STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-07-05

Time for another build!! This time we've added a TON of new relics (well, some new and some old 👀) and lots of various UI improvements and bug fixes. Let's dig in!

Builds:

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CONTENT:

Relics & Potions:

• Added new relics:

- Lasting Candy

- Oracle Bone

- Petrified Toad

- Rainbow Ring

- Reptile Trinket

- Vambrace

- Hungering Portrait

- Amethyst Bangle

- Chain Mail Pants

- Inaccurate Ephemeris

- Intimidating Helmet

- Joss Paper

- Kusarigama

- Lucky Fysh

- Oddly Heavy Stone

- Screaming Flagon

• Added StS1 relics: Bag of Preparation, Regal Pillow, Pandora’s Box, Nunchaku

BALANCE:

Ironclad:

• Changed Stampede card: upgrade changed from Innate to 1 additional attack played

Regent:

• Buffed Astral Pulse card: damage increased from 12(16) -> 14(18)
• Nerfed Conqueror card: Forge decreased from 6(9) -> 4(6)
• Buffed Hypernova card:

- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1

- Damage increased from 3 -> 4

• Changed Seven Stars card: rarity downshifted from Rare -> Uncommon
• Changed Stars in His Eyes card: now correctly Exhausts

Relics & Potions:

• Changed Ink Bottle relic: rarity downshifted from Uncommon -> Common

Ancients:

• Reworked Neow's Hunger relic: "At the start of Boss combats, deal 50 damage to ALL enemies."
• Changed relic rarity categories: "Boss" relic rarity has been merged into "Ancient" relic rarity

Enemies:

• Changed Burrowing Bug:

- No longer adds wounds to your deck

- Increased bite move damage from 11 -> 13

• Reworked Chomper fight
• Reworked Entomancer
• Buffed Hunter Killer:

- Damage on both moves increased

- Moveset AI slightly altered

• Changed Ruby Brute: now gives Dazes instead of attacking on turn 1
• Changed Shrinker Beetle: Shrink now wears off if the beetle is slain
• Changed Thieving Hopper fight:

- Now only features a single Hopper

- HP increased from 51-57 -> 73-78

Events:

• Changed Peck and Toric Toughness card events: options now give 6 and 3 cards respectively
• Changed Peck card: damage increased from 1 -> 2

ART:

• Added art for Reflections and Welcome to Wongo's events
• Updated placeholder Bag of Preparation to match size of other relics

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE:

• Added message for when you don't have enough Stars to play a card
• Scrolling past bad run histories in run history screen is now allowed
• Added stroke outline to reward button text
• Adjusted event choice button bounds so event choices with long descriptions fit
• Card choices from the Choices Paradox relic are now ordered by rarity
• Character select screen backgrounds smoothly lerp their size when adjusting window now
• Common Banner is now centered regardless of aspect ratio
• Disabled pixel snapping, which should smooth out various UI elements
• Enchant preview screen preview is now bottom right aligned, fixing some issues in some aspect ratios
• Enchantment preview screen now centers UI elements and is rendered 33% larger
• Event buttons are now 100px high
• Event option buttons now glow blue when you hover them
• Intents now have randomized y position when they appear + fix issue where intents are visible for 1 frame at start of combat before fading in
• Right clicking for drawing on the map is now allowed + updated cursor to be right side up
• Map drawing lines now look smooth
• Made various improvements to the feel of map drawing
• Hovertips for map drawing buttons
• Mildly increased contrast for dialogue VFX
• Run History screen can now accommodate considerably more cards (40 unique in the worst case scenario)
• Slowed down the speed at which the reward screen shows up for boss fights (fast mode)
• Updated Ancient map node hover behavior, asset size, and added outline
• Updated Confirm button for FTUE popups to look and behave nicer
• Updated hover behavior for map nodes to mimic StS1 + disallowed hoverability of nodes while the map select animation is playing

WORDING:

• “Decisions Decisions…” card renamed to “Decisions, Decisions”
• Aggression card clarified to state that it does not draw cards (doesn't trigger Hellraiser)
• Slightly changed Book of Five Rings wording
• Improved Chain Punch card wording
• Deck is now treated consistently in game text
• Kindle now has a period after it
• Neow Hoarder option renamed -> Scavenger
• Newline on Minion Guards now only present if in hand and showing total block
• Piles are now referred to consistently
• Pitch Black Oil choice and relic wording revised to reflect rework
• Swift Potion number is now blue
• The "Special" relic rarity has been renamed to "Event"

BUG FIXES:

Ironclad:

• Bloodletting card now plays the cast animation

Silent:

• Nightmare card no longer makes copies share the same deck version (proccing Kindle when you don't want to)
• Nightmare power occurs at the start of the player turn rather than the enemy turn
• Sly cards discarded as part of a card play now trigger Follow Through card's condition

Regent:

• Decree of Plenty card no longer only generates skills
• Singularity card now has Forge hovertips

Relics & Potions:

• Enemy combats can now be rolled again after trading Juzu Bracelet in the Relic Trader event
• Horn Cleat relic was incorrectly classified as a Rare; rarity is now correctly set to Uncommon
• Non-combat rooms can now be rolled again after trading Bedlam Beacon in the Relic Trader event

Ancients:

• Golden Compass map no longer also affects Act 3
• Hungering Brooch relic no longer softlocks at treasure sites
• Loading a save with Bell of Twilight no longer softlocks at a black screen
• Ruby Earrings relic now gives you Rare cards for non-combat (non-custom) card rewards

Enemies:

• Ceremonial Beast animations should no longer get interrupted
• Ceremonial Beast no longer disappears after plowing in some circumstances
• Flutter power is no longer removed when zero damage is dealt
• Furry Worm Crawler now correctly always attacks on turn 1
• Rock Bowlbug gets correctly stunned when Weak and their damage is blocked exactly
• Slimed Berserker no longer softlocks when trying to give Slimed to Necrobinder
• Thieving Hoppers' animation should now always reflect Flutter power

Events:

• Fixed Duplex enchantment playing cards forever
• Mindblast and Enlightenment cards have their portraits again
• Non-power Tinker Time cards no longer corrupt save files
• Tinker Time's Power card focus now properly saves and persists
• Symbiote "Kill with Fire" event should no longer softlock if you have removable cards
• The Legends Were True options are now in a consistent order
• Toric Toughness card no longer softlocks when played

Misc:

• Fixed bug where drawing mode activates even if map isn’t open
• Card trails arc in the correct direction on all window sizes now
• Back button in Merchant room is now the same height as other back buttons
• Card glow no longer resets after you select cards to discard
• Can no longer hit default relic hitbox in shop, causing hovertip to be misplaced
• Disabled grabbing the OS locale for now
• Fixed initial FTUE cutting out main menu background music
• Loading a save no longer marks all your cards as unremovable
• Map circle VFX now always completes their animations
• Rapidly clicking while selecting cards from hand no longer results in them floating in the center of the screen
• Status & curse cards are now played faster at the end of your turn
• Fixed window scaling issue for card soul VFX (the one used when shuffling our draw pile)