Desktop Defender : HUGE Performance Improvement + More!

HUGE Performance Improvement + More!

Hi everyone!

I’m happy to announce that we have a HUGE update today! It has a bunch of things, but the main thing is that it majorly improves performance.

Namely, for laptop players that haven’t reached the endgame yet, some players on the Discord reported a 3x performance boost!

In the endgame, if you have a crazy number of bullets spawning, performance is still taking a hit for some players, but I’m prioritising fixing that for the next update, so I hope to have a fix for you all soon!

Also, if you’re enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it . If we reach 500 reviews with over 95% positive, we’ll get the « Overwhelmingly Positive » tag , and we’ll get super boosted. LET’S GET THERE!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3772810/Desktop_Defender/

Anyways, below are the patch notes, and thank you so much for playing!

• Massively improved performance. On low-end PCs, you can expect a massive boost in the later waves. On my own PC (RTX 3070 Ti and 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700k 3.60GHz) it brings late game waves from 100fps up to 300fps.
• Fixed bug that caused the Explosion weapon to be useless against bosses
• Fixed bug that caused some weapons to miss if you had increased how many projectiles you shoot (e.g. Radius, Shotgun, Cogs, etc.)
• Made the Rebirth bonus multiplicative instead of additive
• Buffed Flamethrower by increasing its damage by 100%, and decreasing its base aim cone from 60° to 45°
• Buffed Electromagnetism by increasing its damage by 100%, and decreasing its base aim cone from 60° to 45°
• Made Orbit deal more 35% more damage, but now has a maximum number of 10 enemies it can pierce through. This keeps power roughly equal, but greatly improves performance due to lingering projectiles
• Buffed Shuriken by increasing its damage by 67%

– Conrad, Lead Developer