The Claws & Chaos demo has been updated again, and we have a real nest-full of changes. We’ve been reading your feedback, watching your streams, and taking tons of notes on what needs changing, improving, and balancing.
Let’s talk about some of the bigger System Updates first:
- Combat Grid - During the deployment phase, the battlefield now includes a grid that will improve consistency, clarity, and make placements on the field more discrete and tactical.
- Player Profile System - You can now see some of your statistics, with more to come. You can also customize your profile images, and see other players’ profiles from the Leaderboard.
- Unit List Overhaul - The list of units has been updated to use the book UI.
- Targeting improved so melee units don’t walk around the edges of the arena as often.
Oh, and we’ve added 11 New Units to fight your battles with, while rotating out 5 of the old ones. This is a test for balance and finding the right amount of heroes in the Arena rotation! Feedback is welcome.
Added Units:
- Ringtail Miner (Raccoon)
- Angora Grammy (Rabbit)
- Duck Socialite (Bird)
- Jackalope Runner (Rabbit)
- Peacock Cricketer (Bird)
- Samoyed (Dog)
- Alpaca Rapper (Hoof)
- Highland Warrior (Hoof)
- Gamer Cat (Cat)
- Samurai Shiba (Dog)
- Smoggy the Bear (Bear)
Temporarily Removed:
- Penguin Student
- Dog Librarian
- Pig Farmer
- Rabbit Plague Doctor
- Weeb Hamster
Here’s the rest of our patch notes for v0.20.7 of the Claws & Chaos demo:
UI / UX Adjustments
- Skip Button added to Campaign dialogue scenes.
- Ultrawide should be fully functional for 32:9 monitors.
- Enemy Names are now visible in the Arena.
- Adjusted text spacing in the Combat Help Frame to make long abilities fit better.
- Main Menu rearranged to fit the Profile feature.
- Reworded “Tap” to “Claim” in the post-battle reward summary.
- Better layer sorting applied to units in battle, to prevent Z-fighting and flicker.
- Added SFX for Rabbit Blacksmith, Lt Colonel Marine, and the Hoof buff
- Ghost sprite remade to more of a teardrop shape and translucent.
- Reworded most heroes’ ability text for consistency and clarity
- Duplicate cards in the shop will be highlighted to increase visibility
Unit Balancing
Bears:
- Max Level 4 > 2
- Units needed per level 2 > 3
- ATK Speed 0.7 > 1
- Ability rework:
- Shop Start: Fill the last 1/2/3 item slots with Food
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 35 > 30
- ATK 14 > 9
Birds:
- Shop Start: Gain 1 Gold/Lv, 3 units needed per Lvl
- Phys DMG Resist Aura 10/20/30% > 20/30/40%
- Ability rework:
- Shop End: Gain 4/6/8 ATK if you spent more than 10 gold this turn
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 41 > 31
- ATK 8 > 6
- Ability rework:
- Gold spent: Gain 3/4/5 Shield for each gold spent
- ATK SPED 0.33 > 1
- Attack Type Magical > Physical
Cats:
- Ability rework:
- When Hurt: At 1/2 HP, play dead (counts as dying for allies’ effects)
- Ability rework:
- Ally Death: Gain 10/15/20 Shield. Attacks twice
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 46 > 35
- ATK 10 > 3
- HP 10 > 11
- ATK 2 > 3
Dogs:
- Ability rework:
- Battle Start: Copy up to 10/20/All ATK from the ally with highest ATK
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 43 > 38
- ATK 13 > 7
Hoofs:
- Magic DMG Resist Aura 10/20/30% > 20/30/40%
Rabbits:
- Crit chance per level 10% > 20%
- HP 38 > 42
- ATK 8 > 9
- ATK 9 > 8
Raccoons:
- Free Refresh per level 2 > 1
- Ability rework:
- On refresh: Gain 5/6/7 Shield
- Ability rework:
- On Refresh: Replace first shop item with 2/1/0 cost Rotten Apple.
- Rotten Apple: Gives -5HP for this combat, +2 ATK permanently.
Rodents:
- Ability rework:
- Passive: Heal for 1/2/3 HP/sec
- Tier 3 > 2
- HP 36 > 26
- ATK 13 > 9
- Ability rework:
- On Consume: All friendly Rodents gain 1/2/3 max HP
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 46 > 37
- ATK 10 > 7
- Tier 4 > 3
- HP 35 > 29
- ATK 12 > 7
Equipment + Food Balancing
- Shackle Cost reduced 4 > 3
- Scarf Cost reduced 2 > 1
- Lemonade > Removed
- Pie > Removed
- Scythe > Removed
- Sneakers > Removed
- Megaphone Area of effect indicator added
Remember, if you see any fishy behavior or cheated teams, take a Screenshot and report the player to an Admin in our Discord for prompt action.
Finally, don’t forget that we’re giving away an awesome gaming PC from Starforge Systems, complete with a custom Claws & Chaos case. Head to OTK.to/CC to enter to win!
