First of all, we'd like to congratulate youtuber Cornish-Knight for beating the game for the first time. Do yourself a favour and watch this episode, it is super-super-intense. We really enjoyed watching it, and, well, we're not sorry for that guardian :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIL9MG8rQo

Three Updates

We've been busy and sort of silently pushing one update after another without letting you know. So here are the release notes for the last three updates.

There's some great stuff in here, some quality-of-life improvements (a journal filter), improved AI, some user requested options and even an updated version of the menu theme. Enjoy!

1.16.8

New Features:

• Shovel gets more use, but digging is more dangerous.
• Option to switch off the overal parchment texture.
• Crossbows turn black while reloading.

Game Balance:

• Weapon store now stocks bullets, gunpowder, and bombs.
• Improves AI memory and navigation.
• AI keeps slightly more distance.
• Multiple stuns no longer stack, instead the longest time counts.

Bug Fixes:

• Bows and guns no longer fire after dropping in certain conditions.
• Caps the number of spike flowers that can spawn in a level.
• Flasks are returned for all coat types.
• Fixes bug with combining items using a gamepad.
• Hot key to equip a bow works better.
• Fixes crash when throwing items after you died.
• Consumable utility items with hotkeys are not automatically assigned to the offhand. Fixes issue with Blue Dragon not spawning.
• Shuriken equip to the offhand by default.

1.16.7

New Features:

• When game loses focus audio stops.

Game Balance:

• Phantoms are now affected by Blazing Shields and other light magic.
• Weapons go into cooldown after equipping.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes issue with forging meteoric iron.
• A Kriss will not be auto-equipped after throwing a dagger.
• Attacking with weapons on a gamepad unpauses the game/and or closes containers. Items marked as consumables (rations, good potions, scrolls) are never equipped when using a hotkey.

1.16.6

New Features:

• Adds option to filter journal for entries relevant to the current floor.
• Use control to assign a hot key for an offhand item.
• Hot key assignments to utility items are persistent inside and between sessions.
• Enchanted Krisses can be boosted by coating it in blood.
• Updated menu music.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes possible crash with flame type staffs.
• Fixes generation issue where full columns are not replaced (and possibly stand in the way).
• Fixes an issue with chasms being generated on the last floor.