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Steam News22 October 20232y ago

Update Set 0.120.X: Graphics, Perks and QoL Rework! +Happy Halloween 🎃

Greetings Adventurers! There's been quite a number of changes to make Your travels more...interesting: Graphical Enhancements Gnarled Gardens: Added multiple terrain variations, sprites, and set pieces.

In this update6

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Full Aura of Worlds update

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Greetings Adventurers!

What changed

4 fixes5 additions10 changes0 removals
  • Maps
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
  • Events
addedGraphical EnhancementsGnarled Gardens : Added multiple terrain variations, sprites, and set pieces.
addedGraphical EnhancementsCelestial Catacombs : Added multiple terrain variations, sprites and set pieces.
addedGraphical EnhancementsVarious new and reworked animations:
addedSteam post imageRune (perk) system reworkYou can level up most perks for stronger effects! For example: Weight lifter II, allows all held objects to be weightless. Vampirism II, causes defeated foes to drop more health orbs. This trend applies to almost every rune type added to the game.
added🎼 New MusicNew track for Hazard level theme (by Mat Dwyer) Here's a preview.
changed🎼 New MusicRebalanced Necromancer theme.

Aura of Worlds changes

addedGnarled Gardens : Added multiple terrain variations, sprites, and set pieces.
addedCelestial Catacombs : Added multiple terrain variations, sprites and set pieces.
addedVarious new and reworked animations:
addedYou can level up most perks for stronger effects! For example: Weight lifter II, allows all held objects to be weightless. Vampirism II, causes defeated foes to drop more health orbs. This trend applies to almost every rune type added to the game.
addedNew track for Hazard level theme (by Mat Dwyer) Here's a preview.

There's been quite a number of changes to make Your travels more...interesting:

Graphical Enhancements

  • Gnarled Gardens: Added multiple terrain variations, sprites, and set pieces.

  • Celestial Catacombs: Added multiple terrain variations, sprites and set pieces.

  • Various new and reworked animations:

  • Randomized Hub Worlds

Steam post imageRune (perk) system rework

  • You can level up most perks for stronger effects! For example:

    • Weight lifter II, allows all held objects to be weightless.

    • Vampirism II, causes defeated foes to drop more health orbs.

    • This trend applies to almost every rune type added to the game.

  • Runes are now much more common and more evenly distributed across the worlds!

🎼 New Music

  • New track for Hazard level theme (by Mat Dwyer) Here's a preview.

  • Rebalanced Necromancer theme.

New enemy variant: Skeletal Archers

They may not be as fast as their crossbow-wielding brethren, but they make up for it with accuracy.

Other Balance Changes and Bug Fixes

  • Faster loading times.

  • Significant Optimization as we continue to port the game to Nintendo Switch.

  • Projectiles fired from dying enemies can cause friendly fire.

  • While the Hunter is in a temporarily weakened state, it deals less damage (based on feedback from the Cursed Chest mechanic)

  • Enemy health scaling, when jumping between worlds, has been increased.

  • Numerous surprises...

NOTE: We will be merging other smaller updates with this announcement, so stay tuned!

Halloween Event (Patch 0.120.4.8)

  • We've been doing some redecorating around the hub world🍂🎃!

  • Rebalanced special tile distribution in Grotto of Guidance and Celestial Catacombs*

  • Check the top left of the hub for some goodies.

  • All XP you gain during a run increases by 12% during Halloween (and up to the 6th of November). You'll need it because:

  • Undead enemies rise more frequently during this season!

Source

Steam News / 22 October 2023

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