Pancake Patrol News

[p]Version 2.0.0 — Companions are here![/p][p]The biggest update yet is live! I’ve added a full Companion System, completely overhauled weapons with rarity and infinite scaling, introduced critical damage, added a new Guardian enemy type, rebalanced everything and squashed a bunch of bugs![/p][p][/p][h3]New Features[/h3][p]Companion System[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Summon up to 3 companions to fight alongside you[/p]
  • [p]Companions can be leveled up infinitely[/p]
  • [p]Every companion has a base projectile attack that scales with their level[/p]
  • [p]Every companion increases 2 stats for the player[/p]
  • [p]Companions (and their upgrades) only drop from Elites, Gift Boxes and the new Guardian enemies[/p]

[p]Weapon System Overhaul[/p][p][/p]

• [p]New weapon rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary[/p]
• [p]Every weapon can now scale infinitely[/p]
• [p]Every individual attribute can be upgraded separately[/p]
• [p]Rebalanced upgrade weights per weapon and per attribute[/p]

[p]Critical Hits[/p]

• [p]Added Crit Chance and Crit Damage stats[/p]

[p]New Enemy Type: Guardian[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Stationary protectors that guard areas[/p]
• [p]Does not chase until engaged[/p]
• [p]Extremely high HP, very slow, incredibly deadly[/p]
• [p]Drops companion upgrades[/p]
• [p]Appears in Levels 1, 2, 3, 5[/p]

[p]Pause Menu Improvements[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Now shows all currently equipped weapons and full companion stats[/p]

[h3]Changes & Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Major global rebalancing[/p]
• [p]Elite enemies rebalanced[/p]
• [p]Normal enemies rebalanced[/p]
• [p]Elite enemies now close the distance to the player more aggressively[/p]
• [p]Cpt. Crustacean’s Ninja Slash special now travels in random patterns[/p]
• [p]Snowflake is now a starting character[/p]
• [p]Wanted solo boss fights now reward Rare, Epic, and Legendary upgrades specifically for the chosen character’s starter weapon[/p]
• [p]Adjusted experience curve[/p]
• [p]Significantly reduced performance impact from large numbers of experience gems on the ground[/p]
• [p]Added indicators for locked levels[/p]
• [p]Updated Arsenal Overview[/p]
• [p]Character specials now take flat damage upgrades into account (multiplicative)[/p]
  • [p]e.g.: Butter Bomb was previous 550 flat dmg per butter projectile, now its 150
  • Flat Damage Upgrades[/p]
  • [p]rebalanced starting amount of each characters specials[/p]

[h3]Visual & Animation Polish[/h3][p][/p]

• [p]Floating damage numbers now appear on both player and enemies[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Floating healing numbers added for the player[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Significantly improved Flapjack Fury animation[/p]
• [p]Significantly improved Pancake Throw animation[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Better enemy shadows across the board[/p]
• [p]Improved weapon shadow “pop” effect on the majority of weapons[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed enemies animating in perfect unison (fights feel way more natural now)[/p]
• [p]Fixed incorrect size of the Sticky Aura attack[/p]
• [p]New enemy pooling system — way more enemies on screen with much better performance[/p]
• [p]No more accidental upgrades when multiple level-ups are queued[/p]
• [p]Steam Overlay now properly pauses and unpauses the game[/p]
• [p]Removed the DPS Dummy[/p]
• [p]Enemy sounds now properly work without overlapping hundreds of times or not playing at all[/p]

[p][/p][p]Enjoy the update, play around with companions, the new weapon system and break some records![/p][p]Let me know what you think in the Steam Community Board, especially about the current balancing. Given the new weapon system, this one will be quite the challenge.[/p]

[h2]New Game Mode[/h2]
This game mode is all about your Upgrades!
Fight endless waves of slimes and see how far you can go.

Increase your stats in the Upgrade menu and use Flapjack Fury to your advantage to survive as long as possible and score high on the leaderboard.

The Leaderboard is accessible through the challenge overlay in-game

[h2]Changes & Bug Fixes[/h2]

• DLC characters are now shown as unlocked characters in the main menu
  
• fixed auto-target weapons to no longer shoot in the upper right corner, when no enemies or too many enemies are in range
  

[h3]DLC:[/h3]

• 2nd free DLC has been added:
  
  • new playable character: Marionette
    
  • new weapon: Marionette Bones
    
  • More Details on the DLC page
• proper links, which will open the steam client to get the free DLC characters in the character selection screen
  

[h3]Misc:[/h3]

• adjusted slime splitting behaviour
  
• adjusted lighting on player character
  

[h3]Balancing:[/h3]

• adjusted HP value of heart bunnies in Snowflake's Secret Path (22 > 55)
  

[h3]Bugs:[/h3]

• fixed a bug for Simplified Chinese were some challenges for the Elite mode would not load properly and could result in a crash
  
• removed extra light sources from marionette boss projectiles to prevent lag spikes
  

- brightend up some enemy and all player character sprites
- disabled some enemy shaders in Horde Mode to reduce overall calculations, which saves on performance especially on the 15+ minute mark
- smoothened out character animations in the main menu
- very slightly increased enemy hp and damage on max difficulty settings

Multiplier challenges in Boss Rush now work correctly.

Crust's projectiles in Boss Rush now disappear properly before the explosion particles appear, instead of after.

The Marionette Trio can now be properly defeated with higher health modifiers. Previously, it could happen that they didn’t disappear correctly, causing the player to get stuck in the level.