v1.7.0 Final Act Update
[h2] 3/24 v1.7.0.10300 [/h2]
Version v1.7.0 has been updated to the Beta branch.
We'll wait feedback for a couple of days, fixing any possible issues and releasing it to the main branch as soon as we can.
Right-click the game on the Steam Library page → Properties → Beta → Select Beta Branch to get an early taste of this update.
A new Stable branch has been added for v1.6.1.
[h3] General [/h3]
Added theme songs for Act 4, game loss, game victory and Alice's boss battle.
The 6th playable character, Alice, is currently being worked on in the background.
Implemented animations for the Moon Rabbit Duo.
Combat info optimizations：
Status effects are highlighted when they're relevant, e.g. Crow Tengu's Apex Speedster.
Exhibits that are currently active or are about to be triggered are highlighted, e.g.Parasol of Gaps,Dream Diary.
Inactive exhibits that don't have further effects or no effect in combat are greyed out, e.g. Chopper,Blink Dagger.
[h3] Exhibits [/h3]
Magic Poker now also provides an extra draw on extra turns.
Just-a-Knife damage boost to Basic Attacks increased: 2/4→3/6。
The Mighty Shaku Power bonus increased:2-4→3-5。
Crow Tengu's Wing now provides 1 Graze at the start of combat.
Black Notebook now also applies 1 Vulnerable and no longer incorrectly affects the Disguised Tanuki.
Roukanken now stays for the duration of the run.
The following exhibits are removed from the pool in the described timings:
Izanagi Object does not appear as a possible reward in Act 3
Inchling's Bowl no longer appears starting from Act 3, Level 5 (Sumireko Event)
Soy Sauce Bottle and Omikuji no longer appear starting from Act 3, Level 10 (Reisen Event, including the event itself)
[h3] Cards [/h3]
Youkai Buster Upgraded cost loosened: RR→1R.
Flammable Laser Upgraded cost loosened: RR→1R.
Bouncing Knives cost loosened: WW→1W/2, damage increased: 10→12，Upgrade no longer applies Lock On.
Private Vision Upgraded cost loosened:U→1.
Freeze Shot cost loosened: UU/1U→1U/2.
Daiyousei, Lively Assistant cost loosened: GG→1G.
Romantic Rose upgraded cost loosened: B→1.
Selflessness cost loosened: 1GG→2G.
Air Kiss cost loosened: BB/B→1B/1。
Hakurei's Evilest Orbs now keyworded as a Yin-Yang Orb card.
Currently there are two "Creature Type"-like card keywords: Basic and Yin-Yang Orb. Should more of them be introduced, another means of displaying them will be added.
Cleansing Ritual reverted to a Block card that Exiles.
New Neutral Red/White Card added, "Star Falling"，with Cleansing Ritual's prior Divine Favor effect but fixed across versions: 3/4→4/5
Supernova cost loosened:R→1
Twofold Chemical Upgraded cost adjusted: 2→1H:WB
Time Magic reworked, now adds random non-common cards on use and on each extra turn.
The previous effect was moved to a new card, "Spatial Illusion"
Clock Corpse now allows effects that increase cards drawn during the draw step and Replenish triggers that happen then.
Sight of Distant Blade, Lunar Cycle, Private Square are made more subtle and don't interrupt the game flow when drawn.
Adjusted Koishi's card order in the collection so Green cards come before Black cards.
Low Profile Block increased: 4/6→5/7，bonus Passion Block increased: 8/12→10/14.
Talk Through the Hat always Upgrades the placed card and never Exiles, cards drawn on Upgrade increassed: 2→3.
Mental Release & Presence Concealment Upgraded damage increased, 14→20、1→2，Upgraded cost increased: 1G/1→1G/2.
Withering Dreams Barrier on Serenity increased: 18/24→21/28.
Sleepless Night Upgraded cost loosened, B→1，Vulnerable adjusted: 2/4→3，Upgrade also applies 3 Lock On.
Cage of Roses Cost Loosened, BB→1B.
Unconscious Action is now a defense card that also provides 5 Block on top of its existing effect.
Lonely Heart now has Repenish, mana gain improved: B/P→P/PP，Upgrade no longer increases damage.
DNA Transcript is now exclusively produced from DNA's Flaw, has Echo, Exile & Ethereal, damage increased by 1.
Youkai EEG now deals 10 damage and gives 10 Block (previously dealt 18 damage)
Mental Reset reworked, now provides a different effect based on the current Mental State
Moment of Respite cost adjusted:G→1G/1，now Retains a card in the hand pre-Upgrade and a card either in the hand or brought from the discard pile post Upgrade.
Serene Memories cost reduced, 1G→G。
Crazed Thorns reworked, now provides Block, deals damage to each enemy and performs a Follow-Up attack.
Unleashed Potential Cost loosened, reduced on Upgrade: BBB/1BB→1BB/1B.
Subterranean Rose cost increased:2G→3G , base version mana gain improved:WUBRG→WUBRGC
Anatta cost reduced: 3W→2W。
Diving Consciousness is now Uncommon, no longer enters Serenity, improved Dream and retrieval effects.
Epiphany is now Rare, Cost reverted: 1U/1.
"Instant Bodhi" has been removed, as the maximum life effect skewed it.
[h3] Gameplay [/h3]
Elites drop 5 more Gold.
Normal Enemies in the last third of each act still drop the same amount of money.
Shop Removal upper cost increased:100→125.
Player Graze now only decrements at the start of each Natural Turn, and happens before Block is removed instead of after the draw step.
Fantastical Storm now provides its Graze on use, not at the start of its extra turn.
Static Charge is only lost at the start of a Natural Turn.
The price of the "Mononobe no Futo: Predict the Future" event was reduced:30→10.
[h3] Enemies [/h3]
The final boss's Teapot With Long Spout now applies the debuffs after all enemies have acted.
If an enemy intent applying Vulnerable and/or Lock On is not last in line, it is given as a status effect on the enemy itself that applies said debuffs once all enemies have acted.
Tanuki Suwako's Frog is now a 4 cost card that restores the original card when played.
Boss Koishi's Inspirations are no longer randomized and and don't include a possible attack.
Adjusted her other actions and increased her values slightly.
Megumu reworked, now includes a new "Distribute Newspapers" non-attack intent.
Her status cards have been seperated into Glares and Newspapers, which makes better sense flavor-wise.
Shining Tripod now only affects Status cards given, damage is increased by Firepower as normal.
Bribery is now Ethereal.
If defeated after receiving a bribe, she now refunds it on defeat.
Tenshi Firepower gain reduced on Lunatic, 2/3/4→2/3/3，Spell Card attack scaling reduced outside of Normal, 6/8/10→6.
Yuyuko's life increased: 360/380/380→400，Firepower gain increased outside of Normal:2→2/3/3。
Death Butterfly life increased 2, attacks now randomly deal up to 2 extra damage.
[h3] Miscellaneous Fixes [/h3]
The Achievements "Good Eye!" and "Yum" now have more exhibits that can unlock them.
Achievements here are being used as reminders of particular beneficial event outcomes and interactions. We apologize to the completionists that had trouble with these two in particular.
"Minin'" Gold requirement reduced, 800→500，Money Shower itself now reminds how much money has been gained this run.
"Might Makes Right" no longer unlocks from enemies having 50 Firepower.
"Love Epiphany" no longer requires Fugue to be exited from exhausting its card count (changing into another Mental State after playing the required 12 cards also unlocks it)
Gossip cannot be removed with Prepare.
Fixed an issue where effects affecting cards on the battlefield didn't affect cards in additional zones (e.g. Descendant of the Inchlings' cost reduction.)
Optimized Mental State changes, fixed issues such as A.T. Field not triggering from exiting Fugue at the end of turn.
When hiding the card interaction UI, Follow-Up cards will be transparent.
When looking up cards by text in the collection, if set to Upgraded, text specific to upgraded cards now returns any relevant cards. (e.g. Looking up Debut on Upgraded cards brings up Meditation)
Fixed multiple instances of the additional info symbol in card descriptions. (e.g. Yukari, Boundary of Fantasy)
[h3] Hotfixes [/h3]
.10302
Fixed softlocks caused by ending combat with a Follow-Up related card.
Impleneted a forgotten change to SakuyaA's starting library: a Danger Foretold was replaced by Winter Resolution.
Talk Through the Hat now correctly Upgrades its target even if not Upgraded itself.
.10307
Reduced Boss Koishi's damage from her attacks by 1.
Winter Resolution Block reduced by 1
Time Magic cost reduced by U.
Mental Reset Barrier on Serenity reduced:15→12.
Diving Consciousness now costs 1 by default，reduced number of Dream Cards retrieved by 1.
.10310
Prepare is now available only after the bosses of Acts 1 & 2
Mental Reset Fugue extension increased on Upgrade:3→3/4, now Exiles if used in Fugue.
The amountt of Gold dropped by regular enemies in the last third of each act was incorrectly set to 30-35，now set back to the original range, 25-35
Crow Tengu's Wing now properly grants Graze.
Version v1.7.0 has been updated to the Beta branch.
We'll wait feedback for a couple of days, fixing any possible issues and releasing it to the main branch as soon as we can.
Right-click the game on the Steam Library page → Properties → Beta → Select Beta Branch to get an early taste of this update.
A new Stable branch has been added for v1.6.1.
[h3] General [/h3]
Added theme songs for Act 4, game loss, game victory and Alice's boss battle.
The 6th playable character, Alice, is currently being worked on in the background.
Implemented animations for the Moon Rabbit Duo.
Combat info optimizations：
Status effects are highlighted when they're relevant, e.g. Crow Tengu's Apex Speedster.
Exhibits that are currently active or are about to be triggered are highlighted, e.g.Parasol of Gaps,Dream Diary.
Inactive exhibits that don't have further effects or no effect in combat are greyed out, e.g. Chopper,Blink Dagger.
[h3] Exhibits [/h3]
Magic Poker now also provides an extra draw on extra turns.
Just-a-Knife damage boost to Basic Attacks increased: 2/4→3/6。
The Mighty Shaku Power bonus increased:2-4→3-5。
Crow Tengu's Wing now provides 1 Graze at the start of combat.
Black Notebook now also applies 1 Vulnerable and no longer incorrectly affects the Disguised Tanuki.
Roukanken now stays for the duration of the run.
The following exhibits are removed from the pool in the described timings:
Izanagi Object does not appear as a possible reward in Act 3
Inchling's Bowl no longer appears starting from Act 3, Level 5 (Sumireko Event)
Soy Sauce Bottle and Omikuji no longer appear starting from Act 3, Level 10 (Reisen Event, including the event itself)
[h3] Cards [/h3]
Youkai Buster Upgraded cost loosened: RR→1R.
Flammable Laser Upgraded cost loosened: RR→1R.
Bouncing Knives cost loosened: WW→1W/2, damage increased: 10→12，Upgrade no longer applies Lock On.
Private Vision Upgraded cost loosened:U→1.
Freeze Shot cost loosened: UU/1U→1U/2.
Daiyousei, Lively Assistant cost loosened: GG→1G.
Romantic Rose upgraded cost loosened: B→1.
Selflessness cost loosened: 1GG→2G.
Air Kiss cost loosened: BB/B→1B/1。
Hakurei's Evilest Orbs now keyworded as a Yin-Yang Orb card.
Currently there are two "Creature Type"-like card keywords: Basic and Yin-Yang Orb. Should more of them be introduced, another means of displaying them will be added.
Cleansing Ritual reverted to a Block card that Exiles.
New Neutral Red/White Card added, "Star Falling"，with Cleansing Ritual's prior Divine Favor effect but fixed across versions: 3/4→4/5
Supernova cost loosened:R→1
Twofold Chemical Upgraded cost adjusted: 2→1H:WB
Time Magic reworked, now adds random non-common cards on use and on each extra turn.
The previous effect was moved to a new card, "Spatial Illusion"
Clock Corpse now allows effects that increase cards drawn during the draw step and Replenish triggers that happen then.
Sight of Distant Blade, Lunar Cycle, Private Square are made more subtle and don't interrupt the game flow when drawn.
Adjusted Koishi's card order in the collection so Green cards come before Black cards.
Low Profile Block increased: 4/6→5/7，bonus Passion Block increased: 8/12→10/14.
Talk Through the Hat always Upgrades the placed card and never Exiles, cards drawn on Upgrade increassed: 2→3.
Mental Release & Presence Concealment Upgraded damage increased, 14→20、1→2，Upgraded cost increased: 1G/1→1G/2.
Withering Dreams Barrier on Serenity increased: 18/24→21/28.
Sleepless Night Upgraded cost loosened, B→1，Vulnerable adjusted: 2/4→3，Upgrade also applies 3 Lock On.
Cage of Roses Cost Loosened, BB→1B.
Unconscious Action is now a defense card that also provides 5 Block on top of its existing effect.
Lonely Heart now has Repenish, mana gain improved: B/P→P/PP，Upgrade no longer increases damage.
DNA Transcript is now exclusively produced from DNA's Flaw, has Echo, Exile & Ethereal, damage increased by 1.
Youkai EEG now deals 10 damage and gives 10 Block (previously dealt 18 damage)
Mental Reset reworked, now provides a different effect based on the current Mental State
Moment of Respite cost adjusted:G→1G/1，now Retains a card in the hand pre-Upgrade and a card either in the hand or brought from the discard pile post Upgrade.
Serene Memories cost reduced, 1G→G。
Crazed Thorns reworked, now provides Block, deals damage to each enemy and performs a Follow-Up attack.
Unleashed Potential Cost loosened, reduced on Upgrade: BBB/1BB→1BB/1B.
Subterranean Rose cost increased:2G→3G , base version mana gain improved:WUBRG→WUBRGC
Anatta cost reduced: 3W→2W。
Diving Consciousness is now Uncommon, no longer enters Serenity, improved Dream and retrieval effects.
Epiphany is now Rare, Cost reverted: 1U/1.
"Instant Bodhi" has been removed, as the maximum life effect skewed it.
[h3] Gameplay [/h3]
Elites drop 5 more Gold.
Normal Enemies in the last third of each act still drop the same amount of money.
Shop Removal upper cost increased:100→125.
Player Graze now only decrements at the start of each Natural Turn, and happens before Block is removed instead of after the draw step.
Fantastical Storm now provides its Graze on use, not at the start of its extra turn.
Static Charge is only lost at the start of a Natural Turn.
The price of the "Mononobe no Futo: Predict the Future" event was reduced:30→10.
[h3] Enemies [/h3]
The final boss's Teapot With Long Spout now applies the debuffs after all enemies have acted.
If an enemy intent applying Vulnerable and/or Lock On is not last in line, it is given as a status effect on the enemy itself that applies said debuffs once all enemies have acted.
Tanuki Suwako's Frog is now a 4 cost card that restores the original card when played.
Boss Koishi's Inspirations are no longer randomized and and don't include a possible attack.
Adjusted her other actions and increased her values slightly.
Megumu reworked, now includes a new "Distribute Newspapers" non-attack intent.
Her status cards have been seperated into Glares and Newspapers, which makes better sense flavor-wise.
Shining Tripod now only affects Status cards given, damage is increased by Firepower as normal.
Bribery is now Ethereal.
If defeated after receiving a bribe, she now refunds it on defeat.
Tenshi Firepower gain reduced on Lunatic, 2/3/4→2/3/3，Spell Card attack scaling reduced outside of Normal, 6/8/10→6.
Yuyuko's life increased: 360/380/380→400，Firepower gain increased outside of Normal:2→2/3/3。
Death Butterfly life increased 2, attacks now randomly deal up to 2 extra damage.
[h3] Miscellaneous Fixes [/h3]
The Achievements "Good Eye!" and "Yum" now have more exhibits that can unlock them.
Achievements here are being used as reminders of particular beneficial event outcomes and interactions. We apologize to the completionists that had trouble with these two in particular.
"Minin'" Gold requirement reduced, 800→500，Money Shower itself now reminds how much money has been gained this run.
"Might Makes Right" no longer unlocks from enemies having 50 Firepower.
"Love Epiphany" no longer requires Fugue to be exited from exhausting its card count (changing into another Mental State after playing the required 12 cards also unlocks it)
Gossip cannot be removed with Prepare.
Fixed an issue where effects affecting cards on the battlefield didn't affect cards in additional zones (e.g. Descendant of the Inchlings' cost reduction.)
Optimized Mental State changes, fixed issues such as A.T. Field not triggering from exiting Fugue at the end of turn.
When hiding the card interaction UI, Follow-Up cards will be transparent.
When looking up cards by text in the collection, if set to Upgraded, text specific to upgraded cards now returns any relevant cards. (e.g. Looking up Debut on Upgraded cards brings up Meditation)
Fixed multiple instances of the additional info symbol in card descriptions. (e.g. Yukari, Boundary of Fantasy)
[h3] Hotfixes [/h3]
.10302
Fixed softlocks caused by ending combat with a Follow-Up related card.
Impleneted a forgotten change to SakuyaA's starting library: a Danger Foretold was replaced by Winter Resolution.
Talk Through the Hat now correctly Upgrades its target even if not Upgraded itself.
.10307
Reduced Boss Koishi's damage from her attacks by 1.
Winter Resolution Block reduced by 1
Time Magic cost reduced by U.
Mental Reset Barrier on Serenity reduced:15→12.
Diving Consciousness now costs 1 by default，reduced number of Dream Cards retrieved by 1.
.10310
Prepare is now available only after the bosses of Acts 1 & 2
Mental Reset Fugue extension increased on Upgrade:3→3/4, now Exiles if used in Fugue.
The amountt of Gold dropped by regular enemies in the last third of each act was incorrectly set to 30-35，now set back to the original range, 25-35
Crow Tengu's Wing now properly grants Graze.