What's New

• Fixed a critical lobby bug that kept players from being able to play together in the official server
• CPU logic improvements
• Reduced starting renown reward to 2000 (down from 10000), due to giving too much at the start
• Replaced Booster Box with 3 Card Pack Bundle
• Added Lan Discoverability to local lobbies
• Added Profile Sync to profile menu, so that players can sync their non-steam saves between devices

Card Balance Changes

• Changed Whispering Book to trigger once per turn but affect all essences
• Changed The Shadow's cost to 6 (up from 4)
• Changed Cursed Beast to 2/2 (down from 2/4) and it no longer has Tactician
• Changed Darkness Lookout to 1/4 (from 3/2)
• Changed Enrage to buff attack only and based on half the Passion essence
• Changed Crustacean Celebration and Golem Factory to require 1 mana to trigger at end of turn
• Changed Crustacean Recruit to summon a crab token when entering the field
• Changed Numbing Sphere to 3-cost and 1-justice 2-darkness (down from 4-cost 2-justice 2-darkness), and added draw on enter the field
• Changed Struggle darkness cost to 1 (down from 2) and added draw on enter the field
• Changed Parched Hound to trigger from hero heals instead of everything
• Changed Lireziel, Fledgling Adventurer to trigger from opposing followers and to no longer have tactician
• Changed Chains darkness cost to 2 (up from 1)
• Changed Enfeeble darkness cost to 1 (down from 2)

A new major update for Fairtravel Battle is finally out!

Major Changes

• Brand new battle soundtrack by crisp!
• French language!
• Improved mod setup experience!
• Big fixes to Steam Lobbies!
• Accessibility improvements!
• 36 new avatars!
• 23 new card backs!
• 27 new playmats!

Card Changes

• Added missing Adventurer tags to Anthe, Hon Sweetperson, and Shadow Assassin
• Lifestream Ritual now heals both the follower and the hero
• Justice Core was changed to "3 [COST], Exhaust: Give target follower +X/+X until end of turn, then summon a [JUSTICE] 1/1 Guardian Soldier follower token with Guardian, where X equals half your [JUSTICE] rounded down.
• Darkness Core was changed to "3 [COST], Exhaust: Give target follower -X/-X until end of turn, then summon a [DARKNESS] 2/2 Undead follower token, where X equals half your [DARKNESS] rounded down.

Improved mod setup experience

• Added support for modding with loose audio files (wav, mp3, ogg)
• Added support for mod file picking and for unzipping zip files

Accessibility improvements

• Added animation multiplier setting
• Reduced motion is now finalized
• Added team text coloring to in-game player names
• You can now skip most animations by clicking (card previews, turn message, player defeat)
• Added settings button to the onboarding sequence

Full patch notes

• Added missing Adventurer tags to Anthe, Hon Sweetperson, and Shadow Assassin
• Lifestream Ritual now heals both the follower and the hero
• Justice Core was changed to "3 [COST], Exhaust: Give target follower +X/+X until end of turn, then summon a [JUSTICE] 1/1 Guardian Soldier follower token with Guardian, where X equals half your [JUSTICE] rounded down.
• Darkness Core was changed to "3 [COST], Exhaust: Give target follower -X/-X until end of turn, then summon a [DARKNESS] 2/2 Undead follower token, where X equals half your [DARKNESS] rounded down.
• Added support for modding with loose audio files (wav, mp3, ogg)
• Fixed scroll sensitivity in the shop
• Fixed Raging Phoenix not triggering from resurrecting an elemental with Varlari Necromancer
• Adjusted multi move animation sound to be less overwhelming on big moves
• Removed Dina (Barrel) card style
• Fixed demo intro not respecting the local language
• Fixed several networking issues with steam lobbies
• You can now customize the hero for readonly decks
• Modded decks can now be successfully share with non-modded players as long as only the hero becomes an invalid card
• Copy-Pasting custom game modes and decks no longer requires the clipboard to change
• Added support for mod file picking and for unzipping zip files
• Fixed avatar picker on rewards screen not being in sync and not picking correctly
• Card pack card previews now properly zoom into the card style you got
• Changed Steam Lobby into its own lobby mode
• Added concede confirmation prompt
• Onboarding messages can now be advanced by clicking anywhere on the screen
• Fixed Shadow Assassin's 2nd ability never being selectable in some cases
• Added team text coloring to in-game player names
• You can now skip most animations by clicking (card previews, turn message, player defeat)
• Added animation multiplier setting
• Fixed Explorer multiplayer not setting player names and avatars
• Re-added Player is CPU game mode setting
• Picking a hero now shows the full hero card instead of the field image
• Added French translation
• Updated font for headers/titles due to localization issues
• Added settings button to the onboarding sequence
• Improved shop product preview screen
• Updated in-game player avatars

Portuguese Language added!

Card Changes

• Updated Dina Hero field art to be less zoomed in
• Changed Justice Core's effect to "3 COST, Exhaust: Put X + 1 +1/+1 counters on target follower, then draw a card."
• Adjusted Hon Sweetperson's targeting to no longer have restrictions
• Full Art card styles now remove most reminders from the card text so the art is more visible
• Simplified rules text to make it nicer to read and simpler
• Disabled Ranged from Flame Master (was accidentally set)
• Changed Darkness Sword to always return if you don't control a weapon, rather than ask every time you destroy a follower
• Fixed Empowered Fire Ball having two play modes
• Changed "Follower - Token" to "Token Follower - "
• Renamed Lireziel Denizen, Adventurer-in-training into Lireziel Denizen, Fledgling Adventurer
• Renamed Dark Hunter to Darkness Hunter
• Renamed Dark Lookout into Darkness Lookout
• Changed Grip of Darkness into Dark Grip
• Changed A Dark Past to calculate its trigger since the player's last turn
• Changed Darkness Core to also draw in addition to its effect, like Justice Core
• Renamed To The General Store into Let's Get Some Geqar
• Changed Redan Thief to choose a target to discard on deploy rather than when hitting the first time
• Changed Thulari Mercenary's effect to "This gets +1/+1 for each Lari you control"
• Changed "restore health" to "heal" to simplify clarity in rules
• Clarified Siphon Essence's healing effect

Other Changes

• Fixed pack indicator in lobby screen going over the deck customization screens
• Added interaction between +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters (adding one of the other kind will cancel out both)
• Added weekly Booster Box bundle to the shop, to help players who want to complete their collection faster (but at a reasonable rate)
• Fix deck section not resetting its state
• Added New Player rewards
• Fixed resolution handling when having multiple refresh rates
• Added support for debugging translation strings (in launch options: use "--debug-empty-strings" to force empty text to turn into the translation key, use "--debug-all-strings" to force all text into its translation key)
• Fixed missing translations causing a bad state (every text in the game would be the translation key)
• Added shadows to sprites in fullart card style
• Added support for system language to auto select a language when creating a new profile from scratch

Card Changes

• Added card art for Grove Guardian, Dark Lookout, Inviting Soul, Cursed Beast, Grove Tyrant, Plate Chausses, Struggle, Raise Morale, Dina (Hero), Flame Master
• Renamed Flame Master into Flame Elemental
• Changed Flying cards to not be able to attack flying tacticians
• Renamed Impact to Pierce and Quickness to Swift
• Grove Guardian is now a beast elemental (from just elemental)
• Redan Captain is now Unique
• Redan Commander now has 2 health (down from 4) and gives +1/+1 and guardian to other friendly followers

Other Changes

• Removed game over screen from tutorial matches
• Disabled focus camera
• Adjust mass open rarity description to use full words
• Fix first time booting not loading all steam profiles
• Reordered default decks from easier to harder

Today, 22nd july 2024, marks 7 years since Fairtravel Battle started being developed! It's been quite the journey, and we're reaching a very important milestone! Only 14 card arts are missing for the base set (Adventurers of Fairtravel) to be fully art complete! This is a huge milestone, as 1 year ago we were missing over 130 card arts! I can't thank The Pixel Buster enough for all his help this past year, and I can't wait to see how far we can come further! Additionally, I received a physical prototype of the game a few weeks ago, which turned out very well!


Anyway, let's talk about the changes in this update!

Changes

• Added card art for Lifestream Ritual, Nalari Grove Gatherer, Siphon Essence, Soldier Training, Defender's Hammer, Lasher Chestplate, Greatsword of Agility, Nalari Skyseeker, Numbing Sphere, Reinforce the Guard, "Flareo, Aspect of Fury", Golem (that's an entire 12 new card arts!)
• Changed Shadow Assassin's 2nd effect to "This gains evasive until end of turn"
• Disabled Tab shortcut for ending turns
• Improved daily chest reward drops to 1 pack and 50 gold per 5 levels (down from 8 levels)
• Updated mass pack open experience to be simpler
• Simplified foil effect to be less obtrusive
• Optimized card textures to be more performance-efficient, while reducing the game's install size by around 100MB on all platforms and allowing lower end devices to run it better as well
• Renamed Greatsword of Agility to Swiftwind Slasher
• Redesigned team list screen
• Changed the Flying keyword into "Non-flying guardians can't defend from this. Can attack tacticians directly"
• Renamed Evasive to Stealth and Clairvoyance to Scout
• Updated card rules to use symbols when referencing to stat changes and cleaned up rules in general

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Explore not revealing cards properly in multiplayer
• Fixed mulligans not cleaning up properly in dedicated servers due to timeout
• Fixed several issues with Steam Lobbies

Some of the changes in this update have been applied as game data updates in the past, but I'm consolidating everything in this post!

Balance Changes

• Changed Black Market cost to 2 (down from 3)
• Changed Crustacean Recruit to mill 2 (up from 1)
• Changed Grove Tyrant to 7-mana 7/7 (from 5-mana 6/6)
• Changed Sludge Elemental's darkness cost to 2 (down from 3)
• Changed Sludge Elemental's discard effect mana cost to 2 (down from 3)
• Changed Undead Mob's cost to 2 (down from 4)
• Changed Greatsword of Agility to epic rarity
• Changed Warrant to rare rarity
• Changed Flames of Greed cost to 2 (down from 3)
• Changed Enrage, Lifestream Ritual, and Soar to have an additional effect "Last Words - Draw a card"
• Changed Fireball to 1-cost 1-passion and replaced rules text with "Deal 2 damage to target character"
• Changed Lord cycle (Al'Kai, Master Golem, Flame Master, King of Beasts, Master of Undeath) cost to 3 and health to 3
• Renamed Tainted Beast to Cursed Beast
• Changed Necromancer tribe to Varlari Lari and renamed to Varlari Necromancer
• Redesigned Supplies card effect to "Restore 2 health to target follower, then choose one, where X is the damage restored: * Deal X damage to target character; * Put X +1/+1 counters on target follower; * Summon X 1/1 Life beast tokens"

Other Changes

• Updated Sludge Elemental's card art and renamed the card to Slimy
• Added card art for Hunted, Obliterate, Redan Commander, Grove Arms, Master Golem, Redan Mender, Golem Factory, Master of Undeath, Undead Mob, Redan Captain, Redan Fruit Merchant, Purifier's Greatsword, Shadow Assassin, Necromancer
• Fixed booster pack rarity rolls as they were a bit unreliable
• Changed Epic drop chance to 35% (up from 20%)
• Changed Legendary drop chance to 20% (up from 10%)
• Cleaned up rules formatting and other translations
• Fixed Explore not revealing drawn cards
• Added foil effect to flamingo bundle cards
• Fixed UI overlap while doing a prompt that browses a zone
• Added logic to avoid getting mass repeated rares when mass opening packs
• Fix steam lobby display not being correctly aligned or having the right font

Note: Some changes were recently made with a remote game data update, meaning they were already in the game. If you noticed some sudden changes, that's why!

Balance Changes

• Draconic Arbiter is now 4-cost, non-unique, and "Tactician. Opposing cards cost 1 more"
• Draconic Might now only targets followers
• Tainted Beast will only ever summon 1 token each time (was making more in some situations)
• Varlari Vanguard is now named as Urvar, Varlari Vanguard, is a 4-cost 2-passion Unique 2/5 (compared to 5-cost 3-passion non-unique 4/6)
• Updated gold per win to 25 (up from 20)
• Reduced cosmetic costs to 1000 (playmat) and 500 (card back) to compensate for recent card crafting value adjustments (down from 5000 and 300 respectively)

Other Changes

• Added animation to Energy Strike and Lireziel
• Updated keyword attachment icons to be easier to see in-game
• Fixed revealed cards staying revealed after being sent to the deck and drawn
• Easy CPU now uses different calculation formulas to be easier (as currently it was very similar to hard)

Balance Changes

• Enrage now gives +x/+X instead of +X attack
• Explorer's map now costs 2 (up from 1)
• Nurturing Elemental now costs 2 (down from 3)
• Redan Captain now has 5 health (down from 6)
• Rush now costs 1 (down from 2)
• Soaring Elemental now has 2 health (up from 1)
• Soulite Sword now has 3 attack (up from 2)
• Tarin Spellburst's second level up effect is now "Gain untargetable by opponents", and he no longer is untargetable by default
• Treasure Dragon now has an additional effect of "At the end of your turn, ready this"
• Varlari Vanguard now has its effects swapped: first, put +1/+1 on a target on discard. second, deal damage with followers that have +1/+1 counters; third: EOT draw a card then discard a card
• Gold per win changed to 20 (up from 15)
• Updated crafting costs to: Commons: 150 (up from 100), Uncommon: 250 (down from 300); rare: 400 (down from 500), epic: 600 (down from 1200), legendary: 1000 (down from 2000)
• Reduced Explore, Heal Damage, Play daily quest steps to 5

Changes

• Updated collection card zom to show arrows on the card style swaps
• Added mulligan selection visual indicator
• Decks with CPU use disabled show an indicator
• Updated tutorial window arrows to be clearer
• When you open a deck, the collection filters will auto select the essences the deck has
• Modding: Added support for characteristic overrides and disabling some characteristics from being validated by the server
• Added descriptions to reward kinds in reward track
• Fixed generated AI decks to no longer have extra cards
• While building a deck, you can now exceed the deck size limi, but it will be invalid for play unless it has the correct amount of cards
• Updated fullart card styles
• Removed Heal Damage quest
• Fixed bugs with negative attack in combat
• Fixed a bug with redan thief triggering after dealing damage to a follower and surviving
• Adjusted prompt hide/show behaviours to hide buttons too
• Improved resource drop UX
• Updated multiessence sprite
• Fixed Grave Aura buff that was misconfigured

Changes

Balance Changes

• Crustacean Recruit now mills for 1 card (down from 2)
• Redan Commander no longer gives a stat buff and no longer has Tactician
• Redan Captain no longer has Tactician
• Replaced Soldier Training effect with "Friendly followers enter fields with an additional +1/+1 counter"Q

Other changes

• Significantly improved Low Memory mode
• Fixed several rewards track bugs
• Updated reward images for lobbies with rewards

This update attempts to solve some economy balancing issues and improve functionality overall.

Changes

• Increased legendary pack price to 500g, to be more in line with its actual value
• Banned Struggle from Explorer
• Removed most of the alternative default game modes
• Removed all booster box bundles
• Changed gold per win to 15 (down from 25)
• Fixed target prompts submitting immediately when in a prompt with variable targets (like Up To)
• Rebalanced reward track and weekly chest
• Fixed AI Use deck parameter being reset in default decks each run
• Restored lobby rewards for sealed and draft modes
• Added background to prompt text
• Added collection mode dropdown in the collection screen

Changes

• Changed Purifier's Greatsword to 6-cost (up from 4-cost)
• Added support for creating decks with cards you don't own, which can be played by CPU players
• Added support for allowing a deck to be used by the CPU or not
• Fixed a bug with decks with modded heroes not handling the mod being disabled properly
• Fixed a serious bug with daily quests not being updated properly

(Yes, I know there's been a lot of updates! But things are changing rapidly)

Changes

• Updated default decks and increased gold per win to 25 to compensate for the slower new player experience
• Removed summon mana cost for Master Golem and King of Beasts
• Fountain Elemental and Dark Hunter's rules texts have been cleaned up
• Grave Aura only affects friendly discard zones instead of all
• Grove Tyrant is now 6/6 (down from 8/8), and has impact and quickness (instead of only impact)
• Call of Darkness is back on 3-cost (down from 4-cost)
• Tainted Beasts effect now triggers only once per turn
• Several more improvements to AI
• Changed pack rarity code to be simplified and changed pack rarities to rare: 65%; epic: 25%; legendary: 10%
• Possibly fixed a bug regarding timezones and quest resets
• Fixed a bug with cards that have AI essence nudges

Changes

• Many AI improvements
• Adjusted Fountain Elemental and Darkness Hunter to have their effect as "X where X is half your + 1"
• Changed Restoring the Ruins to no longer draw a card
• New profiles now persist profile customization settings
• Reduced requirements for the new daily quests
• Opening a card pack no longer shuffles the pack's cards

Changes

• Added several new daily quests
• Adjusted in-game economy as it is currently too generous and getting a full collection takes less than a week
• Improved collection filtering for multi essence cards to show cards that have at least the essences selected
• Changed Flame Burst to 2-passion (up from 1-passion)
• Changed Satchel activated ability cost to 2 (up from 1)
• Added game configuration data into the game data with additional settings to tweak AI logic
• Fixed loose file modding to properly override files

This update focuses especially on fixing bugs and adding some quality of life (QOL) features.

Changes

• Cleaned up assets to reduce the size of the game considerably
• Added mod manager screen on game settings (so you can load/unload mods at runtime instead of modifying files manually)
• Reworked the game data packaging (updated once you run the game once)
• Updated the starting deck and starting mana for Explorer
• Redone AI logic (but since this is a sensitive area, it might have a lot of issues. Please report any you find! It'd be really helpful!)
• Changed Darkflame Blast to 3 damage (down from 4)
• Corrected Undead Mob's type line to Undead (was accidentally set to elemental but still acted like undead)
• Added card previews on mouse/finger over during mulligan
• Fixed Blacksmith's AI logic to no longer take wrong choices (like giving an enemy a buff)
• Changed confirm prompts game setting to be off by default on new profiles
• Added PC keybind to end turn (tab)
• Added Camera Shake and Reduced Motion accessibility settings (Reduced Motion is a work in progress and will be expanded over time)
• Added improved logic to some effects to handle Unique cards better
• Adjusted Arfactus's AI logic to prioritize followers

Hey everyone! Next monday (25th March), the Steam Deckbuilders Fest starts! Now is the best time to try the game with a limited demo for this event! Fairtravel Battle is a labor of love which I've been working on for almost 7 years now, and it's my attempt at celebrating the trading card game genre! Fairtravel Battle feels truly special to me, with its unique resource system and flexible deckbuilding I've already been able to make over 18 interesting decks! And with its variety of modes I often find new ways to use cards I might otherwise consider too niche. 4 player battles are also really fun, especially when you team up! And Raid is such an awesome mode as well, who doesn't like playing as a mighty dragon? It's a really fun game, and with it being developed in a sustainable way, the full game will not shut down after official support ends, which only gets better thanks to modding support, so you can keep getting new content from the community or making your own! In this demo you can play vs CPU opponents only, and you are limited to the Explorer (deckbuilding), Duel, and Raid (3 vs 1 boss battle) game modes, which should give a good variety! You can even make your own custom rules for each mode! Come give it a try and feel free to share your feedback on the steam forums or on the discord!

FTB will participate in a few events soon, and this update introduces some improvements towards that!

Changes

• Sped up onboarding text speed
• Added sound to move card events
• Attackers now rotate towards their target at the beginning of battles
• Improved battle SFX and animation
• Changed Sealed pack count to 8 (up from 4) to account to adjusted default card pack size
• Added SFX to dragon raid transition animations
• Redesigned Burn default deck
• Added new card pack opening sequence
• Re-added old Dina Hero card skin as a separate card style

Balance Changes

• Dark Lookout is now a 3/2 (down from 4/3), as it felt overtuned for the cost

This update fixes a critical issue with CPU logic that made the CPU barely act.

Changes

• Updated Core card cycle to "X+1" effects
• Restored turn timers in dedicated server matches
• Fixed profile creation on non-windows platforms
• Added duplicate protection to booster packs in duel mode
• Updated main menu and main screen UX
• More cleanup for translations
• Changed default foil intensity to 70%
• Added essence indicators to drafted cards
• Changed Explorer card amount to 5 to better fit Explore mechanic
• Updated card pack images

Balance changes

• Changed Draconic Roar cost to 1 (down from 3)
• Removed summon sickness from Biggest Duel
• Changed Hon Sweetperson's field token copy effect to use the printed cost of the cards instead of their current cost
• Changed Restoring the Ruins to also draw a card alongside its effect

General Changes

• You can now move the camera on 3-4 player battles by moving your mouse to the side of the screen
• Added previews for "X" in card rules
• Added low memory mode
• Updated Onboarding experience
• Updated game icon
• Increased time for Hint Messages and made hints clear when doing a valid move
• Changed Collection % calculation to be based on total card copies as well as unique cards
• Added suggestion for disabling the focus camera
• New Profiles now reset deck cosmetics correctly
• Improved and clarified card rules text

This update has a special focus on making the game and user experience nicer for everyone, and introduces a new logo and default card back!

Main Changes

New Card Back and logo

New Hint System

New Mana Drop UI

Improved card rules

• Rest is now Exhaust, and the Rest icon no longer is used (instead the Exhaust term is used explicitly). The reason for this is that Rest was an awkward term and the more standard term would be Exhaust, and I want the game to be understandable for most players.
• References that specify health now use the health symbol instead. This makes the rules nicer and also shorter to read.
• Some keyword reminders were rewritten to be clearer.
• Once per turn effects have been rewritten to use the "word -> effect" format, to more clearly indicate those effects being once per turn
• The Set Zone was renamed to the Support Zone. This was done because although the name kinda works in english, it becomes a bit confusing to translate to other languages and to explain to other players.

Changed rules on card stats when a card is removed

Full Changes

• Added Strain card art
• Grove Arms now always summons tokens when attacked
• Staff of the Wilds now has 2 attack (up from 1)
• Draconic Shift no longer causes a debuff to opponents
• Added a visual indicator to revealed cards in hand
• Several UI/UX fixes
• Removed timed glow from Support and Quest zones to avoid confusion when a card actually activates
• Changed health calculations when stat buffs are removed to keep cards that just became eligible from being destroyed by state checks
• Updated rules text with simplified terms, icons, and layout
• Added support for summon sickness custom game mode parameter
• Simplified rules text of the Core card cycle
• Added missing keyword reminders from some cards and removed some from more complex cards
• Fixed deck customization not appearing
• Added Hint system
• Added new logo and card back
• Added support for clicking on a label that is part of a checkbox to trigger the checkbox
• Player hands now move when zooming out on 3-4 player battles so you can more easily see each hero's health
• CPU players should act more
• Added retargeting to single target prompts (so you don't need to re-select the target to change to another target)
• Fixed avatar picker to work on both home and rewards screen
• Redesigned control guardians trial deck list
• Rewrote the home tutorial to more clearly explain the game
• Updated Master of Undeath's trigger visual effect
• Improved performance and memory usage of the collection screen and in-game
• Increased UI size on the shop screen

This update brings an updated game economy to improve the pacing of the game experience, as well as several user experience (UX) improvements that overall improve the game quite a bit.

Economy Changes

• Booster Packs now have 5 commons, 3 uncommons, and 2 rare and up cards (meaning rare, epic, or legendary), for a total of 10 cards. This is a considerable reduction from the previous setup (8 commons, 5 uncommons, 4 rare and up, for a total of 17 cards).
• Daily quests have a reduced value of 60 gold (down from 75)
• Gold per win has been increased to 25 (up from 20, based on the survivor index, which means even if you lose you get rewards based on how many players were defeated before you. If 2 players were defeated before you, you gain 50 gold now)
• Removed new profile default quests that would give 5 packs each (you still get 3 quests each day and when creating a new profile)
• Removed new profile pack inventory (you no longer get 5 packs by default)

Other changes

• Added support for duplicating decks
• Added reminders to card rules text with small amount of rules
• Added missing in-game reminders to a few cards
• Adjusted User Experience (UX) for lobbies
• Reordered the game mode categories so it's easier for new players to orient themselves to the main modes
• Attacking during battles with 3 or more players moving the mouse to the slide buttons will cause the camera to move to the other side (so you no longer need to zoom out to attack)
• Added support for modding background music
• Changed Hero Attack/Armor indicators to only appear when relevant
• Added hide/show button when a game zone prompt shows up (such as during Necromancer's effect)
• New Game Profiles created in the profile list will keep the volume settings as the current profile (so if the game is silent in your preferences it won't suddenly have music and sound)
• Fixed an issue with CPU targeting cards where it would target the first card rather than the best card

While debugging strange behaviour for the game as of the latest update, I realized that I accidentally created new code with the same name as an existing code, which was somehow compatible, and was being used without warning, causing several issues. This hotfix fixes that and also adds a small improvement to the pack open experience.

Changes

• Fixed accidental code issue involving removed card events using the wrong code
• Mass Open card packs has received an improved experience that should be clearer and more user friendly

Some players reported some critical issues with the latest update, which have been hopefully fixed in this update. This update also adds a small amount of new content

Changes

• Added Darkness Crossbow and Upgradable Servant card art
• Added Quick Draft Mode, where you pick exactly 30 cards instead of the typical 58
• Added Simple Draft Mode, where you pick among 3 cards until you have exactly 30 cards
• Added support for customizing draft rules
• Fixed tutorials not starting
• Fixed several other bugs

Balance Changes

• Changed The Shadow to have Tactician
• Changed Souls' Eruption cost to 1 (down from 3) and darkness to 3 (up from 2)
• Changed Redan Entertainer cost to 3 (down from 4)
• Changed Shadow Assassin's Level 1 ability to target any character
• Changed Shadow Bird's cost to 3 (down from 4)
• Changed Tainted Beast's cost to 3 (down from 4)
• Changed Treasure Dragon's cost to 5 (down from 6)

Other Changes

• Fixed networking issues on Explorer and Custom Game Modes
• Added new art for Shadows' Call, Souls' Eruption, Overseer Golem, Staff of the Wilds, Watch Tower
• Added Circle Foil and Circle Skull Foil card styles for some darkness cards
• Fixed Battles to calculate damage properly when the attacker/defender changes attack
• Changed CPU decks to use the Mysterious Challenger name and avatar instead of the deck's last used name
• Fixed Collection screen's essence filters to use a proper white circle
• Added missing associated cards to Master Golem, Search for Treasure, and Shadows' Call
• Added missing fullart style to crab tokens
• Moved In-Game FPS counter to the In-Game Settings window
• Reworded team language on card rules to refer to friendly characters instead, as the team language felt clunky

What's New

Custom Game Modes

Full Patch Notes

• Added card art for Guard Patrol, Guardian Soldier, Warrant, Old Friends
• Renamed Draconic raid cards to Empowered
• Cleaned up the UI for the daily quest list
• Cleaned up game resources, which resulted in a considerable reduction of the game size (from ~500MB to ~370)
• Fixed Burn triggering when the player is about to get a game over
• Disabled AI lethal damage logic, which should make the AI be smarter when attacking and dealing damage
• Prevented damage being dealt to players when they're being removed (so a hero doesn't suddenly heal while being defeated, which looked weird)
• Attachments to heroes that were removed now properly get put in the discard pile
• Increased Onboarding text size

A new game data update has just been released. It will be automatically downloaded by the game when you run it.

Changes

• Reduced Set Zone card limit to 10 cards (down from 15)

Why?

This update improves User Experience and adds an improved foil effect

Changes

• Fixed a bug where free card backs weren't unlocked properly
• Added improved foil effect with customizable intensity in the game settings screen
• Updated game settings screen with a new Accessibility tab
• Added more card backs
• Upgrade flamingo bundle to add card backs for each card style unlocked through it
• Added Focus Point playmat
• Improved customization settings for deck editor

Changes

• Increased quest zone to have up to 12 cards (up from 8), and set zone to have up to 15 cards (up from 8), this is under playtest to see how it feels and it might change!
• Added card art for Guild Training and Focus Point
• Added 18 new card backs and 7 new playmats
• Changed several previously purchasable (in-game currency) card backs to become free from the start
• Mastery Track now allows for card backs, playmats, and avatars to be earned
• Reduced playmat cost to 5,000 renown (down from 10,000)
• Fixed UI issue with in-game player displayer (which caused it to be on top of regular UI)

Changes

• 18 new card backs
• 8 new playmats
• Cosmetics now all cost renown (again)
• Booster Boxes can now be bought from bundles on the shop, giving big discounts compared to buying packs separately
• Added Playmat Zone display setting
• Deck Copy system now only asks to paste a deck when you click New Deck
• Online lobbies now default to more than one team (same as CPU lobbies)
• Cores that ask for a target can now be cancelled
• Improved score calculation for hero armor
• Disabled damage limit when exceeding health when dealing non-combat damage

Hello everyone, how've you been? First of all, I'd like to wish you all happy holidays and an amazing new year! As the year is getting closer to ending, I'd like to take this time to talk about how Fairtravel Battle changed this year and where it's heading. Fairtravel Battle had a bit of a turbulent two years, as the game was cancelled back at the end of 2021 but shortly afterwards was revived. That wasn't public until a massive remake update was released, because I didn't want to flop yet again. In simple terms, game development is tough, and circumstances are a big factor in every gamedev's career. I'm happy to say, I have been feeling much better working on FTB, I no longer feel extremely drained most of the time due to my sense of responsibility which made me do huge hours after my full-time job because I had this idea that I just had to keep making updates as fast as possible. Now that my mental health is much better, I should be able to keep developing FTB for quite a while onwards! The remake update was a reimagining of the game, returning it to its origins in a way yet improving every aspect quite a lot. I feel that as the FTB is now, is the best it's ever been, and it's very fun. I play it very regularly and I think I got something special here. This year, a major event happened that means that FTB might actually have a chance to be truly special: The Pixel Buster and I agreed to work together to get proper art for the game, of which over 78 card arts have already been added to the game. This has truly been a blessing, and in a situation like mine when there's barely any budget, it's not unlike winning the lottery: FTB now has a chance to both play and look amazingly! I'm hopeful that FTB will be released in early access next year. Knowing how the past few years have gone though, there most likely will be a lot of obstacles. But, we're getting there! I want to release it only when it's ready. The Steam Playtest will be kept available until then, of course. There have been quite a lot of smaller updates to the Playtest, and due to lack of visibility I'll be posting new update announcements here as well, since it might feel like FTB is barely changing otherwise. I'm truly thankful for the support of each and every one of you. I'd like to request that you wishlist the game if you feel you enjoy it enough to be worthy of such a thing. It really helps, as due to the lack of budget there's also a lack of marketing. Once more, I wish you all happy holidays and an amazing new year!

Fairtravel Battle is back, better than ever!

What's New

• Remade base set with 135 cards with an improved card frame design
• Removed classes and introduced brand new unique resource system
• Redesigned mechanics
• Added new 4-player Raid game mode, where you can play as a raider or a raid boss
• Steam P2P Networking alongside improved multiplayer
• Many UX improvements, bug fixes
• Much more!

Brand new 135-card base set and improved card frame design

Classes are out, new resource system is in

Redesigned Mechanics

• Equipment are now generally called Artifacts since they might not be specifically character equipment
• Permanent Abilities are now called Enchantments, as I felt that the original name felt too clunky.
• Abilities are now called Spells, for the same reasons as Permanent Abilities.
• Standard Heroes no longer have effects, and are more or less just a skin.
• The Set and Quest zones now have a limit of 8 cards. If you want to play another (set zone), you can choose an existing card there to destroy to place the new one.
• Fields are limited to 6 follower cards, and if you need to play another you can choose an existing card there to destroy to place the new one.
• Soaring is now called Flying and has a different effect: A flying card can't be attacked or defended against by non-Flying cards.
• Tactician has been changed to be active while you control non-tactician followers. Meaning the best way to get rid of a tactician is getting rid of their underlings first.
• Drawing from an empty deck causes an instant defeat for that player. This was changed to make the matches more compact.
• Duel and Raid Decks are now 50 cards (down from 60) and Sealed/Draft decks are now 30 cards (down from 40).
• Weapons no longer have a swing cost.

New 4-player raid mode where you can be a raider or a raid boss

Steam P2P Networking and improved multiplayer

And much much more!

What's coming next?

What's New

Development Builds

Printing Test

What else?

Another year goes by, and now Fairtravel Battle is 4 years old! At least, we've been developing it for 4 years now! There's still a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there! So what has changed in the past year?

Last Year's Releases

Version 34

Version 35

Current Year's Developments

What's new?

What's New

What's New

Bundles enter the shop

Introduction

• A improved tool for card effect coding + Automated Testing
• Team Multiplayer

Team Multiplayer

What's New

• Added new multiplayer system
• It's now possible to reconnect during an in-game online match
• Changed default game profile lobby mode to CPU to prevent friction when trying to play
• Added new Card Zone browser when performing deck search effects
• Pack opening has been moved to the Lobby screen when picking a game mode. Packs you purchase can generally be opened in the Duel mode, and temporary packs are more clearly shown in modes such as Sealed and Draft.
• Modding support has been re-enabled
• Added a card pack tutorial in the collection screen and when purchasing packs for the first time
• Quest cards have been renamed to Adventure cards
• Getting disconnected now awards loss rewards
• You now get end-of-game rewards when quitting a match or being disconnected (assuming the minimum reward time has happened)
• Improved Mastery Rewards to more easily show that they're available
• Pack drop chances now appear in the shop
• Removed Soul Crush card (Due to Dark Weaver having two cards that did pretty much the same thing, we decided to cut one out)
• Many fixes and card changes (pictures under this list)

Card Changes

What's Next

After 76 days, the new version of Fairtravel Battle is finally out! This new version massively improves the look and feel of the game, as well as adds new features and ways to play!

What's New

New User Experience (UX)

New In-Game Look

New Game Modes

New Cosmetics

New Hero Powers

New Feature: Weekly Chest

New card arts

New Cards

Other Changes

• Resource actions have swapped places (redraw on the left, gain resources on the right)
• Rewards screen now has a tutorial and rewards should feel more rewarding
• Removed the 5-win/3-loss rewards from all game modes
• Galeran of the Forest is now a 2/2 (down from 3/3)
• Berserking Stampede is now a Dark Weaver ability (instead of Brawler)
• Explore effects now reveal the top 5 cards of your deck instead of the top 3 cards it wants to find, and puts the remaining cards on the bottom of the deck after picking
• Adjusted texture compression, meaning the game is now smaller and looks better

Conclusion

A new Steam feature was announced a couple of weeks ago, called Steam Playtest, which we applied to and have now enabled on the store page! Steam Playtest allows us to get feedback from players for a beta or pre-release version of Fairtravel Battle, without needing to give keys or lose on wishlists. You can sign up to the Playtest, and get instant access to the latest in-development version of FTB! Please note that this does not give you the actual game, you only get access to the Playtest version. So, if you enjoy the game, please add it to your wishlist! It helps us a lot. The playtest will last until around June 2021, when we'll be doing a demo for the Steam Summer Games Festival! We'd really appreciate any feedback you'd like to give. We're looking forward to building this game with the community!

Oh boy, it's already been three years of work on Fairtravel Battle! Over those years, there have been 32 updates to the game. So how much work was done in the last year?

Last Year's Releases

Version 31

Card Styles

Quality of Life improvements and Card Changes

Version 32

New board layout

New main experience

New card types

New Card Frames andclass/faction system

What's coming in the future?

More PVE content

Raid and Team Battles

RPG Mode

Arcade Modes

Steam Summer Games Festival

Printed Cards

Final Words