Development Report #2

Aug 12, 2024

Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate

Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy!

[h1]Summary[/h1] As we gear up to our steam release early next year, we have been busy adding more and more content into the game, check out the features of Entropy update below. [h1]Update 1.3[/h1] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43522611/a3226db7c39e3a17f155acb1a95e7b5756d9ad21.png[/img] [h3][b]New Bosses and Enemy Variants[/b][/h3] In this update we added 3 new bosses and 6 new enemy variants. [h3][b]New Cores[/b][/h3] In Shoulders of Giants cores are armor sets with powerful passive or active abilities. In this update we've added 4 more, bringing the current total up to 17. To call out a few in this update we've added a Paladin core which heals allies and deals light damage to foes. There is also the Shogun core which when attacked summons a magical sword that parries attacks. [h3][b]New Abilities[/b][/h3] We've added 12 new fresh abilities. To call out a few there is the rewind ability which as you guessed it, lets you rewind, restoring any health lost and warping you to a previous position in the past. Additionally there is the RC Bomb ability which summons an explosive RC Car which you can steer towards enemies to do massive explosion damage. [h3][b]New Planet Mod[/b][/h3] Fans of Tony Hawk will appreciate our newest planet mod, Grind Rails, which places grindable rails all over planets. [h3][b]New Shrine Catalyst[/b][/h3] Added a powerful new healing Shrine. [h3][b]Various UI Improvements[/b][/h3] Loads of UI improvements, including a improved end of run stat screen, brand new reworked core icons and more. [h3][b]Enemy Spawning Optimizations[/b][/h3] Optimization's to our spawning code which helps provide a smoother gameplay experience at high heat levels. [h3][b]And More![/b][/h3] [list] [*]Gamepad players no longer have shortcuts on the in-game ability assignment menu (i.e. hitting B to assign a picked up ability to your B ability slot). This can be re-enabled in the options menu. [*]Various performance optimizations [*]Various bug fixes, including several crash bugs [*]Full refresh of force feedback for gamepad players [*]Better sound attenuations [/list]