Alpha Update 9 - A New Set

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We’ve been silent for some time, but it’s not because we haven’t been doing anything I assure you. Today you will see why, as we bring you massive reworks and features, with a much more streamlined set of 80 cards with a focus on 4 interesting mechanics, a system for gathering gold used in collecting cards for your decks, a reworked main menu flow and, as usual, a new boss :)

Features

• Reworked the available cards to the following system

  • There are now 80 cards in the game (new and old)

  • Each character has a basic deck comprised of cards from the Basic set of cards.

  • Every player only has access to the Basic set of cards until they unlock more

  • You unlock more by completing the mission (as before), or purchasing card packs from the shop with gold you earn through playing.

  • You automatically have 2 of each Basic card, and unlockable cards are also granted in pairs. However, you will need to collect 2 of each of the cards that you get from cards packs.

• Implemented a quest system that will grant you random daily quests. Completing a quest gives you gold that you can use to buy card packs.

• Many of the new cards have a number of Mechanics Descriptors:

  • Rush: Has an effect for the first 15 seconds of every arena

  • Reaction: Triggers an effect whenever an enemy attack hits you (even if you avoid the damage)

  • Shield: Negates the next source of damage you take

  • Kill: Triggers an effect whenever you kill an enemy

• New boss: Ratbo

• New boss: Frankenrat

• The Laser Rat boss has received proper graphics and feedback.

• The main menu has been reworked, allowing more information and less need for clicks to get to playing!

Balance & Changes

• Almost every card in the game has been changed or tweaked in some way, check it out!

• Matches have been temporarily disabled, until we’ve grown the community to a bigger size where you can actually find people to play with.

• You now gain 3 mana when completing an arena in world 1, 4 in world 2 and 5 in world 3.

Misc

• Made some small improvements to the servers stability while we work on a bigger solution

• Fixed an issue with the main menu loading really slowly.

• Fixed an issue with the Stormbringers Chain Lightning prioritizing brittle walls for jumps.

We hope you’ll enjoy these new features and tell us what you think on the forums.

Enjoy! -BetaDwarf