v0.3.2 - Hieroglyphs and Runes

General

• Lots of backend updates to libraries. Due to this, some existing runs may be incompatible with the new version.

• Some visual updates to environments, effects, and floating text, with more to come!

• When viewing upgrades for a rune, the upgrade descriptions are summarized to just the "delta" of what is being changed. You can toggle between showing the summaries or the full descriptions.

• The deckbuilder now sorts items alphabetically and gives audio/visual feedback when adding/removing items.

Enemies

• Hieroglyph and the corresponding enemies have been reworked - Hieroglyph is now a status applied to your letters instead of the grid. Playing or exchanging a letter with a Hieroglyph has positive or negative effects depending on the enemy:

  • Serkite - Now always gains bonus damage equal to your Poison. You gain 3 Poison whenever you play or exchange a letter with Hieroglyph.

  • Khunemos - Whenever you play or exchange more than 1 letter with Hieroglyph at a time, Knunemos gains 1 Empowered.

  • Maaten - Whenever you play or exchange a letter with Hieroglyph, you gain 1 Dismantle.

  • Seth - Attacks deal a very large amount of damage. Rerolling or playing a letter with a Hieroglyph reduces Seth's damage to 0 for the round.

  • Anubis - Gains Doom (at the start of the enemy's turn, you take damage equal to the enemy's Doom). Playing letters with Hieroglyphs removes Doom.

• Anubis' base health increased by 30.

• Time Lord Decimus' base health reduced by 20.

Scenarios

• Caustic Caverns - Starting deck changed to 2x BURN, 2x SPARK, 2x FIREWALL, 1x CHANNEL, 1x WILDFIRE

• Treasure Coast - Starting deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 2x INSULATE, 1x TASER, 1x REFLEX

• Wychkin Lair - Starting deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 1x ICICLE, 1x BLIZZARD, 1x FROSTBITE, 1x GLACIER, 2x CRYSTALLIZE

• The Summit- Starting deck changed to 2x FRENZY, 2x WILDFIRE, 2x INSULATE, 1x REFLEX

• Forgotten City

  • Note: Due to the changes, existing runs for this scenario at Danger Level 1 or higher will be lost.

  • Danger Level 1 - You now get the BLOATED demerit (Minimum word length is 3)

  • Danger Level 2 - Spellbook events after the first will now give 3 tiles for the spellbook you don't have (i.e. if you have Zephyrian Codex, you will get a Q, J, and X)

• Chronosands - Starting deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 2x INSULATE, 1x REFLEX

• Spirit's Hollow - Starting deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 2x FROSTBITE, 2x CRYSTALLIZE, 1x SUSPEND

Campaign

• Mana starter deck changed to 2x MISSILE, 1x TRANSMUTE, 1x BARRAGE, 3x CHANNEL

• Burn starter deck changed to 2x BURN, 2x SPARK, 3x FIREWALL

• Chill starter deck changed to 2x FLURRY, 1x FROSTBITE, 1x BLIZZARD, 3x CRYSTALLIZE

• Storm starter deck changed to 2x SHOCK, 1x JOLT, 1x BOLT, 3x INSULATE

• Bosses have an increased chance of dropping rare runes.

• Shop items increase in level as you defeat bosses.

Bounties

• Language Barrier is now: Play 5 Hieroglyphs at once.

• Death Defied is now: Allow Seth to attack without being Depleted.

• Turnabout is now: Remove a total of 150 Doom against Anubis.

Artifacts

• Hailstrom now adds 3 ICICLE runes to the grid instead of FROSTBITE.

Runes

• MISSILE changed:

  • Base - Bonus damage increased to 5.

  • MISSILE α - Bonus damage increased to 5.

  • MISSILE β - Effect is now 10 Mana: Deal double damage.

  • MISSILE γ - Effect is now 10 Mana: Heal for half of the damage dealt.

• FROSTBITE - each variation now also deals stagger equal to double your word score.

• FROSTBITE β effect changed to: Deal stagger equal to double your word score. The enemy gains 5 Chill and 1 Weakened.

• CRYSTALLIZE γ effect changed to: Gain block equal to your word score. You do not lose block between rounds. (Gridbound)

• BURN rarity changed to common.

New runes added:

• SPARK (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Enemy gains Burn equal to the length of your longest word.

• BRAND (uncommon) - Gain Brand equal to your word score (at the start of the next round, the enemy gains Burn equal to your Brand).

• HEARTH (uncommon) - Whenever the enemy gains Burn, you gain an equal amount of block. (Gridbound, Priority)

• INFERNO (rare) - Gain 5 Inferno (Whenever the enemy would take damage from Burn, they take bonus damage equal to your Inferno)

• TRANSMUTE (common) - Vertical

  Deal damage equal to your word score.

  Horizontal

  Gain Mana equal to your word score. (Vertical/Horizontal trigger based on the orientation of your active word)

• REPEL (common) - Gain block equal to your word score. 6 Mana: Gain 10 additional block.

• FATHOM (uncommon) - 20 Mana: Gain Power equal to the length of your longest word.

• MIRROR (rare) - 25 Mana: Add a copy of all non-activated runes and bonuses to the grid.

• BEAM (rare) - Deal damage equal to your Mana, up to 30.

• FLURRY (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. If the enemy is staggered, deal 50% more damage.

• SUSPEND (common) - Gain block equal to your word score at the start of the next round.

• AVALANCHE (rare) - Enemy gains 20 Chill. When the enemy is staggered, they lose 20 Chill.

• CRYOGEN (rare) - Reduce the enemy's maximum stagger by 10.

• SHOCK (common) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Amplify: Gain 1 Charge

• RESISTANCE (uncommon) - Gain block equal to half your word score. (Storm)

• BOLT (uncommon) - Consume 1 Charge to deal 24 damage.

• UPCHARGE (rare) - Permanently upgrade a random letter. (Storm)

• DISCHARGE (rare) - Gain 2 Discharge (whenever you activate Storm, the enemy takes damage equal to your Discharge)

• FRENZY (unommon) - Deal damage equal to your word score. Deal bonus damage equal to 2x the letter score of all wildcards played.

• BASH (uncommon) - Deal damage equal to your word score. If you have any block, deal bonus damage equal to half your block. (Deadweight)

• CLEANSE (uncommon) - Remove all of your non-permanent buffs.

• THIRST (rare) - Whenever you take damage, gain Power equal to the damage taken. (Gridbound)

Bonuses

New bonus added:

• True Damage (rare) - Your runes deal true damage this round. (True damage cannot be blocked or evaded)