The game now has proper saves and unlocks. The bones of the game are complete!

The tutorial has also been made much more detailed, so the player hopefully won't have to have already played Slay the Spire to understand what's going on.

I feel comfortable calling this a "Beta" now since the bulk of the remaining work is filling out the content. I'll be working on putting up a Steam demo soon.

Changelog

v0.4.6 -> v0.5.0

Bug Fixes

- Cutscene names now appear on mouseover when looking at the Library in the main menu.
- Fixed Seagull's Tactical Tome triggering every turn after turn 2.
- Fixed some terrain effects not being drawn.
- Prevented being able to click Play/Exit multiple times in a row on the main menu.
- Fixed z-fighting on Energy terrain in certain circumstances.
- Fixed block preview on cards that both deal damage and apply Block (such as Seagull's Light from Within).
- Fixed Butterfly's Step Chart using her Striation terrain sprite.
- Adjusted timing of area intro and "Your Turn" notifications to prevent overlap.

Story

- Made the tutorial more detailed.
- Edited some tutorial-related dialogue.
- Added dialogue on returning from your first "real" run.
- Characters, paths, cards and memories must now be unlocked.
  This helps me pace the story and the more complex game mechanics.
- Added a second conversation for each pair. Bonds are strengthened by going on expeditions.

Visuals

- Enemy movements now play out simultaneously when multiple enemies' only intent is to move.
- Multi-hitting attacks have a slightly longer delay between hits.
- Replaced selected path side banners with more subtle versions.
- Removed menu motion from character select screen.
- Added a bigger notification when you clear a realm.

Gameplay

- The first battle of each realm no longer spawns enemies from other realms.
- The first battle of each run now generates flat ground around where the party spawns, to prevent map generation from limiting movement too much.
- The first boss can no longer be the Nightmare (will be reworked later).
- Added an end-of-demo-content cutscene.

Quality of Life

- You can now select units by clicking their sprite rather than just the tile they're standing on.
- Card and memory examine tooltips no longer go off the side of the screen.
- Added clickable button for the Library on the character select screen.
- Added buttons to check characters' unlocked cards and memories on the character examine screen.
- Added buttons to check universal unlocked cards and memories on the character select screen.
- "Quit" on the pause menu is now "Exit Game", for clarity.

Enemies

- Construction Sign now appears at a set depth each time to end the run (sorry).
- Flint Striker has been reworked slightly.

Cards

- "Unusual" cards are now consistently worded as "Neutral" cards.
  - Symbiosis and Mimicry now ignore line of sight on upgrade.
- "Lunge (requires target)" is now worded as "Targeted Lunge", and is given its own tooltip (likewise with Retreat).
- Cards that push/pull allies have their tooltip clarified (push/pull won't harm allies).
- Butterfly:
  - Made Word of Honor's description more clear.
  - Renamed Arcane Tether to Arcane Grapple and made its description more clear.
  - Waterfall now deals 42 damage/8 self-damage rather than 50/5.
  - Deflect now grants 8 Block rather than 10.
- Seagull:
  - Disruption now ignores line of sight on upgrade.
  - Wand of Weakness now inflicts 5 Weakened instead of 3, has a cooldown of 3 instead of 2, and ignores line of sight on upgrade.
  - Wand of Blinding now ignores line of sight on upgrade.
  - Lever now ignores line of sight on upgrade.
  - Study now ignores line of sight on upgrade.
  - Light from Within can now target any unit.
- Cricket: Steal is now a targeted lunge.
- Crow:
  - Eclipse now self-inflicts 1 Dazed in addition to its 1 Stunned, and Overheats for 2 until upgraded.
  - Bell's Toll has clearer wording.
  - Cloak of Feathers now has a cooldown of 3 turns (in case you have a charge-refilling Memory).

Items

- Universal:
  - Added Mote of Stamina, which refills 1 AP.
  - Added Mote of Concentration, which refills 1 GP.
  - Added Stardust, which grants 3 Stars.
  - Added Extraction, which downgrades a card to generate an upgrade item.
  - Added Reframing, which destroys your rightmost Memory to generate a very rare Memory draft item.
  - Added Intuition, which destroys your rightmost Action to generate a Golden Action draft item.
- Fire:
  - Added Heat Core, which applies 2 Rally to any unit.
  - Added Wax Poultice, which applies 3 Recovery to any unit.
  - Added Shielding Flame, which applies 5 Resist to any unit.
  - Added Cold Ash, which destroys the selected card immediately.
- Water:
  - Added Ice Sheet, which applies 2 Nimble to any unit.
  - Added Mote of Distortion, which applies 2 Dodge to any unit.
  - Added Smoke Ball, which applies 2 Distracted to any unit.
  - Added Skipping Stone, which increases move speed by 1 at the cost of 15 max HP.
- Wood:
  - Added Wooden Die, which applies 2 Critical to any unit.
  - Added Bark Shards, which applies 3 Exposed to any unit.
  - Added Axe Herb, which applies 3 Focus to any unit.
  - Added White Branch, which drafts a rare Action at the cost of 10 max HP.
- Metal:
  - Added Heavy Ingot, which applies 15 Block to any unit.
  - Added Polishing Compound, which applies 3 Form to any unit.
  - Added Laminated Steel, which applies 3 Parry to any unit.
  - Added Raw Ore, which drafts a golden Action at the cost of 15 max HP.
- Earth:
  - Added Pumice Fragments, which applies 2 Vulnerable to any unit.
  - Added Shaken Ground, which applies 2 Unstable to any unit.
  - Added Mote of Gravity, which applies 2 Bound to any unit.
  - Added Xenolith, which drafts a golden Gambit at the cost of 10 max HP.

Memories

- Meditation items now phrase their effect as "Selected unit attunes to..." rather than "Selected unit gains..."
- "On pickup" memories are now worded as "On attunement" to clarify that their effects don't happen when you just have their Meditation items in your inventory.
- "Very rare" Memories are now referred to as "golden" for consistency.
- Golden Memories now have a gold tip on their border.
- Butterfly:
  - Added Armour Laces, which give 1 Max HP whenever you defeat an enemy.
  - Added Half Plate, which grants 30 Block every fifth turn.
  - Added Spear Plume, which applies 1 Distracted to surrounding enemies on turn end.
- Seagull:
  - Added Tether Tassel, which adds 1 more Block each time you apply it.
  - Added Star Leggings, which gives Block equal to 2 times the number of active enemies on turn start.
  - Added Maneuver Manual, which is like Tactical Tome but for every odd round instead of every even round.
- Cricket:
  - Added Wood Plane, which grants 2 Block for each Push/Pull card you play.
  - Added Crafting Gloves, which grants 1 Resist when playing a card that generates another card.
  - Added Belt Banner, which causes your first 2 attacks to also Copy.
- Crow:
  - Spread Wings now gains potency when attuning to additional copies of it.
  - Added Sheer Fabric, which has a 1 in 3 chance to refresh your movement action when you reload a card.
  - Added Blood Magic, which refills a charge if you lost HP during the enemy turn.
  - Added Vicious Cycle, which has a 1 in 3 chance to draw 1 when playing a card that generates another card.