Shape Shifter: Formations

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• Patch Notes·25 Jun 2025Official

  Update 1.0.4

  Fixes Fixed an issue where the Shotgun's Twin Barrel upgrade had no effect. Fixed an issue where scrap could sometimes spawn in the air. Fixed an issue where Blight's Toxic Wake skill was spawning frost pools instead of corrosive pools. Fixed an issue where the Evolution artifact could still trigger whilst either a boss is spawned or you were in the shop. Fixed an issue where the Flamethrower's Controlled Burn upgrade would stop the weapons VFX from firing if your accuracy was low enough. Fixed an issue where Blaze's Frostfire Bolts skill was only applying burn and no frost. Fixed an issue where runs completed by Havoc would have a blank icon on the previous run on the stats page. Fixed a rare crash that could occur when playing with damage numbers enabled.
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• Patch Notes·6 Jun 2025Official

  Update 1.0.3 - Hotfix

  Fixes Fixed an issue where constructs could still target the Heptahydra's heads after they were killed. Fixed an issue where Havoc's ability would not move from the Heptahydra's heads when killing them. Fixed a crash that could occur when using bouncing projectiles such as dark orbs or the bouncing blade upgrade. Fixed an issue where the Fabricator could sometimes display an input saying you could reroll the item. Fixed an issue where if you rerolled an item at the recycler, you would have to move away from the machine and back for the item card to display. Fixed some construct scaling/speed issues that could occur when using Bastion's Promotion skill. Fixed an issue where some constructs would stop looking for new enemies if there were none at close range. Potentially fixed a crash that could occur when using the Helix Rifle. (We think we've found the cause but haven't been able to recreate this on our end so please let us know if you see it again.) Balance Power Surge (Common) - Increased damage bonus from 10%->20% and increased the duration from 30s->90s. Singularity (Uncommon) - Increased damage bonus from 10%->15%. Brute Force (Uncommon) - Increased damage bonus from 8%->12%. Shardstrike (Epic) - Increased damage bonus per stack from 1%->1.25%. Storm (Ship) - Increased base ability damage from 65->75. Ark (Ship) - Increased the base damage dealt by shock motes from 20->30. Flash (Ship) - Increased the damage dealt by the Blinkstrike+ skill from 20%->30%, and increased the shock applied from 5->10. Bomb-R (Ship) - Increased the locks/banishes granted by skills from 2->3, and increased the base damage of the Bombardment skill from 40->50. Flux Cannon (Weapon) - Lowered the fire rate debuff of each level of the Quantum Burst skill from -5%->-2.5%. Energy Blade (Weapon) - Increased the damage reduction granted by the Bladeguard skill from 5%->10%. Frost Spear (Weapon) - Increased the base frost applied per hit bonus of the Deep Freeze skill from 0.5%->1%.
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• Patch Notes·30 May 2025Official

  Update 1.0.2 - Hotfix

  Fixes Fixed some control issues with the new toggle auto fire option. Fixed an issue where some saves could have the wrong profile name. Fixed an issue where the Sands Of Time upgrade was less effective than it's card stated.
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• Patch Notes·30 May 2025Official

  Update 1.0.1 - Hotfix

  Changes/Fixes Added an accessibility option to be able to toggle firing on/off when using KBM. Fixed an issue where you could unlock higher mastery tiers while playing below threat 50. Fixed an issue where the pause menu could display current mastery level even when playing below threat 50. Fixed an issue where rerolling a glitched upgrade could still say it is glitched if it isn't. Improves Blaze's ability collision when firing from the corner of arenas. Fixed a visual issue where dual picking an upgrade would not update your passive list correctly when using multiple level ups in a row. Fixed an issue where Swarm's C-RAM skill would not correctly destroy projectiles. Fixed an issue where the Fusion Reactor upgrade was less effective than it's card stated.
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• Announcements·27 May 2025Official

  1.0 Out Now!

  Hey Everyone, Shape Shifter: Formations version 1.0 is out now! After 1.5 years in Early Access, we're thrilled to announce that the full release of the game is now live! Thank you to everyone who played during EA, your feedback has really helped shape the game into what it is today. The 1.0 update is our biggest update yet, here's just some of the key features, the full patch notes will be posted below; New Final Boss/Arena Unique skill trees for every single ship/weapon, totalling a huge 800! new skills. New BGM music for every stage. Visual Improvements - Added new VFX for tons of effects/upgrades. UI Improvements. New Backgrounds for every stage etc. Tons of smaller additions/changes such as new spawn patterns, save profiles, new infused prime enemies etc. Plus tons more bug fixes/balance changes/optimizations across the game. As always, we're still keen to hear your feedback as we want to make this game the best it can be. Thanks again, Castec NOTICE - You have the option to import your EA save while on the profile menu, with the "R" Key or with "Triangle/Y" on gamepad. Saves are not wiped with this update. Patch Notes Additions/Changes Ship & Weapon Skill Trees - Every ship and weapon now has a unique skill tree that allows you to alter and improve the way they play via changing abilities/passives and gaining new ones. Skill points for these trees can be unlocked by defeating bosses while playing with that ship/weapon. These are too long to list here with 800 skills added combined across all 40 ships/weapons, so we'll leave it up to you to take a look. New players will have to complete their first run before ship/weapon skill trees are unlocked, to help ease into things. New Final Arena/Bosses/Enemy - Added a new 5th level with the true final boss. This can be unlocked after defeating all 8 bosses at least once. This is intended to be a challenging level that you choose when you want to end the run, as it does not continue into endless mode. Runs are still con...
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