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TITLE: HELLFUEL Update - Story Mode Overhaul: Start With Nothing, Hearts, the P.U.B. and Epic Bosses

Hey everyone! The story mode just got a big overhaul. Here's what's new:

--- START WITH NOTHING ---

In ACT 1-1 you wake up with nothing but your fists. Three weak husks wait in the first room - punch them to death and a revolver appears. Every gun after that has to be found: almost every act hands you something new.

- Act 1: Revolver

- Act 2: Shotgun

- Act 3: Nailgun

- Act 4: Chainsaw

- Act 5: Railcannon

- Act 7: Rocket Launcher

--- HEARTS & THE P.U.B. ---

Every 5 kills earn you a HEART (beating a boss gives 3 more). From level 1-2 on you'll find the P.U.B. - the Portable Upgrade Booth - in a quiet area of every level. Spend your hearts there on your guns' special abilities:

- MARKSMAN (1 heart): flip coins and ricochet your shots into heads. You have to buy it in 1-2 before the way on opens!

- CORE EJECT (3 hearts): throw an exploding core with the shotgun

- ATTRACTOR (4 hearts): magnets that bend your nails around them

- RIPPER (5 hearts): throw the chainsaw - it comes back on its own

- FREEZEFRAME (6 hearts): freeze your rockets mid-air

--- EPIC BOSSES ---

All 10 act bosses got a proper show:

- Entrances: lightning strikes, the boss grows out of the light (flyers dive down from the sky) and a roar knocks you back

- Phase changes: time stops for a beat, a shockwave, a burst of orbs - then it gets faster

- Phase 3: ENRAGED, wrapped in crackling lightning

- Deaths: a chain of explosions and one huge blast

- The boss arena now locks you in from both sides, and the boss bar shows its title and phase

--- TENSER CORRIDORS ---

The way between the rooms isn't safe anymore: ambushes from the far end, burning floors you have to jump over and dark corridors where the lights die and something drops in behind you.

--- ALSO ---

- Old saves keep the guns from the levels they've already beaten

- Your hearts are shown under the objective and in the act room

As always: tell me what you think in the comments - especially how the bosses feel and if the heart prices are fair!