Spirited Thief

Changes:

• Elaj and his old colleagues got a relooking... then Trin got jealous and got one too! This affects both their in-game appearance and their portrait.
  
• New points of interest have been added that can be inspected by Trin or Elaj. They trigger reworked or new brand dialogs - and are a new not intrusive way of gathering information.
  
• New cut scenes have been added between levels!
  
• Guards now react differently when finding a trespasser: they will shoot on sight until their next turn. Previously, they would instantaneously calm down as soon as the culprit would get out of sight.
  

Quality of life:

• Abilities used by Trin (curses and glyphs) are saved in a level. They are kept even after restarting the level. Hovering an ability icon highlights its current target(s) on the map.
  
• Guards that shoot on sight have a different field of view to better highlight the danger.
  
• New option to entirely reset a level's progression. It also removes the collected loot from the player's funds. This option can be used through the "restart level" button.
  

Miscellaneous

• "Knock knock!" and "Weighted Punch" are now Tier 1 abilities and are thus available in the demo
  
• Emerald: intro dialog is shorter.
  
• Dream: added/tweaked dialogs.
  
• Topaz: add new dialog for a specific way of finishing the mission.
  

Fixes

• Player's keyring was not supporting rewind (and thus kept the same after a rewind/restart)
  
• Dream: fix critical bug that would prevent from finishing the level after using rewind at a certain point.
  
• Dream: typo fix (thx -Ali-!)
  
• Emerald: fix vault cutscene would trigger at the start of loot phase instead of when Elaj enter the vault
  
• Using "Next Unit" hotkey (Tab) correctly suppress the hint to use it.
  

Zoomed out view

• Adjustment to the fully zoomed out view so that's it's easier to see the important info.
  
• Walls are slightly highlighted to have a better sight of the rooms' layout.
  
• Fog of war hints (items, sleeping guards, obstacles) are displayed in the player field of view to better highlight these critical information.
  
• Bubbles/floating items are hidden as they are too small when fully zoomed out.
  

Fixes

• Shijang correctly disappear after the alarm is rung
  
• Npc don't leave a permanent weird mark after a rewind is used
  
• Dream: Elaj spells are correctly locked for this level
  
• Dream: Minor changes to dialog and level design
  

New Victory UI

• Some objectives now award gold
  
• Added a summary of all loot, objectives, and interactions with guards
  
• Party members/NPCs will sometime comment on the success of the heist
  

New level: ???

• Replaces topaz part 1
  
• New setting and dedicated music theme
  
• Still a tutorial level for multiple thieves' control
  
• No spoilers ;)
  
• Topaz part 2 is modified to be a standalone level
  

Misc

• "Stun stars" blink when the stun is about to wear off
  
• New icons for danger on the path (seen by guard/killed by guard/killed by a trap)
  
• New sprites and names for gold pouches
  
• New icon for sleeping guards
  

Fixes

• Fixed: NPC would sometime lose their name after a rewind
  
• Fixed: guards would get stuck on each other when randomly patrolling.
  
• Trin correctly respawn when "killed" by traps
  

Shop Rework

• Shop now have ability tiers that unlock as campaign progresses (only tier 1 is available in the demo)
  
• New abilities
  
• Unlockable shop tab for Besk
  
• New music theme
  
• Reworked ability cost so they are more consistent and give more choices
  
• Removed "Entangle" ability: it is replaced by "Dirk" which serves a similar purpose (get rid of a guard but leave evidence).
  

Guards

• New "sentinel" guards: never roam - even at high danger level, but they enrage as soon as they are alerted.
  
• New appearance for "Investigator" guard
  
• New: hover a sleeping guard to preview their patrol path.
  
• Players can move over sleeping guards (same as stunned guards)
  
• Guards leaves footprint when waking up, as stationary guards do
  
• Guards change path instantly when they get blocked (rather than wasting a turn trying to use blocked path).
  

Level changes

• Emerald: main entrance guards are now sentinels.
  
• Emerald: added statues to main hall to reduce bottleneck effect when leaving the vault
  
• Topaz (part2): exterior is a bit more forgiving at high danger level, middle path is slightly easier to open more possible strategies.
  
• Levels now have different their own color themes.
  
• Added unique statues to some levels
  
• Beds are now bunk beds
  

Difficulty settings

• Added more danger difficulty options
  
• New difficulty level icons
  
• Advanced difficulty settings auto-expand when selecting 'Custom' difficulty setting
  
• Fix sliders not correctly updating for "novice" difficulty setting
  

Misc

• Added scroll by touching screen border
  
• Camera is bound to the level limits.
  
• "Next unit" centers on current unit if there's no other unit available.
  
• Improved fog of war visual
  
• Improved "ability target" fx
  
• Performance improvements
  

Fixes

• Fix inconsistent sleeping guards when resuming a save
  
• Fix scroll speed was fps-dependent (resulting in very fast scroll speed in some cases)
  
• Fix "pickpocket" action was displayed when hovering not visible guards
  
• "New objective" UI doesn't appear during dialogs.
  
• Guards are correctly alerted when failing to open a locked door because the player stole the key they carried.
  

New unlockable abilities!

• "Knock knock!" (Elaj) uses doors to create distractions
  
• "Cursed Door" (Trin) guards get stunned every time they open a cursed door.
  
• "Action Glyph" (Trin) creates a glyph that refills all actions.
  
• Minor changes to levels to add more gameplay oportunities with doors.
  

Improved "kill-cam"

• Trin respawns when seen by a guard instead of dying.
  
• Added short dialogs that trigger when Trin respawns.
  
• When Trin respawns, scouting progress is lost in the room (no change)
  
• Rewind can still be used when Trin is caught and will be replenished at the end of the scout phase (no change)
  
• When a thief is seen by a guard, the guard briefly blink
  
• When a guard kills a thief, a short animation is played.
  

Misc

• Add a new options menu for audio settings and scroll speed.
  
• The camera is now lazier and will only follow a controlled character when they reach the screen's border.
  
• Improved danger wheel visuals and added a tooltip describing danger level increase effects
  
• Improved feedback for impossible actions (i.e., Trin trying to loot or use a lever, or any thief trying to use a lever or pickpocket while seen by a guard).
  
• Improved exterior visuals
  
• Added sprite variants for chests
  
• Added a different background color on tooltips for contextual actions (pickpocket, activate, loot...)
  
• Improved sliders and toggles visuals in all menus.
  
• Added a "+" icon when several fog-of-war hints are at the same position.
  

Fixes

• Fix several difficulty settings that were not correctly saved and always at the minimum value after a restart. Concerns "danger increase on alert," "all guards are alerted at danger level 4", and "all guards are enraged at danger level 5".
  
• Fix tooltips would merge (i.e., a guard standing on an opened gate)
  
• Topaz theft (part 2) wasn't validating the scout phase objectives correctly after a restart.
  
• Guards can't walk on exit tiles anymore
  
• Escape!: Rewinds are correctly refunded on reaching a checkpoint