Nomad Survival

• HP of enemies and bosses in the 4th map have been reduced by 30%.
  
  
• Increased the danger indication for Summer Lightning and Winter Frost in the 4th map by 20%. They should now be a little bit bigger than the hitbox of the attack, which will likely feel more fair than the indicator being smaller than the hitbox.
  
  
• Lowered hit SFX volume for Curious Wisp.
  

• Gamepad / Keyboard compatibility has been greatly expanded. They now work on everything except the skill trees of the Pets menu.
  
  
• When loading up Nomad Survival, it now detects the language of your Operating System and automatically sets your language in-game to that, if available. Language can still be changed in-game.
  
  
• You no longer need to restart the game client to change Language.
  
  
• Various language fixes.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Spectral Sword and Spectral Bow wouldn't roam around the player.
  
  
• Fixed issue where if a Boss enemy is targeting the Whisper Spirit, it would still face the player. This was strictly a visual bug.
  

• The final boss for the 4th map has had its HP reduced again. This will not be reduced any further. The decision was made because of the amount of people running builds that made the final fight drag on for way too long. It wasn't difficult at that point, just tedious. Hopefully this helps alleviate that.
  
  
• Fixed issue where various particles would ignore the Skill Opacity slider. This was particularly bad with Fireball.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Whisperer's Spirits would horizontally shrink when using mouse movement.
  

• The Royal Garden - Challenge II has been drastically changed. Let's be honest, this sucked. It was not fun, it was tedious, and it could've used some more thought put into it. So, that's what I've done. You'll notice a variety of changes in this Challenge. They won't be reflected in the description at this time, but I completed this Challenge myself. It took me 7 attempts and was not very frustrating with the new changes. Please let me know how you feel about it!
  
  
• Tons and tons of bug fixes. I'm so sorry about these. I updated the game engine for Nomad Survival (AFTER Beta testing, which was incredibly stupid on my part) and it broke the way I coded some things. I've been playing wack-a-mole on fixing the crash bugs as they're reported. Thank you everyone for your patience. As it stands right at this exact moment, there are no crash issues remaining. Should any new ones pop up, let me know and I'll fix them ASAP.
  

CHANGELOG

• New Map: The Royal Garden
  
  
• Added 2 new Heritages. What could they be?
  
  
• Added 15 new Achievements.
  
  
• "Psychokinesis" Passive has been changed. Every 2 levels, it now grants +1 Item Pickup Range and +5% Item Magnet. At Lv.10, this effect is +3 Item Pickup Range and +30% Item Magnet.
  
  
• Enemies now unstuck themselves towards the player if they are unable to determine which direction they should be unstucking in.
  
  
• Enemies no longer unstuck while the game is paused.
  
  
• Enemies stopped spawning whenever you go below 30 FPS. Its intention was to prevent you from lagging too much in rare situations where this could occur. This number has now been changed from 30 to 2. Enemies will now always spawn unless you're at a crawl on 2 FPS (this should never happen).
  
  
• The "Gamepad Aiming" option now defaults to being disabled. (If you've played Nomad Survival before, this won't do anything, as your settings are saved to your Save File)
  
  
• Enemy skills now draw over everything else so that they're more consistently visible.
  
  
• Code handling for magnetizing items has been rewritten. Effects now stack additively instead of the highest speed taking precedent. This should fix issues regarding items being magnetized to you more slowly than they should. You might not notice this effect much as a player, it's more of an elaborate bug fix.
  
  
• When clicking the Play button to start a run, you will no longer automatically start moving via mouse movement. This should fix issues regarding people not getting the "Like A Stone" achievement (you technically moved at the very beginning of the run before this change, which is why you would fail the achievement).
  
  
• The Whisperer now gets some invincibility frames after their Spirit despawns, to prevent issues where your Spirit despawns in the middle of your Character being hit with projectiles, resulting in instant-death.
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed issue where you would incorrectly gain additional iframes with higher Game Speeds. This means that the duration of being invincible lasted longer than it should've on higher Game Speeds.
  
  
• Fixed issue where long projectiles (arrows, spears, etc.) shot from enemies would not have their hitbox rotated properly, meaning that they would have a wide, short hitbox regardless of the direction they're facing.
  
  
• Fixed issue where if "Gamepad Aiming" is Enabled and you have a Gamepad plugged in, but never use it, you'll always fire an arrow in the direction you're moving instead of towards the cursor as it should be.
  
  
• Fixed issue where enemies would move unusually slow when playing on +50% Game Speed.
  
  
• Fixed issue where items (EXP, Coins, etc.) would be moved towards the bottom of the player sprite, which resulted in rare situations where items would move to you and stop just before being picked up.
  
  
• Fixed issue where when playing as the Quickling and going for the Weapon Skill Evolution where your Weapon Skill has permanent uptime, if playing in the first Challenge of The Dry Marsh, your Speed Wakes would be unusually massive.
  
  
• Fixed issue where pets would not roam properly when playing on higher Game Speeds.
  
  
• Fixed issue where some Knight skills would incorrectly count as Spectral Sword damage.
  

WHAT'S NEXT

• Added "Sync Cloud Save" button to the Title screen. For instances where you play Nomad Survival on a new device and run into issues with your Cloud Save not loading properly, this now gives you options to force Cloud Saves.
  
  
• Fixed issue where when choosing The White path as The Divine would result in infinite invincibility when moving with the mouse.
  
  
• Fixed issue where additional Ravens from the Unkindness path as the Necromancer would not actually curse enemies, meaning only your initial Raven would spawn skeletons, but no other Ravens ever would.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Backup 1 was not properly being saved to the Steam Cloud. Backup 2 was and is being properly saved.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Lv.0 Expansion displayed as "Size" and not "Skill Size".
  

• When using Gamepad Aiming, if you are not aiming with the right joystick, arrows will default to being aimed in the direction you're moving.
  
  
• Enemies now unstuck themselves from walls faster depending on your Game Speed and the Enemy Speed Level Modifier.
  
  
• Quickling now has a bonus Movement Speed cap. This only applies to the extra Movement Speed granted the longer you are using its Weapon Skill. Any other bonus remains uncapped. There was an issue where you could go so obscenely fast that you could phase into walls, crashing the game. I had no idea this was possible, but when you're going THAT fast, I suppose it's bound to break some things!
  
  
• Added "Restart" option to the Pause Menu. This will only display as English for the time being. I will be pushing new text to be translated soon.
  
  
• Added "Racoon Chest" option to the Options Menu. This will only display as English for the time being. I will be pushing new text to be translated soon.
  
  
• Other than the aforementioned, a fully translated French version has been implemented. Thanks again to NoBansstp on Discord!
  
  
• A "View Relics" button has been added to the Relic selection screen.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Blade Echos from Adventurer's "Focus Edge" path were not calculating Amount properly.
  
  
• Fixed issue where some skills would not create additional copies based on Amount specifically when playing on +200% Game Speed.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Necromancer's Skeleton Archer would only fire additional arrows from Amount once and would then only shoot 1 Arrow for the rest of their lifespan.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Spectral Swords would incorrectly use evolved Weapon Skills despite not having the appropriate Relic as an Adventurer.
  
  
• Fixed issue where, if you increase the Enemy Speed Level Modifier, they would get knocked back much further as a result. This was particular with skills with forced knockbacks.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Ratfolk Archer's aiming indicator would sometimes still display when not aiming with the right joystick.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Gamepad Aiming was backwards - you had to turn it OFF to use a Gamepad. Oops.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Ratfolk Archer's arrows would aim in unexpected directions when using Gamepad Aiming.
  

• 2 new Options in the Options Menu: Mouse Movement and Gamepad Aiming. Note that these will always display as English for now. Translations will be handled in later patches. Sorry for the inconvenience!
  
  
• Initial scaling for Fireball Explosions are no longer tripled but instead increased by 50%.
  
  
• Cooldown of Fireball has been reduced by 50%.
  
  
• When leveling up, there is a short delay between when your skill options are displayed and when you can actually click on them, in an effort to prevent accidentally clicking on skills as soon as the level up screen is brought up. This delay has been increased.
  
  
• When leveling up, pausing the game, or opening a chest, mouse-based movement is reset and will require the mouse to be re-clicked to begin moving again. This should issues such as choosing an option when leveling up and immediately moving afterward because it detects that your mouse button is held down, even if just for a moment.
  
  
• Fixed issue where the Ratfolk Archer would always shoot one of its arrows directly to the right if a Gamepad was detected.
  
  
• Fixed issue where some enemy skills would damage you even when the game is paused.
  
  
• Fixed issue where the Boss skill of the 3rd Boss in The Crossroads would fire its beams at an angle.
  
  
• Fixed issue where the Knight would use its Weapon Skill twice in some instances.
  
  
• Fixed issue where The Divine couldn't move with mouse despite being allowed to move elsewise.
  
  
• Fixed issue where you could not aim with mouse movement as a Statue.
  
  
• Fixed issue where moving with a mouse as a Quickling would, with some Weapon Skill Evolutions, give improper movement speed.
  
  
• Fixed issue where you could still move with -100% Player Speed using mouse movement as certain Characters.
  
  
• Fixed issues regarding mouse movement and Voidwalker.
  
  
• Changes to how Curious Wisp handles rotation speed. This shouldn't be very noticeable as a player but should hopefully fix the issue of the orbs visually sitting still in some cases.
  
  
• Fixed issue where inner rings of Curious Wisps would have fewer orbs than intended.
  

CHANGELOG

• Weapon Skills now have branching evolutions where you are offered 2 choices at Lv.30 and then 2 more choices based on your previous choice at Lv.60. In total, this amounts to over 50 skills between the 9 Characters.
  
  
• Many Base Weapon Skills have been changed.
  
  
• Most stats now affect Weapon Skills. The notable exceptions are logical. For example, Projectile Speed and Duration isn't going to do anything for a quick sword slash attack. It makes sense that it wouldn't.
  
  
• Adjusted or replaced Weapon Skills which were redundant due to the aforementioned change.
  
  
• Reduced SP Regen increases across the board, typically anywhere from 30% to 50%. The old SP Regen values are not balanced for the new Weapon Skill system.
  
  
• "SP Regen Booster" item has been removed. With the new Weapon Skill system, this item was often too crazy and would result in significant lag.
  
  
• Merchant Heritage has been reworked. The old system of doubling Weapon Skill Amount would've DEFINITELY not worked with the new system now that Amount works with most Weapon Skills!
  
  
• You can now move with your mouse. Hold down the left mouse button and your Character will attempt to run to it. This means you can officially play Nomad Survival with one hand!
  
  
• When adjusting Game Speed, the FPS of the game is no longer modified. The game might feel a little weird now, but that's because everything is now being sped up properly (and things which don't need sped up, aren't) instead of just increasing the FPS of the game.
  
  
• Added +200% Game Speed option. Just in case you're feeling particularly adventurous.
  
  
• Redesigned Ratfolk Archer's arrows so that they scale up better. They are also now longer.
  
  
• Ratfolk Archer now properly supports Gamepads, making the cursor invisible when use of the right joystick is detected and bringing up an aiming path for the player to aim based on the direction their joystick is tilted. An option to disable this and revert to the old system will be added at a later date.
  
  
• Increased damage number popup cap from 80 to 180.
  
  
• Changed skill icons away from public asset packs into icons commissioned for Nomad Survival.
  
  
• The "Colorless Glyph" Relic which Doubles Size now increases Size by 50% instead.
  
  
• Fox, Owl, and Cat pets now move 50% faster.
  
  
• Cat pets maximum allowed target range has been increased by 60%.
  
  
• Fox, Owl, and Cat pets have had their attack rate doubled.
  
  
• Fox and Cat pets now inflict 50% more damage.
  
  
• Summoner Heritage now has a Summon cap of 12 instead of 5.
  
  
• Summons from the Summoner Heritage are now influenced by Duration and Size.
  
  
• Void Rifts from the Voidwalker Heritage no longer despawn when hitting an enemy.
  
  
• Void Rifts from the Voidwalker Heritage are now influenced by Duration (they were already influenced by Size).
  
  
• The descriptions of the Summoner and Voidwalker Heritages have been updated to reflect this new information
  
  
• Added "Rerolls" Stat to the Stats display in the Pause Menu.
  
  
• Added "Max SP" Stat to the Stats display in the Pause Menu.
  
  
• Spectral Sword has had its wording updated to help better describe what it does.
  
  
• Spectral Sword has had its ability slightly changed. It only mimics your Base Weapon Skill, not any of your chosen Weapon Skill Evolutions.
  
  
• Spectral Sword Relics have been changed. Instead of them attacking on their own, they now mimic your Weapon Skill Evolutions (1st and 2nd respectively) if applicable.
  
  
• Spectral Sword description now clearly states that Amount doesn't increase the number of Weapon Skills used. This is a balancing measure and it must be this way to prevent this skill from being too strong.
  
  
• Cleaned up Stats menu, removing unnecessary decimal places in various skills and bringing more consistency to the information being displayed.
  
  
• Re-aligned various pieces of text which were slightly offcenter.
  
  
• Added "Amount unmodifiable" to all skills where Amount doesn't do anything, even if it's pretty obvious. This is more for consistency than anything.
  
  
• Necromancer's summoning SFX have been changed to be less annoying.
  
  
• All particle effects are now affected by the Skill Opacity slider.
  
  
• Player HP bar always draws above everything else. Please let me know of instances where this is still not the case.
  
  
• Numbers regarding damage taken have been moved so that they're drawn on top of the HP bar.
  
  
• Knight's Weapon Skill "Provoke" now fires even if you took no damage. It'll just inflict 1 damage.
  
  
• Entangle's Poisonous Pool Relic is now influenced by Size and has its initial Size doubled.
  
  
• Entangle's Poisonous Pool Relic is now influenced by Duration.
  
  
• Fireball Explosions are now influenced by Size.
  
  
• Initial Fireball Explosion scaling has been tripled.
  
  
• Fireball Shrapnel is now influenced by Duration.
  
  
• Curious Wisp no longer has an Amount limit.
  
  
• The Raccoon pet now always defaults to returning to the player if it can't find any viable targets. This should ideally fix issues with the Raccoon getting stuck in particular.
  
  
• Player X/Y coordinates have been added to the "Display FPS" option in the Options Menu.
  
  
• When summoning a Spirit as Whisperer, your HP bar and damage taken numbers are now also displayed with the Spirit. This should help with risk management when playing as this Character.
  
  
• Spirit enemies in The Crossroads no longer have a blue outline (which is typically reserved for friendly units). Their outline is now orange.
  
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed issue where Ascension Relics were incorrectly providing Amount bonuses when they shouldn't (this of course applies to the Relics that don't state they increase Amount).
  
  
• Fixed issue where some skills were completing their animation while the game is paused. Please let me know if you find any other instances of this happening.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Amount could not go above 9. Don't ask.
  
  
• Rewrote code regarding Knight bonus defense handling. This should fix all issues related to their Defense bonus being abruptly removed in the middle of their Weapon Skill.
  
  
• Fixed issue where Chain Lightshock's Spark effect would hit enemies more rapidly than intended.
  
  
• Fixed issue where the Homunculus Summon from the Summoner Heritage did not have double attack speed as it should.
  
  
• Fixed issue where if enemies are right next to you, Fireballs would not properly create Explosions.
  
  
• Fixed issue where if no enemies were present, the timer would pause.
  
  

WHAT'S NEXT