New graphics
The thing you will notice first is that the 2D graphics has changed quite a bit. We think for the better and the game now has a more solid and streamlined theme.
Solo Campaign
We have also made changes to the Solo Campaign game mode. We have added a new story driven experience with new map graphics and a new end boss! All your Solo Campaign progress has been reset so that you can play the campaign from the start and don’t miss out. All rewards you received from playing the old campaign you get to keep of course.
You will now be able to play all three branches (Skeleton, Zombie and Demon) without having to unlock them in the Gem shop first. Even the new end boss is available to everyone without the need for Gem shop unlock.
Crafting
We have made some improvements to how crafting works. Crafting with stats increasing vouchers (Strength, Ferocity and Toughness) now has a lot lower card cost per stat point ratio.
You can now also select the visual representation for your card. When crafting a card you can select from all the 3D models and are no longer locked to the original 3D model your card had before you started crafting it.
Gem shop unlocks
As previously mentioned you will not have to unlock anything in the Gem shop to play the complete Solo Campaign anymore. We have however kept the unlocks for the Minion masters and their minions 3D models. So if you want to play as Zombie Boss or Demon Lord you will still have to unlock that in the Gem shop.
Full launch
We are preparing for full launch on Steam and this version is to be considered as the lauch release candidate. If there are no unforeseen issues we plan to launch in May.
We will also be moving from paid to free to play. We have made this decision since it is more important to us that a lot of people play our game than to make a few bucks. Hopefully this will bring in a lot more people and the multiplayer features of Crypt Cards will get enough players to be kept active. To have an active multiplayer scene has been our goal since the start and hopefully this is the right thing to do.
For everyone that has supported us in Early Access we want to say thank you a lot for your testing and your feedback! We will add an additional 300 gems to your accounts at launch as a thank you gift!