Greetings, esteemed collaborators!

We've managed to squeeze another "tiny" update right before you mortals celebrate the holidays!

Enjoy the festivities and be sure to let us know if you find any further bugs with the Mortician Update. Management said our developers would be delighted to fix them asap since we have no holidays over here.

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Changelog v0.9.5a

New Content

New Boons

• Milk Infusion - Increases HP Regen by 0.3 and Armor by 15%

New Talents

6 new talents that affect the following stats:

• Projectile Duration
• Projectile Size
• Projectile Speed
• Area Size
• Knockback Strength
• Defense Pierce

Changes

• Stats displayed on Boons and Talents are now coloured according to their category (just like how they're displayed on Stats Screen)
• Boons' descriptions are now more standardised and less confusing in terms of which stats they affect
• Improved the collision on most objects in the Graveyard map and removed collision from some small plants
• Re-positioned some objects in the Graveyard map around to avoid situations where the player would get stuck
• Revamped Thunder Spell's VFX (still affects performance, so it's a WIP)
• Slight improvements to Blizzard's VFX. Also, its projectile's initial size is now twice as large
• Revamped the 1st Boss ranged attack's VFX
• Revamped enemy phrases during a run
• Adventurers can now speak too!
• Phrases also make more sense and are now more specific according to situation and the enemy speaking (no more villagers rushing towards you while asking you not to kill them)
• Improved legibility of Talents description

Rebalances

• The 1st Boss - now starts with 20 Armor instead of 5 and should no longer be easily knocked back
• Recluses Aura - Now also reduces the time to push enemies by 0.5s on levels 4 and 8
• Ethereal Blades - Increased base Projectile Pierce from 3 to 4
• Blizzard - Base Attack Speed slowed from 3.5 to 3.7
• Dysfunctional Projectiles - now increases Projectile Speed by 55% instead of 50% and decreases Projectile Duration by 45% instead of 50%
• Adamantium Infusion - now has 2 Levels instead of 1
• Critically Acclaimed Game Poster - now also increases Base Damage by 1.4
• Power Tattoo - Critical Chance now decreases by 40% instead of 20%
• Domain Expansion Permit - Area Size bonus decreased from 60% to 50%
• Extended Warranty - Projectile Duration bonus decreased from 25% to 15%
• Forced Transfusion - Life Steal Chance decreased from 5% to 1%
• Longevity Potion - HP% Bonus decreased from 200% to 100%
• Military Grade Extended Barrel - Projectile Speed bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
• Orb of Limitless Ponderation - Exp Gain decreased from 70% to 60%, now also decreases Move Speed by 5%
• Pocket Particle Accelerator - now also decreases Projectile Duration by 20%
• Projectile Case - Projectile Duration bonus decreased from 10% to 5%
• Scroll of Extended Lifespan - Projectile Duration bonus decreased from 60% to 40%
• Cursed Status Effect - Curse now decreases enemy armor by 25% instead of 10%
• Crit Chance Talent - Increases Critical Chance by 3% instead of 2%
• Total Damage Mult Talent - Increased base cost from 100 to 200 and consecutive levels now cost 200 more per level
• HP Regen Talent - Base cost reduced from 400 to 200 and consecutive levels are cheaper
• Attack Speed Talent - Cost has been reduced from the 2nd level onwards
• Additional Projectiles Talent - Max Level increased from 2 to 5. First 2 levels are now cheaper
• Dash Charges Talent - Cost reduced for levels 4 and 5
• Dash Invulnerability - Cost reduced from 500 to 400
• Fear of Compromise Talent - Cost increased from 2nd level onwards

Fixes

• Fixed a softlock that ocurred if you interacted with two chests at the exact same time
• Fixed a softlock caused by picking up the Power Tattoo boon
• Fixed Power Tattoo increasing way more than 200% Crit Damage and decreasing more than 20% Crit Chance
• Fixed a bug with the dialogue UI that could sometimes make you unable to pass the current dialogue by pressing the interaction key
• Fixed a bug with the dialogue UI that allowed the interaction key to open the log panel and skip the dialogue
• Fixed a bug that prevented keyboard and controller navigation on the Retry and Back To Lobby buttons on the results screen
• Fixed a bug that prevented keyboard and controller navigation from boons to reroll/transmute/banish if you didn't have at least one reroll charge
• Fixed several missing SFXs
• Fixed enemy phrases still being displayed during the death screen and results screen
• Fixed some typos and small text issues in some dialogues
• Fixed the Base HP Talent saying it increased your HP by 10 instead of 20
• Fixed Life Steal Talent's cost being 666 for every level
• Fixed some inconsistencies in some boons' stat values between localization versions
• Fixed some SFXs being louder than they should be
• Fixed some UI elements displayed on the Lobby being slightly out of place
• Fixed some VFXs still being displayed during the death screen and results screen
• Fixed Magic Missile's VFX displaying a weird "particle shower effect" upon exploding
• Fixed Hate.2.O's VFX (it's now an improved version of what was on Gamescom's build)
• Fixed Hate.2.O not levelling up to level 8 like other spells (hopefully this will get it out of the bottom tier of some player's tier lists...)
• Hopefully fixed a bug where the Boars would start to speak latin (?)

Known Issues

• FPS drops considerably when having too many projectiles (VFXs) on screen, especially Thunder. Performance may change according to hardware
• Hate.2.O doesn't throw bottles towards the player's south
• Hate.2.O's puddle doesn't increase with Area Size, only the throw distance is affected
• Boons on the Boons Screen display stat key names instead of translated text
• Can't see collected Artifacts on the Boons Screen
• Can't confirm your selection with the controller on the Character Select screen