We've just updated the demo of Neon Override, and it has a bunch of awesome changes for you all too enjoy. Be sure to leave any feedback on these changes here, or over on our Discord![discord.gg]

• Health drops will no longer be picked up when at full health
  
• Metabolism has been reworked into High Metabolism, a Tier 4 rarity upgrade that will automatically collect all health drops at the end of a wave.
  Dev note: We still have longer-term plans to create more healing options in future upgrades, but we wanted to immediately replace a rarely picked upgrade with something more useful
  
• Wave 10 will now end when the 8th Datacube is collected
  Dev note: No more needing to run to the middle! This was based on feedback we've received from the community, so thank you to everyone who suggested it!
  
• Each Datacube now directly rewards 50 Shards when collected
  Dev note: The game used to reward all 400 Shards when finishing the wave but this should feel a bit more intuitive

• Level up screen will now show how many level up choices you have remaining
  
• Options and Exit buttons added to Home Base menu
  
• Tooltip added to Enemy Difficulty values on game over screen to explain that they can be changed in the options

• Added unique models for each weapon type
  
• VFX added to Unyielding damage aura
  
• VFX added to more clearly mark Lightning Rod effect radius
  
• Beam VFX from Explosive Cells and Buff Enemy should no longer obscure the camera as much
  
• Ping Storm area should be more clear to see, especially on blue floors
  
• Replaced some level floors/backgrounds that reduced readability of gameplay
  
• Shop portal now animates to the beat of the music
  
• New upgrade icons

• Improvements made to performance when a large number of Infect debuffs were present in a wave
  Dev note: This was a major cause of slowdowns on later waves, so this fix should help substantially on runs with Malware Missiles or other sources of Infect

We hope the start of your new year has been great so far! Here at Lightning Rod Games we’ve been working hard on our game, !

Neon Override is a bullet-heaven + top-down shooter roguelike that mixes extensive build creation with fast-paced action combat. Craft powerful builds as you dash and blast your way through hordes of enemies and dive deeper into a worldwide cybersystem!

You can play the demo of Neon Override right now! We are aiming for an Early Access release later this year!

We’re incredibly excited to hear what you think of the game! Be sure to let us know what builds, upgrades, and archetypes you like so we can continue to expand upon the game into the future. We’ll also be sharing plenty of upcoming updates and information ahead of time over on our [url]Discord[/url], so be sure to join it to stay up to date.

From everyone here at Lightning Rod Games, we hope you enjoy Neon Override!