Wooden Ocean News

10/2/2021
v6.1 New Game+

New Features:
12 new talents added to talent tree. (these cost more but increase
all stats at a higher efficiency rate than normal)
Additional NPCs added to Undercity. (area is still being made)
Tech now slightly affects bomb damage.
Crime is now connected to the money in your bank. (extreme levels of
crime can actually lead to a negative interest rate)
New Game Plus is now in.

Details to NG+:
NG+ can be accessed after the final boss or in the Northern part of
the safe area in chapter 6.
You keep your level, items, skills, equipment, talents, intelligence,
charisma, and anything related to your ghost town when you NG+.
NG+ can be done up to 3 times. (creating a total of 4 playthroughs)
Elements are reselected at NG+.
Respec costs are reduced by 90% for each NG+.
Difficulty can be reselected at NG+. (romantic can not be chosen)
Enemy tech rate doubles for each NG+.
Construction and research rates triple for each NG+.
Golem and Ghostship construction rates triple for each NG+.
Bank interest rate doubles for each NG+.
Intelligence and charisma double for each NG+.
NG+1 = -90% stats with 20 times the exp gained.
NG+2 = -99% stats with 300 times the exp gained.
NG+3 = -99.9% stats with 5000 times the exp gained.
Bombs do reduced static damage based on NG+.
Anyone who completes new game plus 3 requires mental services.
Anyone who completes new game plus 3 is a god.
Anyone who completes new game plus 3 requires mental services.
Please do not complete new game plus 3. Go outside or something. ffs

Balancing:
EXP thresholds have been placed at levels 200, 250, 300, 400, and 500.
(each threshold is -75% exp gained, except for 500 which is -87.5%)
Skills that use mana as damage now cost 40-60% less mana.
Reduced Scholar from 25% to 20%.

Misc:
Improved candy graphics.
Fixed some minor bugs.

8/29/2021
v6.0.8 Charm

New Features:
Shadow based dark spells can now blind.
Holy spells can now rarely charm. (charmed is 5 turns of
+20% spirit, reduced chance to be targetted, removed
when taken direct damage, and causes the subject to only
attack allies)
Added a new tech door in one of the Island of Sand buildings.

Balancing:
Violet has 25-100% charm protection. (based on hidden
intelligence stat)
Alex has 50% charm protection.
Amelia has 75% charm protection.
Golem and Ghostship are immune to charm.
Blessed doubles chance to be charmed.
Charmed causes severe morale damage.
Fearful halves chance to be charmed.
Terrified doubles chance to be charmed.
Most walls reduce chance to be charmed.
Ice walls now have less effect on holy damage.
Earth and some metal walls now have more effect on holy damage.
Psychic spells can remove or protect against charmed.
Philistine skills can somewhat protect against charmed.
Burning can somewhat protect against charmed.
Drain life and drain mana can now sometimes charm. (higher tiers
do not)
Shadow armor protects against blind.
Slightly increased difficulty to chapter 5. (this 5-10% increase
will ensure no one gets stuck in chapter 6)
Buffed staff skills that use mana as damage by 15-25%.
All party members now take 10% less thread damage.
Reduced stat weight for negative status effects by 10%.
Patience now costs 5 talent points and gives 7.

Misc:
Ancient Knowledge now properly gives +10 to tech level.
Added a cow to temporarily compensate hunting contract 5.
Fixed a repeatable scene in chapter 3.
Fixed some psychological bugs that were helping enemies.

8/12/2021
v6.0.7 Endgame Balancing

New Features:
Finished dungeon East of Blue Heart.
Candy can now be found in chests.
Added a random boss to the first half of chapter 6.
Added a random boss near the end of chapter 5.

Balancing:
Increased player HP growth rate by 10%.
All party members now take 10% less gravity damage.
Further increased difficulty of chapter 5.
Slightly lowered difficulty to first half of chapter 6.
Increased candy drop rate from end game enemies by 10-200%.
Bitter Candy now gives +3 health instead of +2.
Removed gold costs to candy.

Misc:
Fixed a boss encounter in chapter 6 from being skipable.
Fixed enemy tech rate from going negative.
Fixed some Miguel dialog.
Blacksmith now properly displays realism shard cost.
Removed All Around Incident from Blacksmith.

8/9/2021
v6.0.6 Hotfix

New Features:
New dungeon added East of Blue Heart. (this place is
still in development but is currently beatable, allowing
the tower above it to be destroyed easier in naval combat)
Staff spells can now stagger, knockdown, and flinch.
Mana Stick and Mana Branch added to Blacksmith.
Added three new tracks for true last boss. (first may be
further worked on and turned into the normal battle music)
Added one new track for new area.

Balancing:
Increased difficulty of chapter 5.
Slightly lowered difficulty to first half of chapter 6.
Balance secretly gives 75% stagger resistance.
Balance secretly gives 50% knockdown resistance.
Imperfect Balance secretly gives 50% stagger resistance.
Imperfect Balance secretly gives 25% knockdown resistance.
Morphing Sticks now also give +10% mana.
Morphing Branches now also give +20% mana.
Increased difficulty and random loot to Temple Sanctum.
Slightly increased difficulty and random loot to Lost Heart.
Slightly increased difficulty to a few mid game PoBs.
Slightly buffed some of the unique accessories from dungeons.
Enemies are now 20% more confident outside of battle.
Enemy confidence is now affected by your military strength.

Misc:
Removed barrier of entry into chapter 6. (chapter 7, which will
come out most likely in June 2022, will become the new barrier
of entry for future chapters)

8/6/2021
v6.0.5 Health and Damage

New Features:
Everything now takes additional damage based on missing health. (the
formulas for this involves multiple stats, with defense primarily
affecting physical, and spirit primarily affecting magical)
Bombs can now stagger and flinch.

Balancing:
Halved natural HP regeneration for all party members.
Halved steps needed to heal outside of battle.
Increased HP growth rate for party members by 50%.
Increased golem health by 50%.
Increased ghostship health by 50%.
Reduced healing of wind spells by 20%.
Reduced healing of holy spells by 10-15%.
Doubled base healing of healing potions. (percentage portion reduced
from 25 to 20)
Increased base damage of bombs by 20%.