Playtest notes 12 Sep 2024

Internal playtest45 entries13 balance changes9 bug fixes8 content additions8 interface changes7 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.

Items in this note

20 cards

Gain .
Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.

Play 3 random Attacks from your Discard Pile.

Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.

Deal 32 damage.

Deal 3 damage.
At the start of your next turn, return this to your Hand.

Skills cost 0 .
Whenever you play a Skill, Exhaust it.

Deal damage equal to the number of cards played this combat.

Deal 8 damage X times.
Double X if it's 4 or more.

Deal 9 damage.
Deals 4 additional damage for each card discarded this turn.

Lose 6 HP.
Gain .
Draw 3 cards.
Exhaust.

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

If you have 3 or more cards in your Exhaust Pile,
deal 17 damage to ALL enemies.

Gain .
Exhaust.

Deal 4 damage.
Exhaust.

Sovereign Blade

Retain.
Deal 10 damage.

Discard your Hand.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand for each card discarded.

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

Thrumming Hatchet

Deal 11 damage.
At the start of your next turn, return this to your Hand.

Gain 2 Intangible.
At the start of your turn, lose 1 Dexterity.

Relics, potions and powers

Enemies and events

Content

General

Added Legendary card rarity

Ironclad

Added Corruption and Pact's End Legendary cards
Offering is now a Legendary card

Silent

Added Wraith Form and Memento Mori Legendary cards
Adrenaline is now a Legendary card

Regent

Added Galactic Throne, The Smith, and Heavenly Drill Legendary cards

Ancients

Added Tanx, a new Act 3 Ancient
Deprecated Pael's Patience choice

Balance

Ironclad

Changed Bludgeon card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Enemies

Changed Burrowing Buddies encounter: now has a Workbug paired with a Burrowing Bug instead of a Myte (which makes one less status-giving fight in Act 2)
Buffed Entomancer:
HP increased from 99 -> 136
Now an Elite combat
Nerfed Giant Louse:
Now a normal non-elite combat
No longer applies Vulnerable
Changed Hunter Killer:
No longer gives Wounds
Bite damage decreased from 22 -> 15
Puncture damage increased from 3x5 -> 4x6

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Ancients

Buffed Tezcatara's Pitch Black Oil relic: upgraded cards increased from 3 -> 4 cards

Art

Added new card art for Beat Down, Bolas, Gold Axe, Omnislice, Production, and Thrumming Hatchet cards
Made an almost imperceptible refinement of Ceremonial Beast's hurt animation
Added unique animation for Ceremonial Beast dying while charging
Added new art for treasure chests in Acts 2 and 3
Updated Rest Site assets including Act 3 background art
Added ambient lighting and particle effects
Added Blood Wall VFX

User interface & experience

Added an in-game patch notes screen and uploaded all previous patch notes
Added Legendary rarity filter to card compendium
Merchant's hand now points at things more accurately, sways a bit less, and covers less parts of card titles
The FPS visualizer is now only shown if game is running in editor
Slightly adjusted map legend text spacing
The draw, discard, and exhaust pile buttons are now clickable while "peeking" in a card selection screen
Run history icons are now utilized for the topbar current room icon rather than the map icon
When loading the game for the first time on Steam Deck, the game defaults to fullscreen + native resolution

Bug fixes

Silent

Card detail screen now shows Shiv+ preview for Storm of Steel card

Regent

Fixed duplicated Sovereign Blade from being pulled out by Summon Forth
Minion Guard deck cards no longer update description during combat

Potions & Relics

Fixed typo in Foul Potion description

Events

Fixed Living Cocoon's Transform selection prompt

Misc

Fixed Continue Run info padding
Fixed an issue where ticking the "Show Upgrade" tickbox on the single-card detail screen wouldn't show the upgraded card
If you're in peek mode on a card selection screen and you open the draw/discard/exhaust pile screen and then close it, the black backstop is now properly re-hidden
Fixed instances of card type names being colored gold in card descriptions and not being colored gold in power descriptions

Newer: 13 Sep 2024 All patch notes Older: 6 Sep 2024

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