Hello ShadowHawkDragon here,
solo developer of Cyber Breaker,
To start with let me say a special thanks to everyone who has tried the demo and especially to those who have left feedback.
As this is my first major release any and all feedback is truly welcome, with it I can better shape the game to be an even more enjoyable experience.
The first part of this update is addressing the more confusing parts of the game with refined design and polish.
Energy (used to change lanes and discard cards) is now named Resolve to help it stand out from Power (used to play cards).
New visual effects have been added to shooting enemies and to enemies in the final space of a lane.
Add in adjusted terminology for movement cards that can target any lane, a new indicator for how many enemies are left to spawn and other such small tweaks: the overall gameplay should now feel smoother.
I've had feedback questioning the reason for this mode existing, which has made it clear that it wasn't serving its intended purpose.
So what is Basic mode? Simply put its to soften the landing of a player's first foray into the game, an extended tutorial of sorts even. The idea is for it to be a small bite sized representation of the longer and harder runs.
To better reflect this the mode has now been further shortened to include only the first boss fight and character unique items will no longer appear in this mode. This is to keep the focus on the core gameplay loop and to teach that even the more general purpose cards are actually very good on their own.
Ella Golston, wielder of the gamma-blade. She is the first BREAKER players will have access to and yet there's been some concern in regards to her overall complexity.
To better reflect her intended place as an introductory character whilst maintaining her character identity she has received a small rework to her core mechanics.
Ella now generates her unique resource 'gamma-charge' as you naturally use actions which cost Resolve: that is to say both by discarding cards and switching lanes, actions you are liable to be using frequently.
No longer do your need to juggle resources or think too deeply on whether to save Resolve for switching lanes or to generate gamma-charge, now you can do both.
For those who want greater difficulty or even to reduce it, a separate difficulty selector has been added.
Go for the extra challenge or take it easy, the choice is yours
-Upgrade and artefact prices are now static to improve consistency and reliability.
-Movement and Resolve cards adjusted and reworked to be overall more useful.
-Reworked and adjusted a number of Ella's unique cards to reflect her new core changes.
-Fixed Vibrant Wings spending gamma-charge instead of granting it.
-Fixed a crash when using the Quick Block card.
-Various other small fixes and tweaks