First Update for Nuclear Throne

Vlambeer has just published the first update to Nuclear Throne, their roguelike featuring lots of grotesque mutants trying to survive in a post nuclear holocaust wasteland.

This update brings on better Windows 8 performance, an entirely new interface (with awesome portal transitions), new ambients sounds, more level props, character balancing, and two new unfinished weapons.

You can see the full list of updates and changes below:

Content

new menu & level up interface
character power preview images (these will be animated eventually)
basic portal effect inbetween levels
there are a couple of new skill icons, our artist Paul Veer is still working on making the rest look that nice.
ambient sounds for all areas, filter on ambient sounds when in the portal
various new sound effects
two new work in progress weapons: the toxic bow and splinter gun
props in sewers (pipes and toxic barrels)
car wrecks in scrapyard
it now rains in the scrapyard! poor birds

Characters

steroids throne butt changed, now makes all weapons fully automatic and 1/5 of shots don’t cost any ammo!
fish now rolls in movement direction instead of towards mouse
plant throne butt now makes the snare kill anything under 1/3 health instead of dealing damage

Bugfixes

you can now add a file called “nomusic.txt” or “NOMUSIC.TXT” to the game folder to mute the music.
there should be less crashes at level loading.
game no longer stays in 4_1 after first loop.
more impact effect tweaks, causing less of a delay when hitting a pile of maggots with a melee weapon.
big dog gunangle bug when player dies before he “wakes up” fixed
fire traps no longer damage props or wake up the big dog
shotgun bullets should no longer clip through walls
weapons should no longer rotate like crazy when stuck in walls
music no longer stops when quick restarting
hopefully fixed the shotgun crashes
various random optimization things and small fixes