Top Check Update 0.3.0

Hi everyone,

Top Check update 0.3.0 is out now! This update primarily focuses on increasing the game's overall polish.

Here's a summary of the changes introduced in this update:

• Add the new Conquest mode option to Roguelike Run

• In Conquest mode, you can complete a challenge either by checkmate or by capturing all enemy pieces except the King

• This option is intended to increase accessibility of the game mode to players who aren't familiar with mating patterns

• Reduce starting pawn reserves in Roguelike Run (3 -> 1)

• Reduce the cost of the Plague card (5 -> 4)

• Adjust the Pawn Army game modifier

• Now reads "Every 4 turns, your opponent will summon a pawn if possible."

• Update challenge generation to favor using duplicate pieces

• Remove cards with the Leader trait from the Roguelike Run starting deck pool

• Update some trait descriptions to improve clarity

• References to traits on cards and tooltips are now colored yellow

• Improve deck builder error handling

• Rename AI Battle game mode to Versus CPU

• Game mode settings are now saved

• Update the layout of the home page

• Update the layout of the standard button

• Update the layout of the end turn button

• Update the layout of the in-game card info GUI

• Update the layout of the error notification banner

• Update the layout of trait and item tooltips

• Update card chosen animations in Roguelike Run

• Add cosmetic options for changing attack, move, spawn, and targeting colors

• Change the default targeting color to yellow

• Add a dialog explaining the basics of Roguelike Run

• Adjust the weight of fonts in some dialogs

• Add drop shadows to piece art

• Add VFX for when a piece is selected

• Add VFX for when a card is added to a constructed deck

• Improve VFX of outlined cards and modifier options

• Improve VFX of choosing cards in Roguelike Run

• Rebalance music and SFX levels

• Apply low pass filter to music when in game menu

• Add SFX for when a game mode submenu is opened/closed

• Add SFX for when a game mode is selected

• Add SFX for selecting cards

• Add SFX for when a card is added or removed from a constructed deck

• Add SFX for viewing the board when selecting a challenge modifier

• Add SFX for when a challenge modifier is selected

• Add SFX for checkbox toggles

• Add SFX to the game info button

• Replace SFX for when a game is lost by checkmate

• Update SFX for when a deck is selected or added

• Update SFX for changing the deck builder sorting mode

• Update top bar button SFX

• Update error SFX

• Update some art assets

• Fix a bug where AI decks could contain duplicate cards

• Fix a bug where the Plague card wouldn't work as intended

• Fix a bug that would cause the AI to blunder pieces with Taunt

• Fix a bug where the UI would warn you that a King threatened a tile, even if that King could not move there

• Fix a bug where cards that move pieces would play the wrong SFX

• Fix bugs with the board greyscale effect after an undo

• Fix a bug with the rendering order of targeting visuals when dragging a piece

• Fix a bug where card and item tooltips could overlap

• Fix a bug where piece capture animations would play on scene transition if the game was in an undo state

• Fix performance issues with loading music for the first time