House of Necrosis news & patch notes

• Fixed an issue where some spells could trigger the "Godslayer" trait

• Fixed some typos
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash or soft lock when having the "change" trait on a ranged weapon
• Adjusted version formatting to avoid confusion about the state of the game

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• Fixed an issue where throwing an Escape Hex would always throw the whole stack
• Fixed an issue where the visual effect of the Escape Hex would stay visible
• Using an Escape Hex to swap positions with an enemy will now interrupt special attacks
• Fixed an issue where "Foul" enemies would not grant the correct amount of EXP
• Increased maximum inventory upgrades to 39 entries (full 3 pages)
• Fixed an issue where the message telling you that you can't upgrade your inventory any further wouldn't fit into the text box
• Increased item drop chance of "Foul" bosses
• Item names will now have the same color in the message log as they have in the inventory

• Added the ability to skip a turn (check controls)
• Fixed an issue where the first person camera mode could be used to skip turns
• Reduced throw damage of armor items slightly
• The game now saves on player death instead of after the run result screen

• Using spell books and elixirs won't cost a turn anymore
• Fixed an issue where you could dodge the "End run" damage
• Fixed an issue where you could get status effects like bleed even when dodging the attack
• Fixed a rendering issue on older / integrated GPUs

• Using a "Vitality" elixir when at full health will keep your health at max now
• The vendor will now always sell a box item
• Adjusted the damage calculation of the "Whirlwind" spell some more
• Changed the text of the "Quit" menu entry to "Save & Exit", so that it indicates that the game is saved before exiting
• The first boss now commits to its special attacks, making it more clear where you can stand without taking damage
• Trying to level up an already leveled up monster now prints an info message stating that it can't level up any more
• Fixed an issue where Hounds would not always target you with their special attack when you're invisible
• Fixed an issue where poison could trigger the "Bloated" trait
• Fixed an issue where poison could be dodged
• Fixed an issue where the "Poison" serum would print the "You're poisoned" message twice
• Fixed an issue where the "Change" hex could change enemies to same enemy type they already were
• Fixed an issue where a spellbook would not be used up when learning the max rank of a spell
• Fixed an issue where warping an enemy would not stop their special attacks

• Added a new dialog scene with the vendor after dying
• You can now talk to the vendor to get some tips and tricks. Nihihihi!
• Increased damage of ranged weapons
• Increased the base damage of the spell "Whirlwind"
• Special attacks of enemies are now telegraphed by an indicator on the floor tiles, which should make it a bit easier to avoid them
• Being confused doesn't prevent the usage of items anymore
• Reduced the chance of enemies hunting down the player
• Reduced the attack speed of Zombies to two turns per attack
• Added a chance for standard Zombies to become severed on death
• Added a chance to dodge attacks even without having the "Evasive" trait, the "Evasive" trait now increases the chance to dodge an attack
• Elixirs now only increase attributes for the current run instead of permanently
• The cursor that is shown when pressing the "Look" button now indicates the range of the equipped gun
• Trying to use the "Examine" option without standing on an item now shows an info message
• Lowered the chance for Monster Houses to appear slightly
• Fixed an issue where costs for permanent upgrades would not increase correctly
• Fixed an issue where Sentinels would not awaken when encountered in a Monster House