Hello adventurers! In this build we're introducing something big to the game - a way of customizing your experience to make it easier or harder in various ways. We've been carefully listening to player feedback since launch (and well-before) and while we think the game is more balanced than ever, Game Modifiers will let you customize your gameplay experience further should you choose.
This patch also contains a major change under the hood; all text strings are now read from language files, paving the way for full localization. This was an enormous undertaking as the game has over 55,000 words and 6,000 unique strings, but it will be worth it as we roll out the game in new languages later this year!
GAME MODIFIERS
Our vision for Tangledeep is a challenging but fair experience that can be conquered on Heroic or even Hardcore mode with practice and skill. You don’t need a ton of luck to win, nor do you need to be a roguelike expert. We create content and adjust balance with this vision in mind.
However, we understand that all players are different, and if you want to change the core Tangledeep experience to make it easier or harder, we’re introducing a new feature allowing you to do just that: GAME MODIFIERS. You can toggle any number of Game Modifiers during character creation. Some make the game harder, others easier, or more random.
All modifiers are strictly optional and we do encourage new players to experience the game without any of them. You can use as many or as few as you want - even all of them at once! With all that said, here are the modifiers we are introducing:
- Player Health regeneration (1% of max per turn out-of-combat)
- Player Energy and Stamina regeneration (1.5% of max per turn out-of-combat)
- Half Fullness time
- No gold drops from monsters
- Triple Pandora’s Boxes per floor
- Non-food consumables have a 3 turn shared cooldown
- Corral pets cannot die and are returned to the corral with lower Happiness instead
- JP gain halved
- All monsters have one champion power
- Enemy monsters regenerate Health per turn
- Cannot use abilities that are not on your hotbars; cannot swap abilities in the dungeon
Please note that we will not be balancing the game around any of these modifiers. They are not the intended experience; they are a way for you to customize YOUR experience!
BALANCE
- The health bonus of Floramancer’s tier 2 and 3 innate bonuses has been reduced
- If your Floraconda dies, the cooldown to resummon it is now reset to max. To compensate, the cooldown has been reduced from 12 to 6 turns.
- Champion monsters should no longer spawn near staircases (within ~5 tiles in any direction). This means you should no longer arrive at a new floor only to be greeted by a powerful critter!
- Modified AI behavior to be a bit more forgiving when it comes to multiple champions aggroing the hero at once. (Does not apply to NG+).
- Likewise modified regular monster behavior to avoid huge pile-ups in early levels just due to unlucky monster placement. (Does not apply to NG+).
- Bosses now have a 75% chance to resist Paralyze, Stun, and Seal effects each turn
BUGS
- Fixed a variety of Emblem and Trial related bugs such as trials not completing, stats not increasing, and not being prompted to get a new tier ability
- The cursor should no longer flicker while the Riverstone intro text is showing upon character creation
- Added extra checks to ensure any rumors in side areas automatically enable those side areas if they are not discovered
- Fixed bug where Athyes’ headband’s “Igniting” effect did not stack with a weapon using the same mod
- Fixed bug where released pets would sometimes hang around on the map
- Fixed issue with buggy stair connections before the 3rd boss (i.e. if you left the area with the NPC and returned)
- Craggans’ mud-summoning power no longer affects tiles with existing terrain
- Fixed sprite layering issue with the portal in town
- Fixed bug with finishing tier 2 & 3 trials
- Fixed bug with Knight’s Glove effect stacking
- Fixed rare game error on game load in a file with multiple pets/summons
- Fixed bug where Flask count was not visually refreshed after exiting a job trial sometimes
- Fixed inconsistencies with individual and stacked item sale price, particularly for stuff like Skill Orbs / Lucid Orbs. Also fixed inconsistencies with Deposit price for individual/stacked items.
- Fixed bug that prevented you from using a Skill Orb on an item with 5 mods
- Fixed bug where Shadowstep would not trigger Brigand’s tier 3 innate ability.
- Sword Dancer’s Emblem ability that counter-attacks when being pulled should no longer trigger unless you started (or ended) the movement next to the monster
- The chance to pass days from Item Dreams now takes into account affinities, so easier dreams due to affinities will be less likely to pass time, and vice versa
- Fixed bug that cut the powerup drop rate in half on load (was only meant to apply to NG+!)
CONTENT/GAMEPLAY
- Game Modifiers! See above section.
ENGINE
- Numerical text for abilities, items, statuses, and magic mods is now stored in a location-agnostic way. Wow this was a lot of work.
- Converted all internal XML to localization-friendly master file format.
QUALITY OF LIFE
- It is now possible to dismiss any summoned pet. Click on their portrait in the “Pet Party” window (or, on controller/keyboard, use Examine mode and select them), then select “Dismiss Pet”. This does NOT trigger on-death effects; the pet simply vanishes immediately.
- If you have the Sword Dancer emblem ability that attacks enemies when pushed/pulled, and your attack misses, this will now print to the log no matter what