Mage Tower: Call of Zadeus News

(This is only available on the beta branch. To access the beta branch, you must follow the instructions here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1698850/view/538860954058754180)

General

-Made some sprite sheet changes that should lower load times slightly.
-You can now verify that Steam Cloud is active via text at the bottom of the title screen.

Enemies

-Removed one Leptisaur from Leptisaur's monster deck.

Bug Fixes

-Fixed a crash bug that would happen in Spider Queen battles involving arrows bouncing off of Intricate Web.
-Attempted to fix a crash bug that could happen when losing a dungeon battle as Sojourner.
-Playing Duplication with only a Living Blight as your other card will now let you duplicate the Living Blight, instead of letting the Living Blight trigger and soft lock the game.
-Fixed a bug that caused Trebuchet to enter play with 0 counters when it was "gained" from outside the game.
-Fixed a slight visual bug where Trebuchet and Acolyte would not be aligned correctly when "gained" from outside the game.
-Fixed a small text error in the upgraded "Rest" card.
-Fixed a bug where a Corrupted Townsfolk with "Aggressive" wouldn't enter play angry.

Hey all, I just got back from a two month hiatus! Just before I left, I released a private beta test, and today it's been made public. This version revamps Gideon's card pool and adds Ventra as a brand new playable character. The beta test is on a separate branch on Steam, so you have to follow specific instructions to join it:

1. Right click "Mage Tower: Call of Zadeus" in your Steam library.
2. Click "Properties" in the popup menu.
3. Click the "Betas" tab in the window that pops up.
4. Under "Private Betas" you will see an empty box, and a button that says "Check Code". Go ahead and type the secret code "ventrasummer" with no quotes in the box, then click the button.
5. Accept the invite.
6. From the window with the "Betas" tab you got to in step 3, click the drop-down menu next to "Beta Participation" and select the option "ventra-beta - A beta branch for testing the...."

Note that I'm still getting organized from returning to development. In the coming weeks I'll be testing the game myself, fixing bugs, and posting more detailed info about the patch.

You can discuss that patch and report bugs on the Mage Tower Discord here:

https://discord.gg/utkQYbhm8B

More updates and patches coming, talk to you soon!

-Brett Brimmer
supermegagames.net

[p]Hey all, I'll keep this short and sweet. On August 4th I'll be releasing a new playable character - Ventra. She'll have her own card pool and is a master of necromancy, elemental spells, and the banned magicks. I'm really excited for you all to play her![/p][p][/p][p]IMPORTANT NOTE: Until August 4th, I will be on a complete hiatus from developing the game and will not be around to chat on the forums/Discord, or fix bugs. Don't worry everything is fine, it's just life stuff! You can post on the Steam forums in the meantime, but I won't be around to reply until August 4th. Please be patient, as I look forward to getting this patch out and fixing any reported bugs immediately after I return![/p][p][/p][p]Talk to you all on August 4th when I release the awesome new patch! :)[/p][p][/p][p]-Brett Brimmer[/p][p]supermegagames.net[/p]

Bug Fixes

-Fixed a bug where Magical Barrage would not retain its level between battles.
-Temporarily removed text from the Zadeus monsters Altrus, Shadow of Despair, and Vixirath as their abilities interacted with the old prize card system which no longer exists. (They will be given new abilities later.)
-Fixed a bug where Hero Hunter could not be played after it was acquired with Cosmigorius Tamer.
-Fixed a bug where Irko's Cosmigorius, Stone Golem, and "Araxis, the Underworld" would have glitched stats when acquired with Cosmigorius Tamer.

Major Bug Fix

-Fixed a rare bug that could crash the game when adding new monsters to the monster board.