• [h2]Three new Jobs have been added! One of each tier.[/h2]
  

• Tier 2 class (Like Outlaw, Tempest, Vampire Knight)
  
• Has abilities from Priest Spellbook (Blind, Fountain, Wrath)
  
• Has Rage: Cure All
  
• Also can be upgraded to have:
  

• Final tier of jobs (on par with Mystic Knight)
  
• Can summon another character onto the battlefield
  

• [h2]Tutorial Re-vamped[/h2]
  
  
  
  • There are more battles and more information
    
  • Battles, transitions, and load time are all very quick
    
  • Completing one tutorial will immediately move you to the next tutorial
    
  
  
• [h2]New Features[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Can change controller orientation (Up can move cursor Top-Left or Top-Right)
    
  • New "Mercenary Training" battle appears in final town.
    
    
    
    • The battles are tougher.
      
    • Appear multiple times in the mission list with different levels and scales with your party
      
    • Units can be any class or any combination of classes. May fight against a Paladin/Warlock for instance.
      
    
    
  
  
• [h2]Bug Fixes and Changes[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Fixed issue where repeatable missions were not repeatable.
    
  • Fixed Economy and Potion party upgrades (they weren't doing anything. If you completed the missions it will adjust and work correctly for you after the next battle).
    
  • Dice Game Crash Fixed
    
  • Duo Challenge Fixed
    
  • Removed situations where player is waiting for enemies to spawn so that the battle ends.
    
  • Removed more instances of default hero name (after user changed name)
    
  • When using a controller, default target is more consistent (will focus on ally or enemy depending on ability)
    
  • Tier 2 and 3 jobs no longer have increased JP costs for stat upgrades.
    
  • Berserker JP requirements upgrades have increased (matched other Tier 2 jobs)
    
  • Fixed issues with arrows going through floors
    
  • Fixed issue with Charge not providing enough bonus accuracy
    
  • Some ability icons have been replaced to have more similar styles and colors among classes
    
  • Fountain may now include caster in AOE
    
  • "Guarded" will appear when a character walks over a guarded tile
    
  • Changed the 3rd Story Mission to not have reinforcements. Starting units are stronger.
    
  • Moved repeatable Story Missions to Mission List instead of Challenge.
    
  • Fixed issue where enemy job variety was not as random as intended. Expect more combinations of enemies on repeatable missions.
    
  • Enemies won't Ice Prison entire team
    
  • When rotating the screen with a controller, Damage/Hit Chance will render in proper location.
    
    
  
  
• [h2]What to expect next[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Another job will be coming. Perhaps more.
    
  • I will be working on a new game trailer and updating the website and steam page
    
  
  

Start a new game to play!

• [h2]What's New?[/h2]
  
  
  
  • [h3] Story is completely overhauled![/h3]
    
    
    
    • 40 story missions (not including the many quests and challenges)
      
    • 12 Cities / Towns
      
    
    
  • [h3]New Dice Mini-Game[/h3]
    
    • Buy, equip, and roll special dice in this minigame to earn prizes
    
    
  • [h3]Pickups[/h3]
    
    • Many missions have special bonuses lying around that when picked up offer increased stats, a summoned ally, a special buff, or the immediate casting of a spell
    
    
  • [h3]Enemy-Kill Rewards[/h3]
    
    • On some missions, when an opponent is defeated your character gains a bonus for the remainder of the battle
    
    
  • [h3]Enemy Reinforcements[/h3]
    
    • Enemies (not just soldiers) can arrive on the battlefield late
    
    
  • [h3]Enemy Bosses[/h3]
    
    
    
    • Boss characters have significant HP boost and may also have a special ability.
      
    • Some have the ability to cast a spell at multiple locations. Others have special rage abilities.
      
    • Enemy units will trickle in while you battle
      
    
    
  • [h3]More Mission Options[/h3]
    
    
    
    • Mission board offers quests, story, and generic missions
      
    • History allow you to play battles from the lore as though your character was there
      
    • Party Bonus offers mission that grant party bonuses (Epic Mode Only)
      
    • Challenge offers a variety of special missions for fun (Epic Mode Only)
      
    
    
  • [h3]Repeatable Story Missions[/h3]
    
    
    
    • Upon completing the game, you can keep your party and go through the missions again with ramped up difficulty!
      
    
    
  • [h3]Mysterious Dungeon Reworked[/h3]
    
    
    
    • Post-game missions have returned but have been overhauled.
      
    
    
  • [h3]Significantly Improved Loading / Startup time[/h3]
    
    
  
  
  
• [h2]Developer Notes[/h2]
  
  
  
  • [h3]I was able to achieve my goals for the rework of the game:[/h3]
    
    
    
    • Develop more classic RPG-style story and gameplay
      
    • Have more variety between the different missions.
      
    • Provide moments where a character can grow strong over the course of a battle and do powerful things.
      
    • Add a mini-game to play between missions
      
    
    
  
  
  
• [h2]Other Notes[/h2]
  
  
  
  • All Scores are Reset
    
  • Congratulations to SilverPrime for completely breaking Roguelite Mode! But, rage abilities no longer increase the rage of the caster.
    
  • Epic Mode and Survival Mode are affected this update. Survival Mode keeps the mechanic where you select bonuses and treasures every few days. Epic Mode now requires you complete battles to unlock these bonuses/treasures.
    
  • Roguelite Mode has only been affected by bug-fixes and the addition of Pickups
    
  
  
  
• [h2]Notable Features / Bugfixes[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Now 12 Save Spots instead of 4
    
  • Holy Cloak item: Cast Judgement after a weapon attack
    
  • Rage does not increase when attacking your own ally
    
  • Longer item descriptions in shops
    
  • Mouse scrolling within menus is no longer slow
    
  • Undo defaults to the Move option (no need to click move again)
    
  • Roguelite no longer repeats the last mission
    
  • Delay in menu when hovering over units. Will be less flickering when moving mouse.
    
  • Fix issue where scenes are "Stuck"
    
  
  
• [h2]AI Improvements[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Significant speed up
    
  • Less sitations where AI attacks own player
    
  • Avoid actions altogether that will have little impact so that the player does not have to wait for the animation
    
  • Soldiers no longer push. Soldiers are meant to be dumb and pushing is often a smart move.
    
  
  
• [h2]What to expect on next update?[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Complete rework of the Tutorial
    
  • New archer class that has more damage output than current one
    
  
  

My priorities for 2024:

• The new version of the game that completely replaces the original will be available soon! Looking like March 2024.
  
  
  
  • All of the details of the new game will be given when it becomes available
    
  • There will be a new dice minigame available in Epic Mode that rewards the player with items.
    
  • 8 Months of bugfixes, AI-improvements, and optimizations will be included
    
  • New graphics for the late-game classes that were added last year
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• I will be focusing on testing the game on more devices and optimizing some loading times. Most of the negative reviews are the result of the game not functioning properly on some players' machines.
  
• I will set a release date and focus more on marketing. I will be looking for official reviews as well as more player reviews.
  
• There are more jobs and items I'd like to add to the game as well as some super-late-game-content.
  
• And lastly, I'll start testing on XBOX in preparation for releasing on some consoles next year.
  

Progress is being made on the completely redone story-mode. In the meantime here is an update for the existing version of the game.

• [h2]New Rage Mechanic[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Dealing damage or taking Damage increases your Rage meter
    
  • When filled, if the character has a Rage ability, he will immediately choose a target and cast that ability.
    
  • Several Rage abilities have been added to the game. See below
    
  
  
• [h2]New Berserker Class[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Revolves around new Rage mechanic.
    
  • Has ability Fury which will increase caster's Rage meter
    
    
  • Has Rage ability Unleash which deals unblockable physical damage to a target from a distance
    
    
  • Job is available to Protagonist by default, but can be unlocked by others with the new accessory: Berserker Axe.
    
  
  
• [h2]New Job Upgrades[/h2]
  
  
  
  • Tempest Rage: Lightning+
    
    • Immediately cast an AOE Lightning
    
    
  • Commander Rage: Command
    
    • Immediately issue a Command to an allied unit
    
    
  • Ninja Rage: Strength
    
    • Immediately gain additional strength
    
    
  • Ninja Start Turn Speed
    
    • Gain Speed at the start of each turn
    
    
  • Sentinel Stone Skin
    
    
    
    • Reduce damage taken from physical attack
      
    • Previously only available to Geomancer
      
    
    
  • Rogue Gain Spin Strike
    
    
    
    • Use weapon in 4 directions
      
    • (Really awesome when an archer uses it. Can choose any angle)
      
      
    
    
  • Rifter Gain Blitz
    
    
    
    • Caster teleports to target location and deals Magic damage to an area around himself.
      
      
    
    
  • Pyromancer Gain Explosive
    
    
    
    • When target unit takes damage, he will cast Flames upon himself.
      
      
    
    
  • Ice Mage Gain Ice Shield
    
    
    
    • Increase target's Block by 3 and target can deflect incoming projectiles back to the caster.
      
      
    
    
  • Enchanter Gain Amplify Magic
    
    
    
    • Target takes and deals extra magic damage
      
      
    
    
  • Paladin Gain Rejuvenate
    
    
    
    • Send healing projectiles in three directions. Cannot be blocked.
      
      
    
    
  • Geomancer Gain Rock Armor
    
    
    
    • Weapons deal 50% less damage to target. Additionally, set target's Move to 2.
      
      
    
    
  • Silencer Gain Penalize Magic
    
    
    
    • Targets take 50% of any Magic damage they deal
      
      
    
    
  
  
• New Features
  
  
  
  • Abilities like Double-Cast or Infuse are no longer limited to 7 abilities. There is a More option.
    
  • Added status icon for Rebirth
    
  • Tempest's Mask accessory Grants Rage:Lightning+
    
  • Berserk Axe accessory Gives access to Berserker Class
    
  
  
• Bug Fixes
  
  
  
  • Fix issue with Camera moving too fast during scenes
    
  • Fix issue where Rebirth is not considered when determining Win/Lose conditions
    
  • Fix crash that might occur when win condition is "Defeat at least..."
    
  • Fix issues where you cannot Undo your move
    
  • Fix issue where battle continues even if you lose all your units
    
  • Fix crash related to Mind Control
    
  • Fix crash related to Vampire
    
  
  

Fix issue where player could not create a new game (Sorry!)

• Despite the less frequent content updates, significant progress is being made on the new and completely redone Story Mode
  
  
  
  • There will be less of a focus on generic missions and more of a focus on a linear set of story-mode battles.
    
    
    
    • Currently, there doesn't feel like there is an objective to train or get stronger. I want the player try the next mission, fail, take on a generic mission or two, and then succeed.
      
    
    
  • There will a greater focus on variety. I want each mission to feel different. I will achieve this a few different ways:
    
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    • Enemy or Allied bosses with unique abilities: ones that target all enemies, that target multiple areas, or do other powerful things.
      
    • There will be more variety in objectives. Defending certain characters, reaching destinations, surviving.
      
    • In-battle bonuses. Some missions allow your character to gain stats and heal by taking out certain enemies. Additionally, pickups have been added: some missions will allow you to walk over a pickup and immediately gain a bonus, cast a spell, or summon a unit.
      
    • Having interesting allied units
      
    
    
  • There will be less units on the screen at once. Battles will be closer to 6v6 than 7v7 or 8v8.
    
    
    
    • Oftentimes the battles seem too cluttered
      
    • I want many missions to have AI-controlled allies, but the battles felt like there were too many units on-screen already
      
    
    
  • Reinforcements
    
    
    
    • Many missions will have fewer enemies on screen, but enemies will enter battle over time. The same can occur for allied players
      
      
      
      • It is simply more fun for the player's 6 allies to destroy 20 enemies than it is to destroy 6 more powerful enemies
        
      
      
    • Similarly, bosses will have more HP but have less enemies on screen at once (the rest will trickle in)
      
      
      
      • This allows the user to experience the boss more throughout the battle without having him be too powerful or too vulnerable.
        
      
      
    • There will be battles where you selected, say, 7 characters, but only 4 will ever be on-screen at once. The rest will enter the battlefield whenever you lose an ally.
      
    
    
  • The Party-Upgrades will only be granted to you in Survival Mode. Epic mode will require the player to unlock the bonuses through completing certain missions (which will be available at any time in its own mission list).
    
  • Other features may be added to the game before I have a chance to finish this story-mode
    
    
    
    • A time travel ability, that rewinds the game, inserts an action, then fast-forwards the game.
      
    • Limit-Break-like set of abilities for the protagonist, certain enemies, or certain classes.
      
    • New Tier 2 or Tier 3 classes. I have many ideas.
      
    • More job-upgrades
      
    
    
  • Lastly, I will be continuing to eliminate bugs, improve AI, optimize loading times. All of which have had drastic improvements over the last year.
    
  
  

• New Outlaw Job
  
  
  
  • Accessed through a new Tier 4 accessory
    
  • Throw Knives at a short Range
    
  • Summon Bandits onto the Battlefield. They immediately charge up for an attack.
    
  
  
• New Treasures
  
  
  
  • Celestial Pendant grants access to the new ability: Meteor. A long range AOE spell with high cast time.
    
  • Silencer's Gem reduces cast time of Retarget by 50%
    
  • Enchant's Staff changes Enchant to deal AOE damage.
    
  
  
• Fixes
  
  
  
  • Fix issues when upgrading accessories that are already equipped
    
  • Fix many issues where turn order is not correct
    
  • Fix issues with Defender's Strike not working as intended (changed in the last patch)
    
  • Fix crash that would occur while trying to pause the game after letting AI take control of the unit turn
    
  • New Recruits now have JP based on their level (Instead of 0)
    
  • Frozen/Stopped Units will not take a turn (happens on rare occasions)
    
  • Fix issue with Mind Control and the crash that can occur when letting AI take control of the unit turn
    
  • Special jobs are no longer removed as Secondary Jobs when you unequip the associated item
    
  • Fix issue where some missions would crash because of new items added in the last patch
    
  
  
• AI Fixes
  
  
  • AI Less likely to cast a spell when an enemy is nearby
    
  • More optimizations on AI
    
  • Improved AI processing time. Late-game enemies with large ranges now takes as much as 80% less time.
    
  • AI Less likely to cast Ice Shards on his teammate
    
  
  

• New Jobs!
  
  
  
  • Vampire Knight, Tempest, Warlock, and Time Mage
    
  • Stronger than all previous Jobs, but can only be attained through certain accessories.
    
  • Have more upgrades, but the upgrades require more JP
    
  • Mystic Knight has been drastically buffed and now requires the Mystic Cape
    
  
  
• New Items!
  
  
  
  • Warlock Tome, Time Mage Tome, Vampire Tome, Tempest Tome. Tier 4 versions of their corresponding spellbooks. Grant access to the new jobs.
    
  • Tier 4 item that grants immunity to status effects. Same effect can be upgraded from Mystic Knight.
    
  • Tier 4 item that changes your weapon into a ranged-weapon attack. Same effect can be upgrade from Time Mage.
    
  
  
• Auto-Turn button and hotkey added. Have AI take control of the current character's next turn.
  
• Added Hotkey to open Job-Upgrade screen directly from Party screen.
  
• Added ability to page-up / down most menus to more easily traverse. Also fixed many other issues with scrolling.
  
• Added a note indicating when a player has an empty accessory slot.
  
• Enemies in Roguelite Mode Drop bonuses for the remainder of the battle.
  
• Fix issue where items that were equipped would not show as eligible for merging.
  
• Fix difficulty with mouse when multiple floors exist.
  
• Enchanter has upgrades for Haste
  
• Fixes to AI involving Warlock spells. Also prevent AI from using Ice Prison when down to 1 unit.
  
• Fix issue where you can no longer jump a 1-width chasm.
  
• Fix issue where Arena Skirmish only had 6 characters on the field
  
• Fix issue with Gust blowing in the wrong direction
  
• Can Push / Gust up a half-tile now.
  
• Fix issue where clicking forward/back quickly might crash the game.
  

• New Mystic Knight job
  
  
  
  • New Mission appears later in the game that when completed unlocks the Mystic Knight
    
  • Mystic Knight uses both Magic and Strength to deal damage with powerful new abilities
    
  • Mystic Knight was inspired by Final Fantasy Tactic's Holy Knight
    
  
  
• Controller Improvements
  
  
  
  • Added Game Icons for more controllers
    
  • Remapped some controls. No longer need Joystick Buttons.
    
  • Enlarged controller icons
    
  • Fix issue where character stats frequently popup when using a controller
    
  
  
• Added Hp Meter and CT Meter to character's stats window
  
• Fixed issues with Cast Time and Turn order panel related to Double Cast, Combo, Guard and Infuse
  
• Sped up AI processing when characters are casting Ice Shards and Combo
  
• Nerfed Ice Shards from 70% magic to 55% and cast time from 250 to 300.
  
• Slowed the leveling up Jobs
  
• Fix issues related to Guard
  
• Fix issues related to Lines and relative targets
  
• Scaled Turn Panel down on smaller resolutions
  
• Fixed issue where AI frequently uses actions with no targets
  

• Faster Load Times! More than 100% Faster to start up the game or load up the next scene.
  
• "Back" Button will appear on screen during battle in the lower right. It was not clear to the player that he can do things like "View Scene", "Undo Move".
  
• Other fixes
  
  
  
  • Fixed problem with High Scores not showing
    
  • Fixed Ice Prison position (on things like Bomb)
    
  • Fixed issue with HP Meter appearing during a scene
    
  
  

• Watch HP of a unit drop when he takes damage with new HP Meter.
  
• HP Meter will appear over all units when you are choosing a target
  
• New Cast-Time Meter shows the progress of a spell being cast.
  
• Fix some issues with Casting Colors when using Charge
  
• No longer add AOE to Quick (was potential to get infinite turns).
  
• Fixed issue with Judgement and Charge.
  
• Fixed issues with Guard (direction and AOE).
  

Time Mage Spellbook grants three new Abilities

• Slow: Status effect that reduces target's speed and focus
  
• Stop: Set Speed / Focus of target to Zero. Can also no longer block. Has a cast time.
  
• Quick: Immediately progress target unit's turn and casting progress
  

• Option to Upgrade all items automatically
  
• Can upgrade items that are equipped to a character (it will remain equipped when upgraded)
  
• First few missions below level 6 in Saphrat will always be capped at 4 or 5 units
  
• Can no longer use Control Magic on Guard: Weapon
  

I expanded the number of available resolutions down to 1280 x 720. You can even play lower, but there may be some small UI issues.

Reactivated a feature that sped up AI processing time.

Fixed issue where some menus would not scroll down if you were using a controller.

New Roguelite Game Mode.
Destroy as many enemies as possible each round. Game difficulty skyrockets.

New Arena Skirmish mission type.
Battles behave as they do in Roguelite mode: destroying as many units as you can.

Increased map pool by 20%.
Each mission has more locations. Additionally, enemies have more units but they are weaker.

Added option in battle menu to "Win Early". Useful for this new game mode. Also useful for missions that ask you defeat as many units as you can before timer ends.

Changed the way Haste works. Now gifts 40% of caster's concentration to target's speed and concentration rather a flat 40% increase.

Added option to skip opening scenes / battles.

Fixed issue with Rebirth where enemy would immediately fall again.

Introduced new Warlock Spellbook
Dark Bolt: Projectile magic. When blocked, the blocker can deflect to a new target.
Curse: Status effect that reduces magic/strength, but gives target ability to pass status effect onto someone else.
Mind Control: Become controller of target unit, until caster or target takes damage.

The game is now more stable. When a certain common type of crash occurs (with the AI), the game will self-correct. This should account for most situations where the AI crashes.

Improved Settings Interface

Improved Try-it-out battles

Fixes issue where you could not open a Treasure Chest

Fixed issue with Archer using Sentinel's Guard ability with his weapon.

Fixed issue with Fortune / Exp potions not working properly.

Introduced a 9-floor end-game dungeon full of very difficult enemies with powerful accessories. These missions will reward the player with the strongest accessories. Once completed, you can go through it again (but the difficulty is increased).

The AI is now about 300% faster! Some units will still take a bit of time (Sorcerers and Commanders).

Some missions now have accessories attached to their description indicating what you will earn upon completion.

Many other bug-fixes.

The game is split into 2 Game Modes: Epic and Survival. The missions will barely scale in Epic Mode and there are no lives. People who enjoy grinding and getting good gear would prefer this mode. End-game content coming soon.

Survival mode has the difficulty rising very fast and have limited lives. EXP and gold are accumulated about 3 times faster. Players who enjoy a challenge and do not like grinding will prefer this mode. This mode determines high scores.

Existing files default to Epic Mode.

Fixed Some issues with HP / Strength / and Magic values since the last update.
Game will no longer crash when doing a Tutorial after playing a Game File.

Many other bug-fixes.

Every 10 days or so, you are give the option of choosing from several of the new Special Treasures. These accessories do interesting things and may shape the way you play the game. Each one can be upgraded as well. You will see these items on enemies and mercenaries throughout the game.

Enemies teams now consists of many duplicates, rather than a random assortment of units. Battles should feel more unique and exciting now.
Enemy AI is slightly dumber in favor of reduced "thinking" time.
Enemy AI will attain Tier 4 equipment when it reaches high levels (beginning at level 200) rather than cap out at Tier 3.

Moved Summon Soldier to its own tier 4 item
Added Defender's Strike to KnightsGuantlet++
No longer exit on crash. Instead, text will appear and suggest you restart.
Added a "Buy All" button to blacksmith
Buffed Party Upgrade: Treasure
A few bug-fixes.

Added a variety of Tier 4 items.
Fixed bug with Undo-ing Teleport / Warpgate moves.
You can now move towns when you run out of lives.
Fixed variety of other bugs.

Fixed Steam Leaderboard. Compete for a high score.
Many bug-fixes.
The game will exit as soon as an error occurs.

Added option to zoom-in permenantly (helpful for higher resolutions).
Added option to go fullscreen with lower resolutions (helps scale up the UI for high-resolution monitors)

Fixed crashing that could appear with a game controller.
Fixed issue with one of the early missions crashing.

Resolved issue that came up with the last patch.

Reverting one patch

Settings now has an option that allows player to opt into reporting crashes. Additionally, the game will exit upon a crash.