Boss 101 Screenshot


Hat Store, you can wear a hat for looks or ability or BOTH. You decide. We give you the ability to look like you want and play as you like.

Talk with you soon and remember to live your dreams!

-Tim

Boss 101 Screenshot


Hat Store, you can wear a hat for looks or ability or BOTH. You decide. We give you the ability to look like you want and play as you like.

Talk with you soon and remember to live your dreams!

-Tim

Hey everyone, so we found out that nobody liked the new Shop! In retrospect, offering card bundles at 7 packs and 18 packs was probably silly. Those are silly numbers! So we just pushed a big update, and it's got a few things. First, there are NEW DECKS! That's right 3 new pre-constructed decks, and this time they come with castles too! Second, we've adjusted the pack tiers to use PRETTY NUMBERS. Would you like to buy 10 packs? Maybe 25? Those are pretty numbers, wow! To reduce clutter, we also pulled the Wild Packs from the store for now and are just selling Dragon and Monster packs, and the single Dragon or Monster pack can be bought for CP. Cool! There might be a few other surprises in there too. Take a look!

Hey everyone, so we found out that nobody liked the new Shop! In retrospect, offering card bundles at 7 packs and 18 packs was probably silly. Those are silly numbers! So we just pushed a big update, and it's got a few things. First, there are NEW DECKS! That's right 3 new pre-constructed decks, and this time they come with castles too! Second, we've adjusted the pack tiers to use PRETTY NUMBERS. Would you like to buy 10 packs? Maybe 25? Those are pretty numbers, wow! To reduce clutter, we also pulled the Wild Packs from the store for now and are just selling Dragon and Monster packs, and the single Dragon or Monster pack can be bought for CP. Cool! There might be a few other surprises in there too. Take a look!

Another more serious bug fix

• Fixed teleporter not responding to arrows

Turned out that it was treating the arrows as being "deflected", so I've introduced a new counter to see how many times an arrow has been deflected instead of just an yes/no.

This also means that I was able to add it to the score, so a shot that bounces twice before hitting an enemy is now worth more than a shot that only bounces once :)

Another more serious bug fix

• Fixed teleporter not responding to arrows

Turned out that it was treating the arrows as being "deflected", so I've introduced a new counter to see how many times an arrow has been deflected instead of just an yes/no.

This also means that I was able to add it to the score, so a shot that bounces twice before hitting an enemy is now worth more than a shot that only bounces once :)

We plan to release the next major update of Labyrinth at the end of next week, September 2 (or thereafter...). It will have these new features:

Tutorial
Store
Card pack opening
Crafting
Ranked play game mode

And improvements, including:

New matchmaking algorithm
Defense slots will unlock once Boss hits max level
Card bug fixes and rebalancing
And more!
This is a taste of what is to come with a few more juicy details below. Much more will be explained in the next progress report when we release the update.


When we launched Labyrinth on Steam Early Access we anticipated being done with the game and releasing it at the end of August.



We have taken our time with each milestone to make sure that the quality reaches the high standards we have for the game and we believe that you, our community expects. As you can see, we are making steady progress but the game is not quite yet ready to be released. It's better that we get it right than to rush. Looking at what remains, we now plan to exit Early Access and release the "core set" towards the end of the year.


We know you have worked hard to level up your heroes, and bosses have not leveled up quite to everyone's expectations. Because of all changes we are making in this update, we will again reset all the levels on your heroes and bosses. This will then require everyone to play through the tutorial. Hopefully you will find it fun and engaging and learn a few things along the way that will make you a better player.




Once you reach max level 15 with your heroes or bosses, you will be eligible to play them in ranked mode. You can play heroes, or bosses, or both heroes and bosses, as long as they qualify.



To assist you in leveling up Bosses quicker, you will start with 1 Defense slot until your boss reaches level 15, max level. Then you will unlock an additional slot; and so on. We are also rolling out the new matchmaking algorithm that we described last week, which should also help keep hero and boss leveling more on par.

More details on Ranked play will appear in the next progress report.




In order to test out the store, all cards will be locked to start. You will get all the basic cards for three heroes once you have completed the tutorial. Once the tutorial complete, you will start earning experience and be able to level up your characters. As they level you will unlock some cards as currently happens. But opening card packs will be the main way to build your collection.

We will not be selling card packs for real world money just yet. Until we are certain that the store is working as intended, you will be able to use virtual currency which you will get from playing the game to buy card packs. You will also be able to disenchant a card, returning it to a second virtual currency and crafting desired cards directly from that.

All pricing is subject to change at any time.




As you can see from the above, the whole team has been quite busy working on a lot of big features. More of the weekly details are shown below.

The Engineering Team worked on Server replays; Tutorial features - landing scenes; Ranked reward screen; Crafting UI; Ranked play UI; Ranked Match Making Seasons.
The Design Team worked on Tutorial encounters.
The Art Team worked on Pack opening textures; Tutorial dialog art; Pack UI bar; Storm Caller Card.
The Audio Team worked on mixing and reverb; Minion idle sounds; Hero select plan.

Hey everyone, our friends over at Butterscotch Shenanigans (https://www.bscotch.net/) have lent us their awesome character Flux Dabes for a Legendary card! It's awesome to be working with other indie devs on this and we're really excited to show off the new card. To acquire Flux, all you have to do is own a copy of Crashlands on Steam (ONLY STEAM WILL WORK), which is an awesome game that you should already own anyway! How does it work you say? Follow these easy step:

Step 1: Purchase Crashlands on Steam
Step 2: Install Cards and Castles on the same Steam account
Step 3: In Cards and Castles, open the OPTIONS menu.
Step 4: Make you are logged into the correct Cards and Castles account. This promo can only be used once per Steam account.
Step 5: Enter promo code CRASHLANDS
Step 6: Receive 3 copies of Flux Dabes!

That's it! Once you've obtained the Flux cards, you'll be able to use them on any of your devices. You may also preview the card by searching for it in your card collection. If you need further help, we recommend asking someone on our new Discord channel. Enjoy!

Hey everyone, our friends over at Butterscotch Shenanigans (https://www.bscotch.net/) have lent us their awesome character Flux Dabes for a Legendary card! It's awesome to be working with other indie devs on this and we're really excited to show off the new card. To acquire Flux, all you have to do is own a copy of Crashlands on Steam (ONLY STEAM WILL WORK), which is an awesome game that you should already own anyway! How does it work you say? Follow these easy step:

Step 1: Purchase Crashlands on Steam
Step 2: Install Cards and Castles on the same Steam account
Step 3: In Cards and Castles, open the OPTIONS menu.
Step 4: Make you are logged into the correct Cards and Castles account. This promo can only be used once per Steam account.
Step 5: Enter promo code CRASHLANDS
Step 6: Receive 3 copies of Flux Dabes!

That's it! Once you've obtained the Flux cards, you'll be able to use them on any of your devices. You may also preview the card by searching for it in your card collection. If you need further help, we recommend asking someone on our new Discord channel. Enjoy!

--- COLLECTION ---

- CP cards packs have been added to the store! You can now buy normal Cards Packs in the shop for 1000 CP! Quests now award card points only to facilitate this change, and the CP/SP exchange rate had to be modified to balance the economy with this addition.

- Tournament rewards have been GREATLY improved! You can now earn 1 card pack guaranteed, in addition to scaling bonus rewards based on win count. Losses allowed is reduced to 2, and tournament price increased to 1500 CP. Overall tournament should be much more rewarding.


--- CARDS ---

SHADOW SLIP: The gold savings on this card scale in a way we did not anticipate, and is simply too potent with certain combos. The cost reduction benefit has been reduced from 3 to 1. Cost reduced to 2.

SUSHI SHACK: Persistent move speed is much stronger than we anticipated in this format and is exceptionally frustrating for enemy players, especially for the reach it gives to freshly played units. We've redesigned this card to be a little more reasonable: 3g, at the start of your turn give a random friendly unit +1 movement.

SOUTHPORT CANNONEER: The stats of this card are misaligned, and slipped through our QA process during beta. It has been corrected: movement reduced to 2, HP reduced to 5.

KNOCKOUT: Attack limitation reduced to 3 to better match its intent as an early-game card.

ETERNAL JUDGEMENT: No longer draws a card. With the reduced HP format, this card is powerful enough already without the card draw.

SUIT OF ARMOR: HP reduced to 9.

PIRATE SHIP: Cost increased to 4.

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Cost increased to 5.

RAGNAR THE MARAUDER: Cost reduced to 4g, stats 2/6, now gains +1/+1 with greed.


--- MECHANICS ---

IMMOBILE: Now counts as both an ability AND a status effect, meaning it cannot be removed by transforming the unit.

FLYING: Can now block other creatures with Flying.

BRIDGE TROLL: Fixed so his gold reduction mechanic works at 1g.