Sphere TD news & patch notes

- Fixed the stuck "1/1 energy" bug after first-time onboarding for some cloud-signed-in players - Smoother first launch when signing in with Play Games / Game Center - Added friendly Please Review prompts at map 20, 30, 40, 50 - Auto rotate improvements in mod manager

- Potential fix to main tutorial bugging out - Wave, ore and megaboss burst Spheres no longer collide with base unless near the end of the path

- Fixed mod icons sometimes showing incorrectly on the grid after importing a build - Improved mod auto-rotation and path routing accuracy - Fixed a rare save issue during the tutorial level

- Fix megaboss visual bug - Waves will continue to spawn during box invasion (after loop 50) and wall invasion (after loop 60) - Fix trader saving bug - Cloud sync UI fixes

0.16.2 - Optimized leaderboards backend. - Replaced leaderboards Nearby tab with standings visualization.

**0.16.1** - Basic towers hit much harder — full damage/fire rate/etc.; half range; energy scales with upgrades (3% + 1% per upgrade) - Build mode: double-tap to upgrade, hold ~0.75s to delete - Ore mining quantity bonuses apply at full strength - Tutorial/hook: map restart disabled; returning players skip if already done - Sign out no longer auto-syncs — use Sync while signed in - Basic tower storage layout copy fixed (preview no longer wiping mods / empty grid). - Fracker B-side no longer shortens cooldown (damage/AoE tradeoff only). - Lasers can’t knockback (including Fracker pressure). - Resource pickups FX handled more cleanly.

**0.16.0 - Basic Tower Builder major update** **NEW FEATURE: Basic Tower Builder** - Spend Titanium during a run to place extra towers on the map (separate from your deployment list) - Works on Endless maps and World Map runs only (subject to change) - 5 Ti to place, 5 Ti for first upgrade (+5 Ti each time after, up to 6 upgrades) - Roll picks a random tower tier shift from -3 to +9 on your unlocked ladder - A fresh basic tower is a blocker only until you upgrade it - Uses a tower from storage for mod layout, but at much lower power - 10% damage, half range/mag/fire rate..., double reload/spread, 3% energy - Active mod functions (like Fracker blasts) do not work. Passive stats only - No Ti refund if you delete it - Needs enough base energy to place or upgrade **PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY** Save and Cloud Sync - Big world-map, high progression saves should no longer freeze the game on save or sync - Saves happen more quietly in the background while you play Map Simulation - Maps with lots of towers should run smoother with fewer hitches - Heavy mod calculations are spread out so frames drop less **CORE 2025 SERIES** - Increase wave difficulty for Core 2025 series **ENDLESS AND WORLD MAP** - Max director spawn rate cap raised from 1.5x to 2x - At high difficulty, spheres can randomly spawn with armor + shield + cloak + immunity all at once - Spheres that go off-path speed up over a few seconds - Spawn rate on the map panel now shows spheres per second instead of a percent bonus - Timed invasions on World Map nodes — megabosses can show up in groups based on your loop - Shield regen on spheres is now more consistent across maps **ECONOMY** Ore mining - Before: high rarity pushed drops heavily toward Quarium and Nebulite - Now: rarity gives 2x the amount of quantity increase in terms of % points Gold income - Passive mining only works if you killed a sphere in the last 60 seconds Other - Deep Excavation perk is now +25% resource quantity only **MOD BALANCE** Fracker - Energy cost increase to +40, perks +20 (removed % based energy cost) - Blast radius per Make tier: bonus cut from 0.5 to 0.25 per tier (smaller blasts at high Make) - B-side cooldown changed: was half cooldown, now cooldown minus 1 second (min 1s) - Fracker unlock moved to Endless Map 10 - Gamma Prism unlocks on Endless Map 30 - Fracker does not work on map-built basic towers Campaign mod unlock order - Speed, Armor Piercing, Frag, Shock, and Mining Rate unlocks shuffled - Research R4 moved to Map 40 (was Map 50) **TOWER BALANCE** - Nebulon Pulse: magazine 8 -> 4 - Meteoric Maul: projectile size set to 0.5 **TOWERS** - Spare Sentry target mode/type choices in the property panel now save to your profile - Tower colors match between the deployment list and the map report - Wave spheres stay on their intended paths more reliably **NEW PLAYER TUTORIAL LEVEL** - Brand-new accounts get a introductory first map before the full game opens up - Existing players skip this automatically **OTHER FIXES** - Leaderboard loading improved - Less debug logging in release builds - All drones now use 1.75x move/accel as the default baseline speed

0.15.12 - Day 2 QoL patch - Control each tower auto-recall/deploy and targeting type (auto, spheres only, ores only) in the property panel. - Updated T1 base perks to drop the auto management feature. - Replace T1 Auto Lanes with Random Lanes. T1 perks no longer cost energy. - Orbit/patrol towers can now be set to a new destination by selecting it first and tapping another map slot. - ModCard Upgrade & Reroll button UI polish - Cloud sync improvements - Mod perk (Magazine p3, Speed p3) bug fixes - Tower Link nerfed to 40% (from 50%)

0.15.11 - Day 1 Patch MEGABOSS INVASION (New - Loop 5+) Megaboss invasions can now appear as a special invasion event alongside Wall and Box invasions. The Megaboss Massive enemy, much larger and tougher than a normal boss 6 types: Bulwark, Aegis, Behemoth, Wraith, Anchor, Herald Layers scale up as you survive more loops 80% status resistance No armor, with heavily reduced shield regen Gets stronger the longer you've been on the map Bonus XP on kill Behavior Enters from the map edge, then cycles through different tactics Can block for allies, patrol, lock paths, distract towers, orbit the base, charge, and become enraged at low HP Invasion scaling Loop 5+: Megaboss invasions can start Loop 20+: Invasions can spawn 1-2 megabosses Loop 40+: Invasions can spawn 1-3 megabosses Loop 40+: Regular sphere clusters can keep spawning during a megaboss invasion Rewards Killing a megaboss with a tower drops Nu (Nebulite) Base drop is 1 Nu, scaling with tower resource quantity and rarity No Nu drops if the megaboss reaches the base or dies without a tower kill INCENDIARY - WILDFIRE (Perk 2) (Reworked) Wildfire now always spreads on death instead of using a chance roll Spreads half of the target's existing incendiary to nearby enemies within 1m Spread strength scales with afx damage, up to full strength at 100% afx Multiple Wildfire mods do not stack Bug fixes & small features Auto sphere clusters now start on Wave 2 instead of Loop 2 in standard world maps Max simultaneous (invasion) auto-cluster groups now scale by +1 every 20 loops, up to 5 Slow, stun, and cloak now affect Wall, Box, and cluster invasion movement Wall invasion max depth reduced to 16 rows Damage numbers scales with sphere size Immune spheres no longer show slow/incendiary tint Property panel tower damage range now shows 1 decimal place Projectile pool doubled from 500 to 1000 Reduced scaling of Au objective rewards in world maps Leaderboard footer now matches your visible row rank and shows "pending sync" when backend rank has not caught up Increase all achievement rewards by +1% global resource quantity Note: Steam Demo will no longer be supported, and will be limited to Core 2025 Map 30 on the 30th June.