New Playable Class: The Builder!

The second official update is here! There are many new additions, updates, and bug fixes, but the most important changes are:

1. The Builder

The Builder is a character that uses Materials to perform special abilities. Currently, there are two special abilities:

• Steam post image Punching Bot: Requires 3 materials and spawns a friendly robot with 3 HP. The robot can fly and has a Punch ability with knockback that deals 1 damage. This robot can be spawned as many times as desired and lasts for the entire combat encounter.

• Steam post image Patch Up: Requires 2 materials and restores 1 armor to a damaged armor item during combat.

But how do I get Materials?

Builders have a passive ability called Dismantle. A character with Dismantle gains 1 material for each adjacent object at the start of each turn. Materials also persist throughout all combat encounters during a mission.

2. Stackable Items!

Consumable items can now be stacked! How does this work? Simply drag a consumable item on top of another item of the same type and they will stack, as long as there is room within the stack capacity.

Each item has a different stack capacity!

Stacked items can be used as many times as there are items in the stack (once per turn). Keep in mind that depleted items are discarded!

3. New Party Constraint: One Class per Party

After a lot of playtesting, I realized that the game is more fun when the party contains a variety of classes. I know that having a party of four Boxers is fun! But that fun tends to fade after a few combat encounters. By mixing things up, each mission feels fresher and more interesting.

Now that the game has 7 playable classes (with 2 more currently in development!), there are many more possibilities!

Changelog

These are the remaining changes in this update:

Bug fixes:

• Removed the delay when the Move action auto-triggers. Action buttons now appear instantly.

• Fixed the Bug Report screen becoming blocked after a second report.

• Fixed Dragon Slash dealing 1 extra damage when buffed.

• Fixed Overwatch not triggering correctly when enemies moved away from the Sharpshooter.

• Fixed pill and drink animations playing incorrectly when using an item ability on a friendly unit instead of the item's owner.

Additions:

• Added some missing sounds.

• Added Steam Cloud support.

• Added the total amount of money earned through mugging to the loot screen.

• Added 3 new tracks to the house band at The Black Pepper Crew Jazz Club.

• New Item: "Targeting Monocle" — Adds "Careful Aim", which negates all negative effects and damage from abilities targeting friendly units.

Updates:

• Upgraded the game engine to Godot 3.6.2 to improve stability.

• Buffed the Mug passive on Thief attacks and the Fancy Coat.

• Changed poison abilities to affect only the movement abilities of their targets.

• Rebalanced all poison abilities.

• Improved the poison status effect by adding animations, particles, and UI messages.

• Buffed Tornado Slash to also apply knockback, pushing targets back by 1 space.

• Improved the party-building screen UI by adding comparison tooltips for units.

• Improved character tooltips to display character and ability icons.

• Updated the debrief screen to show the items the party is bringing back from the backpack and equipped items as well. All items are returned to the inventory. On mission start characters will not have anything equipped.

Thanks for playing, and see you in the next update!

Quiji