Major update: what's new since the demo came out

The demo went out on September 22. Since then the game has changed a lot. This is what you'll notice when you start it again.

New bosses

Four new guardians in Stage I: VESPER holds its eye between two long arms and attacks in pairs. Survive the second one and its core opens. AEGIS is a golden shield beetle. The front shrugs off most of your damage, the back takes extra. Get behind it. NYX pulls its eight arms in before it discharges. When it recovers, the eye is open. MANTIS hunts with slow scythe swings, then leaps in from range and cuts straight ahead. Don't be in front of it. TEKTON has a new body: a basalt shell with glowing seams and an eye that actually looks at you.

A new look

The whole game was redrawn. The title screen, the shop, the inventory, the character select and the options are drawn in the same style as the field now, and every menu uses the whole screen without scrolling.

Getting started

• The first time something matters, the game tells you once, then leaves you alone. After your first run it points you to the shop and the inventory.

During a run

• Level-up, relic and route cards are drawn like the rest of the game. They show the real numbers (damage, count, cooldown, area), and you can't pick one by accident while collecting anymore.
• Second Life: unlock it in the shop. When you die you choose whether to use it.
• Memory shards in the field are glass now and easy to spot.
• The end screen shows your run with your weapons drawn the way they look in the field.

Co-op

• The second player can take three hits before going blind instead of one, their grab comes back faster, and the game shows them the button when it's ready.

Loot and text

• Opening a container plays out like a find. The longer it takes, the rarer it is.
• The English text was checked line by line in a full playthrough.

In the full game on November 12

• After you beat the first campaign you can go deeper: six more layers with three guardians each.
• The Stage II bosses were reworked and fight with clearer attacks.
• Online conquest with your Steam account: fight other players' builds as the boss.

Whatever you unlock in the demo carries over to the full game. Discord: https://discord.gg/VydVNT72Ef