Hi there!

I've been busy the last weeks gathering and integrating all kinds of feedback you folks have left me since the last update. And today, I published a brand new version of Lost For Swords here on Newgrounds. There are a lot of new features, content and improvements.

(if want to just go play, head over to https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/897692)

Here's what's new:

• reworked whole out-of-run structure, integrated tutorial into main game and added a new separate tutorial for rogue
• allow players to pick up emeralds instead of a card between rooms
• reworked upgrading at Cardsmith: first upgrade is free, then each additional upgrade costs 50
• reworked selling at Merchant: selling does not gain you emeralds anymore, but instead: first card removal is free, each additional one costs 50
• backtracking now makes you lose 1 HP for each Monster left, not half of your HP. If your HP is less than the number of Monsters, it will set you to 1
• the healer can only heal 6 HP, not heal fully
• reduced whip base damage from 2 to 1: the Whip’s base damage felt a LITTLE bit too strong in the early game. The whip is supposed to be a positional tool and a get-away weapon, but not one that should deal a lot of damage right out the gate.
• reworked how poison works: at the end of each turn (and through cards and effects), poison “triggers” and deals 1 damage to all poisoned cards and their poison value is reduced by 1. Also reworked all poison related cards
• Poison Dagger now has Quick Attack: should make it much more viable
• reduced effect of Frenzy and Thick Skin Trinkets (from +3 to +1): these two trinkets warped the game too much and their effect was simply too strong, yet not that interesting
• renamed Spells to Scrolls
• Illusory Walls are now of Card Type Contraption
• Pillars now have health and can be destroyed
• introduced a maximum upgrade level per card
• Shop has 2 additional cards in store (from 6 to 8)
• Reduced shop prices
• spawn (sealed) door and backtrack as separate cards in last room of each floor: this does not alter the gameplay a lot, but makes the objective more clear for beginners
• added statistics panel at end of run (successful or not)
• winning a run shows final deck
• proper hero defeat animations
• Buttons for changing upgrade level while inspecting a card
• Various performance improvements
• bugfix: wizard was not affected by -Attack debuffs
• bugfix: Eirene’s Crown did not have “Quick Equip” (despite card text saying so)
• bugfix: Catnap Ring no longer triggers when monsters move on their own; it only triggers when Monsters are moved by other means: swapping place, pushing, …
• bugfix: allow undo-ing the turn you backtracked
• bugfix: attacking with weapon does not show “unarmed” anymore (thanks Moox)

New Cards:

• Venomous Shuriken
• Pocketless Cloak
• Bagoas’ Belt
• Prop Master’s Ring
• Wrath
• Murad’s Mace

Pfew... that was a lot! :D

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

Bye! (ʘ‿ʘ)╯