Mortal Sin
Balance changes and bug fixes
-Added a shortcut to the forest from the starting spawn position
-Fixed issue where quake / block stun shockwave was benefitting far too much from attack stat
--> Shockwave now deals 5 base damage (up from 0), but only benefits 20% of Attack (was 100%)
-Getting caught by a scare in the final boss fight will return you to original position so you don't clip through the map in certain spots
-Fixed audio for all traps to fall off properly when you are far away from them
-Reduced enemy invulnerability shield time to 3 seconds (was 4), and 5 seconds for the final boss (was 6)
-Made it so that portals in dungeons cannot have a trap spawn in front of them
-Capped speed stat at 200 (100% speed increase) to prevent speeds that physics cannot reasonably handle
-Fixed bug where whirlwind weapons could whirlwind in the wrong orientation after a block
-Made it so whirlwind weapons cannot whirlwind while guard broken (like other weapons)
-The final boss's homing skulls will now be destroyed when he dies instead of persisting
-Added frozen damage game over tip for clarification (frozen enemies take 150% damage)
4/1 new class added, Gladiator!
-Replaced Gambler with new class: Gladiator
-Gladiator has great base stats, is melee only, and starts with Quake, Iron Grip and Weapon Mastery
-Gladiator can only use stat-based items without skills, and cannot use magical passives such as Frenzy or Chains of Ice
-Increased Inner Fire (kick fireball) damage by 150%
-Reduced durability use of Claws and Guillotine by 25%
-Showing current difficulty and yellow essence on the character select screen
-Fixed bug where unarmed bash did not trigger Quake (and some other Quake bugs)
-Fixed bug where large charging enemies could move backwards and clip out of bounds
-Fixed bug where maxing out two skills before getting to statue area would allow you to get +11 of a skill (with no effect)
-Cleaned up maw of sin terrain to prevent going out of bounds
-Added loading tip to clarify that picking a skill from the three statues guarantees future drops of that skill
-Minor bug fixes
3/28 Vampire class buff, other tweaks!
--> Can now use wizard oil to better maintain equipment and allow more spell casting (reduces reliance on bloody palm)
-Restore all equipment durability when returning to the main area (similar to how all health is restored)
-Disable durability use in platforming rooms
--> Fixes Inner Fire (kick fireballs) using durability while jumping along with some other movement skills
-Upgraded Unity Engine version
--> Tried this mostly to see if it has any affect on users experience long black screen loads (let me know if not)
3/26 minor content and many bug fixes
-Turns bosses into elite versions of themselves which drop skills (+4 item level)
-Added two new secret rooms
-Both rooms involve ascending platforming
-Optimized show equipment UI performance
-Smoothed out the Maw of Sin connecting bridge to be easier to traverse both ways
-Allow player to block Deadly Horror projectiles as normal (would bypass block before)
-Fixed bug where looking between a tutorial and shop would get stuck on the tutorial prompt
-Fixed bug where chests that spawn in cave rocks would be uninteractable
-Fixed bug where items on the stats screen showed as 1 level lower than they should be
-Fixed bug where dual wield weapon could get stuck on the camera
-Fixed bug where it was possible to fall through the blood ocean in the Maw of Sin and survive
-Fixed bug where dashing through the Maw of Sin portal at high speed would cause the player to slide off to the right to their death
3/23 hotfix
-Fixed bug where kick jumping through a secret portal exit in the cave area could instantly kill you
-Increased pentagram (red scare cirlce) expansion time from .5 seconds to .666 seconds to make it slightly easier to react to
-Increased Warlock base health from 1 to 25
-Fixed bugs with whirlwind weapons being able to charge and buffer normal attacks
-Fixed UI bug where essence counter would show on some tutorials
3/22 Content Update! New class, scare invulnerability items!
-Makes you immune to scare health / durability damage. High durability cost to the item itself
-Most common spawn on chest armor, very small chance on other armors also
-Added new playable class, Warlock: Perfect Parry / Whirlwind based spellcaster
-Starts with Perfectionist, Reactive Mind and Escape Artist skills
-Get maximum spell damage with skillful perfect parries
-Completion status for beating the final level is now rewarded after killing the final boss instead of getting to the end screen (so you can complete both maw and trial final in the same run)
-Don't allow traps to spawn next to the starting door, fixing bug where enemies would sometimes get pushed by traps through the door
-Minor bug fixes and tweaks
3/20 hotfix
-Removed safe load option since it was confirmed to not help with users experiencing long black screen loads. Will continue to investigate and work with these users
-Added toggle option in controls to disable mouse scroll wheel weapons swap
-Removed "permanent" from the Sinful Offering description to avoid confusion. Stats increased by the sinful offering only apply to that character for that run
-Added spikes and skull to the first maw of sin death hole to make it a more clear danger
Streaming or recording footage for Mortal Sin? Read this!
YouTube and online video compression in general can be brutal to work around. However, it particular struggles with high contrast color schemes like Mortal Sin, so it's best to do a little bit of testing before uploading videos for the best result. The rule of thumb is that you want your source footage to be as crisp as possible before you upload, and you can easily tell if the text in the game looks blurry or not. If the text is crisp, then its probably good to go!
For video recordings I use the following OBS settings for maximum quality.
100 MBPS bitrate
1440p resolution
Youtube in particular will compress much less with 1440p and over so I'd highly recommend supporting these resolutions for Mortal Sin. If you record good quality source footage though, even 1080p should be respectable.
Low resolution, low bitrate and high compression
Result: Blocky, distorted image that is difficult to read even at 1080p
High resolution, high bitrate, low compression
Result: Clean, sharp image that is almost exactly how the game looks while playing it. Especially at higher resolutions like 1440p or 4k.
I know what you're thinking. You don't want to use this much hard drive space to record possibly if you are recording a ton of footage. For YouTube, I still think its better to have high quality settings and simply record a shorter video, but for streaming I understand it isn't always feasible so I added some in-game settings to help with compression.
Reducing the color contrast setting will help with compression significantly, but will also make the game look more washed out so I would only recommend it as a last resort. However, the option is there if for some reason you absolutely cannot record high quality footage.
In summary, the best option is to record at high resolution and bitrate, but you may adjust the color contrast slider in the game's visual settings as a last resort as well.