This is nearly the last alpha build! Thanks to lots of people sending me feedback, I feel the game has significantly improved. This build adds on a LOT of improvements; there should be one more big bag of improvements before I can start calling it “beta”.

What’s new in this build?

Crash Fixes

• Fix on level change if you have a faster PC than me!
• The visibility system won’t crash if you restart the game repeatedly.

Visuals

• Fog of War now uses a clamping mechanism on coordinates to avoid nasty flickery effects off of the side of the map.
• Death animations everywhere.

User Interface

• Fix over-scroll passing through on windows - you won’t zoom the map anymore by scrolling with the mouse wheel.
• Hotkeys for consumables are working well.
• Focus control on character creation, so the hotkeys work reliably.
• A new “wait until healed” key, and prompts to wait when you are low on pools.
• Leaderboard membership is a bit more obvious.
• Using a skill and not having the points for it now generates a visual warning.
• Scaling on various windows.
• The mini-map is MUCH easier to read.
• The game/combat log is much better formatted, and now visible once more while playing.

Scrapping

• Enabling auto-scrap no longer automatically scraps consumables for parts.

Balance

• A big pass over baddies means they will almost never one-shot you now.
• Ranged weapons have undergone a complete balance pass.
• Wizards have been re-balanced - they were too easy.

Map Enhancements

• Much better door and light placement in the dungeon levels.
• Ambient light levels are better in the dungeons.

Misc.

• Various AoE spells work better, now.
• Mouse targeting for AoE spells is greatly improved.
• Lots of particle effect improvements.
• Lightning bolts now turn into an explosion if they hit water.
• Fire effects correctly detonate explosives.