Journey to the West News

Dear All,

This week marks the final week before the official release of our game. Currently, all the content has been updated, and we are working hard to fix bugs, stabilize the build, and polish performance.

On this special day, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to every player who has supported us along the way! It is your love and encouragement that give us the courage to get back up after falling and strive continuously, eventually creating our very first game; and itt is your feedback and criticism that enable us to constantly improve and enhance the brilliance of Journey to the West.

We sincerely invite all of you to continue supporting us after the official release on June 29th and spread your passion and love to more friends and favorite streamers! Each share and recommendation holds immense significance to us and serves as the best encouragement!

After the official release on June 29th, we will continue to maintain the game, fix bugs, and provide periodic updates. The development of future DLC is still in the planning stage, so please stay tuned to our channel. As soon as there are any developments, we will notify you promptly!

Thank you once again for your continuous support and stay tuned for future events and updates!

Yours,
ZStudio

Thank you very much to the 177 backers who supported our crowdfunding campaign! Although our crowdfunding attempt was unsuccessful, we are extremely grateful for everyone's support and companionship along the way.

Due to limited resources, after the official release, we will revisit our development plan for additional DLCs. Please continue to follow us on our official Bilibili channel or Youtube channel, and we will keep you informed of any progress!

This week, we continue to make final adjustments for the official release. Based on the community’s feedback, we have made significant changes to the Mechanism of Inner Demons, primarily reducing their attack desires to alleviate the pressure in the early layers of the seal:

• First Seal: Summon a random NPC defeated by the player in the current game for each card played.
  
  
  
  
• Second Seal: Absorb 1 Strength and 1 Tenacity from all player characters for each card played.
  
  
  
  
• Third Seal: Inflict 3 Poison on the player for each card played and grant the player 1 Energy Absorption.
  
  
  
  
• Fourth Seal: Randomly add a Curse card to the player's draw pile for each card played.
  
  
  
  
• Fifth Seal: Release an AOE attack for each card played, activating all effects from layers 1 to 4.
  
  

We have also revamped the talent tree for Faithful Devil:

• Infinite Demon Scroll Vol I: A talent tailored for Curse-oriented build. Whenever you apply 1 layer of Curse to any unit, an additional layer of Curse is applied. This helps to compensate for the slow stacking of curses.
  
  
  
  
• Infinite Demon Scroll Vol II: Whenever you expend a card, it deals damage to all cursed enemies. The damage is equal to the target's curse count raised to the power of 0.7. In essence, you can trigger this effect with almost every card played, except for companions or non-expendable neutral cards. This improves the damage output for Curse-oriented build and allows for various combos with fairies (assuming the fairies have curses).
  
  
  
  
• Transcendence Scroll Vol I: It partially compensates for Faithful Devil’s lack of defense when not equipped with the Primordial Golden Battle Treasure. The specific conversion ratio is the number of cards in the expenditure pile raised to the power of 0.8.
  
  
  
  
• Transcendence Scroll Vol II: Increases the number of cards drawn per turn, further reducing the possibility of sudden defeat and providing more room for error.
  
  
  
  

[h2]Other adjustments:[/h2]

• Chaos Spell now lasts for 3 rounds, ensuring the true identity of the mole and effectively dealing with the highest-attacking enemy.
  
  
  
• Bottle of Light and Shadow now consume all curses in hand at the end of the round, eliminating the situation of being stuck with a hand full of curse cards.
  
  
  
• Swine King’s talent that increases HP has been modified. Volume I now increases Strength by 2, and Volume II increases Strength by 3.
  
  
  

[h2]Bug fixes:[/h2]

• Fixed the layout issue with detailed status information.
  

Hello everyone!

Both Journey to the West and Path of Reincarnation will conclude their Early Access phase and be officially released this month! To celebrate this special occasion, we are offering the 'Infinity Odyssey' bundle pack with an additional 10% discount.

Join us on an unforgettable journey and experience the roguelike deckbuilding adventure of Journey to the West and the transcendent of cultivation challenges along the “Path of Reincarnation”! We hope you enjoy it!

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Happy gaming!

We are thrilled to announce that the official version of Journey to the West will be launched on June 29th! In order to express our gratitude for your enthusiasm and support along the way, we have partnered with "Alina of the Arena" to offer a limited-time special bundle, presenting you with a feast of roguelike card games!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/32929/Journey_to_the_West__Alina_of_the_Arena/

Our iOS version is also available on App Store!

Welcome to follow our official Bilibili channel or Youtube channel, where we will regularly update exciting videos and the latest information! We also have a video version of the weekly report coming up.


This week, we remade the talents of Swine King, focusing on enhancing the Bleeding build and Discipline build:

• Crimson Stike Vol I: When Zhu Bajie attacks a bleeding unit, he will apply 2 layers of bleeding counters. In other words, once the enemy is afflicted with one layer of bleeding, each of your attacks on that NPC will apply 2 stacks of bleeding.
  
  
  
  
• Crimson Stike Vol II: Whenever an enemy bleeding unit takes action, and here it refers not only to attack but also includes abilities and skills, they will receive an additional instance of bleeding damage.
  
  
  
  
• Suntra of Ultimate Bliss Vol I: Gain 2 random Commandment cards you don't have, greatly enhancing the chance to get all 8 commandments.
  
  
  
  
• Suntra of Ultimate Bliss Vol II: Immediately acquire an upgraded Disciplined card. If you already have all 8 commandment cards, the damage will increase by 100% with this Disciplined card.
  
  

In addition, we made independent changes to the logic of enemy units so that the minions summoned by enemies will not have intentions immediately but only in the next round, avoiding the imbalance towards characters other than "Pokemon" Holy Monk.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fix the bug that new Spirit Power talent of White Dragon will cause Spirit Power to keep increasing.
  
• Adjust character selection scene auto layout.
  
• Fix the issue that the High Buddha will cancel his power after entering combat.
  
• Fix a game stuck bug when playing projectile effects with a effect count limit.
  
• Fix a bug that after saving/loading, "Protected by Demons" card learned by the Dragon Princess loses level.
  
• Fix a bug that exceptions occur when quitting with cards flying to deck.
  
• Add 60 FPS options for medium and low graphics qualities on mobile devices.
  

Hello everyone!

We are thrilled to announce that the official version of Journey to the West will be launched on June 29th! To express our gratitude for your enthusiasm and support along the way, we have partnered with "Alina of the Arena" to offer a limited-time special bundle, presenting you with a feast of roguelike card games!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/32929/Journey_to_the_West__Alina_of_the_Arena/

From today until July 31st, if you purchase or complete this bundle during this period, you will enjoy an additional 5% discount! We hope you will like this limited-time special bundle, continue to support us as always, and let us create more exciting gaming moments together.

Once again, thank you for your support. We look forward to meeting you in the challenging roguelike world of "Journey to the West" and "Alina of the Arena"!

Happy gaming!

Yours,
Z Studio