Hi folks,

We just deployed a new version of DemonCrawl! This update includes the 2022 Halloween event, a ton mastery balance changes, several new items and more.

Full patch notes are available below. Enjoy!
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Halloween Event

• Expanded holiday questline with new avatar rewards - 11 missions in total
• Questline avatars from previous Halloween events have been moved to prizeboxes
• 2 additional avatars have been added to Halloween prizeboxes
• When you donate the maximum amount of candy to a stranger, you will receive 10 Tokens instead of 1 for the final donation
• New consumable item: Big Candy - "50% chance to spawn a heart during the next 100 turns."
• New magic item: [TOP SECRET]
• New holiday paint: [CLASSIFIED]
• New mythic emblem: [REDACTED]
• Replaced Options screen music

New Features

• New legendary item: Mana Signet - "Stages have additional Ethereal cells equal to the minimum power. When you complete a stage, gain 50 mana for each visible Ethereal cell." (Designed by Mythic Patron Emberflame )
• New consumable item: Instant Familiar - "Spawn a familiar on target empty cell and pass a turn."
• New consumable item: Evil Container - "Lose all of your omens. Get them back at the start of the next stage."
• Added blueprints for Caliper and Liquid Gold
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
• Added some easter eggs that most players will never notice :)

Balance Changes

• Commander III rework: "Convert your familiars into Instant Familiars."
• Undertaker II rework: "When using Bones, you can target any visible cell without an aura."
• Firefly I rework: "Burning cells do not hurt you. Each stage has burning cells equal to the minimum power."
• Firefly II rework: "Whenever you fully and correctly chord a 2 or greater, burn and reveal a random nearby cell."
• Ghost I nerf: "Whenever you die, activate Ectodrop."
• Ghost II rework: "Whenever you complete a stage in ghost form, revive with 1 life."
• Ghost III rework: "Activate Ectoplasm and increase the amount of life you revive with."
• Demolitionist II rework: "Increase the radius of all explosion effects."
• Barbarian II buff: "Whenever a stranger dies, activate Rotting Head. Whenever a Rotting Head expires, kill all visible monsters."
• Barbarian III rework: "Activate Rotting Heads equal to the number of strangers you have killed."
• Survivor II buff: "At the end of each stage, gain max life equal to the minimum power if you are injured."
• Knight III buff: "Fortify all of your armor by 5."
• Mutant III buff: Charge cost reduced from 3 to 2
• Poisoner III buff: "Consume all of your Poisons, activate an equal number of Spider Fangs, then gain Poison."
• Detective III buff: "Remove all visible monsters from the board and gain coins equal to their cell values."
• Prophet I buff: "Increase your XP gain by 35%."
• Bookworm I nerf: Book of Love research subject changed from "heart" to "life"
• Bookworm III nerf: "Gain an item related to your research subject."

Bug Fixes

• Undertaker III and Commander III can no longer activate before monsters have spawned
• Fixed Sphere of Influence not affecting targeted consumable items
• Fixed Plum not affecting targeted consumable items
• Fixed Ectodrop status effect lingering after reviving
• Re-coded Mortar and Divine Mortar to avoid crashes with large chains of explosions
• Mrs. Claus Spawners can no longer appear out of season
• Fixed an issue with old special event progress interfering with new special events