Version 0.3.4

MINOR CHANGES

• added a pop-up about Tutorial on the second floor for new players

• decreased the amount of healing Goo receives from absorbing its spawn

• decreased the distance between Tengu's shadows spawned in the alternate phase

• DM-300 now spawns immediately aggroed and closer to the starting room

• decreased DM-100's health by half (they deserved it)

• boss summons no longer grant any experience

• piranhas are now resistant to fire and immune to burning

• changed skeletons spawning on the fifth floor to gnoll shamans

• evil eyes no longer drop meat, but vampire bats do

• buying, selling, and stealing items from shops now takes one turn

• increased amount of ammo/gunpowder/bombs sold at the last shop

• freezing duration from Wands of Ice Barrier will ignore the target's armor now

• Scrolls of Phase Warp are now more reliably random

BUGS & ISSUES

• fixed Yog's fists not counting as magical enemies

• fixed the burning fist ability description

• fixed evil eyes being able to hit you twice

• fixed DM-300 bombs not exploding at the same time

• fixed DM-300 being able to hit you at a distance

• fixed DM-300 being able to use abilities while asleep

• fixed DM-300 always throwing two bombs while enraged

• fixed dropping/throwing equipped armor taking fewer turns than unequipping it

• fixed Scrolls of Detect Magic failing to identify equipped items in certain cases

• fixed some shelves being inaccessible on warehouse floors

• fixed vampiric weapons draining health from magical enemies

• fixed the guard buff lasting longer than intended

• fixed some other (even less important) stuff

Version 0.3.3

GENERAL

• all difficulty levels are now unlocked by default

• last three chapters became much more open-ended

• added more decorations for wall and floor tiles

• made a lot of tweaks to make chapters differ from each other

• added random clutter in empty rooms to make them look a bit different

• added "burnt" floors which have a lot of (likely cursed) bones and barely any grass

• added "storage" floors which change most of the floor's walls to (mostly empty) shelves

• added "guarded" floors with additional mobs spawned, some of them wandering by default

• "trapped" floors no longer affect mob amount and respawn rate

• decreased amount of traps on "flooded" floors

• removed the "haunted" floor feeling

• all hazards now have descriptions when inspected

• the ambitious imp now only spawns in the floor's exit room

• the troll blacksmith's quest now requires only 5 pieces of dark gold ore

ENEMIES & BOSSES

• the mob description window now also shows their stats, resistances and abilities

• completely reworked the Tengu boss fight

• completely reworked the DM-300 boss fight

• boss summons now can be encountered as regular mobs

• evil eyes no longer run away when approached

• evil eye beams are now reflected from walls

• golems can now inflict knockback upon attacking

• blackguards can now pull you closer with harpoons

• stats of gnoll hunters/shamans now scale with the current chapter

• piranhas and imps can turn invisible now

• significantly decreased the chance of mobs dropping food

• delay between mob respawns now increases much faster

• replaced fire elementals with a new enemy: fire drakes

• replaced fiends with a new enemy: demonic magi

• reworked the succubus sprite so it looks more demonic

• removed class-specific mob descriptions in the sewers

ITEMS & CONSUMABLES

• interacting with bookshelves now has a chance of identifying one unknown scroll
• changed the Scroll of Identify into the Scroll of Detect Magic
• Potions of Invisibility now snuff out the lantern when used
• Invisibility is also dispelled when lighting the lantern
• all uncursing effects now remove only one negative level from cursed items
• items in perfect condition can now be repaired anyway

BOMBS & FIREARMS

• all flintlock weapons now require only 1 portion of gunpowder to reload
• bombs now explode on the next turn after being thrown
• bomb sticks now require more gunpowder to craft
• bomb explosions no longer inflict knockback
• changed damage from explosions from non-elemental to their own element

WANDS

• the Wand of Lightning zaps now arc to nearby targets unless the target is standing in the water
• the Wand of Ice Barrier now simply creates a short wall on the tiles adjacent to the target
• the Wand of Disintegration shouldn't affect the same target twice anymore
• stacking runes of the Wand of Firebrand beyond the fifth stack only affects their duration now

DEBUFFS

• lightning damage from all sources now spreads over the water, just like the Wand of Lightning zaps
• damage debuff from being Poisoned, Withered, Charmed and Controlled was decreased from 50% to 25%
• the Vertigo debuff now interrupts your movement when causing you to misstep
• mobs affected by the Vertigo debuff will now switch their behavior to "wandering"

FIXES

• fixed cave scorpions appearing one floor earlier than intended
• fixed the issue that caused Scrolls of Banishment to apply the Tormented debuff instead of Banished
• fixed the issue that caused cursed Rings of Durability to prevent repair too often
• fixed visual issues with harpoons
• fixed a lot of minor issues and typos

Version 0.3.2a

GENERAL

• "magic skill" stat was renamed into "magic power" and now affects wand's damage/effect
• "willpower" was renamed into "attunement" and now affects recharge rate not as much
• potions of Strength now increase your magic power in addition to its previous effects
• Scholar now receives bonus magic power only on every 3rd level up
• Acolyte now receives bonus magic power only on every 6th level up
• Warrior and Brigand do not get additional magic power on level ups at all
• increased starting health for all character classes from by 5 points
• regeneration rate now depends on the max health amount only
• nerfed waterskins and oil lantern
• Acolyte now starts with three empty bottles instead of a potion of Overgrowth

WANDS & RINGS

• wand damage, recharge rate, and number of charges were significantly rebalanced
• combat wands now are Magic Missile, Disintegration, Smiting, Lightning, Acid Spray and Firebrand
• utility wands now are Ice Barrier, Thornvines, Force Blast, Charm, Life Drain and Damnation
• wands will never miss their target anymore (except Magic Missile)
• "utility" wands can miscast/squeeze charges, just like combat wands
• only unidentified and/or cursed wands will ever miscast now
• changed curse chances for wands/rings to be dependent on chapter rather than floor number
• wands and rings now have much more detailed descriptions

ALCHEMY & POTIONS

• brewing potions now requires an empty potion bottle and two specific herbs
• empty bottles can be found in shops, laboratories, and among the loot
• using incorrect herbs will give you unstable potion which is, well, unstable
• added potions of Rage, Toxic Gas, and Confusion Gas
• Potion of Overgrowth was replaced with Potion of Webbing
• Potion of Blessing was divided into Potion of Shield and Potion of Blessing
• Potion of Corrosive Gas was replaced with Potion of Caustic Ooze
• Potion of Caustic Ooze creates temporary acid puddles on the floor
• rain created by potions of Thunderstorm now can refill wells in its area of effect

HERBS & FOOD

• raw meat cannot be cooked by burning or freezing it, but is completely safe to eat
• burning raw meat will turn it into burned meat, which is a worse version of raw meat
• you can, however, cook raw meat in alchemy pots, making it more nutritional
• it can also be cooked with herbs to provide a much longer resistance buff when eaten
• herbs now require only one turn to be eaten (was three turns before)
• herbs now remove debuffs and apply short resistance buffs when eaten
• spawn rates of different herbs now depends on the current chapter
• implemented Feyleaf herb, which increases magical resistance when eaten
• Dreamweed was renamed into Dreamfoil and had its sprite changed slightly
• herbs and other types of food now have much more detailed descriptions

EQUIPMENT

• quarterstaffs now increase your magic power by 10-25% depending on their upgrade level
• rebalanced prices and quantities of ammunition and throwing weapons
• missile and flintlock weapons got their damage increased
• light throwing weapons can now inflict bonus damage on sneak attacks
• debuffs from special throwing weapons now ignore target's armor
• javelins and tomahawks can now knock their targets back on hit
• chakrams can now be used to hit several enemies at once
• harpoons were reworked and will be more reliable now
• throwing items at secret doors now also reveals them
• weapon enchantments do not provide bonus damage for certain wands anymore
• added a confirmation pop-up when equipping items which are too heavy for you

BUFFS & DEBUFFS

• the Enraged buff now has decreased effect, but lasts longer
• Mind Vision now increases Perception by 25%
• Levitation now increases Dexterity by 25%
• Invisibility now increases Stealth by 25%
• Invisibility is now dispelled on stealing
• Corrosion now causes its target to spawn an acid puddle on death
• Vertigo now prevents you from receiving "Focused" buff from skipping turns
• being Poisoned now decreases attack speed only by 25% (instead of 50%)
• electricity damage does not inflict Electrified debuff on its targets anymore
• electricity damage now just gets increased by 50% if the target is standing in the water

MOBS

• slightly buffed minimum damage for most of the mobs mobs
• Goo was tweaked to make its fight easier for new players and less annoying for veterans
• King of Dwarves was tweaked to make his fight to be less confusing/unfair for everyone
• carrion eaters, giant spiders and cave scorpions are now vulnerable to mind debuffs
• warlocks and evil eyes will not miss anymore (same as the corresponding wands)
• carrion eaters are not resistant to body and acid anymore
• updated giant spider sprites, and now they only spawn webs on death
• cave scorpions now spawn acid puddle instead of corrosive gas on death
• dwarf monks aren't resistant to mind effects anymore
• dwarf warlocks now deal more damage with their ranged attacks
• charmed mobs should be a bit more independent now
• hitting charmed/controlled mobs doesn't remove the effect from them

DUNGEON

• moved old wandmaker NPC to the Sewers, and sad ghost NPC to the Prison
• decreased amount of water in the bonus well rooms (only guaranteed wells are on the 4th floor of a chapter)
• poison dart traps were changed into confusion gas traps
• toxic gas trap now releases toxic gas instead of corrosive gas
• trapped vaults now can be filled with summoning traps
• made item piles on the already visited tiles visible through the fog of war
• small changes to the layout of the second boss floor nd imp's shop floor
• secret doors on the 2nd floor are now guaranteed only if you have not unlocked at least one of the strength, upgrade or boss badges yet

Version 0.3.1j

GENERAL

• added ability to steal items from shops
• shopkeepers do not leave any items behind when fleeing anymore
• boomerangs and chakrams now always return when thrown (just like harpoons)
• sleeping in water doesn't affects health regeneration rate anymore
• slightly adjusted various debuff durations

MOBS & BOSSES

• gnoll brutes now become enraged on being hit while having less than 50% health
• DM-300 now becomes slightly faster after every enrage (up to 95%)
• DM-300 now receives halved damage when enraged
• Tengu now receives halved damage when enraged

HERBS & WATERSKINS

• brought back the Earthroot herb

• changed the sprite of the Whirlvine herb

• added a rare Wyrmflower herb which can be used to brew potions of Strength

• pouring water from waterskins does not flood the targeted tile anymore

• pouring water from waterskin now turns ember tiles into grass tiles

• pouring water from waterskin now turns grass tiles into high grass tiles

• pouring water from waterskin now grows random herbs on a high grass tiles

BUGS & ISSUES

• fixed game crashing when attacking burning Goo or its spawns
• fixed game crashing sometimes when Ankh tries to resurrect you
• fixed game crashing when player character is killed by a trap
• fixed Levitation visual effect glitch when using potion of Levitation to fall down
• fixed Ensnared duration from webs and regrowth clouds
• fixed guard lasting for a more than a single turn
• fixed some descriptions in the tutorial
• fixed some typos and grammar mistakes
• fixed some other minor issues

Version 0.3.1h

GENERAL

• lantern can be used to spend your oil flasks to ignite nearby tiles
• amount of oil flasks spawned is increased
• waterskins can be used to pour water on adjacent tiles (or yourself)
• pouring water now creates a patch of water on affected tile
• wands of Magic Missile now inflict energy damage with their spells (instead physical)

MOBS

• decreased wraith HP
• decreased wraith blink chance
• restored wraith spawn rate on haunted floor to the previous value
• gnoll shamans now inflict energy damage with their spells (instead of physical)
• fixed first boss not spawning minions when hit

MISC

• weapons ands armors in shops can be enchanted now
• increased duration of "Withered" caused by unholy damage
• thunderstorm clouds now can remove Corrosion
• updated loading tips
• updated tutorial

BUGFIXES

• fixed issue with weapons being degraded too fast
• fixed scroll of Challenge crashing the game
• fixed scroll of Transmutation and throwing weapons/ammunitions issue
• fixed issue when using throwing weapons with ranged weapon in your main hand
• fixed issue with quickslots acting as offhand slots when item in them is equipped
• fixed scroll of Transmutation not showing a message when transmuting rings
• fixed some typos and grammar mistakes

Version 0.3.1e

GENERAL

• new soundtracks, kudos to Jivvy! (music in the first chapter remained the same)

• when you skip a turn, the character gains a significant bonus to the chance of hitting

• waterskins now occupy a separate button on the left of the game screen

• added a digital indicator of the character's health

• added the indicator of current difficulty in the upper right corner

• numerous bugfixes

BUFFS & DEBUFFS

• all status effects were standardized, many were partially or completely reworked

• some overly powerful or redundant debuffs were removed from the game (stun, for example)

• some debuffs were brought back to the game or implemented from scratch

• duration of debuffs from attacks now scales from damage received vs target's total health

• duration of most debuffs from blobs now depends on amount of time target spent in the blob

• added descriptions of effects in the "Buffs" window

• added effect duration indicator at the top of the game screen

• many debuffs got new shiny visual effects

ILLUMINATION & SECRETS

• torches have been removed from the game

• characters start with an oil lantern that can be turned on and off at any time instead

• lantern increases view distance and guarantees detection of traps/doors, but nullifies your stealth in return

• lantern needs oil flasks, there are two of them per chapter (one among random drops and one in a shop)

• player character's view distance is now limited to 4 cells regardless of the chapter

• rebalanced chance to detect traps (mostly decreased it)

FOOD & SATIETY

• satiety drain rate now depends on strength requirement of your current equipment vs your current strength

• starving now gives you some time before it starts to inflict damage (and it also deals decreased damage at first)

• in general, starvation now inflicts less damage than before (4% HP per turn at max vs ~6% HP per turn as before)

• herbs can now be eaten to slightly satisfy hunger and/or to remove certain debuffs

• some herbs, on the contrary, inflict short-term debuffs (but satisfy hunger anyway)

• it's better to eat harmful food when you are not that hungry

BOSSES & DENIZENS

• the fifth boss now has immunity to fire/acid, as long as the corresponding fist is alive

• on knockback into something, the fourth boss now inflicts Vertigo instead of dealing additional damage

• wraiths are now resistant to physical damage

• reduced the frequency of wraith spawn on the haunted floors

• some mobs have been slightly tweaked

EQUIPMENT & CONSUMABLES

• resists from buffs, rings and enchantments now stack and can be brought to 100% immunity

• bonuses from rings and the chance of triggering enchantments have become slightly higher at the lower upgrade levels

• scrolls of Torment now inflict a "Torment" debuff, frightening off mobs in addition to inflicting damage

• scroll of Challenge now enrages your character instead of mobs on the current floor

• scrolls of Banishment now banish magical mobs in addition to inflicting damage, forcing them to flee

• scrolls of Sunlight now disrupt (confuse) magic mobs instead of ignoring them

Version 0.3.0d

CHARACTERS

• changed Wand skill attribute into Magic skill, which affects your accuracy with wands and power of some of the scrolls

• changed Detection attribute into Perception, which affects your chances to expose your enemy to counter attacks instead of your chances to prevent equipping a cursed item

• changed Magic power attribute into Willpower, which affects your chances to prevent equipping a cursed item instead of determining scroll's power

• Warrior now gets increased amount of hp only on every 6th level instead of every 3rd level

• Acolyte now gets decreased amount of hp only on every 6th level instead of every 3rd level

• shields now apply their armor class bonus only with 50% chance or on failed guard attempts

• shields now degrade and proc only when applying their bonus or when guarding

• debuffs now affect chance to apply shield's bonus AC instead of the shield's AC

• guard effectiveness is now affected by your base strength instead of excess strength

• hero's remains are now separated by difficulties

MOBS & BOSSES

• all enemies in the fifth chapter now count as magical (but not necessarily having body or mind immunity)

• third boss does not counts as magical, while still having body and mind immunity

• evil eyes now drop raw meat instead of cave scorpions

• fire elementals and evil eyes now only partially pierce target's armor instead of completely ignoring it

• imps now deal physical damage and don't have fire resistance anymore

• imps now will steal random amount of stackable items instead of the full stack

ITEMS & SHOPS

• ankhs now weaken curses on all of your items on activation

• waterskins now can be used to wash away caustic ooze and douze burning effct on self

• potions of Mending now heal 25% of health immediately

• base duration of the effect of potions of Mending decreased to 15 turns instead of 20

• base duration of effect of potions of Levitation increased to 20 turns (from 15 turns)

• first four shops will not sell same repair tools in stock

• first four shops will not have more than two of the same type of ammunition in stock

RANGED WEAPONS

• flintlock weapons now can be reloaded while moving

• fixed issue with flintlock weapons being almost unable to deal sneak attacks

• trying to shoot from a non-loaded flintlock weapon now will reload it instead of showing a warning

• increased durability of ranged weapons

• decreased price modifier when purchasing throwing weapons and ammunitions in shops

• rebalanced amount of throwing weapons and ammunitions when generated in a wrong chapter

WANDS & RINGS

• wands of Disintegration/Firebolt do not completely ignore target's armor class anymore

• wand of Entanglement is twice as effective now

• rings of Perception were renamed into rings of Awareness and now affect bonus damage from counter attacks instead of view distance

• rings of Energy were renamed into rings of Concentration and now increase mind resistance chance instead of enchantment's proc chance

• rings of Sorcery now affect enchantment's proc chance instead of wand's miscast/squeeze chance

• rings of Protection do not affect your mind and body resistance chance anymore

SCROLLS

• scrolls are now affected by your Magic skill instead of Willpower

• scrolls of Challenge will not affect passive animated statues

• scrolls of Enchantment now can be used to transmute fully upgraded rings/wands into another ones

• scrolls of Torment are more powerful and reliable now, but their radius of effect is limited

• scrolls of Transmutation can be used on ammunition and throwing weapons

• scrolls of Transmutation should be way more useful now

GENERAL

• added confirmation window when trying to step on a revealed trap

• added confirmation window when trying to equip obviously cursed item

• added confirmation window when trying to drink water while your health is greater than 50%

• added new lore about winners of The Impossible Contest into the game ;)

BUGFIXES & MINOR TWEAKS

• fixed issue when explosions destroyed items which drop on the hero's death

• partial proguard activation

• improved title screen background

• improved Goo's sprite

• slightly improved sprite of ambitious imp NPC

• thunderstrikes will now occasionally hit in diagonal directions instead of cardinal

• slightly improved thunderstrike's visuals and visibility

• hopefully fixed issue with successive hits not stacking combo counter

• combo attacks now will apply their bonus only from the third hit

• fixed combo counter being visible through fog of war

• healing effect from the scroll of Sunlight cannot be resisted anymore

• being exposed to counter attacks now lasts exactly one turn instead of until the beginning of target's turn

• moved durability loss to hero's attack and defense procs

• slightly simplified durability loss logic

• cannot guard against ranged attacks without a shield anymore

• cannot guard against armor piercing opponents anymore

• game now indicates failed guard attempts

• missed attacks now interrupt hero's actions

• slightly changed character descriptions

• fixed issue with shopkeepers reacting to effects of scroll of Sunlight

• increased blink delay of succubi to 6 turns (from 5 turns)

• mobs will not drain health on successful guards

• adjusted bonus armor class from the Durability enchantment

• adjusted bonus weapon damage from the Tempered enchantment

• adjusted some of the item's descriptions

• fixed issue were unidentified rings were labeled as cursed in their descriptions

• wand of FIrebolt will not ignite non-flammable tiles anymore

• wand of Freezing now can affect chasm tiles

• fixed issue with wands of Phasing being able to teleport entities which are supposd to be immovable

• fixed a bug when falling into a chasm while having a DoT on your character

• fixed a bug where brewing a potion in a flooded alchemy lab crashed the game

• fixed a bug where enemies on the edge of the view sometimes were revealed to the player

• storage rooms now have their food in the main part and bonus item hidden behind the shelves

• treasury rooms will not be guaranteed to have a mimic chest all the time now (except in a fifth chapter)

• lightning traps will now occasionally hit in diagonal directions instead of cardinal

• reworked the final floor (mostly to remove that door-shaped red herring)

• reworked dead end floor (for the same reasons as above)

• increased width of some of the description windows when in landscape mode

• fixed issue where shooting from a flintlock weapon alarmed targets around the targeted cell instead of shooter

• player can't use waterskins on full health anymore

• slightly improved visuals of Thunderstorm cloud

• added scrolling indicators to some of the lists

Version 0.3.0c

• reworked the "Enchanted item with +X bonus acquired" badge into "X scrolls of Upgrade used" badge

• scrolls of Banishment and potions of Blessing now affect wands in the wand holder

• potions of Strength now give 2 bonus health points regardless of your class

• you can double tap the Search button to search now (with default behaviour set)

• decreased skeleton respawn rate in the fourth boss fight

• fixed scroll of Challenge freezing the game on floors with no mobs

• fixed Harpoons crashing the game when used on immovable target

• fixed the search button switch in the settings having incorrect text

• fixed "Nevermind" button when the game asks you which quickslot to replace

• fixed DM-300's boulders crashing the game in rare cases

• NPCs are immovable now

Version 0.3.0b

• added an option to change the "Search" button behaviour in the game settings
• wandmaker now shows actual wand names even if they were not identified yet
• completing the sad ghost quest will not crash the game anymore (restart the run if he still does)
• some loading tips were reworded (thanks to Dustin Jacobsen)
• fixed some of the descriptions and issues

Version 0.3.0a

General

• you can hit targets out of your field of view again, but with 50% accuracy penalty
• rebalanced rewards of sad ghost and ambitious imp quests
• rewards of sad ghost and old wandmaker quests are visible to the player now
• player character now receives 50% less damage on Easy difficulty
• player character now receives 50% more damage on Impossible difficulty

Items & Shops

• all basic shops now sell arrows or quarrels
• all basic shops now sell bullets or gunpowder
• decreased base price of ammunitions
• partially identified (non-cursed) items now cost less than fully identified ones
• rebalanced bomb damage, bomb sticks are less powerful than bundles now
• scrolls of Enchantment now can be used to upgrade/uncurse wands and rings
• scrolls of Enchantment now upgrade already enchanted weapons/armors
• scrolls of Enchantment now re-enchant only if item is already at +3
• scrolls of Sunlight now heal more the longer you stay in their area of effect
• effect of scrolls of Sunlight now lasts less longer
• thunderstorm clouds now deal low damage to the fire elementals

Mobs & Bosses

• mob damage is not affected by difficulty anymore
• mob respawn rate is not affected by difficulty anymore
• tweaked last boss battle to be a bit more difficult
• buffed damage growth rate of miasma cloud
• carrion swarms now drain 1% of your satiety per hit
• fire elementals do not drop gunpowder anymore
• golems now become less armored while burning
• wraiths now deal physical damage in melee instead of unholy, but still ignore target's armor
• increased drop chance of raw meat from sewer crabs, giant spiders and cave scorpions

Minor tweaks and bugfixes

• shopkeepers are immovable now
• last boss is immovable now
• haunted floors now generate bonus items in cursed bone heaps instead of tombs
• slightly tweaked messages when upgrading unidentified items
• tweaked pitch of the player character's scream when playing as Acolyte
• removed wall sign from the floor 25
• fixed evil eyes being stupid in melee (again)
• fixed "Search" button being active during search animation
• fixed bug with cursed items disappearing when equipped while inventory is full
• fixed attack/movement speed penalty values in item descriptions being overly precise
• item descriptions now tell item's rarity to better understand item's intended chapter
• fixed carpaccio and raw meat being partially useable even while overfed
• fixed duplication bug with win/total count on the rankings screen
• fixed some possible issues with attack/danger buttons
• fixed some typos