Playtest notes 30 Aug 2024
Internal playtest43 entries18 bug fixes13 balance changes5 art updates4 interface changes3 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.
It's Byrdlett Build... *checks notes*... Thursday?! That's right, going forward we'll be releasing new builds on Thursdays instead of Fridays, that way we have some more leeway if we run into any obstacles and we can more easily get hotfixes out if needed. We've got a relatively small one today (no new Content™️ this time) but there's some balance changes and art/animation additions for y'all to check out!
Items in this note
16 cards
Relics, potions and powers
Enemies and events
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Regent
- Changed Monologue card: upgrade changed from Strength increase to giving it Retain
- Reworked Prophesize card:
- Cost changed from 0 Energy 2 Stars -> 2 Energy 0 Stars
- Card draw increased from 3(4) -> 5(8)
- Changed Summon Forth card:
- No longer Exhausts
- Cost increased from 0 Energy -> 1 Energy
Colorless Cards
- Changed The Gambit card:
- No longer a Silent card, now a Colorless card
- Block gain increased from 16(24) -> 50(75)
Enemies
- Changed Sealed Sword
- HP decreased from 250 -> 200
- Damage ramp increased from 4 Strength -> 5
Art
- Added art for Contractility and Restlessness cards
- Added VFX for Dramatic Entrance card
- Replaced the placeholder Tezcatara art with a new static background
- Updated map drawing assets
- Added Queen and Torchead Amalgam Animations
User experience & interface
- Added energy icon to hovertip
- Allowed card play via Click to Target (not just drag to target)
- Added various debug commands to toggle certain visuals on/off
- Updated debug info font to be semibold + reduced spacing, font size, and transparency
Wording
- Fixed spacing on Panic Button and Hand of Greed cards
- Shortened Ethereal tooltip
- Fixed Wellspring event typo
Bug fixes
Ironclad
- Armaments card upgrade previews now accounts for player powers
- Dampen now resets Searing Blow to correct amount of upgrades on removal
Silent
- You can no longer use the Well Laid Plans card to retain a Toxic status card
Regent
- Dexterity now applies to Orbit card after total has been calculated
- King's Gambit card no longer sets unplayable card costs visually to 0
- Pillar of Creation card now counts Sovereign Blade as colorless
- Updated Mold the Stars power description to no longer say that it removes Stars
- Wrought in War card preview now shows upgraded Sovereign Blade card
Enemies
- Kin leader now also buffs itself when performing rally move
Potions & Relics
- Molten Egg now correctly only upgrades Searing Blow once
- Stone Calendar visual is no longer disabled when you start combat
Misc
- Card compendium is no longer refreshed if search box is already empty when you clear it
- Fixed Frail ticking down in the case you get it from Shame but already have Frail stacks
- Cards no longer disappear in card grid if you scroll too far out of bounds
- Run history buttons are now hidden when you are at the end of the list
- You no longer softlock if you select card while in upgrade preview during smith selection
- Upgrade and card stat toggle now correctly reset when reopening card compendium
- Regret curse damage takes other self-flush cards into account (ex. Burns, Toxics) for damage calculation
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