Playtest notes 17 Oct 2024

Internal playtest60 entries16 art updates16 bug fixes12 interface changes7 balance changes6 content additions3 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.

Items in this note

16 cards

Deal 2 damage to ALL enemies 4 times.

Ascender's Bane

Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Eternal.

Every 10 cards you draw, gain .

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

Deal 4 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for each Vulnerable on the enemy.

Deal 8 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards that have a cost.

At the start of your turn, lose 1 HP and gain 8 Block.

Apply 5 Poison.

At the start of your turn, apply 2 Poison to ALL enemies.

If you play 5 or more cards in a turn, draw 1 card at the start of your next turn.

Gain 30 Block.
You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.
Exhaust.

Perfected Strike

Deal 6 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards containing “Strike”.

Deal 14 damage.
The next Skill you play costs 0 .

Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.

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

Relics, potions and powers

Enemies and events

Content

General

Added Ascensions 1-6
Ascension 1 - Burly Enemies
Ascension 2 - Greedy Shopkeeper
Ascension 3 - Weary Traveler
Ascension 5 - Ascender's Bane
Ascension 6 - Tough Enemies

Balance

Events

Buffed Sunken Statue event's "Dive into water" choice: gold gain increased from 75 -> 111
Buffed Infested Automation event's "Touch core" choice: now transform a card of your choice rather than a random one + no longer has an HP penalty
Changed Living Cocoon event: no longer has a choice to transform a card, now removes a card instead
Changed A Buried Seed event:
Sown enchantment now takes more combats to sprout, increased from 4 -> 6
Buried seed relic now lasts for more combats, increased from 4 -> 6
Buffed Bedlam Beacon event's "Claim the orb" choice: max HP lost decreased from 20 -> 11

Art

Added Entomancer bug swarm VFX assets
Cleaned up Byrdonis, Ruby Assassin, and Ruby Raider Brute animations
Added Ceremonial Beast custom BG animations
Recolored Card Removal token at shop
Set up Slimed Berserker goo VFX
Updated fire VFX in Glory combat BG
Updated art for various Silent card portraits
Updated Neow's background
Added new card Exhaust VFX
Added explosion VFX to Explosive Potion, The Bomb power
Added green smoke puff VFX to Poison Potion, Deadly Poison, and Noxious Fumes
Added purple version of smoke puff VFX onto Crippling Cloud card
Added Smoke explosion VFX to Combust power
Added new line burst VFX for Ceremonial Beast's Plow move
Made Wellspring event fog VFX more transparent (temp before better fix)
Made rain VFX thinner in Slippery Bridge event

User interface & experience

Game Over stinger now fades out when proceeding to the Main Menu early
Added a map prompt in the map room
Adjusted map point outline color, slightly increased map circle VFX size, and removed map line bounds
Continue Run info now includes run's Ascension level
Enemies now wiggle when they are debuffed
Cards now exhaust faster
Poison procs faster
Horned Cleat relic now grays out once it is used in combat
If you've played multiple copies of Crimson Mantle in the same turn, its hovertip now properly reflects the amount of HP you'll lose
The Crimson Mantle power's hovertip now properly reads "At the start of your turn" instead of "At the end of your turn"
Made a UX pass for Powers under healthbars
Updated Quest card frame so description text fits better

Wording

Cleaned up Medicinal Pouch's description
The wording on Conflagration, Crescent Spear, and Perfected Strike has been changed to make it clearer when they'll deal more damage than their base damage values
Updated the Weak Power title: Weakened -> Weak

Bug fixes

Ironclad

Bully card description now dynamically updates damage when hovering over Vulnerable enemies
Fixed softlock when One, Two Punch + Bolas card kills a creature
Fixed Stampede upgraded description
Fixed Conflagration dynamic vars

Silent

Pounce card no longer makes Tactician show a cost

Regent

Minion Guard card upgrade preview no longer grabs the Block value from the previous combat
Pale Blue Dot card is no longer Innate

Potions & Relics

Gambling Chip now procs correctly again
Relics that increase your energy every turn now properly update the denominator in your energy counter

Colorless Cards

Fixed Debilitating Pox and Panic Button cards

Ancients

Neow's Apothecary choice now properly gives you the Medicinal Pouch relic

Events

Tea Master now only offers 3 options again
The Legends Were True event choice now disallows curses and unremovable cards

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Misc

Attempted to fix map_monster_outline not found issue
Disallowed applying Soul enchantment to cards that lose Exhaust when upgraded
Fixed unusual aspect ratios causing UI problems on startup for Macs

Newer: 24 Oct 2024 All patch notes Older: 10 Oct 2024

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