Hello Everyone!
Big update for y’all today. Since the release last year we have been hard at work finishing up the full game along with addressing the tons of feedback we’ve received as all of you entered Neo-Talis for the first time!
Today we are shipping a huge update to the original demo, containing many additions, new content, tweaks and much more!
Before we go into the nitty gritty details, I want to give one warning up front.
This patch will break all existing save files. Due to the amount of changes and reworks, your Inquisitor families from last year's demo will not survive the new patch, so please be mindful of that when updating. Going forward with this new release
all new saves made will carry into the full game! So don’t worry, this won’t happen again.
If you want to access the old build and your old save files you can do so via the demo beta branch: "
olddemo"
Enough rambling here are the highlights:
Academy
The following classes have been added to the game and are attainable in the demo:
- Berserker
- Director
- Alchemist
- Operator
While not fully unlockable, some abilities from the following classes will be unlockable through other means:
The
Inquisitor class has seen a major rework and will now have a few abilities and passives from all of the game's 11 classes.
Vanguard,
Shutterbug,
Scorcher,
Translocationalist &
Knife Juggler all have seen minor adjustments and a few additions here and there.
The
Show-Off has been retired, with their best abilities now appearing in other classes.
The Academy itself has seen some minor reworks to make it more intuitive, specifically you will now always receive an ability when you gain a new class, whether through multiclassing or not.
Relations
Alexi Nova will now be an unlockable relation, with a corresponding encounter and mission type.
All character relations have received new upgrades, whether it be classes, new facilities and stat bonuses as part of their relation rewards.
Silvia's personal story has been added and will now unlock as you progress her relations. The others still need a tad more time in the oven ;)
Character Stats
In order to allow characters to grow in power throughout the full game, while also supporting even more diverse and varied builds we are introducing character stats. Each character will now have
8 different stats which will modify their abilities and combat potential in various ways. They are:
Attack Power
Armor Power
Buff Power
Critical Chance
Dodge Chance
Initiative
Dice Power
Max Health
Every other character level you will now be offered a choice of attributes to increase, allowing you to refine their stats over time to fit their role, playstyle and build. Because of this, characters will also level up significantly faster to ensure a steady flow of upgrades and abilities.
When marrying, the total number of stats of suitors will be based on the character you are marrying, allowing stronger characters to find stronger partners.
When two characters get children the child stats will be based on the parents, again allowing stronger characters to get stronger children.
This should allow new characters to always feel powerful and relevant even when recruited late in act one, or in the following acts. Many times a new character will even have more potential, as they will level faster initially due to their lower level.
Character Stamina
All characters will now have a distinct stamina bar, which represents how well rested or exhausted they are. Characters with high stamina will receive up to
50% increased combat stats, while exhausted characters can go as low as
50% decreased stats. Whenever a character participates in a combat they will lose a fixed amount of stamina, and whenever a character stays home instead of participating in an expedition they will regain a large chunk of stamina.
We want to encourage you to play with more than one single roster of characters, rewarding you for letting some rest while others embark on fights.
Expedition roster sizes have been reduced in the early game to make it easier to manage.
Character Creator
The character creator has received a huge pass of new assets,
almost tripling the amount of choices available. Amongst them are a few highly requested additions such as
Beards,
Bald-support and
dreadlocks. Along with a few more wacky options as well.
We have also refined the character generator for children such that their assets will more closely resemble that of their parents.
(Though do remember you can always edit them after the fact should you want even finer control). Random Encounters
During expeditions you will now find random encounters which will lead to various different, well,
encounters and events which yield various unique rewards.
Save System
The cap of 3 save files has also been removed allowing you to create any number of saves.
Additional Languages
Todays patch will now also have language support for:
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Conclusion
Of course there are many other changes not covered in today's notes, everything from new enemies, balance changes, infirmary costs to readability changes, has been looked at and tweaked since last patch.
That’s it for today folks. Thank you so much for your continued support and all the amazing feedback from last time around. As a small team your feedback and love means the world to us.
And as always, feel free to share your opinions with us here on steam, on our
discord or via the in-game survey. Your feedback is what guides us!
Thank you and stay awesome!
- Nicos, Nina & Josh - The Chromatic Ink Team
