Update 0.3.0 unstable

The focus of this update was on changes to the influence system, making it more gradual and adding elements that can consume influence in an area.

The mana system has also been introduced and many special caster type plants will be added in future, requiring  mana to function. For now there is only the Regrowth Node acting as a healer, it can be obtained by adaption from a Mana Node.

New content

• Added map levels 6 to 9
• Marathon difficulty setting added
• New visuals for life influence ground
• New player resource: Mana
• Mana can be generated by Mana Nodes at the cost of local life influence
• Required for Regrowth Node to use heal and revive spells
• This system will be expanded upon in future updates
• New buttons in the play setup and research states to switch between these two states
• New Burst Pod upgrade to replace previous Burst Pod unlock node

Changes

• Chaos status damage will now stack until detonation, additional applications of status will no longer speed up detonation.
• Artifacts now spawn more often according to the score of enemy waves
• Magical influences over tiles will now increase and decrease gradually rather than instantly. This process is checked once every 10 seconds to reduce the impact on performance.
• Due to the changes in how influences spread, initial expansion has become more difficult. To counter that; player portal will now provide 1 life influence, in a range of 2.
• The Healer plant has been replaced with Mana Node, Healer plant is renamed to Regrowth Node and is now an adaption from the Mana Node.
• Moved Burst Pod unlock node closer to the start of the upgrade tree

Bugs Fixed

• fixed incorrect exp multiplier calculation
• fixed incorrect cursor position after resizing window
• fixed HUD elements unnecessarily updating position every frame
• fixed hp bar spam due to plants max hp regularly changing

Known Issues

• Display issue with tiles after resizing the window
• Spitters can sometimes gain an extra projectile after their attack is interrupted