I conducted a retrospective, compared the project with competitors, and took into account your feedback and advice from content creators (Huge thanks: KaiStreamer, AVE_Yarrik, bennetisfine). Also, a massive thank you to Philipp Stepanov for helping me rethink the project and its features.
What's new, in brief:
Dice rolling mechanic: The core mechanic has been reworked for better simulation and tactile feel.
Horror & camera: The dynamic camera highlights key moments, and the horror element has been improved and expanded (defeat in Chapter 2).
Chapter 2: The hermit now takes cards himself and plays them depending on the turn and what benefits him most.
Meta-progression added: Play through the game to unlock all consumables, make Chapter 2 easier, and prepare for Chapter 3.
Optimization: Nanite has been removed, RayTracing cleaned up, junk deleted. The game runs lighter now.
Tutorial: A video has been added, the intro is faster. Over 50% of the text has been cut.
Stability: Settings now load more reliably. If something breaks — let me know, I'll fix it.
Other small things: Improved tutorial and training, old bug fixes (and probably new ones), new sounds, effects, minor tweaks.
This update lays the foundation for the Endless Mode, which I plan to add later. The project's architecture should now be flexible enough.
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