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Krokos - The Philosopher's Truth is out now!

To the Crown Mages,

The latest update for Astatos is here! This update includes this month’s Hero Skin, along with gameplay optimisations and bug fixes.

We’re back from our trips PAX Aus and SXSW Sydney last month. It was great seeing so many new people try out the game and we got to see some fans too! After watching people try the demo version, we have a lot of ideas for improvements to gameplay and UI— some of which are included in this update!

Additionally, while our producer was busy the rest of the team have been working on new CGs and story text for the upcoming Chapter II— with over 15k words of the story being completed this month alone!

[h2]Hero Action Menu[/h2][hr][/hr]


We’ve reworked the way players interact with Hero Cards. Upon selecting a Hero Card, a context-sensitive action menu is displayed. This menu allows you to give Energy and toggle Hero Abilities where appropriate.

The Hero Ability description has also been redesigned with better feedback on when Hero Cards can be selected. Hero Ability costs and other information have been moved to the Hero Action Menu.

After watching many players interact with the game at conventions last month, we feel this change is important to make the core mechanics of the Hero Stage intuitive to new players!

Note: With this update, it is no longer possible toggle a Hero Ability by clicking and holding. However, we have left the right-click to toggle functionality in the game as a shortcut.

For the detailed list of changes implemented with Astatos v0.7.15, please read on below.

- From the team at Studio Klondike

[h2]New Content[/h2]
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  • A new Hero Skin has been made available as the monthly reward. The previous month’s Hero Skin has been added to the in-game store.
  • Krokos - The Philosopher's Truth


[h2]Game Changes[/h2]
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  • The Hero Ability popup has been redesigned to give better information to the player.
  • The hero action menu now appears when selecting a Hero Card. Some tutorial dialogue has been modified to reflect this change.
  • Hard AI opponents now perform their actions faster in the Hero Stage.
  • [Takeover Trial & Story Trial] Hero Cards that cost more than 1 Energy to summon are now summoned with a single action. You can no longer begin to summon these Hero Cards unless you have enough Energy.
  • Alkaios’ Hero Ability has been revised. Players can now choose to forfeit giving Energy. If all players have run out of Energy or forfeited, the Ability will end automatically.

[h2]Game Fixes[/h2]
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  • Fixed an issue that allowed A.I. opponents to incorrectly use Exchange directly after summoning Gaios.
  • Fixed a server configuration issue that prevented email verification and password reset emails from being sent.