Another day, another update.

Sharpening the AI
I've spent today tweaking the AI some more to make sure it makes better decision and plays more effectively again. The bug I fixed yesterday did a lot to un-stupid the AI and this one should help it find good plays more reliably and a tad quicker even.

I might push up the number of iterations up a bit to make it slower again but give it more time to think in turn.

So far I'm pretty happy with the improvements as the AI seems to make a lot, lot, LOT fewer ridiculous mistakes. However unfortunately that also makes the game a bunch harder which in turn invalidates a bunch of the balancing tweaks I did before the launch.

So my next steps, before this update can roll out to all players, are to push the difficulty down a bit again. I'll have to think about how to best do that.

New version
In the meantime, here's the changes compared to yesterday's PREVIEW version:

[quote=changelog]
Balancing

AI decision system improved and more responsive to prioritization and unit positioning
Scion Bloodhand deck adjusted: Fewer charge followers in early maps
Scion High Priest deck adjusted: Only one Bodhisattva, no more danger of cycling them constantly

Bugfixes

Restarting game after loading a game no longer throws save game error
Crypt Knowledge follow up events can no show up in the Crypt (no stars crashed into the Crypt)[/quote]

If you do play on PREVIEW, please provide feedback on the AI and difficulty in general. I'd love to hear about your experience!


< How to change to the Steam PREVIEW branch to play the new v1.00.008.

A tiny fix
Also, in regards to the AI bug from yesterday, here's the lines of code I had to change to fix it. Such a tiny change leading to a cascading issue in the evaluation and a clearly stupider AI.



I hope you're still enjoying the game. I'm looking forward to rolling out these changes to the wider player base! Thank you for reading and playing!

See you all tomorrow,
- Martin