GamePatchNote Digest
WAVECADE Patch Notes — December 29, 2023
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Main Changes:
Complete overhaul of player ship customization:
We are still working on this to constantly improve it and we may totally rework it again
- Simplified ship selection process, each ship has tailored particle effects.
- Some ships require XP to unlock.
- Animated ship colors.
UI overhaul:
- Main menu UI updated to be less confusing and easier to navigate with a controller.
- In-game UI is more readable and prettier.
New Hazard: Black Holes.
- Random amounts of black holes spawn on screen and suck in blocks. Players that are caught within its bounds for too long will lose a life.
New Mini-boss: the Cadedonian mini-boss:
- 2-4 mini worms spawn and attempt to hit the player.
New boss: Antheia the Sorceress.
- Her specialty is deception, good luck defeating her every 60 waves.
Hall of Fame: (Score competition on Steam only)
- We are introducing a score competition, the player with the highest score after each season's conclusion will win a trophy and spot in our hall of fame, as well as a cash prize which will increase based on 10% of Wavecade's Steam sales.
- During the season, players will be able to see the current highest score which is updated daily.
Reworked Charged Shot:
- Charged shot can shoot instantly, but will need to charge automatically when used too often. Charge timings are tweaked.
New Soundtracks:
- Song names: Le Nova, Horizon, Antheia’s bite, Antheia’s Might, Hall of Fame.
Minor Changes:
- Ability to skip dialogue.
- Crowd SFX plays when losing a life, when the player receives enough points, and when double/triple/quadruple points powerup is active.
- Behemoth boss can take splash damage.
- Added support for 16:10 aspect ratio.
- Balanced abilities, some last longer, some are shorter.
- Removed ‘Armor block’ and ‘Fast track’ game mode, due to lack of popularity.
- Powerups now show the next upgrade available.
- Multi level point booster (x2, x3, x4) powerups.
- Clan wave ships have a stronger variant.
- Faster leveling up sequence.
- Dynamically scale the main UI as a settings item (50% to 150%).
- New block styles.
- Able to customize player 2 when player 2 is spawned in a local co-op game.
