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Master role-driven combat in Northanda Chronicles, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder. Recruit three heroes from countless combinations, craft a shared deck of powerful abilities, and fight to save Northanda from the devouring Void.

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The Aspects - Demo Update

27 Jan

Hey everyone!

We're excited to release this update. We've made a bunch of gameplay tweaks, added a new feature called Shrines, which add a meaningful decision point before boss encounters, and improved the UI across the board. We've also overhauled the Empower screen, which is now way more informative and much easier to use.

Check out the full details below.

Gameplay

Added Dungeon Shrine:
- Encountered just before the boss.
- Awaken the Shrine to release the spirit of the dungeon and cleanse its corruption, consuming all remaining Lumina Kindlings and healing all heroes for 40% of their Max HP per Kindling used.
Quest rewards are now available at the Shrine, instead of the next Camp.

UI/UX

Improved backpack polish and usability, including adding item dragging.
Right-clicking a card now previews upgrades for that card, in most contexts.
Added the ability to toggle a hero's active starting artifact directly in the artifact select screen.
Reworked the Empower screen to show upgrade tracks for heroes more clearly.
Starting decks can now be viewed for a hero (by role) in the Empower screen.

Audio

Fixed overlapping audio in Cause and Effect, caused by a large number of card upgrades.

Gems

Emerald rework: When an Attack card with Emerald deals damage, gain Gold equal to the damage dealt, then Deplete it.
Kafinium: Stamina bonus increased from 1 to 2.

Artifacts

Nyssa’s Truthglass: Whenever your draw pile is replenished, add a copy of the bottom card to your hand.
Kobold’s Cache: Upon pickup, gain 5 Backpack slots.
Battlemage Cuirass: At the end of your turn, heroes with no Mana gain 3 Armor.

Events

Added a new event: Kobold Mine.

Cards

Dwarven Greed: Cost increased from 1 to 2.
Dwarven Greed+: now has Innate.
Reinforce+: Armor reduced from 8 to 7.
Meteor Shard: Now also draws a card.
Whispering Wind: Cost increased from 0 to 1.
Okulus: Cost reduced from 1 to 0.
Explode: Stamina cost reduced from 5 to 3.
Explode+: Removed Loyal keyword. Might increased from 5 to 8.
Electroplating+: Cost increased from 0 to 1. Stacks increased from 1 to 2.
Cleave: Damage increased from 9 to 10.
Added a new starter card for Zorya (Support):
- First Light: Heal 3 HP. If the target has full HP, give 5 Armor instead. Deplete.
Added a new starter card for Flint (Support):
- Opportunist: Put a card from your discard pile on top of your draw pile. Draw 2 cards. Deplete.

Bugs

Fixed an issue where dungeon generation could create duplicate fights.
Fixed a tooltip for Backup Plan not displaying the amount of Mana gained.

Localization

Adjusted strings for improved clarity.

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why don't I ever get a campfire on days 5 and 6?

bug? design?

Schabracke

23 Feb @ 9:42am

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Sparks of Inspiration - Demo Update

2 Jan

We’re excited to release this gigantic update, featuring the newest hero, Boltrik, a rework of the dungeon loop that adds a lot more depth and meaningful choices to your run, as well as a host of visual, UX, UI, and other improvements listed below.

A huge thank you to all the playtesters and everyone trying out our demo. Your feedback has been invaluable! We're continuing work on the release version of the game, where you can expect new heroes, environments, enemies, events, story, and much more. We can't wait!

General

Added a new hero: Boltrik, Keeper of Sparks (Support/Slayer). Boltrik is a goblin tinker who excels in producing mechanical summons animated by his unique magic, Sparks. His playstyle revolves around crafting and commanding summons, alternating between defensive drones and explosive automatons. Boltrik comes with 28 brand-new cards tailored to his summoning mechanics.
Backpack: Store up to 8 items, allowing you to socket gems, or even sell gems when the time is right.

Dungeons

New dungeon design and core loop:
- Dungeons now consist of five days of encounters, with a boss on the sixth day.
- Each day you face 3 encounters in any order you choose.
- Your party starts their run with 3 Lumina Kindlings, which can be used to camp in place of any non-boss encounter. You can only camp once per day.
- This new design allows for more forward planning, and a ton of fun new decisions to make.
- This change is not compatible with previous save files. Any in-progress runs from earlier versions will not be playable, but all progress and unlocks will be preserved.

Gameplay

Replaced the Panic mechanic with Resolve:
- When a hero is downed, their cards are transmuted into Resolve until they are revived.
- Resolve: When drawn, give ALL heroes 1 Armor.

Artifacts

Boundless Bag can now only be found in the shop.
Retrograde Hourglass reworked: Heroes start battle with 1 less mana.
Gluttonous Goop now only clones cards up to a full hand.
Lifestone: Max HP gain reduced from 5 to 3.
Added Summoner's Band: Summon cards you gain are upgraded.
Warrior's Band: Rarity changed from Uncommon to Rare.
Pacifist's Band: Rarity changed from Uncommon to Rare.
Enchanter's Band: Rarity changed from Uncommon to Rare.
Gold Ingot can no longer be found in the shop.

Cards

Lightning Spear: Damage decreased from 6 to 4.
Empowered Arrow renamed to Empowered Shot and reworked:
- Empowered Shot (X-cost): Deal 8 damage. Kaelin gains X Strength.
- Empowered Shot+ (X-cost): Deal 8 damage. Kaelin gains X+1 Strength.
Strapzix Bootkin: Cost reduced from 2 to 1.
Strapzix Bootkin+: Cost reduced from 2 to 1.
Sacrifice: HP loss reduced from 8 to 5.
Sacrifice+: HP loss reduced from 5 to 3.
Solar Conduit reworked:
- Solar Conduit: Give 1 Mana. Draw 1 Card.
Solstice: Cost reduced from 1 to 0.
Solstice+: Cost reduced from 1 to 0.
Calculated Chaos: Minimum damage increased from 8 to 12, and maximum damage increased from 12 to 16.
Calculated Chaos+: Minimum damage increased from 12 to 14, and maximum damage increased from 15 to 18.
Added new card for Flint:
- One Two Punch: Deal 7 damage. Consume Flint’s Strategy to deal 7 damage to a random target.
- One Two Punch+: Deal 10 damage. Consume Flint’s Strategy to deal 10 damage to a random target.
Annihilation: Cost reduced from 3 to 2.
Annihilation+: Cost reduced from 3 to 2. Area damage increased from 6 to 9. Instance damage decreased from 6 to 3.

Gems

Amber reworked:
- Amber: Add Retain keyword to a card.
Added Zircon:
- Zircon: Unblocked damage from a card with Zircon pierces through to the enemy behind the target.
Aetherium is now Rare, and can be found outside of the shop.
Crimsonite rarity has been changed to Uncommon from Rare.
Emerald rarity has been changed to Uncommon from Common.
Kafinium is now Rare, and can be found outside of the shop.
Topaz can now only be found in the shop.

Events

Harebrained Schemes can no longer give you a random artifact with negative effects.
Duke It Out reworked with additional choices and rewards. The champion encounter is now optional.

Status Effects

Aura of Strength removed for simplicity. All instances of Aura of Strength have been replaced with ALL heroes gain Strength.
Dawn Form: Now adds Solar Conduit to draw pile, instead of hand.

UI/UX

Reworked and improved several screens, including Party Select, Revive, Victory, and Loss screens.
Overhauled the loot system. Loot is now collected directly within the battle scene after combat.
Rewrote tooltips for clarity and fixed many missing tooltips. Most things should be accompanied by appropriate tooltips now.
Made many improvements to artwork and sound effects for a more polished and cohesive experience.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Retribution could gain damage due to Haldor taking status effect-based damage.
Fixed a bug where Trick Shot being depleted due to Transient would cause its draw animation to not complete properly.
Fixed a bug with Stormheart Shard not triggering due to taunt from Taurite gems.

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Balance in All Things - Demo Update

13 Oct, 2024

General

Bringing a host of improvements to enhance the overall gameplay experience. With reworked map generation for smoother progression, polished UI and visual effects, and balance changes to cards and artifacts, every run is now more exciting and satisfying.

Dungeons

Reworked map generation for smoother paths and better pacing. Shops and events are now easier to reach.

Cards

Subterfuge: Cost increased from 0 to 1.
Subterfuge+: Cost increased from 0 to 1.
Ambush: Cost decreased from 1 to 0.
Ambush+: Cost decreased from 1 to 0.
Pulsar Blast: Damage decreased from 25 to 20.
Pulsar Blast+: Damage decreased from 30 to 25.
Fire Arrow: Damage decreased from 6 to 5. Burning increased from 4 to 5.
Fire Arrow+: Damage increased from 6 to 8. Burning decreased from 7 to 5.
Constellation+: Cost increased from 0 to 1. Now has Innate.
Hunter's Mark: Weak decreased from 2 to 1.
Hunter's Mark+: Weak decreased from 3 to 2.
Shadow Arrow: Damage decreased from 16 to 15.
All 2+ cost cards have had their damage increased.

Artifacts

Seedling of Regrowth: Healing increased from 3 to 4.

Gems

Emerald: Gold gain increased from 3 to 5.

Enemies

Titan renamed to Verdant Colossus.

Status Effects

Radiance reworked: At the end of your turn, Radiance deals 1 damage per stack to a random enemy and is then reduced by 1.
Burning reworked: At the end of the owner's turn, they take 1 damage per stack and halve their Burning stacks. If Burning reaches 10 stacks, it combusts, dealing 10 damage to ALL allies.
Stealth reworked: Heroes in Stealth cannot be targeted by enemies and regenerate 1 additional Mana each turn. When a hero in Stealth attacks, Stealth is removed.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Craft & Coin Vol. 1 gave gold for adding status cards to your deck.

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Really dislike the lose-more death mechanics.

I feel like this was the same mistake that Roguebook made and ultimately undermined their release. On its face having dead heroes turn into curses seems like it is forgiving, but in reality the system means that each death makes the next death more likely, creating a doom spiral that is deeply unfun....

Jale

3 Jan @ 5:31pm

General Discussions

Once we've fully upgraded a hero we can't choose their starting artifact??

I think the upgrade system needs some work. Sometimes adding more cards to the possible cards we can find/buy makes it harder to find the ones we actually want. Also lvl5 is the max? And only +4HP (for Zorya)?? It would really be nice if we had at least a bit of choice over which cards each hero starts with....

Cliche gamer handle

3 Jan @ 5:44pm

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Feedback

Died pretty quickly on the first run as I was clueless with regards to game mechanics. Easily won the second run as the game is ultimately too easy. Requesting a hard mode for the game. Also, it ended abruptly since the run was so short. I'm guessing this is a side effect of it being in early access. Are there plans for the runs to be longer? This refers to more tiles per run....

harb

6 Aug, 2024 @ 11:06am

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