I've been patching the game for a couple of months and I tried to wait for a while to see if there is any change but the reality is nothing is changing.

You might have heard a developer saying he is stopping support for his game because it didn't reach certain targets. In my case, the game is just dead.

For this reason, as much as it hurts me, I have decided to publish the last update (0.6.0) and launch the game into full release within the next few days (February 18th), with a 40% discount.

I may have not added all the things that I wanted to add but the game has enough content to play for many hours (there is someone who crossed the 100+ hours).

I want to thank everyone who gave feedback during the early access phase, your help was definitely valuable.

Thanks,
NourSaiFR

I will be switching from a weekly to a monthly schedule for future patches. So patches will follow something like this:

- 0.6.0 (February 16rd)
- 0.7.0 (March 16rd)
- 0.8.0 (April 16rd)
- 0.9.0 (May 16rd)
- 1.0 - Full Release (June 16rd)

The dates aren't 100% accurate so there might be some changes (e.g. the full release being in May instead of June).

Thanks.

This patch includes skill level ups in the shop along with a skill codex to check out all the available skills. Demonic Pact also works when beating the first god now and shows different options (remove or upgrade a card).

Future patches will move to a monthly schedule, I will mention that in a future announcement.

• [FIX]: Text displayed after beating a god now shows 75% instead of 100% if the right god mode level is enabled.
  
• [FIX]: Shop discount value display is now rounded (69.6789% -> 70%).
  
• [FEATURE]: "Demonic Pact" now shows all the time and gives different options if the player killed the first god in the previous run.
  
• [FEATURE]: Skills can now be discovered (when unlocked and added to the skill bar) and display their info in the codex UI.
  
• [FEATURE]: Skills can now be leveled up (up to 3 levels) in the shop.
  
• [UI]: Added a skill codex in the codex UI.
  
• [QOL]: Rest location now shows the HP amount too (instead of just the percentage).
  
• [SETTINGS]: Background fog can now be disabled in settings.
  
• [VISUAL]: Decreased the brightness of the background fog in the 3rd quest.

Just a quick post to say that this week's patch will be delayed to next week, so the next patch will be both combined (Patch 0.5.1 & 0.5.2), on January 16-17th.

Sorry for the delay.

I had some issues yesterday so I had to delay this patch by 1 day. This patch is about bug fixes and adding some QOLs. This patch was all about feedback I got on Discord so there is 0 new content this time.

There were some problems with the previous score system. The first one being that the values weren't saved so everything resets every time you load an existing run. The second issue was the lack of info related to the final score. Now there is a UI in the codex showing the score details.

• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the god mode level can be set to level 1 even when the player hasn't unlocked the level 1 yet.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the next god mode level unlocked even when losing a run.
  
• [FIX]: Changed "Monster Train" score to include even monsters that don't level up by default.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the score values reset when loading an existing run (they are now stored in the save file).
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the "Mana Infusion" skill costs 0 in the shop.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where cards ended up with similar discovery orders after using card removal in the shop.
  
• [FIX]: The game now uses the "Discovery order" to locate the card when leveling up instead of using the current position of the card in the UI.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the extra monster "Shadow Mask" wasn't healing the "Flame Wyrm" boss.
  
• [UI]: Added score details in the codex UI.
  
• [QOL]: The god mode level default value in the difficulty selection UI is now based on the last selected value.
  
• [QOL]: Player name can now be set in the title screen.
  
• [QOL]: The name field during difficulty selection is now filled by default.
  
• [QOL]: The name during a run can now be empty/hidden in case you don't want to show your name.
  
• [VISUAL]: Moved game version before starting a run to the top right of the screen.

Cards can now be discovered and seen in the codex, similar to how the monster codex works.

All the difficulty levels are now unlockable for each class. You start from 0 and unlock a new level each time you win a run.

There was a big bug where the card shuffling in battle impacted the original deck as well which made many effects not work because the position in the UI and the position in the actual deck wasn't the same. It should be fixed now.

• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where leveling up a monster didn't work (fusion & shop).
  
• [FIX]: The "Disabled" status effect now doesn't block the first 5 cards drawn at the start of the turn.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: God mode levels are now unlockable for each class.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added card discoverability tracking in battle and shop.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Venom Spike" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Iron Horn" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Soul Reaper" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Mind Leech" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [UI]: Added an assassin codex UI.
  
• [UI]: Added a warrior codex UI.
  
• [VISUAL]: Removed "Feedback" button from title screen.
  
• [VISUAL]: Card preview now doesn't effect details if the card isn't discovered.

All the difficulty levels are now present in game, 10 in total. In future updates I will make those levels unlockable.

I fixed some annoying bugs here and there so the experience should be a bit better.

• [FIX]: 3rd quest gods are no longer included in the shop.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed "Mind Break" description.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed "Obsidian Sentinel"'s warrior card rarity, starter -> uncommon.
  
• [FIX]: "Digging Rat"'s warrior effect now consumes momentum stacks.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the "Discovery order" sorting wasn't working in the card collection UI.
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where it's possible to click on background buttons in the shop.
  
• [FIX]: The "Disabled" status effect is now capped at 1.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: The shop no longer shows the same skills all the time. Now it's 5 random non-starter skills + 1 shop only skill.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Night Lurker" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: "Venom Blade" now has a unique behaviour in battle.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "All monsters deal +2 damage".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "All bosses deal +3 damage".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "All gods deal +5 damage".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "Heal 75% between quests instead of 100%".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "Start the run with 10% less HP".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "The shop costs 20% more".
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level "Fusion is no longer possible".
  
• [QOL]: Hovering on the god mode level UI box during the run shows the details of all the applicable god mode levels.

I added the first game achievements. There are 18 achievements now and about 10 more will be added in future patches.

I added a new god to shadowveil (first quest) along with an assassin/warrior card effect. More gods coming soon.

You can now see who contributed to the game in the codex. Note: The credits doesn't display at the end of the run.

I just moved the level 1 to the last position so that you can use god cards even in the other difficulties. I will be adding more levels in future patches.

• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the score didn't display the right value for "Experienced Hunter".
  
• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where the score didn't display the right value for "Excellent Hunter".
  
• [FEATURE]: Added "achievements" on Steam (x18).
  
• [CONTENT]: Added "Spearhead God" monster to battle.
  
• [CONTENT]: Added "Spearhead God" effect for warrior class.
  
• [CONTENT]: Added "Spearhead God" effect for assassin class.
  
• [UI]: Added a credits UI in the codex tab.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Increased status effect value 99 -> 999.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: God mode level 1 (no god cards) is now a level 3 difficulty.
  
• [BALANCING]: Changed "Sea Brute"'s 3rd move shield 14 -> 10.
  
• [BALANCING]: Warrior's starter skill no longer applies "Vulnerable".
  
• [BALANCING]: Decreased deck card count for "Monster collection" score, 30 -> 25.
  
• [BALANCING]: Decreased cards played count during a single turn for "Insane combo" score, 15 -> 10.
  
• [VISUAL]: Fixed "Shadow Mask" sprite outline.
  
• [VISUAL]: Fixed "Obsidian Sentinel" sprite outline.

There are many things missing from the game, and this patch is one of the first ones to address all of that.

The warrior class is now locked and can only be unlocked by beating the first god with the assassin class. This adds progression without making it impossible for new players to unlock the new class.

I added a score system that displays the result of how your run went. This is probably the feature that took most of this week's time. In future patches, the score amount will be used as experience points to unlock new cards/skills.

All the data related to monsters is now hidden by default. To reveal a monster's data, you need to defeat it at least once. This adds more progression to the game.

This is a work in progress, so for now I only added 3 levels and they are unlocked by default. In future patches, I will add more levels and make it so that you have to win runs to unlock them.

The monsters in the shop are now completely random. Only one shop specific monster is present and the rest is all about non-shop monsters. This adds more variety to runs since the cards you get from monsters in battle are always the same. The non-shop monsters don't include the starter monsters to make sure the options you get are more interesting.

I finally managed to fix the font problems related to Chinese, Japanese and Korean. However, I need to keep updating certain things so it's still possible to have one or two characters missing. That being said, the current experience should be way better than before.

With the current player count, it's very hard for me to justify updating both the main game and the demo. This is why I decided to remove the demo and only focus on the main game.

• [FIX]: Fixed an issue where you can preview cards from the warrior class even when it's locked.
  
• [FIX]: Removed wishlist button from settings.
  
• [FIX]: Removed wishlist button from dialogue box when quitting the game.
  
• [PROGRESSION]: The warrior class is now only unlocked after beating the first god with the assassin class.
  
• [FEATURE]: Added a score system during the run, displayed when it ends.
  
• [FEATURE]: Monster info in codex is now locked by default. Monsters only show their info if they are defeated in battle.
  
• [FEATURE]: God mode levels are now accessible from the start by default (will be unlockable later).
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level 1 (Gods no longer give cards).
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level 2 (player level is now capped at 30).
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: Added god mode level 3 (you can only unlock 15 skills per run).
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: The shop no longer shows the same monsters all the time. Now it's 5 random non-starter monsters + 1 shop only monster.
  
• [GAMEPLAY]: It's now possible to buy a monster card in shop even if you have a duplicate in your deck.
  
• [QOL]: The skill selection UI no longer shows in boss/god battles if all the skill slots are filled.
  
• [QOL]: The skills bar now hides if we check the cards in the deck during a run.
  
• [VISUAL]: Arrows no longer hide cards when seeing your deck cards.
  
• [VISUAL]: The "Unlock a skill" text after beating a boss isn't behind the skills bar anymore.
  
• [VISUAL]: The "SHOP" text after in the shop isn't behind the skills bar anymore.
  
• [LOCALIZATION]: Fixed font issues with Chinese (simplified).
  
• [LOCALIZATION]: Fixed font issues with Chinese (traditional).
  
• [LOCALIZATION]: Fixed font issues with Korean.
  
• [LOCALIZATION]: Fixed font issues with Japanese.
  
• [DEMO]: Removed the demo from the store page.