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(+) Yeah! (+)

well after my speculation on the new passive it was pretty underwhelming. just more of the same stats. oh well. powerful item though.

stage 5 was pretty tough, i died horribly my first few times because i had gotten used to how easy the first four stages are with powerups, had to actually make sure i had a good build and not get greedy. really survive by the skin of your teeth a lot in the first 15 minutes.

Updated Development Roadmap
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921399732599926894/987042413476446248/Roadma070.jpg

Characters: 23/24
Stages: 9/10
Weapons: 46/49
Power-ups: 20/20
Achievements: 114/???
Relics: 5/6
Arcanas: 14/22

Patch 0.7.3 - ETA 23rd of June

Contains 5 new achievements and:
- 1 new character
- 1 new weapon
- 2 new Arcanas

Extra (not present on the roadmap):
- 1 Minor relic to change character appearance (where applicable) and do another silly thing

Tweaks:
- Updated some graphics
- Improved stats of Vento Sacro's early levels
- Added extra area coverage to Fuwalafuwaloo
- Moved Magic Banger relic to Green Acres
- Improved Localization support to auto adapt long strings and names

Bugfixes:
- Tentative fix for standard saves not working on Steam Deck for some users

damn this game pumps out updates fast

The new update drops tomorrow.
It'll probably go live in the afternoon.

The update is now live!

The new character is ridiculously classy.

I have decided to try my hand at farming eggs on Pugnala. Using the Gold Fever arcana makes it pretty free to get 70-100k gold if you use stone mask, and using the item attract one makes getting the evolved lancet (And potentially evolved Laurel) to get a few eggs (12, I think it is?) off enemies too. So easy 20 eggs per 15 minutes minimum. And once I get enough eggs that the greed scaling starts taking off, it'll go even faster because the scaling fuels itself thanks to being able to buy eggs with gold

Dunno how far I'll take it (Currently at about 250), but it's kinda silly and honestly Pugnala is the strongest non-secret character anyways IMO between having the best weapon and infinite scaling might per level

Reg posted...

Using the Gold Fever arcana makes it pretty free to get 70-100k gold if you use stone mask

My gold fevers are so inconsistent. Sometimes they go absolutely hog wild with 20k+ in a single burst and sometimes they don't even make it to four digits. Seems entirely dependent on what wave is active when I get the pick-up. Is there any trick to making them more consistent beyond playing on the maps that give you constant gold pick-ups to fuel it?

Xiahou Shake posted...

Is there any trick to making them more consistent beyond playing on the maps that give you constant gold pick-ups to fuel it?

Nope.

Which makes me realize that I didn't specify that I'm doing it on Moongolow, because those pot-plant-whatever things drop coins that help fuel it (So I can start one basically immediately and then potentially sustain it for the entire run non-stop) and because it has extra enemies at the end that drop eggs.

Bone Zone would probably work well for the same reason, but is a lot more difficult to survive and doesn't have the free egg drops towards the end. There's probably a breakpoint where the increased gold generation makes it better though, if you're looking to go super hard and optimize.

Ive been doing the Pugnala egg grind here and there too. Up to about 715 currently. Almost at the point where Bone Zone is starting to become more efficient than Moonglow, getting roughly 40 eggs per run there.

https://github.com/whalehub/AlwaysPickCoinPurse

very strongly recommended btw

Ooh, nifty.

And yeah, once you hit around 500 eggs or so, you have to start managing your exp carefully, because you don't actually want to max out any of your other weapons until you evolve the guns and the cat. Kinda wish I had unlimited skips, or wish there was an option to pick gold at any level.

I had all the achievements for this game and now a few months later I have less than half of them >_>

TheManaSword posted...

Ooh, nifty.

And yeah, once you hit around 500 eggs or so, you have to start managing your exp carefully, because you don't actually want to max out any of your other weapons until you evolve the guns and the cat. Kinda wish I had unlimited skips, or wish there was an option to pick gold at any level.

I'm not actually using the cats, though I certainly would if I were on Bone Zone instead, or maybe if my greed were higher.

This does seem like a problem that the new option to limit your max weapon slots can solve though - I keep mine limited to 4, and just pick up Water and one of Lancet/Laurel (Then pick up the other after I've evolved guns) with liberal use of skip/banish. I don't actually upgrade Laurel though, just get it to level 8.

I could use cats instead of water with otherwise exactly the same strat probably, but I wonder if the exp loss there (= fewer bags once maxed) is offset by the gold gain from the cats, or if there's a Greed threshold that makes it good? It's not like I'm particularly scrambling for levels unless I try it in Hurry mode though.

The level up bags don't contribute much to your overall gold total at that point, you gain much more by keeping your Gold Rush active, which the cats help with a lot. I'll have to try a run with the weapon slots maxed at 3 though, and see how that goes.

Is the extra gold from the evolved cats at all noticable itself? I have no issues keeping gold rush active for the entire run (Occasionally I'll lose it on the crab wave at 10 minutes, but that's before I can evolve anyways), so if that's the only reason to go for them, then meh

I havent honestly compared a run with cat vs without, so I cant say for sure. I do know that it makes it so I can just stand still for the last 15 minutes of Bone Zone and rack up money though, which is nice.

New update coming Thursday!

Patch 0.8.0 - ETA July 7th

Contains 3 new achievements and:
- new version of Stage 5. Will revert to the previous version once successfully completed
- final roadmap relic with a new game mechanic
- 1 new arcana

Extra:
- 1 minor relic to view enemies data from the main menu (the list will be updated with more data and details as we get closer to v1.0)

Tweaks:
- Updated some graphics
- Added a visual indicator of how many skins are available per character
- Added option to always pick Coin Bag or Floor Chicken when leveling up after maxing out all weapons
- Added visual reminders for Banished items
- Obtained unlocks can be filtered out from the list
- Crimson Shroud's retaliation damage now heavily damages some special enemies

Bugfixes:
- "Reach minute 31" arcanas not unlocking under certain situations
- Post-Moongolow stage crashing with certain characters

I had a run of Dairy Plant tonight where I got the evolved Lancet and Laurel and proceeded to kill Death... except I killed him too fast and the run ended at like 30:57, causing me to miss out on the achievement for lasting 31 minutes. Whoops!

The update is now live!

I think I won Vampire Survivors guys

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/3/AAblerAADbm5.jpg

The limit break thing is hilarious, but it also makes the game almost unplayable. I was moving at like .5 frames a second in the last few minutes of Bone Zone. I almost thought I crashed the game for a moment.

Yeah, my computer can't handle it super well and a bone zone run takes closer to 45 minutes between time spent on level ups and lag

On the other hand, I pull about 450k gold on a one weapon/limit break run there (Hitting "Random Always" at the first limit break level instead of trying to optimize, and it's pretty idle/brainless after the first ~15 minutes. Not perfectly so, but as long as I keep at least the corner of the window visible so I can see if/when my gold rush is ticking down instead of staying maxed, I can safely tab out.

Current Development Roadmap

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921399732599926894/995993995928932462/Roadmap080.png

Characters: 24/24
Stages: 9/10
Weapons: 47/49
Power-ups: 20/20
Achievements: 123/???
Major Relics: 6/6
Arcanas: 17/22

Reg posted...

I think I won Vampire Survivors guys

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/3/AAblerAADbm5.jpg

lmao wtf

Hit 1k eggs on Pugnala today.

numbers go up

AbsoluteUnit posted...

lmao wtf

Dairy Plant is, potentially, even better than Bone Zone for mass levelling a single weapon because you can immediately evolve off the first chest. Thus, you're not stuck waiting 10 minutes (And thus stacking excess levels onto your un-evolved weapon) before leveling your evolved weapon

how the hecky are people actually managing to assemble the shroud and corridor? I can't even make it to one of the pickups and back half the time.

AriaOfBolo posted...

how the hecky are people actually managing to assemble the shroud and corridor? I can't even make it to one of the pickups and back half the time.

hyper mode

character with a move speed bonus also helps

Take the Mad Groove arcana.

It doesn't give you any combat benefit whatsoever, and yet I still take it on >95% of my runs

Reg posted...

Take the Mad Groove arcana.

It doesn't give you any combat benefit whatsoever, and yet I still take it on >95% of my runs

well yeah, that too, but you will need the shroud at the very least to unlock that arcana

PrinceKaro posted...

well yeah, that too, but you will need the shroud at the very least to unlock that arcana

Nah, surviving to 31 on any map with base Lancet/Laurel is pretty simple. If you're having trouble, just add the Revive passive item on.

New update coming next week!

Patch 0.9.0 - ETA July 21st
Contains 4 new achievements and:
- new Challenge stage
- 2 new Arcanas

Extra
- 1 new character... they're telling me they're three, but trust me, it's just one

Tweaks
- Added a new music track when opening the Bestiary (can also be used as a standard in-game track )
- Moved save data folder on Windows to a safer location to avoid Cloud conflicts and issues on Steam Deck

Bugfixes
- Recovery numbers bringing the game to a halt with limit broken weapons

Bugfixes from 0.8.2. 270
- Having only Pentagram when limit breaking won't display a blank menu anymore
- Limit broken Gorgeous Moon is now affected by amount
- Prevented Pentagram and Gorgeous Moon to flash too quickly when leveled up rapidly
- Made it easier to see the relic at the end of Stage 5
- Fixed some typos in Limit Breaks
- Defeating the reaper before 31:00 counts as surviving 31 minutes

awkward
https://gyazo.com/881748fcd2fe34c6debb1f562c9d4ff5

oh eventually I killed a few of em woo

The update is tomorrow

The new characters is cute.
The new Arcana Cards is good stuff.

i tried taking porta with the game killer arcana. lmao

i love how easy this game is to break

I need to get back into this. I played it on "release" for a weekend but the constant updates make me want to go back

New Update next week!

Next Patch - ETA August 4th

Contains 2 new achievements and:
- 1 new Arcana
- incredible SECRETS

Extra (not present on the roadmap):
- 2 new characters

Tweaks:
- Arcana "I - Gemini" also affects Gatti Amari and its evolution and Nduja Fritta.
Unfortunately this also fixes the never ending Nduja glitch in the Dairy Plant

Bugfixes:
- Birds stop shooting at very low Cooldown

New update is tomorrow!

The update is now live!

This game got even more ridiculous that it already is and I love it.

So...they added something crazy for those that have a character with more than 5,000 Golden Eggs in the Moonglow Bonus Stage.

"When playing a character with more than 5,000 Golden Eggs, a dark void will appear due south of the starting area. In this void is the Flames of Moonspell, which remove 100 Golden Egg bonuses as random for free, and can be purchased any amount of times."

Thankfully it's not tied to the Collection or an Achievement.

https://twitter.com/poncle_vampire/status/1557766318358777858

^ The Content Roadmap so far

Wait theres a cool hydra? How do I get that?

Zigzagoon posted...

Wait theres a cool hydra? How do I get that?

Gyurunton - Survive 15 Minutes in Boss Rash with only one weapon enabled

Make sure you also have the Mindbender for you to enable the ability of having one weapon as well.

The Hydra may have also been inspired by King Ghidorah!

I managed to do it without Mindbender, by using Mad Groove to pick up a ton of accessories

New patch is dropping this Thursday!

https://twitter.com/poncle_vampire/status/1559559372178706434

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