Windblown News

🚀 New patch deployed v0.1.3 (f9fa6fbf)

New
- ⭐️ New mouse cursor
- Added graphics option for dynamic quality

QoL
- Updated some held attacks game feel by having a better detection at "preshotted" inputs

Balancing
- Increased price of Gift Slots upgrades
- The Final Curse mini stun can now be resisted by Elites and Incubator enemies
- Incubator : Tentacles critters are no more aggressives and all patrol
- Incubator : Empty Tubes can now contains some cogs
- Incubator : Trap Tubes launch a bit more explosives
- Katars' backstab angle +10°

Bugfixes
- ⭐️ Fixed connection errors related to Thailand regional settings
- ⭐️ Fixed enemies sometimes spawning in the ground
- ⭐️ Fixed a rare error when interrupting an enemy at juuuuuust the right time
- ⭐️ Fixed Katars' back dash held attack not being triggered sometimes
- Fixed gate icons not displaying properly in Factory
- Fixed Charged Blade Alterattack pushing gooed targets
- Incubator biome : Chests are now locked by near Tubes (and no longer by small tentacles critters)

Misc
- 1st Gift Slot upgrade always shown in Eperin's menu
- Improved assets management for better loading times and smaller patches

🚀 New version deployed v0.1.2 (39e06baf)

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
- ⭐️ Banking Fish always available at the middle of first and second biomes
- ⭐️ The Egg Keeper enemy (Incubator) is a bit more active and jumpy: added an attack that he can launch from afar, added some movement actions, won't protect itself behind its shield as often
- ⭐️ Ninja Stars weapon Alterattack damage +20%
- The Big Tentacle (Incubator) enemy now launch a normal attack when exiting its incubator tube (instead of a 360° attack)
- The Big Tentacle (Incubator) enemy won't spawn in challenges anymore
- The Ravenblade weapon Charged Attack is a bit longer to launch but can now be chained without cooldown
- The Fish Knife weapon Alterattack has more reach and does more direct damage but has 2 jump hits instead of 3
- 4th Heal Flask recharge and Project 2501 prices increased
- Time limited challenges last longer in 3rd and 4th biomes

[h2]QoL[/h2]
- ⭐️ For clarity, stop showing the locked memories info cards in the inventory
- Allow swap buttons to be clicked on in the inventory
- Add enable input delay on hub menus
- Update locked/unlocked tabs colors on hub menus

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]
- ⭐️ Fixed a case were player(s) could be trapped in the Naveless Boss arena with no enemy and closed doors
- ⭐️ Fixed the Big Tentacle (Incubator) enemy death - it could block players in arenas
- ⭐️ Fixed disappearing tanks in the Navelless Brothers boss fight
- ⭐️ Fixed Crystallize gifts application on dummies
- ⭐️ Fixed potential crash when freezing Pirate Shield enemies
- ⭐️ Fixed key rebinding not working with some key combinations (impossible to rebind shift with R for exemple)
- ⭐️ Fix candidate for achievements not unlocking in certain cases
- Fixed patrolling Incubator enemies and extended their patrol zone
- Fixed patrolling Rat Village enemies
- Fixed animation of enemies in Incubator
- Fixed recovery (rally) application that was giving back too much health
- Fixed Anchor Boom weapon with high attack speed bonuses
- Fixed Bushes leaves appearing and disappearing

🚀Day one patch deployed v0.1.1 (9c492c69)

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Pietro (the multiplayer NPC) will now always be visible when unlocked, even offline, and will prompt you to log in
  
• ⭐️ Fixed potential UI lock when getting Alterattack upgrades
  
• ⭐️ Fixed potential lock when going to a Hidden shop
  
• ⭐️ Fixed Ninja stars weapon behaviour, should be easier to use
  
• ⭐️ Fixed rebinding not working with some keys
  
• ⭐️ Fixed game icon resolution
  

Balancing

• Degressive coefficients for control effects (stun/freeze/...) have been changed. Standard enemies can always be controlled. Elites and enemies made for duels can now resist these effects. Minibosses and bosses can still resist. Degressive coefficients have a reset timer for everyone.
  
• Reduced the amount of heal flasks in some shops in multiplayer
  
• Ice bomb duration reduced from 4s to 3s
  
• Incubator and Rat village bestiary rebalanced to be more difficult
  
• Rebalanced bestiary health in multiplayer
  

Windblown looks rad. It's an action-roguelite for 1-3 players in which you dash-and-slash in rapid combat on floating islands, and I am extremely interested in feeling its game-feel for myself. Good news! I can get my game-feelers on it now because it's out in Early Access today.

If you watch its launch trailer below out of context however, you might be fooled into thinking it's actually the emo second half of an Isekai anime series.

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