This update introduces a new save game feature for Practice Mode and PvE Mode, alongside another round of hotfixes focused on reconnect stability, performance, and overall gameplay flow. It’s designed to let players continue runs later while preserving continuity and protecting leaderboard integrity.

A new save game feature is now live for Practice Mode and PvE Mode.

• Saves are now single-use

• This allows you to leave a run and continue it later

• Once a save is loaded, it cannot be reused again

• If you lose or surrender, that save is cleared

• You cannot save again on the same wave you just resumed from

This system was built to let players continue long runs later without creating retry abuse or leaderboard loopholes.

• Players can have up to 3 saves per unique team

• Example:

  • Solo play = 3 solo saves

  • Duo play = 3 separate duo saves

• Team saves only appear when the correct party/team is together

This keeps runs continuous and fair while still making long sessions much easier to manage.

We spent a big part of this update hardening the save and resume system across both Practice Mode and PvE Mode.

• Weather intensity now saves and restores correctly

• Tower cost and upgrade investment are now preserved correctly in saves

• Tower kills and total damage dealt now persist through save/load

• Older saves now load more reliably with improved path handling

• Legacy saves missing cost data are now estimated more accurately

• Offline talent data now syncs correctly right after restoring a save

• Ready panel now shows the correct wave after restoring offline saves

• Offline Practice Mode has been brought closer to parity with online play

• Improved talent integration and game state handling in offline runs

• Resumed games now return to a Ready panel instead of auto-starting immediately

• Selecting a save now immediately loads it

• Environmental damage is now suppressed during ready-up after resuming

• Fixed save/load cases that could cause wave count issues on restore

• Fixed restored games double-incrementing wave progress

• Fixed talent restore timing issues

• Fixed several sell value issues affecting saved merged towers

• Cleaned up merge UI behavior when returning to menu or lobby

• Added stronger validation and error protection around save restore flows

We’ve continued improving reconnect behavior and general match stability.

• Co-op towers now transfer to the host if a player disconnects

• Talent state and Run XP now restore more reliably after mid-game disconnects

• Players no longer appear to rejoin twice on reconnect

• Added stronger protection against bad restore/socket states

• Added better safeguards against invalid save data

• Improved internal handling around restore-related errors

• Fixed a race condition affecting certain save refresh flows

• Improved alert handling to prevent false server-down alarms

This hotfix also includes more performance work aimed at keeping high-wave gameplay smoother.

• Improved shield-related performance with better caching

• Improved regeneration aura performance using spatial optimizations

• Added a fast path for extremely large tower ranges to prevent lag at very high waves

• Prevented massive unnecessary range checks in edge-case late-game builds

These changes should especially help performance in runs with extreme scaling and very large tower coverage.

A few additional improvements and fixes went into core gameplay, stat display, and combat interactions.

• Added Mass Sell Towers

  • Select multiple towers and sell them all at once using the Delete key or the UI button

  • Confirmation modal helps prevent accidental mass sales

  • Supports up to 300 towers in a single batch

• Fixed multiplayer stat display mismatches by improving buff multiplier syncing

• Fixed shield dome protection against lightning strikes using proper distance checks

• Improved interactions between lightning strikes and protected or unprotected towers

We’ve also made a few usability improvements to make the game clearer and smoother to use.

• Tutorial now includes camera controls:

  • Right-click drag to move the camera

  • Scroll to zoom

• Added a golden badge on the talent button to show available unspent talent points

• Talent and archetype notification badges now stack properly when both are present

• Fixed display issues affecting the talent screen

• Improved save selection flow when returning to runs

• Cleared stale save selection state when returning to lobby

• Added a new What’s New side panel to the main menu

• Fixed an issue where links in the news panel could fail to open properly

• Improved refresh behavior so newly saved runs appear more reliably

This was another heavy stabilization stretch centered around implementing the new save game feature for longer games, while continuing to improve reconnect flow, offline parity, stat syncing, combat reliability, and high-wave performance.

This update strengthens the core, and it sets the stage for the next wave of improvements ahead.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue stabilizing Endless TD during launch week. Over the past few days, we’ve been moving quickly on fixes, polish, and gameplay improvements to make the experience smoother, more reliable, and easier to jump into. We want to thank you all for your feedback and critics as we aim to provide a premium experience!

Patch Notes below:

A major focus of this update has been improving match reliability and making reconnects and crash recovery much smoother.

• Added a reconnect grace period so matches stay alive briefly after the last player disconnects

• Improved reconnect flow so players can return to active matches more reliably

• Added shard-aware reconnect support for smoother recovery

• Improved solo crash recovery and restore handling

• Added stronger protection against invalid restored match states

• Preserved team data more reliably through crash recovery

• Added duplicate match prevention during restore flows

• Improved restoration of talents, run progression, and other important match state

• Prevented solo-style restore behavior from incorrectly applying to multiplayer games

• Resolved cases where reconnecting players could lose end-of-game tracking

• Resolved cases where upgrades or gold could be lost after disconnecting during active games

• Preserved cumulative match stats more reliably after recovery

• Corrected match duration issues showing on the leaderboard after restored games

• Fixed reconnect failures that could leave players stuck in broken restore loops

We’ve made a broad set of performance upgrades aimed at improving match stability and reducing strain during longer runs.

• Improved how tower buffs and support effects are processed

• Reduced unnecessary recalculations during combat

• Optimized nearby tower checks for better scalability in larger runs

• Improved caching so only changed tower data is recalculated when possible

• Reduced overhead from repeated combat and targeting calculations

• Improved long-session stability, especially in more demanding matches

• Reduced frame spikes when tabbing back into the game

• Improved rendering safety to help prevent white-screen style failures

• Improved recovery handling for rendering and canvas-related issues

• Reduced background throttling issues in the desktop build

These changes are aimed at making gameplay feel smoother and more consistent as runs scale up. ⚡

This update also includes a number of gameplay fixes, tower behavior improvements, and balance adjustments.

• Improved shield tower behavior so it now works more consistently when shields break

• Improved how shield effects interact with environmental strikes

• Prevented shield towers from being hit incorrectly multiple times in the same event

• Range buffs now correctly apply to certain debuff auras

• Rebalanced Rapid Assembly so it now reduces merge requirements instead of acting as a speed bonus

• Tower stat tooltips now include star bonuses

• Improved wording and display for star upgrade progression

• Adjusted range limits to prevent extreme cases that could cause rendering issues

• Updated the hotkey for the Unholy tower and Water tower hotkey

• Fixed issues where AI-related tower changes were not updating support calculations correctly

• Fixed stat reset issues on rematch

We’ve made several improvements to match results, leaderboard accuracy, and overall tracking.

• Leaderboard entries now show a region badge

• Improved reliability of match result tracking

• Improved handling of team data in restored matches

• Corrected several edge cases that could create inaccurate leaderboard records

• Fixed issues affecting post-match stat tracking and display

• Improved leaderboard reliability when requests fail or take too long

• Fixed issues affecting the Versus leaderboard

• Updated Versus leaderboard presentation to better match Co-op

We’ve continued improving clarity, readability, and usability across the game.

• Added clearer tutorial text explaining when merging becomes available

• Added a UI Scale slider for better readability across different screen sizes

• Added a Display Mode setting with fullscreen, borderless windowed, and windowed options

• Added Delete key support for selling towers

  • Press Delete once to sell a selected tower

  • Press Delete again to confirm

• Added new hotkeys for tower elements

• Added a Reduced Visual Effects setting for players who want a cleaner or lighter visual experience

• Increased maximum display name length

• Improved tower tooltip accuracy

• Updated shield tower tooltip to better explain its destruction behavior

• Replaced the HUD music button with a settings gear icon

• Maintenance and announcement messaging no longer overlap

  

We’ve also continued improving the tools and systems that support smoother maintenance and server monitoring during launch.

• Improved maintenance handling so active games can finish more safely before shutdowns

• Added better live server monitoring tools

• Added server health alerts and status tracking

• Improved visibility into server capacity and uptime

• Expanded admin tools for better incident visibility and monitoring during live service

• Improved drain handling for safer maintenance windows

Our top priority remains continuing to stabilize Endless TD while improving the overall gameplay experience. We’ll keep pushing updates focused on:

• reliability and reconnect stability

• smoother crash recovery

• gameplay smoothness and responsiveness

• performance in larger and longer matches

• leaderboard accuracy and match tracking

• UI clarity, readability, and display options

• quality-of-life improvements

• reduced downtime and smoother maintenance handling

• save game functionality for longer runs that you want to come back to

Thank you again for the support, feedback, and patience during launch week.