Playtest - Quality of Life Update Patch Notes

Ahoy crew, Thanks for sailing with us. Here’s everything that changed:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the game sometimes wasn’t saved correctly

• Fixed an issue where losing Act 1 forced you to restart the Tutorial from scratch

• Fixed a bug where the Collection wasn’t displayed properly

• Fixed a bug where Act 2 remained locked even after beating Act 1

• Abandon Run now works as expected

Tutorial

• Added a! icon with Tips, always accessible during play

• Players can now retry a battle when losing in Act 1, with tips shown to help

• Nerfed Act 1: all starting compositions get -1 character, making the tutorial more balanced and approachable

Quality of Life

• Added drunk state visual indicators

• Patch notes are now shown in-game

• Codex improved with better organization and content

• Actions & Items now have improved and simplified descriptions

• Added Unlock All (all acts and captains) and Discover All (view all units and items) options under Settings

• Added indicators for when a unit is Fully Loaded or has used their Action

• Complete rework of all descriptions: actions, items, and keywords are now clearer

• Much simpler action descriptions with icons and an expandable/collapsible extra info panel

• Clearer target indicators for InFront and Behind

• Reduced sound volume of certain sounds.

Balance - Slight nerf to Burn

• Pyromaniac action 1 reduced by 1 pip

• AdjustedRework of Burn mechanic , now more realisticBurn stacks are reduced by 1 when they deal damage, and spread when they don’t

What’s Next - Demo Version

We’re now heads-down building the Demo, which will include:

• Final polish

• Balancing improvements based on playtest feedback

• Translation into 16 languages

Stay tuned, there’s a lot more coming!

Thank You

A massive thank you to every streamer who played DeckWrecking Pirates during the playtest.

And to everyone who took the time to submit feedback or bug reports: you are directly shaping this game, and we couldn’t do it without you.

Special shoutout to CapturingKaos, who helped us identify several issues on day 1.

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Thanks for playing DeckWrecking Pirates!