Journey to the West News

This week, we released the new character Swine King for beta testing on the pre-release branch. We have finished all card logic, key mechanisms, animations, and effects; while art assets, storylines, events & dialogs are still in progress. Please opt-in to the pre-release branch to try it out! (Please note that English localization is also work in progress).


How to Opt-in:


Also, we prioritized Holy Monk and Swine King as top choices on the character selection screen as these heroes are more friendly to players who are just getting started with the game.



[h2]Balance and Enhancement[/h2]

• Clarify the requirement for Wukong to enter Soul Mountains.
  
• Dragon Princess will be reborn at the start of the player's turn instead of end of the player's turn.
  
• Allow Endless mode to unlock cards, consumables, relics, etc.
  
• Monkey Kings Roar will double Burning even if it's not a Debuff.
  
• Hostage does not give you a curse card before trial 17.
  
• Improve Half Moon Shovel and Dagger of Sirius.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fix a potential bug that Scarlet Bracelet will block potion use in combat after one round in endless mode.
  
• Fix an issue that high buddha's passive good cannot be deflected.
  
• Fix a bug that Like a Fortress cannot keep Rupture on target.
  
• Fix a bug that Furnace of Heaven cannot correctly recognize when card type changes during play.
  

Warning: Currently all balancing and bug fixing are pushed to pre-release branch, the main branch does not have these changes yet.

Swine King is now available on the pre-release branch for testing! We have finished all card logic, key mechanisms, animations, and effects; while art assets, storylines, events & dialogs are still in progress. We are also making numerous adjustments, balances, and bug fixes based on your feedback!



[h3]How to opt-in:[/h3]
Choose "pre-release - Release Candidates"

This week, we continue working on Swing King and fixing bugs, and plan to start beta testing Swing King on pre-release branch next week! Please stay tuned!

Check out some skills! Swine King has a "Bottomless Stomach" - he can eat any consumables to gain hunger points and additional buff and damage.


[h2]Optimization[/h2]

• We completed the controller support and continue developing hotkey support.

[h2]Enhancements and Balance[/h2]

• You can still play On the Verge when there is no power card in the draw pile
  
• Heaven Earth Beads gives 1 Invincible every 3 turns.
  
• Medikit gives 1 Artifact every 3 turns.
  
• Add sound effects for Imp of Wicked's skill.
  
• Adjusted HP for some NPCs in Chapter 4 to improve player experiences.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fix a bug that Medikit and Heaven Earth Beads save/load their counts incorrectly.
  
• Fix the issue of dragging and pointing targets on the edge of the screen on mobile devices.
  
• Fix the bottom location of the Fake Buddha by Gold Eye Brow.
  
• Fix death effect of Fallen Phoenix when caused by Goddess of Cruelty.
  
• Fix a energy cost bug of Spirit Shifting.
  
• Fixes a couple of localization bugs
  

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you very much for your bug reports, feedback, and suggestions; you are why we can keep polishing the game little by little! Don’t miss the 10% winter sale that ends on 11/29; it will be an excellent gift for family and friends!

Moreover, please nominate us for the “Labor of Love” award if you enjoy this game and trust our commitment to continuing to improve it!


This week, we continued working on Swing King, enhanced for White Dragon and Wukong, and fixed some bugs.

Take a peek at the Swine King card design:



We improved these cards for Wukong:




For White Dragon:




[h2]Other Improvements[/h2]

• The Listener will no longer trigger his power when disabled.
  
• Treasure Bowl does not prevent you from seeing intention anymore.
  
• Futon of Wind and Fire
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Change a duplicate card name in Chinese.
  
• Polish description of Jade Emperor.
  
• Fix a description bug of adding status to target.
  
• Fix a bug that causes the journal of the game to end too early and player cannot get certain achievement
  

To our dearest players:

It has been an exciting and productive 8-month journey since Divinity Chronicles: Journey to the West launched as early access on Mar. 10th. Thank you for your bug reports, feedback, and suggestions.

For the Steam Award this year, we decided to participate in the “Labor of Love” award. If you enjoy this game and trust our team’s dedication to continue to improve it - please vote for us!



Since the EA release, we:

1. Continued updating weekly for 36 weeks on the streak
   
2. Published the final chapter that completes the story mode!
   
3. Added 15 new NPCs for the final chapter
   
4. Developed 36 different story endings
   
5. Added 12 new BGMs and released the music album
   
6. Fixed over 720 bugs
   
7. Added 4 trial levels
   
8. Optimized front and UI
   
9. Added 4 side stories
   
10. Released endless mode
    
11. Optimized the game performance
    
12. Started mobile beta testing
    
13. Added 6 brand new special companions
    
14. Improved, balanced, and adjusted hundreds of cards and NPC actions for a better game experience
    
15. ... are working on more characters!
    

That said, we want to continue this beautiful journey with you and make Divinity Chronicles: Journey to the West a great game!

Thank you very much!

Z Studio