hii newgrounds!! i am excited to share what I've been up to so far this summer. I have a lot of good stuff to share and I'll have even more stuff upcoming in these next few months.

Martian Mayhem Update 1.2.1 released

Update 1.2.1 to Martian Mayhem has been released! This is a minor update that mainly focused on bugfixing and cleaning up the game. However there is some new content:

• The pause menu and creative mode menu were greatly revamped to be more user-friendly and pretty!!!
• Additionally, some buttons in the pause/creative menus will give you more information on what they do.
• New lens of insight item: Hover over any block with it and it'll tell you more about it!
• New flint bullets: Easy-to-craft ammunition.
• New bug meal consumable: Heals you and gives many different stat boosts.
• New solar & lunar crystals: Hardcore exclusive items obtained from defeating the Sun Beetle and Moon Warden!
• Paintbrushes. I have NO idea why I added this. Splash your world with color!!
• Some item descriptions were fixed.
• Many early-game tools were made easier to craft.
• Guns fire more accurately now
• The amount of loot chests that spawn has been decreased for gameplay balancing.
• A button to turn off music has been added
• The game now takes advantage of Newgrounds's built in save data feature, ensuring your worlds won't be lost upon reloading the page. This only works if you're logged in however!!
• Error screens were adjusted
• Some layering issues were fixed
• A LOT of bugs were squashed

Here's a peek at the new pause menu.

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What's next for Martian Mayhem

The next update for Martian Mayhem, update 1.3.0, will continue the progression of the game and add content to the 3rd chapter!!

Here's what's planned so far:

• New mana system and magic-related weapons
• New Desert and Tundra biomes
• The world will be expanded horizontally to make space for these new biomes
• 10 new enemies
• More types of passive enemies

I wish I could share more news on what I'd like to add but for now I'll start off with the basics. I think it's good to stay small so I don't overwork myself like I did with update 1.2.0. I think I will be able to finish this update by the end of the Summer so stay tuned!

Music

My album "crimson eventide; cerulean daybreak" is going to release on July 25th! It'll be on all streaming services.

Additionally I'm going to upload all of my other music to streaming services as well.

Art