Hello everyone, we hope you are having a great summer, here is an update on how the Obelisk Challenge is progressing.
The Obelisk Challenge is a new game mode that we will be introducing in the next big patch. The main features of this mode are:
- Maps are randomised
- The fights are random and the events are also randomly placed. All events in this mode are new and made specifically for this mode.
- The duration of the game is about one hour.
- It does not take into account the ranks and perks of the heroes, but even so at the end of the run it gives you points to continue progressing ranks with your heroes.
- At the start of the game there is a card draft for each hero and there are no "towns" on the map.
- It is fully playable in co-op.
The Draft
At the start of the game you will choose which of your unlocked heroes you want to play with, and then the draft will start, which consists of 3 parts.
- Each hero starts with 5 basic cards, specific for the character, already assigned. Then each hero has to choose 1 pack from 3 possible packs. Each pack contains 3 cards (these cards have a chance to appear upgraded, even corrupted) and if you don't like those packs you can reroll the packs. This is repeated in 3 rounds and each time you have a reroll available, also the packs can be repeated between different rounds.
- In the fourth round, you can choose a rare card from 3 available cards, these cards are based on the 3 packs you have previously chosen, making a 15 card total deck for each character.
- Finally, you can choose 4 perks to be able to adapt your character a little bit to the cards you have chosen in that draft.
As you can see in the draft there is a lot of information to make it easier to choose your cards or perks.
Each hero is independent and you can make your choices in different order, so you don't have to complete the draft of one hero to be able to continue with another or, for example, in multiplayer you can see how the other players choose their packs and comment on the play.
At the end of the draft there is a random choice of items, so each hero can choose to start with an item or some extra money.
The map
The maps are chosen randomly and all fights or events are also random. Talking about events, we are doing a lot of new events focused on this game mode. This events can be "direct" events with an instant resolution or "chained" events that will take place in both maps (lower and upper). Also we are working on some new type of rewards. Besides the usual gold and dust, some can modify your stats (+1 speed), increase your aura or curse potential (similar to the character perks), swap your equipment or gain access to new type of "crafting" windows... (anyone looking for rare cards craft?)
Each game of Obelisk Challenge consists of 2 maps.
Weekly Challenge
With the addition of the Obelisk challenge to the game, we will introduce the Weekly Challenge, this will be a game with a fixed seed, fixed heroes (that you can play even if you don't have them unlocked) and a small set of rules.
The weekly challenge will have its own scoreboard, both individual and cooperative, and players will be able to compete for a whole week to see who can do better, discover the best combo in the draft and find the optimal path. Eventually, we'd like to include small rewards (for bragging rights) for those who complete the weekly challenge.
That's all for now, the next content patch will be big and we have more things in the pipeline (and some surprises), but it's still summer and we won't be in full swing until September.
For Mac M1 users who have a problem with the texts in game. We are working on it and we think we have the problem solved but right now it is impossible to upload a fix. If you want you can enter in our discord and we have a Dev branch ready.
Thanks for your support, feedback and understanding, have a great summer!