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Genre: Point-and-click, Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie

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Era 4

Era 4 is now available! Yahoo! Era 4 introduces a lot of new content, including:
-The Spell Forge and 3 new Perks for each Spell!
-12 New Traits!
-6 New Fates
-10 New unique achievements!
-Spell Skins available for each Spell!
-The Magic Coins mechanic!
-A new backdrop!
-New Rune types, and more!

Tremendous thanks to everyone playing and supporting the game! :-D

Odds and Ends

v3.7.19
Changes
-The early game is now a bit easier (less enemy hp and damage)!
-Ionic Charger Status Affinity Perk: max level was raised from 7 to 10, the starting bonus is lower, and the scaling has been reduced. (The goal is to make it not so dominant, and encourage more build diversity)
-Revised Perk icons for Vengeance and Ruination
-Added ability to request account deletion
-Some Era 4 unlockables are now visible if you are in Era 3

Fixes
-Update many backend components to improve game stability
-Fixed a bug with awakening after having lost network connection
-Fixed a bug with era 4 testing

Era 4 is scheduled to release this month!

Grab Bag Update!

v3.7.15
Changes
-Q4 Runes drop rate increased by +20%!
-Q5 Drop rate increased by +50%!
-Ionic Charger Patience perk has been nerfed
-Exploding Comet Patience Perk has been nerfed
-Perks in the Codex are now in a fixed order based on their by type
-All Perks of a generic / shared type now show the shared type name
-The Space key will collect Lantern contents if possible
-If no window is open, the ESC key will open the exit prompt

Fixes
-Elemental Devastation now properly increases status damage and not special effect strength
-Worldshaker now properly appears in the music selection after beating the Minotaur of Chaos
-Tweaked alpha of Fuming and Jolting sprites at huge sizes
-Execution via Voltaic Swords will now properly kill enemies that are Tough
-Fixed an issue causing old scores to stay on the leaderboard when linking / transferring accounts
-Fixed multiple issues with players being banned when transferring to new devices
-Fixed a bug where Steam players not always be able to see the leaderboard
-The Chronosphere gives a note if you cannot kindle due to a Boss Fate being active

Era 4 is slated for release in July! :-D

Steam Achievements!

There are now 17 progress-based, exclusive Steam Achievements to collect! Yahoo! :-D

Balance Patch!

v3.7.7
Balance Changes
-Ionic Charger Status Affinity nerfed slightly, and max Level raised to 7
-Ionic Charger Patience Perk has been nerfed to scale more slowly
-Fire Stream Elemental Purity now also gives More Projectiles
-Fire Stream Status Affinity now also has a 10% chance to Rush a random other Spell
-Ice Golem Cryo Fuel now only Accelerates all other spells

Fixes
-Fixed issue with Minotaur crashing the game
-Fixed issue with an Achievement crashing the game
-Fixed having duplicate of some settings items
-Fixed an issue which could cause the game to crash
-Fixed description formatting of a few perks

Other
-Backend changes for Era 4 are underway!

Various Tweaks and Fixes!

v3.7.4

Changes
-Added the ability to re-roll the Time Cloak Spell Choices in Limbo
-Totems have indicator when you can level them up
-Mentioned common reasons for being banned from leaderboard
-Many revisions to the Minotaur of Chaos:
--Appears a lower wave
--The Phase descriptions are hidden until the boss appears, then you'll get an indicator on the Spyglass
--You cannot Kindle if fighting the Boss
--Phase 1: Totally reworked!
--Phase 2: Damage debonus reduced to 20%!
--Phase 3: No change!

Balance Changes
-Shard Bolter Elemental Overload has been buffed
-Shard Bolter has x2 projectile lifetime
-Shard Bolter Slayer Perk has been reworked
-Buffed Lightning Orb Status Affinity Perk

Fixes
-Fixed Toxic Domination Perk for Poison Golem (was non-functional before)
-Cleaned up the formatting in some Perk descriptions
-Fixed the Cauldron not properly calculating the time left for the next Brew after returning from Offline
-Fixed the Vase not properly showing how much Essence you gained while Offline
-Fixed a variety of bugs with the Fire Spirit Totem
-The Wand of Chaos will get put back into your Staff if it happens to get moved out somehow
-[Probably] fixed dps tracker numbers showing on wrong items

DPS Tracker + Balance Changes

v3.7.1
New
-A new Damage Tracker option has been added! Find it under Display Settings!

Balance Changes
-Voltaic Viper now shoots a trio of Vipers, and the damage has been reduced by 60%
-Lightning Golem's projectiles travel 40% faster
-Lightning Golem's special ability now triggers after the wizard takes 5% damage instead of 10%
-Ring of Greed damage bonus increased to 5% from 1%
-Ring of Reclaiming Light damage bonus increased to 25% from 10%
-The cast speed bonus during Phase 1 of the Boss has been increased to 50% from 25%

Changes
-Revised Band of the Past description to be more clear
-The Era Boss now has (even more) adaptive difficulty, based on the player's max wave cleared before starting the fight
-Added a note to the Great Mirror when you must defeat the Boss to Awaken.
-Worldshaker added to jukebox if you have defeated the boss
-If you are at max Staff Level, you will no longer find XP Troves
-The cost to Augment the Chronosphere increased from 1,000 to 10,000

Fixes
-Voltaic Viper graphics fixed
-Fixed a bug with the Boss fight

Minotaur of Chaos is here!

v3.6.3
New
-The Era 1 Umbra Lord is here! Face off against this Beast after you have reached Awakening Rank 9 or later.
-The Heirloom Ring is now available for 10 Gems in the Market! It allows you to gain up to 3 Levels before selecting Perks!

Balance Changes
-Cryo Prison range increased by 25%
-Retribution duration increased to 6 s
-Elemental Decay damage bonus increased to 20%
-Both Bands of Perpetuation have been revised due to the Heirloom Ring!

Changes
-You can now spend Mana Stars (aka choose Perks) even when at max level!
-Mana Stars are now given upon leveling up in Era 1
-A few more items will now turn into Hyperlinks when they appear in descriptions
-Text hyperlinks will no longer point to the same item
-Added a line saying your "Awakening Rank" to the Stats page, not just "Total Awakenings" to hopefully avoid some confusion
-Added a warning when awakening near the leaderboard reset
-Made some backend performance optimizations!

Fixes
-Fixed a bug with the great mirror when awakening without internet
-Fixed an odd input bug
-Fixed Trait descriptions not appearing in the Runic Table
-Fixed a few typo and text problems
-Fixed a bug that was allowing steam sync in cases where it should not (i.e., version incompatibility)
-The timing of the Leaderboard reset is more accurate
-Removed some unneeded data from save files
-There is now a cap on the number of bags that you can have (200) in order to prevent excessive save file bloat

Bugfix Update

v3.5.2
New
-A new Special Skin has been given to all existing players! (it will become available later as well for anyone that misses it now)

Fixes
-Fixed the movement bonus from Flyweight
-Fixed a critical bug in the backend which could crash the game
-Fixed a bug stopping offline Runes from being given sometimes
-Fixed a bug where, when Pairing with Steam, Steam would not always update the local save file until restarting the app
-Fixed a bug related to having duplicate items in the Memory Tree

Note that this build does break compatibility between Steam / Mobile!

Bug Fix Update!

v3.5.1
Changes
-The shadow from Totem Shadow will now proc Encouragement and Totemic Touch
-The option to confirm spending dice and tokens now also turns on confirmation for empowering
-Vase of Accumulation level now starts at Level 1 (same functionality, the display is just +1 from before)

Bug Fixes
-Fixed the Pendent not granting the full 15 minutes worth of XP
-Fixed a bug where the Owl Totem would prevent the Grim Potion from working
-Fixed the Chaos Rune - it now works properly!
-Fixed a bug with Steam Pairing not syncing right away sometimes
-Ionic Charger Status Affinity now properly has a max level of 5
-Ionic Charger Patience now properly has a max level of 100

Raid Bosses are being worked on for the next content update! 😄