Hello everyone! Today we are releasing a new version of Into The Grid's combat prototype. If you want to give it a try, request access today using the button on the game's page!
Let's jump right into it!

NEWS & CHANGES

MAJOR

Onboarding v1

• Basic concepts are explained during the game in predefined sequences or triggered by specific actions.

New Run Structure

• Start with a base non-archetypical deck.
• More combats, new cards, and new enemies.
• Enemies are divided into Tiers and get more difficult as combats progress.
• Card rarity in rewards depends on the enemys Tier.

Protected mechanic rework

• The Protected status now increases the Buffer generated instead of modifying the incoming damage.
• Theres no cap to the amount of Protected that can be stacked.

MINOR

• Added a Commands label in the main UI.

• Tooltips are now visible in the Enemy Intent.

• Tooltips for the cards are now visible in the deck views (Repository, Recycler, and Decompiled Stack).
• Cards get bigger when hovering over them in the deck views (Repository, Recycler, and Decompiled Stack).

• Enemies will now display a name to identify them when providing feedback.
• END TURN button will show a proper text when there are no more valid plays to perform.
• Current battle number and remaining battle number is visible now.
• Buffer and TEMP VIM counters will hide when they are at 0.
• Status icons for both the player and the enemy are bigger.
• Added animations to the icons when receiving or applying status effects.
• Added icons to different sections of the UI (Buffer, VIM, TEMP VIM).

FIXES

• Fun Guys now gives 1 TEMP VIM instead of 7 (sorry not sorry!)
• Several card texts have been improved.
• The players Integrity bar will get back to the original color after Buffer is reset each round.
• The game wont freeze on the loading screen when trying to start a new run.
• After picking (or skipping) a reward card the game moves to the next battle directly.
• Fixed a bug where multiple cards could be added by fast-clicking in the reward screen.

KNOWN ISSUES

COMMANDS

• Killing an ICE with IGNITION PROTOCOL by activating DIG Command creates a UI overlap.
• Sometimes DIG wont allow to discard some cards.
• After using OPTIMIZE cards remain greyed-out but still playable.
• Cost of cards affected by OPTIMIZE remains green-colored even after returning to regular value.
• Sometimes OPTIMIZE won't affect any card.
• Turn can be ended when hiding the Repo view during the resolution of a command (i.e. EXECUTE).
• Sometimes Command icons are highlighted even if the player doesn't have enough VIM to activate them if TEM VIM was gained the previous turn.
• EXECUTE can be triggered with no cards in Repo, spending VIM for no effect.

CARDS

• DATA DRAIN is giving buffer even if damage is partially or totally blocked by BUFFER.
• APEX CODESLASH sometimes miscalculates its damage.
• PUNK'S GIFT won't allow to decompile some cards.
• PUNK'S GIFT may sometimes not show the interface to select a card to decompile.

GENERAL

• Clock bonus from ICE subroutine is carried over into the next battle.
• Sometimes the player will draw fewer than 5 cards.
• Sometimes cards played or discarded won't end up in the Recycler nor in the Decompiled Stack.