COMMENCING EXTERIOR ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL - SCAN INCOMPLETE - ERROR CODE: 01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110010 - UNKNOWN ENTITY DETECTED - LIFEFORM DETECTED - INITIATE LOCKDOWN

Good day, Orpheans!

Our third playtest is now live! Defeat Big Brother and continue exploring the Orpheus with brand new augments.

Head over to the Moros Protocol Steam page -> Hit the "Request Access" button on the playtest! It should let you in immediately, but if it doesn’t, be sure to check the email associated with your Steam account.

New Content

• Advanced progression up to the second boss.
  
• Updated build settings to reflect maximum progression.
  
• Expanded available Bioboost upgrades.
  
• Implemented cutscene handling for the 2nd boss.

New Augments

• Static Discharge (Armor)
  Leave a damaging electric field when dodging. Dodge costs more stamina.
  
• Living Turret (Ranged)
  Deal 150% damage after not moving for 2 seconds.
  
• Superheavy Bullets (Physical)
  Increase weapon damage by 50% but slows down the user for 1 second after firing.
  
• Scavenger (Armor)
  Increase ammo picked by 50%
  
• Personal Artillery (Physical)
  Weapon damage increased 100%. Movement decreased by 85%.

Changes

• Added door icons for weapon, vendor, and augment rooms.
  
• Fixed a generation bug causing some chests to generate twice (on top of each other).
  
• Fixed a bug preventing secrets from generating in maze rooms.
  
• Fixed an issue with secret rooms to avoid them spawning inside pillars that are too narrow.
  
• Added a quad blocker on stairs to ensure proper interaction with the secret room placement system (prevents secret rooms from spawning too close to or under stairs).
  
• Demo added a feedback request popup on quit and a counter to disable it after multiple presses.
  
• Added horizontal and vertical movement keys to control remapping.
  
• Refactored weapon rarity and level stat application; fixed related bugs.
  
• Updated ammo UI based on augment changes.
  
• Augment Icon consistency across the game

Have fun, and be sure to join our discord server[discord.gg] to get the most out of the playtests. We've been sỏ̵̹͚̥͌̒ ̶̠̘̈́ë̵͈̖̾͊x̵̰̏̌c̶̢̉͗̐ͅi̵̟͒t̸͇̕ẹ̷͔̊d̸͉͑ ̷̨̮͙̃̄t̷̙̀ọ̴͌̕ ̸̳̊h̷̭́ǎ̶̧̿̍v̸̒͜ê̵̼̲̻ - SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION - EXTERNAL FORCE DETECTED - SHE HAS A̶͔̗̎͛̕ͅȐ̶͈̲̠R̴̡͑̈́̎I̴̢͔̒V̴̨͚̞̈́͗Ĕ̴̯̭͝D̴͈͇̚ -̷̺̈́̀̔̓͌̃́͗̂̕͝

- Pixel Reign 🚀

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1605250/Moros_Protocol/

Know your enemy! That's a core tenet of being an Orphean. Whether you're fighting Freorra Corpos or alien threats, you must understand them. And what better way than to use their own weapons against them.

Good day, Orpheans!

There's even more weapons and augments to talk about in today's developer diary! We're going to focus on using the enemy against itself and picking up some corrupted weaponry.

The Orpheus is crawling with unknown enemies. But it's not all doom and gloom! Use their own bodies against them with these weapons 🩸

A sharp jawbone from a Darkphage with remarkable toughness. Its convenient shape makes it an effective close-combat weapon.

An energy-generating gland from a Darkphage, it can manipulate magnetic fields to create and propel balls of plasma. It seems to be able to sustain itself if given enough food. Recently seen in our playtest—did you get a chance to play with it?

This grotesque mass of organs is capable of propelling bone-like projectiles at devastating speeds, inflating its lung and releasing the gas with immense pressure.

Last time we talked about augments that improved your health and stamina. Now, we're going to look at some augments that actively give you new abilities throughout your run.

Your dodge is a powerful tool. When a Darkphage infectant is swinging its failing arms toward your torso, you need to get out of the way. However, there's more to your dodge with these augments. Like Aftershock, which drops a mini time bomb when you dodge, and Static Discharge, which leaves an electric field in your wake. However, be careful, as these extra abilities are going to increase your dodge stamina cost.

Increase your player speed with augments like Kinetic Boosters and Scout Boots. This will make it much harder for the Darkphage to take you down. Then combine these abilities with Run n Gun to increase weapon damage by up to 160% while moving. Become a speed machine and a blur of bullets!

You will be able to find some of these weapons and more in the upcoming playtest this weekend (starting tomorrow, the 9th of May). Be sure to sign up once it goes live at 4 PM BST. See you in the stars 💫

- Pixel Reign 🚀

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1605250/Moros_Protocol/