Patch 0.9.0 - 17 new relics, Combat rework & more!

Combat rework

• Character turn order and initiative was removed and replaced with party turn order.

• Hero party goes first, then alternates between enemies and heroes.

• Player can click to switch between active heroes.

• 3 cards are now redrawn each turn. (old cards go back to deck)

• Many cards can be used on your heroes directly, without using their action.

• Armor was added. Many abilities now generate armor.

• Armor prevents 1 damage taken per armor and is removed at start of turn.

• Cover grants 10 armor when ending behind it and out of sight of enemies.

• Damage increase status grants +1 damage for rest of combat. Granted by many relics and abilities.

• Chance to act earlier in turn order (hurried) was replaced with chance to get an extra turn.

• Combat blocks can crack and then be destroyed by receiving damage.

17 New Relics!

Many new relics to let you build up damage and customize your strategy.

• Bomb Bag

• Catalyst

• Gunpowder

• Millstone

• Obelisk

• Titanium Shard

• Barricade

• Bear Claw

• Chaos Orb

• Snake Fang

• Beatdown

• Rations

• Metabolism

• Relentless

• Quicksand

• Azeotrope

• Aegis

Relic options

• Relic chests are bigger chests that replace the guaranteed relic pedestal.

• Relic chests also spawn when defeating the boss.

• Relic chests offer you the choice of two relics to pick.

• Unopened Relic chests remain marked on the map.

Gameplay

• Mirror puzzles are added to the plains.

• Statue puzzles and Poisonbulbs have been added to swamps.

• Puzzleshrooms have been added to forests.

• Many new rooms added to Swamps, Plains and Forests.

• Barrels and crates now float in water when pushed.

• Water card can be used to fill pit tile with water.

• Slightly reduced amount of coins spawned in level.

Other changes

• Added AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboard support.

• Slimes have reduced health.

• Upgraded main abilities now consider the 6 mana cost reduction for main abilities before applying the 50% mana cost increase. This is so that an upgraded light ray will remain costing 0 mana for the Priest.

• Evasion ability now only grants evasion status to self.

• Used up relics are now removed.

• Compass relic reworked to now reveal chests and secrets on map.

• Luck stat was expanded.

• Old blinded effect where you cannot aim properly is now part of Confused. New blinded effect reduces damage dealt by 5.

• Snared, Panicked and Wet status effects have been implemented.

UI

• Improved tutorial and added texts and icons for keybinds.

• Card to be used is highlighted when standing in a blocked room.

• Added many new cursors for skills such as Alert, Ranged shot, Defending, etc.

• Aimed casting of main ability is now a toggle.

• Added cards to the deck are not locked until combat starts.

• Level up indicator is now clickable.

• Title screen buttons visually updated.

• Level completion sound and message.

Other Visuals

• Mountains are visually updated.

• Tiles no longer stick out from underneath blocks.

• Better visuals for hero attribute flower when reaching the max of 10.

• Chests are visually updated, and change visuals depending on the biome.

• More stumps and flower designs.

• Quickgrowth and jelly cubes are now more visible.

• Grass now has a visual after being cut down.

• Pushables destroy grass they move over.

• Fence gates are redesigned.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a crash related to using air cards on wind mills.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when creature dies during its own turn (e.g. by fire/poison).

• Fixed a crash that could occur when resizing screen at the encyclopedia UI.

• Fixed a memory leak and rare game freeze related to the copying and generation of grass textures.

• Fixed a framerate issue that would occur when holding down the mouse at a far unreachable area.

• Fixed a bug where player profile was not created after tutorial was completed.

• Fixed a bug where adding mouse controls for pushables accidentally removed grip functionality for keyboard.

• Fixed a bug where getting hit as Arcanist with resolve would still cause mana loss.

• Fixed a bug where Morph relic could transform an ability into the same ability.

• Fixed a bug where a volcano in the overworld could be wrongly defined as a green hills level.

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to re-enter completed levels.

• Fixed a bug where enemies, mostly in the swamp biome, could walk into the water.

• Fixed a bug where enemy in combat was stuck trying to move into ally's square.

• Fixed a bug where a cloud platform could cause falling.

• Fixed a bug where wood could be placed on occupied tiles.

• Fixed a bug with the AI for large creature pathfinding.

• Fixed a visual bug where torches were hidden.

• Fixed a visual bug where the wrong cursor in combat was shown.

• Fixed a sound bug where card draw sound was played when deck is empty.

• Fixed various visual bugs related to fonts and changing texts.

• Fixed a visual bug where "start in game" could cause screen to blacken when resizing.