Fixed a bug that would prevent you from completing the "Fix the painting" achievement.

Fixed a bug where vampiric knife stacks would persist between runs.

There is now a checkbox in the options menu (below sensitivity) to invert the mouse.

-Fixed a bug where enemies would no longer spawn after round seven when on promotion 1 or higher.
-Rebaked lightmaps to fix artifacts.

The game has changed greatly since the Next Fest Demo, so let's go over some of the highlights.

We have overhauled how the rounds progress in this version. Instead of a having to kill a set number of enemies per round and a grace period in-between rounds, rounds will progress based on time regardless of how many are killed. We've referred to this internally as Apocalypse Mode.

We have new enemies to introduce!
The Skeleton is a more "tanky" and fast variant of the zombie.
This sneaky bat holds an explosive surprise as it flies. If the bat gets too close to the player, their dynamite stick will start to ignite until it explodes. Players must keep their distance from them and aim carefully.
The rat is much like the bat. However, the rat scurries across the floors. It is also faster than the bat.

This powerful factory uses toxic ooze to power its machinery. Players can utilize traps to help wipe out the endless onslaught of enemies. Just be mindful of the "insta-kill" ooze ponds!
Home-sweet-huh? Looks like your base of operations has been overrun! Navigate your way through hallways and doors, collect keycards, and unlock vaults with plenty of goodies inside! There are many fun rooms to explore in this mega munitions laboratory.

Unique Spells and Items can be purchased within the map itself through wall buys! Each map has a set of spells and an item catered to the map, to keep each one feeling distinct!

We'd like you to formally meet Dr. Bean! They're not much of a talker, but come with enough mana crystals and you'll quickly be speaking their language! With the apocalypse-style of rounds, the shop has been moved to this lil' guy. Instead of the shop showing up after each round, the player is tasked with tracking down the shopkeeper when they collect enough mana crystals. Be mindful, Dr. Bean doesn't sit still!

The Chronoporter is the best way to gain an edge on those pesky enemies! Collect enough Chronoshards, and see Professor Rory standing near the Chronoporter. Insert your gun and wait... Once your gun is down "chronowarping" you can collect it. You have the choice to level up all spells in your gun of a certain element. Your gun also gets an increased fire-rate and clip size.

Many new Spells and Items have been made since the last update. Krago hopes they will serve you well in your testing.

2 new tracks have been made since the last update from our legendary composer Captain Kray!

We have achievements now! Good luck collecting them all!

-Fixed a bug where zombies would sometimes freeze in place if you repaired a barrier they were attacking.
-Fixed a bug with Gunk's info text boxes.

-Fixed a bug where zombie hits would heal the player instead of damage them.
-Fixed a bug caused when tripling at shop tier 3.
-Standardized keybind text displays across the options menu and the HUD.

With Next Fest upon us, here's what you'll find in the updated demo.

Upgrades (meta progression)
Every round you survive grants you vouchers, a currency that persists through runs. Surviving later rounds grants greater amounts. You can use these vouchers to address areas where you may be struggling, be it mana, gold, health, or damage output.
Promotions (run modifiers)
After clearing round 10 for the first time, unlock affixes that increase a run's difficulty, but offer increased vouchers.
Destructibles
Find useful resources in destructible crates and barrels.
A free gem when you triple
Akin to mechanics seen in other games with a rerolling shop, combining three gems of the same type will grant you a free gem from one tier above your current shop level. (maxing out at tier three)

• Developer's Note: With the addition of harder difficulties through the promotion system, we decided to make the base experience easier. We found that many players would not live long enough or gain enough gold to meaningfully explore the array of items and gem combinations the game has to offer. The goal of these changes is to improve the new player experience.
  
• Reduced damage from enemy hits by 50
  
• Reduced the price of gems from 300/450/900 -> 200/300/400
  
• Reduced the shop upgrade cost from 500/1500 -> 500/1000
  
• Reduced the door costs from 1000 -> 500
  
• Increased starting mana from 200 -> 250
  
• Reduced gold gained from knife kills 65 -> 50 (To compensate for lower prices)
  
• Reduced base zombie speed by 10%.

• Added new music that plays on a shuffled playlist.
  
• Added audio occlusion. (Geometry muffles sounds)
  
• Hud redesign
  
• Reload rework. (No longer discards remaining bullets in the mag or resets the current slot to 0)
  
• Added "hold to shoot".
  
• Moved saved data out of PlayerPrefs and into the GameOptions.json.
  
• Can now rebind "shoot" and "aim down sights".
  
• Can now rebind keys to mouse buttons.

• Fixed an issue involving mismatched labels for the movement keybinds.
  
• Added tooltips for gem crit and damage values.

Some existing game settings and progress (such as high score and highest round survived)
may be reset.

Thanks to everyone who has played the demo so far! The feedback is greatly appreciated. These last few weeks leading up to Next Fest have been tough, but I'm proud of what we've accomplished. We will continue to be monitoring the demo for bugs and common requests, as well as working on more maps and other content for the base game. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the update.

Have fun out there,
-Christian of Team Monumental

-Fixed a bug involving spell combining.