Journey to the West News

It is party time! Come to meet our last member of the gang, Faithful Devil, and his 5 fairies!

Faithful Devil was originally a nameless devil born in the Quick Sands River. Through fortunate coincidences, he consumed the nine reincarnations of the Buddha of Life, which granted him power. Later, he made a bet with the Holy Monk and went westward, gradually growing into a prominent figure whose fate was closely intertwined with Holy Monk, Swine King, and Wukong.

Faithful Devil can absorb the elements into his Skeleton Rosaart and can summon five (female) fairies of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth from these absorbed elements. In addition, he is skilled at exhausting cards to control the flow of his deck, using his Soul Eater to manipulate the positioning of his enemies, and leveraging his unique "Overload" status to unleash explosive power.

In addition to releasing Faithful Devil, we have also conducted a lot of optimization work, mainly on art and UI. We have adjusted and optimized all the cards for Wukong, Holy Monk, and White Dragon, aiming to increase the differentiation between cards and better experience during combat.



Furthermore, we have also adjusted the layout of the battle scenes, added background blur, and made the battlefield layout more reasonable so that players can distinguish actions and intentions more clearly.



Lastly, did anyone get it right in last week's guessing game? The hand gesture of the Fire Fairy is a tribute to Makima from Chainsaw Man!



[h2]Other Optimizations and Adjustments[/h2]

• Reduce the strength increase requirement of little monkey to 3 for Wukong. And each time the strength increases, the requirement further reduces by 1.
  
• Add an option to allow Swine King to gain a command card in the camp of chapter 4.
  
• Increase the chance of getting a correct element in the Omen fight.
  
• Enhanced Singing Sword as it will increase the damage exponentially.
  

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fix a rare case where Worm Larva does not trigger.
  
• Fix a text bug in the Abortion Spring event.
  
• Fix the issue that spirit shifting copying ice dragon card will start an exception.
  
• Fix the issue that Event UI cannot be hidden in Endless mode.
  

We are thrilled to announce that after four months of development and testing, we will officially be introducing Faithful Devil on May 1st! Alongside this, in early May we are also aiming to launch an iOS version and a Kickstarter campaign to support the continuous development of future DLCs.

Please join our Discord, or follow us on Twitter to stay tuned for more exciting news!

This week, we continued to put the finishing touches on Faithful Devil and made significant UI optimizations and adjustments to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, we have implemented enhancements to Wukong, further improving the user experience:

• Polished and enhanced the card assets for all Wukong cards
  
• Change one of Wukong's starting cards to Shape Shifting.
  
• Uproar in Heaven can now deal damage as the scaling of the target’s Max HP, making it much stronger in a later stage.
  
• Increase the base count of Longer and Heavier Monkey King Bar cards to 3
  
• Reduce the Energy Cost of Chaotic Power to 2
  
• Monkey King's Roar and Break the Soul can recognize unremovable poison correctly
  
• Simplify the requirements for Wukong to enter the final chapter, the Soul Mountain storyline.
  

Taking into account the feedback and suggestions from our community, we have added a hint screen that explains how to attain the "good" and "evil" points and meet the requirements to enter the final chapter. The hint will appears after the initial event, with an option to hide it in the future . We believe that this additional information will assist players in navigating the choices and storylines more easily.



We also added more card assets for Faithful Devil!



Bonus! Do you know which anime the hand gesture in the picture below is paying tribute to?



[h2]Optimization and Adjustments[/h2]

• Buddha of Light's confusion is single target.
  
• New highlight target effect.
  
• Optimize card cancel during target change when playing more than 1 card at a time.
  
• Voodoo Elder's Catalyst is not capped anymore.
  
• Green Snake Scale gives Block each turn.
  
• Clean up and optimized multiple UI, including event, compendium, statistics, etc.
  

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fix a few skill location issue in compendium.
  
• Fix a bug that replacement of companion will cause Evil Barrier to fail its update.
  
• Other bug fixes.
  

This week are participating in theEastern Game Fest, where we are offering a 10% discount on both our game and OST! This is the perfect opportunity to introduce our game to your friends and loved ones who may also share a passion for gaming!

At the same time, we are dedicated to putting the finishing touches on Faithful Devil by incorporating new card assets and making necessary UI adjustments, while simultaneously resolving any lingering bugs. Furthermore, we are excitedly preparing for the game's highly anticipated official launch on May 1st.

A quick glance at new card assets！




We added a search function for cards, consumables, and relics in the compendium.



Add an option to disable map fade in graphics settings.



[h2]Enhancement and balancing[/h2]

• Seed changes to 0 energy cost, with a consumable cap of 5.
  
• Does not show card lock in the compendium.
  
• The Swine King in Faithful Devil's plot will start with 100% HP.
  
• Confirmation is no longer required when Faithful Devil is gaining elements.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fix English description of transmutation of Spider.
  
• Fix Spirit Devil Summon exception when there is no enemy.
  
• Better backup for save file.
  
• Fix a localization bug for Good Monk summon UI.
  
• Fix missing Chinese Characters.
  
• Fix a few event assets for Faithful Devil.
  
• Fix commandant cards description bug on map scene.
  

Dear friends,

We are delighted to announce that Journey to the West is taking part in the "Eastern Games Fest," a remarkable event organized by the Steam platform! As part of the festivities, we are pleased to offer a 10% discount on our game and OST. Additionally, a free demo version is available, enabling players to experience the game before making a purchase. We look forward to your participation and hope you enjoy our game.

In the trial version demo, players can experience some of the characters and content of the game, hoping to let everyone feel the integration of DBG and Chinese mythology.

We are looking forward to meeting with all game enthusiasts during the "Eastern Games Fest" event.

This week, our team is hard at work on improving the new character, Faithful Devil. We are adding new assets, refining game mechanics, and diligently working to eliminate any bugs that we encounter.

We are also excited to announce that we are preparing for the game's official launch on May 1st and will launch a Kickstarter campaign at the same time! If you have enjoyed playing our game, we kindly ask that you help spread the word by recommending it to your friends, and other gaming communities who you believe would also appreciate our efforts. We appreciate your support and look forward to bringing you the best possible gaming experience!

Come and meet our new element fairies!



We also added two Faithful Devil companions: Spirit Devil and Fate Devil.

Spirit Devil unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 0.



Fate Devil: unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 1.




[h3]Bug Fixes and other iimproves[/h3]

1. Fix a potential bug of Righteousness.
   
2. Fix Chaotic power only give 150% damage for heavy Monkey King Bar.
   
3. Fix font issue.
   
4. Add effect for the transmutation of fire spider.