🛠️ Megabattle Demo – Smarter Battles & UI Upgrades (v1.0.4)

🛠️ Megabattle Demo – Smarter Battles & UI Upgrades (v1.0.4)

Hey pilots!

We’ve just deployed version 1.0.4 of the Megabattle demo, and it’s packed with quality-of-life improvements, visual polish, and a smarter battle experience. While this isn’t a full content update, it brings crucial refinements that make fights feel more responsive, strategic, and satisfying.

🧠 Smarter Combat

Introducing the Damage Predictor:
You can now preview how your attack will affect the enemy’s armor, integrity, and special traits like plated and spiked — even during enemy turns.
This makes planning your moves much more transparent and strategic.

We also added a radar effect that shows when your parts are being targeted — giving you more clarity on incoming threats.

👁️ Visual Feedback & UI Polish

• Turn display is now centered and more prominent (“Your Turn” / “Enemy Turn”).

• Enemy hands now retain played cards with a transparent effect — you can track what’s been used.

• Cards now have hover effects in rewards and battles that feel more responsive.

• The workshop panel now only shows unequipped parts, making management easier.

• Stats like PWR, DEF, and status effects now use icons (ongoing update).

• Battle tooltips have been reworked to avoid visual clutter and now scale with text.

• ESC now opens settings in battle (soon across all menus).

• Deck and discard buttons + tooltips are now functional during and after battles.

🧪 System Improvements

• Power-up cards now require a confirmation click after placing them in the center.

• Robots start with a weak torso, but can equip a standard one with a modifier — a meaningful early-game decision.

• Better hover zones for cards in the hand (you don’t have to go all the way up to un-hover).

• New tutorial triggers to help first-time players.

• And yes, the card and part emoji cleanup is in progress!

🐞 Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Fixed map nodes spawning too close together.

• Recharge cards now work correctly.

• Fixed area-of-effect prediction bugs.

• Corrected lingering buffs like Ionic Overflow lasting between battles.

• Acidic Conduit now correctly triggers synergy effects with cards like Sulfuric Veins.

• The integrity bar has been stabilized to stop it from shifting unexpectedly.

• Two cards that weren’t displaying blocked parts in gray now work properly.

💬 Why this update matters

Version 1.0.4 brings Megabattle a big step closer to the feel we’re aiming for: smart, tactical, and visually clear combat where decisions matter. We're listening closely to your feedback and making steady progress toward launch.

Coming next:

• Deeper deckbuilding tools

• More visual effects for hits and abilities

• Continued balancing and clarity improvements

👉 Play the updated demo now:

👉 Join our Discord and help shape the game:

https://discord.gg/PZMjvf9Y

Thanks for your ongoing support — and stay tuned for more robotic mayhem!
Let’s keep improving this card battler together. ⚡🤖

— Team Mad Cat Corp