Demo v0.6.29.1 Update - Item Effect Preview & Tutorial Update

Groove Core · published · build 26268744

Changes

  • Enemies are now more likely to spawn in the direction the ship is facing

  • Stardust can be collected for a short time after a wave ends

  • Bullets created by splitting now inherit effects such as Critical/Corrosion from the original bullet

  • Bullets are slightly more likely to hit enemies

  • Added a new item, "Bearing": adjacent weapons automatically aim at the nearest enemy

  • Paradox: Pierce bonus changed from 1/1/2 to 2/3/4, and it now greatly reduces bullet spread

  • Changed the enemies in some waves of Uranus

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the pilot's main attribute values were occasionally uninitialized on the main menu pilot selection screen

  • Fixed an issue where the color of the portrait decoration line on the pilot selection screen was not synced

QoL

  • When you click an item in the shop/inventory to open its preview screen, you can now get a quick preview of the effect of items

  • Reworked the flow of the Prologue/Tutorial

  • Added keyboard and controller shortcuts for merging/recycling items

  • Added main attribute tooltips: the higher your Ballistic/Energy/Power/Support, the stronger Ballistic/Energy/Power/Support items become

  • Further increased the contrast of item charge progress

  • Items you pick up while dragging with the mouse are now slightly smaller

  • Changed the icon for unlocking sequencer slots

  • Sped up the scene transition animation between the main menu and the Upgrade Tree

  • Added an option to reduce bloom

Visual/Audio Changes

  • Greatly improved Volumetric Fog performance, and it is now enabled by default

  • Greatly reduced the brightness boost from the item "High Explosive"

  • Changed the LFO algorithm in the synthesizer

  • Weapons with a long firing time now shift in pitch

  • Changed the sound effects of some weapons

Localization

  • Fixed an issue where Uncommon and Rare were swapped

  • Fixed some text overflow issues

  • Shop "Refresh" renamed to "Reroll"

  • "Pager" renamed to "Bleeper"

  • Fixed an issue where the English text for health recovery effects on Bleeper and Harpoon displayed incorrectly

  • Re-polished the English item effect text

Demo v0.6.29.1 Update - Item Effect Preview & Tutorial Update · Groove Core patch notes · SteamPeaks