Boss Events & Performance Update

v1.4
17 September 2026
Areas
23 changes in this update

Added

2 changes
Controls
  • Auto Fire override - hold LMB or Space while Auto Fire is enabled to pause firing; release it to resume

UI
  • Version badge - added an animated custom-font version badge displaying v1.4

Improved

20 changes
UI
  • Armory readability - increased text sizes, contrast, spacing, prices, ranks, and preview-hint readability

  • Credit counter - increased the bottom credit counter size by approximately 21%

  • Level announcement - updated its entrance and exit animation direction

  • Boss headers - removed the numbered x/20 suffix from boss names

Bosses
  • Boss events - normal enemies continue spawning during boss encounters

  • Round progression - regular enemies continue advancing the level quota while a boss is active

  • Boss persistence - undefeated bosses can survive into later levels

  • Boss completion - defeating a boss no longer automatically completes the level

  • Boss rotation - bosses are selected randomly from unseen variants until all 20 have appeared

  • Cross-run rotation - unseen-boss progress now persists between runs

  • Cycle rollover - completing the full boss pool starts a new shuffled cycle without immediately repeating the previous boss

  • Boss durability - boss health now begins at 240 and increases by 120 per encounter

Progression
  • Enemy quota values - regular enemies award 1 quota point, elites award 2, bosses award 5, and boss summons award 1

Balance
  • Heavy Rounds - reduced weapon damage from 10% to 6% per rank

  • Rapid Chamber - changed from 6% interval reduction to a smooth 4% fire-rate increase per rank

  • Power Reservoir - reduced duration bonus from 15% to 10% per rank

  • Forked Fire - reduced angled-shot damage from 45% to 25%

  • Chain Reaction - reduced its bonus from 0.75 to 0.50 per rank

Performance
  • HUD rendering - cached repeated ring textures and colour calculations

  • Effects rendering - optimized arc and ring drawing to reduce render-submission cost

Fixed

1 change
Controls
  • Menu cursor - reinforced cursor visibility and release on the home screen