Springtime Scramble Mini-Expansion & Holiday Event! (v1.94 Patch Notes)

Hi folks,

We have just released Springtime Scramble, a brand new mini-expansion for DemonCrawl!

This update includes the following content:

• A whopping 40 new items
• New special stage: the Item Tree
• New stranger: the Scientist
• A new mechanic that allows you to enchant cells
• The Evasion stat which gives you a chance to dodge monsters as well as "on reveal" effects
• 5 new stage mods
• 2 new Mythic Emblems
• A handful of reworked items
• New original music

Best of all, it's free of charge. 😎

Additionally, Springtime Scramble marks the beginning of DemonCrawl's annual Easter event (fashionably late, I know...) which will run through the remainder of April.

We have added 10 new holiday avatars for you to collect! If you manage to complete all the standard holiday missions, you will unlock a final "extra" mission that will challenge your puzzle-solving abilities. (Similar to last year's Halloween event.)

Full patch notes are available below.

Have fun! 🐰

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Easter Event

• 10 new holiday avatars
• New final holiday mission: Scrambled Egghead
• New holiday mythic emblem: Shell Shocked
• Last year's Easter avatars are now available in prizeboxes
• New secret boss music
• New seasonal options menu music

New Features

• New special stage: Item Tree - "Pluck ripe items before they fall."
• New stranger: Scientist - "Perform science experiments on nearby objects and teleport colliding projectiles."
• New mechanic: Enchanted Cells - "Targeted item effects that persist on specific cells."
• New mechanic: Evasion - "A stat that gives you a chance to dodge monster damage and negate reveal effects."
• New stage mod: Glacial - "Stage contains a quadrant of frozen cells. After you open half of all empty cells, remove all auras."
• New stage mod: Chummy - "Whenever a monster is revealed, spawn a monster."
• New stage mod: Forgotten - "Whenever you chord or directly open a cell, obscure it."
• New stage mod: Horizontal - "Stage is twice as wide."
• New stage mod: Vertical - "Stage is twice as tall."
• New Library research subject: "Enchant"
• New Hero Trial mod: Enchanted - "Whenever you enchant a cell..."
• New mythic emblem: ???
• 2 new divine items (via new mythic emblems)
• 1 new legendary item
• 11 new passive items
• 16 new magic items
• 8 new consumable items
• 4 new omens

Quality of Life

• Improved performance of explosion effects
• Optimized performance of omen negation checks
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
• Updated Google Play extensions
• Added toast alert for Frothy life loss
• Added toast alerts when trying to use Fiber items outside of a stage

Balance Changes

• Directly spawning monsters with effects such as Pentagram will no longer trigger "on reveal" effects
• Drill reworked into an enchantment item: "Enchant target visible cell: each turn, increase this cell's value by 1. If it's 10 or greater, upgrade the loot in this cell or spawn a coin here, then reset the cell value."
• Clay Figurine reworked into a magic item: "[100 Mana] While charged, all chests contain Soft Clay."
• Ritual Chalk has been converted into an enchantment item
• Millstone price reduced from 32 to 19 coins
• Silver Bullet price reduced from 24 to 21 coins
• Tithing Plate price reduced from 15 to 13 coins
• Clusterbang price reduced from 19 to 14 coins
• Parting Gift price reduced from 9 to 7 coins
• Pillow price reduced from 14 to 10 coins
• Shoulder Angel price reduced from 25 to 20 coins
• Shoulder Devil price reduced from 25 to 20 coins
• Dove price reduced from 31 to 15 coins
• Travelog price increased from 10 to 12 coins
• Urn price increased from 14 to 17 coins
• Brooding stage mod difficulty rating increased from 1 to 2
• Parrot Token Shop price reduced from 20 Tokens to 10 Tokens

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "stranger enhancing" items such as Bindle ignoring passive negation effects
• Fixed visual issue with explosion effects
• Fixed an issue related to status turn adjustment and realtime status effects
• Resolved many non-critical compiler warnings

** Mac and Linux builds expected to follow in 24h, after any necessary hotfixes. **