The new demo arrives in less than 24 hours!
As promised, following our Developer Diary highlighting some of the biggest changes coming to Badassgard, we're now sharing the full changelog for The Brass Factory Demo Update.
Check out the complete list of changes, improvements, balance adjustments, and fixes below!
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Dungeon & Combat
New Stage - Svartalfheim, The Brass Factory” Added
Wretched Rest removed collision on small objects that impairs movement
Wretched Rest blocked all walls and ceilings to stop vikings jumping over stages
Wretched Rest changed attack patterns of Giant Wisp Mass
Removed attack Soul Strike
Bug now apply melee damage buffs
Also gives movement speed buffs
Wretched Rest Changed totem buff effects on Victorious Loser boss fight
Removed buff effect: decrease damage taken
Added buff effect: Increase movement speed and damage dealt
Increased buffable targets 3 → 20
Wretched Rest added new enemies that fire Soul Strike
Wretched Rest added new enemies that charges at vikings
Forgotten Temple added more clearer visual on breakable walls
Forgotten Temple Powder Barrel now explode after a small delay indicated by AoE timer
Tutorial changed design of the entrance
Tutorial layout has been fully renewed
Balance/OParts
Increased the difficulty score scaling per stage progression
OPart 8-Pounder effects changed
Before: Set maximum ammunition to 1
After: Fire all the ammunition in the magazine in one shot
Added: Deal additional damage proportionate to how much ammunition is loaded
Mircale Tyr Sacred Bargain skill effect changed
Before: Decrease movement speed by 50%
After: Increased damage received by 20%
Stat Shotgun will now fire the same number of ammunition as number of barrels attached
Forgotten Temple Magnusson The Blasphemer boss changed jump frequency and speed to increase
Discharge status effect renewed
Before: if attacked after being under discharge status, create area of effect lightning damage
After:
Discharge status can now stack up to a maximum of 20. Higher the stacks are, more area of effect damage is dealt.
Area of effect will be scaled proportionate to the size of the enemy
Shrine reworded the effects to be more direct and precise, making it easier to understand
Readjusted coin drop rates from enemies
System
Veiled Sanctuary added Wheel of Judgement which can be used by spending Stardust to randomize ammo sets before the start of runs
When switching ammo sets, inactive Ammo Sets Now Automatically Reload at half of the normal reload time
increased durability of most objects (such as machines in the store)
Surstömming food buff no longer destroy interactive objects
Same OParts no longer stack towards meeting set effect requirements
Decreased chance to receive Divine grade OParts in chests and stores
Improved shot impact visual on environment
Added visual effects when a boss enters the stunned state
Added SFX when enemies are shattered into pieces
Updated lore entries for the Monolith of Lore
Added the ability to truly pause the game with ESC (single-player only)
Changed the Bell of the Moment reward from Coins → Tokens
The number of Tokens rewarded increases based on the number of dungeon modules explored.
Added a DPS Test Dummy to the module after boss encounters
Added the Archive of Severed, where players can view in-game information and combat records
Added a system that allows certain enemies to spawn with randomized equipment
Removed the Mark of Yggdrasil object
Rebalanced existing OParts and added new OParts
Added Brass Factory gear in Hero's cabinet
Reworked Enemy Spawn & Wave conditions
UI/UX
Added a system that allows players to change the order and combination of Ammo Sets in Hero Info
Added the ability to dismantle OParts from all OParts list UIs
Added scrolling functionality to the Monolith of Lore
Table of Bifrost now displays buff information when approaching food
Adjusted Table of Bifrost costs to scale based on level
Updated sorting options in the OParts list UI
The game now remembers the last selected sorting option
Added ascending/descending sorting options
Added information pop-ups explaining each currency in UIs where currencies are displayed
Changed the color of the player's damage area indicator to better distinguish it from enemy damage areas
Added an Inspect function to certain key objects
Added additional tutorial text for lobby/store objects
Bug Fix
Stat
Fixed an issue where Life Steal triggered when destroying objects
Fixed an issue where Life Steal triggered while at maximum HP
Fixed an issue where Life Steal did not trigger when defeating enemies
Fixed an issue where Tyr's Max HP % effects were calculated incorrectly, resulting in more HP than intended
Fixed an issue where Extra Hit Chance was calculated per projectile instead of per shot
Ammo
Fixed an issue where the AoE damage radius of certain Projectile Types did not scale with projectile size
Fixed an issue where Ricochet projectiles could occasionally pass through doors and destroy objects in adjacent modules
Fixed an issue where Demon Core projectiles had abnormally high impact
Fixed an issue where the AoE damage of Demon Core and Drone projectiles dealt the same amount of damage regardless of Pellet Count
Fixed an issue where Projectile Types with AoE damage ignored their effective range
System
Fixed an issue where destroying certain interactive objects would not trigger events such as currency drops or debuffs
Fixed an issue where destroying an interactive object while interacting with it would leave the UI open and lock player controls
Fixed an issue where purchasing food from the Table of Bifrost during certain actions could lock player controls
Fixed an issue where using a potion while knocked down could lock the character
Fixed an issue where using an emote while reloading could occasionally lock the character
Fixed an issue where Odin's Metamorphosis would not end after its duration expired
Fixed an issue where skills could occasionally become unusable after Odin's Metamorphosis expired
Fixed an issue where using HYMDAL after defeating a boss but before the pop-up appeared could lock player controls
Added missing SFX to certain parts of the Tutorial
UI
Fixed an issue where the amount of Coins obtained from the Hobo’s Bag OPart was displayed incorrectly
Fixed an issue where effect descriptions were missing from the text of certain Shell Types
Fixed an issue where the final score displayed decimal places at the end of a dungeon
Fixed an issue where the input indicator for Ammo Swap would occasionally disappear
Fixed an issue where the top and bottom UI elements were misaligned when playing at a 16:10 aspect ratio
Fixed an issue where melee attacks against the environment caused hit effects to appear inside environmental objects