v1.8.0: The Cantina - a whole arcade game just appeared in the void
Lost Vessel · published
I was going to build a pub. Instead, one got found.
The Cantina
There is a new tab under Signals from Survivor 8: the Cantina. A stray signal, a pub much older than it has any right to be, crystal growing through the hull, bottles still full, nobody home. And in the corner stands an arcade cabinet that has no business still running. It does anyway.
I.D.L.E. DEFENSE
The cabinet plays I.D.L.E. DEFENSE, and I want to be clear about the size of this thing: it is a full idle tower defense game living inside Lost Vessel.
- Seven regions that mirror the descent you already know, Crash Site Perimeter down to the Hollow.
- Turret tiers with evolutions at the top, a skill tree, and a mine that keeps digging while the turrets hold the line.
- I.D.L.E. runs the tutorial, and he has opinions about your performance.
- Standalone progression, saved to your account, on any device.
The Offering
The machine does not take coins. One offering, a big pile of metal scrap or research accelerators of any tier, lights it for an hour, and the hour counts whether you play or let it idle inside the window. If it burns out mid-session, the machine goes dark right where you stand and takes another. Seven new achievements went up for it, titles included.
Also in 1.8.0
- Three new background music tracks.
- Full phone support for the cantina; the cabinet plays in landscape.
- Global chat now celebrates full seven-rift clears and completed Rift Feat sets.
- A stack of fixes, including the Galaxy chat ghost that congratulated people for forging Legendaries they had owned for weeks.
Full notes are on the transmission board in the game. The machine is waiting. Bring scrap.