Patch Note 0.3.0 (beta)

You can now test the reworked shop in this patch. Since it's a beta version, there may be many bugs or placeholder texts included. (How to Participate in the Beta Branch) For save data that hasn't completed the tutorial in the previous version, conflicts may occur, so we recommend testing for users who have completed the tutorial. This test version intentionally excludes all other update elements except those directly related to the shop. Therefore, some items that may confuse you are temporarily disabled.

Why is shop rework necessary?

Basically, the existing shop overwhelmed new players with too many choices, leading to confusion. Also, there was an inherent problem where the game's depth decreased despite the increased burden on the player, because there were actually fewer meaningful choices in the existing shop. Therefore, the structure of the shop was completely redesigned.

How was it reworked?

1. The goals of the revamped shop are primarily threefold:

First, we aim for new players not to be overwhelmed by too many choices offered in the game and to naturally concentrate on the game. Second, compared to the previous version's shop, we hope to be able to choose where to focus. For example, in versions prior to 0.2.0, you could always get the necessary elements, but in version 0.3.0, when the shop configuration that suits me appears, you can choose whether to lock the shop, allowing you focus on the necessary elements. Also, with the reduction in reroll prices, it will be much easier to focus on obtaining desired badges, balls, bets, etc., compared to before. In other words, I hope that players will have more control over their strategies. Third, we hope to address the issue of the previous version's shop, where players could attempt desired builds every match. The shop in version 0.3.0 opens up the possibility of trying out new builds by offering discounted items, while at the higher HE, players won't just clear using the preferred build, but rather, balance the initial build based on discounted items, and strategically find supporting items. This direction is aimed at balancing to encourage players to compose their early builds based on discounted items and strategically find supporting items for later stage of the game.

2. Separated the upgrade elements.

By separating the way tokens are strengthened, we've resolved the problem of balancing balls and bets properly, which was difficult in the existing method. (The current state doesn't mean good balance, but it means that it is now structurally possible to adjust the values for each element separately. Compared to the previous version where multiple elements were tied to one upgrade.)

3. Created item tags.

We've adjusted the appearance probability of each item based on the tags attached to the items. For example, items that can only be used in specific situations (e.g., items that give additional scores in pockets 6 and 28) have been modified to have slightly lower appearance probabilities when there is not many pockets 6 and 28. This reduces the probability of items that are overly suitable for specific situations from filling up the shop. But, unless specifically stated otherwise, there won't be an increase in item appearance probability over base value. (Currently, there is an issue where the variety of items feels less than before due to this change, and we plan to address this by quickly adding more items.)

****Added detailed descriptions for upgrades****

Added a feature where you can view detailed descriptions of certain items or token upgrades by pressing the left Shift key. In-game explanations and UI for detailed descriptions, and controller support will be added at official release.

Balance Adjustments:

- Now the shop displays 6 items, and among them, 2 are non-rerollable discounted items that can be purchased at a lower price than the original price. - The reroll price has been reduced to 1 gold. - A loan feature has been added to the shop. When used, you receive 1 gold in that turn, and you must repay 2 gold in the next round. It can be used up to 3 times in one shop turn. - The shop now has predefined layout types, and when rerolling, it will only provide items from the same category. - Each layout can be maintained for the next shop through locking. - Now, the scoring upgrades for tokens and the special abilities upgrades for balls/betting are separated. Typically, the cost for token upgrades, which could previously be 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, has been changed to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. However, token upgrades no longer enhance the abilities of balls or betting. The abilities of balls or betting can now be strengthened by purchasing ball ability upgrade or betting ability upgrade from the shop. Through these enhancements, special abilities can be upgraded up to +3 levels(when not upgraded, it will have a +1 level). - The way of equipping bets to tokens has been reworked, now choosing bets no longer overwrites the existing bets. Now bets are divided into betting types and betting abilities. Betting type determines where to place the bet, (such as color, odd/even, corner, etc), while betting ability refers to enhancing the bet (such as Ice Bet, Gold Bet, Echo Bet, etc). Now, instead of purchasing a single bet combining both type and ability, you can purchase betting types and betting abilities separately. - Each badge now has a tier. Purchasing Unique badges will decrease the probability of other unique badges appearing. Additionally, the starting bonus, the rare item box, has been changed to provide unique badges. Furthermore, each badge is tagged to have different appearance probabilities depending on the situation. Specific tag will be shown in UI with the official update. - The chip gift / point gift / score gift has been added to the shop. Instead of selecting one out of three like a random item box, these gifts immediately provide a randomly selected badge from the corresponding category. These items will no longer appear if you already own at least one item with the corresponding tag.

Ball or Bets Adjustments:

- Multi Balls base point increases from 5,7,10,10,12,15,15 to 5,7,9,11,15,19,25 - Multi Ball rolls 3/4/5 balls at each ability level. - Super Balls base point decreased from 25,40,60,85,115,150,190 to 15,20,25,35,45,55,75 - Super Ball grants 2x/2.5x/3x base point at each ability level. - Repeat Ball ability grants 1/2/3 times repeat at each ability level. - Frozen Ball freeze 9/13/19 pockets at each ability level. - Heart Ball is fragile after 1/3/5 uses at each ability level. - Large Ball has 3/5/7 times the size at each ability level. - Large Ball can now interact with pocket related badges multiple times with one roll. - Pocket Balls base point increases from 5,7,10,10,12,15,15 to 5,7,9,11,15,19,25 - Pocket Ball is fragile after 1/2/3 uses at each ability level. (Will be adjusted later) - Target Ball target 7/5/3 pockets at each ability level. - Wave Balls base point increases 3/6/10 points per roll at each ability level - Gold Bet now retains 1/2/3 times before turning into normal bet at each ability level. - Ice Bet now freeze 6/8/12 nearest pockets at each ability level. - Echo Bet now grants 0.5x/1x/1.5x chips at each ability level. - Flash Bet now grants 2x/2.5x/3x chips at each ability level. - Mirror Bet now grants 1.5x/2x/2.5x chips at each ability level. - Straight Up Bet is now called Straight Bet

Badge Adjustments:

- Badge Rarity is properly added to all badges. (It will be shown in badge description at official patch) - The price of Bailout is adjusted from 9 coins to 11 coins. - The price of The Cavalry is adjusted from 9 coins to 8 coins. Token multiplier changed from 1.5x to 2x. - The threshold for Scrooge decrease has been reduced from 5 gold to 3 gold. - Betsudo provides 90 chips instead of 100. Reduced chip for empty pocket has been reduced from 20 to 15 - Prime Number provides 75 chips instead of 60. - Slot four Discard provides 1 discard instead of 2 discards. - The price of Flash Duration is adjusted from 11 coins to 9 coins. - The price of Longer Echo is adjusted from 10 coins to 9 coins. - The price of Repulsion is adjusted from 5 coins to 7 coins. - The price of Harbinger Ball is adjusted from 5 coins to 9 coins. - The price of SubZero is adjusted from 11 coins to 9 coins. - The price of Wave bet is adjusted from 9 coins to 11 coins. - The price of Aftershock is adjusted from 9 coins to 11 coins. - The price of Ascending Order is adjusted from 9 coins to 11 coins. Token multiplier changed from 0.4x to 0.5x. - The price of Splendor is adjusted from 7 coins to 11 coins. Multiplier changed from 2x to 2.5x. - The price of Growing love is adjusted from 7 coins to 11 coins. Provides 40 points instead of 20. - Get Over Here provides 60 base chips instead of 40. - The price of Prince and The pauper is adjusted from 7 coins to 11 coins. Multiplier changed from 4x to 5x. - Indecisive pocket now records slot changed before buying the badge. - Keep the change now records spending money before buying the badge.

Class Adjustments:

- Tricksters ability now more likely to give special ability of each behavior. (ex) If last bought item is pocket, Pocket Changing ability will be more likely to happen than before. - Now ability granting random badge only proc when last bought item is Badge. You can now control whether you want to gain random badge or not. - Increased overall chance of mark appearing - Free reroll ability grants one more free reroll - Now locking shop also locks mark of trickster

House Edge or Challenge Mode Adjustments:

- Sealing Hipflask now lock only 1 token instead of half of tokens. - Reroll Bellini now increase reroll price 1 coin per reroll at the shop

Feature Addition:

- When at the betting table, the exception of appearance of the highest number of bets only applies to straight to line betting. Now, for all other bets, whenever the number of bets is not equal, the highest number of bets will always be displayed.

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where Indecisive Pocket crashes the game. - Fixed a bug where badges related to the Target ball do not work under certain conditions. - Fixed a bug where the Ice related boss turns a frozen pocket into an unfrozen pocket. - Fixed a bug where the edges were cut off in the shop display.

Known Issues Being Addressed:

- It has been pointed out that changing pockets feels excessively difficult compared to before. We acknowledge that this is a real issue and adjustments are planned - Super Ball and Flash Bets base values do not appear correctly in the UI - Some Bet Ability shows placeholder description. - Certain item shows text out of bound when pressing Shift

[ 2024-05-06 20:53:47 CET ] [ Original post ]