STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-06-14

It's Byrdlett Build Friday again, folks!! In terms of content we've got some new and totally reworked cards, new potions, and a couple of new events, too! We've also made some updates to UI & UX, including more FTUEs and the brand new Potion Lab and Relic Library!! Also... some people will be very happy with Necrobinder's new character select art 😁

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CONTENT:

Ironclad:

• Added Dominate card
• Added Stomp card
• Added Setup Strike card

Silent:

• Completely reworked Master Planner card

Regent:

• Added Guiding Star card
• Completely reworked Quasar card
• Completely reworked Spoils of War card

Colorless Cards:

• Added StS1’s Secret Weapon card
• Added StS1’s Secret Technique card

Relics & Potions:

• Added Droplet of Precognition potion
• Added Touch of Insanity potion
• Added Crystalline Luck potion
• Added Powdered Demise potion
• Added Radiant Incture potion

Events:

• Added Potion Courier event
• Added Room Full of Cheese event

BALANCE:

Ironclad:

• Reworked Ashen Strike card: now deals 6 upfront damage, but damage per card in exhaust is reduced to 2(3)
• Reworked Bully card: now deals 4 damage by default and hits 2(3) more times if target is Vulnerable
• Changed CHAAARGE card: no longer makes player lose Block
• Reworked Howl from Beyond card: It is now a skill that causes ALL enemies to lose 20(25) HP
• Buffed Dismantle card: damage increased from 7(10) ➝ 8(12)
• Changed Stoke card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Reworked Taunt card: now applies 2(3) Vulnerable immediately, instead of when you are hit
• Reworked Tear Asunder card:

- Attack | 1 | Rare

- “Deal 5 damage. Hits an additional time for each time you lose HP this combat.”

• Deprecated Cleave and Heavy Blade cards

Regent:

• Changed Alignment card: rarity downgraded from Rare -> Uncommon
• Nerfed Black Hole card: damage decreased from 5(7) -> 2(3)
• Nerfed Celestial Might card: cost increased from 3 -> 4 stars
• Buffed Comet card: damage increased from 26(33) -> 33(44)
• Reworked Crescent Spear card: “Deal 6 damage. Deal 2(3) additional damage for each ⭐ you have."
• Changed Falling Star card:

- Cost decreased from 3 -> 2 stars

- Damage decreased from 15(20) -> 14(19)

• Reworked Glimmer card:

- Rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

- "Draw 2(3) cards. Put 2(3) cards from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile."

• Changed Hidden Cache: now draws 1(2) cards
• Nerfed Nebula Field card: cost increased from 1 -> 2
• Changed Perfect Reflection card:

- Now also grants 6(8) Block

- Costs 1 less star

• Reworked Photon Blade: "Deal 10(13) damage. Discard 1 card. Draw 1 card."
• Buffed Pilebunker card: Energy cost decreased from 2 -> 1
• Changed Starlight Sword card:

- Renamed to Sovereign Blade

- Now Retains by default

• Deprecated Visions of Grandeur and Star Blast cards

Colorless Cards:

• Changed Hand of Greed card: now has the healing tag so it cannot be generated from other effects mid combat

Relics & Potions:

• Changed Heart of Iron potion: gives 6 Metal -> gives 9 Plating
• Changed Mummified Hand relic: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare

Ancients:

• Changed Bounty Box relic: HP gain lowered from 15 -> 10

Enemies:

• Nerfed Antlion: HP decreased from 380 -> 333
• Changed Thieving Hopper encounters: Double Thieving Hopper encounter is now a weak encounter and Lone Thieving Hopper encounter has been removed
• Changed Flyconid: now always attacks on turn 1
• Nerfed Hatchling:

- HP lowered from 34-42 -> 34-39

- Now only attacks for 8 instead of having multiple attack moves

• Chnaged Leaf Slime: Slimed cards given increased from 2 -> 3 once again
• Changed Magi Knight: move AI reworked
• Changed Ovicopter: Furious Scratches attack changed from 2x4 -> 4x2 (so it scales less with Strength)
• Changed Spiny Toad: no longer gives status cards but applies Weak with its tongue
• Nerfed Tough Egg: HP lowered from 26-34 -> 23-29

ART:

• Updated star icon in text
• Updated Ironclad character select art
• Updated Necrobinder character select art
• Updated Brainbug, Byrdonis Egg, Telepathic Spiders, and Wellspring event art

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE:

• Added Potion Lab and Relic Library
• Added Jitter text tag
• Volume sliders are now exponential and set to 75 percent by default to compensate
• You now kill Roaches immediately when using the win command
• Player’s total playtime and win rates are now saved on a per character basis
• Added hovertips to card previews when choosing a card to enchant from your deck
• Card choice from Discovery and attack/skill/power/colorless potions can now be skipped
• Cards no longer look unplayable when picking card for Decisions, Decisions… card
• Creatures are now positioned relative to the center of the room, rather than the edges, which should help with ultrawide resolutions
• Impatience card now glows gold when you have no attacks in hand.
• Map drawing and click/drag scrolling are no longer blocked by map nodes
• Relics now animate in when you obtain them
• Added a reset tutorials button in the options screen
• Abandoning Run now brings up a confirmation popup
• Added FTUE for obtaining relics, obtaining potions, the Merchant, shuffling, “You still have cards to play,” and Power cards
• Added an arrow and updated wording for Cannot Play Card FTUE
• You can no longer click on potions during game over
• Cards that cannot be generated correctly are blocked from Decree of Entropy and Chrysalis
• Used relics are desaturated
• Debuffs no longer flash if they are just decrementing
• “Hand is Full” tip no longer appears if you have no more cards you can draw
• Fast mode opens the reward screen in 0.5 post-combat, ignoring enemy death animations
• Happy Flower relic no longer flashes outside of combat
• Instant mode is now a hidden feature
• Removed Neow choice text in game over
• Show tip if a player attempts to proceed without claiming all rewards
• The peek button is now available on "Select 1 of 3 cards" screens, generic card grid selection screens, when choosing card bundles during combat, and when choosing cards from your deck during combat (though this happens very rarely)
• Updated main menu UX to have locked options (instead of placeholder blockers)
• When a creature has block, a blue outline now appears around its health bar
• Updated VFX timings, font, blend style, tweens, and positions for when a power wears off

WORDING:

• Burrowed power hovertip now mentions that it can be stunned
• Fixed Steam Barrier card description spacing issue

BUG FIXES:

Ironclad:

• Bully card now glows gold when there is at least 1 enemy Vulnerable

Silent:

• Shadowmeld card now affects block gain from After Image power

Defect:

• Compile Driver card now correctly deals 7(10) damage

Necrobinder:

• Regen is no longer proc’d on Osty if he is dead
• Targeting reticle is no longer shown when targeting an attack on Osty
• Got rid of Doom and Energy hovertips for For My Own Good card

Regent:

• Decree of Entropy should replace transformed cards in the right order
• Royal Corona card no longer softlocks if there are no cards in hand
• Solar Flare card now decreases star cards correctly on repeated plays

Colorless Cards:

• Byrd Swoop card now has the correct frame color (colorless)

Relics & Potions:

• Potion and relic FTUEs no longer crash when resuming a run with reset FTUEs
• Abandon Run is no longer blocked by Fairy in a Bottle/Lizard Tail
• Fixed Collector's Deckbox relic typo in description
• Pen Nib now always applies after all other damage modifications

Ancients:

• Brightest Light card upgrade preview no longer affects actual card value
• Calling Bell relic in Hoarder now has a tooltip for Curse
• Neow’s Hunger relic now remains used when reloading save after its effect was used

Enemies:

• Antlion and Giant Louse now correctly factor strength and strength loss into their attack strength
• Ceremonial Beast’s Plow is now affected by negative Strength
• Dampen power no longer cancels out Hex
• Fixed softlock when Hex is applied to Osty by Spectral Knight
• Fixed High Voltage power typo in description
• Giant Louse no longer inflicts wrong amount of multi-hit damage
• Magi Knight no longer incorrectly shows the affliction intent for its 15 damage ram move
• Removed grey bar at bottom of Slumber Party combat
• Strength now works correctly with Axebot

Events:

• Self Help Book event third option now shows the correct description

Misc:

• Card values are now updated on cards that are being dragged or queued up for play.
• Time is now correctly saved and displayed in Run History (for new runs going forward)
• Deprecated cards with enchantments now display correctly in Run History
• Deprecated cards can no longer be obtained through transforming a Curse
• Elites and Rest Sites now appear on the 5th or higher room
• Fixed screenshake intensity affecting duration (though it’s not configurable at this time)
• Fixed softlock when trying to transform an unremovable card.
• Increased room scale no longer offsets intent positions for spawned creatures mid-combat
• Lightning orb sparks no longer render over map
• Shop items are no longer selected if you release mouse while not hovering over it
• Rewards screen now waits for enemy death animations again
• Run History now accurately shows how much damage you took in a fight (regardless of if you healed)
• Run History correctly reflects won runs again (old runs will remain incorrect)
• Run History no longer viewable if you haven't done any runs
• Run History rooms should no longer be off by one after Act 1 (this may break some older run histories)

The correct floor number should now display correctly after Act 1

• The "Dead" text on a killed creature's health bar is no longer tinted purple
• The Abandon and Save run buttons no longer leak memory
• The game no longer waits until the beginning of the player's turn to finish combat, which fixes Book of Five Rings flashing right after Poison kills the last enemy
• Victory and Abandon quotes no longer change between views of a run's history

PERFORMANCE:

• Fixed a memory leak that occurred between runs
• Improved FPS by preloading new assets