Deadtime Defenders News

Mini-bosses are here! Boulder, Snapjaw, Rog, Grim, Prawn and Bullseye are new high-value targets that you need to take out during Assault runs!

Each zone in Deadtime Defenders has a mini-boss that will randomly spawn for any players past level 5. Every mini-boss comes with their own unique item drops - a new weapon and costume.



Be sure to join our Discord to chat with the team about the new content or provide feedback about the game!

http://deadtimedefenders.com/discord/

[h3]Features / Improvements[/h3]
• Mini-bosses: Boulder, Snapjaw, Rog, Grim, Prawn and Bullseye are new high-value targets that you need to take out during Assault runs!
• 6 new weapons and 6 new costumes you can earn from the mini-boss loot drops.
• Decreased the size of the mouse cursor.
• Renamed the Six-Shooter to the Sheriff since it doesn't always have six shots.

[h3]Rebalancing[/h3]
• Increased the difficulty of the enemies during the first few player levels since some players found the start of the game easy.

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
• Fixed a bug with some input devices (Razer Orbweaver, etc.) being detected as gamepad controllers.
• Fixed a bug with the weight of the Wasp. They shouldn't push enemies around as much.
• Added advanced diagnostics stored in game log should a player require support.

Ready to test your mettle? Fight an onslaught of enemies in the NEW GAME MODE - BLITZ! Enemies will keep coming at you until you can't handle it! There is a clock forcing you to keep your kills up, but you'll receive more rewards the more enemies you defeat.



The new game modes we added in Updates 1 & 2 should provide more variety in the gameplay for players working towards Level 30 and hitting the end-game!

Full patch notes below.



Be sure to join our Discord to chat with the team about the new game mode or provide feedback about the game!

http://deadtimedefenders.com/discord/

[h3]Features / Improvements[/h3]
• New game mode (Blitz) added!
• Added tutorials to new games modes.
• Renamed Waves mode to Assault.
• Enemies spawn closer to the edge of the screen increasing the pacing especially in Blitz mode.
• Stat display is rounded to two decimal places to improve readability in all menus.

[h3]Rebalancing[/h3]
• Added chance to find legendary items during all game modes when you reach level 25.
• Rebalanced item rarity drop rates in the late / end-game.

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
• Fixed a bug that allowed the Venus flytrap to not spawn correctly within the camera bounds.
• Fixed a bug with the ricochet talent not working when bullets hit the supply drop.
• Fixed a bug that would allow reload and magazine mods to be added to melee weapon.
• Fixed some bugs related to the enemy pathfinding in the Void.

A supply drop has landed for the Deadtime Defenders and it's up to you to protect the shipment in the NEW GAME MODE - DEFEND!



You will have 90 seconds to keep the shipment in tip-top shape in order to receive the most amount of rewards. There are 3 stages of health for a shipment which will reward you 3, 2 or 1 steel crates when you successfully defend the supplies. You can use the repair rings to restore health back to the supply drop.

We've created a new level selection screen to help select different game modes plus we've done some rebalancing, bug fixes, and added some improvements. Full patch notes below.



Be sure to join our Discord to chat with the team about the new game mode or provide feedback about the game!

http://deadtimedefenders.com/discord/

Progress on the mini-boss update is going well and we should be launching it on time later this month!

[h3]Features / Improvements[/h3]
• New game mode (Defend) added!
• New level selection screen added.
• Added an action in the weapon inspection screen to remove all mods at once.
• Implemented 8 new weapon sprays.
• Added confirmation alert when trying to sell equipped items.

[h3]Rebalancing[/h3]
• Weapon drop rate increased.
• Costume drop rate reduced.
• Ricochet bullets will only rebound a few times with reducing damage.
• Decreased Commando perk from 25% to 20%.
• Decreased Gunslinger perk from 25% to 20%.
• Decreased Slugger perk from 25% to 20%.
• Decreased Specialist perk from 25% to 20%.
• Increased max health of the Big Alien enemy.
• Reduced melee weapon damage.
• Reduced rocket launcher damage.
• There is now a slight chance that wood crates will spawn loot.
• Increased the collision size for the Wasp enemy.
• Increased the size of the crate collision box.

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the correct hours played count from being displayed on a save slot.
• Fixed a bug that wasn't tracking the last wave being completed during a run.
• Removed the rarity display for a weapon spray in the item details box.
• Fixed bugs that caused bullets to not react correctly when hitting an enemy shield.
• Fixed a bug that prevented selecting categories in the Codex menu with the gamepad.

Now that we've launched Deadtime Defenders onto Steam - we want to share our roadmap with everyone for the features coming during Early Access in 2020!

We're very happy with our initial offering for Early Access, however, there are some really cool features coming up and we can't wait for you to be a part of it. We hope everyone is as excited as we are!



Be sure to join our Discord to chat with the team about the coming features and how you are enjoying the game so far! We'd love to hear what you're most excited about for our upcoming features!

http://deadtimedefenders.com/discord/

With the release date closing in (Tuesday Feb 18th!) - we put together a small guide to share some details about the different features in a bit more depth.

You can read the guide on Steam here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1997538376

We hope this helps prepare for you launch day! 3 more days!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148700/Deadtime_Defenders/