New Year's Eve is upon us! That means it's time for presents!
Collect balls from Christmas trees and break them. For this you will get gold or inspiration. When you've broken enough, it's time to pick up a special gift!
A new book has been added - The Spice Book! There are 10 new spices waiting for you in it:
Fixed a bug where the quest was partially reset if a gold key is used.
Fixed a bug where vertical icons on right side of interface would go over interface.
Fixed a bug where purple lines in Mad artist mode could be from the current chapter.
Fixed a bug where regular lines in Mad artist mode could be from a chapter other than current chapter.
Fixed a bug where the upgrade buttons gave more damage, health and soup when the option was enabled.
Clarified spelling of book titles in Writer's shop (English translation).
Clarified description of book .
Clarified description of book . Added switches for upgrade buttons. Switches have mode x10 - x100 - max.
Clarified description of spice.
Clarified description of chiromancy hand .
Clarified description of ballad line .
Clarified description of ballad line .
Clarified description of ballad line .
Clarified description of book .
Clarified description of ability of Archmagister of Orc race.
Corrected the description of collection item .
Corrected the description of improvements in the Candy House.
Added hints for hands of chiromancy.
Added holding Control to maximize Arena multiplier improvements.
Increased the chance of non-standard opponents appearing.
THE HANGED MAN now presses ambrosia in the quest.
You can now press Camp button if autocamp is enabled and it produces a transition action.
Auto dwarf modes are now independent. You can choose to distribute jelly to your favorite characters without necessarily turning on the main mode.
In Mad artist mode, if Printing press in auto mode prints a chapter before an illustration, illustration will not spoil 3 lines.
Ballad line no longer interrupts characters' extra moves.
Jelly and stones selection menu now displays the dwarves and stones that are in the inventory.
Hero now has number of shots displayed (if he has a bow and more than 1 shot).
Stone descriptions now take into account the extra scaling from ballad lines.
Flower descriptions now take into account the extra scaling from the illustration.
Auto camp text becomes semi-transparent when the mouse is hovered over nearby icons.
v 0.49 Magical improvements
A small technical patch, designed to solve problems associated with the primal magic! We have also added several options to reduce the amount of visual information.
Additions and changes:
Game engine has been updated!
Fixed an issue with steam inventory
Added more options in adv. settings: Transparent gold, Less text, Less particles.
In the Writer's shop, books will now have gray text if they cannot be improved for pens or manuscripts.
Clarified description of books Printing Press and Fine Tuning. Added a hint for book Healthy body is healthy spirit.
Text of heroes' speeches is now displayed on top of health.
Added new types of gold (visual)
Balance of Gold hand has been changed.
Butterfly mages with katana still have inscription that they are flag holders.
The elves' extra move when using dragon blood now works.
Fixed game crashing after using the Bubbling spell.
Fixed a bug with silver flags for elves.
Fixed bug with game crash related to damage information.
Fixed a bug with game crash caused by particles.
Book Fame and fortune now takes all classes into account.
Book Secrets of Nature now save Druid class skills after the end of the adventure.
Fixed a bug with auto press.
Fixed a bug with a hang-up of the turn order.
In soup button drop-down menu you can read how many soups are left.
Guild of mages
Enemies are not slumbering. Mages of ancient knowledge have decided to join confrontation to help fight forces of evil:
Cheese mages are ready for battle, nothing is stronger than their love of cheese and bludgeoning damage. Butterfly mages are lovers of scaly wings and tinkling coins. Bubble mages will give you a hot bubble bath and tell you how to protect yourself from pests. Archimagister of ancient knowledge lords over all currents of magic. Unlocking the potential of his wards, he doesn't forget to pull a few aces out of his sleeve. As you learn new classes through books, you can also unlock special mage abilities.
On Halloween Eve, guild of mages will open its doors.
Along with ancient magic, forgotten knowledge of long-gone civilizations has come to you. 4 new books are available on High Tech shelf.
Additions and changes:
Total number of spices is now written in spices list.
Menu for obtaining jelly gnomes, stones, and spices now shows number of choices remaining at the top.
KNIGHT OF SWORDS card now includes dragon slayers in its condition.
Next 3 tarot cards are guaranteed not to repeat previous 3.
Quest information can now be scrolled in quest menu, if there are many quests completed before the concert/tour and they don't fit in height.
When selecting quests, information on which zone the last quest completion corresponds to is now displayed.
Fixed a bug with killing second dragon in the same zone.
Priests now cannot heal more than 2 times in a row.
Starting a new game will not send you to camp for lack of food until you buy soup, leave to camp, or toggle
no soup* option.
Auto gnome status does not reset after adventure is completed.
THE HANGED MAN will no longer issue a flag to hero, if he is a only one who can attack.
THE HANGED MAN no longer issues a black flag to not undead heroes.
Giving stones to Priests of Light and Dark priest is now impossible. THE HANGED MAN also does not give stones and flowers to these classes.
Added 4 new cursors.
Books in Writer's shop are redrawned.
Added authors menu.
1 year. Dragon slayer
Dragons began to attack nearby villages more frequently!
Kingdoms, realizing threat, turned to a secret order of dragon slayers to subdue the rampaging monsters. Dragon slayers can master any weapon. While slaying a dragon, dragon slayer absorbs its soul and becomes many times stronger.
Added a new quest - Blood Enemy.
In this quest you can hire up to 10 dragon slayers and get 2 dragon's blood for killing a dragon. Bonus for the quest is a glory points multiplier.
Bard is celebrating an anniversary! September 22 is the day of the game's release to Early Access!
After 100 zone you will find 10 new locations and musical compositions, as well as new monsters to defeat! All bards with concert experience will receive a candy goat as a gift. Additions and changes:
Fixed a bug where getting inspiration wrote less quantity than it actually gave.
Improved combat system. Enemies now hit the nearest enemy based on their positioning on the line, rather than their current distance.
Adjusted the text of note bonuses and arena multipliers if candy house enhancements are purchased.
Added sorting to the squad list.
Fixed a bug with negative gold.
Reduce flashes* mode in additional options now works when receiving an item for collection.
Selected quest not reset.
Chapter 8. Inheritance. Bugfixes
Chapter 8 is available!
Equip your entire team with shields, or raise a legionnaire to rank of Legate. Perhaps you want to lead an army of darkness, then give them black flag and immortality will be one step closer.
A new book has been added - Inheritance.
It will allow you to save loot from previous adventure to dispose of it when you need it.
Bugworks and other fixes:
Fixed a bug with moving from Arena to camp.
Fixed a bug where auto camp settings were not saved after an arena.
The line
From now on you are a flag bearer!* has been changed. You can now get red, orange, yellow flags instead of just red.
Fixed scrolling in Arena menu.
Priests of Light are now counted for opening a Priests Guild.
Fixed a bug where
Sing me some more* illustration was still not doubling chorus:
For ancient dagger, whom in a chest, there is apprentice found Temper your arrogance - so says the teachings of the candle From now on you are a flag bearer!
Fixed a bug where lines might not work in Mad Artist mode:
Let's look in the archives Ah, how it all began!..
Removed delay for auto-soup.
Fixed a bug where counting of notes, unburnable manuscripts and feathers was based on current zone instead of the maximum achieved in current adventure.
Fixed a bug where
+2 extra marks when applying marks* line was not apply to undead strike marking.
Clarified description of the line: For there is virtue in the shadows, too!
Clarified description for Enhanced weapon mode.
Printing press, Mad artist
Silver and Gold Leagues have been added!
Silver league opens up access to Mad artist mode. In this mode you can write 2 lines at a time. At the end of chapter, 3 random lines will be spoiled. There is also a 10% chance that one of lines will be from future chapters.
Gold league opens up access to High Tech bookshelf.
In it you can learn Printing Press, which will allow you to memorize chapters and print them already in next journey.
Added 2 news from the developers.
You can read information about them in Candy house.
Additions and changes:
Optimized game code.
Now zone selection button is available if not all heroes have full health.
Increased time for autocamp to send a squad into battle. If zone selection window is open, autocamp will not send a squad to battle until window is closed.
Added loading screen.
Added bookshelf bookmarks for quick access.
Added scroll to dwarf selection menu.
Added description in English for line «Must be the wind...».
Added link to Discord server(options menu)
Big update! Two new quests, candy goat
A new quest «We tell no tales» has been added.
Undead begin the journey to find legendary book Necronomicon to learn all aspects of dark magic and become perfect warriors. When search comes to an end, change of appearance or summoning of skeleton monk will be within reach of even weakest of Undead.
A new quest «Nature's roots» has been added.
A group of Druids decided to collect all known to them druidic spells to preserve them for their descendants. Task is not an easy one. They will have to go around the world and visit all Druid villages to make sure they don't miss any of secrets of their brothers and sisters. Group heard that the Druids are capable of capturing lions and even saddling wolves. And the most skilled of nature's followers have power to control 2 mighty stumps.
Сandy goat has been added.
It allows you to accumulate candy, which is spent on a reroll. When goat is full, you can smash it and get many gifts that will help you on your current journey as well as future adventures. Сandy goat can be found at Сandy house.
Additions and changes:
Hero information now indicates revivals from all bonuses if hero is Undead.
Bug fix, when with book of Dragon studied, you could get 18 garnets for the first blood of the dragon, instead of 10.
For chapter 7 marked lines that are choruses.
The ESC button is used to close various menus and enter settings menu.
Now with shift holding you can pump characteristics of heroes at 10 points, and with ctrl to maximum.
Auto dwarf mode gained an additional option. Distribute jelly can now be first between favorite characters, then between others.
Added additional option to mark your favorite heroes on battlefield.
In cursor selection menu you can change size of cursor.
Added screen resolution of 2560x1440.
Improved operation of the Hanged Man.
Fixed bug with duplicate toad when using a rune.
Popup text is no longer climbing on top of bottom bar.
In quest selection menu, quests are arranged in order they are opened by zone.
Improved scrolling in quest selection menu.
Bug fix, when chiromancy hands worked during any pause.
New steam achievements added
Arena upgrade, new cards, flags, and book
Test your skills in Arena with new rules!
Ranks are now saved, and allow you to save arena multipliers. At the end of battle you'll receive flags and popularity which may prove useful in your next adventure.
Fortune teller has shared two more Tarot cards.
Heroes' journey takes on new horizons.
New book, Flower almanac, has been added.
Turn heroes into a flower right from hire menu.
Additions:
In quest table, you can see achieved zone for each quest.
If there is more than one dagger master in squad, +1 combo-hit is given for all of them.
Chapter 7, Spices
Continue writing the ballad on page seven!
Give flag to a hero, get admiration charges, or put goblins on the boars. Page seven will also provide new opportunities for villains of all kinds - thieves, bandits, etc.
Spice menu has been upgraded.
Some spices now have more than one level. Bonuses from combining multiple spices of the same type have been revised.
Additions and changes:
Improved display of stones and flowers.
A new «Get more» book has been added (Finance shelf) which allows you to drag and drop stones and flowers 10 pieces or all at once.
With the card «Hanged Man» reroll tab is not displayed.
Large pieces of gold are now attracted by the gold hand.
Improved the look of large pieces of gold.
if more selections are available, dwarves, stones and spices menu does not close when selected.
«My Deck» button has been added to the tarot card selection menu.
Chapter 7, Species
Continue writing the ballad on page seven!
Give flag to a hero, get admiration charges, or put goblins on the boars. Page seven will also provide new opportunities for villains of all kinds - thieves, bandits, etc.
Spice menu has been upgraded.
Some spices now have more than one level. Bonuses from combining multiple spices of the same type have been revised.
Additions and changes:
Improved display of stones and flowers.
A new «Get more» book has been added (Finance shelf) which allows you to drag and drop stones and flowers 10 pieces or all at once.
With the card «Hanged Man» reroll tab is not displayed.
Large pieces of gold are now attracted by the gold hand.
Improved the look of large pieces of gold.
if more selections are available, dwarves, stones and spices menu does not close when selected.
«My Deck» button has been added to the tarot card selection menu.