Update 3.0 is Out

The time has finally come

After a lengthy 2 and a half years in development, the mythical 3.0 update if finally out and around for all to play.

Next up, a break, after that i'll get to doing 3.1 for realsies and hopefully get it out before it snowballs into another 2 year update

changelog's massive so here's a summed up version:

// New Content \\

-- [ World 5 ]

  - 12 New enemies

  - 6 New Towers

  - 32 New Levels

  - New Endless Zone + Survival

-- [ Mission Mode ]

  - New Missions:

     - Disintegration (Tier 5)

- Crash Course (Tier 2)

- Runequest (Tier 3)

- Damp Deletion (Tier 5)

- Glistening Greed (Tier 4)

- Legacy to Behold (Tier 3)

  - Tweaked the Mission Mode Menu to make it simpler and easier to read.

-- [ World Expansion ]

  - Added City Levels 26-40, Which are CRAZY hard levels only avaliable once you reach rank 80.

     - (Every world will be getting a expansion through future updates, each getting harder and harder!)

-- [ Collect-a-Thon ]

  - Collect-a-Thon has received many changes to make it more enjoyable and make the rewards easier to get:

    - Combos! killing enemies increases your Combo, When the Meter reaches a cap/you end your Combo, you'll get a large sum of Points!

- Bonuses: Every time you reach a Given Score Quota, you will receive a small bonus which can be either in crystals, gems, tower points or upgrade shards!

  - The Longer you play, the higher this quota will get! Though Combos will usually speed up the process by a lot...

- Added a Fallback Rotation, If the current month does not have a specific arena, it will use one from a predetermined pool.

- Collect-a-Thon now records high-scores for the current month.

-- [ Timed Maps ]

   - Short Campaigns avaliable monthly (though not every month!)

   - Beat them to earn Crystals and Red Gems.

   - Special "Invasion" Maps that are longer, have special, unique enemies and provide additional rewards are avaliable occasionally, usually

   around holidays.

-- [ Tower Skins ]

   - Change the appearence of your towers with special skins obtainable through the Gauntlet, or Timed Maps.

   - Not all towers have skins at the moment, though more are yet to release.

-- [ Quests ]

   - Complete Quests to earn additional currency when doing other things.

   - Currently only give out Upgrade Shards, Red Gems and Crystals, though later on they may give out other types of items.

   - They refresh every day, or can be manually refreshed at the cost of 3 Red Gems.

-- [ Upgrades ]

  - Added upgrades! these can be unlocked after certain levels and grant you permanent perks!

    - Bonus Scraps: Lets you start levels with 10 extra scraps! Obtained after 2-15.

- Bonus Tower Slot: Take an Extra Tower with you on every level! Obtained after 4-17.

-- [ Endless Zones ]

  - Revamped Generation Code to enhance the overall levels.

    -> Tundra Endless Zone:

      - Ice Blocks with bombs or triple sasquatchlings can now spawn in levels 6 and up.

-> Naval Endless Zone:

  - Armored Crates can spawn from levels 15 and up.

    -> Desert Endless Zone:

      - Added 7 New Pitfall Patterns.

-- [ Misc. ]

  -> Robber Cushions! Sneaky fellas which can appear during flag waves, they will run away when hit, but if you bring one of them down, they drop tons of crystals!

    - (Hint Hint: They appear more often in endless zones, the higher the level, the higher the odds! [Caps at Level 50, Where they have a 1/5 chance of appearing!]

    - (They also have a different look for each individual world!)

  -> The Gauntlet:

    -- Reworked the way the gauntlet works; levels are now randomly generated, as opposed to the old template-based selection.

   - Levels can feature special objectives and grid items.

-- Every 5 wins in the gauntlet, you get a piece for a random upgrade tower!

  -> Added a Level Progress Bar, which shows how far into a level you are and displays the amount of flag waves.

  -> Reduced the size of the mineline's hitbox to make mineline levels easier.

  -> Added 30 New Medals (Twice as many as before!)

  ->

  -> Added a new charred death animation for when enemies die to fire/explosions.

  -> Reworked Knockback.

  -> Status Effects now have visuals to help identify what effects a enemy has.

  -> Added a new settings menu, along with new options:

    - Automatically activate 2x Speed: automatically activates the fast forward button at the start of the level.

- Fullscreen and Resolution Options

  -> Added tower recharge

// Quality of Life \\

-- Dash pads now stack with captain cushion's speed buff

-- Cushion disguices, winterbender shields and ice blocks now take 2x damage from fire and explosions

-- New sprite for the boombarrier tower

-- Hopefully hopefully fixed explosion hit detection AGAIN

-- Added 3 new sprites for the winterbender shields

-- New firing sprites for the heavy cannon

-- Hunter cushion's rifle received a slight graphical tweak

-- Added a "Restart" button to the pause menu

-- Fixed a issue which caused you to get pieces for upgrade towers you already owned

-- Fixed the Spike/Sawblade Carpet being unable to hit Cushion Feri

-- Barbed Bomb Explosions have received a new sprite

-- Added new backgrounds for the tower menu and the shop

-- Jetpack and Jetronaut cushions no longer take extra damage from fire

-- Cushion disguices are now immune to Freezing

-- Fixed a issue that caused projectiles that can't hit flying enemies to be destroyed on contact with them

-- Fixed a issue that caused enemies to not change color when losing status effects

-- Fixed a bug that caused multiple tower slots to be highlighted at once in conveyor belt levels

-- Fixed the cryo cannon only freezing the enemy it hits, and not every enemy within the blast radius.

-- Fixed spike/sawblade carpets not being counted for "Don't have more than X Towers" levels and the "Last One Standing" Medal

-- Fixed a bug that caused most enemies to still use their abilities while stunned

-- Cushion Disguices are now fully visible while stunned

-- Added a Quit Button to the Tower Selection Sequence

-- Anchors are now destroyable

-- Changed the appearence of the sell button

// Tower reworks, buffs and nerfs: \\

 -> Shotgun/SSG - Bullets now lose damage as they fly, they can lose up to 2 damage, base damage of both shotguns increased by 2.

 -> Sniper - Bullets can pierce up to 3 enemies if they are within close proximity; Every 3rd shot is a "Crit shot" which deals 2x Damage.

   - Damage Upgrades are Less Effective.

 -> Tesla - Now shoots a medium range bolt of lightning that bounces from nearby enemies (and can ricochet between multiple enemies if suitable)

 -> Spike Carpet [

    - Tick Rate - 15 -> 20 

]

 -> Sawblade Carpet [

    - Tick Rate - 5 -> 10

]

 -> Heater [

   - Firerate - 195 -> 180

   ]

 -> Flamenade Launcher [

- Flame Lifetime - 5s -> 6s

- Explosion Damage Type - Physical -> Explosion

- Flames now inflict burn for 20 ticks ( 0,6 seconds ) instead of dealing direct damage

    ]

 -> Flare Cannon [

    - Shots Inflict burn for 100 ticks ( 3,3 seconds )

- Range - 550 -> 450

    ]