not something I can fix on my end. I expect Steam will patch this soon because it's broken cursor function for a number of other games as well. In the meantime you can still use the touchscreen to navigate menus. If you desperately want to fix it on YOUR end, there's some instructions here[github.com] that supposedly work

I put a ⭐ next to the most notable changes.

⚖ BALANCE

⭐These weapons now have innate Critical Chance:
- (weapon) ːadnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Stardust Blaster: Critical Chance 0% → +30%, Damage 14.9 → 11.2 (DPS 104/s → 102/s).
- (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Heatseeker Swarm: Critical Chance 0% → +30%, Damage 6.7 → 5.1 (DPS unchanged).
- (weapon) ːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Stardust Mortar: Critical Chance 0% → +30%, Damage 25 → 18 (DPS 110/s → 108/s).
- (weapon) ːadnaːːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Bubble Blaster: Critical Chance 0% → +30%, Damage 66/s → 50/s (DPS 83/s → 81/s).
All flamethrowers are getting +100% Speed so that they feel more like flamethrowers:
- (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːgdnaː Flamethrower: Speed 44 → 66.
- (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːadnaːːgdnaː Plasmathrower: Speed 44 → 66.
- (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːcdnaːːgdnaː Frostthrower: Speed 88 → 131.
- (weapon) ːadnaːːadnaːːgdnaːːgdnaː Heatwave Repeater: Speed 38 → 47, Size 26 → 35. (it's like, a half flamethrower)
⭐(turret) Dragoon: Instead of having no interaction with Hitscan weapons, now crit Hitscan shots use their wider, Bounce versions, and they'll also have x3 the lifespan.
(weapon mod) Accuracy +75%, Firerate -15%: Accuracy +75% → +100%, Firerate -15% → -25%.
(turret mod) Damage +80% to shots fired at 0% Heat: Damage +80% → +75%.
⭐(turret mod) Health Max +50% (based on initial Health Max, won't refill Health): Now refills Health!
(Turret Trial) Guardian: Health Max -50% → Cooling Rate -50% (you'll want the Cooling Rate reduction).

🔄 CHANGES

⭐Critical projectiles now have an orange tint, and orange trail if it has a trail.
Changed some Intro SHOP tips.
Various other forms of intro experience improvement & extra guideance.
There will no longer be a warning popup when adding a negative Speed modifier to a Hitscan weapon.
Added more SETUP tips & "devs".
The fade from green to red when retreating after wave 30 is now much faster.
Lengthened a few weapon descriptions so that they all have 3-line descriptions.

🔨 FIXES

(turret) Ramjet:
- ːadnaːːadnaːːcdnaːːtdnaː Burst Anti-Air Missile wouldn't move Ramjet, as if it had no Knockback.
- ːgdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Acid Rain wasn't being registered as a no-Knockback weapon.
(turret) Inferno: Hover-over weapon stats now correctly displays DPS as being X (aka 0).
(perk) Worm: Fixed the icon's colour (should have been less red).
I've finally put an end to that bug during the intro where you end up seeing an unlock popup for something twice.

Genome Guardian

Is this game hard or am I just not used to it yet?

I am loving this game so far but this is perhaps the hardest roguelite I've played. I'm struggling in depth 1 and get to about wave 12ish. I get the concept of weapon forms based on additional types. but it feels like stuff is expensive and I upgrade too slowly, or when I SHOULD buy weapon upgrades. Any kind of tips for a baby guardian like me?...

CrescendoFuri

5 Nov @ 12:25pm

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Steam deck support

Just wondering how well this game runs on the Steam Deck, is it possible to get a consistent 60fps?

PoopSlinger34

6 Nov @ 5:25am

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Question about Controller Support and Menus

Just curious - are the menus supposed to be navigable with a controller? My game just has a mouse cursor for menu navigation rather than being able to move through the various options with the d-pad and/or the analog sticks. The controller is detected (GAMEPAD DETECTED appears at main menu). The game otherwise plays fine but it’s really annoying to have to move the mouse cursor around with an analog stick, it feels very unnatural in a game like this - just wondering if this is the norm?...

acwnf

14 Sep @ 11:11pm

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Recommended

26.6 hrs on record

Posted: 24 November

100% recommend.

Seems very basic at first until you finish your first run (Wave 30). Then the game REALLY opens up.
25hrs deep as of writing this and prob still have a minimum of 30-40+ hrs until I unlock all the perks and upgrades. Crazy how much content is available in this game.