The Snake Is the Tower

Thank you to everyone who jumped into Early Access and told us exactly where it hurt. The loudest thing we heard: World 1 was meaner than a first world has any right to be, and the wall of blue at the end of the first level didn't feel like a fight you could win. We agree. This patch is aimed square at that. Balance — World 1 The first level's finale has been rebuilt. It used to throw six Shielders and a flood of Scouts at your starter loadout. Now the Shielder debuts solo — one aura, one clear kill window, a fair introduction to how it works. Finale waves now scale with how far in you are. Early levels get a finale sized for early towers; the full-strength surge waits until you've built up the arsenal to answer it. Shielder packs alternate their shields. When more than one Shielder shows up, their pulses now interleave — while one half of the pack is shielded, the other half is vulnerable. There is always a way in. No more Shielder conga lines. Bigger surges split their Shielders across multiple lanes and space them out, so their auras stay separate targets instead of merging into one rolling wall. The finale takes the long road. A quirk in wave generation was letting the hardest wave of each level shortcut to your egg. It now always takes the longest path — you get the time the fight deserves. Trimmed the first level's waves. Fewer Drones, Scouts, and Bruisers across several waves, so learning the ropes doesn't require perfect play. Longer heads-up on early waves. Waves 2 and 3 were previewing their lanes for half the time of every other wave. Doubled. Fixes Currency can no longer land outside the arena. Drops near the top and bottom walls could bounce out of reach for good. Everything now lands inside the field, where a snake can actually get it. Long-range kills pay out properly. Snipers picking off enemies still marching in from beyond the wall dropped their currency out there too. Those drops now land inside the arena. Pickups no longer vanish early. A recycli...

Patch Notes: April 8 to May 9, 2026 It's been about a month since the last update, and we've been heads-down the entire time. A huge chunk of that month went into level design, learning what makes encounters feel fair, what makes them feel unfair, understanding what constraints we need to implement to keep scope and design in check, and tweaking the early waves over and over. A big piece of that was figuring out how to keep players engaged the whole run: shorter dead zones, more meaningful decisions between waves, and threats you actually have to react to instead of auto-pilot through. Oh and finally we have a real boss fight at the end of World 1! 💬 Join the Conversation Got feedback, found a bug, or want to share a build? Come hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/QKG5Geth39 Thanks for sticking with us. Here's everything that changed: 🐍New: First Boss Fight A massive serpent boss now stalks World 1. Kill the adds it sends to fill its Rage Meter, once it hits max, the boss commits to a lane and slithers toward your egg. Stop it before it gets there. Cinematic off-screen entry and slither-in Invulnerable while making its entrance Boss spawns its own minions from its lane Multiple phases of escalating pressure 👤New: Player Profiles Create your own player profile from the title screen Your meta progression now saves to that profile so you can pick up exactly where you left off Protect the Egg The objective is now crystal clear: protect the egg New floating Egg HP bar so you always know how much it can take New Run Economy Each run picks a focused node pool (3 offensive + 2 support types) so you build around a theme instead of chasing every option Recently-offered nodes are less likely to show up again right away Tower Changes Singularity tower now actually does damage, pulls enemies in, and spawns where it'll catch the most enemies Reactor and Surge support towers now buff a limited number of nearby towers so stacking them no longer scales infinitely No more...

Patch Notes - March 24 to April 8, 2026This update focused on tightening the core gameplay loop. The wave system was rebuilt from the ground up with a new hierarchical structure, and all 27 waves across World 1's three sections were rebalanced. Tower interactions got a major overhaul, the snake now smoothly squeezes between towers at any speed instead of getting stuck, and the node draft pickup animation properly tracks the slot being filled. Economy got retuned with per-wave currency drop rates replacing the old guaranteed drops, and Bruisers took a well-deserved nerf. Under the hood, the warping grid and wave transitions were optimized to reclaim frame budget. Gameplay- Currency drop rework: Enemies no longer guarantee currency drops (default 25% of a wave will drop currency)- Bruiser nerfed: Breach damage reduced from 25 to 10.- Difficulty selection: Added Easy/Medium/Hard difficulty dropdown to the world select screen. Selection persists across sessions.-Worlds 2-4 locked: Disabled from level select while content is in development. Snake & Tower Mechanics- Tower squeeze rework: Snake no longer gets stuck between towers. Works consistently at all speeds and approach angles.- Empty slots don't collect: Empty snake body slots no longer pick up orbs or node orbs. Only the head and filled segments trigger collection.- Node orb pickup animation: The fly-in animation and camera now target the actual empty slot being filled, not the tail of the snake. Pop-in VFX plays on the correct slot.- Tower territory indicator: Contextual input icons (mouse/keyboard/controller) shown when a tower is placed off player territory.Wave & Level Design- Wave sequence refactored: New hierarchical structure with starting points, spawn stages, groups, and enemy entries. Stages respect execution order across lanes.- Parallel lane spawning: Multiple lanes now spawn enemies simultaneously instead of sequentially.- Lane loop support: Lanes can now loop for repeating wave patterns.- Lane visuals...