Gameplay
- Improved adaptive difficulty scaling during extended survival runs.
- Refined procedural music intensity for smoother escalation.
- Improved event trigger reliability throughout gameplay.
User Interface
- Added new HUD iconography for higher Endless tiers.
- Best Record now prioritizes Waves Survived as the primary performance metric.
- Best Record statistics now display Waves, followed by Time, Kills, and Level.
- Improved record display readability and consistency across all supported languages.
- Updated localized wave labels across the interface.
Localization
- Improved French localization.
- Updated Apex Brood translations.
- Added missing localization entries, including wave statistics.
- Fixed inconsistent UI text across multiple supported languages.
- Improved language hot-swapping without requiring a game restart.
Controller Support
- Improved gamepad detection and input reliability.
- Additional controller compatibility and navigation improvements.
- Performance
- Optimized sprite preloading to reduce runtime hitching.
- Improved dynamic particle scaling during intense combat.
- General performance optimizations and memory improvements.
Save System
- Refactored the save architecture into a unified versioned save format.
- Improved compatibility with future updates.
- Increased save reliability and data persistence.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Best Record displaying survival time instead of the primary progression metric.
- Fixed several Best Record display inconsistencies.
- Fixed missing localization keys affecting statistics.
- Addressed various UI update edge cases.
- General bug fixes and stability improvements.
Note: Save system has been completely refactored to improve long-term reliability and compatibility with future updates.