Hello hello everyone!
Paolo here and I'd like to let you know what's next for Godslayer Arena. Before I get into that though, I just want to thank each and every one of you for supporting the game and for leaving so much valuable feedback. It really means a lot to me to see so many people playing through the game and I feel more motivated than ever to keep improving it. From the bottom of my heart thank you to everyone of you!
This post will be a bit disorganized and I do not have any concrete dates for any of the changes I'm about to list, but I just want to keep you all in the loop for what I'm working on at the moment. Keep in mind that these are all subject to change, and if you all have any other suggestions please feel free to let me know!
Immediate Attention
Many of you are expressing that the Huntress currently feels very underpowered when compared to the Bloodlord. I will be releasing a patch very soon to address her strength. This patch will focus mostly on number adjustments, and once time permits I will look into making more functional adjustments as necessary.
There is currently a game breaking bug where minions fail to despawn. This results in them attacking for the rest of the run and will eventually cause intense lag. Until I can get this figured out I recommend completely quitting out of the game and continuing your run from where you left off.
I am also currently working on performance improvements to the game.
The very first arena can feel impossible to pass without losing a life on the higher difficulties and will address this alongside the upcoming balance patch.
Next Up
The current curse system is a poorly designed system that feels very frustrating and not fun at all. I will be scrapping the system entirely and replacing it with something completely new. While I can't say the specifics yet, This new system will have true bosses that are not just elites, and is focused more on empowering enemies rather than debuffing your build.
The mastery spell system will receive the following adjustments:
Introduce a preferred mastery system that allows you to select 4 or more masteries before you start each run. One of your initially offered masteries will always be a preferred mastery.
Move the mastery selection to right after the first arena, and move the first gem selection to where the mastery selection currently is.
Use 2 fateweavers to reroll all 3 mastery options, compared to the current system that uses 1 fateweaver to reroll 1 option.
The non-arena combats will get some new mechanics to make them more in line with the strength of arena combats. The goal will be to make them more engaging and be a better test of your build strength before you enter the arena.
Many people are leaving feedback that the run lengths are too long for their tastes, so the run lengths will be reduced 25 combats down to 20 combats.
I will also adjust the econ, exp, and all relevant shop values to make sure you still get to the same power level, just in a shorter amount of time.
After receiving feedback on this I have decided to explore other options instead. Maybe only gate 0 will have 20 combats and gate 1 increases it to 25 to ensure new players aren't spending too long in their introductory run.
After That
Once you all feel that the base game is in a good state, I'd love to try out some alternate game modes. I'm still in the process of designing what these new modes will look like, but if you have any ideas I'm all ears!
Much Later
The third Godslayer will arrive after the base game's experience has been settled and after the new game modes are implemented.
New items and gems will also be added to the game! If you all feel that adding new items and gems dilutes the pool too much then I have no problem with adding a system to allow you to pick which gems and items can show up in your runs.
As Time Permits
Sometime during Early Access I will be implementing a proper tutorial experience that slowly introduces the game's mechanics rather than the current system that shows a short text summary every few combats.
There will also be the usual balancing, bug fixing, and polish passes that you can expect throughout Early Access.
Closing Out
That's it for this update. If you have a second to leave a review that would go a long way to help support the game. Thank you all again!
-Paolo