STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-10-17

CONTENT

General:

• Added Ascensions 1-6
• Ascension 1 - Burly Enemies
• Ascension 2 - Greedy Shopkeeper
• Ascension 3 - Weary Traveler
• Ascension 5 - Ascender's Bane
• Ascension 6 - Tough Enemies

BALANCE

Events:

• Buffed Sunken Statue event’s “Dive into water” choice: gold gain increased from 75 -> 111
• Buffed Infested Automation event’s “Touch core” choice: now transform a card of your choice rather than a random one + no longer has an HP penalty
• Changed Living Cocoon event: no longer has a choice to transform a card, now removes a card instead
• Changed A Buried Seed event:
• Sown enchantment now takes more combats to sprout, increased from 4 -> 6
• Buried seed relic now lasts for more combats, increased from 4 -> 6
• Buffed Bedlam Beacon event’s “Claim the orb” choice: max HP lost decreased from 20 -> 11

ART

• Added Entomancer bug swarm VFX assets
• Cleaned up Byrdonis, Ruby Assassin, and Ruby Raider Brute animations
• Added Ceremonial Beast custom BG animations
• Recolored Card Removal token at shop
• Set up Slimed Berserker goo VFX
• Updated fire VFX in Glory combat BG
• Updated art for various Silent card portraits
• Updated Neow's background
• Added new card Exhaust VFX
• Added explosion VFX to Explosive Potion, The Bomb power
• Added green smoke puff VFX to Poison Potion, Deadly Poison, and Noxious Fumes
• Added purple version of smoke puff VFX onto Crippling Cloud card
• Added Smoke explosion VFX to Combust power
• Added new line burst VFX for Ceremonial Beast’s Plow move
• Made Wellspring event fog VFX more transparent (temp before better fix)
• Made rain VFX thinner in Slippery Bridge event

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

• Game Over stinger now fades out when proceeding to the Main Menu early
• Added a map prompt in the map room
• Adjusted map point outline color, slightly increased map circle VFX size, and removed map line bounds
• Continue Run info now includes run’s Ascension level
• Enemies now wiggle when they are debuffed
• Cards now exhaust faster
• Poison procs faster
• Horned Cleat relic now grays out once it is used in combat
• If you've played multiple copies of Crimson Mantle in the same turn, its hovertip now properly reflects the amount of HP you'll lose
• The Crimson Mantle power's hovertip now properly reads "At the start of your turn" instead of "At the end of your turn"
• Made a UX pass for Powers under healthbars
• Updated Quest card frame so description text fits better

WORDING

• Cleaned up Medicinal Pouch's description
• The wording on Conflagration, Crescent Spear, and Perfected Strike has been changed to make it clearer when they'll deal more damage than their base damage values
• Updated the Weak Power title: Weakened -> Weak

BUG FIXES

Ironclad:

• Bully card description now dynamically updates damage when hovering over Vulnerable enemies
• Fixed softlock when One, Two Punch + Bolas card kills a creature
• Fixed Stampede upgraded description
• Fixed Conflagration dynamic vars

Silent:

• Pounce card no longer makes Tactician show a cost

Regent:

• Minion Guard card upgrade preview no longer grabs the Block value from the previous combat
• Pale Blue Dot card is no longer Innate

Potions & Relics:

• Gambling Chip now procs correctly again
• Relics that increase your energy every turn now properly update the denominator in your energy counter

Colorless Cards:

• Fixed Debilitating Pox and Panic Button cards

Ancients:

• Neow's Apothecary choice now properly gives you the Medicinal Pouch relic

Events:

• Tea Master now only offers 3 options again
• The Legends Were True event choice now disallows curses and unremovable cards

Misc:

• Attempted to fix map_monster_outline not found issue
• Disallowed applying Soul enchantment to cards that lose Exhaust when upgraded
• Fixed unusual aspect ratios causing UI problems on startup for Macs