BETA 1.4 Change List

• Items unlocked via challenges in the Outfitter now have a tooltip explaining that they're unlocked via a challenge
  
• New bubble shield effect
  
• New bubble shield sound effects
  
• You can now travel downwards in ascension fields
  
• Boss souls can be absorbed
  
• New Altar destruction effect
  
• Orcs will drink potions that they pick up
  

• Less human characters spawn on each level
  
• Kullos are less bouncy
  
• Bosses have less health on lower levels & more health on higher levels
  
• Less down time on Medusa boss
  
• Chrono'boid can be hurt while in fire mode
  
• Magic projectiles (from Gold Wand & Magic Bombs) are less random & more intelligent
  
• Explosive projectiles can now also pierce & ricochet
  
• AI characters now have a better understanding of ascension fields
  
• Orcs can no longer melee mid-air
  
• Orc spears are slower
  
• Orcs have slightly slower ranged speed
  
• Spikes deal 80 damage instead of 100
  
• Blessing pickups now indicate whether the pickup will be tier 2
  
• Stat boost text now stacks instead of displaying on top of one another
  
• Damage resist is now percentage based (1 damage resist = 5% less damage taken)
  
• Item spawning is more procedural & less random
  
• Chargers shake a little before charging
  
• Crystal Skull shield now lets projectiles & throwables out, but not in
  
• Crystal Skull shield lasts longer, but takes longer to charge
  
• Crystal Skull shield now also blocks beams, lighting strikes & explosions
  
• Crystal Skulls can be combined at Altars
  
• Gold Wand charges faster
  
• Flying Eyeball, Fire Totem & Gold Skull no longer target pots, boxes, etc
  
• Fire Totem expires after firing a certain number of shots, instead of after a timer
  
• Gold Skull ranged increased
  
• Poison Ring now poisons targets instead of attackers, and increases your poison damage
  
• Crown Ring now stuns targets instead of causing explosions
  
• Fire Wand can no longer harm the user
  
• Skull Stick can be combined at Altars
  
• Demonic Eyeball fires red lightning instead of a small bolt
  
• Increased Butcher's Sword damage
  
• Lightning Blessing no longer goes through blocks
  
• Tenacious Blessing is now percentage-based
  
• Traditionalist Perk gives you an extra ring slot
  

• Fixed inventory not working with certain controllers
  
• Fixed Sticky Bomb crashing the game if sticking to something after the thrower dies
  
• Fixed Goliath fight starting before all characters have entered the room
  
• Fixed Lightning Blessing not targeting orcs & bosses
  
• Fixed multi-shot bows being broken by using Lightning Poles
  

BETA 1.3 Change List

• Improved boss rooms
  
• 2 new challenges
  
• 1 new hat
  

• You can no longer control your character while taking a blessing
  
• 0.5 seconds of invincibility after taking a blessing
  
• Projectiles from Blessing of Generosity & Flying Eyeball no longer charge your magic item
  
• Springy Perk now also gives you double jump
  
• Cleric's Orb now heals for 12 instead of 15
  
• Blessing of Thorns deals 5 damage instead of 3
  
• Tier 2 Blessing of Kings increases damage by 3 instead of 2
  
• Chrono'boid has less health
  

• Fixed final 3 blessings not spawning
  
• Fixed Dark Feather
  
• Fixed explosion resistance stat
  
• Fixed Demon Rune not taking health sometimes
  
• Fixed perk panel crashes
  
• Fixed magic charge amounts multiplying instead of adding
  
• Fixed Soul Reaper only giving one soul from a double kill
  
• Fixed stasis effect persisting after death of the entity sometimes
  
• Fixed red chests being destroyable in 1 hit after being opened
  
• Fixed Super Orc Axe kills not counting towards the Orc Smash challenge
  
• Fixed Super Poison Pouch crash
  
• Fixed Tentabrain crash
  

BETA 1.3a Change List

• Slow effects no longer stack
  
• Fire now does 16 damage by default instead of 20
  
• 1 second invincibility after taking blessings instead of 0.5 seconds
  
• Fixed Jumpers causing endless explosions on contact with lava
  
• Fixed Emerald Bracer effect being blockable
  
• Fixed Game Over screen coming up on new Magma Core level sometimes
  
• Fixed animation getting stuck if shooting while taking a blessing
  
• Fixed throwing items appearing at the wrong place on characters
  
• Fixed non-usable super magic items showing up as gray on the HUD
  
• Fixed getting damage over time effects even when you have a shield
  
• Fixed invincibility blocking demon shrine damage
  
• Fixed spike trap crash
  

BETA 1.3b Change List

• Fixed Ardent Bow not giving you the magic damage that it promises
  
• Fixed some typos in journal
  
• Hostile characters now have a red flashing outline
  
• Fixed "NO KEY" causing infinite scrolling through menus
  
• Fixed red outline from demonic blessing showing in the wrong location during Ankh revive animation
  
• D-Pad & Left stick can now be used for movement without changing a setting
  
• Fixed sword projectiles resetting bullseye bonus
  
• Renamed Bull's Eye Blessing to Bullseye Blessing
  
• Reaver Sword is now medium speed instead of fast
  

What's Next?

BETA 1.2 Change List

• Challenges! With rewards for completing them
  
• Journal detailing Items, Monsters, Blessings, Areas, etc as you discover them (some descriptions missing & will be added soon)
  
• New Bosses!
  
• Boss drops!
  
• Altars! Where you can combine 2 of the same weapons to create a more powerful weapon
  
• Opportunities to wear more than 2 rings!
  
• 10 new blessings
  
• 4 new demonic blessings
  
• 8 new magic items
  
• 3 new rings
  
• 2 new weapons
  
• 1 new throwable item
  
• 5 new hats
  
• New enemies: Cave Trolls, Tiki Grubs, Lava Swarms & more!
  
• New area: The Magma Core!
  
• Blood Shrines! Where you can spend your health to gain powerful demonic blessings
  
• Opportunities to choose which blessings you receive, instead of only having 1 choice
  

• "Shielded" text is displayed when drinking Potion of the Guardian
  
• Boss name & short description is displayed during the boss intro
  
• Changed Azguard's shockwave attack
  
• Fungal Grotto isn't quite so dark
  
• More healing items in later levels
  
• Drazes no longer take fire damage
  
• Goliath keeps his eye shut for less time
  

• Fixed Trident Shot dealing too much direct damage
  
• Fixed Demon Rune taking shield instead of health
  
• Fixed Poison Clouds removing shields
  
• Fixed dead or undamagable entities being able to aquire shields
  
• Fixed Demon Orc being staggered by damage over time effects
  

BETA 1.2a Change List

• Fixed Juggernaut Perk not starting you with 150 health
  
• Fixed Skull Stick not increasing your max health
  
• Fixed Ankh not giving you health back
  
• Fixed O-bo Puppet dropping
  
• Fixed Challenges page button occasionally displaying the wrong number
  
• Other Humans no longer activate blessing choices
  
• Improved spawning for blessing choices
  
• Blessing choices can no longer be taken from the side
  
• Fixed Skull Stick not increasing your maximum health
  
• Fixed Health Shrine not taking gold
  
• Fixed Grubbington not giving health from the Vampire Perk
  

BETA 1.2b Change List

• Fixed Blood Shrine taking shield instead of health
  
• Fixed Demonic Eyeball projectiles canceling Bullseye Blessing
  
• Potential fix for slowdowns caused by high resolution monitors
  
• Fixed Azguard crystals stun effect
  
• Fixed super weapon icons in hotbar
  
• Fixed Super Orcish Talisman still having the negative ranged speed effect
  

v0.4.1 Change List

v0.4.0 Change List

• Friendly characters follow you to next levels
  
• Friendly characters can fight bosses with you, they're not great at dodging attacks... yet...
  
• Blood shown on humans and orcs to indicate health
  
• New enemies: Goblins
  
• More sound effects for orcs & goblins
  
• Orcs & Goblins have a chance of dropping items
  
• Special Orcs will always drop items
  
• Orc-specific chests in orc camps, containing orc items
  
• 3 new weapons
  
• 2 new magic items
  
• 1 new ring
  
• 5 new usable items
  
• Character tab in inventory, showing all of your character's current stats
  
• Blessings tab now has a title
  

• Orcs are less common
  
• Orcs throw spears less often
  
• Orc camp spawning is less random, and more procedural
  
• Orc camps now spawn on Temple levels
  
• Improved pathfinding
  
• Improved level generation
  
• Reverted Temple level generation
  
• Magic/Blessing abilities should no longer damage friendlies
  
• Items are inside large slimes less often
  
• Characters drop the gold they've picked up when they die
  
• Mushroom men now spawn in packs
  

• Fixed demon orc blocking knocking back the wrong entity
  
• Fixed ascension field going through a single block
  
• Fixed dropping items causing your magic item to go off when using keyboard controls
  
• Fixed being able to double-jump while stabbing downwards
  
• Fixed Golden Feather giving you 2 super jumps
  
• Fixed various things with stun effects
  

v0.4.0a Hotfix

• Fixed jumps being pre-loaded
  
• Fixed Bonebreaker Gauntlet not taking knockback resistance in to account
  
• Fixed Spider Boss being able to damage itself
  

v0.4.0b Hotfix

• Orc camps no longer spawn directly next to level entrances
  
• Fixed Skull Stick kill counter
  
• Fixed Emerald Band stats
  

v0.4.0c Hotfix

• Fixed 'Unknown Instance' error
  
• Fixed error from using teleportation rune with a skull/eye follower
  
• Limited number of humans per level
  
• Humans no longer pick up gold & blessings
  
• Hostile humans are a little more well behaved
  
• Hostile humans can no longer become "fake friendly"
  

What's Next?

Major Features

• Orcs! These guys are hostile towards humans, friendly towards other monsters, and have similar AI and pathfinding to the adventurers in v0.3.1
  
• Humans are now neutral by default and cannot be attacked. They will become friendly and follow you if you stick around with them for long enough, fight alongside them, and/or give them items.
  
• Orc camps also spawn throughout levels, some will be as small as a simple campfire and a few orcs sitting around it, whereas others will be larger and sometimes contain treasure chests. You can sneak past orcs sitting at camps, but they will be alerted if they see you or hear any loud noises.
  
• Special Orcs! There are currently 2 special types of orc which you may come across. In future, there will be many more, with different weapons, attack patterns, movement speeds, etc
  

How to gain access to the preview build

1. Right click on "Caveblazers" in your steam library, and hit "Properties" from the dropdown menu.
   
2. Navigate to the "BETAS" tab in the Properties window.
   
3. Select "preview" from the dropdown menu under "Select the beta you would like to opt into:"
   
4. There is no access code for this preview build, so you can now close the window and your game will update to the correct version.
   

v0.3.1 Change List

• New level generation for Temple
  
• Keyboard quickslots
  
• Rebalanced Vampire, Reaper & Explosive Perks
  

• Pomegranate bow plays better with aerolite blessing & archer perk
  
• Melee swipe projectiles better at hitting things next to you
  
• Fixed windowed mode re-centreing window upon room change
  
• Fixed quickslots messing up after changing perk
  
• Fixed Knights Blessing
  
• Fixed bosses getting stuck in walls from the Ascension Orb field
  
• Fixed "Game Over" screen appearing occasionally after boss levels
  
• Fixed inaccessible door on Temple levels
  

v0.3.1a Hotfix

• Fixed AI characters dropping items
  

v0.3.1b Hotfix

• Fixed some blocked off levels
  
• Fixed items & blessings being 0 in after-game stats
  

v0.3.0 Change List

• Outfitter in entrance room where you can change your appearance
  
• 40 Hats/Masks/Helmets to unlock
  
• 31 Tops
  
• 18 Hairstyles
  
• 9 Facial hair options
  
• 4 Pairs of leggings/trousers/pants, whatever you want to call them
  
• Gain "progression" based on your score at the end of each game
  
• Filling up the progression meter unlocks a random item from the "unlock pool"
  
• 18 unlockable perks which can be selected in the entrance room
  
• Increased boss intro volume
  
• AI characters have randomized appearances
  
• Weapons no longer all look the same on characters
  
• Changed Moonstone Sword stats
  
• 1 new weapon
  
• 1 new magic item
  
• Tweaked player movement
  
• Fire/Poison/Ice arrows have different coloured trails
  
• Blessings are now stackable, and in some cases, stacked blessings have very different effects
  
• There should now only be 2 of each blessing in every game
  
• Quickslot radial menu for controllers (hold left trigger & select item with the right stick)
  
• Usable, throwable & food items are automatically added to quickslot menu
  
• Analog(ue) controller stick movement
  
• Quicksilver Arrow plays better with the Pomegranate Bow
  
• Quicksilver Arrow stun is now AoE
  
• Stun Orb is now AoE
  

• Melee "move to side" feature no longer knocks you off ledges
  
• Burst pendant now creates poison burst properly
  
• Fixed arrow pierce blessing being disabled
  
• Fixed wisps being able to revive the player
  
• Fixed wisps targetting the furthest adventurer instead of the closest
  
• Fixed wisps reviving adventurers inside blocks
  
• Fixed unable to continue bug at temporary end
  
• Fixed melee & ranged animations getting stuck
  
• Fixed inventory appearing off-centre when changing aspect ratio mid-game
  

v0.3.0a Hotfix

• Fixed Metal Bow sprite
  
• Fixed leaderboards overlaying over game over
  
• Fixed "undefined instance" bug
  
• Fixed Cleric Orb causing animation bug
  
• Fixed being able to press Esc to close Perks panel
  
• Fixed damage resist & fire resist bug
  
• Fixed Ankh causing graphical error in quickslot
  
• Fixed blood showing up from bosses when turned off
  

A few notes

What's Next?

v0.2.1 Change List

• 14 new magic items
  
• 2 new rings
  
• Magic items are charged over time OR by causing damage
  
• Changed functionality for existing magic items
  
• Changed functionality for certain blessings to accomodate new magic system
  
• Block boss no longer speeds up attacks after reaching half health
  
• Increased boss attack speeds at higher levels
  
• Increased spider boss stab speed
  
• Spider now jumps before its beam attack, and uses poison bombs more frequently
  
• Steam screenshots now implemented
  

• Bats can no longer dash while stunned
  
• Fixed small hitboxes for sword projectiles
  
• Reduced threshold for moving to the side of an object with melee damage
  
• Fixed boss fists dealing damage through shields
  
• Fixed arrow trail off centre issue
  

What's next?