Greetings Adventurers!
We’re rapidly approaching the launch date for our next DLC, The Wolf Wars, and Update 1.1: The Black Forge! In our last Dev Diary, we took the opportunity to reveal both zones that’ll be introduced with 1.1, along with their respective bosses. Today we’ll look at some of the new features coming to Across the Obelisk, as well as some tweaks to existing systems within the game!
The Combat Log!
Sometimes you just need to know how that last round went, other times, you’ll be scratching your head to figure out what the boss just did. Our latest addition is sure to delight both novice and veteran players alike and should help you dissect each turn with clarity so that you can create better strategies next time!
Improved Gamepad support!
We’ve heard the requests and we are ready to deliver! In Update 1.1 we’ll be adding improvements to those seeking to move away from keyboard and mouse, in favor of Steam-supported gamepads! Combat should be remarkably improved on controllers/gamepads, along with full functionality across the menus! There are still further improvements to be made in later patches, so please be sure to let us know what you think; we’ll be looking for your feedback to help refine and polish this feature to be intuitive and smooth for anyone wanting to play with a gamepad.
Weekly Challenge
Also coming with Update 1.1 is our rework of the Weekly Challenge system! In case you’ve never tried our Weekly challenges, the concept is simple: you take a fixed party of heroes on a custom "seeded" run designed to test your capabilities! Each Weekly Challenge will have its own specific theme, with special modifiers and corruptions unique to each week’s event!
Completing each challenge will now reward you with exclusive cardbacks that you can’t earn elsewhere in the game! Though, don't worry if you miss a cardback you like, we’ll be sure to rotate cardbacks from previous weeks into additional Weekly Challenges later on!
That’s all for this Dev Diary! In the next, we will be looking in-depth into the additions coming with the Wolf Wars DLC!