Playtest notes 9 Aug 2024

Internal playtest110 entries34 interface changes34 bug fixes27 balance changes7 wording fixes4 content additions3 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.

We're back to our regularly scheduled programming this week--another Slay the Spire 2 build is here! In terms of content for this patch we have two new Act 1 bosses and some new Regent cards along with lots of balance and UI/UX updates. And in even bigger news, we're switching to Steam builds from here on out!

IMPORTANT: this means you will have to mark the game as private on Steam so that StS2 and StS2-related activity is hidden on your profile like so:

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- Activate the game key in Steam

- Right-click on Slay the Spire 2 in your library

- Click Manage -> Mark as Private

We've attached a video demonstrating the process, too. Just DM/ping Casey or Anthony for a key and they'll get you one!

Items in this note

15 cards

Deal 6 damage.
Add a copy of this card into your Discard Pile.

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

Whenever a card is Exhausted,
draw 1 card.

Ethereal.
Deal 9 damage to ALL enemies. ALL enemies lose 9 Strength this turn.

Gain 12 Block.
Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4 damage back.

Deal 4 damage for each Skill already played this turn.

Deal 8 damage.
Damage ALL other enemies equal to the damage dealt.

Deal 2 damage 3 times.

Draw 1 card.
Discard 1 card.

Deal 3 damage to ALL enemies for each gained this turn.

Whenever you lose HP on your turn, gain 1 Strength.

At the end of your turn, 1 random Attack in your Hand is played against a random enemy.

Toric Toughness

Gain 5 Block.
Gain 5 Block at the start of the next 2 turns.

Ultimate Strike

Deal 14 damage.

Relics, potions and powers

Enemies and events

Content

Regent

Added Lunar Blast card
Added Orbital Shield card

Enemies

Added Vantom, a new Act 1 boss
Added The Kin, a new Act 1 boss

Balance

Regent

Changed Conqueror card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
Reworked Dying Star card:
Cost lowered from 5 stars -> 3
Enemy Strength loss from 3 permanent -> 9(11) this turn
Damage decreased from 20(25) ->9(11)
Changed Mold the Stars:
No longer loses stars
Rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Colorless Cards

Nerfed Omnislice: damage decreased from 12(18) -> 10(15)
Nerfed Ultimate Strike: damage decreased from 18(27) -> 12(18)

Ancients

Nerfed Zlatir's "Freedom" choice: 3 cards -> 1 card

Enemies

Changed Bygone Effigy
No longer loses Slow
Damage now ramps by 5 with every attack
Reworked Byrdonis
Territorial power Strength gain decreased from 2 -> 1
Peck now hits an additional time
Screech no longer gives Frail and instead gives Weak and Vulnerable
Moveset reworked, no longer random
Buffed Fogmog: damage increased from 7/13 -> 9/15
Reworked Phrog Parasite fight
Simplified Slumbering Beetle encounter:
No longer gives status cards (so one less status fight in act 2)

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Enemies (continued)

HP lowered from 86-92 -> 83-88
Now gains strength when it rolls out
Moveset is no longer randomized

Events

Changed Welcome to Wongo's: now can only be encountered in Act 2

Art

Added bloody impact, dagger spray, and dagger throw VFX
Updated Slippery Bridge, Stone of All Time, The Round Tea Party, and The Legends Were True event art
More card trail stuff, notably a lot more rendering and node order logic

User interface & experience

Added screenshake to the character select screen
Added card pick/win rate to compendium
Added offset to card screens scrolling to account for top bar
Added scrollbars to Potion Lab and Relic Compendium
Added scrollbars to card grids
All event options should now be title-cased
You can now right-click preview upgrade for Dolly's Mirror card selection screen
Card pile count and icon now increments in sync with cards and scale bump
Card reward icon changes to gold if you have Ruby Earrings
Card trails can now be rendered in the combat VFX layer or the layer right under the deck pile & Power card trails now fade out instead of abruptly vanishing
Cards which are played now render below deck and discard pile UI elements when flying towards them
Compendium cards now show the correct energy icon based on the card color

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Different characters now have different map drawing colors
Discard and exhaust piles are now ordered by when cards entered
Draw Pile is now always sorted by Rarity
Egg relics now have a unique VFX to signal when they are applicable
Ethereal cards' interaction with Dark Embrace made more obvious through timing tweaks
Event options flash red when you would die from them
Hovertips now follow cards as they scroll up and down
Initial upload of assets for submenu locking
Locked menu items are now desaturated
Made transition screen resolution independent
Map nodes are less likely to clump together as their randomized positions no longer go as far
You can now mass upgrade preview cards from Smith selection
Queued cards float above the hand rather than on top of it
Regent character select BG constellations now only show up when you hover over them
Releasing the LMB while your mouse cursor is no longer hovering a button no longer clicks the button
Run History now reflects cards upgraded multiple times
Shrink hand selection cards so it no longer goes off screen if you have a lot of them
Submenu items which are locked have a big ol' debug lock image on them now
Healing is now tracked in room history
Tweaked trail particle emission tweens and timings so cards flow into decks more smoothly
Wax relics are now noted in the Run History screen and show as wax in relic reward screen
WIP: detaching trails from card nodes for flexibility

Wording

"Negative" removed from strategic intent hovertip
ALL properly capitalized on Soverign Blade
Fixed incorrect newline on Anger card
Improved wording of Minion Swarm and Minion Guards
Moonshine renamed to Moon Brew to appease Australian authorities
Options -> Settings in main menu
Updated Ruby Earrings to specify combat card rewards

Bug fixes

Ironclad

Combust damage will now correctly trigger Rupture
Fasten no longer increases Block gain from Feel No Pain power
Flame Barrier is now allowed to gain Nimble from Self Help Book event

Silent

No longer can apply Nimble to Prepared card
Well Laid Plans power pluralizes the selection prompt

Regent

"Set random card to free" effects should now target cards that only cost stars
Forge animation no longer gets stuck if you end combat while it's playing
Radiate card description shows extra text in shop
Voidburn no longer procs on 0 star cost cards

Colorless Cards

Peck card preview doesn't spawn off-screen
Toric Toughness can now gain Nimble properly

Potions & Relics

Royal Stamp relic now mentions that it only applies to Attacks and Skills

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Ancients

Fixed Golden Path relic and spoils map quest softlock
Gloopy Eye relic now properly works if you don't proc it right away
Ruby Earring relic's Rare cards no longer can dupe Rare cards naturally rolled in card rewards
Tezcatara's Ember enchantment no longer softlocks Pandora's Box relic

Enemies

Axebot turn order is now from left to right no matter what order they respawn in
Globe Head lightning orbs will now proc after poison

Misc

Fixed issue with run history screen when abandoning at an event room
Can no longer preview the upgrade of already upgraded cards in deck upgrade preview
Card hovertips no longer spawn off-screen
Cards going from play to discard (or other piles) should no longer change text.
Exhausted cards are no longer broken due to issue with trails
Godot now handles placing the window on the screen on first time running the game
You no longer softlock if you select potion reward when you have no room
No longer have status cards added to combat piles if combat is finished
Rigid enchantment description now reflects Dexterity increase
Room odds are now properly saved before rolling event rooms which fixes event rooms changing when saving and loading
Settings screen now opens into video options first
Stampede and other effects that play from hand no longer choose Bound cards
Targeting reticle no longer gets stuck when combat ends
Title screen music is now affected by overall volume correctly
Top bar buttons correctly switch animation states when screens are exited
Top bar no longer overlaps card grid in some selection screens

Known issues

The card compendium "Show Upgrades" button currently doesn't work for most cards

Newer: 16 Aug 2024 All patch notes Older: 12 Jul 2024

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