Xenosensory News

Are you tired of busting Xenos yet?
Are the Convict screams haunting your dreams?
You found all the tasty APPLES right?

Well now you can relax and chill out with all the ominous soothing sci-fi tunes used in the game.

Enjoy! :]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4289240/Xenosensory_Soundtrack/

//new stuff
- 2 Meta Perks have been added called High Score Challange and Speedrun Challenge. These add online leaderboards so you compete on who has the biggest and fastest busting skills. There's a Log message for each explaining their mechanics and also an achievement for submitting a score/time.
- An extra Gadget Pocketeer perk has been added to the Meta Tree (so have you have an extra Gadget slot to play with).

//misc changes
- Added a noshing sound when you find an Apple.
- Action - Exterminatus: This will now also bust Banshees.
- Action - Growth Spurt: This now has a 67% chance of duplicating the Xeno (instead of 100%).
- Action - Leech Life: This now only works when you use your Xenosensor to bust (instead of all busting).
- Sector 6 - Anomaly Apple: It now slightly sways (to get your attention).
- Sector 7 - Anomaly Apple: It's Health has been increased (so is more difficult for Marines to destroy it).
- Sector 7: They now have some decorative drone rooms.
- Banshee: If busted it will now show the Meta Points earnt above them (like regular xenos).
- Unlocking a Tasty Apple Perk then exiting and re-entering the Meta Tree would give you its Apples (without completing the treasure hunt).

//bug fixes
- Apple Ending: When changing to the Title Screen it was still playing some looping sounds.
- Apple Ending: If you had the Pong Tab open just before entering this scene then the Pong objects would still show.
- Meta Tree: The bottom right Apple wasn't showing its description correctly.
- Action - Primus Convicts: Its percentage description was wrong.
- Sector 2 - Special Xeno: If the big guy was busted then the little guys weren't using the same Gold variant status.
- Sector 4 - Anomaly: It wasn't hasting any dudes.
- Sector 5 - Special Xeno: Their collision mask wasn't fully extending to their bubble edge.

//new stuff
- 2 Rewards/Achievements have been added: Gigald Slayer, VIP Chauffeur.
- A new meta called Giga Xenoforms has been added which adds a chance for regular Xenos to spawn as a more dangerous version which give more Points. There's also a Log message for them if you bust one.
- 3 Apples have been added, one each for the Action/Gadget/Pong Tabs.
- 3 Gadgets have been added: Nullify Banshees, Primus Convicts, and Gigafied Xenoforms.

//misc changes
- The 2 Meta Tree Apples are now more of a treasure hunt to unlock them (instead of just buying them).
- The end of the special ending will now loop back to the Title screen (instead of closing the game) and the Title screen will change.
- Action - Freeze Rays: Moving your Xenosensor over frozen Xenos will now instantly bust them without using any Energy.

//bug fixes
- Sector 1 Anomaly: It was unlocking the wrong Apple.
- When reading a Signal message it could still show the green Know text even if you have the Signal Apple.

//new stuff
- When starting a New Game there's now a Fresh Wipe option that also removes all unlocked Log Messages and Apples (by default they carry over into new games).
- A Meta Perk called Priority Convicts has been added which adds a chance Convicts become special Priority Convicts which boosts their Meta Points by +100% and gives them a flash so you know which are special.
- 3 other Meta Perks have also been added related to the Priority Convicts: Priority Lift/Stims//Blades.
- An Action called Prioritised Convicts has been added which has a chance of making Convicts a Priority.
- 2 Apples have been added, one each for the Sector 1 and 5 Anomalies.

//misc changes
- Meta Perk - Fractal Surge: This now starts you with an extra 0-2 Damage (instead of 0-1) and now also gives 0-2 Random Meta Points per run.
- Meta Perk - I See Dead Meta: You can now turn this off.
- Sector 1 Anomaly: It can now sometimes teleport your Cursor if you get too close to it.

//bug fixes
- Escape Menu - Audio: The selector wasn't in the middle of the options.
- Unlocking the 'A.I. Pong Miner' Meta Perk wasn't unlocking the 'A.I. Pong Miner Initiation' message.
- Some of the Special Room related Achievements wouldn't trigger if you somehow already had the Reward.
- Fixed some typos.

//new stuff
- 2 Rewards/Achievements have been added: Ball Buster, Banshee Busted.
- An Apple has been added for the Sector 4 Anomaly.
- A Meta Perk called Convict Shivs has been added which adds a chance abducted Convicts will instead bust free.
- An Action called Banshee Buster has been added which busts all active Banshess giving random Meta Points.
- A Log message has been added that explains the Pong Miner mechanics.
- Sector 4: It now contains decorative morgue rooms and the Anomaly rooms now have writhing body bags.

//misc changes
- Escape Menu - Video: When the Glitch Effects are off the Signal Message and Sector 8 Anomaly now have reduced visual effects.
- Escape Menu - Video: The CRT Screen and Glitch Effects option names have changed.
- Meta Perk - Radio Tunes: It now unlocks a button at the top where you can change the music (so you don't have to hunt for its icon).
- Xenos: When chasing Convicts their chase speed has been slightly increased based on the Sector number (as they struggle to reach Convicts late game).
- Banshee: Its spawn location now can't be very close to your cursor.
- Banshee: It now creates a sound effect when it first spawns.

//bug fixes
- When playing a randomised level backing out of it via the Escape menu could give you fractional Meta Points.
- Escape Menu - Video: The Steam Deck resolution was overlaying the left text.
- Rewards Tab - Convict Massacre: It was giving Research Points as a reward (instead of Convict Points).
- Meta Perk - _tasty_apple_: Playing an earlier version of the game could have this perk active but not give the Apple unlock.
- Meta Perk - Convict Stims: During runs they could stay partially transparent if they were too fast coming out of the entrance.
- Sector 4 - The Anomaly rooms could spawn in the same position as other special rooms.