Weekly Patch 51: Recursion

Greetings, This patch brings some balance tweaks, visual flourishes, bug fixes, and support for Dutch! We're also working on Steam Trading Cards and Steam Workshop support but they aren't ready just yet.

The Beyond's background now has some animated objects

Community Fanart

Various silly enemies of the Spire by @RedDyeNo5

Defect lost in thought by @BlueStorm4WG

The Silent taming a beast by @noestringfound Patch Notes

Balance

• Ascension no longer increments if the run was seeded.

• Writhing Mass enemy's attacks deal slightly less damage.

• Darkstone Periapt relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Dream Catcher relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Egg relics no longer spawn beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Girya relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Juzu Bracelet relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Matryoshka relic no longer spawns beyond floor 40 (excludes Endless mode).

• Maw Bank relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Old Coin relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Omamori relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Peace Pipe relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Potion Belt relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Prayer Wheel relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Preserved Insect relic no longer spawns beyond floor 52 (excludes Endless mode).

• Question Card relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Regal Pillow relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Shovel relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Singing Bowl relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Smiling Mask relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• The Courier relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).

• Tiny Chest relic no longer spawns beyond floor 40 (excludes Endless mode).

UI and Effects

• Playtester Art toggle added in Settings menu (Accessible after "The End?" achievement is unlocked).

• Adding beta art for Bane, Charge Battery, Fission, Choke, Corpse Explosion, and Equilibrium.

• Updated relic art for Bag of Preparation.

• Updated relic art for Mark of Pain.

• Updated relic art for Orichalcum.

• Updated relic art for Ring of the Serpent.

• Updated relic art for Ring of the Snake.

• Updated relic art for Whetstone.

• Added a max cap of 2 for bg objects that float around in the Beyond.

• Floating background objects in the Beyond are now animated.

• Floating background objects in the Beyond are now colored similarly to the bg's color randomization.

• Capitalization consistency improvements for messages when choosing cards from hand.

• Capitalization consistency improvements for some run mods.

• Capitalization fixes for Magnetism power description.

• Courier relic description clarified.

• Disabling particle effects now hides the runic objects in the Beyond.

• Foreground elements for the Beyond's bg are now colored similarly to the bg's color randomization.

• If a high res beta card portrait is missing, now the low res version is rendered scaled up in single card view screens.

• Increasing distance between bonus label and its amount in score screen to accommodate wordier languages.

• Minor text cleanup for Augmenter event.

• Minor text cleanup for Face Trader event.

• Minor text cleanup for Vampires event.

• No longer rendering a relic's counter when viewing them on a Reward screen.

• Plated Armor power wording improved when enemies have the power.

• Removed extra space on flavor description for Eternal