Playtest notes 17 May 2024

Internal playtest85 entries24 balance changes20 bug fixes14 interface changes13 content additions8 art updates3 performance fixes2 wording fixes

This is a pre-release internal note from the closed playtest, quoted as it was written for testers. It describes a build that no longer exists; treat it as history, not as a description of the current game.

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Playtest Build 5/17/2024

Hey everyone, latest build is live!

Items in this note

15 cards

Acrobatics
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Discard 1 card.
Borrowed Time
Skill
1
Gain 4.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
Burst
Skill
1
This turn, your next Skill is played an extra time.
Chill
Skill
0
Channel 1 Frost for each enemy.
Exhaust.
Claw
Attack
0
Deal 3 damage.
Increase the damage of ALL Claw cards by 2 this combat.
Deathbringer
Skill
2
Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.
Giant Rock
Attack
1
Deal 16 damage.
Howl from Beyond
Attack
3
Deal 16 damage to ALL enemies.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.
Nightmare
Skill
3
Choose a card.
Next turn, add 3 copies of that card into your Hand.
Exhaust.
No Escape
Skill
1
Apply 10 Doom, plus an additional 5 Doom for every 10 Doom already on this enemy.
Poke
Attack
0
Osty deals 6 damage.
Rattle
Attack
1
Osty deals 7 damage.
Hits an additional time for each other time he has attacked this turn.
Relax
Skill
3
Gain 15 Block.
Next turn, draw 2 cards and gain .
Exhaust.
Spirit of Ash
Power
1
Whenever you play an Ethereal card, gain 4 Block.
Stone Armor
Power
1
Gain 4 Plating.

Relics, potions and powers

Ice CreamKunaiLizard TailOrreryThe AbacusToolboxPlatingFrailDexterityPoisonStrengthVulnerable

Enemies and events

Hunter KillerPaelBygone EffigyChomperNeowByrdonisOstyPhrog ParasiteSelf-Help BookSlumbering BeetleSpiny ToadSymbioteTezcataraThe Sunken StatueTurret OperatorWood Carvings

Content

Ancients

  • A new Ancient, Tezcatara enters the Spire.
  • Pael offers two new boons, his Wing and Eye.
  • Vlad offers two new boons, his Brooch and Earring.

Relics

Potions

  • Milk Potion has been reworked. Heals YOU for 6HP.
  • Deprecated Ancient Potion.
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Events

  • Self-help Book event now allows you to choose a card to apply enchantments to.

Balance

Ancients

  • Relax's base energy and card draw have been increased to 2. Upgrade no longer increases energy and card draw.
  • Pael's essence now exhausts before cards are drawn.

Powers

  • Plating no longer decreases when damage is received. Instead, it reduces by one every turn.

Regent

  • Decree of Unmaking can no longer apply Frail to enemies.

Necrobinder

  • Transfuse HP gain from 10 -> 5.
  • Rattle hits decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3).
  • Poke upgrade changed from additional hit -> +3 damage.
  • For My Own Good rarity from Common -> Uncommon. Strength gain increased from 2(3) -> 3(4)
  • Encase cost increased from 1 -> 2 and Plating lowered from 10(15) -> 7(9).
  • Death grip hits down from 5 -> 4. Upgrading adds one hit instead of increasing damage.
  • No Escape base turns changed from 3 -> 2. Upgrade changed to add Innate.
  • Empower upgrade no longer ads vigor, instead removes exhaust.
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Enemies

Art

Bug fixes

  • Deathbringer and Spirit of Ash are now Skills, not Attacks.
  • Blocking shrink with artifact no longer softlocks.
  • Borrowed time card now correctly glows when it would be lethal.
  • Can no longer spam proceed to skip acts after boss!
  • Card titles now resize to fit within the title banner
  • Chill card now locks the amount of frost orbs it will apply on play.
  • Compendium search no longer un-upgrades cards.
  • Crippling Cloud card now exhausts like in sts1.
  • Nightmare now exhausts like in sts1.
  • Encounters are no longer rerolled each time an instance is accessed.
  • Fix card text not being vertically centered.
  • Fixed softlock when playing an AOE while phrog parasite is dying.
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  • Giant rock is no longer affected by strike dummy.
  • Pael Claw relic correctly references pael strike.
  • Poison now properly ignores creature block.
  • Slumbering beetle no longer gives player Plating instead of itself.
  • Toothed enchantment now includes artifact hovertip.
  • Toothed enchantment now properly targets Osty instead of Necro.
  • Vlad's blood option now has the Vlad's blood tooltip.
  • When Burst is played via an auto-play effect that was triggered by a Skill (like Sly + Acrobatics), it no longer copies that Skill.

Wording

  • Curly quotes for brainbug event.
  • Removed "card" from Howl From Beyond's description.

User interface and experience

  • Event cards now have a special border.
  • Relocating regent star energy combat UI.
  • 3 digit health now looks better.
  • Add bold font for events.
  • Hover logic and ui position improvements for combat reward screen buttons.
  • Numerous visual and hovertip improvements to the run history screen.
  • Position energy UI based on if the player needs a star indicator or not.
  • Update enchantment preview info in enchantment confirmation screen to utilize keywords + autosize text.
  • Update font asset to remove intersections/artifacting + allow window resize.
  • Update header for act history node lines.
  • Update relic and deck headers for run history screen + margins.
  • Update run history node size, tweens, removed sfx.
  • Update sine wave text effect to be less intense.
  • Update to relic container and relics UI and positioning.

Performance

  • Fix loading spikes.
  • Improve loadtime on game start by 2.7X!
  • Optimize loadtime for card grid and card compendium.

Testing

  • New Neow command to test specific neow options. Enter Neow followed by tab completing for the name of the choice you desire to see.
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