Hello again!
We've just dropped another update for the demo which includes 1 more zone boss, many story/world building-related features, and a compendium containing detailed information about the game's enemies and upgrade items! As usual, please send your feedback if you have any through the Community Hub or our Discord.
What's New?
Major Content
Bahamut may now appear as the zone boss of Yggdrasil Citadel instead of Tiamat.
A Compendium containing detailed info on enemies and upgrade items has been added and can be viewed in the Hub.
Various story-related features such as Daedalus, a new character who provides your upgrades for you during your run, as well as a new event cutscene that plays after clearing Yggdrasil Citadel for the first time have been added.
Minor Content
Combat Changes (Returning players take note!)
Essence Attacks are now bound to their own button. It should be [R] by default and can be changed in the options. This was changed so that holding an essence doesn't lock you out of a regular melee attack.
The Seeker's essence attack now travels faster and does a small knockback.
The Chaser's essence missile can now be punched to propel it in a direction.
Certain enemy attacks can now be disrupted by knockback, causing the attack to be cancelled and the enemy to be stunned.
The Enforcer Mk.II now has less health as a regular enemy (only appears with stronger waves on).
Chaser missiles can now be shot out of the air.
Increased the duration that flying enemies are unable to move after taking knockback.
The knockback effect of Vajra's alt-fire orb can now be triggered by any source of damage instead of just Vajra pellets.
Gunplay Improvements
Vajra and Gungnir have been given improved sound effects.
Enemy constructs now spit out random machine parts when damaged for improved feedback.
Extra sounds have been added to piercing projectiles like the Faust anvil and Enforcer essence.
Added screen shake which can be toggled on or off in the options menu.
Relics
Paraglider => Care Package Replicator
Care Package Replicator: Enemies have an on-hit chance while being juggled to drop a care package that restores stamina.
The Paraglider's old effect, awarding style points for juggling enemies, is now just a regular style action that is awarded without needing any item.
Miscellaneous
Relics now have a colored outline in the Tab menu which shows their rarity without having to hover over them.
Added a new screen effect when the player takes damage for better clarity.
The death screen has been slightly improved.
Tweaked the combat results screen to be slightly clearer.
Increased the max number of Soul Orbs that can exist and their lifetime.
Enforcer Mk.IIs can no longer spawn with the Heavy modifier as normal enemies.
Fixed a bug where the final kill style action was not being added to the total score for boss fights and a lot more bugs that I don't remember and you probably don't care about.
(v1.21) Fixed a bug where dying to the Enforcer Mk2's slam attack would cause it to not use that attack for the rest of the session.
(v1.21) Fixed a bug where Gungnir could sometimes pull or smite enemies with no spears.
What's Next?
This update will be the final batch of free content for the game's demo, and we will be moving on to work on the game's second zone which will be released in Early Access. Thank you for playing our demo, and please stay tuned on our socials for more updates on the game!