Bizarre little hit Vampire Survivors has far and away kicked off an indie pattern, however do not relegate it to the previous fairly but. The roguelike bullet heaven’s 1.6 replace dropped this week, bringing a completely new sofa co-op mode to the sport alongside the model new and far improved recreation engine the developer has been engaged on since final yr.
The sofa co-op mode is all types of recent for the sport, however to be clear it is native solely. Individuals are reporting some success doing it by way of Steam’s Distant Play Collectively, however do anticipate a hitch or two doing it that manner. You’ll play co-op on every part that Vampire Survivors has launched to date, that means each map and growth might be out there.
The co-op mode additionally has a brand new merchandise, the Friendship Amulet, which upgrades everybody else if you select it. In any other case it is the identical stuff—although co-op gamers have fewer slots for weapons and such in that mode to maintain it balanced.
Probably the most noticeable factor for many might be that new engine. It is markedly smoother than the outdated one, particularly on limited-resource machines like older, handheld, and laptop computer PCs. Poncle’s personal YouTube channel uploaded a video evaluating efficiency on a Steam Deck earlier than and after the engine change. For all that, Poncle has taken steps to make sure the sport performs simply the identical as earlier than and requests experiences should you discover variations.
The opposite additions are toggles for co-op. You’ll be able to toggle on participant colours, participant outlines, and participant indicators to make every part a bit simpler to establish within the absolute chaos that’s Vampire Survivors.
You’ll be able to learn the announcement of the native co-op and new engine on Steam, which can also be the place you possibly can learn the whole 1.6 Patch Notes. In case you learn all of them you may be aware that it nonetheless does not have any vampires.
Developer Poncle has additionally proven off a trailer on YouTube of future content material coming to Vampire Survivors. You may’ve seen a few of this floating round as a leaked director’s minimize, however it wasn’t actually leaked. It was simply proven off at an occasion by the developer.
