• A new option appears at Recruitment Center that displays all monsters you've run into. As you expand your bestiary, you'll earn rewards (Epic Mode Only).
  

New Missions

• Creature Cull: Defeat a random set of monsters
• Monster Hunt: Take out the powerful monster-boss. Rewards a Treasure.
• Titans: Post-game mission sequence where you must defeat an extremely powerful Titan (a monster-boss with overpowered abilities).
  

New Items

• Dragon Armor: Gain ability Summon Dragon
• Scorpion Staff: Gain ability Summon Scorpion
• Ring of Arachnids: Gain ability Summon Broodling
• Storm Shield: Absorb Lightning Damage
• Demon's Ring: Gain ability Acquire Strength
• Venon Blade: Gain ability Venomous Strike
• Poison Staff: Gain ability Poison
• Pyromancer's Mask: Gain Rage: Flames
• Arcane Cloak: Increase Magic upon Rage trigger
  

Steam Cloud

• Players can now open a save file on Steam Cloud.
• Unfortunately, cannot transfer existing files to the cloud
  

Survival Mode Fixed

• Removed Party Upgrade missions. Was never intended to be part of this game-mode.
• Missions levels will rise to 90% of the next story mission. So there will no longer be lingering easy-missions.
• As a result of these two changes the game mode should be more difficult, I'll reset the leaderboard closer to the release date.
  

Color Changes

• Terrain across the game is less saturated
• The UI is less saturated
• All characters' colors have been redone. Colors are lighter and saturation is more consistent.
• Black colors on characters have moved closer to dark-blue, dark-green, or magenta.
  

New Features and Improvements

• Turn Panel Hover: Hovering over a character in the turn-panel with a mouse will show an effect over the corresponding unit
• The UI Turn Panel now works properly with Pyromancer's Gem and Kings' Crown
• First few job-levels provide double the Job-Points (Upgrading jobs felt too slow early on)
• Improved Commander and Pyromancer Sprites
• New Mercenaries for hire. Larger of variety of mercenaries to hire at the Recruitment center.
• Players can now trade special items (Treasures). The treasures are divided into a handful of buckets.
• Rogue's "Strength and Magic" passive skill (Use the max between the two) now works during battle and not just before battle. It will also work with Arcane Staff.
• Speed, Focus, Strength, Magic and other job-upgrades have more description
• Arrest Warrant Mission will show the next enemy to defeat as the character in the Mission List screen
  

Bug Fixes and AI Improvements

• Fixed Astromancer's lack of ability to use Meteor
• Disease Icon is removed when character no longer has disease
• No longer a slight delay in summoning units. Sprites are loaded before battle
• Fixed issue where Curse was not always working as intended (some skills avoided the effect)
• Fixed Holy Cloak + incorrectly reducing wearer's speed
• Fixed Champions Crown + and Mystic Pendant + (weren't increasing stats)
• Rock Armor affects Teleport-Move and not just Move
• Reinforcements have names
• Removed final Blacksmith Rarity mission that would crash the game
• Fixed issue where Triple-cast was not indicated as needing to be unlocked for Sorcerer
• Fixed issue where cure was indicated as needing to be unlocked for Paladin
• Fixed crash that could occur with Archer and Plague
• Fixed Bug/Crash with Kings' Crown description
• Aligned characters on Load Game button
• Fixed price of Celestial Pendant +
• AI will cast less often when enemies are nearby
• AI Melee units with Range abilities will not behave as though he were a range unit
• AI will use Fireball more often
• AI will stop using Ice Shield on enemies and use it on allies
• AI with Deflect or Ice Shield are less likely to cower away from Ice Shards
• AI Mystic Knights are a little smarter and will not use Mystic Blade as often
• AI will avoid attacking bombs or earth pillars for little reason
• AI will choose better targets for Summon Bandit and Summon Lancer
  
  

What's Next?

• New Trailer
• Achievements overhaul
• Set a release date
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Bug where Reflect would not immediately reflect projectiles as intended.
• Fixed bug that would often occur with Double or Triple Cast
• Fixed issue where Dice never rolls on highest face (sorry!)
• AI More likely to optimize AOE positioning
• Fixed crash that would occur when trying one of the Shop Rarity Missions.
  

Projectile Lines

• When Targeting with a projectile ability, a line is drawn indicating who it will hit
• The lines are also drawn when a player is choosing where to move and indicate how your movement affects projectiles that will soon fire.
• You can also see these lines when using Teleport. Warpgate, and Earth Pillar
  
  

New Features

• When selecting a Job, all abilities are listed and those that haven't been unlocked are grayed-out.
• Hold Down Mouse Button (Or Confirm Button) to speed up animations
• Magic Resistance upgrades are now available for: Ninja, Berserker, Sentinel, Sorcerer, and Champion
• Show more text when choosing equipment
  

Nerfs/Changes

• Kings Crown no longer sets cast Time for Infuse / Doublecast / Command to 0. It now halves the cast time (stacks with multiple Kings Crowns) and also applies to Triplecast and Command Enemy.
• Geomancer Gem damage bonus reduced from 50% and 80% to 40% and 50%
• Paladin Gem bonus reduced from 75% and 100% to 50% and 75%
• Doublecast and Triplecast must now target different locations for each ability
• Triplecast Charge Time increased from 300 to 400
• Command Enemy Charge Time increased from 250 to 300
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where Green/Orange numbers in turn order at the top did not match those of units on the battlefield
• Fixed Crash that occured with Guard + Dark Bolt
• Fixed Issue where Cure became unavailable for High Priest even if it was unlocked.
• Fixed Damage Bonus Text for Direct Shot
• Fixed 8x dice being able to equip in a normal dice slot
• Fixed crash that could occur with Cure AOE
• Fixed crash that could occur with Doublecast / Triplecast
• Fixed infinite damage with Explosive/Penalize Magic combination
• Fixed Curse Range Bonus
• Fixed crash that could occur when changing jobs that require an item and the number of items you can equip would decrease upon job change
  

Developer Notes

• Why am I introducing new jobs? Because its fun and I held off on it for year while redoing the story mode.
• I'm looking to add more abilities to some of the classes even if those abilities are similar to ones that already exist. The game is at the point where two jobs can share a similar ability and still be different enough.
  

New Features

• Upon the second run-through of the story mode (after finishing the first), enemies have upgraded jobs. They'll have Tier 2 jobs instead of the Tier 1 jobs that appeared in the first run-through. This is to have the second run-through feel different and be sufficiently challenging.
• Swap Job Button. If you have correct job upgrades you can more easily swap your Main Job and Sub Job.
• New Cloaks of Dragons item that grants Breath: Flames ability and the upgraded version offers the Dragon Knight class.
• Hold Down DPAD for faster cursor navigation. Works how you would expect: hold down an arrow key and then after a short time the cursor will quickly move in that direction.
• Necromancer's Upon Death may now have AOE. There is a new upgrade to increase its AOE. Lancer's Charge now increases the AOE of Upon Death instead of the ability that it triggers.
• Timeline appears when viewing the scene and considering whether to continue casting or not.
• More random maps will appear in Bandit missions and Mercenary Training missions.
• Expected HP absorption from magic or weapon will appear over the caster when selecting a target
• You may now use Guard with Bombard, Direct Shot, and Sniper Shot
• AI Improvements
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• When your party is much stronger than the enemy, the enemy is more likely to engage than delay
• Dumb AI units (soldiers, bandits) now think they have more accuracy than they actually do, resulting in them attacking more often and being idle less.
• AI no longer considers enemy Rage. Oftentimes enemies attack their own units that they expect to die, to remove any Rage that could be gained by their opponent. It appeared as though the AI was making a mistake.
• Enemy is less likely to buff melee units that are not near an opponent.
  

Fixes

• Fixed crash that could occur with Champions and one of its upgrades
• Fixed issue where items would disappear when trying to remove an item that grants a job
• Change Job Bonus descriptions to be more consistent with the number appearing on right or left of text.
• Controller orientation settings now correctly affect choosing direction with Wait
• Buffed Berserk HP, Speed, and Concentration to be more inline with other Tier 2 jobs
  

New Features

• Can change controller orientation (Up can move cursor Top-Left or Top-Right)
• New "Mercenary Training" battle appears in final town.
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• The battles are tougher.
• Appear multiple times in the mission list with different levels and scales with your party
• Units can be any class or any combination of classes. May fight against a Paladin/Warlock for instance.
  

Bug Fixes and Changes

• Fixed issue where repeatable missions were not repeatable.
• Fixed Economy and Potion party upgrades (they weren't doing anything. If you completed the missions it will adjust and work correctly for you after the next battle).
• Dice Game Crash Fixed
• Duo Challenge Fixed
• Removed situations where player is waiting for enemies to spawn so that the battle ends.
• Removed more instances of default hero name (after user changed name)
• When using a controller, default target is more consistent (will focus on ally or enemy depending on ability)
• Tier 2 and 3 jobs no longer have increased JP costs for stat upgrades.
• Berserker JP requirements upgrades have increased (matched other Tier 2 jobs)
• Fixed issues with arrows going through floors
• Fixed issue with Charge not providing enough bonus accuracy
• Some ability icons have been replaced to have more similar styles and colors among classes
• Fountain may now include caster in AOE
• "Guarded" will appear when a character walks over a guarded tile
• Changed the 3rd Story Mission to not have reinforcements. Starting units are stronger.
• Moved repeatable Story Missions to Mission List instead of Challenge.
• Fixed issue where enemy job variety was not as random as intended. Expect more combinations of enemies on repeatable missions.
• Enemies won't Ice Prison entire team
• When rotating the screen with a controller, Damage/Hit Chance will render in proper location.
  
  

What to expect next

• Another job will be coming. Perhaps more.
• I will be working on a new game trailer and updating the website and steam page
  

New Dice Mini-Game

• Buy, equip, and roll special dice in this minigame to earn prizes

Pickups

• Many missions have special bonuses lying around that when picked up offer increased stats, a summoned ally, a special buff, or the immediate casting of a spell

Enemy-Kill Rewards

• On some missions, when an opponent is defeated your character gains a bonus for the remainder of the battle

Enemy Reinforcements

• Enemies (not just soldiers) can arrive on the battlefield late

Enemy Bosses

• Boss characters have significant HP boost and may also have a special ability.
• Some have the ability to cast a spell at multiple locations. Others have special rage abilities.
• Enemy units will trickle in while you battle
  

More Mission Options

• Mission board offers quests, story, and generic missions
• History allow you to play battles from the lore as though your character was there
• Party Bonus offers mission that grant party bonuses (Epic Mode Only)
• Challenge offers a variety of special missions for fun (Epic Mode Only)
  

Repeatable Story Missions

• Upon completing the game, you can keep your party and go through the missions again with ramped up difficulty!
  

Mysterious Dungeon Reworked

• Post-game missions have returned but have been overhauled.
  

Significantly Improved Loading / Startup time

Developer Notes

• I was able to achieve my goals for the rework of the game:

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• Develop more classic RPG-style story and gameplay
• Have more variety between the different missions.
• Provide moments where a character can grow strong over the course of a battle and do powerful things.
• Add a mini-game to play between missions
  

Other Notes

• All Scores are Reset
• Congratulations to SilverPrime for completely breaking Roguelite Mode! But, rage abilities no longer increase the rage of the caster.
• Epic Mode and Survival Mode are affected this update. Survival Mode keeps the mechanic where you select bonuses and treasures every few days. Epic Mode now requires you complete battles to unlock these bonuses/treasures.
• Roguelite Mode has only been affected by bug-fixes and the addition of Pickups
  

Notable Features / Bugfixes

• Now 12 Save Spots instead of 4
• Holy Cloak item: Cast Judgement after a weapon attack
• Rage does not increase when attacking your own ally
• Longer item descriptions in shops
• Mouse scrolling within menus is no longer slow
• Undo defaults to the Move option (no need to click move again)
• Roguelite no longer repeats the last mission
• Delay in menu when hovering over units. Will be less flickering when moving mouse.
• Fix issue where scenes are "Stuck"
  

AI Improvements

• Significant speed up
• Less sitations where AI attacks own player
• Avoid actions altogether that will have little impact so that the player does not have to wait for the animation
• Soldiers no longer push. Soldiers are meant to be dumb and pushing is often a smart move.
  

What to expect on next update?

• Complete rework of the Tutorial
• New archer class that has more damage output than current one
  

New Berserker Class

• Revolves around new Rage mechanic.
• Has ability Fury which will increase caster's Rage meter
• Has Rage ability Unleash which deals unblockable physical damage to a target from a distance
• Job is available to Protagonist by default, but can be unlocked by others with the new accessory: Berserker Axe.
  

New Job Upgrades

• Tempest Rage: Lightning+
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• Immediately cast an AOE Lightning

• Immediately issue a Command to an allied unit

• Immediately gain additional strength

• Gain Speed at the start of each turn

• Reduce damage taken from physical attack
• Previously only available to Geomancer
  

• Use weapon in 4 directions
• (Really awesome when an archer uses it. Can choose any angle)
  

• Caster teleports to target location and deals Magic damage to an area around himself.
  

• When target unit takes damage, he will cast Flames upon himself.
  

• Increase target's Block by 3 and target can deflect incoming projectiles back to the caster.
  

• Target takes and deals extra magic damage
  

• Send healing projectiles in three directions. Cannot be blocked.
  

• Weapons deal 50% less damage to target. Additionally, set target's Move to 2.
  

• Targets take 50% of any Magic damage they deal
  

• Abilities like Double-Cast or Infuse are no longer limited to 7 abilities. There is a More option.
• Added status icon for Rebirth
• Tempest's Mask accessory Grants Rage:Lightning+
• Berserk Axe accessory Gives access to Berserker Class
  

• Fix issue with Camera moving too fast during scenes
• Fix issue where Rebirth is not considered when determining Win/Lose conditions
• Fix crash that might occur when win condition is "Defeat at least..."
• Fix issues where you cannot Undo your move
• Fix issue where battle continues even if you lose all your units
• Fix crash related to Mind Control
• Fix crash related to Vampire
  

• Enemy or Allied bosses with unique abilities: ones that target all enemies, that target multiple areas, or do other powerful things.
• There will be more variety in objectives. Defending certain characters, reaching destinations, surviving.
• In-battle bonuses. Some missions allow your character to gain stats and heal by taking out certain enemies. Additionally, pickups have been added: some missions will allow you to walk over a pickup and immediately gain a bonus, cast a spell, or summon a unit.
• Having interesting allied units
  

• Oftentimes the battles seem too cluttered
• I want many missions to have AI-controlled allies, but the battles felt like there were too many units on-screen already
  

• Many missions will have fewer enemies on screen, but enemies will enter battle over time. The same can occur for allied players
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• It is simply more fun for the player's 6 allies to destroy 20 enemies than it is to destroy 6 more powerful enemies
  

• This allows the user to experience the boss more throughout the battle without having him be too powerful or too vulnerable.
  

• A time travel ability, that rewinds the game, inserts an action, then fast-forwards the game.
• Limit-Break-like set of abilities for the protagonist, certain enemies, or certain classes.
• New Tier 2 or Tier 3 classes. I have many ideas.
• More job-upgrades
  

• Celestial Pendant grants access to the new ability: Meteor. A long range AOE spell with high cast time.
• Silencer's Gem reduces cast time of Retarget by 50%
• Enchant's Staff changes Enchant to deal AOE damage.
  

• Fix issues when upgrading accessories that are already equipped
• Fix many issues where turn order is not correct
• Fix issues with Defender's Strike not working as intended (changed in the last patch)
• Fix crash that would occur while trying to pause the game after letting AI take control of the unit turn
• New Recruits now have JP based on their level (Instead of 0)
• Frozen/Stopped Units will not take a turn (happens on rare occasions)
• Fix issue with Mind Control and the crash that can occur when letting AI take control of the unit turn
• Special jobs are no longer removed as Secondary Jobs when you unequip the associated item
• Fix issue where some missions would crash because of new items added in the last patch
  

• AI Less likely to cast a spell when an enemy is nearby
• More optimizations on AI
• Improved AI processing time. Late-game enemies with large ranges now takes as much as 80% less time.
• AI Less likely to cast Ice Shards on his teammate
  

• Warlock Tome, Time Mage Tome, Vampire Tome, Tempest Tome. Tier 4 versions of their corresponding spellbooks. Grant access to the new jobs.
• Tier 4 item that grants immunity to status effects. Same effect can be upgraded from Mystic Knight.
• Tier 4 item that changes your weapon into a ranged-weapon attack. Same effect can be upgrade from Time Mage.
  

• Added Game Icons for more controllers
• Remapped some controls. No longer need Joystick Buttons.
• Enlarged controller icons
• Fix issue where character stats frequently popup when using a controller