New Monsters Update!

Version 0.7.231207 - 7 Dec 2023

• New monster family: spiders

• New monster mechanic: Web. Spiders can web cards. Playing a webbed card discards it, ending the webbed status but not triggering the regular card's effects

• AdjustedNew influenceFrozen. The influence counter is distributed as temporarily increased mana costs among cards in the player's hand next turn

• Moved Hellcard to a separate pedestal in the Launcher

• Added Skip Launcher checkbox in options

• Reworked save system to write in a separate thread. This should address the game's stuttering on slower hard drives

• Increased XP rewards for finishing runs

• Changed card progression for new players

• New monster: Arachnid - the smallest spider without special features aside from 8 legs.

• New monster: Arachnad - when killed, spawns 2 arachnids

• New monster: Arachnod - webs a card that killed it

• New monster: Corrupted Arachnod - a zombie spider with a rotten heart (Returns 1 damage when non-lethally hit) and poisonous attack (Unblocked damage adds a Poison Wound card to draw pile)

• New monster: Arachnoleton - a skeleton spider that changes to a random skeleton when killed

• New monster: Cool Crawler - a scorpion that gets a bonus block every time it is attacked. Its attacks add Frozen influence.

• New monster: Hot Crawler - a scorpion that gets a bonus block every time it is attacked. Its attack adds Burn A Card influence causing the hero to draw fewer cards the next turn

• New monster: Horror Crawler - a massive skorpion miniboss that doesn't take direct damage from cards when in the far range. It gets bonus strength when a monster is killed in it's map section

• New monster: Wicked Longlegs - miniboss whose attacks webb a random card in the player's deck.

• New monster: Arachgod - miniboss that spawns eggs for every monster killed in the current turn. After a couple of turns a random spider hatches from each spider egg

• AdjustedNew monsterShielded Skeleton - an improved version of a basic Skeleton Warrior that blocks itself.

• New monster: Cool Skeleton - a skeleton warrior whose attacks add Frozen influence

• New monster: Cool Archer - a skeleton archer whose attacks add Frozen influence

• New monster: Horror Imp - a bigger imp that explodes with a bigger bang when killed

• New monster: Slithering Bowman - ranged demon whose arrows make heroes draw fewer cards next turn (adding Burn A Card influence)

• New monster: Mirage Lancer - a ghost that curses a hero that killed it, making them lose mana the next turn

• New monster: Battering Flamegoat - a charging goat that attacks all heroes at once

• New monster: Hungry Plant - a zombie plant that is linked with other plants on the battlefield and distributes its strength to them when killed

• New monster: Shamanic Goat - a miniboss that strengthens a random monster each turn and when killed

• New monster: Voracious Corpse - a zombie miniboss that strengthens other zombies when attacked

• New monster: Horror Whopper - a skeleton miniboss that strengthens other monsters if not attacked this turn

• New monster selection algorithm that makes runs more cohesive, increasing the chance for monsters from families you have already met during that particular run

• AddedQoLAdded Fanny Pack icon to stashed cards

• Added VO when heroes get hit or die

• Added or improved visual effects of some cards

• Added VFX and SFX when the hero receives an artifact

• Added communication bubbles queue

• Added character change functionality to Endless mode

• Fixed misleading Garbage Day card description

• Fixed character creates exclamation mark always showing

• Fixed influence counter size when large UI is enabled

• Fixed Hearteater bonus when using Bolt Hell

• Fixed Initiative card when targeting monsters without intent

• Fixed some options' descriptions

• Fixed location buttons too long text issue

• Fixed Jar of Pickles giving mana more than once per turn

• Fixed double HP loss when using Bookmark + Burrito

• Fixed player's hand sometimes showing for a split second when taking gem reward after battle