Family entries summarize what shipped. Build tags beneath each family list the individual patches. Permalink anywhere via the #v0-XX or #v0-XX-YY anchor.
Four alpha protocols, four different feels
CORE-1 scavenges, Sentinel digs in behind armor and a barrier, Seeker slips into stealth on dash, Spectre charges a sniper round and marks targets with a drone. Crits now read on screen — bigger bolder numbers, a bright hit-flash, and screen shake scaled to the hit.
NullBound has a home on the internet
One-page landing site at nullbound.signalandecho.com with game overview, key art, and an alpha signup. Push to main and the site redeploys on its own.
Stat builds come alive
Agility scales weapon damage and fire rate, Focus amplifies crits and cuts cooldowns, Speed makes you fast and stretches deployables, Luck spikes crit chance and loot rarity. Every stat now matters.
Build stacking
Charms, gear, equipped elements, and timed buffs all inject weapon modifiers at the moment of fire — homing rounds, crit boosts, element swaps all compose cleanly. Q cycles your channeled element mid-run.
Weapons are built from swappable parts
Any chassis + trigger mechanic + projectile + damage profile + stat-scaling composes into a unique weapon. Bullet feedback bar shows reload, charge, overheat, and cooldown state at a glance.
Threat-weighted enemy AI
Enemies target by perceived threat, not "always chase the player." Decoy flares pull aggro, high-threat turrets draw fire, and zero-threat equals full invisibility. Hazard and consumable polish pass bundled.
UI palette unified
Consistent colors across loot, ceremony, HUD, and rarity indicators.
Deployables, hazards, and throwables all ship as data
Frag grenades, gravity grenades, void spikes, leech spikes, sniper turret, gatling turret, gravity well, repulsor field, speed ramp, null barrier, shield bumper, repair drone — eight deployables across offense / defense / control.
Locked doors and keys
Combat rooms seal on entry, unlock on clear. Keys persist across runs.
Consumable belt
Two-slot belt with strict type taxonomy; stash-click fills to cap.
Gear & stash UI
Two-step equip flow with rarity-colored borders, type glyphs, and modifier tooltips.
Loot drops
Gear and charms drop from enemies with deterministic seeded RNG, rarity-colored pickup orbs, and charms as gear sockets.
Deployables get composable behaviors, shared targeting, and entity pooling
Consumables ship as data
New items need a `.tres`, not new code.
Status effect polish
Threshold scaling, immunity cooldowns, unified buff/debuff bar.
Loadout panel redesign
Particle VFX
Hit sparks, death bursts, status shimmers, muzzle flash, arc crackle.
Enemy pathfinding
Nav-mesh movement with straight-line fallback.
Elemental status effects
Overload, Decay, Arc, and Corrupt trigger on buildup thresholds.
Elemental combat
Four elements with a matchup table and receiver-calculates damage resolution.
Room and dungeon templates
Data-driven starter content.
Spatial room layout
Rooms at real world coordinates, three-dungeon sequence (entry → main → boss), SubViewport rendering, room-locked camera with smooth pan.
Signature items
Boss tier unlocks with trial equip on entry, permanent unlock on defeat. Hook Shot ships first.
Protocol dashes + unified effect system
Six protocols × three tiers of unique dash behavior. Every stat, capability, and buff now flows through data-driven effect files.
Signal Strength leveling 1–50
XP curve, level-up ceremony, gear & charm equip API.
Consumable system, powerup rebuild, deployable audit
Procedural dungeon generation, minimap with fog of war, inventory & loadout UI, persistence
Dungeon architecture, player shooting, enemy entities, bullet patterns
HUD, countdown timer, player stats
Engine foundation and MVP proof