STEAM PATCH NOTES - Alpha Patch 8.2 Hotfix

STEAM PATCH NOTES - Alpha Patch 8.2 Hotfix

Low Magic, They Said!

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

Atmospheric Fog System

• Added 3-layer dynamic fog system creating true depth in battle scenes

• Background fog renders behind characters

• Middle fog renders between background and player

• Foreground fog renders over UI for immersive atmosphere

• Each layer moves independently for organic effect

BALANCE

Temple & Progression

• Magic level upgrades no longer cost Boss Souls after the initial unlock (1 Soul to awaken temples)

• Blessings are now FREE at temples (1 per visit, reset each run)

• Magic levels are permanent unlocks with tiered costs (Level 2: 5 Souls, Level 3: 10 Souls)

Note: Difficulty scaling after Prestige 2 may feel steep. The temple changes should help offset this by making blessings more accessible. We're monitoring feedback.

CRITICAL FIXES

Temple System

• Fixed temple allowing multiple blessing selections per visit (now limited to 1)

• Temple button disables after selecting a blessing

Events

• Fixed Dark Words portal not preserving deck, relics, and gold when restarting

Battle System

• Fixed Avatar of War status not triggering at start of turn

• Fixed Echo Dagger triggering multiple times per damage event

• Fixed Vengeful Strike dealing double damage

• Fixed status effects (Exhaust shaders) persisting after expiration

• Fixed crash when attacking freed enemy nodes

Save/Load

• Fixed crash when loading corrupted save files

• Fixed moonlight crash in nighttime environments

BUG FIXES

Relics & Scrolls

• Fixed Scroll of Healing disappearing instead of stacking

• Fixed relic reroll removing weapon relic

UI & Visuals

• Fixed prestige not unlocking after winning

• Fixed map display scaling issues

• Fixed duplicate healing floating text

• Improved Might tooltip format

...and various other undocumented fixes and tunes.

WHAT'S NEXT

Patch 9 will focus entirely on new bosses and enemies.