It’s been a long and eventful journey, but Risk & Riches is only two weeks away from its 1.0 release. Well, today, I am releasing the 1.0 version of the demo, which is, as you might imagine, in line with the 1.0 full release. So, the demo is an exact reflection of the upcoming release other than the content locked within the demo. Thank you to everyone that’s been a part of the journey so far in any capacity.

Changes in v1.0 Demo:

• The mouse line (yellow/red indicator line when moving a card around) is no longer affected by shading, so it appears brighter
  
• Changed the collision shape of the cards in hand to a rectangle instead of an ellipse (I set it to an ellipse at one point, and I’m not sure why), this means more of the visible card area is selectable
  
• Changed the save/load system for settings to a human-readable config file, this was done to more easily implement key rebinds (edit manually at your own risk)
  
• Updated the Settings Menu so that it is only two tabs
  
• Added the ability to rebind keys (finally, right?)
  
• Added a border to the energy indicator that now displays yellow when the player has energy left and red when energy hits 0 for the turn
  
• Added a yellow highlight to the pocketed icon above cards when they’re pocketed so that it stands out better
  
• Removed the “[Space]” text from the End Turn button since it can now be rebound
  
• Removed the “Feedback” text from the Bug Report button so that it now just says “Bug Report” in the Pause Menu
  
• Replaced the Bug Report button on the Main Menu with a Credits button
  
• Added a Credits Menu accessible through the Main Menu

Bug Fixes:

• Added the “Banish” keyword to the “War Shield” card (thank you to whoever submitted this bug during Next Fest)
  
• Fixed the layering of the Pause Menu and Events so that the Pause Menu no longer appears behind Events
  
• Increased the Z Index of highlighted cards because when there were a lot of cards in hand, it was possible that cards to the right of the highlighted card could obscure part of the highlighted card
  
• Made it so that unpausing would no longer retrigger the effect from the ore vein in the Treasure Room
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur if there was not enough available equipment to fill the slots in the Hardware Store and an empty slot was selected
  
• Reduced the description text for the “Cursed Doll” so that the “+1 to effects” text added after playing the “Worth More” card wouldn’t go outside of the card description area

I have a few ideas for a post-launch update already, but there are no game-breaking bugs that I am aware of at this time, and everything intended for March 27 is implemented and ready to go, including Steam Achievements. Thank you again to all of you who have been part of this journey, and I hope you enjoy the full game when it is released on March 27!

For the last regular update ahead of Steam Next Fest I’ve focused on balancing the Gunslinger. It was possible to complete the first Circle of Hell with her in the Demo, but she started to fall off a bit in later Circles so she got beefed up. Regular updates will go on pause until after March 3rd so that the Demo remains stable during Next Fest. At this point, there isn’t much more to do for the Demo anyway (maybe a rewrite of the Tutorial to reduce the amount of text). I’m continuing development on the rest of the game, and even that is almost done with the exception of Steam Achievements and a little bit of polish here and there. There is one known bug that I’ll be fixing, but it does not interfere with gameplay.

Changes in v0.9.7 Demo:

• Status icon added under player character when Sore Spot is active
  
• Lighting was adjusted for shorter characters so that it better illuminated the sprite
  
• Removed the status icons for Aimed Shots and Increased Healing since the increase is reflected on the affected cards already
  
• Changed the size of the Key Terms/Tooltips boxes so that they don’t take up as much vertical space
  
• Made it so cards being selected using Roulette display the current modifiers applied to them instead of the base values
  
• Adjusted the positions of the player character and enemies to more evenly spread them out
  
• Increased Single Shot damage to 2
  
• Increased Triage healing to 2
  
• Increased the fortify buff for the Flask to 2
  
• Increased the status effect increase from Like Magic to 2
  
• Reduced the energy cost of Explosive Rounds from 3 to 2
  
• Reduced the energy cost of Line of Fire from 2 to 1
  
• Reduce the energy cost of Return Fire from 2 to 1
  
• Increased the healing bonus from Bounce Back to 2
  
• Added status icons under the player character for Paralyzing Agent, Poisoned Tipped, and Explosive Rounds
  
• Increased the number of Quick Draw cards to 2
  
• Sort of a bug, but a new card for the Gunslinger called “Shotgun” is available (it was in the game but never pulled as an option)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Key Terms/Tooltips remaining on screen while using Roulette
  
• Fixed Explosive Shot not evenly hitting all enemies
  
• Realigned some text boxes for events that weren’t properly positioned behind the text
  
• Rewrote key terms and descriptions to abbreviate them or make them clearer
  
• Fixed Like Magic not being applied to all enemies if it was used in combination with an attack that hit all enemies

After all of the work to fix the Key Term/Tooltips bugs, the one known bug that remains is related to the fixes. Now in the Inventory or Card Selection menus that have a scroll bar, it’s possible to highlight a card that’s barely visible at the top and the key term will display above the scroll window. It doesn’t affect gameplay and most people won’t notice it, but I am going to fix it.