Hey everyone! Hey everyone! Patch 1.1 is now live, and we have implemented the following changes. For those who would like to continue playing Spellbearers on the original launch normal difficulty, please opt-in to the "old normal" beta branch on Steam settings.
[Patch 1.1 Notes]
« Game Changes / General »
* In all modes/difficulties, immunities for enemies have been removed and changed to be highly resistant instead.
* In all modes/difficulties, the ice physics in the "Icy Realm of Pagosia" has been changed.
* "Easy" mode has been renamed to "Practice" mode.
* Achievement text color has been changed to white.
* Added "Achievements and "Options" to the top of the respective screens.
* The Achievements window has been clarified to say that Achievements cannot be earned in Practice Mode.
« Game Changes / Hard Mode »
* Players that begin a new game on Hard Mode will start with 10 lives instead of 5.
* Please note that aside from the changes to immunities, the new changes in Normal mode are not applied to Hard mode.
« Game Changes / Normal+Practice Mode »
* Players that begin a new game on will now start with 15 lives.
* An invincibility window has been added for monsters that do not spawn from a doorway.
* The warning/despawn rate of spells has been lengthened.
* The health of certain enemies has been reduced.
« Bug Fixes »
* An issue where the default movement configuration was set to arrow keys has been addressed. This can be modified in the Configuration settings.
* Minor text and phrases have been fixed.
* An issue where the player selection screen would change colors when a spell was collected has been addressed.
« Known Issues »
* There is currently an issue if keys are rebinded from the main menu where it looks like the settings are reset when the player accesses Options again in-game. We are currently looking at a fix for this.
Thank you very much, and we hope you enjoy Spellbearers!
-Whim Independent Studios