🧙‍♂️ Early Access - Patch 1 is out!

Black Dragon Mage · build 16668823 · published

On SteamNotes only · this build shipped before we watched the app

Fellow Adventurers, thank you for your letters filled with feedback, praise, and concerns.
I've read every single one of them! 📜

This first Early Access patch brings a collection of fixes and tweaks to make your next dragon ride even smoother.

✨ Improvements Based on Player Feedback

  • Base walk speed has been significantly increased for all player characters.
  • Dashing in the Hall of Relics is now faster and snappier.
  • Rerolls are now much more player-friendly:
    - Costs reset upon leveling up (!)
    - Adjusted formula for better scaling.
  • Arcane Mutators that previously cost gold to equip during a run are now free!
    - Since you already paid for unlocking them in the Hall of Relics, this double charge felt unfair. I agreed, so it’s been changed.
  • Reworked the Quest Reward UI for better clarity, making it easier to see where you can redeem rewards (auto-redeem is coming in a future update).
  • Expanded upgrade outcome previews to include spell categories for better planning.
  • Improved text colors in Arcane Mutator upgrades for easier readability.
  • Settings are now saved using a new system to prevent conflicts with playtest/demo builds.
  • Added a feedback button to pause menus where it was previously missing.

🔧 Tweaks

  • Dash mechanics tweaked for better balance.
  • Various small balance adjustments across abilities and gameplay.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Improved boss AI movement, addressing a bug where Luminor could dart off over long distances.
  • Fixed unreliable item unlocks, ensuring more upgrade choices are now visible.
  • Resolved an issue where some upgrades appeared transparent.
  • Fixed controller UI navigation glitches.
  • Boss enemies are now cleared more aggressively when starting or leaving a game.
  • Quest board icons now update more reliably.
  • Area text now hides faster when paused in the Hall of Relics.
  • "During a run" achievements are now tracked more accurately.
  • Fixed missing metadata for the "Crimson Crown" item.
  • Improved item data handling for smoother gameplay under the hood.
  • Fixed display and logic issues with the mutator upgrade option view.

🌐 Localization

  • Updated German translations for better accuracy and style.

📜 Content & Other Updates

  • Added three new quests to enrich gameplay.
  • Updated credits to include new collaborators, including translators and awesome helpers.

If you missed the last update, I shared details on how to provide your save file for bug reports, along with some topics that are on my radar:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2207230/view/546720876705350225

More content and more fixes are, of course, in the works!
Stay tuned for upcoming updates. ✨

🧙‍♂️ Early Access - Patch 1 is out! · Black Dragon Mage build 16668823 · SteamPeaks