Update v1.8 - 4/29/18

Added a Mute button (Press M) Added a Retry button to the ESC screen Added a Retry button to the Death screen Added 2 new ways to jump: UP ARROW and W

Mummy Ants now fly higher in the air with their flying kick ability Chests now open automatically if you purchase a key while standing on top of a chest during the rewards screen The sound effect for Army Ants while they walk has been altered so the sound doesn't overlap when multiple Army Ants are on the screen at the same time Bombs now explode after 1 second instead of 3 seconds Army Ants can no longer be stunned with roar Mummy Ants now do a fixed kick in a specific direction if the AntLion jumps over them during combat Fixed a bug that caused Ghost AntLions to not run away during the final game ending Enemies during the final wave now spawn faster Fixed a bug that caused multiple arrows to deflect off an Army Ants shield, even if you only shot 1 arrow Adjusted the pricing of all items to be more balanced Fixed a bug that caused coins to not always play their sound effect towards the end of a pickup Changed the START button to BATTLE instead All projectiles (arrows, fire arrows, deflected arrows, deflected fire arrows, lightning bolts and wand bolts) now collide with the edges of the level Statues can now be destroyed by bombs and have a random chance to drop loot Fixed the sorting renderer layer order for all loot so it's easier to see among the corpses and between the enemies/player Fixed a bug that caused some fire arrows to not display their particle effect after being deflected from the shield of an Army Ant Fixed a bug that caused the camera to shake violently if you killed the Queen while standing underneath her throne room Added particles when castle doors close Worker Ants are not stunnable during their attack swing. Added alternate movement controls: A, D Added alternate controls: TFGHY: T=Potion, F=Bomb, G=Jump, H=Arrows, Y=Roar. Added alternate controls: JIKLU. J = Arrows. L = Bomb. U = Roar. I = Potion. K = Jump. Added alternate Jump controls: NUMPAD0, NUMPAD5 Added alternate Potion controls: BACKSLASH, NUMPAD2, NUMPAD8 Added alternate Bomb controls: NUMPAD3, NUMPAD6 Added alternate Arrow controls: LEFT SHIFT, RIGHT SHIFT, NUMPAD1, NUMPAD4 Army Ants now walks back and forth across the top of the castle to keep the crowd of spectators from becoming too unruly. Fixed a bug that caused the sound effect for the Ring of Lightning to make a strange clicking sound as it looped Added statistics to Kongregate Fixed a bug that caused loot from chests to spawn outside of the castle walls if the chest spawned too close to the edge of the level Army Ants no longer damage you from their backswing Removed the blast radius of fire arrows and instead made fire arrows deal double damage Dinosaur Ants no longer jump attack. Instead they run into you. Fixed a bug that caused the adult dinosaur ant to die if she jumped on you while too close to the edge of the level Lightning Bolts now damage you every time they hit you instead of every 0.5 seconds Lightning Bolt explosions while wielding the Ring of Lightning now appear for every lightning bolt that hits the shield Every time a Pharaoh Ant takes damage, it will now make a 'damaged' sound effect. Fixed a bug that caused the AntLion to look 'squashed' if he died while jumping Mummy ants can now be stunned during the middle of a flying kick Mummy ants now flash while being stunned by roar Illuminate the hearts when you heal yourself Fixed a bug that caused bombs not to kill ethereal Ghost Ants even if you had the Book of the Dead Fixed a bug that caused the Ring of Lightning to cause Fire Ants to die too soon upon collision with the electrical shield effect The stars now twinkle Fixed a bug that caused the original soundtrack and the boss soundtrack to overlap if you pressed pause during the final boss fight Reordered the rewards screen so the loot is in an order that makes sense visually Spikes now damage you every second that you stand in them Added Belt of Haste, which doubles your attack speed Compressed audio file sizes to optimize for WebGL Fixed a bug that caused rewards to persist through death. Fixed a bug that caused the Pharaoh Ant to spawn after defeating the Mummy Ants wave. Fixed a bug that allowed the Dinosaur Ant to be killed before she spawned all of her eggs. Added cheering animations to all enemies Adjust resolution to be 800x600 to meet Kongregate's platform width maximum (800 pixels) Camera zooms in/out when you are low health to simulate a heartbeat Army Ants spawn faster now Added Credits button to the Main Menu Fire Ants now scream until they die Chests now spawn again from any enemy Fixed a bug that caused items purchased from previous games to persist into the next game after pressing the "Retry" button Added Amulet of Time to the rewards loot table, which slows time by half when you are about to die When the player is hit with any damage, the 'flash' of white is now half as illuminated as it was before Added button to mute sound on mobile Enemies caught in the "Roar" ability now illuminate white while they are stunned. The bomb icon now turns gray when you run out of bombs The tally count of X out of XX for each wave is now formatted XX out of XX so it looks more aesthetically pleasing The Pharaoh Ant is now spawning at the proper height Added text "Roar" above the AntLion during each roar Added a new particle effect for the Roar Increased the range and duration of Roar Reduced the price of all reward items Fire Arrows are no longer automatically selected during the rewards screen while simultaneously moving Arrows now have a streak behind them to indicate traveling through the air Removed extra lives from the game Added Armor of the AntLion Removed single coins from the droppable loot table Removed single arrows from the droppable loot table Colliding with spikes now causes the screen to shake The Queen no longer teleports in at the start of the game Added realtime lighting to the game Deflected arrows now continue along their flight path, even if you jump over them The particle effect for roaring no longer stays active during the death screen Added Ring of Lightning to prevent the Lightning Bolts of Electric Ants from damaging the player Added Cloak of Flames to prevent the suicidal Fire Ants from damaging the player Added Book of the Dead that allows you to kill Ghost Ants in any form Fire Arrows now cause Army Ants to flash white when damaged The Ring of Lightning and Cloak of Flames shield radius no longer causes spikes to damage the player Particle effects for Ring of Lightning and Cloak of Flames are no longer displaying behind objects in the throne room Fire Arrows now cause an explosion to ethereal ants Bomb blasts now cause baby Dinosaur Ants to flash prior to death in both egg and dinosaur forms Army Ants can no longer be killed by Fire Arrows or Fire Arrow Blasts Fire Arrows will now deflect off Army Ant shields Cloak of Flames no longer causes damage when Lightning Bolts hit it Worker Ants now have antennae during death Added antennae to the naked and armored AntLion

Enemies now spawn in random amounts between 10 and 20 ants per wave Changed the icon for total coins from a single coin to a stack of coins You can no longer loot hearts if you are max HP Potions are now clickable from the GUI Potions are now making a sound effect when looted The range of the Electric Ants attack is now smaller The AntLion's shooting range has been reduced The tally of ants that have been slain has been moved to the top of the GUI Reduced the spawn chance of loot from 50% to 40% Pharaoh Ants now spawn with random hp between 5-15 Fire arrows no longer cause Ghost Ants to show false kill counts Hearts now make a sound effect when looted Chests are now golden instead of brown Chests now make sound when they spawn and when they get looted Added inventory system between each wave Added extra life as a purchasable item in the the inventory system Getting 100 coins no longer automatically gives you an extra life Random duration upgrades have been removed in favor of permanent upgrades. Hearts cannot be purchased if you already have max HP Stacks of Coins now provide a random amount between 10 and 25 Coins can no longer go negative if you purchase something too quickly from the rewards screen The AntLion can jump a little higher now. Fire arrows are now un-selectable after purchase You now receive a random amount of coins between 10-25 between every wave of ants Fixed a bug that prevented the cage from shaking the screen at the start of the game Fixed a bug that prevented the player from shaking the screen with the roar ability at the start of the game Pharaoh Ants and Adult Dinosaur Ants can no longer be stunned from Mighty Roar Fixed a bug that caused Electric Ants to avoid death while recharging their bolts Added a hotkey for using potions on desktop (Press C) Baby Dinosaur Ants no longer get stuck in their attack animation after killing the player Baby dinosaur ants now appear to run at a normal speed instead of slow motion Baby dinosaur ants no longer take multiple shots to kill after they have hatched Pressing the Arrow keys during the rewards screen on desktop no longer causes the rewards to be selected based on arrow key input (nav of each button set to explicit instead of automatic) All enemies spawn 1 second slower during their first spawn to give time for the castle cages to fully open You can now press ESC to pause the game on desktop You can now press the Hourglass icon to pause the game on mobile Updated the arrow icons to be consistent Fire arrow icons now update across the entire game when you purchase fire arrows All arrows now shoot further The "Buy" button is no longer displayed for items you have already purchased or cannot purchase. Added Army Ants to the Queen's throne room and guarding the castle The arrow button now turns gray if you run out of arrows The potions button now turns gray if you run out of potions Added instructions for using Bombs to the desktop version of the game All items are cheaper now Added AntLion corpses to the battlefield Enemies now spawn out of any cage at any time Dinosaur Ants spawn eggs much faster now Added statues of each enemy to the game Moved all GUI items to the top of the screen Lowered the castle walls Removed spikes Fixed a bug that prevented adult Dinosaur Ants from dying when the final killshot was with a bomb Fixed a bug that caused the maximum hp and the current hp of adult Dinosaur Ants to be inaccurate Fixed a bug that prevented Pharaoh Ants from flashing white with damage when hit by a bomb Fixed a bug that caused the maximum hp and the current hp of Pharaoh Ants to be inaccurate Fixed a collision issue that caused Mummy Ants to miss you during attacks Mummy Ants no longer kick from so far away Bomb explosions have a smaller range of damage Hearts now disappear after 5 seconds Fixed a bug on Android that caused the GUI button for fire arrows to display an incorrect icon and size after pausing the game Added buttons to Retry or Quit the game after pausing Reduced the speed of all projectiles (arrows, fire arrows and lightning bolts) by half Re-designed the entire shooting system to fix a bug that caused arrows to randomly go through enemies without damaging them Added spikes to the sides of the arena