Demo version 1.1 — Patterns!
Patterns are character abilities that passively give bonuses to any letters in a word located in certain places. For example, starting with the 5th letter. This makes it better to form long words. Patterns will differ for different characters in the full version.
UPDATED CONTROLS:
Now you can quickly move a letter to another panel with the right mouse button (or by selecting it with Shift held down).
Hold Shift to move several letters between panels at once.
Added buttons: sort letters alphabetically or by consonant/vowel.
Now you can discard letters from both panels.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES:
Increased number of rounds: 15 → 21
Increased maximum discard size: 3 → 5
Increased starting hand size: 8 → 9
Starting money reduced: 5 → 4
Character's shouting volume during scoring reduced, as well as the number of shouts: one shout per vowel letter
Added option to disable shouting
Added FPS limit setting to reduce device load
Added tooltip for star letter
Added help tab with explanation of customization, etc.
BALANCE:
Pair of slippers: meaning points 30 → 15
One slipper: meaning points 40 → 20
Seeker artifact pack: price 4 → 6
Customizer: price 4 → 3
Bullet: volume points 10 → 5
Whistle: volume points 4 → 5
Candy: skill points 1 → 2
Brush: minimum number of letters for effect 3 → 4
Piggy bank: now gives +2 to volume for each artifact you have
Check: now gives +5 to money if more than two vowels appear after resetting
Italic letter: volume points 10 → 5
Significantly increased the cost of upgrading hand size
Changed the costs of upgrading other characteristics
GAME INTERFACE:
The “Next” and “Refresh” buttons in the store have been moved and highlighted in color
Added the current round
Current skill point balance added to the characteristics menu
Current money balance also added to the store
Texts with the number of remaining words and replacements removed - numbers moved directly inside the buttons
Round goal moved closer to the points
FIXES:
Fixed letter order violation after dragging to another panel
Fixed overlapping tooltips if a letter has multiple enhancements
Fixed soft lock when adding a star letter to the customizer
Fixed application of effects for artifacts: “Diploma”, “Yo-yo”
Removed some non-existent words from the dictionary
Fixed the saving of accumulated artifact values
Fixed the reset of the scoring speed when re-entering the game