The English invasion is at hand in the second major update of the Early Access period. Read on for all the details!
The Kingdom of England
The final Adversary of the core game is now available!
Here is what the Kingdom of England is all about:
- Buildings, buildings, and more buildings - England sends so many immigrants that the colonies spill over into unexplored lands. It doesn’t start out fast, but constantly pushes its borders forward. They will push hard to found a capital during Stage II.
- England is notably easier for Spirits good at wrecking Towns (e.g. Lightning’s Swift Strike).
- This Adversary is notably harder for Spirits which rely on moving/killing Explorers to prevent Invader Builds (e.g. Shadows Flicker Like Flame).
Spirit Focus
With multiple Spirits in one game, there can be a lot going on. So much so that it can be hard to even see the Island!
Now with Spirit Focus mode, you can zoom in on what a single Spirit is doing at a time, with the other Spirits still just a click away.
Spirit Focus mode is the default when you are playing a single Spirit, and is always available with any number of Spirits by clicking the +/- buttons in the corners of the screen.
Nexus of Sound Complete
Our in-house maestro Jean-Marc has now created dynamic musical elements for all of the remaining Spirits in the core game: Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, Ocean's Hungry Grasp, A Spread of Rampant Green, Shadows Flicker Like Flame, and Thunderspeaker. These musical elements will come and go as Spirits take actions in the game.
The music will continue to evolve as we improve the game, but we hope you enjoy the complete musical landscape thus far!
Other Improvements
This update includes a host of other bug fixes and improvements. Here's a list of a few notable ones:
Interactions:
- If you click to hide hints, they will stay hidden until you unhide them.
- Highlights on power cards are hidden when dragging a power.
- When new elements become available during a power resolution, they can be used for the power's threshold.
- You can choose the order of destroying Presence from the Blight card (since it may matter with Ocean).
Information Display:
- Display of increased health on pieces from effects such as Infinite Vitality or England.
- The Adversary level number (if any) is shown in the corner of its icon during the game.
Bugs Fixed:
- Downward Spiral's effect does not let you select more than one Spirit's presence in the same land.
- Repeating Land Thrashes in Furious Pain does not respect the land targeting restrictions of the card.
- Current energy displayed can be incorrect when playing/unplaying cards quickly.
- Infinite Vitality and Call of the Dahan Ways do not interact correctly.
- Undoing a ravage could cause incorrect ravage behavior with Sweden level 5.
- Undoing blight cascade could cause incorrect cascading behavior.
- Coordinated Assault (Dahan Insurrection) does not trigger Vengeance of the Dead.
- Sweden can show an incorrect message about adding extra blight when Infinite Vitality is in effect.
- Seek Safety (Terror Level 3) can incorrectly destroy damaged Invaders in certain cases.
- Using Undo during the reduced difficulty extra Growth can cause incorrect behavior.
- Scapegoats (Terror Level 3) could miss destroying towns incorrectly.
- Using Bringer of Dreams and Nightmare's innate power on a Spirit with no elements can cause the game to get stuck.
- A town being destroyed by being replaced from a damaged Dahan piece does not correctly trigger Vengeance of the Dead.
- Blazing Renewal cannot add presence to an ocean when it should be allowed to.
- Dahan pushed into and out of an ocean with Infinite Vitality effect could be incorrectly drowned.
- Vengeance of the Dead does not trigger correctly when Dahan are drowned.
- Try Again does not use Power Progression for a Spirit if you gained all the cards from their Progression Deck.
What's Next
The last content item we're working on for the Early Access period is the thematic map. Plus, stay tuned for additional big features like a card library screen, Steam achievements, and statistics. See the store page description for the full list of major items.
When sending in feedback, please take a look first at our status Trello board to see if it's already on the list. For gameplay issues, check the official FAQ to make sure it's really a bug, and not a misunderstanding.
Thanks for playing and keep sending in your feedback!