Pocket Legend DEMO v1.02 Update!

12 Feb 2025Developer post

Our development team has released the v1.02 update in preparation for Steam Next Fest.
This update includes the following changes:

New Cards Added

These two items have been removed from the game.

Siren – Base attack reduced from 4 → 3.
Po-shan Qian – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Ame-no-Habakiri – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Trishula – Now occupies 4 slots. All Wraith Pieces are removed, and attack power increases for each piece removed.
Khryselakatos – Now occupies 3 slots.
Fail-Not – Attacks based on the number of cards in hand.
The Sword of Surtr – Increases attack power for the duration of the battle each time a Wraith Piece is generated.
Pinaka – Now occupies 3 slots. The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Curtana – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Lúin Celtchair – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Gáe Bolg – Healing ability reduced from 3 → 2.
Tyrfing – Removes all Wraith Pieces, increasing attack power based on the number removed.
Chandrahas – Now occupies 3 vertical slots.
Brahmastra – Attack power reduced from 16 → 11.

Petasos – Removes all Wraith Pieces and increases defense by the number removed.
Tarnkappe – Defense increased from 3 → 6, but the ‘Restraint’ trait has been added.
Ochan – Base defense reduced from 3 → 2, but gains an additional 4 defense when removing a Wraith Piece.
Ring of Protection – Generates a Wraith Piece and provides 2 defense. The ‘Re-use’ trait has been added.

Dual Wield – Functions the same as before but now consumes 3 HP.
Final Defense – No longer changes the ‘Consume’ trait to ‘Vanish.’
Final Flame – No longer changes the ‘Consume’ trait to ‘Vanish.’
Emergency Repair – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added. Now occupies 3 horizontal slots.
Aparigraha – Now occupies 2 vertical slots. The ‘Restraint’ trait has been added.
Disrupt Blender – Now occupies 2 vertical slots. The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added.
Draw Card – No longer draws based on item size but instead draws a fixed number of cards.

Caladbolg – The ‘Fixed’ trait has been added. Gains a Duel buff every turn.
Arondight – The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Talaria – The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Cheonsa-okdae – The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added. Gains 2 defense per Wraith Piece at the end of each turn.
Philosopher’s Stone – Randomly consumes an item each turn and gains a CounterAttack buff. The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Draupnir – Gains 2 Strength but also receives the Stuck debuff. The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Robe of the Fire-rat – If consumable items are available, gains 2 defense per item. The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Widow’s Cruse – The ‘Oxidizing’ trait has been added.
Gjallarhorn – The ‘Rapport’ trait has been added.
Haïdos Kyneē – The ‘Rapport’ trait has been added.

Almost all items have had their upgrade abilities changed. (There are too many to list—playing the game yourself will be more fun!)
The ‘Ready’ trait has been largely removed.
Some items now gain the ‘Regression’ trait when upgraded. (‘Regression’ is a newly introduced trait.)
Some items now gain the ‘Re-use’ trait when upgraded.

Balance changes have been made to all enemies in Stages 2 and 3.

All cards can now be upgraded only three times.
There is a 20% chance of failure when upgrading.
The top-right corner of the card will now display upgrade results based on upgrade attempts.
The cost of upgrading is now fixed at 1, regardless of the upgrade stage.

Hovering over the boss icon in the top-center UI will now display which boss will appear.

This concludes the v1.02 update! We hope you enjoy the new changes and look forward to your feedback. 🎮🔥