Midnight Horde Demo

Midnight Horde Demo Celebration: Patch Notes

Thank you for playing the demo of Midnight Horde! Your feedback has helped me shape the game into a better experience, and I'm thrilled to share all the updates I have made based on the feedback. Here’s a summary of all the new features, balance changes, and fixes I implemented based on your input.

New Features

• Added tooltips for better clarity:
  - On popup unlocks in the main menu.
  - On chest rewards.
  - In the inventory during level-up.
• Introduced a Gold quest: Stay alive for 1 minute to earn gold earlier.
• Added a gold-spawning building.
• All pickups like heal or summon-all-xp now recharge.
• Improved castle building selection and zoom focus on the selected piece.
• Enhanced level socket readability and appearance.
• Updated the power-up menu to make it juicier.
• Power-ups you can afford are now highlighted.
• Added a new sound for the winning screen.

Balance Changes

• Spread bosses out more evenly and nerfed certain events.
• Skull boss eyes now have increased HP when they drop out.
• Reduced many power-up menu stat costs by up to 50%.
• The red XP now slowly moves toward the player.
• Introduced a new difficulty scaling system where perk upgrades increase enemy HP by 35% instead of 50%.
• Lowered the number of upgrades for many stats during a run to allow for faster synergy unlocks.
• Out-of-map teleport now:
  - Pushes enemies away.
  - Makes the player invulnerable for 1 second.
• Death from Above now triggers on normal falling as well.
• Nerfed Explosive Monster speed.
• Made it easier to get more chest rewards when repeatedly earning them.

Readability Improvements

• Monsters are now dark until they finish climbing.
• Heavy Landing now features more particles and a new sound effect.
• Out-of-map teleport slows down time and shows damage before teleporting.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a major bug that doubled power-up stats when upgrading again.
• Reduced lag caused by ghosts.
• Explosion Monster damage radius now matches the visible explosion.
• Fixed Speed Bullets incorrectly pointing to Machine Gun as an evolved state.
• Winning menu updates correctly now.
• Fixed the 20-minute quest goal not triggering.
• Improved localization for Roman numerals.
• Adjusted settings menu for better usability.
• Reduced shakiness of the Rod of God.
• Fixed splash screen resolution issues.
• Fixed number scrolling and text alignment issues in the castle builder.
• Resolved Steam Cloud save issues.

I hope the demo has been fun!
I got a lot of new energy watching people play the game.

I will let the demo stay up for at least a month more.
But for now I will try to wind down the updates and try to take some holiday vacation.

All the best
Per