It's been a busy month since releasing the Vagabones demo. We've been working hard on squashing bugs and polishing things up in preparation for PAX and continued development.

Today, we’re excited to introduce our first major demo update! This update includes additional polish, along with some skill tweaks and our first round of balance changes. Be sure to check out the full list of changes below!

On another note, the team will be at PAX West in Seattle from September 4-7! If you’re in the area and have tickets, feel free to stop by to chat and try out the latest build of the game. We look forward to seeing you there!

General

New Features

Added stat descriptions to the level up window

Added new animations to some of the NPCs and to the Guard Dog item

Changes

Removed shield stamina, a hidden mechanic which would stagger shielding enemies if they were hit enough times in succession

Coins dropped from the Munchkin Doll curse now disappear after 3 seconds if not picked up

Reworked Spirit Hearts. Now instead of dropping from each enemy, they drop 25% of the time (increased with luck). Each Spirit Heart now refills an entire container.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Shooting Stars sometimes getting stuck in the air when landing

Fixed a networking bug where picked-up item pedestals would reappear when reloading a saved game

Fixed various skill bugs

Fixed a bug where Respite would deal damage to Flail Munchkin attacks

Fixed a bug where player score screen stats did not persist when reloading a saved run.

Fixed a networking issue where players would get stuck on the unlocks screen when another player disconnects

Fixed a bug where changing language during a run would not save the setting

Class Updates

Knight

Sword Swing damage reduced from 10, 12, 16 to 10, 10, 14

Shield Bash damage increased from 5 to 10

Slightly increased the shield's covered block area (This also applies to the Shield Munchkin)

Knight Skills

Adrenaline - Now deals 10% (15%) more damage per missing Heart

Battering Ram - Damage multiplier increased from 50% (100%) to 100% (200%)

Committed Strike - Now makes Sword Swing deal increased knockback

Deflect - Now has a wider timing window for destroying/reflecting projectiles

Delta Strike - Reworked how the additional spin attacks rotate around the player

Go Fetch - Thrown shields are now caught when touching the player. Decrease rethrow cooldown from 0.5s to 0.35s

Meteor Bash - Now has a base 15% (30%) chance to ignite enemies. Fire duration increased from 1s to 3s.

Momentum - Now luck based, with 15% (30%) chance to gain a speed buff on kill

Rage - Now luck based, with 25% (50%) chance to gain attack when hurt, up to 3 stacks

Reinforcement - Now makes it so Priest can heal the player at full health, granting armor

Reprisal - No longer works against disjointed attacks (such as the Flail Munchkin's flail)

Rush - Reduced strength buff from 2 (4) to 2 (3) and reduced duration from 15s to 10s

Riposte - Now scales with damage. Base damage changed from 20 (40) to 15 (30)

Tornado - Removed additional knockback. Now has a 25% (50%) chance to Stun

Weak Spot  - Reduced base chance from 15% (30%) to 5% (10%)

Ranger

Arrow damage increased from 10 to 12

Ranger Skills

Bounty Hunter - Increased chance from 5% (10%) to 10% (15%)

Cluster Grenade - Now snaps to ground level if ground is close

Railgun - Piercing shots are now also unlockable

Tranquilizer - Changed hit effect from Stun to Sleep

Priest

Renamed "Bubble" attack to "Music Note"

Spirit hearts now have a 25% chance to drop from enemies, but fill an entire spirit heart container

Added a decay to the Heal Ring growth, making the ring grow more slowly the larger it is

Decreased Heal Ring max range

Healing now awards 10 points per half-heart healed

Increase Bell Spin duration and end-lag

Priest Skills

Fasting - Increased damage bonus from 5% (10%) to 10% (20%) per Spirit Heart

Proclamation - Increased Bell Spin radius from 50% (100%) to 100% (200%)

Resonance - Damage reduced from 5 to 4. Base attack radius increased. Upgrade now increases attack radius. Enemies hit by Bell Swing no longer also get hit by Resonance. Resonance is now unblockable.

Reverberate - Chance increased from 5% to 10%

Smite - Hits are staggered between hit enemies. Added lightning strike particles!

Shock Therapy - Updated shock effect and animations

Tithing - Increased spirit gain multiplier from 125% (150%) to 150% (200%)

Rogue

Can now move while attacking enemies

Updated Rogue dash to feel quicker and more responsive

Rogue Dagger Throw damage increased from 7 to 8

Rogue Dagger Throw now deals 20% less damage per consecutive hit on the same target, down to a minimum of 20% total damage.

Rogue Skills

After-Image - The Illusion now moves and attacks by default. Upgrading the skill makes it shoot daggers on death.

Caltrops - Players no longer collide with caltrops. Increased initial spread radius. Increased knockback when hit

Elusive - Reduced base dodge chance from 10% (20%) to 5% (10%)

Fan of Blades - Slightly reduced delay between each dagger throw

Fog - Now reapplies invisibility and other status effects every 2 seconds to characters inside the smokescreen

Hobble - Decreased base chance to stun from 5% (10%) to 3% (6%)

Shackle - Chance reduced from 25% to 10%