Boss Update & Steam Deck Verified

The Boss Update is here!

With this update, the game is now Steam Deck Verified ✅

Thanks to everyone who tested the game on the beta branch. Here is the full changelog:

Additions

• Added 18 new bosses

• Added Boss Rush mode as an additional game mode (unlocks after first run): Only 1 chapter, start with lots of gold and lacrima, every map tile has one boss fight

• Added voice lines by Patrick Lamb for Rest, Shop, Losing/Winning, and all cutscenes (processed by LADDWICK)

• Added new card background art by Lyfeu for mastered decks (you master a deck if you win a run with 5 atonements)

• Added secondary effects for all trigger lacrima, i.e. "First Blood" also increases HP by 25%

• Added new journal layout

• Added option to right-click on a card to view it in detail (Square/X on controller, long press on touchscreen/mobile)

• Added new blessing VFX (implemented by JackTheGeneralist)

• Added new creature hit VFX (implemented by JackTheGeneralist)

Gameplay Adjustments

• You can now switch through a stack of creature cards on a lane by simple clicking the selected creature again (thanks Jessie81 and edward.w.leo)

• Gambler: If opposing cards have different dice, all card values are halved

• Reduced requirements to unlock most deities (thanks Jason300)

• Increased Attuned to 50%, Lucky to 50%, and Robber to 50% (thanks Jason300)

• Trigger "Turn Begin" now triggers after all cards have been drawn and all cards have been revealed

• Elite fights now always have a second special enemy

• Additional boss fights will now appear in endless mode

• Bathin now only has 3 lacrima

• Multiple "Rage" modifiers on a creature now stack (thanks Auri)

• Added Grandify to simplify certain Blessings (Embiggen, Boundless)

UX/UI Adjustments

• Added mastery info in Collection > Decks

• Added info to tell players that a deity will appear when discovered in a run (thanks JakNak)

• Added info for blessings/lacrima on how to unlock

• Added gold coin icons to redraw, undo, card preview and other locations instead of "G" (implemented by jaknak)

• Added info for "Clear cards" and "Drop" buttons in inventory

• Added "+" icon for when you have more than 5 creatures on a lane stack

• Added console button hints to shop interface (thanks renderpunk)

• Added background and icon when creature is healed with Regen

• The "end turn" button now glows in the first fight in your first ever run when you have put down two creatures

• The first time you deal damage to your own creatures with a spell, a new tooltip appears

• The first time you open the map in your first run, there is now an arrow pointing at where to go

• Removed paginator icons when there is only one page (thanks renderpunk)

• Redraw also needs to be confirmed now when having confirmations on (thanks renderpunk)

• Upgrade preview is now hidden if it's not possible to upgrade a card (implemented by jaknak)

• When a status effect gets added/removed, the icon is now shown in the card event

• Increased font size in various locations (card details, card descriptions, etc.)

• Rest: Lacrima upgrade now shows the resulting lacrima value (instead of X + X) (implemented by JakNak)

• Renamed "Save & Quit" to just "Quit" when you are on the title screen or in the run starter (thanks renderpunk, fixed by JakNak)

• Renamed "Blessing Triggered" to "Blessed"

• Renamed "Curse Triggered" to "Cursed"

• Renamed "Clear Debuffs" to "Exorcize"

• Renamed "Clear Buffs" to "Cleanse"

• Renamed "Regeneration" to "Regen"

• When a creature with Shield or Stoneskin is hit, it plays a shield/stoneskin sound (thanks JackTheGeneralist)

• Cooldown icon now appears with a bit of an animation

• Battlelog is no longer cleared as soon as a run is aborted/won/lost

• Changed all "Whenever" to "When" in descriptions (thanks Skypris)

• Removed unnecesary "s" for certain descriptions (thanks Skypris)

• Updated mourn description (thanks Skypris)

• Save & Quit now returns the player to the main menu instead of closing the game (implemented by JakNak)

Fixes

• Fixed ClearDebuff being able to remove Immunity (thanks Layla)

• Fixed Vampyr not triggering Healed trigger (thanks Rixtah)

• Fixed not being able to upgrade creatures in endless mode (thanks edward.w.leo)

• Fixed Anubis not leveling up after repairing the cracked ability (thanks to Anonymous who submitted it in-game)

• Fixed creature stacked trigger not going off when summoning a Demon and stacking it in the process

• Fixed card in battlelog not having Stoneskin status effect when the card would lose stoneskin after getting hit

• Fixed softlock when trying to play a creature card while the enemy turn was ongoing (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed softlock when clicking the blessings while a fight is transitioning to the reward screen (thanks Elias "aut_Bok" Bauer)

• Fixed boss being placed on the rightmost lane when only 2 enemies and 5 lanes are on the board (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed weird gameover frame where enemies would just get removed instead of being moved out of frame first

• Fixed End turn trigger not having a description (thanks Auri)

• Fixed Boundless blessing image being broken on mobile

• Fixed achievement description for "Et tu": Defeated a boss with a confused enemy

• Fixed a stray line in the background when starting a run (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed being able to press buttons in the background in Options > Controls (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed confirmation button not going away in inventory after clicking "Clear Cards" and then clicking on other buttons (fixed by JakNak)

• Fixed rounding error when having a lacrima value divided by 2 (7 divided by 2 resulted in 3, and 5 divided by 2 also resulted in 3) (fixed by JakNak)

• Fixed UI element descriptions being misaligned on hover on end game screen (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed Steam Deck controls not working while external controller is plugged in (thanks Valve)

• Fixed hiccup in chapter 1 map music loop (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed exile button sometimes not working (thanks renderpunk)

• Fixed Death still sometimes crying when resetting and starting new run

• Fixed not being able to go to settings button with controller (thanks renderpunk)

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