After the madness of the launch weekend it's time for me to get back into a proper rhythm. And to that end I've scoured my emails, the forums and Discord today looking for bug reports. Many thanks to everyone that reported something with special mentions to anyone who provided screenshots or log files. This is the best way to help me quickly find, reproduce and fix a problem.

Patching the bugs

That said, there's already a patch in the works: Version 1.00.004 will address a number of issues I've seen crop up. Here's the changelog: CHANGELOG

Game fails a bit more gracefully when a save game was corrupted: Now tries to load the backup save if it can.
Stunned followers directly destroyed (cull the strong, neural shiv etc.) no longer trigger an error when trying to un-stun them
Double clicking the "end combat" button in the combat results no longer causes a crash
Pressing ESC while while in the "show battlefield" mode during Mulligan Phase no longer locks you out
Putting units down quickly while a unit is auto-spawned could make one of the units vanish.
"Stubborn" no longer triggers twice on units that are both damaged AND exhausted.
"Bodhisattva" no longer shuffles enemy units into the deck but returns them to the hand, as expected, as well.
"Dynamo" no longer triggers on Convoy cards as well
"Quick Charge" status effect now triggers properly
"Hard Impact" now properly uses Attack 6+ as condition (used to use Cost 6+ by mistake)
Blackout properly resets CanAttack/CanMove states. Followers can attack and move. Obstacles and Constructs can not.
"Stop Levelling" achievement now unlocks properly: Was erroneously limited to the Banshee class
"Fatality" achivement now unlocks properly: Incidentally overkill damage is now also properly displayed on the enemy leader.
Speaker's Circle Hope option now is properly accessible if you have enough hope
Steam Leaderboards now displayed even if you have not submitted a score that day
Steam Leaderboard also displays more scores at once now (top 100 if no score submitted, +/- 50 around your position if score submitted)
Event: Convoy Thief, showing mercy no longer kills the follower
Discord link from the "About the Game" popup works again
Action Log text alignment fixed (vertically centered)
Various typos and text issues addressed (for example the double colon in the boss hint on the map decision screen)

This is a pretty good list for a day, if you ask me. However this version is not yet available because I want it to see some testing before I put it live for everyone. Just to be sure it breaks nothing else. If you want to give it a spin though, you can right click on the game in your library and select the PREVIEW branch to get access. There's no password or anything so go right ahead. In fact this branch will come handy for the next steps:

Next Steps: Boss Balancing

So, I've mentioned yesterday that I will take a closer look at the bosses. I will start doing so right away tomorrow (unless something strange catches fire). My current plans are to make sure all the bosses are on a more event footing. A few of them are clear peaks in the difficulty curve, especially at the beginning of the game when you don't yet have a well-tuned deck. To that end I plan to restrict the status effects a bit and also reduce the synergy in the enemy decks, especially on the lower levels. My plan (as said, if nothing suddenly explodes) is to do the first draft of changes tomorrow and then also make those available into the above-mentioned PREVIEW branch so you folks can give them a spin right away. Also, if you haven't already, please fill out the online form! It will help me better gauge the difficutly of the bosses and my potential solutions!

[ 2019-07-22 14:59:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Nowhere Prophet
Sharkbomb Studios

Developer

Sharkbomb Studios

Publisher

Q2 2018

Release

Strategy RPG Singleplayer

These features make Nowhere Prophet stand out

Card-based tactical combat system
Randomly generated maps and events
Two decks to build: Followers and Leader!
Unlock new content across multiple playthroughs
Stunning and confident art style
A fresh non-western post-apocalyptic world
Indian infused electronica soundtrack

A roguelike deck-building game

Nowhere Prophet is a single player card game with procedurally generated maps, a high difficulty and permadeath. At it's heart are two distinct parts of gameplay: Travel and combat.

TRAVEL
During travel you navigate across a procedurally generated map. Make sure your convoy has enough resources to travel as you pick your route. On your journey you will encounter strange places and even stranger people. You will be thrust into situations that put the fate of your followers in your hands.

If you're lucky enough to gain some rewards, maybe for helping someone - or robbing them, then you can invest those to improve your decks. Recruit more followers to have more and different units to put into battle. Equip your prophet or level up and learn new skills to have access to stronger action cards in combat.

COMBAT
You will have to overcome some enemies to keep your convoy and resources together. And sometimes you may even want to pick a fight for righteousness or just for loot. Once in battle the game changes to the turn-based card game mode.

Play convoy cards to put your followers onto the field and position them so you can overcome your enemy. Or play action cards to dramatically change the battlefield. But be careful: If you're wounded you will have to find a safe place to heal. And if one of your followers takes too many wounds, they are lost forever.

A science-fiction post-apocalypse

Nowhere Prophet is set on a far off planet called Soma. Your story begins many years after the Crash, a complete technological collapse. Civilization has broken down and the lack of resources made everyone turn either bandit or madman.

In this world inspired by Indian culture you lead a convoy of outcastes. These desperate men and woman following your vision of a better future. Under your guidance they travel with you through the wastelands. Your goal is the Crypt, a mystical place that promises untainted technology and safety.

If you can survive long enough to find it.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: 2 GHzMemory: 4096 MB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 4096 MB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Storage: 1 GB available space

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