v1.36 - Shrines and Balance


Hi there!

Long time no see! New update for Lost For Swords incoming, with loots of additions, improvements, changes and bugfixes!


Here are the details:

  • Shrines: neutral cards that have effects on both hero and monsters
  • +6 tower difficulty: flipped monsters heal 3 when exiting room
  • add icons to various keyword explanations when inspecting card
  • overhauled overworld map
  • doors and backtracks flip immediately when entering a room
  • Winged Door only spawns after all monsters have been defeated
  • Doublecast: created spells are ethereal
  • visual effect for ethereal cards
  • stealth rework: attacking monster reduces stealth by 1 instead of removing it fully
  • improvements to card rendering: bigger texts whenever possible
  • cards that relate to the origin show an indicator at the origin spot while interacting
  • stealth and teleport charges don’t stay between rooms anymore
  • nerfed Pocket Wormhole: gains 1 less Teleport Charge
  • nerfed Rearrangement: cannot be upgraded anymore
  • nerfed Force Multiplier: weapon also loses attack
  • buffed Spell Wand: triggers whenever a spell is prepared
  • buffed Foresight: replaces itself by drawing a card at origin
  • buffed Preparation: it also upgrades the Scroll it draws
  • buffed Ring Of Patience: triggers every 18 turns, not just on turn 20
  • buffed Bow Artisan: gives Bows Quick Equip
  • tweaked Powder Keg Bow: multiple uses, less base damage
  • tweaked various Hammers: Solomon’s, regular Hammer and Hammer Artisan
  • Potions and Sins are displayed separately in hero draw pile
  • show a card’s max HP when focussed and damaged
  • show a card’s requirements and provided tags in card library
  • performance improvements
  • bugfix: movement indicator was sometimes drawn over sleep indicator
  • bugfix: successful exert shows “exert”, not “blocked”
  • bugfix: fixed calculation for multiple ben’s keys
  • bugfix: for slow card interactions while sleeping: attacks get cancelled, scrolls and armor still triggers
  • bugfix: skipping rope does not skip second main floor anymore

New Cards:

  • Shrines
  • Wings Of Hypnos
  • Orion’s Blessing
  • Lesser Heal
  • Sacred Statue
  • Blasphemy

Thanks for reading and see you at the next update! :)

Bye! (ʘ‿ʘ)╯

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