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Carnage in Space: Crucible

6 years ago

A new toy to play with: Nanotech Perks


Hey again, players! I mentioned Nanotech items in my last post about a boring feature I tried to make exciting. This feature, however, should be plenty exciting on its own!

Anyway, here's the final piece of functionality available in the tech shop: the Nanotech Dispenser.

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As you can see in this screenshot, there are a ton of different items you can choose from to craft that perfect character build. If you've bought all the slots, you can equip 3 of these babies all at once.

Speaking of which, you can now see what Nightmare's loadout looks like with all of the slots filled. He's quite a menace when he's got this much gear.

How menacing, you ask? Well, why don't you go ask the boss of chapter 1 how it feels about being on the receiving end of a Revenge + weak point combo for 3x damage? You can also see the Regen perk trigger towards the end. Free healing, anyone?

No one man should ever wield this much power.

Anyway - nanotech will also be different from all other items in the ways you obtain them. Whereas the other items can simply be bought with money (or collectible upgrade parts), these items are handed out as rewards for beating minigames. So if you're the type that needs an added incentive to take a break from the main quest, here you are!

I'll be talking in-depth about some of Crucible's minigames and challenge mode eventually. None of them are implemented yet, but I have a lot of cool ideas to add some more varied gameplay. No more replaying the same levels over and over to grind cash! Unless you actually like doing that in which case more power to you.

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