New Features

THE FINAL ZONE : Resurgence

• New monsters
  
• New items and weapons
  
• A new zone to explore
  
• New combats

Steam Achievements :

• Some skills now require unlocking an achievement to become available.

The Codex :

• Displays all the skills of the game, and of your current party.

New gameplay feature :

• Combat maps can now contain traps at the beginning of the fight. Characters can also hide in bushes to avoid being targeted from afar.

Improvements

UX/UI upgrades :

• Improve skill bar layout in combat
  
• Improve combat log readability
  
• Improve Shade countdown in Exploration
  
• Improve event window, barks, and village sanctuary
  
• Improve combat loot phase

Gameplay :

• When multiple monsters of the same type are killed in combat, dropped items are limited to one per monster type.
  
• Balance all narrative bonuses
  
• Improve enemy and ally AI.
  
• Some stats have been renamed. For example, Physical Damage Bonus is now called Strength.
  
• Spirit gameplay feature is now explained during the tutorial

Fixes :

• Blocking bugs (crashes and soft-locks) have been fixed
  
• Visual bugs have been fixed

New features

Chapter 6 : The Ferals Plains

• New quests
  
• New monsters
  
• New fights
  
• New items
  

General improvements

• The village vazzards are now active
  
• Addition of the second creatures specific to the Shade
  

Gameplay changes

Quality of life

• Improvement of the information available from the level-up phase
  
• Visual improvement of the pause menu
  
• You can now click anywhere on the event windows to move forward in the story
  
• Added an ally/enemy color code on NPC character sheets
  

Balancing

• General balancing of the skills of the vazzards
  
• Rebalancing of narrative bonuses and maluses
  
• Weapons requiring 4,5 or 6 Action Points are more powerful
  
• The traps are more powerful
  
• The mobs in the first 3 zones have more Life Points
  
• All villagers have 16 additional basic Life Points
  

Visual Changes

• The visuals of the Zone 1 and 2 have been reworked.
  
• New animation to introduce the fights
  

Accessibility

• Added a setting to disable screenshake effects.
  
• Added a confirmation window when resetting settings
  
• Added a confirmation window when the user leaves the settings with unsaved changes
  

New features

• Added chapter 5 : new quests, new monsters but also new fights and items.
  
• Addition of creatures specific to the Shade
  
• Added dynamic weather effects according to the events
  
• Added an optional tutorial
  
• Added loading screens illustrating the current chapter
  
• Added the Village: the game now starts in the Village where you have to choose the adventurers who will form the first group and select (or not!) the Spirits who will accompany them
  

Gameplay changes

Narrative redesign:

• Complete rewriting of the scenario
  
• Removal of reinforcement mechanics
  
• When a choice yieldscontains two possible outcomes, these outcomes always represent a success on the one hand and a failure on the other. The actual outcome is determined by a 50/50 random draw between these two possibilities
  
• The sequence of events and battles within a chapter has been changed
  

Spirits:

• The influence system has been removed. You are now free to choose your reactions (or almost...)
  
• Vazzards can now have a Spirit
  
• Spirits provide bonuses and one resurrection but prohibit risky choices (i.e. those with a random outcome)
  
• When a Vazzard dies, it becomes a Spirit that can accompany the next adventurers. The bonuses that the Spirit confers depend on the level and build of the dead character.
  

The Shade :

• Removed the Game Over when the Shade catches up with you. Instead, a tough fight against the Shade's creatures is triggered.
  
• If you win, you regain a 10-day lead over the Shade.
  
• In case of defeat, you return to the village to compose a new group of adventurers.
  

Visual Changes

Choices with variable outcomes

• Choices with variable outcomes are indicated as risky and are represented by a coin toss animation

Exploration

• The Shade threat progress bar is replaced by a chapter progress bar
  

Critical Strikes

• Added animations for critical hits
  
• Added new animations depending on the weapon equipped as well as several animation variations for each weapon.
  

Campfire

• Improved interface to better see and understand the impact of the four possible campfire decisions
  

Inventory

• The inventory interface has been redesigned for a better overall usability
  
• Added comparison between equipped items and those in the inventory
  

Character sheet

• Improved iconography of statistics for a better understanding
  

Saving

• The game is now saved at the end of each event or victory in battle
  

Quality of life

• Added a user setting to speed up the overall game
  
• Added a user setting to speed up the game only when it's the AI's turn in combat
  
• Traps are highlighted when they are on the currently highlighted path.
  
• Ability to change language during the game
  
  
• AI: NPCs avoid traps set by their allies as much as possible
  

SOUND DESIGN

Addition of sound effects on :

• The campfire and its different actions
  
• The level up interface
  
• The critical hits
  

Additions & changes

• Effects now have a matching description accessible in both Character Sheet and NPC Sheet
  
• Vazzards now have different idle animations in accordance with their equipped weapon
  
• New vazzards skins have been added
  
• Various visual effects have been added during level up
  
• Addition of tooltips to explain trigrams in skill cards
  
• Added a frequency setting for bubbles in combat
  
• Introduction text now mentions the vazzards
  
• Little obstacles and holes don't affect line of sight in combat any longer
  
• Added sound effects for the Shade
  
• Added musical theme for the Sentinel
  

Fixes

• Mystical Storm and Ash Heap visual effects are now correctly displayed
  
• The Augur is now correctly animated in exploration
  
• Skills with an Area of effect now affect the Sentinel correctly
  
• Clicking on a character icon during a NPC turn now correctly opens the character sheet
  
• Ice Armor skill now has an associated animation
  
• Using Bestial Leap vertically doesn't cause the game to crash anymore
  
• Marley and Marlax don't cause the game to crash anymore when they jump vertically
  
• Home menu and party creation musics are now affected by the music volume setting
  
• Cocoochrum doesn't block its cell after spawning a Lepracorn any longer
  
• Exploitation skill correctly steals AP even if the character has multiple AP maluses
  

Balancing

• Elevation now heal 1 SP for each member of the group every three turns instead of every turn.
  

Additions & changes

• Global graphic overhaul of existing zones.
  
• New zone : Ruins , you can now discover what lies beyond the forest. (this new zone is available in French only. The English version will be available upon final release of the game)
  
• New enemy family : Mechas (with their fearsome Sentinel...) and a few monsters emanating from the Shade.
  
• New droppable items (associated to the Ruins zone)
  
• The Shade is now visible during Exploration phase, whenever it becomes too close...
  
• Enemies now feature a dedicated character sheet, allowing you to peek at their stats.
  
• Added a contextual menu on NPCs in combat.
  
• Added a shortcut to show/hide the characters healthbars in combat.
  
• Added a shortcut to show/hide the HUD.
  
• It is now possible to rebind the shortcuts (customize the associated keystroke)
  
• Overhaul of the build system : accessible skills during level-up do not depend on the character's level anymore, but carry a rarity level instead.
  
• Game's language cannot be changed in a given save file (this limitation will be removed once the game's content is fully available in all supported languages)
  
• Reaction bubbles and healthbars now scale according to the zoom level, in order to be legible at all times.
  
• New visual effects for Burning, Electrified and Incurable states.
  
• Combat tiling now show more clearly the zone reachable by the currently selected skill.
  
• Effects now stack nicely under the character healthbar and in their character sheet.
  
• Effects in character sheet now feature a description tooltip.
  

Fixes

• Multiple fixes in the combat tiling system, where some tiles would appear as "holes" but behave as "walls".
  
• Fix potential soft-lock when killing an enemy with Flurry of Blows.
  
• Sprint does not allow to go through existing characters anymore.
  
• Incurable state is now correctly applied as soon as the target receives it (instead of when the target starts its next turn)
  
• It is now possible to cast Energy Transfer on self multiple times in a row without needing to un-select and re-select the skill.
  
• Fix weird animation of the Shade timer when the group gets a bonus or malus of timer in Exploration.
  

Balancing

• Some narrative outcomes have been balanced to be less punitive.
  
• Skorticks are less resistant.
  
• Bosses grant more experience.
  

Additions & Changes

• New mob Family : the Ravencaws.
  
• New mob Family : the Demogorgons
  
• Skorticks can now be encountered in zone 1.
  
• These new mobs bring new droppable items.
  
• Items can now have special effects.
  
• The Combat Log now features a color code for better readability.
  
• When selecting a trait to improve during level-up, a tooltip shows a description of it.
  
• Stat bonuses during level up now have a variable value.
  
• Combat camera can now be moved with keyboard arrows and by moving the mouse to the edges of the screen.
  
• Transitions to combat scenes now feature a special design (depending on the current zone)
  
• Collisions on knockbacks now deal (a few) physical damages.
  
• Max level is upped to 9 : 16 new active skills ans 16 new passive skills have been added.
  
• It is now possible to hover on vazzards during Exploration to show their name and health bar.
  
• Pushing a character agaisnt an obstacle now deals additional damages.
  

Fixes

• Backup vazzards and random vazzards cannot share the same name or skin anymore.
  
• Inventory now reset as intended after a game over.
  
• A glitch allowing to heal HP or SP by re-equipping a specific piece of equipment has been fixed.
  
• Many bugfixes in combat phase.
  
• Volume level is now correctly applied to the cinematic intro (when launching game)
  
• Added missing localization keys.
  
• Fixed a bunch of UI bugs occurring when frenzy-clicking.
  

Balancing

• Global balancing of skills ; Spirituality Points are needed more often. (e.g. Flurry of Blows now requires 2 Spirituality Points instead of 2 Movement Points)
  
• Elioch AI tweaking : he will teleport more often.
  
• Increased difficulty in Arboreal's Forest (zone 3). All mobs (and Pau'Ju) are now stronger. You're gonna love hating those Lepracorns...
  
• Balancing of items dropping in zone 1 ; that Flayed Heart is no longer as repulsive as it used to be...
  

Fixes

• Camera now correctly anchors to the event window after backup has arrived.
  
• Camera no longer scrolls the whole parallax level when returning from combat
  
• Dropped items are now added into inventory even if there is not enough room for all of them.
  
• Missing tiles in some combat levels
  
• Group is now spawned at the correct location after transitioning to a new zone
  
• Enemies no longer drop multiple items
  
• Exploitation skill now correctly removes Action Points on the target
  
• Music in Forest zone is now the correct one
  
• Skill distance hint preview now correctly disappears when ending turn
  
• Fix visual glitch on used choices in event window
  
• Fix audio volume setting application on game startup
  
• Fix total playing time not reset when loading another save slot
  
• Fix some missing sound effects (Retreat, Cocoochrum, intro scene, etc.)
  
• Fix Minotaur not facing target when casting Ash Heap
  
• Fix recurrent micro-freeze on exploration
  
• Show coherent values between Combat Log and Damage Labels
  

Additions & Changes

• Combat now start with a placement phase (party members can be placed within a pre-defined area)
  
• Leader is now identified more clearly ("crown" marker, separates from the group during event, dedicated reaction bubbles, etc.)
  
• UI improvements : bigger character sheet, character sheet and inventory merged into a unique panel,
  
• UX improvements : inventory overflow message when dropped items cannot fit into inventory (and possibility to manage inventory to make room), Add hint message for Sprint key in Exploration, End Turn no longer requires a long press on Space Bar, skill bar tooltips now show total damages (including bonuses)
  
• Before combat, an enemy shows up on the exploration level
  
• Level-up is now triggered during Exploration (whenever relevant)
  
• Upon a "soft" game over, the party receives a permanent bonus (Spiritual Oath)
  
• New parties now have a few default weapons in the inventory
  
• The reaction wheel no longer shows up if Influence Mode is not activated.
  
• 3 new skins available for playable characters
  
• Bonuses are now stackable by default.
  
• Characters now sprint instead of walk during combats, resulting in MUCH faster movements.
  
• Current turn is automatically ended when no skill can be used.
  
• Most UI animations can now be skipped : reaction wheel, combat XP, item drop, level-up, etc.
  

Balancing

• The difficulty of the Arboreal's Forest has been increased to better match the expected level in that area.
  
• IA tweaks on various mobs to make them a little bit smarter (read : less dumb)
  
• Wanderer#2 is (finally) smart. If you've had the chance to encounter him, you know what we're talking about ^^