Slay the Spire News

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a pleasant holiday season, after a nice break- we're gearing up to release our 4th character.


Is when the 4th character will be in the main branch for PC/Steam!
Ported versions of this content will take a little longer as we merge the content in and have it fully tested.

This adorable X-mas card from /u/gazingforth. Also check out more of the calendar here

The Watcher by /u/slasher_lash

This impressive painting of Apotheosis by /u/Yainegva

Patch Notes

• Speed of various card manipulating actions are now the same and are affected by fast mode (if not before).
  
• Adding a light bulb VFX whenever you play an Insight card.
  

• Title casing fix for Flurry of Blows.
  

• Returning functionality of any number select for grid select screens (auto-confirms when count is reached).
  
• Heartbreaker score bonus no longer appears/calculates for modded Act 4s.
  

• Updates for EPO, ITA, JPN, POL, SPA, UKR, VIE, ZHS.
  
• Updating UKR credits.
  

Happy holidays!

Things are merry and rainy over in Seattle and we're just moving forward with bug fixes and visual flourishes in preparation to release the fourth character.



We've been nominated alongside other great games for Most Innovative Gameplay this year!
If you agree, give us a vote and also be sure to vote in all the other categories, too!


We're going to take a short break- and you should, too!
The next report will be January 3rd, 2020.



We teamed up with the fine folks at The Yetee and we've got some Slay the Spire shirts and pins up for pre-order!


Speaking of excellent community fan art, have you checked out the Slay the Spire subreddit? There's always an influx of art, videos, and Top Quality Memes™.

The Silent by /u/Eduriane

These pixel art slayers by /u/flameblast12

• Eternal One achievement now requires Amethyst & Amethyst+ achievements.
  

• Adding VFX for Watcher Empty cards if the effects trigger.
  
• Adding VFX to Wreathe of Flame card.
  
• Flame Barrier card resolves 0.4s faster in fast mode.
  
• If Follow-Up card effect triggers, there's an additional blue glow VFX + SFX.
  
• When Sanctity card triggers a yellow border effect also appears.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Egg relics now update card rewards in reward screens upon pickup.
  
• Egg relics update card previews on Pandora's Box confirmation screen.
  
• Sneaky Strike glows yellow when the player has discarded a card this turn.
  

• SFX will play if the game is backgrounded now (if the option is on of course).
  
• Slime and Heart enemy SFX no longer play when game is backgrounded.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Fixed double-played Sunder gaining energy twice on Darklings and Awakened One.
  
• Fixed egg relics not upgrading card received from A Note To Yourself.
  
• Fixed Establishment card not reducing cost of cards that cost 0 for turn.
  
• Fixed Establishment not working with Well-Laid Plans and Equilibrium.
  
• Fixed Eviscerate card having the wrong cost when drawn during enemy turn.
  
• Fixed Eviscerate card not setting its cost when generated in combat.
  
• Fixed Omega power vfx appearing on dead enemies.
  
• Fixed Rebound card not working with Strange Spoon relic.
  
• Stasis move from Bronze Automaton's Orbs is now seeded.
  

• Updates for ITA.
  

Greetings,

This week we now have all the card assets for the Watcher in the game!
A surprise trip to The Game Awards, ongoing sickness, and the general holidays has made it a slower week.



Good news however for our console friends, a patch for Switch, PS4, and Xbox should be out now or in the VERY near future, bringing the game version up to V1.1 + some console specific fixes and some features that are a part of the beta! This includes, Bigger text mode, an improved Game Settings screen, and Long Press options for the End Turn button.

For the rest of the patch notes for the V1.1 patch, please see our previous announcement here.



This showdown of the Defect against the Awakened One by "A Plant"

Shrug It Off by u/DaNaDaN5

A Cultist on a skateboard!!! Also, Hyper Light Drifter (left)!! by u/Lordoficewrack

Patch Notes

• Added new Watcher cutscene assets upon completing Act 4.
  
• Adding a portrait for Study card.
  
• Updating Slaver Collar asset + adding an info file to explain how outlines are created.
  
• Updating SFX used during Watcher Act 4 victory scene.
  

• Fixed elites slain scores not showing up properly in Endless mode.
  
• Fixed Watcher victory screen VFX blinking fps dependent.
  

• Updates for DEU.
  

Hey everyone,

We hope everyone's having a good holiday season so far. While still jet lagged and recovering from sickness, we're getting back to work.

The Watcher is nearly complete. Just a few more finishing touches before it's ready for the main branch!


I know you are all very excited about the upcoming mobile version of Slay the Spire. We are too! We've hit a playable version of the game and it's looking great, you'll be able to play the full Slay the Spire experience on your phone very soon. But, we need to do another QA pass this month to ensure things are clean for the mobile launch.

The good news is that thanks to the console ports we completed earlier this year all the difficult engine work is already implemented, so don't expect the unpredictable delays we had earlier this year. We had hoped to get mobile out by the end of the year but development with a custom engine can be a tricky thing. We are close, and will have another status update for you in early 2020.


Watcher content has been translated by the community into the following languages:

• German
  
• Dutch
  
• Esperanto
  
• French
  
• Italian
  
• Korean
  
• Polish
  
• Russian
  
• Spanish
  
• Thai
  
• Vietnamese
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Traditional Chinese
  

Languages which contain missing text (both little or a lot) will only be accessible in the beta branch. These languages are currently:

• Greek
  
• Indonesian
  
• Japanese
  
• Norwegian
  
• Portuguese Brazilian
  
• Serbian (Cyrillic)
  
• Serbian (Latin)
  
• Turkish
  
• Ukrainian
  

As some of these languages are near-complete or high priority translations (Japanese, Turkish, Portuguese Brazilian, Ukrainian), we'd very much like to see these get completed before launch. If you're fluent in both a completed language AND a missing language, come give us a hand at our Discord Server :o!



Slay the Spire playing cards! by /u/MrMulk

The Silent Redesign by Alexandre Coadou

The Ironclad Resting by /u/AzoryKeron

Patch Notes

• Updating asset for Duality relic to match flavor better.
  
• Updating Violet Lotus relic asset to be polished.
  
• Adding a VFX for attacking the Heart when playing the Watcher.
  
• Adding a VFX for Carnage card.
  
• Adding a VFX for Omega power when it deals damage.
  
• Adding SFX for Spit Web attack by Louse enemy.
  
• Adding VFX for Devotion card.
  
• Adding VFX for Flying Sleeves card.
  
• Adding VFX for Through Violence card.
  
• Cloak Clasp relic asset updated.
  
• Creating a VFX for the Watcher's heart victory screen.
  
• Duality relic asset adjustments.
  
• Gremlin Horn relic now has polished art asset.
  
• Mushroom relic asset enlarged + polished.
  
• Oddly Smooth Stone relic gets updated to be smoother + high-res version when clicked.
  
• Updating assets for Golden Eye relic.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Barrage card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Bite card VFX resolves 0.2s faster in fast mode.
  
• Charon's Ashes resolves 0.15s faster per hit in fast mode.
  
• Claw card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Feel No Pain power resolves 0.15s faster per exhaust in fast mode.
  
• Fiend Fire card resolves 0.25s faster and 0.15s faster per card exhausted in fast mode.
  
• Fission card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Healing resolves 0.25s faster in fast mode. Blood Vial resolves 0.5s faster.
  
• Looter death speech bubble before combat end resolves 1.5s faster in fast mode.
  
• Recursion card resolves 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Sneaky Strike card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Talk to the Hand power resolves 0.15s faster per hit in fast mode.
  

• Powers that gain Block at end of turn activate before cards like Burn play themselves.
  

• Fixed Flurry of Blows card typo.
  
• Fixed Unknown keyword being misspelled in French.
  
• Removing 3 unused sound assets.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Adding hand update after card and potion use to fix general card information and glow issues.
  
• Fixed Confusion card not affecting cards reduced by Setup or Forethought.
  
• Fixed Judgement card not bypassing Intangible and Invincible powers.
  
• Fixed Necronomicon not activating on cost-X cards when played from effects (e.g. Mayhem).
  
• Fixed Tantrum card not exhausting when played by Omniscience.
  

• Updates for DEU, DUT, FRA, ITA, SPA, ZHS, ZHT.
  

• Putting back old constructor of GainBlockAction.
  
• Ascension level increments even if you lose on Act 4+ instead of specifically Act 4 as mods may allow higher Acts.
  

Hello!

We've been working on polish this week. Many bugs were fixed while several cards got some visual effects! We also added controller support for some of the features brought in during this beta test.


The team will be out of town next week and Casey will be on vacation (that's me) so there won't be a progress report until December 6th while there may still be some updates to the beta branch.

This incredible fan redesign by Alexandre Coadou

This great rendition of The Silent by The Halret

The Defect by /u/AzoryKeron

Patch Notes

• Adding polished card portrait for Blasphemy.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Deceive Reality.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Deus Ex Machina.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Establishment.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Fear No Evil.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Foreign Influence.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Indignation.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Perseverance.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Pressure Points.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Protect.
  
• Adding polished card portrait for Rushdown.
  
• Cleaning up icon for Heatsinks power.
  
• Updating beta art for Omniscience card.
  
• Updating icon for Master Reality power.
  
• Updating icon for Mental Fortress power.
  
• Adding VFX for Vault card.
  
• Adding VFX for Fasting card.
  
• Adding VFX for Foresight card.
  
• Adding VFX for Pressure Points card.
  
• Adding VFX for Ragnarok card.
  
• Adding VFX for Sanctity card.
  
• Adding VFX for Third Eye card.
  
• Adding VFX for Wallop card.
  
• Pressing 0 - 9 keys in some relic view screens can now play some SFX.
  
• Bag of Marbles relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bag of Preparation relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Become Almighty and Live Forever cards get updated VFX.
  
• Blood Vial relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bowling Bash now plays a special sound if 3 or more enemies are present.
  
• Damaru relic now has a special SFX when opening up the relic popup.
  
• Disabling scrollbar for Potion Lab screen as no scrolling is required.
  
• Lantern relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Mutagenic Strength relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Ninja Scroll relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Nuclear Battery relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Red Mask relic no longer grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• After Image card's Block gain effect resolves 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Catalyst card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Heel Hook card resolves 0.25s faster.
  
• Powers reducing themselves resolve 0.15s faster in fast mode.
  
• Storm of Steel card resolves 0.25s faster.
  

• Fixed controller support for Potion Lab screen.
  
• Utilizing 4:3 offset y in scene render.
  
• Thanks to BDWSSBB for the following:
  
• Fixed Escape Plan gaining Block when card drawn is blocked by No Draw.
  
• Dropkick card now resolves its actions in order of its description.
  
• Fixed cards sometimes glowing even when they cannot be played.
  
• Fixed Entropic Brew filling potions slots with Sozu.
  
• Fixed exiting Divinity from last turn if Damaru makes the player enter Divinity again.
  
• Fixed Fear No Evil + Mental Fortress not gaining Block before Beat of Death.
  
• Fixed Ink Bottle drawing a card when activated by playing Battle Trance or Bullet Time.
  
• Fixed Juggernaut damage not changing targets if original target is dead.
  
• Fixed Mayhem, Havoc, Distilled Chaos, and Omniscience sometimes not playing cards if original target is dead.
  
• Fixed on-enter-room relics activating again when loading post-combat.
  
• Fixed Wave of the Hand removing itself too early for effects like Like Water and Plated Armor.
  
• Heel Hook card now resolves its actions in order of its description.
  
• Transmorgrifier and The Designer transform options are now seeded.
  

• Fixing purple text not working for some languages.
  
• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, SPA, VIE.