This is the biggest update since launch, with one goal: play like the best games in this genre, and do what they don't. Couch co-op on one power cable, building between waves, and now a daily race against everyone. You also told me the first minutes were slow and confusing, and a full run took too long to reach the ending. Update 1.6 fixes both.
A run is about 25 minutes now
- INVASION is 24 waves in four short chapters. You still see every area, the chapter breaks and three bosses, then OKTO comes for you at wave 24. Beat it and you win.
- The full 48-wave campaign is still there as INVASION · LONG.
- Your first run starts the fight after 20 seconds with one instruction on screen, and the first boss goes easier on you until you beat it once.
A lot more machines
Waves 1 to 10 send five times as many machines. They break faster, and you level up faster to keep up.
Builds that snowball
- Items now belong to 8 families: Fire, Ice, Poison, Shock, Blood, Armor, Cord and Luck. Owning 2, 4 and 6 of a family unlocks bigger and bigger bonuses, and every market card shows how close you are.
- A full elemental set gives you that element's operator power: burns spread, frozen robots shatter, shocks chain, poison finishes the weak.
- Guns evolve: a tier IV+ fire, ice, poison or shock gun with its 4-piece set deals 50% more damage and gets a new attack. Fire throws an EMBER RING, ice fires piercing ICE LANCES, poison sprays a TOXIC fan, shock calls a STORM that chains through the crowd. The 6-piece set pushes each attack further.
Every run counts
- WORKSHOP: every run, even a lost one, earns CORE DATA. Spend it on 9 permanent upgrades from the main menu.
- DAILY RUN: everyone gets the same operators and mutator for the day, including ones you haven't unlocked yet. Your score goes onto a daily Steam ranking (solo and two-player tables) and your day streak is saved.
- Online: OKTORAID works with Steam Remote Play Together, so a friend can join as Player 2 over the internet.
- 12 Steam achievements.
Thanks for playing and for writing in. Keep it coming.
— GeekZoneCouch