The rad roguelikelike shoot ’em up Nuclear Throne has launched what builders Vlambeer are calling its “final major update”. This comes virtually two years after Nuclear Throne launched out of early entry. Update 99 brings stability tweaks and buckets of bug fixes, improves the sport’s efficiency, and may make modding simpler. It doesn’t add gobs of latest content material however is meant to tidy up odds and ends to depart Nuclear Throne in a match state for posterity. Well, principally – it does appear to have a nasty little bug wiping progress for some gamers. Maybe wait a bit, simply to be secure.
Developers Vlambeer explain that they’ve been a bit quiet as a result of launching Nuclear Throne “took a lot out of us” and afterwards they “were all entirely exhausted.” But, they are saying, “Since then, we’ve slowly been finding our footing again, and now that we’re feeling creative again, we decided to return to form with a long-long-long-awaited final major update.”
They employed ‘YellowAfterlife’ to work on this. He’s the fella who made Nuclear Throne Together, the unofficial mod which added on-line multiplayer. No, sadly Update 99 doesn’t make this official.
Hit the patch notes for full particulars on Update 99. And see the feedback their for cautionary tales of misplaced progress. Some Mac gamers are saying this fix bought their progress again however you may need to await this to be formally fastened earlier than gunning for the throne once more should you’re not joyful twiddling with information. Update 99 is perhaps be the final main replace however I think we’ll quickly see a minor one fixing a few of its issues.
In the meantime, you may fancy studying this recent Reddit Q&A with of us behind the sport.
Disclosure: Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail as soon as crashed spherical our flat after an occasion.
