Demo Update v.0.1.13 - “Walls, Rerolls, and 28 Songs of Chaos”

Highlights

• Elites behave. Their skills no longer spawn outside the arena; everything spawns inside walls like a law-abiding void creature.
• Reroll is in. Don’t like your upgrade options? Reroll right there in-run.
• Rarity is in. In-game upgrades now have rarity tiers with tuned weights—especially for Attack Power and Attack Speed.

Performance (a.k.a. the Big Chill)

• Ward Totem optimized; no more stutters when it lands.
• Corruption Trail / Radiant Trail refactored; heavy moments are smooth.
• Separation logic tuned for large crowds; CPU bonfires extinguished.

Audio & Music

• The run music was a lullaby. So we added ~28 dynamic tracks that rotate every run, plus 11 menu tracks that shuffle outside runs. Every session sounds fresh.

UX & Quality of Life

• Dash cooldown display bug after “cooldown down” effects—fixed.
• Reroll keyboard & gamepad placeholders—added, so you always know the inputs.
• “Having a bug? Reset the game” button—added for quick recoveries.
• ESC after win/lose now returns you cleanly (no more accidental pause tries).
• Critical hits got a shiny icon. Crunch meets clarity. Next updates will have critical hit chance and damage.
• Flask count is now 3. Also, Flask Cooldown Reduction was removed to keep resource timing crisp.
• Disclaimer & Ancient Bestiary open/close skip bugs—fixed.

Systems & Rewards

• Boss & Elite rewards: 2x XP and refreshed drop tables. Risk up, reward up.
• Main Upgrade early unlocks are now achievement-gated (earn it, keep it).
• Main Upgrade costs are higher; economy pacing is cleaner.
• Per-level scaling: previous +2% felt stingy, so we moved to +4% for better early-mid momentum—tempered by the new rarity weights to avoid late-game overflow.

Language & Text

• Percentage (%) formatting standardized across languages.
• In-game tooltips now update properly when you switch language.
• German pass completed. Umlauts are happy.

Lore & Collection

• Ancient Book/Bestiary added: enemies show as GIFs in-game; when new entries unlock, you’ll see a “Bestiary updated” toast on the right side. Knowledge is power (and cosmetics).
• itch.io demo is now live. Another doorway to the temple—mind the gravity.

TL;DR Patch Notes (one breath)

• Bugfix: Elites spawn inside walls
• Upgrade screen animations
• Reroll added
• Rarity added (AP/AS weights tuned)
• Ward Totem perf
• Corruption/Radiant Trail perf
• Separation perf
• Dash CD UI fix
• Reroll & gamepad placeholders
• “Reset game” button
• ESC exits end screens properly
• Crit icon
• Flask = 3, Flask CD reduction removed
• Boss/Elite = 2× XP + new drops
• Main Upgrade early unlocks via achievements
• Main Upgrade costs increased
• Per-level scaling to +4% with rarity balancing
• % formatting standardized
• Tooltips refresh on language change
• German localization pass
• Bestiary with GIFs + update toast
• itch.io demo live

That’s the batch! Try a few runs, abuse the reroll (responsibly), and tell us how the new music mix and rarity curve feel in the wild.

Guard the light. Bend the shadow.