Hi there! The v1.1 Summer Update is now live and available for play! Included are leaderboards/replays, the BREAK Guide, an experimental weapon mode, balance tweaks and more. You can read more about the update here: http://bluerevolvergame.com/summer2017/ Summary of changes: [quote] [b]Leaderboards / Replays[/b] [list] [*] Replay functionality available. The game will prompt you to save a replay upon finishing a run. [*] Leaderboard functionality available through Steam. You can upload your score to the leaderboards alongside saving a replay. [*] Note that using the "Continue" function will disable replays and leaderboard upload for that run. [*] Note: Due to technical reasons, replay and leaderboard functionality is Windows-only. [/list] [b]Weapon Changes[/b] [list] [*] Increased the unfocused damage for both Wide shot types. [*] Increased damage across the board for Variable shot types. [*] Improved the handling for Val Variable shot type. [*] The unfocused player speed is now slightly modified according to the shot type selected. Power shot is unaffected. (Power > Variable > Wide) [*] Val's Hyper Laser is now a powerful single-shot beam with splash damage. Versatile and powerful, but inefficient. [*] Change to scoring mechanics for Defense weapons: Flourish mode activates as soon as the button is pushed, flourish drains slower while defense weapons are active. [*] Cluster Missiles now deal damage more consistently over their area of effect. [/list] [b]Dynamic Difficulty Adjustments (Hyper Mode Only)[/b] [list] [*] Upon hitting Rank Level 5, the bar will drain instead of increase, until the player is back at Level 4. [*] The drain rate is affected by the number of lives in stock - less lives, less time in Level 5. [*] Dying at Level 4 or 5 will reduce rank to Level 3. [*] Dying at Level 3 or under will reduce rank to Level 1. [/list] [b]Experimental Weapon Mode[/b] [list] [*] Experimental Weapon mode is available! You have no bombs and a weak main gun, but access to 3 new special weapons. [*] Each special weapon can be purchased in the Unlocks menu. [*] Scrap Option - The shotgun-like explosive options from "Experimental Weapon". Excellent screen coverage. [*] Plasma Blade - Val's short-range, fast-firing variant of the Plasma Lancer. Great efficiency. [*] Junk Cannon - Fires streams of sticky, damaging junk data. Massive damage. [*] Ammo refills slowly on its own - collecting score items will also refill it. [*] Game difficulty locked to Hyper mode. [*] Score items are harder to collect. [/list] [b]Break Guide[/b] Break Guide is available in the Extras menu! You can now view a short clip of each break bonus being performed. [b]The Small Stuff[/b] [list] [*] Kiosk mode is now a command-line switch (-kiosk) instead of a gameplay option. ​[*] Lowered the draw priority of special weapon projectiles. This should lower the number of cases where they are drawn over enemy bullets. ​ [*] Fixed a bug where the “bomber” enemy in stage 2 does something very strange when it leaves. [*] Changed the way the main menu is drawn to make it more readable. [*] Added “Stage Clear” text to intermission screen. [*] Fixed a bug with the rank bar on Normal difficulty. [*] Fixed a bug with progress achievements and the free play option. [/list] [/quote] Summer is for STGs! Enjoy!