Let's wrap up the year with the largest content update to date.

Some monsters now can web cards. Webbed cards can be played which removes the web, and discards the card but doesn't trigger any normal card effects.
Monsters can now also freeze players. Frozen influence distributes its counter value among the player's hand next turn, increasing the costs of random cards by 1 mana per counter tick.

Today we welcome on board spiders, ice skeletons, scorpions, and more. Most with new mechanics. This almost doubles the number of monsters in the game and should contribute to much more run variety.

These changes come with a new improved way of adventure generation, where monster types encountered between floors are more cohesive. Once you start meeting zombies, chances to meet more zombies increase. If you encounter spiders, chances are there will be more spiders during this run. This will allow you to prepare and contribute to a more cohesive experience.

Launcher is now skippable in options. If skipped it will load only after updates that contain new changelogs.

Fanny Pack will now display an icon on affected cards.

The save system was reworked to write in a background thread. This is an experimental feature that should fix the stutter on the Summary Screen.

We are now working full throttle gearing up for the 1.0 launch early next year. Before that happens there will be an Artifacts Update introducing a slew of new artifacts (including starters!). For 1.0 a new class will be added. Before that, we will organize a closed smaller-scale beta. Sign-ups for it will be posted on the community Discord, which will be the main feedback and comms channel for the playtest.

We are also reworking Endless Mode to give players more agency when it comes to picking how the run will shape. Particularly which modifiers will affect it and when. We still have to see how our idea will play, but this also should be ready for 1.0.

• New monster family: spiders
  
• New monster mechanic: Web. Spiders can web cards. Playing a webbed card discards it, ending the webbed status but not triggering the regular card's effects
  
• New influence: Frozen. The influence counter is distributed as temporarily increased mana costs among cards in the player's hand next turn
  
• Moved Hellcard to a separate pedestal in the Launcher
  
• Added Skip Launcher checkbox in options
  
• Reworked save system to write in a separate thread. This should address the game's stuttering on slower hard drives
  
• Increased XP rewards for finishing runs
  
• Changed card progression for new players
  
• New monster: Arachnid - smallest spider without special features aside from 8 legs.
  
• New monster: Arachnad - when killed, spawns 2 arachnids
  
• New monster: Arachnod - webs a card that killed it
  
• New monster: Corrupted Arachnod - a zombie spider with a rotten heart (Returns 1 damage when non-lethally hit) and poisonous attack (Unblocked damage adds a Poison Wound card to draw pile)
  
• New monster: Arachnoleton - a skeleton spider that changes to a random skeleton when killed
  
• New monster: Cool Crawler - a scorpion that gets a bonus block every time it is attacked. Its attacks add Frozen influence.
  
• New monster: Hot Crawler - a scorpion that gets a bonus block every time it is attacked. Its attack adds Burn A Card influence causing the hero to draw fewer cards the next turn
  
• New monster: Horror Crawler - a massive skorpion miniboss that doesn't take direct damage from cards when in the far range. It gets bonus strength when a monster is killed in it's map section
  
• New monster: Wicked Longlegs - miniboss whose attacks webb a random card in the player's deck.
  
• New monster: Arachgod - miniboss that spawns eggs for every monster killed in the current turn. After a couple of turns a random spider hatches from each spider egg
  
• New monster: Shielded Skeleton - an improved version of a basic Skeleton Warrior that blocks itself.
  
• New monster: Cool Skeleton - a skeleton warrior whose attacks add Frozen influence
  
• New monster: Cool Archer - a skeleton archer whose attacks add Frozen influence
  
• New monster: Horror Imp - a bigger imp that explodes with a bigger bang when killed
  
• New monster: Slithering Bowman - ranged demon whose arrows make heroes draw fewer cards next turn (adding Burn A Card influence)
  
• New monster: Mirage Lancer - a ghost that curses a hero that killed it, making them lose mana the next turn
  
• New monster: Battering Flamegoat - a charging goat that attacks all heroes at once
  
• New monster: Hungry Plant - a zombie plant that is linked with other plants on the battlefield and distributes its strength to them when killed
  
• New monster: Shamanic Goat - a miniboss that strengthens a random monster each turn and when killed
  
• New monster: Voracious Corpse - a zombie miniboss that strengthens other zombies when attacked
  
• New monster: Horror Whopper - a skeleton miniboss that strengthens other monsters if not attacked this turn
  
• New monster selection algorithm that makes runs more cohesive, increasing the chance for monsters from families you have already met during that particular run
  
• QoL: Added Fanny Pack icon to stashed cards
  
• Added VO when heroes get hit or die
  
• Added or improved visual effects of some cards
  
• Added GFX and SFX when the hero receives an artifact
  
• Added communication bubbles queue
  
• Added character change functionality to Endless mode
  
• Fixed misleading Garbage Day card description
  
• Fixed character creates exclamation mark always showing
  
• Fixed influence counter size when large UI is enabled
  
• Fixed Hearteater bonus when using Bolt Hell
  
• Fixed Initiative card when targeting monsters without intent
  
• Fixed some options' descriptions
  
• Fixed location buttons too long text issue
  
• Fixed Jar of Pickles giving mana more than once per turn
  
• Fixed double HP loss when using Bookmark + Burrito
  
• Fixed player's hand sometimes showing for a split second when taking gem reward after battle
  
  
  As Always,
  Stay Safe in Paper Dungeons ːarchduckː
  Konstanty

Finally, Hellcard got its green check mark and is 100% Steam Deck Verified. It's been a long road - we reworked controls and GUI (including a custom card template with a much larger text area) to ensure the game is readable on small screens. Valve was very thorough with its tests which is awesome. They do care about the Steam Deck experience and helped us pinpoint many potential issues. So for those of you who own Steam Decks - you are in good hands.

There are a couple of other small fixes in this update as well:

Version 0.6.231107 - 7 Nov 2023

• Hellcard is now officially Steam Deck Verified!
  
• Fixed a crash when opening card piles in multiplayer during the dungeon unfolding effect
  
• Fixed mage's Halloween outfit mouse hover bug
  
• Fixed Forgery Kit sometimes not giving a mark
  
• Fixed the wrong order of actions in the Grimoire card

Halloween outfits stopped unlocking after the Scream Fest ended. We changed that and they should continue being awarded when the game is launched.

We had reports of Bitdefender quarantining the game - this is a false positive as far as we can tell. The game is built on a separate isolated build machine we rescanned it multiple times with various AV software. Fun fact, the only one to find something was Bitdefender but even that was on our 3rd scan of the same executable. Which leads us to believe it's a false positive. This happens with custom C++ engines where optimized code can trigger heuristic search. The issue may go away with this update since the executable will change. We reported this to Bitdefender anyway.


As Always,
Stay Safe in Paper Dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty

This update mainly focuses on balance, including a complete rework of several cards and a massive number of buffs and tweaks to others. I will post a full changelog with all changes listed at the end of the post. Along with old values for easy comparison.

The Large UI mode now has a dedicated card template with a smaller centered art allowing for larger font in the card description area.

On the more contemporary side of things, in the spirit of Halloween, there are now three new outfits in the game that can be unlocked only during the Scream Fest sale. Here are the early concepts for the outfits.



And yes, before you ask, the final Mage's outfit in the game is the brainy zombie, not the pumpkin. We came up with the pumpkin head idea when working on the art for Steam. We will totally add pumpkin head sometime later :archduck:

Here is a quick roadmap of what will come next:

We are now testing and finishing work on a major monster update - pretty much doubling the number of monsters in the game. Along with it will come changes to how runs are generated, with a more cohesive monster presence. This means that after you encounter a monster from a specific family (zombies, skeletons, spiders) chances will be there will be more enemies of various types from the same family on floors below, allowing you to prepare the build accordingly.

This will come sometime in the first half of December.

A batch of over 20 new artifacts for all classes. This also should happen in December at the latest.

We are aware that some players would prefer their endless without torments while others would prefer even more hardcore ones. We have an idea for a solution that would give more agency to the players and might satisfy both sides.

This should be ready early next year, probably for the full release.

The fourth class will be ready for the full release early next year. We will, of course, do tests with the community before that. Keep an eye out, I will be posting calls for testers once we are ready.




Version 0.6.231024 - 24 Oct 2023

• Lowered difficulty of monsters summoned via Cook's cauldron
  
• You can now heal normally when replaying the 11th floor while waiting for teammates to catch up
  
• Added visual effects for selected influences
  
• Added information about torment restrictions when creating or changing a character in torment run lobby
  
• You can now use pings and emoticons in a Singleplayer game
  
• Added a new card GUI template with more space for card description when the Large option is enabled
  
• Added Halloween celebration outfits unlockable for everyone who plays the game between 26th Oct and 2nd Nov
  
• Balance: Initiative card now deals 3 damage (or 5 with bonus) instead of 2 and 4
  
• Balance: Judgemental Scowl now additionally gives 2 block
  
• Balance: Deatheater Sword basic damage increased from 3 to 5
  
• Balance: Charge damage and bonus increased from 3 to 4
  
• Balance: Reckless Charge mana cost reduced from 2 to 1. Damage is dealt in medium instead of small radius and the card discards all non-Attack cards instead of the full-hand
  
• Balance: Offering hero HP loss decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Insult has been reworked: Your Swords deal +3 damage. Exhaust.
  
• Balance: Starlight Strike damage increased to 12 from 6
  
• Balance: Defiant Roar now gives 2 block for every monster without the Stamina cost
  
• Balance: Storm of Blades mana cost reduced from 3 to 2 and damage for each Sword card increased from 1 to 2
  
• Balance: Vigor mana cost reduced from 2 to 1 and Stamina cost reduced from 3 to 2
  
• Balance: Overwhelm’s decreased mana cost of the cards now ends when they are played or at the end of the turn
  
• Balance: Gut Punch base damage increased from 4 to 5. The damage is doubled if the monster has block
  
• Balance: All Out Strike damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Balance: Crown is now stackable
  
• Balance: Haymaker damage and bonus increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Knuckle Crack Stamina gain reduced from 6 to 5
  
• Balance: Immutability mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Shield Bite now counts the number of cards in your draw pile instead of the cost of cards in your hand
  
• Balance: Sacrificial Lunge damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Balance: Serrated Blade damage and bonus increased from 4 to 5 and is no longer a Strain card
  
• Balance: Mad Snack has been reworked: Each turn you end without any block increases the bonus damage your Attacks deal. Unstackable. Exhaust. Costs 3 mana
  
• Balance: Flurry of Blows damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Unleash bonus damage changed to 5 for each Stamina you have
  
• Balance: Riddle of Steel additionally gives 5 block to all heroes
  
• Balance: Readiness Stamina gain reduced from 6 to 5
  
• Balance: Shrapnel now deals damage for every Arrow in the deck instead of Arrows in the hand
  
• Balance: Finesse decreased mana cost of the drawn cards now ends when they are played or when the turn ends
  
• Balance: Sharp Rain damage increased to 2 for each Arrow in the deck instead of Arrows in hand
  
• Balance: Shadow Stance has been reworked: Every turn 1 most powerful attack on you will deal no more than 5 damage.
  
• Balance: Persevere block gain increased from 4/8 to 5/10
  
• Balance: Maximum Effort in now unstackable
  
• Balance: Blindsided now deals Deal 15 damage and exhausts after use
  
• Balance: Overexertion decreased mana cost of the cards now ends when they are played or when the turn ends
  
• Balance: Lash Out now exhausts a random card when used
  
• Balance: Keeping distance mana cost decreased from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Piercing Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Sleeve Trick now adds 1 Concussive Arrow to your hand at the start of your turn. Additionally, you always get Concussive Arrows instead of Talon Arrows.
  
• Balance: Chain Shot is now an Arrow card called Chainshot Arrow
  
• Balance: Deflect cost increased from 1 to 2
  
• Balance: Rallying Cry: decreased mana cost of the cards now ends when they are played or when the turn ends
  
• Balance: Tinker mana cost decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Backflip has been reworked: Each turn 1 strongest monster attack will deal you no more than 10 damage
  
• Balance: Eagle trick decreased mana the cost of the cards now ends when they are played or when the turn ends
  
• Balance: Copycat Tired influence has been removed
  
• Balance: Breath Control is now unstackable
  
• Balance: Sick & Tired Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Garbage Day now adds 1 Concussive Arrow to your hand
  
• Balance: Precision Bomb now additionally stuns the monster
  
• Balance: Buster Bomb damage increased from 6 to 7
  
• Balance: Dig now additionally takes an Ignite card to hand (if possible)
  
• Balance: Cornucopia now additionally takes an Ignite card to hand (if possible)
  
• Balance: Violence now kills a non-boss monster and exhausts after use
  
• Balance: Scissor Strike damage increased from 2 to 4
  
• Balance: Stonks now exhausts a random card when played
  
• Balance: Trickle down now exhausts a random card when played
  
• Balance: Hired help is not a Strain card anymore but exhausts a random card when played
  
• Balance: Gancho cost has been decreased from 1 to 0 and it now moves a selected monster to the opposite distance (from far to near and vice versa)
  
• Balance: Speed cost decreased from 2 to 1 and moves monsters in a large radius to opposite distance (from far to near and vice versa)
  
• Balance: Entrench cost decreased from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Shredder Strike bonus damage decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Barrage now deals 12 damage to all monsters with move or flank intents
  
• Balance: Occult Ritual now charges when you play a card instead of exhausting it
  
• Balance: Ritual Channeling mana cost increased from 1 to 2
  
• Balance: Bolt Dance is no longer a Strain card
  
• Balance: Mend Wounds was reworked: If you got damaged last turn, heal the most wounded hero by 20% of your max HP.
  
• Balance: Crowdsource is now a legendary card without the max damage limit
  
• Balance: Volcanic Lightning damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Balance: Subzero damage bonus increased from 1 to 2 and is no longer a strain card
  
• Balance: Meteor Strike is now a rune card - Meteor Rune which now additionally adds 1 Amnesia card when used
  
• Balance: Unpack the Bag mana cost decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Scroll of Thorns is now a Scroll of Wisdom which makes a selected hero draw a card
  
• Balance: Wind Blast is now a Common card
  
• Balance: Outside the Box now exhausts a random card with the highest cost in hand instead of discarding it but deals 10 times as much damage instead of double damage.
  
• Balance: Cheat’s decreased mana cost of the cards now ends when they are played or when the turn ends
  
• Balance: Channel Pain mana cost decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Rune of Thunder is now a Thunder card (no longer a rune card) which deals 10 damage to the monster. If this doesn't kill it, repeat for the nearest monster. Never hits the same monster twice
  
• Balance: Nova damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Balance: Mana Shield mana cost decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Shatter now deals 3 damage +1 for every frozen monster and freeze in a medium radius
  
• Balance: Grit damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Feedback Loop has been reworked: Every time you lose HP, deal twice that damage to the attacking monster
  
• Balance: Aether Splash has been reworked: Playing a Rune grants 1 bonus damage to Runes. The bonus resets at 10
  
• Balance: Reforge Weakness now counts Status cards in the deck instead of those in hand
  
• Balance: Mental Wall mana cost decreased from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Infuse now additionally exhausts Status cards in hand
  
• Balance: Vitruvian Mage now deals damage in medium radius instead of a single monster
  
• Balance: Hearteater Bolt now adds the bonus (strength of a killed monster) to the next Bolt played instead of the Hearteater Bolt card itself
  
• Balance: Bolt Hell now deals damage in medium radius instead of a single monster
  
• Balance: Rewrite mana cost decreased from 2 to 1 and the number of added scrolls increased from 1 to 2
  
• Balance: Sunray Rune now deals damage in medium radius instead of cone and has a +2 damage bonus for each Status in your deck
  
• Balance: Anamnesis has been reworked: If you got damaged last turn heal 20% of your MaxHP to all heroes
  
• Balance: Switcheroo has been reworked: Playing a Rune increases bonus damage to Runes. The bonus resets at 6
  
• Balance: Swell has been reworked: If you got damaged last turn heal 20% of your MaxHP to yourself
  
• Balance: Conduit Aura is now a Strain, not an Exhaust card. Has the damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Glass Shrike now sets the HP to 50% of your Max HP instead of 15
  
• Balance: Dark Pact now deals 50% of your Max HP damage instead of 10

As Always,
Stay Safe in the Paper Dungeon :archduck:
Konstanty

This update is a mixed bag of miscellaneous Quality of Life stuff, bug fixes, and content.

Although Hellcard is playable on Steam Deck we are on a quest to get that Green Tick of Gaben's Approval. This week's update hopefully will get us there.

• Full Controler Support. The game is now fully playable with controllers along with properly rendered glyphs.
  
• Big UI Scheme. Increases fonts, icons, and cards. Enabled by default on Steam Deck but can be manually enabled in options on PC for those who like to sit back or just have tired eyes like me. You can also control the size of fonts/cards/GUI separately to tune it for to your taste.
  
• Several bug fixes. Including rare crashes, exploits, and small glitches. Thank you all for reporting this stuff!
  
• QoL including the ability to freeze the goats so they can't escape, better health visualization, colored mana cost on cards, and more.
  
• Recorded voice lines for all classes, now you can hear when someone says Hi!

We are planning three larger updates during the remainder of Early Access.

The next update will focus on new content (we know you are waiting for that!). It won't be a new class yet, since this will happen early next year. However, there will be new artifacts and plenty of balance changes to preexisting cards.

After that, there will be Monsters Update. THat one will include several totally new enemies with new mechanics. These will be ready for yet another update later this year.

Finally, there will be a New Class update. All this should span over the next 6 months, give or take. And in the meantime, we are also working on plenty of backend changes including experiments with a new network backend.

Version 0.6.230914 - 14 Sep 2023

• Added full controller support with in-game glyphs
  
• Added Big UI scheme for Steam Deck (bigger fonts, cards, etc.)
  
• Added particle effects to selected intents for better readability
  
• Added VO to communication voice lines
  
• Added graphical visualization of missing HP on the GUI
  
• Added color visualization to higher/lower card cost (red for increased card cost, green for decreased)
  
• Reworked small companion hand layout
  
• Changed layout on Rewards Screen to better show that it can be skipped
  
• Decreased volume of the wind gust sound in the lobby
  
• Fixed accepting friend invites in Launcher was not working properly
  
• Fixed crash when entering lobby
  
• Fixed Thick Skin influence not being explained in Meat cards
  
• Fixed Conduit Aura sometimes dealing too much damage
  
• Fixed infinite XP exploit when leaving and rejoining a game after death
  
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to connect to players in different dungeons
  
• Fixed Bolt the Bolted sometimes moving monsters to the origin sector
  
• Fixed Multi Arrow and Deadly Streak not showing damage correctly
  
• Freeze now prevents goats from escaping the battle
  
• Changed the way in which the game verifies internet connection (may help players who had a Steam connection but couldn't start multiplayer mode and those who use USB GSM modems)

As Always,
Stay Safe in Paper Dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty

This update, aside from fixing issues reported by the community, also addresses some of the feedback we got regarding the Endless mode. Specifically, the transitions between block caps are smoother now, we would like to see how this plays out.

There are also new endgame modifiers for the Endless mode for those who were able to achieve equilibrium and play indefinitely :archduck:

Aside from that we also reworked the save system, looking for a way to bypass Windows' cache that can cause file corruption in an unlikely event of a powerless.


Version 0.6.230810 - 10 Aug 2023

• New endgame Endless mode modifiers: Irrational - lose half of your gemstones at the start of your turn, Nonchalant - Killing a boss with a card exhausts it
  
• More torment modifiers added to the endless endgame: Distracted, Clumsy, Hoarder, and Doomed
  
• Endless modifiers added to map nodes will now be mentioned in tooltips
  
• Balance: Smoother block limiting in endless mode. Between floors 18 and 62 your maximum block is lowered by 2 with every floor
  
• Balance: Dark Pact influence won't be removed when its owner dies
  
• Reworked save system to improve reliability
  
• When waiting for an invited friend to join the lobby slot will indicate that now
  
• Prevented moving a monster that is already being moved
  
• Added torment combo icon when there are a lot of torment modifiers on one floor
  
• Fixed Bat Bolt card healing dead players
  
• Fixed invisible pings with a specific camera placement
  
• Fixed a crash if the lobby is removed after accepting a friend's invite
  
• Fixed summoned monster sometimes appearing without the health bar
  
• Fixed Rewrite card not adding 2 Scrolls when the player doesn't have any in the deck

As always,
Stay Safe in the Paper Dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty

Thank you everyone for reporting bugs and submitting balance feedback! This hotfix update addresses the Alanach upgrade path bug and other issues, including a rare crash.

Version 0.6.230801 - 1 Aug 2023

• Improved balance to prevent overly high damage in the first round
  
• Fixed Best Pal artifact not working with Bleed torment modifier
  
• Fixed card upgrade window
  
• Fixed hand overflow when fighting Slithering Magus with Pacifist torment
  
• Fixed a crash when using the Fresh Meat card in a full dungeon

As always,
Stay Safe in the Paper Dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty

While working on the new class we squeezed in some work on bugs and quality-of-life stuff! Here is a full changelog:

Version 0.6.230725 - 25 Jun 2023

• Disabled dungeon camera movement when using the feedback widget
  
• Fixed crash when aborting a lobby join
  
• Improved run summary readability
  
• Almanac now opens on the current character's cards
  
• Added unique GUI shield icons to monsters with freeze immunity
  
• Fixed spacing between selected achievements in the Awards window
  
• Fixed accidental card selection on the card reward screen when using the communication menu

As Always,
Stay Safe in Paper Dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty

Thank you, everyone, for the feedback and bug reports. We are ready to roll out the first batch of hotfixes, most importantly fixing performance issues during huge battles and a rare crash. This might also resolve an issue with rare crashes during large fights, but we can't be 100% sure at this point.

Version 0.6.230628 - 28 Jun 2023

• Fixed a crash when browsing companion's details outside of combat
  
• Fixed stuttering happening when Attack cards were played on a large number of monsters
  
• Grit influence was giving 3x more block and damage than it should, this is fixed now
  
• Fixed several typos in English and Polish languages

As always,
Stay Safe in Paper Dungeons ːArchduckː
Konstanty

Despite adding plenty of unplanned quality-of-life features we are starting on track with executing the roadmap planned for the EA. Without further ado, let me present you with the first new mode and the third end boss for Hellcard!

The new game mode unlocks after finishing the standard mode for the first time. It works retroactively: if you finished the standard mode at least once you will have it unlocked!).

Factsheet:

• In this mode, the run doesn't end after the 12th floor. Instead, it ends when the last team member dies.
  
• Each run will start with a few Torment modifiers selected, common for everyone on the team. These are constant.
  
• After floor 12 monsters' health and strength will start rising with each floor.
  
• Every couple of floors new modifiers get enabled for the next few floors. For example, monsters can gain freeze immunity or stun.
  
• It's possible to join another party during a run, ich which case the run will synchronize with the player on the highest floor.

We have playtested Endless Mode extensively so we are excited to see how far you can get. And what bugs we missed, so please share your thoughts and don't forget to report any issues you encounter!

Feedback is most welcome, looking forward to your ideas. Please post them in comments, Steam community, via the in-game feedback widget, or on our Community Discord!

Joining the Archdemon and the Antipope, the Cook is bringing totally new mechanic to the table (see what I did there? :archduck). He starts with Thick Skin influence that limits incoming damage. He also spawns new monsters. Each turn, players get cards of a special new type "Meat". These cards let the team decide whenever they would risk tougher minions but deal more damage to the Cook or control the battlefield.

New starting artifacts for better initial build focus:

• Hat - Add Fractal Whip to the deck. Starter (Mage).
  
• Crimson Vial - Heal 1 HP at the start of your next turn if you got damaged this turn. Starter (Mage).
  
• Box - Add Improvise to the deck. starter (Rogue).
  
• Key - Get 1 additional mana on the first turn starter (Rogue).
  
• Broom - Add Swords Akimbo to the deck starter (Warrior).
  
• Beetroot - Gain +7 max HP starter (Warrior).

Changes to preexisting starting artifacts:

• Sun starter (Warrior) cost lowered from 2 to 1 gem
  
• Horses Head starter (Rogue) now gives Bonk card instead of Osoto Gari
  
• Changed XP requirements for some existing starting artifacts (acorn, cockade, golden onion, grabber, horse's head, spacious sleeve, sun, and all veteran's pins)

Also, plenty of changes to cards. This time, only buffs ːArchduckː

• Deatheater Sword now upgrades to Diamond Knife instead of Double-edge Sword
  
• Immutability mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Gut Punch - damage and extra damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Scissor Strike damage increased from 2 to 4
  
• Volcanic Lightning damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Nova damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Mana Shield cost reduced to 1 from 2
  
• Fixed Eagle Trick showing Tired tooltip
  
• Initiative damage increased from 2 to 3 and bonus damage from 4 to 5
  
• Sacrificial Lunge damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• All-out Strike damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Starlight Strike damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Flurry of Blows damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Deatheater Sword damage increased from 3 to 5
  
• Haymaker damage and bonus damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Offering HP loss lowered from 2 to 1
  
• Reckless charge now works in medium instead of small radius
  
• Conduit Aura damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Grit damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Feedback loop damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Mental Wall mana cost lowered from 1 to 0
  
• Mad Snack Stamina gain increased from 1 to 3
  
• Insult mana cost reduced from 2 to 0
  
• Insult Stamina gain increased from 1 to 3
  
• Vigor mana cost reduced from 2 to 1
  
• Vigor Stamina cost reduced from 3 to 2
  
• Entrench mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Keeping Distance mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Persevere block gain increased from 4 to 5 and bonus block from 8 to 10
  
• Sick & Tired Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Piercing Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Copycat doesn't give Tired Influence anymore

In the nearest future, we will focus on monitoring the balance and fixing any potential bugs introduced with this update. No amount of internal tests can catch everything. We will also be working on Steam Deck compatibility (smaller fonts, controller support) and continue working on the new class. As soon as we have more solid info on it I will share it in a dev update.

Version 0.6.230626 - 26 Jun 2023

• Added Endless Mode which doesn't end after the 12th floor. Instead, it ends when the last team member dies
  
• Added new final boss: The Cook
  
• Incoming Damage indicator now also shows damage coming from Dark Pact influence and Bleeding torment
  
• New starting artifact: Hat - Add Fractal Whip to the deck. Starter (Mage)
  
• New starting artifact: Crimson Vial - Heal 1 HP at the start of your next turn if you got damaged this turn. Starter (Mage)
  
• New starting artifact: Box - Add Improvise to the deck. Starter (Rogue)
  
• New starting artifact: Key - Get 1 additional mana on the first turn starter (Rogue)
  
• New starting artifact: Broom - Add Swords Akimbo to deck starter (Warrior)
  
• New starting artifact: Beetroot - Gain +7 max HP starter (Warrior)
  
• Balance: Sun starter artifact (Warrior) now has the cost lowered from 2 to 1 gem
  
• Balance: Horses Head starter artifact (Rogue) now gives Bonk card instead of Osoto Gari
  
• Balance: Changed XP requirements for some existing starting artifacts (Acorn, Cockade, Golden Onion, Grabber, Horses Head, Spacious Sleeve, Sun, and all Veteran's Pins)
  
• Balance: Deatheater Sword now upgrades to Diamond Knife instead of Double-edge Sword
  
• Balance: Immutability mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Gut Punch - damage and extra damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Scissor Strike damage increased from 2 to 4
  
• Balance: Volcanic Lightning damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Balance: Nova damage increased from 4 to 6
  
• Balance: Mana Shield cost reduced to 1 from 2
  
• Balance: Fixed Eagle Trick showing Tired tooltip
  
• Balance: Initiative damage increased from 2 to 3 and bonus damage from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Sacrificial Lunge damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Balance: All-out Strike damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Balance: Starlight Strike damage increased from 6 to 8
  
• Balance: Flurry of Blows damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Deatheater Sword damage increased from 3 to 5
  
• Balance: Haymaker damage and bonus damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Offering HP loss lowered from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Reckless charge now works in medium instead of small radius
  
• Balance: Conduit Aura damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Grit damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Feedback loop damage increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Mental Wall mana cost lowered from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Mad Snack Stamina gain increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Insult mana cost reduced from 2 to 0
  
• Balance: Insult Stamina gain increased from 1 to 3
  
• Balance: Vigor mana cost reduced from 2 to 1
  
• Balance: Vigor Stamina cost reduced from 3 to 2
  
• Balance: Entrench mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Keeping Distance mana cost reduced from 1 to 0
  
• Balance: Persevere block gain increased from 4 to 5 and bonus block from 8 to 10
  
• Balance: Sick & Tired Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Piercing Arrow damage increased from 4 to 5
  
• Balance: Copycat doesn't give Tired Influence anymore

As Always,
Stay Safe in Paper Dunegon ːarchduckː
Konstanty

Today's update introduces the option to save sets of Torment modifiers, an often-requested quality-of-life improvement, a totally new look for the first 4 arenas, and a slew of bug fixes. There is more than meets the eye to it, though. It also includes all the backend changes required for the Endless Mode, which should be ready in two weeks. This staged rollout will let us see if the changes needed for the new mode broke anything else. Please let us know if you encounter any new bugs or weird behavior!

Full changelog:

Version 0.5.230613 - 13 Jun 2023

• Introducing Torment presets which let you save and load sets of torment modifiers for faster and easier character creation
  
• Fixed avatar counting in the Almanac completion window
  
• Added automated character creation when joining a friend's invite with no eligible character
  
• Changed the Give Honor option in the Corpses Location algorithm to prioritize lower rarity cards first
  
• Added full location action serialization - the game is saved after each used option
  
• Total visual overhaul of the first 4 arenas
  
• Fixed the wrong tooltip when hovering over the card reward icon on the rewards summary screen
  
• Fixed missing block sound when using the Turtle Up card
  
• Removed Nekomata artifact that wasn't working from Skirmisher companion
  
• Changes to the Option window
  
• Fixed Barbarian's visual glitch noticeable when viewed under a certain angle
  
• Heal monsters' intent now show the exact number of HP restored
  
• Fixed Golden Onion always picking the first option instead of a random one
  
• Fixed Stamina Burst giving extra cards outside of the player's turn

As always,
Stay safe in paper dungeons :archduck:
Konstanty