Devlog #2: Bringing Some Balance

🎃 Happy Halloween, horror fans!🎃

This new devlog is certainly a treat. Take a look at upcoming improvements to Souls, game balance, and UI coming to Noxia Somnia: Ultimate Edition in January 2025.

General Updates to Souls

A number of improvements and tweaks to souls are coming in Ultimate Edition:

• The Soul of Recovery is 100% automated! No more need to re-equip a healing item into your quickslot every time you want to use it. This Soul will now activate the strongest healing item available in your inventory on a lethal blow. You’ll also get about 5 seconds of invincibility after the healing as a buffer against extra-heavy hits.

• Now with the Soul of Strength, if Athleticism II is unlocked, Tristan ignores all damage knockback/stun. It’s kind of incredible! No more hits in the knockback animation 🙅‍♂️

• Felt like the Soul of Determination was in the F-Tier thanks to long heal times? Those days are over! Now, this Soul heads based on a % of your max health rather than a flat 10 HP, making it a much more viable option in late-game encounters.

• The damage reduction from the Soul of Endurance has been increased from 20% to 25%.

• We’ve doubled down on risk vs. reward with the Soul of Perseverance. You’ll no longer drop your attack combo from taking stress damage, but your defence is lowered the higher your combo is. Getting a higher combo feels pretty awesome now… but when you mess up, it hurts.

• Alright, we’ll admit it: Soul of Security was a bit useless in 1.0. It only boosted your defense at whole health, so you were…extra healthy. Now, when you’re below half health, you’ll get a massive defence boost.

• Soul of Bravery has been given some love too. It no longer requires 100% HP for its damage buff to be active, and is given as long as the player stays above 50% HP, giving more room for error in play.

Ultimate Nightmare-Exclusive Soul Updates

These Souls are only accessible when playing the Ultimate Nightmare difficulty mode in Ultimate Edition:

• The Soul of Tranquility is a new Soul that increases your attack power the more stress you have. Another risk vs. reward playstyle option that is very dangerous (and powerful) to use. Not for the faint of heart.

• The Soul of Acceptance is another new Soul that converts stress into health over time.

• The Soul of Fortitude and the Soul of Insight are two more new souls that relate to the new Reframe ability coming in Ultimate Edition. It’s a secret for now!

Balance Updates, Part 1

We have so many balance updates, that we’ll be doing a Part 2 in our next devlog! For now, here’s some big improvements coming to Ultimate Edition:

• The Eye Slime will no longer shoot at the player while off screen. They will try to stay on screen, but outside of melee range when possible.

• The Eye Slime's projectile now glows to make it easier to see.

• The Clockwork Minion's attack range has been increased. They will no longer miss every single attack like a goober.

• Tristan's attacks are much faster and responsive. We've also made it a bit easier to execute charged attacks. Take a look at the revamped combat in the short clip below, alongside a preview of one of the boss rematches that can be encountered in Ultimate Nightmare mode...

UI Updates

With help from our fans’ feedback, we’ve made some great improvements to the game’s user interface. Multiple icons have been redrawn to read more clearly for Ultimate Edition, and we’ve added new on-screen indicators that help make it clear when different health and status effects are occurring.

We will continue refining the game's user interface as we move closer and closer to launch day. For now, here are a few of Ultimate's item icons. A few familiar items, and a few new items with an updated coat of paint!

Chapter 1 Demo Now Available

🥁 And now a drum roll please for today’s biggest update…

Our free demo for Chapter 1 of Noxia Somnia: Ultimate Edition is available! A familiar setting has been given an all-new look and feel. Try out the Ultimate Nightmare game mode, test out new abilities, and try not to perish! Note that this demo link is public for a limited time.

→ TRY THE DEMO HERE ←

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