Lightnings, Update #1 (Version 0.1.5) is now live.
I have spent most of the time refactoring several systems under the hood to make it easier to add future content, so this update will be light on content, but I am almost done with engine-related work, so further progress will be faster and much more noticeable.
Behold the patch notes of the Update #1 (Version 0.1.5) below.
Note: ⚡ indicates changes inspired by the community!
Additions 🆕
- The difficulty level affecting the chance of encountering Brutal and Terrifying enemies (Enormity) has been implemented and can now be adjusted.
- Brutal and Terrifying versions of enemies inherit random abilities, like the ability to conjure and throw boulders or the ability to spawn shadow clones.
- Choosing the level to explore can now be done by selecting the location on a giant planet's miniature at Amarict.
- New monster type: Magma Golem, a menacing opponent that can be encountered deep underground.
- ⚡ Added an option to automatically pick up items based on their rarity.
- ⚡ Added a toggle for subtitles.
- ⚡ Added a toggle for HUD crosshair.
- ⚡ Added options to scale HUD, Damage Numbers, Enemy Healthbars, Subtitles and Crosshair.
- ⚡ Added a slider to control the camera's side tilt power.
- Added a slider to control the game's speed.
Changes 🔄
- ⚡ Difficulty levels now affect the amount of received Ichor and the chance of encountering higher rarity items.
- Most status effects decrease faster depending on the number of stacks.
- Calling the portal back to Amarict now requires holding down the input key, instead of triggering instantly, to avoid situations where you didn't mean to do that.
- ⚡Added unique visual and sound effects for Black Razor's Sudden Death ability.
Rebalances ⚖️
- ⚡ Bonus to the amount of received Ichor is added to the list of possible Satiety enchants.
- ⚡ The speed at which Satiety level drops was decreased by half.
- The luck attribute was rebalanced to maintain Primeval items being relatively rare, even at high luck. For example, with 100 luck roughly 10% of dropped items will be Primeval, with 200 luck — 20%, etc.
- Player levels and Ichor requirements to level up were rebalanced to prepare for the upcoming addition of talent trees. The cost of levelling up now scales up to level 100, which is the new level cap.
- Each level-up now increases all characters' damage output by 3% instead of 5%.
Bug fixes 🐛
- The fatal crash caused by Hags summoning monsters has been fixed (I think). Let me know if you are still experiencing this.
- Lags and hitches in Necrosever are completely eliminated.
- Monster spawners now save and load all data properly; spawns are consistent between level changes.
- Fleshsmith Rogorog's voice lines are now affected by the volume settings.
Engine changes 🚗
(the majority of development time was spent here)
- The way monsters are defined in-engine and the way spawners work were completely remade to make it much easier and quicker to add new content in future.
- The game's flow system has also been completely remade to make it easier to add quests, dialogues, achievements and other features in the future. It is currently being used for the tutorial sequence.
Even though this is not the "Thunderborn" update mentioned in the roadmap, it contains the first batch of its content: new difficulty settings (and rewards), enemy affixes, enemy type, bug fixes, and rebalances.
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