So this past month I added a couple new transitional stages, made some changes to magic, improved certain boons, and implemented end-of-run Reputations. Unfortunately we weren't able to get online leaderboards done, but I'm hoping the reputations will help tide y'all over in the meantime. I've had leaderboards in too many "next-build to-dos" without delivering yet which makes me feel bad, so I'll leave 'em off this time and maybe it'll actually get done next month! That's how these things work, right? (In all seriousness, Stevie and I have been making good progress on leaderboards so it shouldn't be much longer! <3)
Magic has changed in that all spells are now of a certain type, noted in the bottom-right corner of the spell learning screen (and to be made more clear in more places with further updates). Regaining spell charges (for the most part) is now limited to only recharging one type of spell at a time, though there are certainly exceptions to this.
Charge Stars, previously only used to replenish trance and overload spells, have also become a much more interesting item. They're not quite finished yet, but I've got some fun plans for them in the future.
And as always, there have been a number of bugfixes.
Next month I'll be focusing on a long-coming AI update, as well as improving performance issues.
Here's the full changelog!
Fixes
Pressing "O" gives all grumbuls berzerk
"Delete" crash when opening doors next to boulders
Ice from ice bolt/cold burst/glacial shoes sometimes drawn behind tiles
Game crashes if you pilfer a hated weapon
Heavy bat and Hunter's Thrust don't work with sprint bound to a button
Grumbul Tank pilot is immortal
Still can burn your own shield
Game sometimes freezes after level generation
Byats can die by touching still boulders
Hitting boulders on the back-swing will knock them into you
New Stuff
2 New Transitional stages!
End-of-Run Reputations (WIP)
Status effect icons
Changes
Improved Tier 3 Axe skill
Travels further, curves both up and down walls.
Improved Mighty Stomp
Range based on height of fall
Reduced time after stomp before you can attack again
Improved Tier 1 Sword skill
Reduced time after landing before you can attack again
Improved Disarm
Weapons are flung further away, damaging other foes along the way
Shield parrys disarm
Improved Plague
Infects corpses; infected corpses explode after time
Effect of explosion depends on the type of corpse
Hard Helms offer more protection
Stone footwear offers more protection
Haste increases attack speed
Updated some spell sprites
Fancier/improved event text
Reverted 'Sprint button' to previous functionality; release to stop sprinting
Can no longer roll with heavy lifted objects above your head
Environmental green slime bounces items
Changed Charge Stars (WIP)
Stars are hidden in walls and no longer drop from enemies
They begin as uncharged 'Hollow Stars' and must be charged before use
Spikes can be broken
Rewrote food eating and meal code (behavior is mostly unchanged)
Byat meal doesn't stack
Disease occasionally causes weakness
Crouch-attacking on top of a boulder will strike the boulder
Player no longer immune to [ ]'s destruction
Placeholder sfx for swinging blade traps (WIP)
Next Build TO-DO
Better AI!
So this past month I added a couple new transitional stages, made some changes to magic, improved certain boons, and implemented end-of-run Reputations. Unfortunately we weren't able to get online leaderboards done, but I'm hoping the reputations will help tide y'all over in the meantime. I've had leaderboards in too many "next-build to-dos" without delivering yet which makes me feel bad, so I'll leave 'em off this time and maybe it'll actually get done next month! That's how these things work, right? (In all seriousness, Stevie and I have been making good progress on leaderboards so it shouldn't be much longer! <3)
Magic has changed in that all spells are now of a certain type, noted in the bottom-right corner of the spell learning screen (and to be made more clear in more places with further updates). Regaining spell charges (for the most part) is now limited to only recharging one type of spell at a time, though there are certainly exceptions to this.
Charge Stars, previously only used to replenish trance and overload spells, have also become a much more interesting item. They're not quite finished yet, but I've got some fun plans for them in the future.
And as always, there have been a number of bugfixes.
Next month I'll be focusing on a long-coming AI update, as well as improving performance issues.
Here's the full changelog!
Fixes
Pressing "O" gives all grumbuls berzerk
"Delete" crash when opening doors next to boulders
Ice from ice bolt/cold burst/glacial shoes sometimes drawn behind tiles
Game crashes if you pilfer a hated weapon
Heavy bat and Hunter's Thrust don't work with sprint bound to a button
Grumbul Tank pilot is immortal
Still can burn your own shield
Game sometimes freezes after level generation
Byats can die by touching still boulders
Hitting boulders on the back-swing will knock them into you
New Stuff
2 New Transitional stages!
End-of-Run Reputations (WIP)
Status effect icons
Changes
Improved Tier 3 Axe skill
Travels further, curves both up and down walls.
Improved Mighty Stomp
Range based on height of fall
Reduced time after stomp before you can attack again
Improved Tier 1 Sword skill
Reduced time after landing before you can attack again
Improved Disarm
Weapons are flung further away, damaging other foes along the way
Shield parrys disarm
Improved Plague
Infects corpses; infected corpses explode after time
Effect of explosion depends on the type of corpse
Hard Helms offer more protection
Stone footwear offers more protection
Haste increases attack speed
Updated some spell sprites
Fancier/improved event text
Reverted 'Sprint button' to previous functionality; release to stop sprinting
Can no longer roll with heavy lifted objects above your head
Environmental green slime bounces items
Changed Charge Stars (WIP)
Stars are hidden in walls and no longer drop from enemies
They begin as uncharged 'Hollow Stars' and must be charged before use
Spikes can be broken
Rewrote food eating and meal code (behavior is mostly unchanged)
Byat meal doesn't stack
Disease occasionally causes weakness
Crouch-attacking on top of a boulder will strike the boulder
Player no longer immune to [ ]'s destruction
Placeholder sfx for swinging blade traps (WIP)
Next Build TO-DO
Better AI!
Fixes
0.0.10b
Magic Beam bending through portals
Fullscreen not centered vertically on non 16:9 resolutions
Wanderer instinct doesn't highlight stairs
Charge stars for Trance/Overload are incorrect for many spells
Stairs that look like blocks
Mixing slimes and potions with alchemy only works when holding the potion
Crash upon bottling orb of leveling
Crash upon using trajectory with bottled balls of slime and mucus
Alchemy and Dipper still say "unimplemented" in the Levels tab of the pause menu
Waterfalls flowing into lava have don't have a graphic
Heavy Lifting enemies while rolling still displays 'heavy lifted' even though it fails
Shopkeepers with Undo crash the game
Crash when looting a corpse with a burning stick
anim_swordStab crash
Learning 'Extra Tough' doesn't actually work :D
Incantation doesn't properly increase spell cost
Fixed and error with oogs that was affecting performance
Improved performance of explosions
Hits don't always connect when pouncing on enemies
Can't pounce when recharging energy
Infinite controller rumble upon death
Controller rumble when using keyboard
Unending purple sparkles when blocked energy is equal to max energy
Off-slot spell charge numbers drawn in wrong color with two-spell option
Blink Trance doesn't use charge star
Air Dash doesn't consume energy overcharge
Undo restores the energy overcharge used to cast it
Small pools of lava don't light up
Disappearing platforms insta-kill the reaper
Max mp STILL doesn't increase with the proper meal
Crash in shops selling unstable potions
Changes
0.0.10b
Push now has instant recovery
Slight changes to Grumbul Tank AI
Less lava in Grumbul Tank arena
Grumbul Tank doesn't lose as much mobility with busted legs
Break breaks boulders
Boulders break bottles
Overwhelming's speed boost lowered
Overwhelming no longer counts bosses
Changes to Hammer vs arena
Only need to tap sprint button to sprint, rather than hold
Assigning sprint to a button disables double-tap sprinting
Improved accuracy of Chain Lightning and Dark Arts Tome
Fixes
0.0.10b
Magic Beam bending through portals
Fullscreen not centered vertically on non 16:9 resolutions
Wanderer instinct doesn't highlight stairs
Charge stars for Trance/Overload are incorrect for many spells
Stairs that look like blocks
Mixing slimes and potions with alchemy only works when holding the potion
Crash upon bottling orb of leveling
Crash upon using trajectory with bottled balls of slime and mucus
Alchemy and Dipper still say "unimplemented" in the Levels tab of the pause menu
Waterfalls flowing into lava have don't have a graphic
Heavy Lifting enemies while rolling still displays 'heavy lifted' even though it fails
Shopkeepers with Undo crash the game
Crash when looting a corpse with a burning stick
anim_swordStab crash
Learning 'Extra Tough' doesn't actually work :D
Incantation doesn't properly increase spell cost
Fixed and error with oogs that was affecting performance
Improved performance of explosions
Hits don't always connect when pouncing on enemies
Can't pounce when recharging energy
Infinite controller rumble upon death
Controller rumble when using keyboard
Unending purple sparkles when blocked energy is equal to max energy
Off-slot spell charge numbers drawn in wrong color with two-spell option
Blink Trance doesn't use charge star
Air Dash doesn't consume energy overcharge
Undo restores the energy overcharge used to cast it
Small pools of lava don't light up
Disappearing platforms insta-kill the reaper
Max mp STILL doesn't increase with the proper meal
Crash in shops selling unstable potions
Changes
0.0.10b
Push now has instant recovery
Slight changes to Grumbul Tank AI
Less lava in Grumbul Tank arena
Grumbul Tank doesn't lose as much mobility with busted legs
Break breaks boulders
Boulders break bottles
Overwhelming's speed boost lowered
Overwhelming no longer counts bosses
Changes to Hammer vs arena
Only need to tap sprint button to sprint, rather than hold
Assigning sprint to a button disables double-tap sprinting
Improved accuracy of Chain Lightning and Dark Arts Tome
It's been a minute, eh? A minute and a half, even. That's fine though, because I'm still alive, and this is still happening. That's right! As a beaten, bleeding, heart-still-beating Kid once said; "I'm not dead yet!"
So what have I been up to, you may be asking yourself. Maybe you aren't. How would I know? I'm not your brain. I'll tell you anyway though:
Wandering is what I've been up to -- as in, making the new Wanderer class. They're speedy and have senses sharp as knives, they do. I hope you enjoy them. As well I've laid the groundwork for unique weapons and added a few, and made some not insignificant changes to the level generator, not least of which are locked doors and new premade rooms. It may have taken a while but I can say at last that the generator is ready to be iced over and flipped upside down for the coming Anticropolis.
I've also added Alchemy and Dipper, the two second-tier INT boons, which marks at last the implementation of all the first two tiers of stat boons. Some of the other boons, spells and skills have also been updated and improved.
For the next update (IN A MONTH I SWEAR) I'll be working on finishing the things I didn't manage to for this update: Daily run leaderboards, more and better transitional stages, and certain talked-about changes to magic that those who watch the dev streams might be aware of.
Full changelog below:
Fixes
Casting Flame Wave burns your own shield
Several crashes
Kept gaining overheal even after hitting max hp limit
Max mp doesn't increase with the proper meal
Poets' tome is unwielded after going through a level door
Class Input method doesn't save for gamepads
Class ability icons appear incorrectly in the spell slots
Third spell slot miscolored when low on spell charges
Issues with using tome as a 'Skill' class input
Food queue doesn't show up in pause menus
Eating twins results gives a grumbul food instead of undead
Heavy Lifting doesn't properly override normal object pickups when grabbing enemies
Certain spells show a charge star when they shouldn't
Tome attacks hurt your own followers
Footwear with stats don't apply their stats
New Stuff
New Class! -- Wanderer
New INT Stat Boons
Dipper
Alchemy
Waterfalls
Couple new weapons
Locked doors and keys
Wooden barricades
Stairs
Intra-floor doors
New premade rooms
Many changes to level gen
Changes
Sticks burn
Fire spreads more from enemies to you
Being struck physically by burning enemies has a high chance to burn you
Limited foes' ability to spam kick
Infernus flames start blue, but turn orange quickly
Infernus now burns the caster once orange
Sword Skill 3 (Hack 'n' Slash) is easier to use:
Strikes at least 3 times in succession upon hitting an enemy
Additional enemies caught in the flurry add more strikes
Stun upon missing or ending the flurry is longer
Gorhounds have more hp, more DEF, and are more evasive
Crush trap chains behave more predictably when struck
"Poised" now reflects knockback from attacks back upon the enemy
A few new things
Changed the way levers spawn and are placed
Changed the way ladders/elevators spawn and are placed
Improved Air Dash
Now chains from enemy to enemy
Added trances to Blink and Frost Bolt
Left joystick now triggers class abilities on gamepad
Class ability trigger now defaults to "Button" rather than "Combo"
Poet's Tome behaves differently
Activating Tome uses the books' ability rather than wielding/unwielding
[except on 'combo' input]
Charged Tomes follow behind the player charged until used again
Grumbuls will stow items that spawn near them
Relatedly, added two new grumbul types (based on what they grab)
Grumbuls no longer wield bardiches
Normal Grumbuls sometimes occasionally wield hammers
Grumbul assassins slightly more common
Blue slime balls (now "mucus") have their own properties
Reaper no longer immune to invisibility
Grumbul Turrets can now spawn on main floors
Shop doors lock behind you
Stat loss from severed limbs is now repairable
Stat loss from severed limbs doesn't stack through repeated dismemberments
Regeneration only restores one limb at a time
Losing an arm penalizes both STR and DEF
Learning points now appear next to the orb of leveling icon in the hud
Haste is slightly slower
Haste grants the auto-dodge from Freerun
Haste auto-dodges jump attacks
Removed auto-dodge from Freerun
Extra Tough protects from death as long as your hp is over 75%
Regenerate heals more slowly
Overload Break deals more damage to equipment
Jumping will cancel trajectory throws
Stampede no longer runs through cornered enemies
Stampede tramples multiple enemies at once
Poison Blob bounces off of walls
Temporal Tricks tome time bubble bigger by bunches
Increased range of Slow
Lucky footwear is luckier
Byats are more evasive
Next Build TO-DO
Changes to Magic
Daily Run Leaderboard / General Stat-Tracking (for realsies!)
It's been a minute, eh? A minute and a half, even. That's fine though, because I'm still alive, and this is still happening. That's right! As a beaten, bleeding, heart-still-beating Kid once said; "I'm not dead yet!"
So what have I been up to, you may be asking yourself. Maybe you aren't. How would I know? I'm not your brain. I'll tell you anyway though:
Wandering is what I've been up to -- as in, making the new Wanderer class. They're speedy and have senses sharp as knives, they do. I hope you enjoy them. As well I've laid the groundwork for unique weapons and added a few, and made some not insignificant changes to the level generator, not least of which are locked doors and new premade rooms. It may have taken a while but I can say at last that the generator is ready to be iced over and flipped upside down for the coming Anticropolis.
I've also added Alchemy and Dipper, the two second-tier INT boons, which marks at last the implementation of all the first two tiers of stat boons. Some of the other boons, spells and skills have also been updated and improved.
For the next update (IN A MONTH I SWEAR) I'll be working on finishing the things I didn't manage to for this update: Daily run leaderboards, more and better transitional stages, and certain talked-about changes to magic that those who watch the dev streams might be aware of.
Full changelog below:
Fixes
Casting Flame Wave burns your own shield
Several crashes
Kept gaining overheal even after hitting max hp limit
Max mp doesn't increase with the proper meal
Poets' tome is unwielded after going through a level door
Class Input method doesn't save for gamepads
Class ability icons appear incorrectly in the spell slots
Third spell slot miscolored when low on spell charges
Issues with using tome as a 'Skill' class input
Food queue doesn't show up in pause menus
Eating twins results gives a grumbul food instead of undead
Heavy Lifting doesn't properly override normal object pickups when grabbing enemies
Certain spells show a charge star when they shouldn't
Tome attacks hurt your own followers
Footwear with stats don't apply their stats
New Stuff
New Class! -- Wanderer
New INT Stat Boons
Dipper
Alchemy
Waterfalls
Couple new weapons
Locked doors and keys
Wooden barricades
Stairs
Intra-floor doors
New premade rooms
Many changes to level gen
Changes
Sticks burn
Fire spreads more from enemies to you
Being struck physically by burning enemies has a high chance to burn you
Limited foes' ability to spam kick
Infernus flames start blue, but turn orange quickly
Infernus now burns the caster once orange
Sword Skill 3 (Hack 'n' Slash) is easier to use:
Strikes at least 3 times in succession upon hitting an enemy
Additional enemies caught in the flurry add more strikes
Stun upon missing or ending the flurry is longer
Gorhounds have more hp, more DEF, and are more evasive
Crush trap chains behave more predictably when struck
"Poised" now reflects knockback from attacks back upon the enemy
A few new things
Changed the way levers spawn and are placed
Changed the way ladders/elevators spawn and are placed
Improved Air Dash
Now chains from enemy to enemy
Added trances to Blink and Frost Bolt
Left joystick now triggers class abilities on gamepad
Class ability trigger now defaults to "Button" rather than "Combo"
Poet's Tome behaves differently
Activating Tome uses the books' ability rather than wielding/unwielding
[except on 'combo' input]
Charged Tomes follow behind the player charged until used again
Grumbuls will stow items that spawn near them
Relatedly, added two new grumbul types (based on what they grab)
Grumbuls no longer wield bardiches
Normal Grumbuls sometimes occasionally wield hammers
Grumbul assassins slightly more common
Blue slime balls (now "mucus") have their own properties
Reaper no longer immune to invisibility
Grumbul Turrets can now spawn on main floors
Shop doors lock behind you
Stat loss from severed limbs is now repairable
Stat loss from severed limbs doesn't stack through repeated dismemberments
Regeneration only restores one limb at a time
Losing an arm penalizes both STR and DEF
Learning points now appear next to the orb of leveling icon in the hud
Haste is slightly slower
Haste grants the auto-dodge from Freerun
Haste auto-dodges jump attacks
Removed auto-dodge from Freerun
Extra Tough protects from death as long as your hp is over 75%
Regenerate heals more slowly
Overload Break deals more damage to equipment
Jumping will cancel trajectory throws
Stampede no longer runs through cornered enemies
Stampede tramples multiple enemies at once
Poison Blob bounces off of walls
Temporal Tricks tome time bubble bigger by bunches
Increased range of Slow
Lucky footwear is luckier
Byats are more evasive
Next Build TO-DO
Changes to Magic
Daily Run Leaderboard / General Stat-Tracking (for realsies!)
What! What! Another bugfix update, as well as a few minor changes.
Fixes
0.0.9c
Sometimes armors are mis-drawn with objects in them
Fullscreen is offset/doesn't fit at certain resolutions
Using shield-bash to pilfer weapons ignores missing arms
Eating severed limbs with resourceful screws up food queue
Shields are wrongly colored
Game crashes upon startup if game_data.ck fails to load
"MISSING DS MAP" In place of the Daily Run
Weapons are called shields in the equipment menu
Enders and their skeletal spawn aren't on the same team
Poet's Tome disappears upon Undo death-save
Closing doors forces you into crush-traps
Can get stuck in walls when defeating the reaper
Exit doors sometimes spawn in walls
More objects properly darken when outside of viewing range
Changes
0.0.9c
Overheal maxes out at max hp+INT
Wooden shields burn
Shields degrade with use
Health increase on level-up doesn't eat Overheal
Added missing indicators on spellbook menu
Changed Poets' "Combo" input to "Hold Stow"
Spirit followers are immune to fire
Being in lava deals more damage
Clarified that Dagger Skill 3 (Execute) needs to be done in midair
Evasion for Freerun and Acrobatic no longer trigger while attacking
What! What! Another bugfix update, as well as a few minor changes.
Fixes
0.0.9c
Sometimes armors are mis-drawn with objects in them
Fullscreen is offset/doesn't fit at certain resolutions
Using shield-bash to pilfer weapons ignores missing arms
Eating severed limbs with resourceful screws up food queue
Shields are wrongly colored
Game crashes upon startup if game_data.ck fails to load
"MISSING DS MAP" In place of the Daily Run
Weapons are called shields in the equipment menu
Enders and their skeletal spawn aren't on the same team
Poet's Tome disappears upon Undo death-save
Closing doors forces you into crush-traps
Can get stuck in walls when defeating the reaper
Exit doors sometimes spawn in walls
More objects properly darken when outside of viewing range
Changes
0.0.9c
Overheal maxes out at max hp+INT
Wooden shields burn
Shields degrade with use
Health increase on level-up doesn't eat Overheal
Added missing indicators on spellbook menu
Changed Poets' "Combo" input to "Hold Stow"
Spirit followers are immune to fire
Being in lava deals more damage
Clarified that Dagger Skill 3 (Execute) needs to be done in midair
Evasion for Freerun and Acrobatic no longer trigger while attacking