Hi everyone!

I’ve been hard at work for the past couple months working on this update to Windowkill. I want to thank everyone for the massive support so far, I hope you all enjoy the new content as much as I did making it :)

You can download the update right now on the main page! https://torcado.itch.io/windowkill
With this update, I’ve also made the game Pay What You Want. I debated for a long time whether or not to put the game behind a purchase. I eventually decided I care more about allowing people to play the game than whatever revenue I may get for it. If you think I made the wrong decision, please feel free to make a donation on that page :)

And now, onto the patch notes:

Major changes

• Added 3 new bosses
• Added 2 new enemy types
• Added music, made by the incredibly talented Keestak
• Added many new sound effects
• Reworked perk system
  • Perks can be leveled up, additional levels introduce new mechanics
• Heavily adjusted difficulty balance and scaling, especially regarding enemy spawnrate
  • The game gets much harder late-game
• Reworked ||secret stuff, including something very big||
• Added saving for options and records
• Many many optimizations, tweaks, QOL features, etc.

Other Changes

• Added coin drops for bosses
• Added larger coin denominations
• Added Perk Star drops for bosses
• Perks can now be leveled up like upgrades, introducing new mechanics (including a new way to heal)
• Added “manifest” star purchase, allowing you to directly gain an upgrade of your choice
• Added ability to Lock shop items, preventing them from being rerolled
• Aid windows (Peer and Drain) now slow time when being dragged
• Adjusted splash damage radius and scaling
• Slightly reduced strength of Firerate
• Reduced strength of Homing
• Heavily reduced wall punching strength of piercing shots after they pierce once
• Increased strength of Wall Punch
• Adjusted Multishot spread
• Adjusted cost scaling of most items
• Limited heal to a max of 20
• Added Jackpot mechanic for shop
• Reworked bellow
  • You can now move the window around much more easily while active
• Tweaked window pushing values in general
• Tweaked Square movement distance/speed
• Added tooltips for controls where needed
• Improved UI visibility (with dark outlines, etc.)
• Added better damage indicator
• Added low health indicator
• Added slow-movement control (Shift)
• Added background effect
• Added player visibility option
  • This enables a glowing ring around the player
• Added in-game timer option
• Added Keep Aid Windows On Top option
• Adjusted ||secret indicator designs||
• Major adjustments to the ||secret weapon. It’s much more fun to play with now||
• Fixed inputs being lost on losing focus
• Added Backing Window setting, which captures mouse input to prevent clicking on other windows accidentally
• Added Window Titles
• Added several new recorded stats
• Major performance improvements to coin rendering
• Performance improvements to particle effects
• Performance improvements to window resizing and repositioning
• Added Shader precompiling performance improvements (specifically for the opengl version)

I hope you all enjoy the update <3