The first update of the remaster is here! A bunch of new and returning content has been added, so there should be a lot more to do now!

New Content

• 1 new Advanced map: Tomb Raiser

  • Enemies will rise like the dead in this scary Advanced* map!

    • * This map is currently Advanced, but due to its difficulty, may be moved up to Expert in later versions.

• Difficulty-based enemy speed modifiers

  • Currently only applies in Easy (-10% speed) and Hard/Extreme (+10% speed).

• Map Progression System

  • Maps will now give you Map Keys upon first completing any gamemode.

    • Note that auto-completions of lower difficulties from any of the standard modes won't grant the map key.

  • This map key can be used to unlock a map of equal or 1 higher difficulty, as well as all special modes on the map.

    • Note that all Beginner maps are automatically unlocked.

• Silver Map Border

  • A new map border for completing the basic 4 gamemodes.

  • Completing the special modes will replace this with the Gold Border, like it did before.

• Pre-Round Comments

  • To add a little more life to the game mid-run.

• Game Hints and Warnings

  • Upon your first time seeing a variety of enemies and certain gameplay features, a pop-up will appear letting you know a bit about it.

• Game Over Tips

  • A new small bit of text giving a potentially helpful tip on how to deal with certain enemies or modifiers.

• New Visual Option

  • Changes the tower ability bar around the tower to be like the original bar.

• Tutorial

  • Learn the basics of the game while also getting a bit of a headstart in levels and tower ranks!

  • Can be skipped, and you'll still get the headstart rewards if you do skip it.

  • Note: If a save already has progress in it, then the tutorial is automatically skipped.

• Tower Menu

  • This menu will show all of the upgrades and abilities for the towers you have unlocked.

    • Say goodbye to the temporary tower rank display.

  • Additionally, you can see their progress through the ranks as well as any rewards unlocked.

  • This is where you'll be choosing your heroes from now on.

• Missing Rewards Present

  • If you're missing any rewards normally given by level ups, this is how you can get them without needing to level up again.

  • This will primarily only matter whenever an update drops that adds level up rewards.

Returning Content

• 4 returning towers: Drill Sniper, Oceanic Ship, Power Charger, and Cash Producer

• 1 returning hero: Aerial Blaster

• 2 returning maps:

  • Twist n' Turn

    • A lot more twisty and turny, and all boulders were cleared!

  • Grid

    • Now built much more like an actual grid!

• Map path pointers return and are better than ever!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where enemies couldn't be targeted if they were at the very start of the enemy path.

• Fixed a bug regarding enemy IDs if damaged by an attack that deals more than 1 damage.

• Fixed a bug with tower-targeting attacks regarding towers with buff immunities.

• Fixed a bug where tower-targeting attacks could target flying subtowers.

• Fixed a bug that allowed multiple 2/2/3 and 2/2/4 Crossbow abilities to be activated all at once.

• Fixed a bug where your best round on a difficulty could be reset or lowered.

General Changes

• Reworked the hero upgrade menu

  • An actual hero leveling bar now shows, making the hero's level and xp far clearer and cleaner.

  • A second hero XP purchase option was added that allows you to invest straight towards maximum level.

  • You no longer need exactly the amount of cash required in order to invest towards the next hero level.

  • Hero XP costs now change based on the difficulty's cost modifier.

• The Tower Unlock Menu will change to a Hero Unlock Menu every 10th player level.

• Ability Bar adjusted

  • Ability icon is now at the center of the bar at all times, instead of at the center of the fill.

  • The fill now starts fully towards the left of the bar instead of slightly outwards.

• Projectiles now despawn after traveling far enough off-screen.

  • Homing projectiles can travel slightly further to give them a chance to home back on-screen.

• Loads of optimization to various parts of the game.

  • If you want a quick visual on how much more optimized the game is, try out a max ability stacked 2/2/4 Crossbow ability at 10x game speed!

• Tower targeting options are now sorted, preventing inconsistent tower targeting order, mainly seen with 2/4/x Oceanic Ship.

• Tower buff displays are also sorted, preventing inconsistent buff display order, mainly seen with Crossbows.

• Added a new anti-stall mechanic

  • 3 minutes after the final enemy of a round spawns, all slow/stun/knockback effects get weaker over time

  • This caps after 2 more minutes, where all those effects are nullified

• Save slots now include a "time played" tracker and "last played" date underneath the stone count.

Specific Changes

Game Modes

• Sandbox, Half Cash, Last Stand, Ramped Up

  • Now requires the Map Key to play.

Crossbow

• Upgrade icons for Sharper Arrows (1/x/x), Even Sharper Arrows (2/x/x), and Charged Shot (3/x/x) updated.

Oceanic Ship

• Attack planes will now turn back on-screen if they go off-screen while in Chase flight mode.

• (4/x/x) Take Down Machine's passive take down attack no longer drains Brewing Station buffs

Magic Orb

• (x/x/4) Nature Shifter's ice aura now has a more opaque outline around it

• (x/x/4) Nature Shifter's ice aura no longer drains Brewing Station buffs

Brewing Station

• (x/2/x) Anti-Boss Acid potion debuff now lasts twice as long on bosses

  • This allows the debuff to get 5 hits if paired with Longer Effects (x/x/1)

Octogon Shooter

• Sharper Spikes (1/x/x)

  • Price reduced from $300 to $250

• Heated Spikes (2/x/x)

  • Price increased from $500 to $750

• Quicker Engine (x/1/x)

  • Price increased from $175 to $200

• Super Engine (x/2/x)

  • Price reduced from $350 to $300

• Small Sight Boost (x/x/1)

  • Range increased from 120 to 125

• Spike Storm ability (2/2/2)

  • Duration reduced from 4s to 3s

  • Attack cooldown increased from 0.0333s to 0.0375s

Drill Sniper

• Stronger Weapons (1/x/x)

  • Damage reduced from 6 to 4

  • Price reduced from $1000 to $750

• Advanced Weapons (2/x/x)

  • No longer inflicts stun

  • Damage reduced from 10 to 7

  • Price reduced from $3000 to $1250

• Hollowed Lens (x/1/x)

  • Grants "Hollow Priority" targeting

  • Price reduced from $275 to $225

• Explosive Core (x/2/x)

  • Explosion pierce capped at 5

  • Price reduced from $900 to $750

• Faster Reload (x/x/1)

  • Attack cooldown increased from 1.3s to 1.35s

  • Price reduced from $400 to $350

• New Reload Tactic (x/x/2)

  • Renamed to "Even Faster Reload"

  • Attack cooldown increased from 0.9s to 0.945s

  • Price reduced from $800 to $400

• Supply Drop ability (2/2/2)

  • Crate cash value reduced from $600 to $500

  • Cooldown increased from 30s to 60s

  • Initial cooldown % increased from 25% to 50%

Power Charger

• Base (0/0/0)

  • Pierce increased from 2 to 3

  • Price increased from $610 to $625

  • Reworked charge mechanic

    • Charge gain, cap, and loss is significantly lower

    • Charge gain is now 20 per attack, plus 10 per base damage dealt

    • Charge cap is greatly lowered down to 1000

    • Charge loss is now linear instead of exponential, takes about 9 seconds to lose max charge

    • Delay before charge loss is doubled

    • Charge no longer influences pierce, instead grants +1% attack speed per 20 charge

  • Due to this rework, all the below will be descriptions of new upgrades

• Faster Charge (1/x/x)

  • Charge gain per attack +10 (20 -> 30)

• Uncharged Boost (2/x/x)

  • Base attack cooldown -20% (0.5s -> 0.4s)

• Piercing Orbs (x/1/x)

  • Pierce +3 (3 -> 6)

• Burning Orbs (x/2/x)

  • Damage +1 (1 -> 2)

  • Now damages Metal enemies

• Increased Capacity (x/x/1)

  • Charge cap +1000 (1000 -> 2000)

• Reduced Decay (x/x/2)

  • Charge loss delay +0.5s (2s -> 2.5s)

  • Charge loss base rate -10 (20 -> 10)

  • Charge loss increasing rate -5/s (+20/s -> +15/s)

• Overcharge ability (2/2/2)

  • Increased damage, pierce, and attack speed for 10s

  • Charge is capped while active

  • Prevents natural charge loss for another 5s afterwards

  • 40s cooldown

Cash Producer

• Base (0/0/0)

  • Hitbox size increased from 27 -> 30

  • Price increased from $800 to $1000

• More Cash (1/x/x)

  • Renamed to "More Coins"

  • Coins per round reduced from 8 to 6

• Even More Cash (2/x/x)

  • Renamed to "Even More Coins"

  • Coins per round reduced from 16 to 8

• Increased Value (x/1/x)

  • Moved to x/2/x, x/1/x is now "Sturdy Coins"

  • Now applies to end of round cash bonuses

  • Price increased from $1500 to $2500

• Golden Lives (x/2/x)

  • Completely removed

• Round Collection (x/x/1)

  • Moved to x/x/2, x/x/1 is now "Auto-Collect"

• Bonus Cash (x/x/2)

  • Moved to x/x/3

  • Renamed to "Cash Spawner"

• Small Loan ability (2/2/2)

  • Debt per ability increased from $2500 to $5000

  • Initial cooldown % increased from 25% to 50%

Aerial Blaster

Due to Aerial Blaster being reworked from the ground up, these will just be general changes instead of going through level by level

• Name changed to "Aerolyte, the Aerial Elite"

• Arrow and missile quantity don't change until LVL21

• Missile attack no longer has its own attack range

• Movement speed, Plasma Shot duration, and The Air Force duration no longer increase with every level

• Plasma Shot now only applies to the arrow attack

• The Air Force is now the new LVL10 ability, and renamed to Air Force

• Toxicity is now its own attack, starting at LVL11

• Super Turret renamed to Deploy Turret

Alpha Roadmap - Update v0.3

Here are the current plans for Version 0.3:

New Content

• Map Display Settings

  • Adjust the order maps are displayed based on a few settings, such as release version, medal count, etc

  • Also lets you hide fully completed or locked maps

• Animations

  • Will apply to a few projectiles and menus

• Tower Rank 5

  • Required to unlock Tower Skins

  • Don't worry, any excess XP gained by towers after hitting Rank 4 will be saved and used towards Rank 5 once this update drops

Returning Content

• 4 returning towers: Cannon, Machine Gun, Aquatic Gem, and Aura Booster

• 1 returning hero: Electro-Shock

• 3 returning maps: Long Walk, Loop, and Airborne

• 8 returning tower skins: Bow (Crossbow), Dorito Blaster (Octogon Shooter), Mecha-Sniper (Drill Sniper), Water Guns (Oceanic Ship), Magic Wall (Magic Orb), Incubator (Power Charger), Gold Mine (Cash Producer), and Cauldron (Brewing Station)