Hey all,
First and foremost... KATANAUT FINALLY HIT 500 REVIEWS!!! Thank you MASSIVELY to everyone out there that took a moment to leave a review for the game. I feel so extremely thankful to have every single one of you leave your thoughts. I read every single one of them... thank you so much!
November is here, and with it a brand new leaderboard season :) Thank you so much to everyone who played and submitted runs in October! I got a few balance changes below that are mainly going to affect some of the speed running leaderboards, but not by too much. Just looking to open up even more versatile builds.
As far as news on my end, ports for Katanaut are coming to a finish, they are looking really good so far, and hitting all three major consoles. Super exciting because its been an ongoing year long effort so far, and its finally becoming real! Aside from that, I have more awesome news on the horizon :)
A big congratulations to October's reward winners:
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898578880,
accesstoarasaka,
Aqualung,
Archagent,
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Ase Of Life,
Asperger Andy,
Athop,
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Axton,
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glider521al (Aura of Worlds dev),
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Hooman,
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Everyone listed will find a reward chest waiting when they log in during November. This month's reward is Frostfall Halo: a ring of ice shards circles you, freezing enemies it strikes and every so often unleashing a Frostbite Blast to both sides. It felt right for the colder months.
A lot of guns and skills that were falling behind got serious buffs, and Chronocide, Echo Fang and Leedra's Scale got a proper round of love so they can stand next to the stronger blades. Please keep the bug reports, build ideas, and feedback coming. They help me figure out what needs attention next :)
Core:
- Season 8 (November) leaderboard reward: Frostfall Halo. For 2 minutes, a ring of ice shards circles you. Every third kill sends a shard into the nearest enemy, damaging and freezing it, and every so often when enemies are close you unleash a Frostbite Blast to both sides at once, freezing everything it catches. Bosses are immune to the freeze. Enemies burst into snow while it lasts.
Balance:
- Slipstream's speed burst +100% (slides now get 80% faster instead of 40%)
- Pulse Shield damage +100%
- Parry Blade damage +70%
- Protean Gun damage +65%
- Deagle damage +55%
- Spectral Dagger damage +50%
- Vorpal Pistol damage +50%
- Ninjato damage +40%
- Time-Warp Cannon damage +35%
- Eclipse Cannon damage +30%
- Assault Shotgun damage +30%
- Force Wave Launcher damage +25%
- Ion Surge Rifle damage +20%
- Time Dilation damage +300%
- Gravity Slam damage +200%
- Pulse Barrier damage +200%
- Overcharge damage +100% at level 1, up to +175% at max level
- Shuriken Shower damage +90%
- Eldritch Storm damage +80%
- Wallop damage +65%
- Stealth damage +65%
- Bullet Storm damage +100% at level 1, down to +60% at max level
- Siphon Strike damage +40%
- Zeal damage +30%
- Cosmic Pact damage +30%
- Chronocide damage +15%
- Chronocide's Temporal Strike damage +73%
- Chronocide's Temporal Strike projectile now damages every enemy it hits and chains to
- Chronocide's Slow Bleed nodes +75% temporal damage, and the third Slow Bleed node can now be unlocked
- Chronocide's Timequake cooldown -33%
- Chronocide's Rewind and Causality now also trigger when you hit slowed enemies, not only on kills
- Echo Fang damage +60%
- Echo Fang orb damage +28%
- Echo Fang now releases 2-3 orbs per swing (was 1-3)
- Echo Fang stamina cost per swing -22%
- Echo Fang's Orb Technique shards now fly at the enemy the orb hit
- Echo Fang's Ghostlight now gives +10% crit chance
- Leedra's Scale damage +10%
- Leedra's Scale charged dive damage +37%
- Leedra's Scale swing rifts, Undertow pull and lances, and Dive Technique rifts damage +256%
- Leedra's Scale's Venom Burst: your dive now poisons the enemies it hits
Happy hunting! See you soon.
- Eugene | Solo dev