STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-10-03

BALANCE

• Enemies in multi-enemy fights now always have different max HP from each other

ART

• Added Corruption, Dominate, Cruelty (old Cruelty art has replaced Stomp’s art) card art
• Added missing fireflies in Overgrowth combat background
• Made a small edit to Orobas map node outline asset
• Updated Dodge + Roll power icon
• Updated Merchant background art
• Added stepped fire, light shine, and sparkle VFX
• Added horizontal lines VFX for Whirlwind card
• Created Ancient name banner VFX to play when entering Ancient event rooms
• Fixed card highlight not rotating with the card for trail VFX

USER EXPERIENCE & INTERFACE

• Added names and epithets for Ancients
• Adjusted Star and Energy counter hover tips and position
• Changed opacity for Act Banner backstop
• Card draw is now smoother
• Adjusted energy icon and star icon sizes
• Default volumes are now set to 50% rather than 75%
• Locked event options now look more desaturated and locked in general
• Added new tick boxes
• Added simple controller navigation for the deck view screen
• Updated fonts, outlines, shadows of card template

BUG FIXES

Ironclad:

• Barricade no longer blocks Blur from ticking down

Potions & Relics:

• Attack Potion, Skill Potion, Power Potion, and Colorless Potion can no longer generate healing cards
• Matroyshka relic is now no longer obtainable after Act 2
• Egg relics now visually update cards in shop immediately
• Relics at the bottom of the relic library no longer get blocked by hovertips
• Relics no longer can flash in the stats screen
• White Beast Statue no longer changes order rewards are offered in

Ancients:

• Tanx Apex choice is no longer available if you don't have enough cards

Events:

• Colorful Philosophers event no longer shows you Necrobinder or Defect cards

Misc:

• Act Banner VFX is now properly layered behind settings screen
• Battle Start text banner backstop is lighter in color + positioned well in all aspect ratios now
• Run History arrows can now be clicked multiple times
• Discovery, Mad Science, and Stars in His Eyes cards can no longer generate healing cards
• Fixed player turn and enemy turn banners not being positioned correctly in all aspect ratios
• Fixed intent repositioning for monster that change bounds
• Folly correctly triggers on combats after the first one
• Hitting escape no longer opens and then closes settings at the same time
• Hovering over the player now show's the character's name instead of player’s Steam name
• Fixed softlock when reloading into map room
• Run History card entries now stack copies
• Screen background no longer disappears in the trail reward screen
• Sharp no longer affects self damage
• Targeting arrow now goes away when you hotkey open the settings menu
• The Insatiable and Regent particles no longer render on top of Game Over screen
• Tweaked Potion Lab screen so you can see bottom potion hovertips