Increasing the strength of green dragon and red dragon

Work is progressing well on the game. We've finished all the core feature updates that needed to be made and now we're focusing on making sure there are a solid few areas to enjoy once it's updated. Well, and fixing issues that show up along the way :) These are new areas and replace the previous ones, mostly. Some parts of previous areas were carried over but 95% of the area content is new.



Because some key gameplay factors are changed that modify the flow of the game, design of areas needed to be changed to fit this. We've gone through and extracted parts of areas that make sense to keep and built new areas as well. The update will wipe out save games and the areas included in the update will be these new areas. There will be at least 4 areas in the update to play, all taking place on Mars. These will include the Driving School areas that provides relatively guided objectives that will help ramp you up to understanding the various mechanics at your disposal to complete areas, like Recovery Pads, Garages, Multiple Vehicles, Scan Towers, Building Supplies or Electric Trailers. In the future, we plan to add additional driving school areas one by one that include basic situations with specific features, giving a set of tutorial-esque playground areas to learn and test on. The two included are more "general" and designed for new players. I did my best to keep them very easy, however as those of you who know how I am, they're probably 2x harder than they should be. But we'll see :)



Past the initial Driving School areas, the player will have to complete tasks and build viable paths on their way to reach the Colony City. This is encompassed in the Road To Frontier Station area. This includes several bridges to build along an undeveloped path of the player's own routing. There will also be a water delivery area where players will be responsible for building infrastructure to be able to haul a bunch of water barrels out to various spots in a very sandy/hilly basin. Lastly, a time trial area with two relatively simple loop time trials and a dune buggy to unlock - which should give players a nice taste of time trials and fast driving.

After the update is out, our first major goal in terms of content is being able to play through the string of Mars areas to reach the Colony City. Once the player's get there, they'll be able to secure spaceship transport to Earth, gaining access to areas with potentially much more challenging terrain, weather and less pre-existing infrastructure.



The encyclopedia is a new tool being introduced in the update which is designed to provide users with more information about specific topics - as well as a place to view the approximate progress of certain features during early access.



When encountering certain features or content, the encyclopedia notifies the player that a new entry has been unlocked. I've always enjoyed encyclopedia-like systems in games, and find that I'll be in a certain mood to learn at a deeper level and will spend time there .. or I am having a hard time understanding some system and it's nice to be able to go somewhere to read about it more than a contextual tutorial or little in-gameplay hint would offer.

For those of you who have played the game (or demo), you know there are a lot of little optional side missions to do. We split up the objectives by designating which are CORE and which aren't. Core objectives are required to progress the game, often the result being to unlock access to another area. While these tend to make up the bulk of the "work" in a given area, the variety of side objectives provide rewards and give you interesting challenges to try. I really enjoy them because they tend to be smaller so they're quicker to finish, they can add a ton of variety of challenge within one area, act as a nice break, and they help fill out the feeling of an area conceptually. Some side missions are consistent between areas, like collecting trash or reaching the edge of the map while others are unique like helping someone find an ancient artifact or knock down stacked rock piles. :) So we've been making sure to spend some time adding in these little missions throughout the areas.



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As you can see, a lot of focus has now shifted towards content for the update, which is great! With a lot of big engine-upgrade issues fixed, a bunch of important optimizations made and key features working to a playable level, it's time to work on areas until a few are ready to play for the update.

Below is a raw changelog with all the changes made since the last post. We didn't get a release out in September like we had hoped. But honestly as long as progress is solid and moving forward, I feel positive about the project. Although I really cannot wait to get this update out for people to play, so I'm pushing hard for it.

Thanks for reading & following along!



raw changes since last post:
- area updates
- - driving school: basics
- - driving school: license test
- - road to frontier station
- - water delivery
- - loop time trial
- full area resetting to be able to retry areas
- vehicle customization and options UI fixes/made more clear
- fix issue where radio messages will show twice sometimes when related to trash collection
- fix glitch in recovery pad UI
- make updates/fixes to Ataire Pickup Truck
- post processing improvements
- build zone map icons fixed
- vehicle part buttons in vehicle customization indicate what part is currently equipped
- build zones use local data flags for optimization AND organization
- make supply stockpiles remove/place in correct order
- time of day panel improvement and indication during pause
- fixes to the save game data format
- handbrake sounds work correctly
- dashboard options for vehicles update correctly (differential toggling, drive mode, lights, ignition, handbrake etc)

Hi everyone, Yi Xian will be updated at 14:00 on October 10th (GMT+8). Please pay attention in time to avoid affecting the game.



1. The new relic “Mirror of Stars” will be available.
· Stars Refresh: Each round randomly refreshes 3 sect cards, which can be locked to prevent refreshing.
· Swap Star: Swap 1 hand card with 1 card from the Mirror of Stars. Each round can only be used once.



Each card in the Mirror of Stars can be locked individually to prevent it from refreshing. You can also lock a card you’ve placed in the mirror to save it.

Additionally, the Mirror of Stars contains 8 exclusive fusion cards (2 for each sect), which can only be obtained through fusion formulas when using the Mirror of Stars.






2.After the release of the second relic in this update, each game will begin with a vote, and based on the voting weights, a random relic will be selected for all players in that match. The more votes a relic receives, the higher its chance of being chosen.

3.Balance adjustments:
(1) Mind-Body Resonance (Ji Fangsheng, Foundation Phase)
Before adjustment: Whenever you gain 1 Physique in battle, you gain 1 DEF. Add 1 Physique after each battle (not exceeding the cap).
After adjustment: Whenever you gain 1 Physique in battle, you gain 1 DEF.

After this adjustment, Ji Fangsheng will rely more on players’ flexible use of lower-phase cards to get through the early stages, then unleash full power in the mid-to-late game.

Ji Fangsheng is set to have deep and immeasurable cultivation and power. During design, we made him the fastest to break through to the incarnation phase to reflect his profound cultivation. Additionally, we gave him powerful mid-to-late game exclusive moves to showcase his unpredictable strength. However, for balance, we made it so that Ji Fangsheng can only increase his physique cap by winning battles. During internal testing, opinions on his power were polarized — some thought he was too strong, while others felt he was too weak.

In the first week after release, Ji Fangsheng ranked the lowest in both average rank and win rate, mainly due to a lack of deck and his less reliable physique cultivation compared to other characters. We strengthened Mind-Body Resonance at the time to stabilize his cultivation. With subsequent environmental changes and continuous development of Ji Fangsheng’s deck by high-level players, his average rank and win rate gradually improved, reaching above average in the 3000+ matchers, and ranking at the highest level in the top 1% of matches.

We want to keep Ji Fangsheng’s unique deck while balancing him, so after multiple considerations and comparisons, we decided to first roll back the Mind-Body Resonance enhancement while leaving his exclusive moves unchanged for now.

We will continue to monitor Ji Fangsheng’s performance and make further adjustments if necessary.

(2) Birdie Wind (Tan Shuyan, Virtuoso Phase)
Before adjustment: Add 1 DEF for each time your HP changes.
After adjustment: Randomly gain 1 card that adds HP; add 1 DEF each time your HP changes.

Cards that add HP in the Virtuoso phase and below include: Incessant, Mountain Hexagram, Stillness Citta-Dharma, Imposing, Yin Yang Formation, Qi Therapy, Hunter Becomes Preyer.

Tan Shuyan needs to carefully plan card upgrade in the early stages to trigger Study Hard and ensure timely breakthroughs. Therefore, more players tend to choose draw or cultivation-related immortal fates in the Virtuoso phase to supplement cultivation, preserving more cards for breakthroughs.

Even when playing healing-based decks, Birdie Wind was often chosen only when no cultivation-boosting immortal fates were available. This adjustment aims to make healing decks more inclined to choose Birdie Wind, while providing a stable choice for Virtuoso phase across other decks.

Early combos like “Musician-Tan Shuyan” and “Painter-Tan Shuyan” were criticized by many players for negatively impacting player experience and game duration, leading to gradual weakening of these mechanics. After healing decks fell out of favor, Birdie Wind has consistently been the least chosen ability for Tan Shuyan.

We are aware that if healing decks become too dominant, they could recreate past negative experiences, so we have been cautious with Birdie Wind. This season’s fusion card, Traces Revitalized, aims to make healing decks more offensive rather than dragging out time, while giving them a strong counter-attack capability. In our internal testing, Tan Shuyan’s deck paired with the Fortune Teller had a high win rate in the late game.

However, based on the actual post-release performance, transition instability remains an issue, exacerbated by the Furnace of Void’s relic mechanics. This adjustment attempts to enhance Tan Shuyan’s transitional abilities, and we will continue to monitor the ladder performance of healing decks.

4.New achievements and Honorific Title have been added for reaching 3500/4500/6000 Dao Mindset points with Random Characters.



5.Chapter 5 of The Heavenly Path Restoration will be available.



6.New items in the Immortal Market
（1）Ji Fangsheng Outfit - Reversal of Destiny



（2）Reversal of Destiny + Card Style Pack:
· Ji Fangsheng's Outfit - Reversal of Destiny
· Rare Card Style - Meditation of Xuan
· Rare Card Style - Wan Xuan Demon Breaking Palm



（3）Between Stars and Moon + Card Style Pack:
· Wu Ce's Outfit - Between Stars and Moon
· Rare Card Style - Perfectly Planned
· Rare Card Style - Star Moon Folding Fan



If you already own part of the bundle, you can pay the difference to complete the bundle at a discount.
The rare card styles in these bundles may randomly appear in the Daily Shop available for individual purchase at the original price, three weeks after the bundle ends.

7. The new Continents Order will begin on October 12th, adding 4 rare card styles with the Three Continents Scroll theme: Sword Defence, Sparrow's Tail, Fire Spirit - Rush, Embracing Qi Technique.

Howdy everyone! Fixed a small bug where the game would crash in Luca's training room. Oh yeah, and Crabs have been made easier to deal with. So if you're stuck on a level with Crabs, then get back in there!

2024-10-09

- Beta of Chinese Translation
- Reworked Die Huegel and Les Plaines map graphics
- Fixed Bijlandt portrait in Ligny and Wavre DLC
- Fixed crash on loading DLC highscores screen
- Reworked menu layouts
- Fixed Waterloo scenarios 10, 12 and 20 (units not reacting to fire)
- Fixed French Guard artillery and Hussars in the Ligny DLC OOB

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I'm happy to announce that the AMD crash issue has been fully resolved!

After thorough investigation, I discovered that conflicting files were causing the problem. With that issue now fixed, I’m back to working on all the games, including Backrooms 1995, The Nightmare of Arrival, Forgotten Bunker 1939, and many more.

On top of that, I’m thrilled to reveal that I'm developing a brand-new game, which will be launching on Steam soon! Stay tuned for updates—I'll be releasing demos along the way.

AMD Fix & Game Updates:

All game demos and full versions have been updated to the latest versions, and the AMD crash issue is no more. I've personally tested the fix on my backup PC, which runs an Intel Core i5 7500 CPU, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, a 500W PSU, and an RX 5700XT GPU. Everything ran smoothly—no crashes, and I was able to play for 30 minutes without any issues!

For even better performance, I recommend upgrading to a more powerful GPU, such as the RX 6600 XT or higher. However, even with my current setup, the games performed well, and I was able to reach the main menu and start playing without problems.

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