I decided it was about time I got around to implementing special abilties to the 3 boss variants in the game: charger, minion spawning and AoE damage/knockback based on the boss type is now part of the game, including the demo.
While I was at it I also improved the graphics on a few different things such as the xp orbs and the bullets
Any kind of feedback is much appreciated!
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