0.17.004

-Fixed a bug causing tokens to duplicate when picked up
-Altar's Pick Up stat %2 => %6
-Artifact Hungry Core Pick Up { %25, %30, %35, %40, %50 } => { %50, %60, %70, %80, %100 }
-Fixed Armory's weapon images
-Added a wishlist button to menus
-Some polish on main menu buttons
-Made some visual improvements for better readability on the Orbs screen.
-There should be fewer crashes while changing scenes. Still trying to figure out the crashes that occur while quitting the game.

Hello everyone!

Great news, Demon Hunt hit 10k wishlists just before the Steam Next Fest! This was an important milestone for me, so thank you all!

This also concludes the open playtest, you can still play it if you are in the playtest of course. So this is most likely the last update before Early Access.
Because a Demo is live for the Steam Next Fest, its basically the same with the playtest version and shares the same save file.

Here are the updates :

-Added OST. They are not in their final form as I made them in really short time.
-Changed the experience pick up sound. But you can select the old version in the settings if you like it more.
-Updated the mecha model.
-Ultrawide monitors should work fine now on main menu too.
-There is a crash happening at Appu(Boss 4). This patch should fix it, so please let me know if it happens again.
-Added weapon evolutions descriptions.
-Updated the store & library images


-Balance changes
-Artifact Force Shield cooldown { 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 } => { 20, 18, 16, 14, 12 }
-Artifact Target Matrix damage {%8, %10, %12, %16, %20 } => {%2, %4, %6, %8, %10}
-Artifact Energy Absorber {%30, %40, %50, %60, %70 } => {%20, %25, %30, %35, %40}
-Artifact Don't Stop
Damage Bonus {%20, %22, %24, %26, %30 } => {%10, %12, %14, %16, %2}
Penalty {%2, %2.2, %2.4, %2.6, %3.0 } => {%3, %3.2, %3.4, %3.6, %4}
Also shortened the activation time from 0.3 seconds to 0.1 seconds. But added a late activation time when you unpause the game.
-Removed the Artifact Expander for now.
-Dualsaber base damage 26 => 28
-Field ring damage 4 => 2
-Kunai base damage 22 => 20
-Kunai base pierce power 0.8 => 0.7
-Minigun base damage 10 => 12
-Swarm cloud base damage 14 => 16
-Swarm cloud rarity damage rate { 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 } => { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 }

Thank you all for your feedback and opinions—they’ve been incredibly helpful!

Hello everyone! This took a bit more then I expected, some changes and some new stuff. Let me know what you think!

-Wave time reduced from 30 to 20 seconds.
I think the game was feeling a bit too long and dragging out at times, so this change should make it more fast paced.
Basically 30 seconds worth of enemy spawns in 20 seconds now, so I increased all of the weapons dps to compensate.
This change shortens the total run by 8 minutes approximately.

-New item system.
You can recycle your items for reagents and craft new items or upgrade your existing ones now.
Added set items and unique items.
They don't drop from enemies directly, but instead enemies drop unique/set tokens which you can use to craft unique/set items in your base.
I made it so you can choose which item you get since they have a low drop rate.
Added storage space for items in base.
This whole system is a bit barebone and I will add more features and balance it in future patches.

-New item theme.
I changed the theme of items to mecha parts instead of clothing.
Made 78 new item icons, although I'll continue working on them to add more color and variety, I think they fit better with the game's look.

-Chest
New point of interest on the map that drops items.

-Ultrawide monitor support
This feature asked by many people so here it is, but I didn't get the chance to test it on a ultrawide screen.
So if there is a problem you see please let me know.

-Added ne stats. Leech Chance, Leech Power and Luck.
-Lowered the overall bloom effect, and turned downed the emission of some materials to make it a bit more easy on the eyes.

-Balances
Elite mobs have more health and speed now.
Increased range mobs projectile speed.
Reduced Mortar Ion Ring's flame count rarity upgrades. { 0, 2, 4, 8, 16 } => { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 }
Reduced Dualsaber radius upgrades. { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 } => { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }


-Roadmap
After this patch I will be working on fixing, balancing and polishing until February Steam Nextfest.
Which I will be participating with this alpha version of the game as a demo.
After the Nextfest I will be focusing on getting the game ready for the Early Access.
My goal is to get it ready until the Summer. We can say late Q2 2025. (April-May)
I'm planning to add more bosses, weapons, mechas, artifacts and maybe some new mechanics regarding weapon combos.
And I want to upgrade or change some of the assets to achieve a more cohesive game look, its a bit all over the place right now.
Between Nextfest and Early Access period I don't think there will be much update to the Demo.
But I want to playtest the game just before launching Early Access so there will be a couple of weeks for you the test it before hand.
There are so many things planned for 2025!
I really hope it will go well and the game will be in a good shape.
Thank you all for your feedback and support, also very curious to hear your thoughts on this upgrade.
Happy weekends everyone!

-Fixed a bug causing new players to have an unusable inventory. If you have this issue you have to reset your inventory though. Settings > debug > reset inventory

-Updated the inventory screen. Now you can sort your items and compare them with equipped ones.
-Fixed Orb screen scroll down/up issue with controller

Morbad. 3rd Boss
-Phase 1 projectile count 10 => 8
-Phase 1 projectile speed 3.4 => 3.2
-Phase 1 Spire spawn time 1 => 1.2
-Phase 3 move speed 3 => 2.5

Dualsaber
-Flame damage base value %10 => %40
-Radius rarity values {0, 1, 2, 4, 6} => {0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4}

Field
-Attack Speed base value 5 => 6
-Damage base value 3 => 4
-Radius base value 5 => 6
-Core Damage base value 5 => 4
-Ring Damage base value 5= > 4
-Evoporate Chance base value 0.02 => 0.03

Grenade
-Rain attack speed value 6 => 8
-Nuclear radius value 3 => 2.6

Blaster
-Shatter base damage value %50 => %60
-Shatter rarity damage value {0, %5, %10, %15, %20} => {0, %10, %20, %30, %40}
-Explosive base damage value %40 => %60
-Explosive rarity damage value {0, %10, %20, %30, %40} => {0, %20, %40, %60, %80}

Javelin
-Laser base damage value %80 => %60
-Laser rarity damage value {0, %20, %40, %60, %80} => {0, %10, %20, %40, %60}
-Mirror base damage value %40 => %60
-Mirror rarity damage value {0, %5, %10, %15, %20} => {0, %10, %20, %30, %40}

Kunai
-Cloud radius base value 1.6 => 1.2
-Scatter base count 4 => 2

Minigun
-Volatile base damage value %20 => %40
-Volatile rarity damage value {0, %5, %10, %15, %20} => {0, %10, %20, %30, %40}
-Spread attack speed value 28 => 36


Mortar
-Base damage value 100 => 80

Orbiter
-Flame base damage value %40 => %60
-Flame lifetime value 0.4 => 0.6

Swarm
-Node rarity spawn rate value {0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8} => {0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1.2}
-Node projectile speed base value 8 => 10
-Node lifetime value 4 => 6
-Cloud base damage value 10 => 14

-Optimized disk space.
-Inventory saves properly now.

-Save issues should be fixed.

-Just a little update about Steam Stats.

-Added threat levels. Includes new boss movesets and a new enemy type.
-Added new phases and moves to "Habbabu".

At Threat Level 3;
-Yabi spawns more spires through out the fight and spires can shoot projetiles.
-Jaya spawns a rolling acid ball which leaves puddles behind. Blob enemies gets buffed when they touch puddles.
-Morbad's spires explodes after landing. Spawns killable nodes that shoot projectiles during phase 2.
-Appu spawns an enemy that charges at player.

-Fixed weapon range issue with bosses with bigger geometry.
-Changed artifacts "Turbo Gears" and "Blasting Engine" stats.
{%2,%4,%6,%8,%10} => {%4,%8,%12,%16,%20}
-Changed artifacts "Kinetic Charger" and "Wave Amplifier" stats.
{%8,%10,%12,%16,%20} => {%4,%8,%12,%16,%20}
-Fixed a ui issue about decimals for artifact "Scope Rush".
-Stuck moving issue should be fixed now. Also added an alternative input method that you can toggle in settings.