Withering Rooms 1.11 (2023-7-30)
Church of Burdens/Infinite Arena Update
Book of Burdens
Unlock "hard mode" by picking up the Book of Burdens. In addition to making monsters much more deadly, you'll also be stalked by a new monster - the Burdened Brother - that can appear anywhere when you least expect it. When defeating a monster while holding the book, your bestiary entry is inverted and you receive a new item - Dream Essence. Toss the book away when things get too tough.
Nightingale's Creature
Enter the new Church of Burdens area in New Game + to create Nightingale's Creature. This new ally can be strengthened using Dream Essence collected while holding the Book of Burdens. Use the Summoning Knife to summon the creature to wherever you are. Pick the creature's playstyle - should they stay behind you, stay on the other side of your foe, protect you, or patrol the room independently of you? Craft an arsenal of weapons, shields and spellcasting tools and equip them in either hand. Set up a healer with a ranged fire attack or a dual sword wielder to accompany you on your journeys.
Epilogue D
In New Game +, you can now enter the the Church of Burdens and the Burial Grounds. You'll meet two new NPCs and can unlock a new ending.
Infinite Customizable Arena Matches
After completing the first 10 arena matches, you now unlock infinite customizable arena matches that award league points. Pick the monster pools, enchantments, number of monsters and music. Join with monsters in a team battle.
Fixed Camera Mode
After completing the game once, you now unlock Fixed Camera Mode. Similar to classic horror games, the camera will frame the scene in different ways as Nightingale moves through it. As this is a new feature, please file a bug if you see anything odd.
New Monsters
- Burdened Brother
- Ghost (Soldier)
- Martyr
New Items
Curious Statue (Left Hand), found in Chapter 2 and beyond - allows Nightingale to briefly turn into a statue, making her invulnerable as well as causing huge poise damage to any monsters who melee attack her
Balance
- Slowed status effect slows enemies more
- The rarely used Swap Places spell has been replaced with the new more useful Healing Barrier - this creates a sigil on the ground that protects you from ranged attacks and heals all allies
Polish
- The Butcher Surgeon has a bandaged appearance in Chapter 1
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Resolution Scaling so it properly downscales again instead of shrinking
- Fix the Fashion achievement not unlocking properly upon finding 10 outfits
- Cursed Armor now drops a bestiary entry
- Fixed odd giant Night Mother Blade hitbox
- Fixed background elements being 1 frame behind where they should be
- Fix the lobby not generating with a clerk desk and bell sometimes in Chapter 4
- Fix some instances of dialog softlocks in Chapter 2