Glass Cannon (tuxdb.com)

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Glass Cannon is a chill physics-based roguelike where you plan each of your shots carefully to eliminate all your enemies in as few shots as possible. The game plays like a slower, almost turn-based shoot-em-up where you make builds and combinations that help you score big and ravage your enemies.
Gameplay

Clear all enemies in each round, get money and improve your arsenal
Buy new weapons each of which has a unique playstyle - some deal damage, some help you move around, some knock enemies away etc.
Mod your weapons with mods that synergize in unique ways with each other
Enemies you fail to destroy will attack you and deal their health as damage
Each bullet has a limit on bounces. Make use of each shot wisely so you optimize damage dealt to the maximum number of enemies!

Features

Randomly generated enemies and obstacles, making each run unique
8 Enemy types with unique skills like the necromancer, spiker, leaper...
24 rounds of increasing difficulty and different challenges, including loops
16 different weapons to choose from, each with its own playstyle
120+ weapon mods and powerups to improve your run

Beta v2.4

Hello folks,

As we're approaching the release date, May 1st, I'm pushing out the last beta update.
Lots of small and big changes in preparation for Glass Cannon 1.0.

Arena, Cannon and Challenge Selection

I had planned to do the "arenas, challenges and cannons" one month after release, as it is extra content, but since I've had some extra time, I decided to sneak in a small update for it in time for release.
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The full version will slowly introduce different ways to play the game through updates. You will start off each run by choosing 3 things:
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Your Cannon

Each one will have limitations and advantages. For example, the demolitionist, who can only deal damage through explosions or the jester, which has the 1st mod slot on each weapon permanently occupied by the wabbajack mod...

The Arena

Differently shaped arenas like the hexagon or racetrack or the plus which you unlock by completing challenge runs or achievements.

The Challenge Level (for the arena)

Each challenge level is like a difficulty for a given arena. Each is unlocked for an arena by beating its previous challenge. They are:

quark: default
electron: enemy health scales faster
atom: no longer get money from killing enemies and per diem
molecule: weapons parish in 5 rounds
polymer: enemy health scales even faster
cell: enemies are always homing and the shop has a 1 minute time limit

Each challenge also applies the effects of all other challenges before it.
So, the molecule difficulty basically applies its own effect + atom + electron.
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Please note that all of the above is subject to change as I haven't tested it thoroughly!

Linux!

Glass Cannon can now be played on Linux as well (natively!)
I know proton works basically flawlessly for it, but I still decided to make a native build for Linux, as I intend to also port it for the Steam Deck if the game gets good sales, so a native Linux build was a given.

Other changes

The win screen when finishing a run now shows more detailed stats
Summoned brawlers now also inherit all of the player effects as well. For example, if the player has spoon mod equipped and summons a brawler, the brawler will heal 1 health each time it collides with an enemy. The brawler still inherits all the bullet effects as well, like last time.
Crossbow knockback works correctly now
Bat correctly works with wall and destructable hit effects
Crash fixes around summoned zealots
Crash fixes around shell in shell mod
Update Damaging Strike Mod sprite and rename the mod to Collision Buff
Update Steel Barrel Mod VFX
Improved star particles for stun effects
Cordyceps mod SFX and VFX. Infected enemies will emanate green particles
Clicking GET on a rolled weapon when inventory was full no longer bugs out the button
Increased the spawn distance of the enemies from the player. You should no longer see levels where enemies are spawned right next to the player.
UI glitch fixes when clicking some buttons
Minor bugfixes and balancing