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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game

Backpack Hero

Tote Hotfix 2

Content:
Added credits to the main page
Added the character selection for CR-8 (coming soon!)
Added in 11 new languages including Chinese, Czech, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish!
Added in new features for Tote including the ability to view your hand, your discarded carvings, and your banished carvings
Added in the Mossy Mace
Characters all start with their own unique set of items
Added in a lucky carving
Added in a shiny carving

Changes:
Updated sound effects!
The pot carving is now banished on use
The dreaming buckler is now banished on use

Bug Fixes:
Cards now get properly banished and don't create mugs or decrease health
Changed to a higher resolution - so the game won't look as blurry.
Fixed a glitch where items could have their effect stacked if you looked at the card for a carving
Fixed a bug with the mana-sap
Fixed the yellow rose
Fixed the bashing shield
Fixed a glitch with the Frog Magician Boots
Fixed a glitch with the Cherry Bomb not adding extra damage

Tote Hotfix 1

Changes:
Tree Swords are now common and count as weapons
Gardener's Helmet is now helmet and armor
Frog magician boots are now clothing and footwear
Revised the character selection screen
Pot Carving now requires 0 energy

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue where you couldn't see buffs on carvings in your hand
The Hero Carving is now properly removed after being played
Fixed the name of the Bolt Carving
Made the Bolt Carving conductive
Fixed the Bolt Carving's description so it indicates that it applies for 1 turn only
Fixed the name of the Gardener's Helmet
Fixed a glitch at the store where carvings were not permanently removed from the player's deck

Tote has entered the dungeon!

She has been added to the Testing Build only! More content and a release to the Public Build is coming soon!

Content:
Added in Tote. A new character with a new backpack and a unique deck-building mechanic!
Created 29 unique "carvings" that she can find in the dungeon.
Created 7 unique Tote items!
Created Tote unique stores!
Created Tote unique chests!

Changes:
Hercule Pavise takes 2 energy

Bug Fixes:
Fixed several translation keys

Testing Build Bramble Hotfix 3

Content:
Added in the Black Manastone
Added in the Archangel Wings

Bug Fixes:
Fixed several missing text strings in the English translation file

Testing Build Bramble Hotfix 2

New Stuff:
Added in the Bashing Shield.

Changes:
You can now revisit the fox and challenge him to a duel after leaving
Added in a new enemy - they might surprise you!
The glove of knives is now a glove and armor.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue where battle rewards could appear high up over the player's inventory
Fixed translation key for the cap
Fixed translation key for the "nearby weapon" effect
Fixed translation key for the scholar of magic event
Fixed translation keys for rage, haste, weak, and slow
Fixed translation keys for the double poison potion
Fixed translation keys for the knight's armor

Testing Build Bramble Hotfix 1

Glitches
Fixed translation keys for stacking effects
Fixed translation key for nearby structures
Fixed translation key for the cursed blade
Fixed translation key for the bronze chestplate
Fixed translation key for the Doru
Fixed translation key for the cursed whetstone
Fixed translation key for the hatchet
Fixed translation key for the seasoning
Fixed translation key for the ethereal whetstone
Fixed the wizard cap which said "Add" instead of "Remove"
Fixed some translations that would show 0.5 as 0
Cursed blade - needs nearby curses
Removed the sliding rune from Purse
Changed the color of all options to white to make them easier to read
Fixed the background of the backpack greying-out during the tutorial
Fixed an issue where items would sometimes not grey-out when they couldn't be used
Improved save stability - especially related to ManaStones
Stores now save how many items you bought / sold
Stores no longer charge you for your own items
Fixed the magic font, which had the description of the Master Archer
Added the "Ring" type to the large heart ring
Fixed a glitch where the metallic wand would not detect mana through conduits and nearby structures

Changes
You can now sell up to three items at each store
Removed the vampiric crystal - will be changing vampirism soon
Changed the doru to 2 energy

Translation Update!

Hello all! This is my first set of patch notes on Steam! I have made some updates to the testingBranch of Backpack Hero!

Glitches
Fixed a glitch with the Return to Menu button
Changed the Plinko event so you cannot drop the Buckler down the side


Changes
Made it so you can return to events repeatedly
Merchants buy only one item - but it sells for twice as much as before
Added in a second costume for Purse
Created translation files and the option to change language
The explosive arrow starts at a lower base damage but has no modifier multiplier
Helmets and footwear disable helmets and footwear to their right, respectively
The Hawkeye Bow now fires arrows in both directions!

New Content
Added in the Brass Knuckles
Added in a new biome - the Bramble. This includes new music, several new enemies, and new bosses