Demo update v0.10.0

Hi everyone!

This release reworks many aspects of the game following feedback from the demo release: more space to build your spells, spell rotation, new monuments, a new map, new aether drop flow, and a big tutorial polish pass.

Thanks for playing!

⭐ Highlights

• Spell editor: taller crafting screen with vertical scrolling, drag snapping, ghost preview when dragging a node handle, and missing-energy hints on nodes.

• Spell rotation: catalysts have an upgrade allowing for rotation using F/G keys. And you can now choose the spell direction when targeting cells on the diagonals.

• AddedCatalyst upgrade treesanimated reveal, SFX, fuller polish pass, and a new upgrade-locking system.
• AddedWorldmap polishadded animations and VFX on Primestone conquest and seal break.

• New monuments: Goddess shrines and aether pylons.

• AdjustedNew mapadded one and reworked all the others for better flow.

• Aether changes: it can now be acquired from Aether pylons and by killing Archons.

• AdjustedTutorial overhaulreworked, split and moved many tutorial steps for clarity.

⚔️ Combat & AI

• Every Archon now drops an aether orb on defeat.

• Units no longer stack on the same cell when planning paths.

• Enemies are now willing to take long detours when the situation calls for it.

• Improved FlameWhisper catalyst upgrade options.

• Reduced bush HP.

• Targeting now lets you pick a direction on diagonals.

• Targeting overlay hides itself when the cursor is over an invalid tile.

• Move targeting now shows an area border.

• Enemy tiles get a new overlay for better discoverability.

• Fixed incorrect death cause when killed by an ice platform melting.

• Unified Primestone vision radius across levels.

• Monuments now show the right initial state when already collected.

🎥 Controls & Camera

• Better default camera position when entering the sanctuary.

• Player inputs no longer interrupt camera tracking.

• Fixed a few minor camera tracking glitches.

• Fixed cursor drift while dragging the worldmap.

✨ Visuals & VFX

• Fixed Ice Clone VFX.

• New ice SFX on spawn and melt.

• Fixed double splash VFX activation.

• New magic shield and magic gate.

• Animation retakes on Hound and Reaper.

• Fixed some materials showing through level fog.

🖼️ UI & UX

• Crafting screen is taller and scrolls.

• Fixed a root effect drag bug in the spell editor.

• Fixed the spell editor etching SFX volume.

• Fixed broken seal not showing in the victory screen.

• Influence bar is hidden until you need it.

• Worldmap tooltips now display correctly over tutorial popups.

• Fixed worldmap initial view.

• Fixed worldmap new-day sequence.

• Fixed map rendering on first open.

• Fixed move action title missing in packaged builds.

🎓 Tutorials

• Tutorial popups no longer reset on every turn start.

• Fixed retry tutorial pointing to a map that only had a gated reward.

• Fixed influence tutorial pointing at the wrong widget.

• Worldmap exploration tutorial now completes on discovering a specific PoI.

• Fixed crafting tutorial not going away.

• Advanced crafting tutorial step is delayed and clearer.

📖 Content

• New map.

• Various smaller map fixes.