Faith in Despair News

This update adjusts lots of values, introduces more detailed run statistics and adds a new title screen.

• Added new title screen art by Marcela Bolívar
• End screen: Added map traversal history and additional statistics
  
• New Trigger: Card Played
• Cards now overcharge when they get triggered for their total number of slots.
  • Example: a card with 2 slots can get triggered 2 times per turn.
    
• Improved enemy generation:
  • They won't hurt their allies or help their enemies (unless they target all)
  • They won't spawn with a combination of Shield and any healing lacrima
• Improved Shop cards:
  • Guaranteed 2-3 creatures
  • Guaranteed 1 non-common lacrima
• Bosses, Blessings, Curses now have three different rarities
• Regenerate / Shield / Weak / Vulnerable increase their percentage with higher stacks (thanks Lord Arugula)
• Example: Shield:
  • 10% plus 5% for each turn left, max. 50%
  • i.e. Shield 6 => 40%
• New maximum for Weak (30% instead of 25%)
• Reduced Despairbound to only add 50% of your current despair
  
• Minor performance improvements in regards to RAM usage (thanks Qwerty for reporting performance issues)
• Added different card borders for different card rarities
• Ally Captured now only triggers when card is successfully captured (thanks Auri)
• Remove Bloodied from Healer deck, added First Blood instead (thanks Qwerty)
• Reduced controller stick sensitivity
  

• Fixed multiple First Blood and Bloodied activations (thanks blankity)
• Fixed issue where Increase Despair could lead to the game softlocking (thanks Lord Arugula)
• Fixed issue where Time Eater would not work if the third card played in a turn was a spell (thanks Lord Arugula)
• Fixed OnEnemyAttack appearing too often in some cases
• Fixed issue where total triggered counter was not reset correctly between fights (thanks TheRealAskz)
• Fixed OnAttack triggering even though there was no opposite enemy
• Fixed issue where battle log button info was still visible after opening battle log
• Fixed TargetLeftmostAlly not working as intended

Thank you all for your feedback. Make sure to join the Discord to discuss the changes.

Version 0.2.0 features a new introduction scene with Death, several crucial tips (at the right moments), and a bunch of quality of life improvements.

[h3]Additions:[/h3]

• Enemies are now stacked like Solitaire so you can clearly see how many there are left in a stack (thanks Lord Arugula)
  
• Changed "Magic Attack" to "Impulse" (thanks Lord Arugula)
  
• Added new "gameover" sound (thanks KAON)
  
• Added animation when choosing a lacrima reward
  
• Added introduction scene when first starting a run
  
• Added several tips at several points in the game
  
• Added info for the following buttons: End Turn, Redraw, Shop reroll
  
• Added a Decks tab to the Collection menu
  
• Added "Reset progress" button in Collection menu
  
• Added a title when opening blessings, curses, graveyards
  
• Card names and numbers are now bold (thanks StuffedWombat)
  
• Cards in hand now only animate up when not currently moving (i.e. being drawn from deck)
  
• Inventory button now gets highlighted the first time you get a new lacrima
  
• Reworked UI Button algorithm for easier movement on controllers (thanks Gal from 12B3 Games)
  
• You can now use shoulder buttons (or B/N on keyboard) for deck selection at the start
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed panning of attack sounds sometimes being too far away from center when enemy cards attacked
  
• Fixed redraw not resetting active hand card
  
• Fixed previous difficulty selection not working after a run
  
• Fixed not being able to immediately examine curses when you get them during a fight
  
• Fixed cards in deck sometimes facing the wrong side up (thanks Mila)
  
• Fixed description of map fragments still appearing after opening inventory
  
• Fixed check ✅ for chosen difficulties not displaying immediately after winning
  
• Fixed blessing descriptions being cut off to the left side
  
• Fixed lacrima preview showing for spell cards in hand
  
• Fixed card info sometimes not appearing for cards in hand
  
• Fixed issue where there was a hidden map fragment selectable before the boss fight (thanks Daniel from 12B3 Games)
  
• Fixed lacrima title still appearing after closing collection screen with ESC
  
• Fixed description not appearing for "Time out"
  

Thank you for playing Faith in Despair.

Version 0.1.20 introduces a new deck called Bloodsucker, which comes with unique lacrima. In addition to that, there is new card art, new music, and a new UI.

• Added new starter deck: Bloodsucker
  
• Added new lacrima exclusive to new Bloodsucker deck
  
• Added music for chapter 3 with cello by Lou Dunand-Vincent
• Added art to bosses and curses by Vergvoktre
• Added art to blessings by Marvin Blattert
• Added background art for lacrima rewards and made them easier to select
  
• Added new chapter backgrounds
  
• Added map animation when shown the first time
  
• Added animation for icons when new status effect is applied to a card (thanks Terrok)
  
• Added game over animation
  
• Overhauled UI: All information is in the top left corner now, blessings and curses are on the right side of the screen
  
• Boss tile now gets activated automatically (thanks Auri)
  
• Treasures no longer reward duplicate lacrima (thanks Auri)
  
• When starting a new run, deck and difficulty selection from previous run is now preserved
  
• No longer highlight Redraw if you have 0 cards in deck and discard pile (thanks Auri)
  

• Fixed boss tile showing wrong info (thanks Alexis Clay and Legendary_Pups)
  
• Fixed abandon run not working correctly
  
• Fixed certain string characters not showing correctly (the é in Buné)
  
• Fixed not being able to click on curses on game end screen (thanks Auri)
  
• Fixed description for ally graveyard when using Gravedigger deck
  
• Fixed issue where you were able to Continue after winning a run (thanks Auri)
  
• Fixed front of a card sometimes not disappearing when faced down inside the deck (only happened in inventory)
  
• Fixed header in game end screen showing "Select an event" after checking out the battle log
  
• Fixed battle log using untranslated lacrima text
  
• Fixed OnAllyCapture checking for the wrong card to trigger (caster instead of target) (thanks Auri)
  

Thank you for playing Faith in Despair. Make sure to wishlist it and join the Discord.

This update changes the map layout from a simple grid of cards to hex-shaped map fragments. You now have more of a goal (to get to the right), and still retain choices along the way.

Full list of changes:

• New map layout with hex tiles
  
• New hand layout with slightly rotated cards
  
• Added start sound by KAON (recording by Muddasheep)
  
• Added effect when selecting map fragments
  
• Added effects for upgrading and sacrificing cards
  
• Added "Return to Title" to pause screen (thanks NowOnTest)
  
• Added option for gamespeed, also works in-game by pressing G/L2/LB or H/R2/RB (thanks Legendary_Pups)
  
• Prepared for localization by moving all lacrima names into localization spreadsheet (this breaks already achieved collection - sorry!)
  
• Removed "On" from all triggers, and renamed most of them for brevity
  
• Changed difficulty circle to reduce max despair by 25 (instead of a percentage)
  
• Changed difficulty circle to increase base redraw cost to 20 Gold (instead of percentage)
  
• Card now gets deselected when dragging a card, and letting go after moving it away from hand (thanks Legendary_Pups)
  

Thanks for playing Faith in Despair.

This version adds a new starter deck, which starts with 10 different cards and a unique gameplay rule.

I'll also keep developing live on Twitch every other day, follow me there to catch a stream.

Make sure to join the Discord, your feedback and suggestions are always welcome.


Full list of changes:

• Added new starter deck "Gravedigger" (unlocked if you win with the first deck)
  
• Decks can be mastered by winning with 5 activated circles of hell
  
• Added PS1-style fade in beginning and between chapters (thanks to AnalogFeelings)
  
• Battle log now has a marker for when player turn begins
  
• Charmed cards now have a particle effect (thanks to medvezilla for additional help)
  
• Exhumed enemies now receive the Permadeath modifier (thanks Baxil)
  
• Exhumed enemies now have a rare chance of receiving an additional modifier that can land in fight rewards
  
• Renamed "Return To Deck After Death" to "Eternal"
  
• Map fragments with 3 Fights now turn one Fight into an Unkown symbol (if the fragment already has an Unknown symbol, it will get an Elite Fight instead)
  
• You can now click on Blessings and Curses on the end screen
  
• Added new fight header
  
• Music now stops after a boss fight to allow some "downtime"
  
• HP and ATK are now in the same text object (saves at least 1 FPS!)
  
• Changed rarity of OnAllyAttack / OnEnemyAttack to ultrarare
  
• Changed rarity of OnAttack to rare
  
• Added new UI click and hover sounds
  
• Modifiers are now displayed at the top of card descriptions (thanks Kai45)

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where you could hear the "remove status effect" sound when viewing cards in battle log
  
• Fixed issue where lanes weren't clickable after opening pause menu during an ongoing turn
  
• Fixed being able to end turn while in pause/options (with SPACE)
  
• Fixed hover effect not appearing when selecting circles of hell
  
• Fixed card slot sprite not appearing when dragging a lacrima in inventory
  
• Fixed bug where exhumed enemy creatures didn't receive the correct lane number
  
• Fixed bug where after killing an enemy with a spell, the next revealed card wasn't possible to target
  

Thank you for playing Faith in Despair.