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Carnage in Space: Crucible

6 years ago

Turning boring into awesome: Stat Upgrades


Hey again, fans! For the past week or so I've been working on a new song! But it has only served to remind me that *music is hard*. In order to recharge my creativity, I took a break to go build a new feature in the shop: Stat Upgrades.

Yeah, yeah. So you pay money to make some in-game numbers go up. Big whoop. After making them just as boring as they sound in Ignition, I've made an effort to make them more rewarding to purchase this time around. Now you can watch a progress bar fill up while also watching your changes take effect in real-time in the HUD.

But enough of that lame technical talk - anyone curious what the third stat is for? Well, if you pay attention to the top of the screen, you'll see three item slots light up as you buy that upgrade. These are for nanotech items, which can be equipped to give you various bonuses during missions. Those will naturally be the focus of my next new feature for the shop, so stay tuned for more info!

Between the 3 character upgrades, the stat boosts, and 3 pieces of nanotech, you're going to be able to make your characters REALLY overpowered. It's gonna be awesome.

And don't worry! There will be plenty of new ways to earn money to pay for all of these new toys!

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