Rogue Tower news & patch notes

I hope everyone has enjoyed the April fools mode. I have decided to keep it in the game permanently for whenever you feel like touching that sweet grass in first person.

Bug Fixes

-The right shift key now works properly in first person. -Fixed a bug causing cursor to remain hidden upon returning to the main menu from touch grass mode. -Fixed a potential cause of game crash related to the shift key.

Spring is about new beginnings and new perspectives. New Features: - Added ability to touch grass.

The End is Nigh!

One year from release this third and final planned major update brings many new things to Rogue Tower, and on its birthday no less. Happy birthday Rogue Tower.

Endless Mode!

Endless mode allows for you to take a victorious run to the next level and see how far you can push your defenses. However, enemies gain strong bonuses every level during endless mode making it harder and harder to survive.

Enemy Bonuses per endless level:

+5%, +10%, +15%... bonus to health, armor and shields. +0.1 move speed. -2g dropped (minimum 0g). -2% to all university research.

New Towers!

This update also adds 3 new towers giving more options no mater how you play.

Vampire Lair

Damages all enemies close to the tower in a large area. Slow firing but huge area of effect. Good against health with unique upgrades allowing it to repair the main tower.

Cannon

Fires a cannonball which pierces through enemies in a (mostly) straight line. Great against armor and if positioned well can bring devastating damage with its unique upgrades giving each cannon ball a chance to split sending shrapnel everywhere dealing even more damage with every enemy hit.

Monument

Beware any enemy who tramples the sacred ground of this legendary warrior. Sends a ghost sword after nearby enemies which follows them, stabbing them repeatedly. Deals a massive amount of single target damage over a long period of time with unique upgrades making it even more deadly against bleeding, burning or poisoned foes.

Other Changes & Features

-Damage Tracker can now be toggled between total and per level stats. -Increased the hitbox on frost keep's snowflakes making them hit more consistently. -Deep Freeze I increased to 10% freeze chance from 5%. -Enemies who are frozen must now unfreeze before they can be frozen again. -Enemies who are frozen gain a slight reduction to the time they spend frozen if frozen again (decaying by 20% each consecutive freeze). -Gold gained/lost from effects like banditry and frugal now displayed separately in the gold tracker.

1.2.1.0 Patch Notes

Just some small tweaks and fixes in between working on bigger things.

Changes

Right shift now works for building multiple towers.

Fixes

Fixed the existence of 'ghost' buildings on certain tiles. Fixed shredder sometimes going through terrain on new tiles. Quadruple defense record should now properly reset with the others when xp is reset.

New Challenges!

Four Ways to Die adds the most challenging content yet! Test your skills against quadruple defense or the new Splitsville challenge mode: a mode where the path always splits whenever it can.

New Content!

Four Ways to Die also adds in more content to Rogue Tower which will enhance the play experience even for those not seeking tower breaking challenge with 30 new terrain tiles! Not only does this quadruple the number of tiles in game, but there are also a small number of unique tiles which get to break normal game rules!

Patch Notes

New Features

-Added quadruple defense. -30 new terrain tiles! -Trees! Trees randomly spawn during early levels. They can be fell at any point in the game yielding gold. However, their value grows with each level before felling. -Splitsville challenge mode: The path is guaranteed to split if it is able to. Even on level 1! -27 new achievements!

Changes

-Guaranteed levels before a split increased to be equal to 3 x game mode; 3 on single, 6 on double, 9 on triple, 12 on quadruple. -Treasure chest hitbox height greatly increased. -Implemented a fix for one potential cause of camera pan issues caused by connected peripherals.

Patch Notes 1.1.2.0

Just a small balance patch in the meantime between major updates. Tesla Coil Changes: -Base range up from 1.5 to 2 -Shield damage up from 9 to 10 Flamethrower Changes: -Base damage up from 5 to 6 Frost Tower Changes: -Base damage up from 5 to 6 Particle Cannon Changes: -Base damage down from 50 to 40 -Now starts with +50% crit chance Lookout Changes: -Added base damage up from 0 to 1 Enemy Changes: -Invader tank armor reduced from 12,000 to 10,000 -"Periodic" battle cries occur slightly less often Fixed minor typos in main menu

March of the Monsters 1.1.1.1 Patch Notes

Some minor tweaks, fixes and additions following in the wake of the release of March of the Monsters.

New Features & Changes:

-Added copy/paste buttons for tower priorities! -Added new upper limits to monster health, armor, shield and speed upgrade cards. (No, they are unlikely to come up in play because yes, they get very silly) -Evicerate, Creeping Cough and all D.O.T. pop upgrades (Exsanguinate, expunge ect.) are now displayed in the UI. -Longbow I, II & III no longer give +2 range and instead increase the range bonus elevation gives to ballistas.

Fixes

-Fixed some of the monster armor upgrade cards displaying the wrong values. -Fixed rounding errors displayed on the monster buff UI.

There be Monsters!

34 New Monsters!

Many monsters have heard about the disturbance the Rogue Tower is causing and are coming to say their piece. With nearly triple the original number of monsters, this update also adds a new spawning system which will make every run even more different and give the player more things to strategize around.

6 New Ooogies!

With each new horde of monsters comes with a new reincarnation of Ooogie! Each Ooogie will test different parts of your defenses, so make sure to prepare once you know which Ooogie you will face!

Mini-Bosses!

Past level 15, every new type of enemy will spawn a mini-boss on the following level. These mini-boss versions of the monster will be much harder to kill making them a true test if your defenses are up to the challenge these monsters present. They pack a punch to the tower, though are not an instant game over if you do fail to stop them. Additionally, there is a chance they may drop some loot making it all the more important that you defeat them! But watch out, these mini-bosses don't take the scenic routes that Ooogie does. Instead, they prefer to find the shortest path to their destination!

New Challenge Mode!

The piece de la resistance for this update is the new March of the Monsters challenge mode. This mode brings two whole new levels to strategizing your defense. First, you will be forced to choose monster cards every round! These monster cards will grant all monsters bonuses and buffs making them harder to defeat. Which buffs you choose to give them will become very important as you get farther, so pick carefully! However, the monsters are not the only ones who get cards. Every level when you draw cards in this challenge mode you will instead get to draw 2 cards! Who knows what crazy build combinations you can pull off with double the cards?!

Additional Changes & Reworks

Though this patch is mainly introducing new monster based mechanics, the following are some of the changes made to the rest of the game. -Reworked Haunted Houses. Haunted houses no longer consume mana and instead grant gold per level based on your tower's maximum health. -Damage tracker updated to show percentages for each damage category. -Lookout now accurately tracks its damage contribution in the damage tracker. -Ballista base price reduced from 50g to 10g. -Ballista scaling price increased from +10g/level to +15g/level. -Fixed bug that sometimes caused double waves to spawn in edge cases.

For anyone who missed out on the April Fools patch or wants to have a little more fun with it I have good news! For the rest of April you can get access to the April fools patch. To access it, right click on Rogue Tower in your Steam library and select properties. Then, go to betas. You can then select the April Fools beta to gain access to the April Fools balance patch. The patch will be available for the rest of April. Most achievements are able to be obtained on the patch except any victory related achievements. Happy defending everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed the totally balanced balance patch this weekend. Just a bit of festive fun to bring in the new season. The game has been reverted to version 1.0.15. Now it's time for me to get back to work on the next patch which may not be released for a short while since It will contain the first major feature update which will bring new life to the monsters of Rogue Tower and hopefully some fun extras too!

Spring Patch Notes

Small balance patch to bring in the spring air.

Changes

The ballista has received absolutely no change. Mortar is no longer long-range artillery. Increased the amount of love the Tesla coil can spread in one hug. Frost keeps no longer slow but are still rather chilly. Because of the recent rise in gas prices, the flamethrower’s price has been increased due to its high amount of fuel consumption. Someone injected pure mana into the poison sprayers. Shredder’s sawblade has been rescaled to be more realistically sized. The encampment has taken up Frisby golf. Lookout reticle has been slightly altered to make it more clear which enemies are currently marked. Honey, I shrunk the planes. Obelisks are tall boys now. Particle cannon thiccc-ness increased. Due to the massive increase of ghost hunter YouTube channels, haunted houses have loss all value and are now free. Happy April everyone.

Just a quick hot fix in regards to some code weighting priorities in the wrong order.

1.0.14 Patch Notes

Small patch this week, but with a few more QOL fixes.

Changes

Mana decay bar (light blue) now always decreases by one block of mana/sec. Removed the first Research Breakthrough card upon unlocking university. Boss chests now combine all of their card drops into one chest. Added a “Not enough gold” text popup when trying to place a building or tower without sufficient funds. Increase the max mana given by Savings Account I & II from 10 to 15. Removed Savings Account III. New achievements added for all of the tower challenge runs on double defense and triple defense (Should all work but achievements are difficult to test properly)

Fixes

Fixed a bug where universities wouldn’t research until the player funded at least one percent of research even if they had taken the university upgrade cards. Priority order now uses powers instead of multiplication. Fixed some minor typos. Fixed saw blade maximum lifetime to stop them from disappearing before intended. Fixed all adjacencies to only work with connections on the same level (as intended).

1.0.12 Patch Notes

This patch overhauls mana generation to improve synergy between different mana options and to reduce the number of cards which feel like trash.

New Features

Added bonus gold from banditry and gold rush to the damage tracker. Can now press T to access the damage tracker mid game. Tower modifiers now only show while the damage tracker is open to reduce screen clutter. Tower Priorities now scale in importance based on their order (top priority x3, second priority x2 and last priority x1). Improved UI scaling to be more consistent feeling. Added the 1, 2 and 3 keys as hotkeys for tower and university upgrades.

Mana Changes

Sorcery and Life Steal cards now give mana as a percent of your maximum mana instead of a flat number. Life Steal I is now unlocked by the Sorcery I card. Mana bank now has upgrade cards which increase the maximum mana bonus each bank provides. Mana bank UI now tells the player an estimation of how much mana it is generating based on its max mana bonus and base mana generation. Mana bank base regen lowered to 1/s. Each mana block in the mana UI now represents 20 mana until you reach a maximum of 500 mana where each block then represents 100.

Balance Changes

Increased all +10% tower crit cards to +15%. Gold Rush now grants +3g per kill but grants +.25 speed. Removed Gold Rush II & III. Increased the rate and positions where graves can spawn. Added Slow Cooker II & III. The marked priority now considers how strong each mark is in its calculation. Hovering portals’ speed reduced by 0.1.

Ballista Changes

Ballista card unlocks rearranged. Longbow upgrades now give +2 range each. Mana Bolts I, II & III now each give +4 base damage. Reduced the mana cost of Mana Bolts III to +5% base damage (all three together have a total of 25% which is normal for a mana tower). Removed Mana Bolts IV & V.

Mortar Changes

Mortar card unlocks rearranged. Added Mana Bombs I, II & III. Added a third blast radius upgrade card.

Obelisk Changes

Obelisk now has range upgrades. Obelisk now has mana efficiency upgrades. Added unique upgrade which allows the obelisk to deal more damage the longer it targets the same enemy.

Fixes

Fixed a bunch of spelling errors. Fixed a bug where Fire and Flames I was never drawn. Fixed a bug where crit ranges were not properly clamping their ranges. Added extra check to prevent bugs where enemies would take damage while already dead. Fixed a bug where frost keeps and encampments would reset their RPM incorrectly mid wave upon level up. Changed frost keeps’ snowflakes to be circles to reduce flickering when the camera in zoomed out.

1.0.8 Patch Notes

Still rounding up some bugs while trying to bring quality of life to the game where I can. However, the star of this update is our chilly little friend: the frost keep.

New Features

UI scaler now effects all HUD in game and some things in the main menu. Its effect has been increased and it can now be set in the main menu as well. Removed the gold coin VFX from missiles and eyes when they die since they don’t actually drop gold. Bi-planes no longer change targets until their current target is destroyed. Added a new priority “Marked” allowing towers to prioritize targets marked by lookouts. Added an income section to the end screen damage tracker. House and mana crystal starting spawn chance around the main tower is now affected by your number of unlocked upgrade cards as well as permanent upgrades. Reset XP button has been more accurately renamed “Reset Game.” Game reset now automatically reloads the scene and no longer requires a game restart. Added the frozen condition.

Frost Keep

Added new unlock cards including D.O.T. upgrades as well as unique unlocks involving the new frozen condition. Changed snowflakes to be 2D images instead of 3d cubes to slightly improve performance.

Fixes

Fixed a bug where the mana bank was not properly removing its max mana bonus on demolish. Fixed potential cause of Ooogie sometimes dropping way too many chests. Added extra check to prevent building while paused. Fixed a bug where lookouts were adding their health multiplier to shield damage and their shield multiplier to health damage. Pause menu no longer gets buried underneath unlock cards. Fixed a ton of typos and grammar errors (huge thanks to Wyndhammr on the discord) Fixed a minor bug where the last frame of haste and slow was sometimes not removed. Fixed a bug where the tower UI could clip through the main tower.

1.0.5 Patch Notes

It has been one week from launch (or 1 day from the original planned release) and there are plenty of fixes, changes, and additions I have been excitedly working on this week. This patch is primarily focused on quality-of-life improvements.

New Features

Added right-click drag movement. Added UI scale slider to the main game scene. XP is now saved every level to prevent total XP loss on a crash. Damage tracker now adds healing prevented by DOTs to the DOT damage totals. Camera movement is no longer restricted on a defeat. Added some VFX to path expansions. Minor tower UI improvements. Added Mana Bolts III, IV & V

Balance Changes

Tesla: Base Damage increased from 5 to 10. Health damage increased from 5 to 6. Armor damage increased from 1 to 3. Shield damage decreased from 10 to 9. RPM decreased from 60 to 30. Mana consumption increased from 25% base damage to 50% base damage. Upgrades cost increased from x1 to x2. Flame Thrower: Base Damage increased from 4 to 5. Health damage increased from 3 to 6. Armor damage increased from 6 to 9. Shield damage decreased from 1 to 3. RPM decreased from 90 to 60. Upgrades cost increased from x2 to x3. Poison Sprayer: Base Damage increased from 4 to 5. Health damage increased from 3 to 6. Armor damage increased from 1 to 3. Shield damage decreased from 6 to 9. RPM decreased from 90 to 60. Upgrades cost increased from x2 to x3. Shredder: Upgrades cost increased from x2 to x3. Radar: Bi-plane’s accuracy increased slightly. Upgrades cost increased from x3 to x4. Prestige gained from spare XP halved (prestige is still just bragging points without function) Removed second and third Quality of Quantity. All +1 X damage type upgrades now scale up with each level of the upgrade (+1, +2, +3). Reduced the mana cost of Mana Bolts I from 15% base damage to 10% base damage. Hovering Portals: Hit points and speed slightly reduced. Spawns fewer Observers but more eyes. Level 25’s boss: +0.1 move speed. Level 35’s boss: +0.2 speed. +20k armor. Now fires missiles. Level 45’s boss: +0.3 speed. All hit points doubled. Spawns more enemies.

Fixes

Fixed master volume slider not updating SFX volume. Fixed research chance on universities not counting the first 1% discovery chance. Damage tracker no longer tracks overflow damage. Fixed bug where you could multi-click play and return to main menu buttons. Fixed hit box on main tower to no longer allow for towers to be placed within its area. Fixed several spelling errors including the miss spellings of “Cranial Carnivore and Observer.” Fixed clickthrough on demolish buttons. Fixed a bug where armor and shield upgrades costs were sometimes miscalculated.