IMPROVEMENTS:

• We have finally unlocked the technology to display the weapon tags in the weapon's stat block (in the stat panel). Blessed be their names.
  
• Added a meta currency ("Metacium") multiplier on higher difficulty levels.
  
• The player is now invincible (title card) during the boss' death sequence, and for a short while (0.5s) after.
  
• The boss' death animation delay has been slightly shortened to better match the pacing of the sequence.
  
• Shortened the time it takes for the EXP & Health pickups dropped by the boss to reach the player, in order to increase the likelihood the heal will save them from imminent death.
  
• Re-arranged the sorting order of most weapon visuals in order to create a clearer visual hierarchy (for example, the fire trail is now rendered behind all other projectiles).
  
• The weapon frames are now displayed in the shop (and in the black void of level ups that appears before the shop).
  
• Added diminishing return to screen shake so you don't get sick while inside a swarm of bugs.

BALANCE CHANGES:

• Increased bomb thrower base explosion radius (from 6 to 7) and proximity trigger radius (from 4 to 5).
  
• Buffed the laser pistol's "Velocity Overdrive" augment and improved the wording of its description.
  
• The bubble gun's "Sentient Plasma" augment (aka homing bubbles) now also grants +30% Projectile Speed, enabling the interaction with the "Static Plasma" augment (which causes the bubbles to stop moving). Taking both augments will now lead to a total of x0.3 projectile speed.
  
• Increased the homing bubbles' rotation speed.
  
• Increased the projectile speed bonus of the bubble gun's "Experimental Plasma Charger" augment from 50% to 75%.

BUGFIXES:

• Fixed bug which set the Static Field's scale to 0 at the start of a new level (causing it to "disappear").
  
• Hopefully fixed a rare bug that disabled the grappling input after defeating the boss.
  
• Fixed tutorial pop-ups appearing over the pause menu.
  
• Fixed several bugs with the Capitalist Programming gadget.
  
• Fixed music not starting when you start a new run after winning.
  
• Fixed sound settings not saving your previous preferences.
  
• Fixed enemies having the cold effect on them when they spawn.

Slingbot Survivors is out in Early Access!

Huge thanks to everyone who's checked out the game, shared it, or just taken a moment to play. I've been working on this with the team for the past year, and it’s honestly so cool (and a little surreal) to finally share it with the world.

We’re super proud of where it’s at, but there’s a lot more coming. We’ve got monthly updates planned, and we’ll be running polls to hear what you want to see next.

Seriously—thank you. This is just the beginning, and we’re so excited to keep building this weird little robot bug-squashing game with you.

Thank you,
Team Cosmic Platypus