50% OFF ➕ MAJOR UPDATE 6: FULL SPECTRUM

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[h3]All 49 turrets & 96 perks are now unlockable, which means that it's officially possible to achieve 100% completion in the CHECKLIST, and that all Turret Trials can be unlocked & completed.[/h3]

[h2]TURRET Ramjet[/h2]
Propels itself by shooting! Ramjet offers immense power if you know how to use it. Consider trying the Magnet perk on it!

[h2]TURRET Gauss[/h2]
Charges like the Helios turret! High-precision, high-speed, high accuracy - all in one package. Increase its Charge Max and you'll deal even more damage!

[h2]PERK Generator[/h2]
You want auto-fire? Fine! Take 25% extra Firerate too! ...but you can't turn it off. Better not overheat!

[h2]PERK Aloe[/h2]
Easily land hits with giant, speedy shots whenever they crit!

[h2]PERK Sieve[/h2]
You'll have much more control over what items appear in the shop if you have a specific build in mind.

[h2]PERK Nail[/h2]
Guarantee that every weapon on your turret has Pierce...for a price, of course.

[h3]See how to unlock them in the CHECKLIST. If you already meet their conditions, you'll be granted them the moment you start the game up![/h3]



[h3]🆓 DEMO[/h3]
Genome Guardian: Prologue has effectively been replaced by an official Genome Guardian Demo. The content is the same, and progress is still shared between the demo and full version!

[h3]🎮 STEAMDECK[/h3]
I've perfected the Steam Deck experience (just waiting for official verification now!)

• Various settings have been changed/hidden to suit the Steam Deck.
  
• Steam Deck-specific button icons are now shown instead of keyboard & generic gamepad icons.
  
• The crosshair will no longer appear (since it's not needed on Steam Deck).
  
• The cursor will no longer dissappear after being idle for 3 seconds. (this is why the cursor moves in circles slightly while you're not moving it... it sounds silly but this genuinely seems like the only solution right now)
  
• Minor Steam Deck-specific performance tweaks.
  

[h3]🎵 NEW MUSIC[/h3]

• Wave 1-10:
  • "Depth Strider" by Lutex (a Genome Guardian player!)
    
  • "Collateral" by Punch Deck
    
  • "Parallax" by Punch Deck
    
  • "Turtle Cave" by Bebasmas
• Wave 11-20: "The Day We Fought Back" by Bebasmas
  
• Wave 21-30: "Elevator Madness (w/ Caturday)" by Bebasmas
  

[h3]ːresearchcurrencyː NEW RESEARCH ITEMS[/h3]

• (cursor) Outline: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (cursor) Hollow: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (cursor) Pincer: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (crosshair) □: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (crosshair) #: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (crosshair) ◊: ːresearchcurrencyː 500.
  
• (heat style) Slotted: ːresearchcurrencyː 1000.
  
• (heat style) Helm: ːresearchcurrencyː 1000.
  

[h3]⚖ BALANCE[/h3]

• (turret) Diesel: While below 50% Heat, Damage +50% → +70%.
  
• (turret) Scorch: Firerate increases up to 100% → 150%. 🔥
  
• (turret) Superstar: Damage -15% → -20%.
  
• (turret) Inferno: Now only has 1 weapon mount (4 letters slots + 4 weapon mod slots).
  
• (turret) Buckler: +50% Firerate while at 0 Shield.
  
• (turret) Bearclaw: Added -30% Size.
  
• (turret) Tank: Cooling Rate 12/s → 15/s.
  
• (turret) Dice: Instead of granting 15 rerolls, now grants 1 reroll after each wave.
  
• (turret) Fortress:
  • Added an extra weapon mount (3 letters & 2 mod slots).
    
  • Firerate -25% → -30%.
    
  • Cooling Delay 1s → 1.5s.
• (turret) Viper:
  • -8% Damage to each mount (it's practically unnoticeable, cool your jets)
    
  • Health 4 → 8.
    
  • Max Health reduction when hit 1 → 2. (you don't need a tank build to go ham with Viper)
• (turret) Deadeye:
  • Added Range +100%.
    
  • Firerate -40% → -50%.
• (turret) Tower:
  • No longer loses Health upon overheat.
    
  • Added -50% Size.
    
  • Description includes more explanation of the "Mark" behaviour now.
• (turret) Shuriken:
  • First mount weapon slots 3 → 4, last mount weapon slots 3 → 2.
    
  • Bonus Firerate & Speed after exiting Stealth lasts 0.7s → 1s.
    
  • Cooling Delay 1s → 0.75s.
• (turret) Guardian:buffed its unlockable stat bonus.
• (perk) Leaf: Speed +50% → +70%.
  
• (perk) Briefcase: Knockback +100% → +200%, Range -50% → -60%.
  
• (perk) Bandage: Cooldown when triggered 6s → 5s.
  
• (perk) Saline: Each time you lose Health, Heat -25% → -30%.
  
• (perk) Microscope: Turret Scale -50% → -60%.
  
• (perk) Eraser: Rerolls +10 → +15.
  
• (perk) Antifreeze: Firerate while overheated every 1s -20% → -15%.
  
• (perk) Blossom: Now takes 4s (instead of 2s) to reach max Accuracy bloom, but Accuracy tightens back up as fast as it used to. (buffed, in other words)
  
• (perk) Taser: Taser shots now have Size -50% applied to them (firing uncharged won't).
  
• (mutation) Microbe Weight -50%, Microbe Speed +50%: Microbe Weight -50% → -60%, Microbe Speed +50% → +40%.
  
• (mutation) Speed +50% to microbes with ːadnaː DNA: Microbe Speed +50% → +40%.
  
• (weapon mod) Firerate +30%, Speed +75%: ːbiomassː25 → ːbiomassː20.
  

[h3]🆕 ADDITIONS[/h3]

• (perk) Radar: Now adds a green outline to microbes.
  
• (perk) Capacitor, Taser: There's now a visual indicator directly on a turret for when it's charged.
  
• (perk) Mirror, Smokebomb, Bandage: A green bubble will appear around your turret while in an "ignore hit" state (except for the invulnerable power-up).
  
• (menu) CHECKLIST: Added checklist items for Banishes, Turret Trials and Daily Dive (since it's not said anywhere else in-game how you unlock them).
  
• Hovering over the Banish button now lists all banished items in that run on the right 😀 (won't appear if you haven't banished any yet).
  
• Oversized microbes now have a thin purple membrane to make them stand out more. (this also makes them very easy to spot near the edges) (not overridden by Radar)
  
• Added more Daily Dive modifiers (which has resulted in the modifiers for the current Daily Dive changing).
  
• Added a few more SETUP menu tips.
  

[h3]🔄 CHANGES[/h3]

• (mode) Brood: The "Abyssian Hunters join the fray" mutation will no longer appear.
  
• (mode) Gameshow: The green button on the TARGETS menu will say "Ready" instead of "Enter Shop" while you have "skip shop" enabled.
  
• (Turret Trial) Colossus: -50% Damage → +15 Rerolls.
  
• (Turret Trial) Tempest: +50% Critical Chance → +100% Critical Chance.
  
• (menu) CHECKLIST: Adjusted some formatting.
  
• (menu) RECORDS: Adjusted some formatting.
  
• (menu) ARSENAL: The button to reset filters won't show while none are applied.
  
• All cursors now have a slight grey edge and drop shadow, to increase visibility.
  
• Adjusted Research prices for some Intro Research.
  
• The hover-over perk description in the PERKS menu will now disappear after hovering over a perk in the perk bar and clicking to remove it.
  
• The projectile-deleting behaviour (when framerate is low) has been made much less aggressive.
  
• Slightly improved glow effects.
  
• The speed that power-ups move now scales with Depth (75% Speed at Surface to 100% Speed at Depth 5).
  
• "NEW HIGHEST WAVE!" will no longer display on the victory screen (there's lots of text on it already).
  
• Unlock pop-ups will be more attention-grabbing depending on total wins so that new players don't miss them (normal behaviour after 4 total wins).
  

[h3]⚙ SETTINGS[/h3]

• Accessibility:
  • "Recoil" has been merged with "Screenshake".
    
  • Added a toggle for "Power-up Pulse", which makes the coloured power-up edge glows stop strobing/pulsing.
    
  • Added a toggle for "Low Health Effect", which can disable the red edge glow.
• The hover-over explanation for "Damage Pop-ups" now mentions that it has a performance impact.

[h3]🔨 FIXES[/h3]

• (mode) Shmup Mode:
  • Weapon Speed stats on hover would display as being x1.875 higher than they are.
    
  • Bounce + Proximity (or simply Bounce on a really large projectile) would sometimes result in projectiles getting stuck along the bottom.
• (mode) Abyss Mode:
  • Defeating the Abyss after being destroyed (which is possible via Burn) will no longer display both the DEFEAT and VICTORY screens.
  • The Abyss' health bar will be transparent while paused.
• (turret) Scorch: The Damage of projectile submunitions (child projectiles) was scaling with Heat.
  
• (turret) Helios:
  • Burst Fire weapons would break if you had -100% (or less) Firerate.
    
  • Burst Fire weapons weren't inheriting the stat changes of Helios' charge.
• (turret) Riptide: Can now refuel from shredding Abyssian Hunters.
  
• (turret) Saturn: Projectiles would sometimes turn invisible (they'd fall below the floor on the z-axis).
  
• (turret) Tower: I think I've finally fixed the bug that let marked microbes survive taking damage.
  
• (turret) Dragoon: ːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Splitzooka & ːcdnaːːcdnaːːgdnaːːtdnaː Rail Splitshot's initial projectile would deal no damage if it crit/ricochet.
  
• (turret) Tempest: Description now mentions that the Knockback behaviour applies to microbes and offspring.
  
• (perk) Radar: Description now also states that you can see projectiles beyond the edge as well.
  
• (perk) Piston: The DPS stat on weapons would incorrectly still factor in Critical Chance & Critical Damage while the Piston perk is equipped.
  
• (perk) Nitrate: Hitting a power-up will no longer clear offspring.
  
• (perk) Vice: Will no longer become opaque when destroyed.
  
• (weapon) ːadnaːːgdnaːːtdnaːːtdnaː Bubble Blaster: Last update made it display as having Knockback, but it shouldn't have any.
  
• (cosmetic) Expander: It now always faces the direction your turret is facing while in Shmup Mode.
  
• (mutation) Mucus Membrane:
  • At certain (taller) aspect ratios, it would appear smaller than it should.
    
  • If playing windowed, resizing the window would sometimes make it dissappear.
• Fixed effect scaling when Doubletime is active (ex. purple splats growing extra fast/large).
  
• Completing a Daily Dive with an unreleased turret could count towards Turret Mastery (same for perks)… This is fixed now that all turrets and perks are released.
  
• Playing a Daily Dive in a mode that you don't have Depth 5 of yet would cause… weird things to occur.
  
• Hover-over info for perks and weapons or weapon mods would sometimes overlap.
  
• My dynamic performance code that clears projectiles when framerate gets too low will no longer trigger from unfocusing and refocusing the game while not paused.
  
• Fixed softlock when starting a run with less than 0% Heat Max.
  
• Fixed various minor typos.
  
• (turret) Jester:
  • Fixed everything that was broken.
    
  • Broke everything that was fixed.

[h3]🎨 FAN ART[/h3]

• "YOU'RE BOUT TO HAVE A MAD TIME" by @vr_the_great3546
  
• "Guardian of the Genome" by @rooted7
  
• "You are no better than me" by @true_boxed.in