Spellcaster University News

A new update focused on crash resolution. We are also starting to add content and make finer balancing adjustments. We are also working on feedback and game clarity, especially with regard to quests.

• New : the Aquarium card is now available for the Alchemy deck
  
• New : the Pegasus card is now available for the Ligth deck
  
• New : validating a quest now show a dialog to confirm your success
  

• Balance : students do a bit less trouble
  
• Balance : guidance counsellor bonus to learning boosted
  
• Balance : psychologist is now far stronger, giving a buff to student immunizing them to sanity lost
  

• Fix : fix crashs on start of new levels (depends of CPU speed)
  
• Fix : stats buttons for magic now working on all level
  
• Fix : golem manufacter no more said to be permanent
  
• Fix : needs values rounded to one decimal place
  
• Fix : cauldron menu no more activable during events
  
• Fix : no more autosave when game is ended
  
• Fix : no more stuck on tuto in desert level
  
• Fix : Sacred Aureole text now correctly formated
  
• Fix : removed "Tool tip missing !" on stats book
  
• Fix : stats book now keep its aspect on all resolutions
  
• Fix : language confirmation now keep its aspect on all resolutions
  
• Fix : remove a specific crash on volcano map
  
• Fix : Demonic tapestry now learn demonology as expected (no necromancy)
  
• Fix : fix a bug showing dustbin when clicking last card of your hand
  
• Fix : fix a very specific crash on on the main menu for few GPU
  
• Fix : bastion text on the desert map now correctly centered
  
• Fix : events destroying a specific card are now working as expected
  
• Fix : interdimensional room artifact slot now has the good rotation
  

This update focuses mainly on the character navigation system. We are aware that not all problems will disappear, but the gaming experience should be much more satisfying. We have rewritten a large part of the character code for this purpose, which will make it easier for us to improve AI later on. Thanks for all your useful feedbacks !

• New : complete overhaul of the navigation system
  
• New : new basic tutorial
  
• New : new color and animation for stars (showing quest advancement)
  
• New : possibility to remove old saved games
  

• Balance : once you validate a quest, you can't lose it anymore
  
• Balance : insults between students are less damaging for sanity
  
• Balance : students negative traits are less damaging for sanity
  

• Fix : stucked students and teachers in gates
  
• Fix : on most config, the final quest does not show twice on last level
  
• Fix : elementalist dojo french text now correctly formated
  
• Fix : condition text on students number fixed (like in the final quest)
  
• Fix : renamed bad trait for the young women teacher
  
• Fix : fix a bug where some saved game with specific encoding could not be loaded (and block loading of other saved game)
  
• Fix : typos
  

This update is still focused on bug resolution. This is a new step towards stabilizing Spellcaster University. A number of crashes have been resolved, backups are more stable, and a handful of travel issues have been resolved. But there is still a lot of work to be done. Thank you for your many feedback!

• New : loading screen after cinematic (smoothier transition to main menu, remove some starting crashes)
  

• Balance : "Village Mage" give more mana
  
• Balance : first level in a magic is a bit easier to gain
  
• Balance : "Bed of Repentance" effect is stronger
  
• Balance : "Magical Hat" effect is weaker
  
• Balance : "Lessons prepared" boost is much stronger (25% to 35% boost)
  

• Fix : remove crashes when loading saved game with ennemies on the scene
  
• Fix : remove a crash on start menu
  
• Fix : remove a crash during the end of a level (when recruiting students)
  
• Fix : remove endless looping teacher between rooms
  
• Fix : remove a crash on some mac configs when events fire
  
• Fix : sound and music options are now saved from one session to another
  
• Fix : "Scale" artifact now working correctly
  
• Fix : dialog options needing a specific card are fixed
  
• Fix : endless mode no more removed by save
  
• Fix : slider of adventurers guild now correctly updated
  
• Fix : instability when loading/starting many games during the same session
  
• Fix : remove a crash caused by night lighting
  
• Fix : text now in english in house list menu
  
• Fix : buttons to select magic to show in stats book now working correctly
  

• Minor Fix : "Psychologist" flavour text is now correctly in english (not always french)
  
• Minor fix : Village Mage no more "Permanent"
  
• Minor fix : Closing panel sound more responsive
  
• Minor fix : No more double click sound when starting game
  
• Minor fix : end game button is now fully clickable
  
• Minor fix : basic house dress color is now brown
  
• Minor fix : smoothier video effect on cristal ball for events
  
• Minor fix : typos on tooltips
  

Greetings dear magicians. We are actively working to address the various bugs discovered at the early access release. This first patch offers some fixes, but this is only the beginning. The main change should reduce the number of crashes on most configurations. Other more important fix are in progress.

• New : Early Access window showing latest changes
  
• New : autosave system every year
  

• Fix : huge improvement of performances on long game (by removing memory leak on textures)
  
• Fix : far less crash to desktop caused by memory leak on most configs
  
• Fix : tooltips no more offscreen
  
• Fix : speed of flashing of the zones on the regional map in low quality
  
• Fix : put component in dustbin close potion panel
  
• Fix : wizard hat effect now correct
  
• Fix : terrarium position is nicer
  
• Fix : elementalist dojo now give the right amount of mana, and train only in elementalism
  

And here we are, it's Spellcaster University's early access release! There is still work to do, the game will evolve further thanks to your feedback. There are still some finishing touches to be done. But we will be active, we plan to publish an update every one or two weeks (depending on whether it is a bug or content update). If you are in an adventurous mood, come and join us!