greetings and well met, friends today is a fine day, for it is patch day! there are many goodies this time around - a lot of the changes are responses to feedback that YOU, the players, have left. i am very grateful to have received so many suggestions, and i am always looking into incorporating the best of these into the game without compromising what i think makes the game enjoyable for many. be mindful that these patchnotes only note changes that can be seen in the demo version, there is a lot of work ongoing behind the scenes to make the game be ready for a 2024 release. i hope you will enjoy the update! as always, i encourage you to write your feedback, suggestions and bug reports to me - you can do so here in the steam community forums! without further ado: [b]Update v0.27:[/b] [b]General:[/b] -Changed movement code to better handle edge cases regarding moving to nearby destinations. You most likely won't notice a difference, but if you do I am interested in hearing your feedback. -"Press Any Key" screen now accepts mouse clicks as input. -Gold chests now have a much higher chance to spawn Silver Skulls. -Trapped Gold chests no longer have a chance to spawn no items. -Slow spell can be properly reapplied, refreshing its duration. -Added a Quest-giver on Lower Dungeons 1. He only spawns in specific rooms, and his spawn is not guaranteed. I aim to introduce more characters like him now that the system is in place. -Changed NPC textboxes. The minimap won't clip in front of them any longer. -Reflect Projectile now has a much faster animation. -Reflect Projectile can now be recast while the animation is playing to restart the effect. -Alchemickal table now drops potions near itself when spawned to better hint at its function. -Spell Wheel will now always display when the Spellbook is open. -Added a few more doors to certain rooms on Lower Dungeon 2. -Improved UI in Inventory tab, Spell Wheel and Help tab. -Added some new rooms. -You can now taunt by pressing "D" (rebindable). It has no ingame function besides playing voicelines. -Player voice now has an individual slider in the Volume settings -Improved logic for playing the Taking Damage animation. It won't override certain animations like blocking. -Improved a bunch of animations for the Player. -Added several new Unique items -Changed the music for the first few levels. [b]Balance:[/b] -The Player moves slightly faster. -Slightly tweaked the animation speed for two handed weapons and bows. -Enemies now always have a minimum 5% chance to hit the player. -Changed the chances of ring modifiers to reduce the occurrence of +HP and +Mana rolls. [b]Enemies:[/b] -Experimenting showing enemy HP in the text-box once enough enemies have been killed. This change is experimental and might be removed, reworked or improved upon as I investigate how well it fits in the game. -Changed Cult Apprentice model. -Improved Cult Apprentice behavior and made them slightly more difficult to engage. -Changed Flaming Skull model. -Flaming Skulls now have proper visuals reflecting their current health. -Returned the Faceless head-shake visuals and improved their visuals a bit. -You can now de-select a Combat Art by clicking on an empty slot. -Reduced enemy spawn amounts near the start room on Lower Dungeon 2 to ease players into the floor. [b]Summoning Magic:[/b] -Changed Summon Great Snake Spell to tier 1, making it accessible normally in the demo. Previously it was either accessed through the Shrine event, or by buying a book from the vendor. -Summoned Great Snakes now don't expire after 60 seconds. -Summoned Great Snake model and SFX improved. -Summoned Great Snake display their HP on mouse-over, and have proper Injury visuals -Summoned Great Snake mechanics improved. They should behave smarter overall. -Summoned Great Snakes properly follow you on level changes. -Greatly improved Summoned Great Snake colliders. -Enemies will no longer target dead summons. -Improved how summons deal with ranged targets. -Improved summon position - they will properly spawn where the cursor is. [b]Bugfixes:[/b] -Fixed issues with autosaves replacing player saves slots in the save menu. -Fixed Magic Shrines not being able to cast spells -Fixed Magic Shrines not correctly clearing the minimap -Fixed Magic Shrines sometimes spawning enemies in incorrect positions. -Fixed some unique gloves not properly displaying on the player. -Fixed certain visuals such as the Lifesteal effect not playing for the Player. -Fixed buffs not being properly reapplied on a loaded game -Fixed issue with Named Sun Cult Warriors having lower speed if they rolled a +HP modifier -Potentially fixed issue with white lines appearing on the ground of Upper Halls on some machines -Fixed Item Comparison UI screen appearing when not intended. -Fixed some Save UI bugs with renaming saves. -Fixed drop-down list for Video options sometimes repeating options -Fixed trapped rooms sometimes clipping into other rooms when the trap mechanism is activated. -Fixed spell icon flickering on switching spells with hotkeys when out of Mana -Fixed Hurl Weapon incorrectly reapplying the Combat Art if the player switched weapons before the thrown weapon returned -Fixed Named Maulers using old textures -Fixed Loading Game from the Menu not applying any changes made to the Sound tab -Fixed some inventory images being incorrectly compressed. -Fixed many lever issues in Lower Dungeon 2 and Halls of Pain. -Fixed BG's pacifism if he interrupts his attack to cast a spell -Fixed plenty of issues when hot-loading a game where a different starting character was used -Potentially fixed issues with character animations being wonky if a player loads the game after dying, while dying, or having just been killed. as before, i have also included another piece of the soundtrack for your listening pleasure. you can listen to it here: [previewyoutube=uslH-IZur_Q;full][/previewyoutube] once again i thank you all for your feedback and reports. i am eager to hear your thoughts on the update, please do not hesitate to tell me your thoughts!