Greetings fellow wizardkin,
Daan & Jonas here with an update! First, we want to say thanks everyone for supporting us through Next Fest and beyond. We've had a decent influx of new players and a load of new feedback, some of which we address in this update!
We did a big pass on optimization, so the game should play a lot smoother, especially for people with older machines. Emphasis on should: we don't have a wide range of machines to test on, so please let us know if you run into any issues!
The rest of the patch is mostly quality of life features y'all requested a bunch. We finally got around to doing some of those.
Ponder the Orb
Other than that, we changed the Skymap so now it feels like you're PONDERING THE ORB. This is one of the ongoing efforts of making the game feel more wizardy and immersive while we're heading towards release.
Other Changes
🍹 Quality of Life
Preview Conjured cards in the tooltip.
Toggle on/off subtle camera movements for people who get nauseous.
Preview what you can unlock in the Skymap. No more ????
Moved the settings button to the top-right.
Improved wording clarity on a bunch of tooltips.
Loading screen on startup.
Added a render scale option to Graphics settings to up or down scale for performance and quality.
🐞 Major Bugs
Fixed various compatibility issues.
We did a big pass on optimization. Hopefully this will fix some issues where the game doesn't properly start for players with older hardware.
Fixed controller support to check out tooltip on monsters.
Alt + tabbing back into the game doesn't auto select a reward.
Handy cards won't highlight when put in the Boon slot.
⚖️ Balance
Oppipi starts with less health.
Grembush encounter starts with a tiny flea.
Nerfed some infinity card combos.
Buffed Boss 2 and 3.
🌲 Evergreen improvements like rebalancing & bug fixes.
What's Next?
This will probably be the last update to the Demo for a while, unless there are some game breaking issues that pop up for this patch. We'll be focusing on creating new content for a bit, as well as setting up more consistent marketing. If we're happy with those two things, we'll announce the re-opening of the playtest, where you can be the first to try out that new content.
Will it be a new playable character? Maybe... Either way, keep an eye on this space for further news or join our Discord to stay in the loop on a daily basis! And please don't be a Mr Beast Crypto Scam bot!
Happy casting!
~ Daan & Jonas