Changelog
- Steam Version: Added specials to the store, including player-choice Power Pack and a variety pack of boosts
- Steam Version: Increased gold earned when playing Airship multiple times in a day
- In-door environments now use a toy road for paths
- Towers can now be toggled to stop attacking
- Players can now archive Upgrades: keep them around, but don’t show them in battle. Coming soon: increase the star level of your existing Upgrades!
- Hero and Tower max levels have increased so all stats can be properly maxed out
- Hero and tower experience now roll over past promotion levels
- If a hero or tower is already at max level and a reward is given for that hero/tower XP, it will be changed to gems
- Added a ‘back’ button for VIP/PC merchant, so you can go back to a previously generated upgrade (no more accidentally skipping an upgrade you’re looking for)
- Junk Mills drop junk a bit closer to themselves
- Beetle’ Shockwave ability now deals Breaker damage
- Bosses no longer teleport super close to food stash
- Non-robot boss abilities are now visible on their boss window
- Enemy Food Stash firecracker turrets do not target the food stash unless all heroes are dead
- Players can no longer get a sidequest to build X towers if there is a level condition limiting building towers
- Pack Ant now makes decisions quicker when constantly picking up junk
- Fixed a bug where the mouse wouldn’t work on MacOS version
- Fixed the airship showing/giving the wrong amounts of gold when playing multiple times in a day
- Fixed a bug where the camera could go through walls
- Fixed a bug with hero ultimates being charged instantly
- Fixed a bug with Slug’s Barrage Upgrade not doing anything
- Fixed a bug where an enemy Food Stash from a quest wouldn’t spawn on a disabled airship location
- Android only: fixed a bug where the app would not display as fullscreen edge-to-edge on some devices
- Added account transfer in the options menu (iOS and Android only)
- Various game polish and UX improvements
- Optimizations
Changelog
- Major optimizations
- Adjusted Airship balance on new plays: less projectile rain/object spawners, more enemies, enemy speed boost after wave 200
- Junk and food collectibles no longer pause their lifetime between waves
- Firecracker Show and Bullet Mayhem global upgrades now shoot 2 volleys each time instead of 1
- Minefield global upgrade places mines closer to enemy walkable areas on non-TD modes
- Compass pointers to treasure and scrolls are now fixed on Android devices
- Fixed some issues with pathing after enemies were knocked back
- Crash fix related to setting a scavenge bomb off on Flamers
- Crash fix with bosses with turrets
- Black slime and other objects will no longer take/absorb hits
- Raining projectiles don’t go faster if you’re closer to their start point
- Bosses can no longer be permanently pinned with knocker upgrades
- Enemies/bosses should no longer spawn/jump to inaccessible areas on the map
- Boss crates will no longer drop in fall zones (if a flying boss is killed in one)
- While a wave is active, devices will not auto sleep (allows for hands free playing)
- Bullet tracers will now show based on the damage type being applied
- Added an effect when Pillbug’s Steady Aim is fully charged up
- Scorpion Manor 14 ’Black Slime from above!’ changed to ‘Black slime all over!’
PC Version
- Fixed a bug with key bindings resetting on app open
Bug fixes
- The game could become unpaused while the boss window is open
- Fixed a few visual bugs with unit flags, shadows, and bullets
PC Version
- Player will now collect all neighborhood collectibles that are ready at once, instead of having to collect each individually
- Adjusted stat list to not be so stretched on hero/tower windows
Game & UX Improvements
- Enemy webs no longer deal damage
- Minefield now spawns mines on the current paths in Free Build mode
- Added a new spawning effect + sound for Ladybug
- Added new effect + sound for organic boss deaths
- Upgrade lists no longer auto scroll to the top
- ‘Hazards all over’ level condition won’t create slime/objects on top of the player hero
- Targeting an enemy with Pillbug while hunkered down won’t move him towards the enemy
- Added more visual indicators on the enemy pack ant to distinguish it
- Enemies that die over fall zones will always fall
- Always show enemy stats on level 1 on the neighborhood Insectopedia, for easier comparison between each
Bug fixes
- Tool tips were no longer pausing the game while being viewed
- Enemies could get stuck and/or a delay could happen from rushing waves
- Slime and other objects could prevent enemies from spawning
- Units in the viewer could affect the battlefield while viewing
- Ladybug Room 6 bosses weren’t appearing
- Ladybug Room 6 food stashes (via quests) would have very low HP
- Fixed an issue that caused enemy Food Stashes to have different HP when loading a game
- Boss HP, Damage, and name could show wrong in the enemy window
- Boss could have no portrait in some scenarios
- Enemy firecracker turrets could get the Party Time visuals applied
- Build placement could get weird if starting to build while being knocked back
- Removed all references to Ladybug Gear VI, should not have been in game
- Improved a few texts and localizations
- Crash fixes
New Content
- New hero: Ladybug the Fencer!
- 11 New bosses! Take down the Widow Master, Terror Slug, Gnat Ruffian, and more!
- 7 New Global Upgrades: Upgrade the pack ant, bombard the battlefield, and more!
- New Champion Medals! Master each hero combination in a variety of scenarios!
Game & UX Improvements
- Junk mills now spawn junk in a radius around itself, instead of directly above it
- Beetle’s Bunker changed: add a chance to spawn creeps from Pillbug Huts
- Changed how AOE damage applies: after hitting 10 enemies, damage will get lower as more enemies are hit (drops every 10 enemies hit)
- Adventure mode improvements: show where scrolls appear, bigger effect when scroll is collected
- Players can see how much time is remaining on invincible units
- Show a bar for remaining lifetime on collectibles that are about to disappear
- Show the player more explicitly when a new spawn point activates during battle
- The minimap now shows world objects like slime and webs
- Enemies that are coming from spawn points are shown during the wave
- Junk Mills now have a Restock button in their upgrade list, when applicable
- Food that is collected always heals both the collecting hero and food stash
- Enemies are black silhouettes while cloaked
- Player can now send Bug Waves when selected on the Food Stash
- Bosses are shown on the enemy window in game
- Always show boss pointer icon on boss, so they can always be found (even behind boxes/level objects)
- Some new tower sounds
Balance
- Adjusted balance of Ambush and Adventure modes
- When a wave is rushed, enemies will spawn faster during that wave
- Moved the second free global upgrade to wave 31
- Capped number of Block towers at 75 in a battle
- Changed Beetle Gear V to cap damage to a percent of Beete’s max hp, not a flat 25
- Honey Bee’s Gear V ability ‘Inspiration’ can no longer affect Ant’s Porta Turrets
- Make ant porta turret deal extra damage based on Ant’s damage
- Fixed a bug with Slug’s critical chance, which was making it trigger much less than it was supposed to
- Slug’s Unstable Core buffed
- Don’t have slug double charge be able to apply on a dead hero
- Sergeants have higher HP at higher waves
- More sergeants start spawning at higher waves, especially with swarm enemies
- Reduced the amount of junk increase from Junk Bank upgrades
- Reviving heroes eat more health on higher leveled Food Stash: max of 50 HP or 2.5% of Food Stash max HP
- Increased difficulty of half cost towers scenario levels
Airship
- First boss defeated for the day gives +5 gems
- Added a maximum number of boosts that can be used during an airship battle
- Airship gets harder starting at wave 100+
- Big rewards at wave 300
PC Specific
- PC version now has bigger missions to complete for seasons
- Greatly improved the soft shadows when set to medium or high. Ambient Occlusion used to be all on the ultra setting, with nothing on the other settings. Now, medium and high graphics will look a lot better than they did previously.
- Greatly improved mouse responsiveness
- Mouse acceleration removed when controlling characters in close-up view
- Improved performance
Bug Fixes + Miscellaneous
- Bosses can no longer be one shot killed
- Fixed some issues with loading mid game
- Fixed a bug with treasure spawning in unreachable areas
- Added a special offer to buy only Junk Drop boosts
- If changing heroes, attached spiderlings get thrown off by a smaller amount
- Quickstart battles are slightly longer
- Capped the number of flea captain/queen ant/etc auras that can apply to enemies at once
- New global upgrades unlocked during battle via Bug Rank are immediately upgraded for free
- The Playground has been removed from all players while it’s being built out
- Fixed a bug where Beetle’s passive could speed boost the partner hero
- Boss window can no longer open while selecting location
- Fixed some flags that weren’t coloring correctly (Grub Riders, Pillbug Huts, Mushroom Farms)
- Fixed roaches sometimes walking right up to the Food Stash
- Honeybee promote: sergeants will no longer disappear if promoted between waves
- Show tower icons for boss mods that add turrets
- Airship shows through clouds on neighborhood screen
- Paths now show correctly on top of pool edge and kitchen stove top
- Hide path side rocks of the path when at a crossroads
- Adjusted player power equation
- Food stash shield no longer protects from heroes consuming food on revival
- Fixed some bugs with enemy pathing
- Fixed a bug where the boost item in VIP merchant didn’t refresh appropriately
- Fixed a bug preventing Pillbug Hut units staying as sergeant when loading a game
- Fixed a bug with airship enemies changing when loading a game the following day
- Fixed a bug with projectiles coming out of wrong positions
- Fixed a bug with Snail Shooters instantly hitting the Food Stash
- Fixed a bug with detection range visuals
- Bug fix: Spider’s call of the clan ninjas can no longer walk on fall zones
- Bug fix: explosions could show at wrong location
- Bug fix: red ground circles are no longer in the air for dragonflies
- Buying scavenge bomb on dead hero no longer causes problems
- Added link to steam version on the neighborhood for players who haven’t made any purchases and are early in the game
- Title window will change after completing Scorpion Manor
- On season start window, show which heroes are locked and have them at the front of the list
- Make a big pop up when collecting season bonus for a hero at end of season
- All in game treasure is now 3+ star
- Don't give waves of only support units (like Glue Gunners)
- Added a junk and smoke explosion when a tower is built
- If tap treasure button on neighborhood hub, scroll to lowest cooldown neighborhood treasure
New Levels
- Buggy 2
- Cobweb cabin 2
- Jamie’s House 3
- Scorpion Manor 2
- Scorpion manor 12
Fixes and Improvements
- Reduced the difficulty of Ambush and Adventure battles
- Fixed a bug with boss health at Wave 200+ on Airship
- Fixed a bug when loading a mid-game save on airship (player’s towers/upgrades would not load properly)
- Heroes will no longer auto-move towards their marked target if the player manually moves at all
- Heroes will now auto-attack nearby enemies if their marked target is not in range, unless they are auto-moving to their target
- Spider can now use Ninja Smoke between waves
- Allow selecting towers through the move stick
- Other small improvements
Game
- Added Overcharge: after reaching 10 stars in battle, power up a hero or tower and add up to 20 stars of upgrades!
- Players are now restricted to 50 towers in battle at a time
- Players are now restricted to 30 allied bugs from the Food Stash at a time, extras will be queued and spawn later when they can
- New pause window: now includes level info, quests, missions, and a battle map
- Increased the amount of gold earned when playing the Airship for the first time each day
- Junk earned from wave completions decreases at waves 150+ and 250+
- Adjusted boss damage, health, and mod health
- Reduced ambush level difficulty
- Slug has been blessed by the Man Gods with some minor buffs to stats and abilities
- Fixed a bug affecting allied creep damage output, especially on Airship
- Fixed a bug with some levels being gigantic
Miscellaneous
- (PC) Adjusted camera movement in 3rd person view when controlled by a mouse
- (PC) Added a rebindable control for mark hero target (defaults to right click)
- Knocker upgrades now work correctly for Slug
- Automatically collect the double gold/keys after a battle if Premium Game+ has been purchased (free version)
- Fixed a bug where power up boxes could offer 100% Food Stash healing on Airship
- Fixed a bug where enemies could spawn in strange places in non-TD modes
- Fixed a bug where hero health/gold medal indicator wouldn’t show during Ambush battles
- Fixed a bug where build tower quests could be instantly completed by loading a battle
- Fixed a bug where heroes could get stuck moving on the edge of a map
- Fixed a bug where loading an Adventure game with scrolls would result in the scrolls disappearing in the wrong amount of time
- If a boss is killed off the path on Airship while the heroes stay on path scenario is active, the boss crate will now appear on the path instead of being unreachable
- Enemies no longer ignore heroes on the very edge of some maps
- The game now pauses when a controller is connected or disconnected
- UX improvements and other bug fixes
Bug Fixes and Tweaks
- Attack speed upgrades fixed
- Blocks show as open bridges when spanning fall areas in TD mode
- Show prompt to buy gold when can’t afford gold
- Added a more visible and effect when towers or enemies are being forced to target something
- Show increased stats on left for towers/heroes even if no base value (ex: critical chance)
- Towers can no longer upgrade an aura if the tower is currently being affected by another tower with that same aura type
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug with huge time jumps
- Boss health in airship adjusted
- Fixed some infinite stalling methods on bosses
- Slightly increased XP multiplier on higher airship difficulties
- Changed how attack speed upgrades combine together
- Fixed up Pillbug’s ultimate: he now shoots for the proper duration, and will hit enemies as expected
- Termite Junk Smash can buff a tower more on level 1, increases slower as it levels up
- When upgrading Termite’s Junk Smash ability, it will show the max number of buffs increasing when applicable
- Bug fix: Rewinding on airship wave 1 would reduce quest rewards
- Bug fix: Heroes could heal near the food stash between waves without eating
- UI improvements and bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash when trying to play airship mode
- Disabled SSAO on android to prevent render errors with soft shadows set to ultra
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Game
- Upgraded the ‘Remove Ads’ purchase to ‘Premium Game+’: in addition to removing ads, gain the ability to fast forward during battle and access the VIP Merchant for more choice of upgrades!
- Increased max Bug Rank - get gems and legendary rewards!
- Added an option for Effects Brightness
- Players can now choose the hero at the start of a new season
- Added full controller support
- Rebalanced Scorpion Manor: Manor Keys (now Scorpion Keys) are given from all Rooms 3+ to allow earlier access, and increased gems rewarded for Scorpion Manor rooms (updating players will retroactively get the Gems/Scorpion Keys for already completed levels)
- Players can now see a current stat readout of the selected tower or hero in game
- Added a way to instantly level up season rank
Gameplay + Balance
- Magnifier cost reduced
- Adjusted reticle position in 3rd person mode
- Rebalanced boss health in all levels, including airship
- Separated out auto attack options to be different for top down and 3rd person view
- Players are more likely to get house keys from neighborhood collectibles, quests, and boss crates if they can’t afford their suggested next level to play with house keys
- Toned down Termite’s Junk Smash upgrade effects and made more clear which tower is buffed
- Changed Fly’s Quickdraw ability to fire in the facing direction when in close up view
- Moth Enchanting Aura no longer affects bosses near the base
- Cloaked enemies no longer block shooting targetable enemies behind them
- Slightly lowered required airship waves for missions
- Changed the transition when changing views in battle
Minor + Bug Fixes
- Fixed android graphics issues with depth of field ("distance blur" option set to "on") and screen-space ambient occlusion ("soft shadows" option set to "ultra"). These have always worked on iOS, and are now working on Android.
- Fixed some issues with long paths and enemy pathing
- Getting a free Global Upgrade from a Powerup Box will no longer steal any free upgrades the Food Stash already has
- Towers that shoot every 8s will now correctly gain any charge attack bonus
- Sharpened lead projectile bug fixes
- Prompt confirm button to spend gems on boosts in game
- Reduced the maximum zoom distance when viewing bugs and heroes
- Fixed issues with objects and the camera going into level walls
- Fixed a few bugs when viewing heroes and enemies
- Fixed a few bugs with boss targeting and pathing
- Small bug fixes with Fungal Druid projectiles/poison
- Bug Fix: Completed quests will correctly preserve their completion reward when rewinding/resuming
- Bug Fix: No longer get stuck when dying while selecting location
- Bug Fix: Bug Bomb will no longer reactivate when loading a game
- Bug Fix: Global Upgrades no longer show as activated after leaving battle
- Bug Fix: Sometimes player could rush past bosses during airship
- Bug Fix: Sometimes treasures were unreachable
- Bug Fix: Move speed values were shown incorrectly
- Bug Fix: Visual auras on towers could go underground when it was leveled up
- Bug Fix: Enemies could be uncloaked after taking a night time quest
- Bug Fix: Slug and other heroes could have incorrect required levels displayed for more of their house buildings
- Bug Fix: Sometimes when rewinding, the camera could become strange
- Fixed an issue with the starting tutorial if you reset data while in close up view
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
New Levels
- Jamie’s house 4
- Worm 5
- Cobweb cabin 1
- Cobweb cabin 3
- Spider 2
- Beetle 3
- Raspberry 1
- Moth 1
- Moth 2
- Hungry1
- Scorpion manor 1
Level Builder
- For select users only: maps in the level builder are now autosized based on paths and objects
Game
- Lowered the amount of experience required for Towers to level up
- Hero reload time is decreased with increased attack speed
- Pillbug: removed the stun time when moving out of Hunker Down
- Added a toggle to automatically accept quests and close boss windows
- More stats are shown for heroes and enemy bugs
- Flea Captains no longer boost other Flea Captains’ health (along with Queen Ants, Gnat Lords, and Dragonfly Kings)
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug with Slime Cannons not slowing enemy units
- Fixed a bug with robots with TankTreads and ranged weapons
- Fixed a bug with Scavenge Bomb not giving the proper amount of Junk
- Fixed a bug with selling Mushroom Towers
- Fixed a bug where you could easily aggro/stall bosses for a long time
- Fly’s Bullet Tornado will no longer stall ultimate use
- Heroes move around level objects a little better
- Rounded out some game values
- ‘Best Airship Wave’ for locked difficulties no longer show on the player stats panel
- Added some ambient sounds in outside environments
- Bug fixes and crash fixes
- Performance optimizations
New Levels
Game
- Took out "ultra" setting for soft shadows for now, since it does not work
- Performance optimizations
Game
- Added more translations
- Fixed a bug where Slug could shoot outside of his range
- Honey Bee’s melee attacks can’t cause more than one explosion with Exploder Upgrades activated
- Battle Pass won’t choose the same hero twice in a row
- Fixed a bug with enemy airships enabling too late in some levels
- Notifications show at the end of battles for build tower/activate global upgrade missions
- Changed the effect when an enemy is taunted to food stash
- Mushrooms can now be collected when Heroes must stay on path
- Flares from Worm’s passive will no longer appear on objects like webs and slime
- Giant Spiders can hurt the Food Stash when targeting it, and now use a web ball effect for their projectiles
- New level: Jamie’s House 5
Miscellaneous
- Performance optimizations
- Fixed some messed up path visuals (Termite 2, Fly 3)
- Fixed a bug where sometimes enemies in a group wouldn’t appear
- In Ambush mode, enemies no longer ‘power up’ after time
- Fixed a bug with enemy counts on spawn points
- Fixed a bug where enemy assassins and enemies in ambush could move strangely
- Fixed a bug where destroying Mods wouldn’t stun the Robot
- Fixed a bug with invisible blocking areas (Pillbug 2)
- Fixed a bug with Pillbug Warriors walking strangely
- Removed orange color from poison damage dealt by allies
- Fixed a bug where Fly could fly to an area and get stuck when running out of flight time
- Fixed some stuck tutorials
- Fixed a bug where enemies wouldn’t spawn on Airship levels
- Fixed a bug with Robots with Jetpacks walking through obstacles
- Fixed a bug with Robots with Tank Treads getting stuck on obstacles
- Fixed a bug with Reset Data and restoring purchases
- Fixed a bug with Starter Pack
Game
- The Food Stash now gets a free Global Upgrade activation on Waves 10-25-50
- Long term missions now appear earlier in the season, to allow more time to complete them
- Worminator and Worm Artillery bugs will no longer leave the Food Stash and can now shoot over obstacles
- Moth’s Enchanting Aura now changes enemy turrets also (e.g., War Slug)
- The level will not be lost on Adventure mode due to time if all scrolls were collected
- Armor Dragonfly now has Armored health type
- Dragonfly Soldiers fly down their path better
- Webs and Slime now correctly hit cloaked enemies
- Removed ‘Waves come fast’ condition on Adventure and Ambush levels
- Moth’s gear ability “Focus” now works with Greater heal
- Grub Rider assassins are faster
New Levels
- Pillbug 3
- Termite 4, created by Doof3
- Moth 4, created by Doof3
- Slug 4
- Raspberry Roost 4
- Pillbug 5, created by Chris U
- Cucumber Cottage 5
- Bongo Box 5, created by Doof3
- Cobweb cabin 5, created by q
- Tom’s House 5
- Scorpion manor 4, created by bebop
- Scorpion Manor 19, created by Doof3
- Scorpion Manor 20, created by SpiffyC_TTV
Miscellaneous
- The App Review prompt won’t show again after pressing OK
- Spider Ninja is no longer hidden on the enemy window while in battle
- When viewing future enemies in the battle, they will show the correct stats for the wave they will appear
- Papers no longer hide slime and other ground effects
- Increased chance to get Detector upgrades if you don’t have any
- Fixed a bug where enemies could get stuck attacking while their bullets are constantly hitting objects before reaching their target
- Fixed a bug with enemy waves appearing as separate groups when they’re the same
- Adjusted how the enemy airships hide, added an enemy spawn point effect
- Fixed a bug where objects could cover up the camera in close up view
- Fixed a bug where enemies could walk off the path after being enchanted by Moth
- Improved bugs not stacking on top of each other
- Players can no longer upgrade Enhancer twice on towers/heroes that don’t need it (e.g., Sniper)
- Enemies that spawn more enemies (e.g. Queen Ant) no longer do so while enchanted by Moth
- Fixed a bug with Moth’s enchanting aura making bugs that are defending scrolls act strange
- Fixed some bugs with Beetle’s Taunt
- Quick start can no longer be chosen for Airship levels
- Added a badge on store tabs if an ad reward is newly ready
- Version number now shows on the options window
- Fixed a bug where hit effects could show in the wrong position
- Fixed some in game object clipping
- Fixed a bug where you could get stuck upgrading something and building at the same time
- Fixed a bug where spawn points could show enemies were going to spawn, but would never come
- Improved allied bug behavior
- Adjusted some screenshake values
- Crash fixes
Game
- Added medals to the Bug Heroes Airship: earn medals to unlock new difficulties
- Changed how enemy cloaking works: Non-melee attacks that cause AOE will now hit cloaked units. Heroes with these attacks (Worm and Moth) can now target cloaked enemies to be consistent with auto attack vs manual attack options, but their projectiles will not collision test with cloaked enemies so positioning will be required
- Build Towers mission changed: you now have to finish the battle with the towers built (can no longer build at the start of a level to insta-complete and restart)
- Season Rank now give Mythic Upgrades if the hero is already unlocked. If the hero and their Mythic is already unlocked, then the first 2 premium rewards will be Legendary Upgrades.
- Increased income in Adventure and Ambush to +6 Junk per second (up from +4), many players having trouble with Ambush and Adventure levels
- Fly now has ‘stamina’ to fly over fall zones (5 seconds), so he can’t avoid enemies forever
- Heroes can no longer walk along tower bounds while the “Heroes stay on path” condition is active
- Reduced Block tower’s cost to 20, many players having trouble with Free Build levels
- Worm Tunnel changes: the hero must stop moving to use the tunnel, and there is now a short cooldown between uses
- Fixed a bug with Pillbug’s Piercing Rounds and Exploding Shells not applying to himself
- Allied Fungal Zombies created from Fungal Rot now seek out enemies
- Fixed an issue with some maps changing unexpectedly
- Improved pathing on large free build levels
Store
- Changed House Keys ad reward to a Surprise Box, which has a variety of rewards
- Improved Gold Crate, will no longer give 1-star Upgrades
- Improved Free Crate, now on a schedule: get (3) 1* Upgrades, then (2) 2* Upgrades, then (1) 3* Upgrade, repeat
- Adjusted prices of Boosts and House Keys at the Merchant
- As Bug Rank increases, the Merchant has a higher chance of selling Upgrades
- Added some chances for a discounted Battle Pass
Enemies
- Siege Wagons now spawn Armor Army Ants
- Fixed Fungal Runners charge attack
- Hive Roach’s melee range better matches its visuals
- Grub Riders now charge to their final destination, instead of slowly going there
- Glue Gunners, Siege Wagon, and Giant Spiders can no longer be featured on single enemy waves
- Enemies should no longer walk through the Food Stash on Adventure mode
- Limited the max number of enemies that can be spawned at once via spawning enemies (Ant Queen, Gnat Lord, etc)
- Spider Ninjas deal reduced damage to the Food Stash
Miscellaneous
- Highest Airship wave should now be fixed
- Cloak detection range is shown when placing a tower that detects
- Added a different icon for allied cloak detectors
- Fixed a bug where you could build towers slightly out of bounds on some maps
- Fixed a bug with buildable areas being in the middle of paths (Moth Room 5)
- Fixed a bug with locked build view and flags not lining up when placing Pillbug Hut’s Guard Position, or choosing an aggro location
- Fixed a bug with Power Up Boxes not spawning within reach when “Heroes stay on path” condition is active
- Fixed a bug where Ant Colony could be used as Worm Tunnel
- Fixed an issue where the unit ring would disappear after a hero died. Also, the current hero’s ring is now hidden while in close up view
- Fixed the stun effect placement on towers
- Fixed a bug where the build grid would sometimes not appear
- Bosses with a jetpack will correctly fall to the ground when destroyed
- Ultimate and low health screen overlays no longer show over the pause button
- Boss Crates can no longer spawn inside the Food Stash
- Removed duplicate path models on aligned paths
- Added a dirt trail to Fungal Runners and Grub Riders
- Sounds
Game
- New enemy group spawning: can see what enemy combinations are coming for the entire battle, more dynamic enemy groups
- Adventure mode changes: enemies don’t follow path, can go for Hero or Food Stash
- Projectiles no longer go through environment objects
- Added directional controls while building to help place Towers
- Added different visual cues for messages in game
- Added an end of season window, collecting all rewards that are available to collect
- Added hero experience as battle pass rewards in Season Rank (starting next season)
- Pillbug Hut’s info now correctly shows Pillbug Warrior health
- Pillbug Hut Scavenge Bomb upgrades fixed and adjusted: Pillbugs that are killed blow up in a radius. Previously they had a huge effect but didn’t do damage.
- Bosses keep moving between melee attacks, even when being attacked by allied bugs
- Fungal Druids no longer shoot through towers on Ambush
- Firecracker Fleas only shoot at heroes (they will still kamikaze the food stash)
- Improved performance when the build grid appears on large maps
- When waves come automatically, it no longer rushes ahead if all enemies are killed
- Cleaned up some zoning around paths/food stash
- New map for Scorpion Manor Level 3
Miscellaneous
- Taking poison damage now shows a hit effect
- Fixed a bug where if you switch heroes immediately after using a select location attack, the effects would happen off the battlefield
- Fixed a bug with Glue Gunners and Giant Spiders not attacking towers in some battles
- Fixed a bug where completed quests and missions weren’t tracking correctly for player stats
- Fixed a bug where digging with your hero would remove invincibility status from a boost
- Fixed a bug where Pillbug’s abilities affected Towers (not just allied bugs)
- Fixed a bug with Fly Gamble’s cooldown and his Gear-V ability when rolling doubles
- Fixed a bug where Cannons and Slime Cannons could get stuck looking up towards the sky
- Fixed a bug where a Boss would stop attacking after Tank Treads were disabled
- Fixed a bug where hero hp bar would disappear after dying and continuing with a revive
- Fixed an issue where Pack Ant would stutter near the Food Stash
- Magnifier attack loop sounds stack less with nearby Magnifiers
- Removed dirt sounds on boss with tank treads
- Miscellaneous UI changes, bug fixes, sounds
Game
- Added a status window to show all houses in the neighborhood, and some player stats (accessed from the neighborhood). Note: most of it is not translated yet, and updating players may not have accurate values for some player stats.
- All allied bugs stay alive for 60s of game time (they no longer disappear at the end of a wave)
- Honey Bee’s Ant Colony no longer blocks units/heroes
- Moth’s attacks appear and travel in a consistent manner
- Upgrades heal towers during Ambush battles; added text to the upgrades in battle (not translated), and added a heal effect
- Boss comes from different spawn points on Airship levels
- Quest rewards aren’t received until defeating at least one boss on Airship levels
- Collect scrolls quest now makes waves come fast while active
- Added a link to the game’s version changelog in the last tab of options menu (not translated yet)
- Adjusted impact time of boss’s Hammer attack
- Roaches heal a smaller amount of health when collecting, and sergeants gain less HP
Balance
- Worm basic attack changed: more shots in a clip, less damage, more spread
- Worm Tunnel ability changed: leaves a tunnel that heroes can travel between for a duration
- Pillbug’s Piercing Shells and Exploding Shells abilities affect nearby allied bugs, not just Pillbug Gunners
- Pillbug can’t be knocked when hunkered down
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a crash that could happen randomly while playing
- Don’t show Moth regen effect if at full health
- Poison damage is shown with a different color, and correctly shown if only showing hero numbers
- Enemy spawn pointers now intersect less
- Fixed a visual issue with Laser projectiles
- Fixed a bug where Fly’s Bullet Tornado could stop spinning
- Fixed a bug where effects would appear somewhere else for a short period
- Fixed an issue with the camera jerking while in close up view and starting to build a tower
- Fixed a bug when in close view, sometimes going to build or selecting something would rotate your hero unnecessarily
- Fixed a bug with Honey Bee’s attack and high attack speeds
- Fixed a bug where a wave could stall at the end
- Fixed a bug where enemies sometimes wouldn’t play their death animation
- Fixed a bug with roach enemies and power up mushrooms
- Fixed a bug with Fly’s Gamble sometimes making it appear to have less Junk than you do
- Fixed a bug with the camera moving off the battlefield when using Fly + Spider team attack
- Fixed an issue with Fungal Druids acting strange when chosen for assassin units
- Fixed a bug where sometimes the featured enemy of a wave wouldn’t come
- Fixed a bug with non-daily mission progress resetting in the middle of a season
- Flea Shielders with a magic shield don’t show Armored health after their shield breaks
- After upgrading a hero’s health type, their health bar will immediately refresh
- Added a more specific message when the hero tries to dig between waves (not translated yet)
- Adjusted impact time of snail melee attacks
- Adjusted height of Micro Fungal Ant attack effect
- Boss wheels don’t animate while building
- No longer shows confirm pop up when collecting free items
- Worm spawn effect
- New sounds
Game
- Fixed some more pathing issues with long winding paths
- Increased XP amounts in boss crates; can now get XP for Food Stash
- Increased XP earned by Food Stash per wave
- Increased Gold from Airship waves
- Restocking Junk Mills counts as building one (in regards to missions), and doesn’t count non-junk upgrades in the restock cost
- Melee enemies won’t follow Fly hero into the air
- Fixed a bug where some scenarios on Airship would only apply for the first 5 waves
- Gain Junk for time skipped in modes where you get Junk every second
- Slime now hurts towers in Ambush mode
- Fungal Druids (and other hero shooters) now count as ‘ranged’ units
New Levels
- Buggy Bungalow - 1
- Beetle’s House - 2
- Pillbug’s House - 2
- Miles’ House - 3
- Tom’s House - 3
- Worm’s House - 4
- Buggy Bungalow - 5
- Scorpion Manor - 28
- Scorpion Manor - 31
Miscellaneous
- Duplicate upgrade options are no longer allowed in the Boss Crate
- Added a confirmation to buy anything on the store window to prevent accidental purchases
- When a barrier object is hidden, the bounds are visible so players can see where they can’t walk
- Firecracker enemies now face the direction they are shooting
- Cloaked enemies cannot be featured in levels without being able to build detecting towers (Coconut Condo 4)
- Fixed a bug where a white overlay would show over the entire level
- Fixed a bug where Fly/Moth/other projectiles wouldn’t hit enemies
- Fixed a bug with Fly Quickdraw shooting the wrong way when auto attack is enabled
- Fixed a bug where it looked like a far away enemy was aiming at hero
- Fixed an issue where displayed range would have a gap in the dashed circle
- Flying bugs fall if they die over fall zones
- Added highlight to top messages in game to help make clear they can be tapped away
- Boss Crate exploit fixed
- Fixed a bug where heroes could be switched out of bounds
- Fixed a bug where mission progress message would sometimes show with the wrong icon
- When getting big chunks of Junk during battle, the displayed number will animate properly from start to finish
- Beetle’s 5th Gear no longer makes his health value show as Armored
- Junk mills now have floating platforms when built over fall zones
- Fixed a bug where scrolls would spawn one more wave after quest completion
- Fixed an issue where going into an inaccessible area for enemies during Adventure could cause massive slow down
- Fixed a bug where Fly Swatter wouldn’t show all both heroes are down
- Fixed a display bug with hero HP in game vs listed values in the menus
- Adjusted screenshake when attacking at high speeds
- Fixed a bug where some levels would say an Airship is coming when there isn’t one
- Deactivated upgrades will no longer show in Junk Mill’s restock cost
- Moth’s passive will heal at the end of an Ambush battle
- 60FPS is allowed on any device
- New swap hero effects for Beetle and Termite
- New sounds added
Game
- Added Scorpion Manor final chapters for all heroes (not translated yet)
- Fixed ‘Can’t block enemies’ preventing long paths
- Improved pathfinding, fix for massive slowdown for far away enemies
- Enemies that are targeting the player hero and are continuously avoided with pathing tricks will go for the Food Stash, instead of chasing endlessly
- Towers can never sell for more than their build + upgrade cost
- Firecracker fleas counting down are counted as ‘close to attacking food stash’ with regards to tower targeting
- Don’t allow captains/spawners to create units through a wall (ex: when going down a tight free build path)
Balance
- Pillbug hunker down takes 3 seconds (down from 5s), set up decreases when moving instead of completely resetting, and charges while active hero stands still
- Stray enemy bullets won’t hit the Food Stash
Miscellaneous
- Added screenshake to attacks and abilities in close view
- Show target on targeted enemy in close view
- Show a better icon for boosts pack special offer
- Tap a list item that shows +vip rewards to open vip rank window
- Sound added for Pillbug’s Hunker Down
- Fixed an issue with 2-icon upgrades in battle not showing an icon for a bit
- Fixed a bug where you could ‘restock’ a Junk Mill a second time before resuming the game, which would do nothing
Level Builder
- Unbuildable zones added to spawn points in free build mode
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug where positional sound effects (pretty much any sound in-game) were not respecting the Sound volume slider in options
- Fixed a bug where fonts were not correct when the device was set to Russian, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
Miscellaneous
- Hotfixed a crash with Slug and exploder
Game
- New rewards in Boss Crates: Hero and Tower XP
- New levels: Spider-1 and Ant-2
- When using close up view, ranged heroes will prioritize marked targets and close up enemies
Balance
- Added knocking force to Worm’s weapon
- Adjusted Pillbug’s Hunker Down charging: if Pillbug is fully hunkered down, and you swap heroes, then move with the other hero, it will discharge Pillbug’s Hunker Down ability by the amount of time you move with the other hero. For example, you are Hunkered Down and swap to Ant, then walk for two seconds with Ant. You then swap back to Pillbug. He will need to spend two more seconds to enter Hunker Down state again.
- Increased range of Pillbug Gunners
- Boss does increasing damage to allied creeps the more they get hit
- Increased hero XP earned during Airship
Miscellaneous
- Fixed incorrect fonts when set to Russian language
- Fixed various text bugs when set to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
- Fixed an incorrect Russian string
- Object obscuring improved
- Added/changed some sounds
- General improvements and polish
- Fixed a bug where daily missions would regenerate on boot up
- Fixed an issue with rush waves reward on fast wave modes
- Fast wave modes will now show when a new enemy airship appears
- Decorative objects don’t disappear when built on
- When bosses die, it will spawn the rest of the wave
- Press and hold boss info in battle to see remaining health value
- Slime no longer shows speed buff from Siege Wagon
- Fixed a bug where tap to move could get stuck on walls
- Fixed a bug where using the move stick could stutter your hero while moving in open space
- Fixed a bug where ranged heroes could stutter when running away from an enemy
- Fixed a bug where Worminator wouldn’t look at his target
- Fixed a lighting bug on upgraded Pencil turrets
Level Builder
- Fixed a freeze when moving the Food Stash
Bigger bug fixes
- Fixed issues with waves spawning too early
- Fixed a bug where bosses could spawn after a wave completes, disabling abilities while the boss is out
- Fixed a bug where charged up end of wave enemies would freeze when attacked by allied melee creeps
- Fixed a bug where you could build a big enough wall in Adventure mode and kill performance (allowing longer paths is still in progress)
Balance
- Reduced the amount of stacking flames created by BLAZEr
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug where some text fields would disappear when they got near the edge of the screen
- Flash a junk icon at the top when new junk spawns
- Fixed a bug where Junk (and Scrolls) could spawn in unreachable locations
- Fixed a bug where upgrades in treasure chests would sometimes show the tower/hero they would be for
- Hide selected hero ranges when off battlefield
- Don’t pop up power up box window over quest window
- Store boosts no longer show on the Wood Crate
- Fixed a bug allowing some hero abilities to get off the path in ‘stay on path’ scenarios
- Firefly Crazies and other assassin units will go for the food stash if all heroes are dead
- Don’t spawn enemy spawners to defend Scrolls in Adventure mode
- Fixed a bug with scrolls
- If loading a game on a wave with a quest appearing, don’t give another one
- Fixed a bug where light bulbs could hit/explode slug slime
- Fixed a Russian localization error
Important Adjustments
- Fixed a large bug that was affecting levels in Scorpion Manor, causing more levels to be Adventure/Ambush than intended, and also making Adventure levels not require Scrolls. *Games in progress will be able to be finished as is, that level will change after quitting the app.
- Fixed a bug with waves getting stuck
- Lowered max wave time from 150s to 60s (waves higher than 55 would be > 60s). This should help speed up longer maps and endless.
- Added rush waves to Adventure mode, fast coming waves
Content
Playground
- Improvements to dragging, snapping, general UX
- Fixed decorative object names after loading a map
- Moving the Food Stash will clear any existing paths, and objects in the way
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug with new maps: if you were in the middle of a game and quit, it would not load properly. This update may cause any current level-in-progress data to be messed up: this will not happen on future plays. Sorry!
- Fixed a bug where the rush waves reward wasn’t adding to your total
- Fixed a bug where some enemies never spawned
- Added “/s” to poison damage upgrade
- Fixed an issue with XP bars disappearing after upgrading on the end game window
- Fixed multiple visual bugs related to Firecracker turret
- Fixed a bug where Termite’s Hammertime was not swinging his hammer fast enough
- Fixed a visual bug where hit effects could be positioned incorrectly when shooting enemies in third person view
- Fixed a bug where heroes could disappear after using an ability
Balance
- Buffed zapper's damage on chained hits from 35% falloff to 20% falloff per hit
- Nerfed the chances for exploders on lightbulb
- Reworked Worm’s Wormhole ability to have a larger range at level 0, with level ups reducing its cooldown and slightly increasing its range
- Very slightly nerfed the amount of damage increase when leveling up Slug’s slime trail ability
Content
- new map for Ant-5
- new map for Beetle-4
- new map for Spider-3
- new map for Bongo Box-1
- new map for Buggy Bungalow-4
Playground
- Fixed controls to match in-game controls
- Fixed bug with placing and moving Sandcastles
- Fixed Sandcastle incorrect object name
- Fixed a bug with heroes not rendering when playing a Playground level
- Improved spawn point bounding size when making free-build maps
- Fixed air paths from spontaneously randomizing to finish
- Fixed some issues with air paths and objects
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug with music selection button when you still have some heroes locked
- Fixed Zapper turret's aura range
- Fixed a lighting bug with pillbug
- Fixed a bug where bosses could become too large when they have a lot of mods
- Fixed turret targeting behaviors in certain scenarios, specifically when playing ambush mode
- Adjusted some wording for Russian localization (thank you Grandish)
Bigger stuff
- The Airship level is now the same for all players on each day
- Mushroom Farm has more stats/upgrades: mushroom speed, heal, and duration
- Lightbulb attack reworked: attacks all nearby enemies instead of a beam
- Poison can stack on an enemy from multiple sources
- Added a shortcut to restock Junk Mills
- Added an option to choose the battle song
- Free crate can be temporarily powered up by skipping rewards
- Optimizations
- Big bug fixes: stalling waves, selling for profit, empty quests
Balance
- Knockback now causes a short stun
- Zapper is bigger
- Slug abilities adjusted. Battery Discharge deals more damage and has a shorter cooldown, as well as an improved visual effect. Slime Trail distance increased.
- Aura range reduced for smaller towers
- Allied creeps last for 60s on fast wave levels
- Snipers overkilling enemies, and Sniper Burst global upgrade adjusted
- Summoned units scale damage better, based on their owning hero (Dojo, Worm Artillery, Pillbug's squad, etc)
- Siege Wagon now taunts nearby towers
- Webs of Death (scaling damage), Extra Flammable (faster hit rate + duration) improved
- Heavy Caliber adds knockback
- All Junk Mill 'Junk' income upgrades also increase the bank size
Playground
- Android players can now access the Playground manually: use restore code Sandbox (case sensitive). NOTE: it will only show after unlocking 6 houses
- Fixed enemy spawn button
- Control mode is more like basic game
Miscellaneous fixes and tweaks
- Blazer description updated
- Pack ants do not spawn on maps with limited food stash upgrades.
- Added small black rectangles behinds tower XP icons on completion screen
- Fixed a star bug when walking away from turrets
- Fixed lamp collision
- Adjusted corrosion effect
- Fixed an incorrect power up from happening after death
- Rush wave junk has weird interactions with fast wave maps
- Adjusted text when viewing a hero's story that hasn't been unlocked yet
- Power ups no longer spawn after boss is killed and objective is completed
- Changing camera angle no longer changes hero range
- Fixed tool tip button on boss mods
- When both heroes die, camera no longer goes off screen
- Fixed snails not attacking player nor food stash
- Remote config optimization
- Rewinding no longer spawns an extra pack ant
- Dragonflies and gnats now have effects centered above them
- Fixed a junk exploit when selling webbers
- Removed loading text if not english for now (on apple)
- Fixed robot incorrect oices
- Fixed stuttery glue gunners
- Fixed Enchanting Aura to affect certain enemies, like firecracker fleas and war slugs' turret.
- Fixed baby spider attack prioritizations
- Fixed snipers targeting in-range heroes
- Enhancer correctly works on beetle now
- Boss no longer stays in flying animation after losing jetpack
- Fixed an endless exploit with boss HP
- Pack roaches will no longer pick up boss cores
- Improved tower selection when grouped together tightly
- Fixed an issue with enemies spawning backwards
- Adjusted airship enemy selection
- Improved hit effects when targeting distant enemies
- Fixed friendly commando flea effects
- Added tutorial that towers/heroes can be leveled up from end game window
- Increased manor XP
- Improved hitbox on bosses
- Fixed termite headlight effect on low settings
- Something about selling turrets
- Adjusted which missions are offered in game
- Fixed shooting range building
- Fixed force closing game causing some attributes to not be saved (moth passive charge, war slug magic shield, etc.)
- Fixed Boss w/ bug blaster stays completely still until player is in range
- Change mission to finish a battle with global upgrade researched
- Fixed an issue when opening the build menu too fast after selling turret
- Fixed Ant's lucky shot
- Dice are translucent