Playtest notes 29 Jun 2024

Internal playtest81 entries28 balance changes23 bug fixes16 content additions9 interface changes3 wording fixes2 art updates

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.

Another Friday, another Byrdlett build! This one comes with some big Vlad--or should we say Zlatir--changes among various bug fixes, UI & UX additions, and balance changes!

Heads up that we made some changes to our save file format which require your run history to be reset! If you have an in-progress run, the game will auto-abandon it. So if you have an in-progress run you want to finish, you should finish it on your current build before downloading the new one.

Here are the steps to deleting your run history:

1. Open the command line with ~ key

2. Type "open saves"

3. Delete the settings.save, the progress.save, and the run_history folder

Items in this note

17 cards

Enlightenment
Skill
0
Reduce the cost of ALL cards in your Hand to 1 this turn.
Exhaust.
Master Planner
Power
2
When you play a Skill, it gains Sly.
Mind Blast
Attack
1
Innate.
Deal damage equal to the number of cards in your Draw Pile.
Apotheosis
Skill
2
Innate.
Upgrade ALL your cards.
Exhaust.
Blood Wall
Skill
2
Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.
Entropy
Power
1
At the start of your turn, Transform 1 card in your Hand.
Hellraiser
Power
2
Whenever you draw a card containing “Strike”, it is played against a random enemy.
Injury
Curse
Unplayable.
Kingly Kick
Attack
4
Deal 27 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.
Kingly Punch
Attack
1
Deal 8 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, increase its damage by 4 this combat.
Knockout Blow
Attack
3
Deal 30 damage.
If this kills an enemy, gain .
Manifest Authority
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Soul
Skill
0
Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.
Toric Toughness
Skill
2
Gain 5 Block.
Gain 5 Block at the start of the next 2 turns.
Tyranny
Power
1
At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Writhe
Curse
Innate.
Unplayable.
Wrought in War
Attack
1
Deal 7 damage.
Forge 7.

Relics, potions and powers

Foul PotionDaughter of the WindKunaiLooming FruitOrnamental FanPowdered DemiseRoyal StampShurikenSword of StoneRageShrinkStrengthVigor

Enemies and events

TezcataraFabricatorStone of All TimeFlail KnightFrog KnightGlobe HeadHungry for MushroomsMyteOvicopterRelic TraderSoul NexusSpectral KnightSymbioteThe ForgottenThe Legends Were TrueThe Sunken StatueTinker TimeWood Carvings

Content

Ancients

  • Vlad is now Zlatir and has had his choices drastically reworked. Now offers the player the following choices:
  • Immortality
  • Power
  • Beauty
  • Wealth
  • Fulfillment
  • Status
  • Acknowledgement
  • Valor
  • Freedom
  • Added The Golden Path Tezcatara choice

Potions & Relics

Balance

Ironclad

  • Nerfed Blood Wall card: HP loss increased from 1 -> 2

Silent

Regent

  • Nerfed Kingly Punch card: damage decreased from 45(55) -> 35(45)

Potions & Relics

  • Buffed Powdered Demise potion: enemy HP loss increased from 9 -> 11
  • ChangedToolbox relic: card generation now occurs after card draw and enemy intent generation

Enemies

  • Changed Flail Knight: HP slightly lowered to differentiate from Spectral Knight decreased from 80 -> 78 max
  • Nerfed Lieutenant: HP decreased from 71-74 -> 66
  • Nerfed Myte: HP decreased from 60-66 -> 51-57
  • Changed Ovicopter: no longer has the Mother's Rage power
  • Buffed Soul Nexus: HP increased from 166 -> 199
  • Reworked Fabricator encounter:
  • Changed HP values for Fabricator and bots
  • Now summons two bots at a time and stops summoning earlier
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Events

  • Nerfed Daughter of the Wind event relic: Block gain decreased from 3 -> 2
  • Changed Medley option from Hungry for Mushrooms event: now heals more and gives Injury instead of Writhe
  • Changed Relic Trader event: you can no longer trade melted wax relics
  • Changed Sword of Stone option from Sunken Statue event: now only requires 4 elites to transform instead of 5
  • Reworked Living Cocoon event
  • First option gives a Chrysalis; Chrysalis is now an event card
  • Second option lets player choose a card to transform, losing 7 HP
  • Third option now heals 15 HP
  • Reworked Soul's Power from Field of Forgotten event: now plays the enchanted card twice when played (the enchantment option should be less buggy now, too)
  • Reworked Symbiote event
  • First option now costs 9 max HP instead of 6 HP.
  • Second option now allows you to choose a card to remove.
  • Reworked Telepathic Spiders event:
  • Third option now costs 200 gold and adds one Mind Blast and two Enlightenment to the player's deck; Mind Blast and Enlightenment are now event cards
  • Reworked Wood Carvings event: third option now transforms all Defends into Toric Toughness

Art

  • Added Globe Head animations
  • Updated Bedlam Beacon, Cursed Choice, Field of the Forgotten, and Tinker Time event art

User interface & experience

  • Corrupted cards now glow red when they will kill you
  • Curse and Status cards that trigger at end of turn now preview correctly
  • Game no longer freezes briefly when clicking proceed at the end of an act
  • You can now preview all cards in deck as upgraded
  • Cards with Sly now glow gold when you're choosing a card from your hand to discard
  • Stats screen and some basic stat tracking has now been set up
  • You can now hover over the cards in your hand while in peek mode
  • You must now throw the Foul Potion at the Merchant to receive the gold reward
  • Changed Vigor power: instead of dealing 8 additional damage once, it deals 8 additional damage on first play (for UX reasons rather than balance)

Wording

  • Replaced number in Knockout Blow with multiple star icons
  • Updated Kindle keywording
  • Reworded Perfect Reflection card description show its specific attack damage

Bug fixes

Ironclad

Silent

Regent

Colorless Cards

Potions & Relics

  • Foul potion has been filtered from potion pools
  • Made a number of relics non-tradable

Ancients

  • Fixed punctuation on Tezcatara's Candle relic description
  • Tezcatara's first choice now shows the Kindle hovertip
  • Hungering Brooch relic now prevents you from going to next room from map
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Enemies

  • Fixed softlock in Frog Knight encounter if it has exactly half health
  • Shrink now always applies its damage decrease after Strength

Events

Misc

  • Cards in grid views should no longer flicker when scrolling to the bottom of the grid
  • First turn no longer skips if you save and reload during enemy attacks
  • Game no longer briefly freezes at the end of combat
  • Game no longer softlocks if you click on a potion, dismiss the menu, then choose option 1 at the potion courier event
  • Targeted potions no longer require two left clicks in an empty space to be canceled
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