The Monster Breeder News

Hi,

This update adds a couple of new mechanics. These new features affect primarily the monster breeding part of the game, adding more challenges and complexity.


Easter eggs

I added four hidden abilities to the game. These abilities may appear in offspring if the parents belong to certain species.


Crippling mechanism and damage capacity

All the monsters have a new inheritable trait called damage capacity. This indicated the amount of HP losses they can accumulate without the risk of becoming cripple. Whenever monsters lose HP in combat, the damage capacity decreases. When it is exhausted, the chance of getting a crippling wound increases, and being defeated means the end of a career. Crippled creatures can no longer participate in any fight but still can reproduce.


Combat injuries

Monsters can get injured or seriously injured when defeated in non-lethal combat. The chance of injury is higher for creatures with the "Fragile bones" trait.


Crossbreed potion's strength

The potion strength of the Crossbreed Potion will have a significant effect. Weak potions cause random harmful traits in the offspring.


Harmful traits

• Light Hemophilia - Loses 2 HP for 2 turns after being hit
  
• Hemophilia - Loses 4 HP for 3 turns after being hit, and blood draw or organ implantation is not possible
  
• Severe Hemophilia - Loses 6 HP for 4 turns after being hit, and blood draw or organ implantation is not possible
  
• Fast aging - Becoming old at 50% of lifespan
  
• Untamable - Not possible to tame this creature
  
• Fragile bones - Can be crippled when defeated in combat, regardless of the damage capacity
  
• Sickliness - Moderate illness is fatal, and organ implantation is not possible
  
• Fast metabolism - The upkeep cost is double due to increased food intake
  
• Single offspring - The litter size is 1
  

Effect of hemophilia in combat

Melee weapons, bow, bite, claw, or spiny skin cause physical damage and trigger bleeding if the monster has hemophilia.
Elemental and poison damages like magic staff, Ice Breath, Poison Spit, or Shock Skin do not cause bleeding wounds.


Inbreeding

All offspring of closely related creatures get inheritable harmful traits and a not-inheritable trait called Inbred. If a parent is inbred, the offspring may get harmful traits but not inherit the Inbred trait.

The aging algorithm has been modified, and now you can see the number of turns until growing old.

Auto-combat has been reworked. The losses better reflect the combat power of each team.


Bugs fixed:

• Shady Business quest starts all over again after the completion
  
• Pop-up info of strength can be stuck at the "Monsters" window
  

Hi All,

This small update adds five more quests to the mid-late game. You will get generic quests if you miss the three early druid quests. With this change, you won't miss the opportunity of getting more exclusive goods at the druid's fair. The other four new quests provide new species or subspecies:

Sapphire Beetle has a new ability called Flawless Attack. This type of attack is always successful. Only the Flawless Defense ability neutralizes it.

Cave Arachnid Queen has the Fire Breath ability. I am trying to add better traits to the new insectoid monsters making them more valuable because insectoids are the less popular class according to the Steam Achievements stats.

Giant Bear and Greater Northern Lizard are the bigger and stronger subspecies created by the druids.


Bug fixes:

• Missing food supplement slots at the Hatchlings window when the creature's growing-up time is higher than 15. Hatching and growing-up time is now maximized at 15 turns.
  
• Tooltips show incorrect values for the Greater Energy Steal at the Skill Upgrade panel.
  
• The monster upkeep cost is not recalculated after implanting the Segmented bowel.
  

I am also working on the new creature models for the full release. I hope I will be able to show some of them in the next couple of weeks.

Hi All!

This update adds the Druid's Market and three early quests to the game. Every March, the druids hold a fair where you can buy tamed, grown species. If the player completes the quests, they will also gain access to a higher variety of goods. I added enhanced versions of some weaker species to make them more valuable. A couple of new organs, food supplements, a new spell, and magic staff also come with this update.

[h3]Six new subspecies bred by druids, with new or enhanced abilities:[/h3]

Horrid Worm
• Killer's Revival - Replenish health points to the maximum, if a melee attack results in a kill.
  
• Greater Life Steal - Regain more health points after every successful attack
  
  Green Ant Raider
• Fearless Aura - Encourage monsters on all adjacent hex
  
  Dread Wolf
• Greater Pack Attack - Simultaneous attack of multiple monsters. No 50% damage penalty.
  
  Battle Rat
• Flawless Defense - Dodge every melee attack for a turn. Costs double energy, and cooldown period.
  
  Dire Varanus
• Greater Energy Steal - Drain more energy from the enemy after a successful attack
  
  Ghyllow Beast
• Total Spininess - Severely damage attacking monsters. 100 Spiny Skin is required.
  

[h3]New food supplements:[/h3]

• Bone Stone increases the bite strength of juvenile creatures.
  
• Downy Leaf decreases the size but increases the agility of juvenile creatures.
  
• Bloom Root increases the lifespan of juvenile creatures.
  
• Mud Worm increases the resilience of juvenile creatures, making them less vulnerable to abomination.
  

[h3]New organs:[/h3]

• Nerve Bladder provides additional skill points.
  
• Segmented Bowel provides a bonus affecting plant food ratio.
  
• Spawning Cells provides a bonus affecting the litter size.
  

Invoke Wraith spell
Increases bite strength, and critical chance, and decreases fear in combat.

Staff of Fear
This magic staff causes fear instead of inflicting damage.


Bug fixed:

• The class bonus of Blood Potion is not transferred to the transfusable blood.
  
• Runestones don't decrease the weakness of fire, frost, or shock.
  
• Combat potions are consumed in auto-combat mode, even if their use is not allowed for that fight.
  
• Hit chances of ranged attacks are not corrected with the possibility of dodging arrows when the target has the "Dodge arrow" ability.
  
• Weight data disappear from the item pop-up info.
  
• Enemy characters can step on the exit hex, causing the game to freeze.
  
• Friendly characters do not use exit hex for fleeing.
  
• The attack of opportunity was not triggered on every relevant occasion.
  

Hi All,

Thanks to Splattercat, significantly more people tried the demo and the game, so I received a lot of feedback and bug reports. This patch contains bug fixes, multiple minor improvements, and balance changes.


Bugs fixed:

• At 4K resolution, buttons are disappearing at the Base Management window.
  
• Class bonus is getting overwritten when adding the same potion with different class bonuses to the production queue.
  
• Item info stuck on the screen after deleting the item from the production queue.
  
• Occasionally, hybrid organs can have the same bonus twice. (For example, Poison bonus 2x).
  
• When Monster Kennel is being upgraded to Monster Chambers, the temperature and humidity update with one turn delay.
  
• Lifespan pop-up info does not indicate the gestation period for Carnivora monsters.
  
• The "Pregnant" icon does not show the remaining turns until birth.
  
• The hatching and growing-up time of species is not showing up at the "Purchase" window (local hunter's shop).
  
• Skill upgrades can increase agility, endurance, and health points above the limit of 100.
  
• A monster can get poisoned using the "Fire Spit" ranged ability if the opponent has poison skin.
  
• Occasionally, the same battle can be generated twice for tournaments.
  
• When a character dies due to damage from shock skin during the attack of opportunity, animation does not start.
  
• Offspring never inherited any negative resistance like fire/frost/shock/poison weakness.
  
• Mutation always generated positive values for fire/frost/shock/poison resistance.
  
• The growing-up report does not indicate the loss of strength and health points if the player lowered the food amount.
  
• The on/off settings were not saved for the hex grid in the combat scene.
  
• If the prerequisite of training is no longer available, the game does not update the training info.
  

Changes:

• It is possible to sell eggs and juvenile monsters.
  
• The reputation threshold required to hire alchemists or blacksmiths has been decreased by 10.
  
• The crafting skill of the default alchemist and blacksmith has been increased by 10 on the character generation page.
  
• Descriptions of altars got a warning message: "You can only build one of the three altars!"
  
• Organ removal from a dying creature is no longer possible. Players must use combat surgery to stabilize the creature's condition first.
  
• Weapon bonus has a pop-up description on the info panel at the Purchase window.
  
• Alchemists and blacksmiths are less likely to get the "Drunkard" trait.
  
• Craftsmen's special skills have a pop-up description in the Recruitment window.
  
• A character or monster using ranged ability automatically switch to melee when an opponent moves onto the adjacent hex.
  
• If blood infusion is applied to alter lifespan, it has less impact on hatching time and growing-up time.
  
• New warning message if potions are not allowed, or combatants must wear standard equipment during an arena fight.
  
• Ability pop-up info shows the range of bow, magic, and ability.
  
• Tier 2 and 3 buildings are a bit more expensive to build.
  

Hi,

This update aims to make the game more understandable for beginners and includes minor changes. I added an intro and narrations for combat tooltips. Messages got a button to jump to the relevant screen, and the loading screen shows the basic info about species. Beginners' tooltips are less annoying and pop up once per turn.


Added:

• Intro
  
• The narration was added to the combat tooltips.
  
• A new button was added to the messages to jump to the relevant screen.
  
• Some extra potions were added to the inventory for new games.
  
• A new effect indicates the leveling up in combat.
  
• Pop-up info shows the XP requirement for the next leveling-up.
  
• The time to grow up is indicated on the juvenile creature's button.
  
• A new effect was added for new turns on the main screen.
  

Changed:

• Apprentices inherit 1-3 positive skills from their master when they complete their apprenticeship.
  
• Another way was added to scroll up and down while relocating a creature. Drag the monster button and move the pointer to the bottom/top of the list to scroll down/up.
  
• Level 3 "Athletics" gives +10 endurance
  
• Level 3 "Critical chance" gives +4 agility
  
• Level 5 "Critical chance" gives +8 agility
  
• Full species info at the "Purchase" window
  
• Beginners' tooltips are less repetitive. Most of them pop up only once per turn, making them less annoying.
  
• The loading screen shows the basic information of species like habitat, strengths, and weaknesses.
  

Bug fixed:

XP bonus from the skill "Development bonus" was not added during auto-combat.