Easy + Hard Difficulties - v0.7 Update

[p]LORTers,[/p][p][/p][p]Today, we released the v0.7 update focused on Difficulties. Let’s dive in.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Upon starting a run, you now have the option between three difficulties: Easy, Normal, and Hard. This is our first version of difficulties in LORT and we hope that adding these will appeal to both new and veteran players. Check out the deep dive on difficulties shared earlier in the month here.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]New rewards await those brave and skilled enough to take on the Hard difficulty. Can you cop the new drip?[/p][p][/p][p]A new structure has been spotted on Hilly Billy Countryside. The locals call it the Chapel of the Broken Oath. Is it memorialized as a holy site or the scene of a blasphemous crime?[/p][p][/p][p]Are you or your friends waiting for a sale to buy LORT? You're in luck! LORT will take part in the Steam Spring Sale and extend it for an additional two weeks. You can get LORT for 35% off starting March 19 until April 8. [/p][p][/p][h2]Highlights [/h2]

• [p]Added Difficulties - Easy, Normal, and Hard[/p]
  • [p]Hard is locked by default. Unlock it by beating the game on Normal.[/p]
  • [p]If you have already beaten the game prior to this update, you should have Hard already unlocked.[/p]
• [p]New Magma Skins - Unlock them by defeating the game on Hard with each Adventurer.[/p]
• [p]New Unlocks and Steam Achievements. [/p]
• [p]Added Chapel of the Broken Oath to Hilly Billy Countryside.[/p]
• [p]Added Giga Glug-Glugger Rune Juice upgrade to increase Healing Flask chugging speed.[/p]
• [p]Enemy scaling now takes into consideration players leaving mid-level. [/p]
• [p]Goblin Appetizer - Increased camps required for quest from 4 -> 8.[/p]
  • [p]This should set players up for success to take on the boss. We recommend you always strive to gain the most power you can![/p]
• [p]Fix for Rune Juice upgrades missing in multiplayer games for players with large amounts of upgrades.[/p]
• [p]Fix for Blinkblades’ Blink-Jutsu sometimes teleporting you under the map or outside the boss arena.[/p]
  • [p]In case this still happens, there is now a fall back that teleports you onto the map instead of falling to your death.[/p]

[h2]Powerups[/h2]

• [p]Powerup Shops - reworked the layout of shops. Now there is one side dedicated to purchases for gold and the other side dedicated to trades. Also comes with extra visual indicators of current stock count. [/p]
• [p]Reworked powerup pickup VFX and optimized performance.[/p]
• [p]Cloak And Dagger - changed VFX color.[/p]
• [p]Boomers Blessing - adjusted VFX for better visibility. [/p]

[h2]Enemies[/h2]

• [p]Increased size of Wandering Slime weak point hitbox (the eye). [/p]
• [p]Goblin Trapper - New Stab VFX. [/p]
• [p]Goblin Brawler[/p]
  • [p]Now uses melee attack damage for charge attack. [/p]
  • [p]Removed slow when a player is hit.[/p]
• [p]Goblin Thief  -  Updated VFX.[/p]
• [p]Goblin Slimecaller - Enemy now has to take damage before they summon slimes. [/p]
• [p]Fire Slimes - If you stand in multiple Fire Slime fire zones, you will only take damage from one of them, not multiple. [/p]
• [p]Big Chill Billy[/p]
  • [p]Tornados - Made damage zone match visuals.[/p]
  • [p]Snowball Throw - Made the throw wind up more readable. [/p]
  • [p]Whirlwind - Reduced Damage.[/p]
• [p]Davey Bonez - Increased Homing Orb damage.[/p]
• [p]Final Boss [/p]
  • [p]Increased Homing Orb damage.[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted black hole to have new timing and bigger VFX.[/p]

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• [p]Added an in-world icon of the Van location during the Escape.[/p]
• [p]Wizard Tower - Cursed skulls no longer can be destroyed and will not trigger when an invisible player with Cloak and Dagger runs by. [/p]
• [p]Set POI powerup shards to use the white spirit icon.[/p]
• [p]Added more road signs.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted wood and barrel colors.[/p]
• [p]Hilly Billy Countryside[/p]
  • [p]John Goblin’s Grave POI - Changed tree color to make it easier to find.[/p]
  • [p]Sunflower Field POI[/p]
    • [p]Improved walkability over earth mounds.  [/p]
    • [p]Players can now rotate around mounds while digging.[/p]
  • [p]Gym - Fixed a floating chest.[/p]
• [p]Funkwood Hollow[/p]
  • [p]Adjusted collision and layout of Canopy Cache tree to be more player friendly.[/p]
  • [p]Croaks Camp POI - Increased visibility of POI by adding VFX.  [/p]
  • [p]Changed VFX on speed boost zones.[/p]

[h2]Audio[/h2]

• [p]Added voice lines on Adventurer selection.[/p]
• [p]Added event cone angle mixing for some ranged enemies & enemy projectiles. This should make it easier to hear incoming attacks.[/p]
• [p]Overhauled menu UI audio. [/p]
• [p]Player damage taken efforts now play every time they take damage + Player Hit SFX mixed to be more intelligible.[/p]
• [p]Improvements to safe opening sounds.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Pistol not playing firing sound during the last few bullets.[/p]
• [p]Fixed and better mixed enemy telegraphs overall, including Goblin Brawler punch, Slimes, Goblin Lobber attacks & fire zones, Goblin Smusher & Goblin Thief.[/p]
• [p]Fixed tooter sound cutting off when swapping weapons.[/p]

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• [p]Added setting to disable the chat window.[/p]
• [p]Added setting to disable screen shake.[/p]
• [p]Updated some Rune Juice shop upgrade icons.[/p]
• [p]Re-ordered skins to follow progression flow.[/p]
• [p]Disabled pausing during cutscenes to prevent issues.[/p]
• [p]Improved environmental landscape performance.[/p]
• [p]Improved boss arena VFX performance.[/p]
• [p]Improved grass performance on Hilly Billy Countryside.[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed training dummies in Campsite at Land’s Edge counting towards damage stats.[/p]
• [p]Fixed imbued powerup names going outside the bounds of the tooltip box.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Lawrence Fishbird’s pupils not dilating during flight. [/p]
• [p]Fixed Pathetic Shivs being misspelled.[/p]
• [p]Fixed typo in Mace of Windoo description text.[/p]
• [p]Fixed navigation issue when using a controller and selecting a skin + switching tabs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare issues that caused powerup tooltips to appear broken.[/p]
• [p]Fixed clients not seeing their pickup animation play when they picked up a powerup.[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash when closing via Alt+F4 or hitting the X from Windows Task Bar.[/p]
• [p]Fixed camera clipping through terrain.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Rune Juice and gold boxes taking damage after being opened. [/p]
• [p]Fixed Wolff's Law not scaling properly.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Boss’ spawning immunity totems outside the boss arena.[/p]
• [p]Fixed final boss saying overlapping dialogue lines. [/p]
• [p]Fixed crossbow reload time not being impacted by super high attack speed.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Strongbow hits not working correctly when point blank aiming down at a Slime while at low FPS.[/p]

[p][/p][p]If your LORT lasts longer than 12 hours a day, see a doctor for a high five. [/p]