Hello Crafters!
How is everyone doing?
New patch is here, bringing new content to the game!
The 9th character is joining the roster to shake things up. Theodore is bringing his explosive charm to the Village as its newest resident. With his captivating smile and zero thoughts for consequences, Theodore is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
Together with the newest character, the Cavern is being unlocked, so players can further adventure through the world of Crafty Survivors, finding new challenges to face and new materials to advance the Village. What is in store inside the depths of these tunnels?
Let's dive into the Patch Notes:
Patch Notes - v0.6.0
New Character
Theodore, the Miner
A new character is ready to join the Roster! The Miner and his companion are introducing another playstyle to the fights ahead.
Theodore is accompanied by Carter, his mine cart. By smashing Carter around the area, the Miner is capable of hitting a group of enemies in line, for a good amount of damage.
He doesn't think about the consequences of his actions, which can cause a lot of problems for him. Theodore has a Collapse Bar on the bottom of the screen, which indicates when a collapse of the area is going to happen. The Miner's skills and basic attack fills the Collapse Bar, causing boulders to fall from the ceiling and deal big damage on an area to enemies hit, but they can also harm Theodore!
Talking about actions regardless of the consequences, the Miner has 5 skills that have a massive amount of damage but can harm him if is caught in the blast radius. These skills will require good thinking and positioning in order to keep safe, while clearing waves of enemies with ease. High risk, high reward.
Special Ore spawns around the area when Theodore is in the battlefield, allowing him to mine these as a special resource for some of his skills. Some of these ores can grant the Miner some temporary buffs when close, which can help turn the tides of battle. The miner can also use Carter to mine these ores from a distance and gather their benefits, if the Special Command is level up enough.
Village
New Levels for the Buildings
With the update, new materials have been added to the game, so the buildings in the Village can go even further and bring more power to the Survivors.
Mining System
This System is the new addition to the game as a gathering system that allows players to collect other materials from the areas, similar to the Wood Gathering from the Lumberjack Cabin. Theodore and Carter will be able to collect materials like Stone from the Grasslands, among others.
Level System - Masterpiece Levels
To give a new twist to the Battle, we have made some big changes to the Levelling System of the game! Players will always have the option to select Health, Gold or one of the materials from the Stage in any level, as we introduced Masterpiece Levels to all active skills, basic attacks and special commands.
How does Masterpiece Levels work?
When players have only 3 skills left to reach maximum level (including all active and passive skills), Masterpiece Levels will begin to appear for the current skills the player already has. These new levels will take skills beyond their limit, infinitely improving them as long as the player can level up during a battle.
Each basic attack, active skill and special command has their own unique set of Masterpiece Levels, which can range from increased damage to buffed duration to increased area of effect, among many others. Make sure to test the skills and discover how far you can take them!
New Area
Cavern
- Unlocked a new area, with a different look and more stages to play through;
- New enemies and variations added to this area, with their special skills and interactions;
- New field events to fight for more materials;
- New materials, including fishes;
- New challenge added on specific stages;
- New song just for the Cavern.
General
- New mail to receive and find.
Next Steps
As we were able to get to this new area and the release of the 9th character, we are already moving to the 10th one! And Halloween will come early to the Village in Crafty Survivors! Yes, the next character will be the special secret character we had planned for Halloween last year. The character is delayed due to a lot of reasons we already mentioned in previous Patch Notes, but we finally got to the point we want them to be!
This special character will introduce the 2nd secret area of the game, with a lot of unique things to be introduced. Much like the Fisherman, this character will demand a lot more visuals in comparison with the rest of the roster, as they are a special addition to the game. We will bring more information about them in the future here.
As we mentioned in a previous patch (v0.5.2.0), Theodore was on our Beta Branch for testing prior to this release. The information of the Beta is on our Discord for players who decide to join us there, so if you are interested in it, don't forget to join the Discord here: Join here. The Beta is only a test environment for some of the new content, without influencing the current Save Files of anyone option to play it.
We hope everyone is excited to meet Theodore and Carter! Their energy is captivating and their firepower is a force to be reckoned with.