Greetings,

This week we now have all the card assets for the Watcher in the game!
A surprise trip to The Game Awards, ongoing sickness, and the general holidays has made it a slower week.


Good news however for our console friends, a patch for Switch, PS4, and Xbox should be out now or in the VERY near future, bringing the game version up to V1.1 + some console specific fixes and some features that are a part of the beta! This includes, Bigger text mode, an improved Game Settings screen, and Long Press options for the End Turn button.

For the rest of the patch notes for the V1.1 patch, please see our previous announcement here.



This showdown of the Defect against the Awakened One by "A Plant"


Shrug It Off by u/DaNaDaN5


A Cultist on a skateboard!!! Also, Hyper Light Drifter (left)!! by u/Lordoficewrack

Patch Notes

• Added new Watcher cutscene assets upon completing Act 4.
  
• Adding a portrait for Study card.
  
• Updating Slaver Collar asset + adding an info file to explain how outlines are created.
  
• Updating SFX used during Watcher Act 4 victory scene.

• Fixed elites slain scores not showing up properly in Endless mode.
  
• Fixed Watcher victory screen VFX blinking fps dependent.

• Updates for DEU.

Hey everyone,

We hope everyone's having a good holiday season so far. While still jet lagged and recovering from sickness, we're getting back to work.

The Watcher is nearly complete. Just a few more finishing touches before it's ready for the main branch!

I know you are all very excited about the upcoming mobile version of Slay the Spire. We are too! We've hit a playable version of the game and it's looking great, you'll be able to play the full Slay the Spire experience on your phone very soon. But, we need to do another QA pass this month to ensure things are clean for the mobile launch.

The good news is that thanks to the console ports we completed earlier this year all the difficult engine work is already implemented, so don't expect the unpredictable delays we had earlier this year. We had hoped to get mobile out by the end of the year but development with a custom engine can be a tricky thing. We are close, and will have another status update for you in early 2020.

Watcher content has been translated by the community into the following languages:

• German
  
• Dutch
  
• Esperanto
  
• French
  
• Italian
  
• Korean
  
• Polish
  
• Russian
  
• Spanish
  
• Thai
  
• Vietnamese
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Traditional Chinese

Languages which contain missing text (both little or a lot) will only be accessible in the beta branch. These languages are currently:

• Greek
  
• Indonesian
  
• Japanese
  
• Norwegian
  
• Portuguese Brazilian
  
• Serbian (Cyrillic)
  
• Serbian (Latin)
  
• Turkish
  
• Ukrainian

As some of these languages are near-complete or high priority translations (Japanese, Turkish, Portuguese Brazilian, Ukrainian), we'd very much like to see these get completed before launch. If you're fluent in both a completed language AND a missing language, come give us a hand at our Discord Server :o!



Slay the Spire playing cards! by /u/MrMulk


The Silent Redesign by Alexandre Coadou


The Ironclad Resting by /u/AzoryKeron

Patch Notes

• Updating asset for Duality relic to match flavor better.
  
• Updating Violet Lotus relic asset to be polished.
  
• Adding a VFX for attacking the Heart when playing the Watcher.
  
• Adding a VFX for Carnage card.
  
• Adding a VFX for Omega power when it deals damage.
  
• Adding SFX for Spit Web attack by Louse enemy.
  
• Adding VFX for Devotion card.
  
• Adding VFX for Flying Sleeves card.
  
• Adding VFX for Through Violence card.
  
• Cloak Clasp relic asset updated.
  
• Creating a VFX for the Watcher's heart victory screen.
  
• Duality relic asset adjustments.
  
• Gremlin Horn relic now has polished art asset.
  
• Mushroom relic asset enlarged + polished.
  
• Oddly Smooth Stone relic gets updated to be smoother + high-res version when clicked.
  
• Updating assets for Golden Eye relic.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Barrage card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Bite card VFX resolves 0.2s faster in fast mode.
  
• Charon's Ashes resolves 0.15s faster per hit in fast mode.
  
• Claw card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Feel No Pain power resolves 0.15s faster per exhaust in fast mode.
  
• Fiend Fire card resolves 0.25s faster and 0.15s faster per card exhausted in fast mode.
  
• Fission card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Healing resolves 0.25s faster in fast mode. Blood Vial resolves 0.5s faster.
  
• Looter death speech bubble before combat end resolves 1.5s faster in fast mode.
  
• Recursion card resolves 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Sneaky Strike card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Talk to the Hand power resolves 0.15s faster per hit in fast mode.

• Powers that gain Block at end of turn activate before cards like Burn play themselves.

• Fixed Flurry of Blows card typo.
  
• Fixed Unknown keyword being misspelled in French.
  
• Removing 3 unused sound assets.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Adding hand update after card and potion use to fix general card information and glow issues.
  
• Fixed Confusion card not affecting cards reduced by Setup or Forethought.
  
• Fixed Judgement card not bypassing Intangible and Invincible powers.
  
• Fixed Necronomicon not activating on cost-X cards when played from effects (e.g. Mayhem).
  
• Fixed Tantrum card not exhausting when played by Omniscience.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, FRA, ITA, SPA, ZHS, ZHT.

• Putting back old constructor of GainBlockAction.
  
• Ascension level increments even if you lose on Act 4+ instead of specifically Act 4 as mods may allow higher Acts.

Hello!

We've been working on polish this week. Many bugs were fixed while several cards got some visual effects! We also added controller support for some of the features brought in during this beta test.

The team will be out of town next week and Casey will be on vacation (that's me) so there won't be a progress report until December 6th while there may still be some updates to the beta branch.


This incredible fan redesign by Alexandre Coadou


This great rendition of The Silent by The Halret


The Defect by /u/AzoryKeron

Patch Notes

• Adding polished card portrait for Blasphemy.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Deceive Reality.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Deus Ex Machina.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Establishment.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Fear No Evil.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Foreign Influence.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Indignation.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Perseverance.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Pressure Points.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Protect.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Rushdown.
  
• Cleaning up icon for Heatsinks power.
  
• Updating beta art for Omniscience card.
  
• Updating icon for Master Reality power.
  
• Updating icon for Mental Fortress power.
  
• Adding VFX for Vault card.
  
• Adding VFX for Fasting card.
  
• Adding VFX for Foresight card.
  
• Adding VFX for Pressure Points card.
  
• Adding VFX for Ragnarok card.
  
• Adding VFX for Sanctity card.
  
• Adding VFX for Third Eye card.
  
• Adding VFX for Wallop card.
  
• Pressing 0 - 9 keys in some relic view screens can now play some SFX.
  
• Bag of Marbles relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bag of Preparation relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Become Almighty and Live Forever cards get updated VFX.
  
• Blood Vial relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bowling Bash now plays a special sound if 3 or more enemies are present.
  
• Damaru relic now has a special SFX when opening up the relic popup.
  
• Disabling scrollbar for Potion Lab screen as no scrolling is required.
  
• Lantern relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Mutagenic Strength relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Ninja Scroll relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Nuclear Battery relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Red Mask relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• After Image card's Block gain effect resolves 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Catalyst card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Heel Hook card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Powers reducing themselves resolve 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Storm of Steel card resolves 0.25s faster.

• Fixed controller support for Potion Lab screen.
  
• Utilizing 4:3 offset y in scene render.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Fixed Escape Plan gaining Block when card drawn is blocked by No Draw.
  
• Dropkick card now resolves its actions in order of its description.
  
• Fixed cards sometimes glowing even when they cannot be played.
  
• Fixed Entropic Brew filling potions slots with Sozu.
  
• Fixed exiting Divinity from last turn if Damaru makes the player enter Divinity again.
  
• Fixed Fear No Evil + Mental Fortress not gaining Block before Beat of Death.
  
• Fixed Ink Bottle drawing a card when activated by playing Battle Trance or Bullet Time.
  
• Fixed Juggernaut damage not changing targets if original target is dead.
  
• Fixed Mayhem, Havoc, Distilled Chaos, and Omniscience sometimes not playing cards if original target is dead.
  
• Fixed on-enter-room relics activating again when loading post-combat.
  
• Fixed Wave of the Hand removing itself too early for effects like Like Water and Plated Armor.
  
• Heel Hook card now resolves its actions in order of its description.
  
• Transmorgrifier and The Designer transform options are now seeded.

• Fixing purple text not working for some languages.
  
• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, SPA, VIE.

Hey everyone,

It's November! I hope that everyone is enjoying some nice fall weather! At least, it's my favorite time of year here in Seattle.

In this week's patch, our focus has been on incorporating fit and finish by adding missing flavor text and incorporating more assets. We'll continue adding more art and effects next week as well.

We also received a bunch of bug fixes from a fellow modder! See below in the Bug Fixes section for more info.


We're experimenting with a 4:3 aspect ratio mode which enables the following resolutions:
1024x768, 1280x960, 1400x1050, 1440x1080, 1600x1200, 2048x1536, 2224x1668, 2732x2048



We've got some new pins over at Fangamer! Get some before they run out and pin them on to stuff!


We saw a bunch of great Slay the Spire costumes for Halloween this year! Slay the Spire players are good people.

Someone setup shop during Halloween! by /u/Castle13


Slime Boss Jack-o-Lantern by /u/leviathanfelix


This Silent cosplay (and costume!?) by /u/Kallado

Patch Notes

• Brilliance card reworked.

• Cloak Clasp is now Watcher only.
  
• The new Fatal keyword applied to Ritual Dagger, Lesson Learned, Hand of Greed, and Feed means that the effect of these cards now trigger upon killing non-Minion enemies.

• An experimental 4:3 aspect ratio is now available. Just set the resolution to utilize.
  
• Adding asset for Damaru relic.
  
• Adding beta art for Live Forever and Pressure Points cards.
  
• Adding about 20 polished card portraits.
  
• Adding flavor text for Damaru relic.
  
• Adding flavor text for Golden Eye relic.
  
• Adding flavor text for Holy Water relic.
  
• Increased font size of tips when unlocking cards/relics.
  
• Moved the 'Restart game for changes' text reminder as tabs for settings screens are taller.
  
• Mutagenic Strength relic now grays out after it's used in combat.
  
• New Fatal keyword used by Feed, Lesson Learned, Hand of Greed, and Ritual Dagger.
  
• Singing Bowl's button changed from Y to RB, allows players to inspect cards and Skip card.
  
• Unlock tip text is now larger for relic unlock screens.
  
• Yang relic renamed to Duality.

• Battle Hymn typos fixed.
  
• Fixed Bigger Text option not being available mid-run.
  
• Fixing up Live Forever and Like Water card portraits not showing up.
  
• Plated Armor text on Live Forever is now gold color.
  
• Updated map assets to work with all aspect ratios better.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Fixed Discovery showing skip button when reopening screen from another menu.
  
• Pressing escape no longer exits the card reward screen from another menu.
  
• Fixed Stance Potion and Wish sometimes not showing the Peek button.
  
• Fixed stance SFX lingering on death and returning to main menu.
  
• Fixed infinite energy exploit with Slaver's Collar and save and load post-combat.
  
• Slaver's Collar now works in event-based Elite and Boss combats.
  
• Fixed Armaments and Blessing of the Forge not updating descriptions of upgraded cards.
  
• Fixed Pocketwatch activating too early for effects like Foresight.
  
• Fixed Tingsha relic damage not changing targets if original target is dead.
  
• Tingsha relic now resolves 0.1s faster per hit.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, ITA, KOR, POL, RUS, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Greetings!

It's progress report time. This week we added some more potions, made Watcher balance changes, and revisited some non-Watcher content such as cards, relics, and events.


Because of the addition of new potions we've made some new potion bottle shapes and colors so they can be more easily differentiated.


We're also testing out an accessibility feature that increases the size of text by 20%. This may be updated to affect specific UI such as tips and card descriptions. While the larger text won't always fit in the UI, we think the trade-off for legibility will more than make up for it. This option can be toggled on in the Miscellaneous section in the Game Settings.

We would also like to thank our community members BDWSSBB and JohnnyDevo for improving modding support and fixing a plethora of bugs (most of them in the Bug Fixes section)!
If any or all of the bug fixes bring you joy, maybe visit our Discord channel and give them a thank you.

It's so interesting to see Slay the Spire characters drawn in other art styles or interpreted in a different light! Always happy to post these :). If you want any fan art to be featured here, just ping us @MegaCrit!


The original trio by /u/princeshoutoku


The Fat Gremlin by /u/charleseasleyart


Hexaghost by /u/AzoryKeron

Patch Notes

• New common Watcher relic - Damaru.
  
• New common potion - Blessing of the Forge.
  
• New common potion - Colorless Potion.
  
• Tiny Chest relic has been reworked.
  
• Reprogram card has been reworked.

• Chimera mod now accounts for the Watcher.
  
• Evaluate card rarity changed from Uncommon -> Common.
  
• Foresight+ card changed from gaining Innate to upgrading Scry amount from 3 -> 4.
  
• Mental Fortress card block increased from 3 -> 4.
  
• Mental Fortress+ card block increased from 4 -> 6.
  
• My True Form mod now accounts for the Watcher.
  
• Nirvana card block lowered from 4 -> 3.
  
• Nirvana+ card block lowered from 6 -> 4.
  
• Sanctity card rarity changed from Common -> Uncommon.
  
• Scrawl card cost lowered from 2 -> 1.
  
• Scrawl card rarity changed from Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Scrawl+ card cost lowered from 1 -> 0.
  
• Spirit Shield and Spirit Shield+ now gain 1 more Block per card.
  
• Spirit Shield card rarity changed from Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Wish's Live Forever option now gives Plated Armor (instead of Plated Armor each turn).

• Corruption card rarity changed from Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Dark Embrace card rarity changed from Rare -> Uncommon.
  
• Dodecahedron relic deprecated.
  
• Eviscerate card cost lowered from 4 -> 3.
  
• Knowing Skull event HP costs increase as the same option is continuously chosen. Additionally, the starting HP cost is now 6.
  
• Mind Bloom event now gives less gold 100 -> 50 when fighting the boss and 25 gold above Ascension 13+.
  
• Nunchaku relic is now Common.
  
• Well Laid Plans card cost increased from 0 -> 1

• Testing out Bigger Text. Can be toggled on/off in Game Settings.
  
• Adding VFX for Miracle card.
  
• Adding beta art for 3 cards.
  
• Ambrosia is now eye-shaped.
  
• Cultist potion is now moon-shaped.
  
• Cunning potion is now spiky-shaped and gray.
  
• Distilled Chaos is now rainbow color.
  
• Duplication potion is now rainbow color.
  
• Entroic Brew is now flask-shaped and rainbow color.
  
• Essence of Darkness is now moon-shaped.
  
• Essence of Steel is now anvil-shaped and teal color.
  
• Liquid Bronze is now spiky-shaped.
  
• Liquid Memories is now eye-shaped.
  
• Poison potion is now flask-shaped.
  
• Path to Victory card renamed to Pressure Points.
  
• Damage value for Fire Breathing power's description is now blue.
  
• Horn Cleat and Captain's Wheel relics now display turn numbers until triggered.
  
• Meat on the Bone now pulses when it will trigger at the end of combat.
  
• Red Mask relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.

• Bouncing Flask's effects now happen in order.
  
• Expunger card description now correctly works when upgraded.
  
• Fixed Bouncing Flasks's VFX location starting at the wrong place.
  
• Fixed Burns and related cards changing last card played for Crush Joints and similar cards.
  
• Fixed card tips not showing up correctly when the left card is hovered during card upgrade.
  
• Fixed Liquid Memories not updating damage and block values on card descriptions.
  
• Fixed Mayhem and Distilled Chaos making certain cards disappear if end turn effects are called.
  
• Fixed Storm of Steel prompting to discard cards after Ink Bottle draws a card.
  
• Fixed Tungsten Rod relic not affecting Shelled Parasite's lifesteal heal amount.
  
• Fixed Velvet Choker not interacting correctly with Curses.
  
• Go For the Eyes and Spot Weakness cards no longer have a gold border on the first turn of combat.
  
• Fixed bug where Horn Clear relic would trigger at the start of the second Colosseum fight.
  
• Picking up Sacred Bark relic now updates Power/Skill potion descriptions properly.
  
• Removing Pressure Points beta art as it was for Path To Victory.
  
• Toolbox relic's card selection is now seeded.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

• Overload damage calculation methods to pass instance of AbstractCard.
  
• In-combat card selection screens now use a generalized method (Codex, Discovery, Attack Potion, etc)

Hello hello,

It's another Friday and another progress report!
We made a few potions and increased the rare potion drop rate, cleaned up some UI elements, improved performance, and balanced several cards. Lots of stuff in lots of categories.

We'll be looking at adjusting some non-Watcher stuff next week, stay tuned!

Slay the Spire is available in several languages due to community translations. Helping out is easy, just come say in our localization channels in the Slay the Spire Discord server.
Our official Discord is also the best place to interact with us directly, file bug reports, and help suggest improvements to the game!

I should have participated in Inktober, gotta up my art game to match these talented folks.


Scry... by @Densetsu_VII


Slime Boss by @AzoryKeron


Teamwork Makes the Dream Work by @VictorTatkowski

Patch Notes

• New Rare Potion - Cultist Potion.
  
• New Uncommon Potion - Distilled Chaos.
  
• New Uncommon Potion - Liquid Memories.

• Common potion drop rate decreased from 70% -> 65%.
  
• Rare potion drop rate increased from 5% -> 10%.
  
• Beta+ card now costs 1 and generates Omega (not Omega+)
  
• Blasphemy+ card now gives Retain on upgrade, cost remains at 1.
  
• Carve Reality card damage buffed from 5 -> 6.
  
• Carve Reality+ card damage buffed from 9 -> 10.
  
• Conjure Blade+ and Expunger+ get slight rework.
  
• Empty Fist card damage buffed from 8 -> 9.
  
• Empty Fist+ card damage buffed from 12 -> 14.
  
• Evaluate+ card block buffed from 9 -> 10.
  
• Like Water card nerfed Block 7 -> 5.
  
• Like Water+ card nerfed Block 9 -> 7.
  
• Reach Heaven card damage buffed from 8 -> 10.
  
• Reach Heaven+ card damage buffed from 12 -> 15.
  
• Toolbox relic buffed. Choose 1 of 3 Colorless cards instead of obtaining a random one.

• Adding polished card portraits for 20 cards.
  
• Adding a new power icon for 7 powers.
  
• Adding pulsing and particle VFX for Peek button during peek.
  
• Fame and Fortune card gets a VFX.
  
• Champ boss now recognizes if you have his belt.
  
• Bag of Marbles relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bag of Preparation relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Blood Vial relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Centennial Puzzle relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Fossilized Helix relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Lantern relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Ninja Scroll relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Nuclear Battery relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Anchor relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Captain's Wheel relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Horn Cleat relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Stone Calendar relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Adding controller support for Peek UX (Left Analog Stick down).
  
• Adding hotkey for Peeking (Spacebar) which can be reassigned in the Input Settings.
  
• Increased scroll speed by 3x when using mousewheel to scroll for Input Settings screen.
  
• Reckless Charge card now utilizes the card preview UX to show Dazed.
  
• Halt card wording improvements.
  
• Cleaned up spacing on Deva Form for improved legibility.

• Fix for Distilled Memories potion description typo.
  
• Fixed Confirm/Cancel buttons requiring two taps in touchscreen mode for Rename panel.
  
• Fixed Evaluate+ card giving Insight+ when it shouldn't be.
  
• Fixed rare instances of Wrist Blade affecting cost X cards.
  
• Fixed Reach Heaven+ incorrectly upgrading Through Violence.
  
• Fixed Swivel and cost 2+ attacks triggering Necronomicon.
  
• Fixed Swivel and freeToPlayOnce cards bypassing effects like Velvet Choker and Entangled.
  
• Fixed Swivel spending energy with cost X attacks.
  
• Fixing Reach Heaven card portraits not fitting in card templates correctly.
  
• Inner Peace card is no longer incorrectly capable of drawing itself.
  
• Nilry's Codex now correctly works with Master Reality.
  
• When using Wish card, cards shown in the Choose One screen are now marked as seen (for Card Library).

• Rendering grayscaled relic assets using a shader now. Deleted grayscale assets.
  
• Rendering grayscaled rest site assets using a shader now. Deleted grayscale assets.

• Localizability added for Statistics screen's fastest and total playtimes.
  
• Updates for DEU, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, RUS, SPA, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Hey everyone!

This week we worked on some non-beta stuff but still made some card changes and also a peek button has been added so players can make more informed choices while utilizing Scry, Skill potions, or any other card selection screen during combat.


This handy GIF should show off how it works! Improved visuals, bug fixes, and controller/hotkey support are still coming.

If you haven't voted for us in the Golden Joystick Awards, do so now!

But on a serious note, recognition for working on games and exposure through these events can really help out game developers so vote for your favorite games in all the categories!


We'll nerf your favorite card if you don't vote.

All this Watcher art is sooooo great :D.


Deva Form by /u/AzulCrescent


The whole cast by /u/MochaSNotsosweet


The Watcher by @Victor_Sama

Patch Notes

• Adding Like Water card.
  
• Adding Study card.

• Discipline card is deprecated.
  
• Flow State card is deprecated.
  
• Reworked Path to Victory card.
  
• Foreign Influence card upgrade changed.
  
• Beta card gets buffed. Now shuffles Omega into the draw pile, rather than bottom of draw pile.
  
• Brilliance+ card buffed 4 -> 5.
  
• Carve Reality card damage buffed 4 -> 5.
  
• Carve Reality+ card damage buffed 7 -> 9.
  
• Flurry of Blows and Weave cards have their rarity swapped.
  
• Follow Up+ damage increased by 1.
  
• Master Reality card cost lowered from 3 -> 1.
  
• Master Reality+ card cost lowered from 2 -> 0.
  
• Prostrate card gets buffed 1 -> 2 Mantra.
  
• Prostrate+ gets buffed 2 -> 3 Mantra.
  
• Safety+ card block buffed from 15 -> 16.
  
• Scrawl card cost nerfed from 1 -> 2.
  
• Scrawl+ card cost nerfed from 0 -> 1.
  
• Smite+ card damage buffed from 15 -> 16.
  
• Through Violence+ card damage buffed from 25 -> 30.
  
• Wish card gets nerfed. Cost 2 -> 3.
  
• Akabeko relic nerfed 9 -> 8.
  
• Ceramic Fish relic gets a buff 7 -> 9 gold.
  
• Ink Bottle relic is now Uncommon (was Common).

• Peek feature. Should work for several selection-based screens during combat
  
• Akabeko relic assets updated.
  
• Ceramic fish relic asset updated.
  
• Sacred Bark relic asset updated.
  
• Teardrop Locket relic asset updated.
  
• Path To Victory card gets improved wording.
  
• Vault card description updated to clarify its effect.

• Entropic Brew now gives all potions outside of combat.
  
• Fear No Evil now correctly switches stances even if the attack causes the intent to change (eg slime split)
  
• Master Reality now works with Foreign Influence, Nilry's Codex, and Dead Branch.
  
• Potential fix for Expunger card not always working.
  
• Retro-active check to make sure The Ending achievement unlocks is triggered upon opening the Stats screen.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, SPA, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Thanks to BDWSSBB, Reina, and Blank The Evil for the following!

• Modding flexibility for Stances + onEndTurn trigger.
  
• Vampire event now uses a standardized remove card function.
  
• Fix end of turn relics activating twice if Conclude card and Time Eater's ability triggers at same time.
  
• Fixed Omniscience card making some cards disappear on use.
  
• Fixed several double card play interactions.
  
• Wrist Blade was affecting attacks from double-play effects like Necronomicon.

Happy Friday,

This week we've been continuing work on art polish and card design via some A/B testing!
While we'll still be doing some card work, more efforts will be put into UX and bug fixes + some work on non-card content.

The physical editions for Slay the Spire have been delayed from 11/8 -> 11/15.
Sorry for the delay :(.


Ironclad Word Art by /u/WInchesterB


This super hype Watcher art by @m_a_p_p_u

Patch Notes

• Adding new Discipline card.

• Reworked Fasting card.
  
• Reworked Scrawl card.
  
• Reworked Vault card.
  
• Reworked Wave of the Hand card.
  
• Reworked Weave card.
  
• Battle Hymn+ gains Innate instead of more Smites.
  
• Blasphemy card now exhausts when played.
  
• Carve Reality card upgrade reworked.
  
• Deceive Reality card upgrade reworked.
  
• Devotion and Pray card rarities swapped.
  
• Evaluate card upgrade reworked.
  
• Intangible now affects both attacks and HP loss as before (revert).
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Nirvana card rarity is now uncommon.
  
• Pray card upgrade reworked.
  
• Reach Heaven card is now Uncommon (was Rare).
  
• Reach Heaven card upgrade reworked.
  
• Rushdown card rarity is now Uncommon.
  
• Signature Move card rarity changed from Rare -> Uncommon.
  
• Tantrum card now deals 3 damage 3 times to the same target.
  
• Unraveling card is removed from the game.
  
• Wallop card damage nerfed from 10 -> 9.
  
• Wallop+ card damage nerfed from 13 -> 12.
  
• Wish card no longer loses HP, costs 2, and its effects are reduced.

• Custom Mode now unlocks even if you play a Daily Climb offline now.
  
• Fixed + at end of upgraded cards not being colored yellow.
  
• Fixed bug where players could not return to Choose One screen (Stance Potion/Wish) after looking at map/deck/settings.
  
• Fixed ESC buttons causing unusual behavior on card reward screens (blank maps, hiding the reward screen).
  
• Fixed Omamori not affecting certain card obtain types including Curse of the Bell.
  
• In touchscreen mode, choose one card option now works.
  
• Omamori relic now interacts with Calling Bell as intended and fixes controller crash.
  
• Plated Armor power now caps at 999.
  
• Wheel Kick card was incorrectly affected by Strike Dummy/Perfected Strike.

• Adding beta art for 10 cards.
  
• Adding polished art for 19 cards.
  
• Cards/powers/potions that generated Upgraded Cards now just describe them with a + in their name.
  
• Deleting two unused font files.
  
• Ink Bottle gets shiny new art.
  
• When hovering Map Legend items, the tips now appearing in a fixed position not blocking the map.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, THA, VIE, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.
  
• Fixing asterisk/coloring issue for JPN/ZHS/ZHT card preview words.

The Watcher has been available on the beta branch for about 18 days now!

This patch continues balance and design work while also integrating new and polished artwork to various assets!

We're still tweaking cards to improve the overall flow and have increased the Watcher's base health as the low health made non-combat interactions unnecessarily punishing. Lots of great feedback from various communities! We encourage discussion and we're most active at our Discord server but we read all the feedback in our inboxes and sites like Reddit even when we aren't responding to everything.

While we know that our beta testers enjoy placeholder artwork, artwork is getting cleaned up and polished as we continuously get improved card portraits in.



Details!


Some relics get polished and others get shiny assets



Watcher by /u/NightmareRoach who also did the beta art for Sash Whip!


This pixel Snecko and Merchant by @BstojaGraphics


We can't really link to the source for the safety of the artist.

Patch Notes

• Beta art added to about 20 cards.
  
• Adding art for Horn Cleat relic.
  
• Adding asset for Captain's Wheel relic.
  
• Adding polished art for Tungsten Rod.
  
• Cleaning up the Watcher's corpse asset.
  
• Updating art for Watcher campfire asset.
  
• Updating Empty Fist, Mind, and Body cards to have more recognizable silhouettes.
  
• Remove GlowColor Enum to allow mods to have custom card glow easier.
  
• When a card is in Stasis by Bronze Automaton, the card name is now Gold color in the power tip.
  
• Added VFX for Just Lucky card.

• Adding Rare Watcher relic: Golden Eye.

• Watcher's Max HP Increased from 65 -> 72.
  
• Mantra in excess of 10 now rolls over when you enter Divinity instead of being lost.
  
• Adaptation card removed and replaced by Rushdown.
  
• Cleanse Evil card removed and replaced by Conjure Blade.
  
• Metaphysics removed and replaced by Indignation.
  
• Step and Strike card removed and replaced by Wheel Kick.
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Tantrum card reworked.
  
• Wave Of The Hand card reworked.
  
• Wish card's effects are now on Omniscience card.
  
• Wish card reworked.
  
• Conclude card damage increased 10 -> 12.
  
• Conclude+ card damage increased 14 -> 16.
  
• Establishment card rarity changed Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Face Trader event can no longer appear past Act 2.
  
• Halt card additional Block increased from 7 -> 9.
  
• Halt+ card additional Block increased from 9 -> 14.
  
• Intangible nerfed for the player. Now only affects Attack damage.
  
• Melange relic rarity changed from Common -> Shop.
  
• Neow Colorless card choices now let the player choose 1 of 3 colorless cards.
  
• Omega card buff. Now deals its damage at end of turn.
  
• Pray now gives Insight instead of Miracle.
  
• Step and Strike unlock is now Foreign Influence card unlock.
  
• Windmill Strike card damage decreased from 8 -> 7.
  
• Windmill Strike card ramp increased from 2 -> 4.
  
• Windmill Strike+ card damage decreased from 12 -> 10.
  
• Windmill Strike+ card ramp increased from 3 -> 5.

• Centennial Puzzle and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Colorless card option at Neow will no longer contain duplicates.
  
• Fixed memory leak in Blight initialization. Thanks to Quincunx.
  
• Fixed memory leak in Merchant initialzation. Thanks to Quincunx.
  
• Fixed Rare Potion sparkles not occurring in some instances.
  
• Fixing Path to Victory beta art not showing up.
  
• Fixing typo in Master Reality power tip description.
  
• Plated Armor and Tungston Rod now correctly interact.
  
• Purple Cards custom/daily mod now actually adds purple cards.
  
• Runic Cube and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Rupture and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Self Forming Clay and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Storm of Steel+ card now shows upgrades Shivs for the card preview.
  
• True Grit card now Exhausts randomly again.
  
• Tungsten Rod and Emotion Chip relics now correctly interact.
  
• Typo fix in Golden Eye relic.

It's quite incredible that we have community translators that make the game available for so many people by keeping the beta branch translation updated daily in 11 languages.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Time for another progress report,

We're still working on compositionally and thematically adjusting the Watcher's cards but we also brought in a slew of new potions & sparkles!

Next week we'll probably still be changing a lot of cards, make some visual effects for cards, and maybe polish up some relic arts.


Shiny!

We're on the shortlist for Best Indie Game and PC Game of the Year!
Vote for Slay the Spire on the Golden Joystick Awards :)






The Silent looking really menacing by @xiaozhuo_wu



A short break from fan art to appreciate some hard work on these costumes by @MissMariaCos

Patch Notes

• New Defect Rare Potion - Essence of Darkness.
  
• New Defect Uncommon Potion - Potion of Capacity.
  
• New Ironclad Rare potion - Heart of Iron.
  
• New Ironclad Uncommon Potion - Elixir.
  
• New Silent Uncommon Potion - Cunning Potion.
  
• New Watcher Common potion - Bottled Miracle.
  
• New Watcher Rare potion - Ambrosia.

• Adaptation card is now rare.
  
• Adaptation nerfed. Cost increased by 1. No longer upgrades to Innate.
  
• Battle Hymn reworked.
  
• Block Actions now still occur post-combat, allowing Blocking of Beat of Death and others.
  
• Blood Potion is now Common.
  
• Blood potion nerfed from 25% -> 20%.
  
• Brilliance card is now Ethereal.
  
• Brilliance card reworked.
  
• Cloak Clasp relic Block lowered to 1.
  
• Collect card reworked. Now gives Miracle+ instead of energy.
  
• Crush Joints card damage lowered by 1.
  
• Deva Form card reworked.
  
• Empty Mind card is now Uncommon.
  
• Eruption+ no longer gets a damage buff. Costs 2 -> 1 instead.
  
• Flow State card is now Uncommon.
  
• Focus Potion is now Common.
  
• Ghost in a Jar is now Rare.
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Meditate card reworked.
  
• Mental Fortress card values nerfed from 4(6)->3(4).
  
• Nirvana card reworked.
  
• Poison Potion is now Silent only.
  
• Sash Whip card damage lowered by 1.
  
• Through Violence card now retains.

• Beta art added to 50+ cards.
  
• Polished art added to 20+ cards.
  
• Class-specific potions now render a colored outline in the Potion Lab screen.
  
• Outlines for both relics and potions in the compendium are now more visible.
  
• Potions hovered in Potion lab screen now have their tips displayed in a fixed position (rather than cursor).
  
• Updating Windmill Strike, Sands of Time and Perseverance card descriptions to be shorter.
  
• Uncommon and Rare potions now emit particles in card reward and shop screens.

• Enable manual and auto line breaking mode for ZHT.
  
• Fixed NL clashes with auto line breaks for ZHS, JPN font rendering.
  
• Implementing more logic to remove period-only lines from CJK languages.
  
• Scrawl only uses UPGRADE_DESC if it's not empty now.
  
• Updates for DEU, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, RUS, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

• Card Library screen no longer scrolls up on first open.
  
• Card Library screens cards were smaller for Purple, Colorless, Cursed. Fixed.
  
• Fix for Power tips being offset when there are a lot of Powers.
  
• Fixed Just Lucky card doing its effects out of order.
  
• Fixed Spirit Shield card applying wrong values when played in non-standard ways (eg Wish).
  
• Halt card's additional Block is now affected by Powers.
  
• Lesson Learned card can no longer spawn from card generating effects mid combat.
  
• Potential fix for stance potions + touchscreens not interacting correctly.
  
• Removing Truth and Wisdom cards from Card Library as they're deprecated.
  
• Swapping action orders for Empty Mind so it follows the card's description.