City of Beats News

City of Beats
Hi everyone!

We're excited to announce that City of Beats will be showcased at DreamHack Beyond on August 18th, 2023!

Check out the Summer Indie Showcase at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40157993/sale/DreamHackBeyondSummerIndieShowcase . We’re super excited to see you!

If you want to join the community, follow us on Twitter and join our Discord!

Thanks for your support and we’re super excited to show off all of our hard work!

Hey all, we've been working on this update for the past few weeks and are excited to finally release it!



Here's what's new & changed:

[h3]New Features[/h3]

• The Acid Linkgun is now available in the game once you've defeated the second district's mini-boss! It shoots deadly acid beams that connect to enemies or burst them down, all while playing pleasant melodies. There's also a new achievement that you'll unlock when finishing a run with the Acid Linkgun.
  
• Key Rebinding is now available in the Controls menu!
  

[h3]Balancing
[/h3]

• decreased HP of most bosses by up to 20%, as they were a bit too sponge-y
  
• significantly increased the damage of projectiles reflected by your barrier, which is especially helpful against those beloved sniper enemies
  
• slightly reduced Fragment & Gold Orb drops from enemies & Zeitgeber reward nodes
  
• buffed lots of Efficiency and a few Defense upgrades
  
• increased initial trait limit even further (400 -> 500)
  
• your upgrade shockwaves can no longer be blocked by enemy barriers
  
• some more weapon damage tweaks (based on tracked gameplay metrics)
  

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• tweaked visibility & scale of some enemy attack indicators
  
• added a warning message when closing the Extensions screen without having selected all your extensions
  
• Barry (when available) is now literally standing in your way - if you still don't talk to him, you're a bad person
  

[h3]Let us know how you like the new weapon here on Steam, or on our Discord:[/h3]
discord.torchedhill.com

Heya,

City of Beats is currently part of the "Games Germany" Steam event and with it comes a 20% discount!



Make sure to check out the other awesome games at the event page:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-germany


Cheers,
Kai

Heya,

City of Beats is currently part of the "Games Germany" Steam event and with it comes a 20% discount!



Make sure to check out the other awesome games at the event page:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-germany


Cheers,
Kai

Hey all,

we're currently putting final touches on the game's 4th weapon, the Acid Linkgun, which will be part of an upcoming big update:



[h3]New Features[/h3]

• Weapon #4, the Acid Linkgun - shoots deadly acid beams that connect to enemies or burst them down
  
• Key Rebinding - one of the most-requested features will allow you to configure your controls
  
• more balance tweaks & bugfixes
  

[h3]How to Playtest[/h3]
To get the balance right, we're looking for feedback! If you own the game, you can check out the playtest build for the upcoming patch:

1. Right-click City of Beats in your library and click "Properties", then "Betas".
   
2. Select "playtest" from the dropdown. (if you want to switch back to the standard build, select "None")
   

Please note that progress while playing the playtest build is stored in a separate savegame file and won't use or override your existing progress. You will already have all weapons unlocked and the new Acid Linkgun equipped. Achievements are disabled.

We suggest only playing the playtest build if you've already finished at least one run in the base game, to avoid spoilers.

Have a great day,
Kai