It's a Beta
I was originally going to save this stuff for the end of Version 8, but then I started thinking about tweaking some gift effects just before going on vacation. Then it all cascaded into a full on rebalancing of most gifts! This also made it necessary to do the changes to Endless Stress mode that I had planned for later. This mostly came down to changing the way the shop works in a few ways.
But a lot of changes all at once like this means there is potential for way more bugs and maybe crashes than normal. I like to keep the list of known bugs at somewhere around 0 at all times, so I've decided to make this one into a beta.
You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your steam library:
Properties > Betas > Select balance_beta from the dropdown menu there
The game should then update to the beta version. You won't have to do anything when the beta ends either. It will just return to the main branch automatically.
Just a minor spoiler warning, I have included a list of every gift that was changed down below and details of their effects. Just in case some of you would rather not have those revealed.
Updates and tweaks
- Endless mode: Added new options and upgrades to the shop
- Endless mode: The shop upgrades for reducing the cost of gifts were removed, and the levels you had in them are applied to new upgrades
- Endless mode: Karma gained from the monster's level now diminishes after Lv15, this applies to the towers too, but is most notable in endless mode
- Endless mode: Completely changed the way karma costs rise as you buy gifts from the shop
- Quickplay: Earning all possible radiant medals on a single monster will replace their family icon with a heart icon
- Crit rates are no longer capped at 100% and will create higher level crits when rates go above 100%
- Changed the way critical shots are drawn to improve performance when there are a lot of them
- Panic Polyps will now stay dormant if you already have 5 or more panics available
- All Stones reach their max rate of fire at a 75% combo instead of 84%
- Increased the bit rate quality of the music tracks
- Optimized saving data when performing certain actions during events, and when radiating anything in the collection
- Bonus Gifts given in the True Panic event are not limited to panic gifts anymore, but all other gift types still are
Bug Fixes
- Slightly adjusted Ventra and Guardian Soul's obstacle generation to avoid a very rare impossible to dodge combination
- Fixed a crash caused by heartbreaking on the same frame that a helper is created. It turns out I had not actually fixed this in v8.7b, but I double checked this time.
The next update will be on October 11th, and it will return to the main non-beta branch along with all these changes.
Thank you for playing!
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Gift Changes
------------- Passive Boosts -------------
Small Mushroom: [All Dmg +6% → +8%]
Orb Mushroom: [Movement +0.3 → +0.5]
Flat Mushroom: [All Crit Rate +4% → +6%]
Fang: [All Dmg +9% → +12.5%] [Added Combo time +0.2s]
Glass Fang: [All Crit Rate +5% → +6%]
Star Flower: [All Dmg per Def unit +3% → +3.5%]
Crescent: [All Dmg per Def unit +3% → +3.5%]
Magma Worm: [All Dmg per Def unit +3% → +3.5%]
Sky Guardian: [All Dmg per Def unit +3% → +3.5%]
Hydra Plant: [All Dmg per Def unit +3% → +3.5%]
Self Glyph: [All Crit Rate +4% → +5%]
Big Mushroom: [All Dmg +11% → +17%] [Shot Size +40% → +50%]
Thin Mushroom: [Combo time +0.25s → +0.3s]
Glass Petal: [Replaced +20% Dmg before being hit → +1% Dmg per HP unit (x1.5 at max hp)]
Saw Bloom: [All Dmg +16% → +25%] [Added Combo time +0.2s]
Determination: [All Dmg per Def unit +2.5% → +4%]
------------- Passive Effects -------------
Nothing: [Combo Time +0.25s → +0.33s]
The World: [Maximum heal from combos 4hp → 5hp]
Little Sister: [Added 1 chrome heart]
Revita Heart: [Power is now increased by hp lost in any way]
Anxiety: [Dmg from extra stacks +25% → +37.5%]
Insecurity: [All Dmg per stack +25% → +30%]
Self Portrait: [All Dmg +10% → +15%]
Second Form: [All Dmg +22.5% → +33%]
------------- Successive Gifts -------------
Dread: [Gives +1 panic polyp per battle instead of a panic attack]
------------- Fortifying Gifts -------------
Heart Candy: [Heal 40% → 75%]
Love Paint: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Dark Paint: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Warm Paint: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Bright Paint: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Murky Paint: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Lovely Art: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Dark Art: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Warm Art: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Bright Art: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Gloomy Art: [Added All Dmg +4%]
Transfusion: [Max Health +3 → +2] [Adds Reserve HP +8]
Heart Cookie: [Heal 40% → 75%]
Blot of Paint: [Added All Dmg +8%]
------------- Panic Gifts -------------
Light Glyph: [Def +1.5 → +2]
Void Glyph: [Def +1.5 → +2]
Fire Glyph: [Def +1.5 → +2]
Energy Glyph: [Def +1.5 → +2]
Natural Glyph: [Def +1.5 → +2]
Embrace: [Removed the size/duration reductions] [Panics +5 → Manic Panics +6] [Panic Dmg +60 → +90]
Phobia: [Panics +10 → Panics +4] [Added Manic Panics +4] [Added Panic Polyps +4]
------------- Charge Shots -------------
Pebble: [Charge Dmg +15% → +20%]
Energy Tank: [Energize Rate +10% → +12%]
Sweet Fruit: [Charge Dmg +7% → +10%]
Dry Fruit: [Charge Dmg +7% → +10%]
Spicy Fruit: [Energize Rate +10% → +12%]
Sour Fruit: [Energize Rate +10% → +12%]
Bitter Fruit: [Charge Dmg +7% → +10%]
Energy Zest: [Charge Dmg +12% → +15%]
------------- Heart Shots -------------
Blood Flow: [Heart Dmg +0.5 → +0.7]
Glowing: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Heart Crit Rate +5% → +6%]
Icy: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Heart Dmg +0.8 → +0.7]
Warmth: [Def +1 → +1.5]
Sparky: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Heart Rate +0.7 → +1]
Illness: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Heart Crit Rate +3% → +4%]
Acute Heart: [Crit Rate +6% → +7%]
Cracked Heart: [Heart Dmg +0.5 → +0.7]
Acute Shot: [Heart Crit Rate +13% → +15%]
Love Mite: [Heart Rate +2.5 → +3]
Ripple Effect: [Heart Dmg +1 → +0.7]
Another Heart: [Heart Rate penalty is reduced with when you have more hearts]
Pile of Hearts: [Heart Rate -30% → -40%] [Heart Rate penalty is reduced with when you have more hearts]
Mote Bulb: [Focus Shot Rate +8% → +12%]
Heat Coil: [Focus Shot Rate +10% → +15%]
Circuitry: [Focus Dmg +10% → +15%]
Chemical Light: [Focus Crit Rate +3% → +5%]
Love: [Heart Crit Rate +8% → +9%]
Apathy: [Heart Dmg +1.2 → +1.8]
Passion: [Heart Dmg +0.8 → +1] [Heart Rate +1 → +1.2]
Elation: [Heart Rate +2.5 → +3] [Shot Speed +2 → +3]
Desire: [Heart Crit Rate +10% → +11%] [Heart Crit Dmg +40% → +50%]
Everything: [Replaced Heart Dmg +1 → +1 All Stone]
------------- Feather Shots -------------
Glow Mite: [Range +40 → +50]
Tiny Feather: [Removed Shot Rate reduction]
Glow Wings: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Range +30 → + 40]
Wingless: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Feather Crit Rate +5% → +6%]
Webbed Wings: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Feather Dmg +0.5 → +0.6] [Added Movement +0.3]
Scale Wings: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Feather Rate +1 → +0.9]
Chitin Wings: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Feather Crit Rate +3% → +4%]
Friendship: [Removed Shot Rate reduction]
Perfect Feather: [Feather Crit Rate +12% → +13%]
Real Wing: [Removed Shot Rate reduction]
Photon Sword: [Focus Shot Dmg +10% → +15%]
Shade Pendant: [Replaced Range +25% → Crit Rate +6%]
Flame Lance: [Focus Range +10% → +25%] [Replaced Crit Rate +6% → Shot Dmg +12% and Shot Size +30%]
Spark Prism: [Focus Shot Rate +10% → +15%]
Poison Needle: [Focus Crit Rate +6% → +5%] [Added focus range +25%]
Rainbow: [Feather Crit Rate +8% → +11%]
Blizzard: [Feather Dmg +0.5 → +0.8]
Wildfire: [Feather Dmg +2 → +2.4]
Storm: [Replaced extra feather → Feather Rate +2]
Acid Rain: [Feather Crit Rate +12% → +15%]
Spectrum: [Feather Rate +2 → +2.5] [Replaced Feather Dmg +1 → +1 All Stone]
------------- Star Shots -------------
Shooting Star: [Max Rate +2.5 → +3]
Star Mite: [Rate Timer -15% → -20%]
Star Shower: [Max Rate +1.5 → +2.5]
Spectral Bloom: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Rate Timer -10% → -15%]
Night Bloom: [Def +1 → +1.5]
Day Bloom: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Star Crit Rate +3% → +4%]
Shock Bloom: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Max Rate +2 → +2.5]
Gloom Bloom: [Def +1 → +1.5] [Star Crit Rate +5% → +6%]
Arrow: [Star Crit Rate +6% → +5%] [Added Max Rate +1]
Photon Wave: [Star Dmg +0.5 → +0.7]
Barrage: [Star Crit Rate +10% → +11%]
Glow Candy: [Focus Star Rate +10% → +15%]
Void Candy: [Focus Star Dmg +10% → +15%]
Spicy Candy: [Focus Fill Rate +10% → +15%] [Added Focus Crit Rate +4%]
Pop Candy: [Focus Shot Size +40% → +50%]
Bitter Candy: [Focus Fill Rate +10% → +15%] [Added Focus Shot Dmg +10% and Size +25%]
Rainbow Star: [Min Rate +2.5 → +3] [Rate Timer -20% → -30%]
Shiver Star: [Max Rate +5 → +7]
Burning Star: [Star Crit Rate +10% → +11%] [Star Crit Dmg +40% → +50%]
Nova Star: [Max Rate +3 → +5] [Rate Timer -15% → -20%]
Protostar: [Star Dmg +1.2 → +1.8] [Star Shot Speed -1 → -1.5]
Wrath of Pride: [Added Min Rate +4] [Max Rate +6 → +8] [Replaced Star Dmg +1 → +1 All Stone]
------------- Quick Gifts -------------
Quicklove+: [Duration 1 → 3]
Quicklove++: [Duration 1 → 3]
Quicklove+++: [Duration 1 → 3]
Love Dye: [Duration 2 → 4]
Dark Dye: [Duration 2 → 4]
Warm Dye: [Duration 2 → 4]
Bright Dye: [Duration 2 → 4]
Murky Dye: [Duration 2 → 4]
Lovestruck: [Duration 1 → 3] [Panic Polyp +1 → Manic Panics +3]
Debris: [Duration 2 → 3]
Terror: [Rank 3 → 2]
Rage: [Duration 1 → 3]
Chaos Glyph: [Duration 3 → 4]
All Shard: [Rank 3 → 2]
Security: [Rank 2 → 1]
Dark Photo: [Rank 3 → 2]
------------- Blessings -------------
Knot Knott: [Heart Rate -20% → -25%] [Heart Rate penalty is reduced with when you have more hearts]
Shamra: [Duration 4 → 7]
Emerald: [Duration 4 → 7]
Hadesoh: [Panics +2 → +1]
Syncron: [Duration 6 → 4] [Added Helper Dmg +16%]
Shiny Syncron: [Duration 1 → 4] [Panics +4 → Manic Panics +4]
Glacia: [Glass Petal effect stacks 2 → 1.5 (of the new effect)]
Totaria: [All Dmg per Def unit +1.5% → +2%]
------------- Burdens -------------
Heliola: [Shot Speed +20% → -10%]
Amethyst: [Removed auto panic effect] [Panics +4 → Manic Panics +3] [Panic Bleed 4 → 3]
Forma: [Removed auto panic effect] [Panics +7 → Manic Panics +6] [Panic Bleed 4 → 3]