Hi People, I have a biig update for you - currently on the beta branch. It adds some new content and three new mechanisms which hopefully will make the game more interesting, varied with a little more control if you know what you are doing:).

Brokbrog, the giant from Hythe

You will finally have a reason to visit him. Brokbrog can eat any kind of item and in some cases he will spit something out afterwards. For example, if you feed him any 2 rings he will probably spit out a new random ring. There are a bunch of such combinations right now with more to come.

Soul essence

Some of the bosses will drop their essence which will allow you to craft some items at Hythe. Those items are always the same. If this idea works out well I will have all bosses give essence and have their respective items that you can craft. The items are quite specific in what they do, so there won't be clear "always need to craft it" candidates.

Bottle Knight update

Now you can give items to bottle knight! He will wield any weapon you give him, and wear any armor (or jewelry) that you give him. He will also use any items that you give to him. This creates an additional layer of item combinations and synergies between yourself and the bottle knight. As a consequence his base armor and resists were slightly reduced. Another change is that the bottle knight will pick up some items by himself if he thinks they are better than what he has - however you can always ask him to give them back.

Other changes

New content

• new special type of potions - grant you permanent buffs, at a cost
• a bunch of new items

Changes in existing content

• Grand Executioner level and fight slight rework
• Calven Duning fight slight rework
• Some enemies will pick up items

QoL changes

• alt-tab will not force the game to revert to windowed mode
• all rings, amulets and wands will have icon in the inventory - similiar to potions and scrolls - so that is easier to recognize them in the inventory
• improved the visibility of item counts in inventory for stackable items
• you can enable/disable chat sounds in in-game menu
• you can enable/disable borderless mode in in-game menu
• some clean up in text messages

Balance changes

• slightly more drops on easy and normal difficulty on early levels
• slightly more drops in early levels and slightly less drops later
• bottle knight will last much longer before disappearing and he can also follow you between areas
• Butchered convicts will now explode also on death

Bug fixes

• bug fix for some messages in tutorial not disappearing
• fixed duplicating item glitch when having 2 stacks with the same cursed/uncursed/blessed status
• axe attack - swap places will move you even if you kill enemy
• added some missing sound effects

Hope you have fun:) Bartek