Galactic Glitch News

Hey everyone!

We're back with v1.06, focused on improving the Celestial District level, and balancing early and mid-late game.

For balancing, we're increasing the chance of finding Glitch Charges in shops, making the early game a bit more reliable in terms of their availability. We're also buffing the big heal items' effect, and increasing the effect of all Upgrade Protocols as you gain more. Basically, we've tuned down the diminishing returns as you gain more of each kind.

For the Celestial level, we tuned down the background brightness, to make it easier to actually see the enemies and their attacks. We've also tuned the rotation speed on some enemies, to make their tracking a bit easier to handle. We're very curious what you think of these changes and of the level as a whole!

We've also buffed some Powers and weapons, and finally fixed the Void Dagger special attack (thanks @Faust!). Red Challenges in Poisoned Reaches and The Scrapyard should also be a bit more balanced and less crazy now.

Here's the full list of changes:

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Upgrade Protocol effects degrade slower
  
• Higher chance of Glitch charges in shop
  
• Large heal pickups now restore 50% more health
  
• Reduced rotation speed on several enemies (Poisoned Reaches and Celestial District)
  
• Buffed Flash Spear damage and special attack
  
• Made some armored enemies easier to damage
  
• Buffed Void Dagger special attack and added SFX
  
• Buffed Shrapnel Explosion power
  
• Improved Celestrial Distrcict level visibility
  
• Tweaked some red challenge rooms to be more fair
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed damage display on Flash Spear
  
• Fixed damage display on Boomerang Blaster
  
• Removed distortion effect on Frostbite prototype's dodge
  

We're continuing to fine-tune the balance based on your feedback. Feel free to let us know your thoughts on the game's current balance! We're always listening and happy to hear your feedback!

Happy glitching!
- Max and the GG team

Discord: https://discord.gg/6jPYbpZa2g

Hey everyone!

It's been five days since our release, so you know what time it is - time for v1.05! We focused most our time yesterday and today on finding the save/load bug that was leaving players stuck in the black void and unable to continue. It should be fixed now for any save that had the issue, and we also made sure it doesn't happen again in the future. Sorry to anyone that had the issue, and thanks for your patience and help in sending us your save files, it helped a ton!

We also took the chance to make some more balance changes based on player feedback, for example we've buffed several powers, buffed the Void Dagger special attack, and added Glitch Token drops from the mid-game big bosses to help with your power progression.

Here's the full list of changes:

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Added Glitch Token drops from mid-game bosses
  
• Buffed Void Dagger special attack damage
  
• Increased Static Field power damage
  
• Increased Sonic Boom range
  
• Reward rooms in late-midgame are no longer hidden
  
• Hidden rooms now always spawn connected to small rooms
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the save/load bug causing players to be stuck in void
  
• Fixed power sacrifice not being saved correctly
  
• Fixed power list UI being too short when having 7 powers
  

[h3]Known Issues (will be fixed next week)[/h3]

• Glitch bomb button binding gets reset on each restart
  
• Overheal from Glitchspace healing is not loaded correctly from mid-run saves
  

We hope everyone is enjoying the game now that the balance is in a better place! We want to thank everyone again for their patience, feedback, and support during these first few days of rough balance. We hope the wait was worth it!

[h3]One Last Thing[/h3]
If you're enjoying Galactic Glitch and want to support our continued development, we'd really appreciate a review! It helps the game tremendously and motivates the team to keep improving. Thanks to everyone who has already reviewed. We really appreciate it!
Happy glitching!
- Max and the GG team

Discord: https://discord.gg/6jPYbpZa2g

Hey everyone!

It's been just half a day since our last update, but we've been listening closely to your feedback and realized the balance in the later levels is still not quite right. We've decided to remove the occurrence of elite enemies in those levels entirely now, and also made many more significant changes to make the difficulty progression more appropriate.

We're increasing the availability of healing, by doubling the health buff you get from the Glitchspace recharge station, by adding more crates in later levels, and by guaranteeing at least one heal item per Shop, and at least one shop per level. Corrupted teleporters rewards have also been significantly upped, so it should now be much more worth the risk to take one.

Here is the full list of changes:

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Removed elite enemies on later levels of Boss Orb 1
  
• Reduced their spawn rates on Boss Orb 2
  
• Increased health from Recharge Stations in Glitchspace
  
• All shops now have one guaranteed healing item
  
• Improved rewards from corrupted teleport rooms
  
• Increased crate spawn rates in later levels
  
• Buffed Hurricane and Poison Dodge powers
  
• Reduced size of sectors in Quarantine level
  
• Increased minimum damage bonus from red Upgrade Protocols
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed Void Dagger DPS display (it was showing 4x the real amount)
  

We're always listening to your feedback, and it's helping us make the game better with every update. Please let us know what you think of these difficulty changes or any other feedback you have, it all helps a ton!

Thank you so much for your patience as we fine-tune the balance. We know it can be frustrating when the difficulty isn't quite right, and so we'll keep doing our best to get as close as possible to that sweet spot!

Have fun and happy glitching!
- Max and the GG team

Discord: https://discord.gg/6jPYbpZa2g

Hey everyone!

It's the fourth day since release and here's our fourth update! This one's a bit smaller as it's the weekend and most of the team is taking some well-deserved time off. Still, we've got some fixes and improvements to share with you.

We've focused on many smaller changes that will hopefully address some issues you guys have brought up to us since yesterday. Mainly there's a fix for the Void Ring and Void Dagger creating weird physics issues, as well as a fix for the Void Ring's visual being a bit too distracting. We also reduced the upgrade costs of the high-level hub upgrades, especially the "Roguelite mode" ones. Please let us know how you like the new balance in the comments!

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Reduced price of high-level meta-upgrades
  
• Reduced red screen overlay when on low health
  
• Made red challenge portals bigger and easier to spot
  
• Made big heal pickups larger and easier to tell apart
  
• Increased chance for Glitch Token duplication on Glitch bomb hit
  
• Fixed timed reward after completing Cybervoid level
  
• Improved Void Ring visuals for better visibility in combat
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed physics issues with Void Ring and Void Dagger special attacks
  
• Fixed some missing power sprites
  
• Fixed power upgrade texts for Hurt me Plenty and Cohesion Boost
  
• Fixed Quarantine level name not showing on hub map
  

We hope you like our weekend mini-update! Btw, we're still curious to hear your feedback for the new difficulty balance since 1.03, so please do share any thoughts in the comments!

[h3]Need Some Tips?[/h3]
If you want a few pointers on the early game, check out this short guide for how to get better builds and get stronger even faster!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3493806313
[h3]One More Thing[/h3]
If you're enjoying the game so far, we'd really appreciate if you left a review. It really helps the game and motivates the team to keep pushing out these updates!

Thanks for your support and for all your feedback so far.

Enjoy the weekend and enjoy the game!

Happy glitching!
- Max and the GG team

Discord: https://discord.gg/6jPYbpZa2g

Hey everyone!

We've been listening closely to all your feedback since the 1.0 launch, and one thing has come through loud and clear: the difficulty scaling is too punishing and the game becomes frustrating. We hear you!

We are reducing enemy health and damage for all later levels, and are also reducing the scaling effects for all higher Boss Orbs. This will mosly affect the later levels of the run (past Behemoth Boss), but can also be noticeable before. We've increased the Crate spawn rate and we also doubled the HP on Crates, so they don't get destroyed so easily in the chaos of the later zones.

Besides this, there are some smaller balance changes that will hopefully make runs more balanced and fun. We've added more opportunities for gaining Upgrades Protocols, as well as healing items. We're also buffing all prototypes: All ships now get one Power Slot more, as well as a minimum 5 hp bonus from green UPs (even the back-stabby Ravager). Speaking of our backstabby buddy, we now gave him an additional speed buff as well, so he should be much more playable now.

Here is the full list of changes:

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Reduced enemy damage in later levels
  
• Reduced enemy base health on later levels
  
• Reduced enemy health bonus by Boss Orb level
  
• Doubled Crates hitpoints
  
• Added health drop from red challenges
  
• Increased power slots on all Prototypes
  
• Added speed buff to Backstabber prototype
  
• Added reward for beating optional Mini-Boss
  
• Increased reward rooms in later levels
  
• Higher crate spawn rate in later levels
  
• Slightly buffed invincibility time after taking damage
  
• Green Upgrades bonus power now give faster special charge rate
  
• Increased minimum hp bonus from green Upgrades
  
• Special energy drains slower after inactivity
  
• Added more upgrades in Roguelite mode
  
• Shield Overload power buffed
  
• Deployable Shield now works on familiars
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed Glitch Wall sometimes not unlocking when bombed
  
• Fixed various issues with Sentinel boss
  
• Fixed Cerberus boss colliders
  
• Fixed QuickFix power upgrade display
  
• Various other minor fixes
  

We hope you'll find this version a lot more enjoyable, especially in the later stages of your runs. We want Galactic Glitch to be challenging but fair, and we hope these changes bring us closer to that sweet spot. We're very curious to hear what you guys think, so please feel free to share your thoughts.

We also put together this starter guide for the game, with lots of useful tips and tricks for players getting started with GG:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3493806313

Thank you all again for your feedback so far. You're helping us make the game better with each update!

Happy glitching!
- Max and the GG team

Discord: https://discord.gg/6jPYbpZa2g