1.12 - Burial Ground Rewards, Polish, Balance & Bugfixes

Withering Rooms 1.12 (2023-8-13)

New Features

In the Burial Ground, you can now turn in your "blemished" bestiary pages earned while defeating new monsters while holding the Burdened Book for a series of new item rewards:

• Closed Gaze Ring (Curious Ring)
• Cat Ears (Light Headwear)
• Rust Cloak (Light Outfit)
• Cursed Armor (Heavy Outfit)
• Cursed Helmet (Heavy Headwear)
• Moonless Formless Ring (Curious Ring)
• "Drink Me" Potion (Tool)
• "Eat Me" Cake (Tool)

Significant Polish

• The game has a new audio mix with mastered music, ambience and vocals. Overly harsh or loud sounds should be reigned in by a new mixing setup with additional compression. This is still in progress. Please press / to report sounds that are too loud or quiet on your setup.
• Quest display has been overhauled to include a small picture. Many additional quests have been added to help guide and remind the player of what needs to be done.

Polish

• Due to asset optimization, the game install size has been reduced by ~800mb
• A Target 30 FPS graphics option now exists on Steam Deck(off by default) to conserve battery
• Improved arm tracking for gun toting enemies such as Graverider or Valley Zombies
• All Hagsacks now have a unique icon
• The appearance of the Mourning Veil and Christmas Ghost Robe have been improved
• Clowns now use a Yorkshire dialect
• The Little Wretch now has improved animation and behavior, such as running away after being hit
• Blackett House has proper sounds now, including muffled screams and laughter

Balance

• Shields push combatants away on block and hitting a shield results in extra pushback, helping keep foes separated when blocking
• Nightingale is no longer affected by hit pushback while rolling, making it easier to roll past enemies
• The Bloody Bell is no longer a left hand item, and scales with spell damage
• Enchanted Candlestick and Bloody Bell are now upgradeable
• Valley Zombies are more likely to fire their guns
• Damage of Mad Witch & Cursed Armor decreased
• Health of Mad Witch decreased
• Damage & health of Chapter 4 bosses increased
• Aborted Experiments have been slowed down

Bug Fixes

• Fix periodic crashes introduced in 1.11 while "Noise Effect" is enabled
• Fix followers such as the Doll having trouble entering the room where the player is
• Fix instances of odd collision introduced in 1.11
• Fix Spell Toll not being charged properly
• Fix some Guardian Chests not opening even after all nearby monsters dead
• Fix the Church Basement metal door being enterable when power is off
• Night Mother Doll not blocking many types of damage fixed
• Fixed significant stat display inaccuracies for resistance and damage
• Fix Spirit Form not affecting default clothes
• Several typos have been fixed
• Fix the Cloaked Ghoul's lights being visible inside the wardrobe when hiding on Very high graphics level
• Fix greying of the skin due to cursedness not affecting freshly equipped outfits
• Fixed some rare instances of important furniture not spawning