We've got a new version of the demo alpha prepared which will be made available for Steam Strategy Fest! But what's changed since the previous? --- The first important difference is in how to access the new alpha in Steam! Previously, this was a "Steam Playtest", but now it's a "Steam Demo". What's the difference you ask? That you need to go back on the main game's Coming Soon page to download the demo again 😅 Note that if you're in early, the demo button won't be visible yet! It will appear during the limited time that the demo is available for the Steam Strategy Fest. Here's a link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857390/FrankenStorm_TD/ --- If you played the first demo alpha, you know there's still a lot cooking in the oven over here. Well, here's the main things you can expect from alpha 2: [list] [*] Some previously WIP content has now been completed, including Rapid-Fire Tower, Sniper Tower and Bomb-Bot. [*] As per feedback from the previous alpha, some remaining WIP content has been excluded from the build: Lightning Tower and Bull-Bot. [*] A stun protection system has been implemented that prevents anything from being perma-stunned. This should prevent games from going infinite (in that manner, at least). [*] A set of new Boons have been added to the game. [*] Many numerical rebalances have been made, especially in an attempt to give more power to builds that do not focus on debuff and effect radius stacking. [*] A sick new music track has been added to the Underwater Lair. [*] A basic Options screen has been added to the main menu with some critical options implemented (especially vsync / FPS limiting and audio volume control!). There are many more options to come later. [*] The game logic engine has been overhauled to properly utilise multi-core CPUs, so game logic can now be processed at the same time as rendering. This should result in a very significant performance improvement at later waves. [/list] --- It'll be very interesting to see how you all will play with, and break, our new set of changes 😅 We especially encourage giving the Lava-tory a go if you hadn't already - it puts a very interesting twist on the mazing process! Demo Alpha 2 will be available throughout the Steam Strategy Fest, and disabled soon after. We hope you enjoy it, and welcome you to share feedback in the game's Steam Community, or in our Discord: https://discord.gg/59Vbveh2z9 The imbeciles are coming, get ready ⚡