🎉 Happy New Year and a New Update for Marine 2D! 🎉
Kick off 2024 with Patch 0.209 – "Status & Skills" Update! 🚀

This update delivers exciting gameplay mechanics, visual and audio enhancements, bug fixes, and more. Here’s the full breakdown:

🆕 New Features: Status Effects:

• Stun: Temporarily immobilizes enemies.
• Slow: Reduces enemy movement.

Abilities:

• Parry: Block a hit every few seconds.
• Push: Repels hostiles to create space.
• Dash: Adds dynamism by letting you bypass enemies.
• Queen's Roar: Makes nearby Xenos aggressive.
• Call Escort: Summons Xenos to follow bosses.
• Lunge: A powerful, slowing strike.
• Kinetic Strike: Pushes and stuns enemies.

👾 Unit Updates:

• Hunter: Now equipped with Dash for relentless tracking.
• Shooter: Reworked into a short-range support unit.
• Worm (Mini-Boss):
  • Summons ally Xenos with Call Support.
  • Fires gas projectiles.
  • Executes devastating Kinetic Strikes.
• Queen: Gains a Lunge attack to complement her Queen's Roar.

💪 Ally Updates:

• Operatives: Added Push for better survival.
• Colonists: Now use Parry to improve defense.

🎮 New Weapon Upgrade System: Upgrade your Marine’s firearm at the shop using obligations for better power and survivability during runs.

🎨 Visual and Audio Enhancements:

• New animations and sprites for immersive visuals.
• Added professional sound effects for enhanced audio.
• Reworked game background to emphasize the vastness of space.

🐞 Bug Fixes & Optimizations:

• Map scaling now aligns with difficulty.
• Fixed patrol tile issues in MainComplex.
• Adjusted wall tags to allow shooting through tile edges.
• Fixed Action button not showing in crowded scenarios.
• Idle XenoHordes no longer consume resources.

🚀 Alpha is Near: We’ve adjusted our roadmap to focus on polish. The next update will bring explorable structures, mini-games, and deeper mechanics.

💾 Support Marine 2D: The Alpha version will soon be downloadable for €2, while the online Beta remains free. This step is essential for assessing the game’s future.

💜 Thank You for Your Support!

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