Update v0.18: A guided new player journey and more!

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Version 0.18.0

A polish and onboarding release: a guided new player journey, full desktop support, a new Miner ability, a new stage, and a big upgrade cleanup.

New: A Smoother Start

• The old man now guides new players through the opening tutorials in the garden.

• Added a controls primer that shows how to play on your platform, with framed panels and key art for touch and for keyboard and mouse.

• A guiding glow now nudges you from your first upgrade through your first battle, shop visit, and forge craft.

• Tutorial pacing reworked: garden first, then upgrades, with gentler early enemies and clearer dialog.

New: Built for Desktop

• Custom pixel art mouse cursors, with a clickable reticle that lights up over buttons, cards, NPCs, collectibles, and world objects.

• Fullscreen toggle, with a settings checkbox and an F11 hotkey.

• Exit Game button on the main menu.

• Auto aim now defaults off on desktop, so you can aim with the mouse.

New: Oil Vial (Miner)

• Throw a vial that bursts into a pool of oil, slowing every enemy caught inside.

• Ignite the oil using explosives to set them ablaze, stacking burn damage over time.

New Stage: Gnawgrass Steppe

• A new stage in the early progression, unlocked after Rat Alley.

• Introduces the Pesky Mole, which pelts you with rocks from range.

Upgrade Tree

• Visual rework: section labels and clearer node states for locked, affordable, and maxed upgrades.

Miner

• Leftover ores are now pulled to you and auto mined when a stage ends.

• Auto aim no longer wastes shots on ores while enemies are still around.

Upgrades and Items

• A new Knight upgrade grants an extra sword swing, crafted from a new Raging Essence drop.

• A new garden upgrade raises the yield of every plant.

• New forest spirit upgrades.

• A stronger damage potion is now available earlier in your progression.

Interface

• "Stages" is now called "Battle" throughout the game.

• Smooth, synced progress bars in the garden, forge, and shop.

• Travel menu buttons now have icons.

Quality of Life

• Tap an enemy on the stage panel to see what it drops.

• Loot cards are cleaner, and you can tap one to see the item name.

• The stock panel "Reclaim" button is now labelled "Remove".

• The settings menu now scrolls.

Balance Changes

Upgrade Compression

• Ten long upgrades that ran to 50 levels are now 10 levels each. Many are also 2x to 4x cheaper overall, with smoother cost curves.

• Existing saves convert automatically.

Combat and Crafting

• Bigger base sword swing, reworked Axe Throw distance, and rebalanced early upgrade costs.

• Added a cheap early game anvil and reworked anvil unlock costs.

• Retuned garden costs and grow times.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the inventory needing two Back taps to close.

• Fixed the Miner being unable to auto farm bosses.

• Fixed the shop capacity target and navigation around the new shop slot.

• Reduced per enemy work at high enemy counts for smoother battles.