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: