Playtest notes 21 Jun 2024

Internal playtest100 entries40 content additions25 bug fixes18 balance changes6 art updates4 interface changes4 wording fixes3 performance 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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27 cards

At the start of your turn, gain .

Sovereign Blade

Retain.
Deal 10 damage.

Deal 5 damage.
Deals 3 additional damage for each card you created this combat.

Call of the Void

At the start of your turn, add 1 random card into your Hand. It gains Ethereal.

Summon 3.
Exhaust 1 card from your Draw Pile.

Forge 3.
Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.

Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.
Exhaust.

Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.

Draw 3 cards.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.

Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.

Play the top card of your Draw Pile and Exhaust it.

Deal 27 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.

Deal 8 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, increase its damage by 4 this combat.

When you play a Skill, it gains Sly.

Every time you play 5 cards in a single turn, deal 10 damage to ALL enemies.

Gain 9 Block.
Return this card to your Hand.

Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.

Choose 1 of 3 random Colorless cards to add into your Hand.

Gain Block equal to the number of cards in your Discard Pile.

Deal 12 damage to ALL enemies.
Costs 1 less for each Attack played this turn.

Put Sovereign Blade into your Hand from anywhere.
Forge 8.

Gain 7 Block.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.

Deal 5 damage.
Hits an additional time for each time you lost HP this combat.

At the end of 3 turns, deal 40 damage to ALL enemies.

Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.

Deal 7 damage.
Forge 7.

Relics, potions and powers

Droplet of Precognition

Enemies and events

Content

Regent

Added Conqueror card
Added Wrought in War card
Removed old Genesis card, renamed Nebula Field card to "Genesis", and increased its rarity to Rare
Reworked Kingly Punch card:
Attack | 2 | Uncommon
"Deal 1 damage. Next turn, deal 45(55) damage to the enemy."
Reworked Kingly Kick card:
Attack | 2 | Uncommon
"Deal damage equal to the damage you've already dealt this turn. Exhaust."
Reworked Particle Wall card:
Skill | 1 | Common
"Gain 7(10) Block. Return this card to your hand."

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Regent (continued)

Reworked Quasar card:
Skill | 4 | Uncommon - 4
"Play the next (2) Attack(s) in your draw pile."
Reworked Singularity card: "Forge 35(40) | Sovereign Blade now deals damage to ALL enemies. | Exhaust."
Reworked Summon Forth card: "Forge 7(10). Draw Sovereign Blade to your hand from anywhere. Exhaust."
Reworked Supermassive card
Attack | 1 | Rare
"Deal 9 damage. Deal 2(3) additional damage for each card created this combat."

Ancients

Added Kindle card keyword
Added Scourging Cleanse Tezcatara choice
Reworked Flame in the Dark card:
Skill | 0 | Event
"Kindle 3. Ethereal. Gain 3(4) energy. Draw 2(3) cards."
Reworked Tezcataras Might:
Power | 2| Event
"Kindle 2. Ethereal. Gain 11(15) Strength. At the end of your turn, lose 1 Strength."
Reworked Brightest Light:
Attack | 1 | Event
"Kindle 4. Ethereal. Deal 30(40) damage."
Reworked Pitch Black Oil relic: "The next time you Smith, upgrade 3 cards. Afterwards, you may not Smith again."
Reworked Wax Choker relic: "Obtain 6 wax relics. Every three combats, one wax relic melts away."
Reworked Seal of Gold relic: "Obtain 777 Gold. You can no longer obtain Gold."

Events

Added Doll Room event
Added Reflections snoitcelfeR event
Added Slippery Bridge event
Added Stone of All Time event
Added The Legends Were True event
Added Welcome to Wongo's event

Balance

Ironclad

Nerfed Dominate card: cost increased from 1 -> 2
Nerfed Stomp card: damage decreased from 8(11)+12(14) -> 8(11)+8(11)
Nerfed Taunt card: Block gain and Vulnerable applied decreased from 8(12) Block and 2(3) Vulnerable -> 7(8) Block and 1(2) Vulnerable
Nerfed Tremble+: Vulnerable applied decreased from 4 -> 3

Silent

Changed Master Planner card: is now Sly

Regent

Changed Glimmer+ card: no longer increases cards added to top of draw pile, decreased from 3 -> 2

Enemies

Buffed Owl Magistrate:
HP increased from 230 -> 233
Owl's Wisdom power removed
Moveset reworked
Is now an Elite combat
Changed Mechaknight:
HP increased to 250
Various moveset tweaks
Changed Nibbit: moveset slightly tweaked
Changed Slime Berserker: now a regular combat
Changed Duo: now also applies Weak

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Events

Changed Room Full of Cheese: Gorge now rolls cards based on default combat odds

Art

Added Queen run history icon
Added placeholder Antlion run history icon
Updated Hungry for Mushrooms, Living Cocoon, and Room Full of Cheese event art
Updated Act 2 backgrounds
Updated Ancient art with better placeholders
Updated Regent character select portrait

User interface & experience

Combat is now paused when the options screen, the deck screen, and other similar screens are open
Added used potions to the run history
Upload data tickbox in settings actually works now
Removal of card rarity stars. SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...

Wording

Fixed Potion Courier wording
Fixed Droplet of Precognition wording
Purity's selection screen prompt now specifies the number of cards to choose
There is no longer a stray space in Stack card description

Bug fixes

Ironclad

Fixed Tear Asunder card description
Havoc card now triggers Feel No Pain even with unplayable cards

Silent

Playing Call of the Void card as Silent no longer softlocks the game

Regent

Added Weak hovertip to Glitterstream card
Fixed highlight color on Supermassive card when previewing its upgrade
Stars gained/lost now reflects immediately on card descriptions that display it

Colorless Cards

Panache now clears at the end of player turn rather than at the start
No longer can transform a status card to Spiked
The Bomb's damage now counts as being dealt by the player

Relics & Potions

Added info prompt to Droplet of Precognition card selection
Filtered out Foul Potion when rolling potions
Relic hovertips now align correctly and card hovertips don't overlap other tips
Relics that no longer are used don't have "relic used up" label and vice versa
You can no longer trade the Pear relic at the Relic Trader event

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Enemies

Egg Layer room name switched to Ovicopter
Expose now interacts correctly with Burrowed (in Tunneler encounter)
Fixed Giant Louse's multiattack being unaffected by Strength
Fixed Owl Magistrate's intent position

Events

Fixed stuttering that happens at the start of event text fading in

Misc

Abandon Run now kills you instead of damaging you and ignores sides logic
Card cost reductions from mid-combat upgrades will now override any temporary cost increases (from effects like Snecko Oil)
Half-baked enchantment shows correct amount of Vulnerable applied
Healthbar loss animation no longer occasionally occurs when combat starts
The run history screen now properly shows enchantment names instead of "Deprecated Encounter"
Upgrading a card mid-combat can no longer increase a temporarily-decreased energy cost

Performance

Fixed the abandon run at main menu memory leak
Preload the abandon run confirmation scene
Preload the new submenu buttons

Newer: 29 Jun 2024 All patch notes Older: 14 Jun 2024

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