Squirmish Patch 0.3.32 (Early Access)
Some minor updates to both the FULL and DEMO versions of Squirmish.
[h3]Improved bot behavior re: SHAVING CREAM[/h3]
Bot players have always been pretty stupid with APEBEARD's SHAVING CREAM ability. That ability blocks first time attackers from attacking APEBEARD.
Players with APEBEARD in their initial hand could take advantage of this weakness by playing APEBEARD as starter and never playing another card. This usually led to an easy victory as the bots stubbornly prioritized not attacking their own cards and ended up skipping every attack.
With this change, bots will now better recognize this situation and start attacking friendly cards to get around SHAVING CREAM.
[h3]Fixed issues with CAT BURGLAR stealing SOO-EER or DEFIBRILLATOR[/h3]
SWINI's SOO-EER and DR. DEVIL M.D.'s DEFIBRILLATOR are both activated abilities that allow you to fish a card from a pile. (SOO-EER let's you take a card from the draw pile, while DEFIB lets you grab one from the discard.) Both abilities make use of a mini card browsing UI element to perform their actions.
MISS SNOOGIE's CAT BURGLAR ability lets you steal activated abilities from adjacent cards, including SOO-EER and DEFIBRILLATOR. Unfortunately, the card browsing UI for these abilities was not getting initialized properly when interacting with CAT BURGLAR and it exposed cards that were not even in the game deck. Selecting one of these cards would crash the game. Now fixed.
[h3]Fixed problem with win-streak stats moving from Demo to Full[/h3]
Rogues' Gallery win-streak stats are tracked differently in the Full version than they are in the Demo. We discovered that when Demo players upgraded to the Full version, the converted win-streaks set for rogue opponents were sometimes inaccurate, (although usually better than what was earned in the demo). Win-streaks are now transferred correctly from Demo to Full version.
[h3]Other Changes[/h3]
This update also includes a number of invisible changes in preparation for future development.
[h3]Improved bot behavior re: SHAVING CREAM[/h3]
Bot players have always been pretty stupid with APEBEARD's SHAVING CREAM ability. That ability blocks first time attackers from attacking APEBEARD.
Players with APEBEARD in their initial hand could take advantage of this weakness by playing APEBEARD as starter and never playing another card. This usually led to an easy victory as the bots stubbornly prioritized not attacking their own cards and ended up skipping every attack.
With this change, bots will now better recognize this situation and start attacking friendly cards to get around SHAVING CREAM.
[h3]Fixed issues with CAT BURGLAR stealing SOO-EER or DEFIBRILLATOR[/h3]
SWINI's SOO-EER and DR. DEVIL M.D.'s DEFIBRILLATOR are both activated abilities that allow you to fish a card from a pile. (SOO-EER let's you take a card from the draw pile, while DEFIB lets you grab one from the discard.) Both abilities make use of a mini card browsing UI element to perform their actions.
MISS SNOOGIE's CAT BURGLAR ability lets you steal activated abilities from adjacent cards, including SOO-EER and DEFIBRILLATOR. Unfortunately, the card browsing UI for these abilities was not getting initialized properly when interacting with CAT BURGLAR and it exposed cards that were not even in the game deck. Selecting one of these cards would crash the game. Now fixed.
[h3]Fixed problem with win-streak stats moving from Demo to Full[/h3]
Rogues' Gallery win-streak stats are tracked differently in the Full version than they are in the Demo. We discovered that when Demo players upgraded to the Full version, the converted win-streaks set for rogue opponents were sometimes inaccurate, (although usually better than what was earned in the demo). Win-streaks are now transferred correctly from Demo to Full version.
[h3]Other Changes[/h3]
This update also includes a number of invisible changes in preparation for future development.