Mines and Magic news & patch notes

+2 new campaign levels, 18 of 20 are implemented balance changes

+2 new levels has been implemented (currently 16 of 20 are available)

Bug fixes Balance improvements Added 1 more campaign level (14 of 20 are currently implemented) Visual improvements

1. This game has 150 unut types, each has a unique ability. I don't think many Tower Defense games have so many enemies. 2. Unique economy/resource system, that unites exploration, resource management, includes spell casting and upgrades. It might look just a little bit sophisticated, but it's as simple as it could be. And it creates space for many strategies, which make the game highly replayable. 3. Autobattler Tower Defense is not a very popular genre, and would be nice to have more people try it 4. Multiplayer is quite fun. Addictive I would say. But in a good way, because after each battle you say "wow, this was cool, let's play again". 5. Overall the game is interesting and noin-trivial. It might have some imperfectnesses, like some think UI could be better. But it's being created by one developer, and that's quite impressive for being a result of solo development. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33033206/5a117f3f85a28ff823bf7fc9d54ddab22074b799.jpg

Minor bugs fix https://i.imgur.com/Asi0PEP.png

Spells got cheaper Researchable units got cheaper Highest mine gold upgrade cost reduced: 28 -> 27

Multiplayer game's stability has been improved. https://i.imgur.com/DNknOJL.jpeg

Playable tutorial level has been added Cutscenes system has been implemented "How to play" section has been reworked https://i.imgur.com/AREA7PS.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/tC4cHhL.jpeg

UI improvements Balance changes https://i.imgur.com/PpnAVR5.png

https://i.imgur.com/ACIEfrO.jpeg Fixed multiplayer game menu, "surrender" button works correctly Added more tooltips to buttons Graphics improvements Bug fixes

https://i.imgur.com/A7gMUrp.png Improved UI in the global map window Multiplayer game speed has been increased Singleplayer upgrades prices have been changed Singleplayer levels balance have been slightly changed (earlier levels got easier) Prices of building mines have been decreased Frabbit gold price has been decreased: 32 -> 28 Some in-level spells got slightly cheaper Low level castle upgrades got cheaper

Mine prices in gold grow slower with every mine built Same for upgrades, higher upgrades got cheaper than they were Castle poison now damages higher hp monsters much more Castle poison upgrades got slightly more expensive Researcheable units' gold prices has been reduced by about 10% Permanent gold income gained by sending units have been increased slightly Spider orange send metal price has been reduced 5 -> 4 Researching new units in the campaign got cheaper Spell cards in the campaign's cards shop got cheaper Castle upgrades UI is remade 1v1 map size has been shrinked, amount of resources and rocks have been reduced Various bug fixes

Singleplayer and multiplayer waves spawn closer to player's army (so, the battle starts sooner) Game speed range in options changed -> Default game speed changed 1.0 -> 1.25 Bug fix: camera movement speed not anymore affected by game speed Singplayer campaign levels 5 and 6 has been made slightly easier (more wave end gold rewards) Troll upgrade price reduced: 79 -> 78 Freeze spell buffed: it freezes bosses for 3 -> 4 sec, other units for 10 -> 11 sec Leaks in multiplayer and first level of the campaign are slightly less punishable Bug fix: hp bars doesn't anymore cast shadows Global map mine upgrade gold cost decreased: 10 -> 9 Upgrade related mine radius bonus has been increased by 6% (easier to reach distant resources by upgrading mines) 1v1 arena has been made smaller Weak arms spell slows down attack rate even more: -33% -> -40% Poison spell works stronger on units with higher hp (lategame poison is now more practical) Visual indicators added to rocks when aiming drill beam In single player campaign the number of initial spell/artifact slots has beein increased: 1->2 Spells got cheaper in the campaign's spell shop between levels ...and some other minor bug fixes and little technical improvements

There were a plethora of little things fixed. But the most important change is replacement of Unity physics with my own custom physics. This brings two important benefits: 1. There won't be any risk of breaking determinism due to Unity physics. So, network game will be more stable, with much less cases of desynchronization. 2. Now I can create a system that will make sure the game doesn't end in case of network related desynchronization, but would rather quietly pick up synchronized state from a few moments later, and fast forward to the current state maintaining synchronization this time. This will remove any desync case except when a player had completely disconnected. This system will be added with the next patch. This patch also includes a few small balance patches. For example, "freeze" and "weak arms" spells have become stronger.

Small balance changes Small visual changes

UI issues fixed in singleplayer campaign Spells from cards taken from global map to level now work correctly

The new graphics have been optimized to work with high fps. Other changes: - multiplayer balance changes - singleplayer balance changes - some hotkeys are introduced - various little bug fixes - small UI changes - multiplayer game made slightly faster https://i.imgur.com/8SZc31N.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/JHLJ7g2.jpeg

Graphics have been improved

- global 1v1 rank leaderboard has been introduced. To have a record, you need to play 1v1 al least once - more wave variations have been added. Most of the waves now have 3 variations

- some sends have gotten cheaper - initial mining territory circle of players got closer to center - initial number of resources on the map has been reduced - upgrade related mine's border push has been increased - it has become cheaper to research a unit - player stats are shown in a leaderboard during the game - castle now attacks lowest hp target first

Slight variations have been introduced to the waves. Each wave has a chance to be different. Total hp and dps remain the same. But units might be different. Also some bugs have been fixed.

https://i.imgur.com/7MJck2g.gif - damage spells have been weakened vs opponent player (still strong vs the monsters) - web spider send is cheaper and available on an earlier wave - besides player's 1v1 rank, the game now tracks max rank ever reached and number of games played - big send warning has been added for a case when the opponent sends a lot - monsters are now shown for the next wave as well - wave end gold reward is shown - wave reward for killing all monsters is shown

- 3 more sends have been added - send prices have changed - fireball damage has been increased - castle upgrades prices have been decreased - bug fixes

- elo ranking implemented - after game player stats are now shown correctly - 2 monitors fix: mouse cursor is confined by the game window - some spells got cheaper - some castle upgrades got cheaper - gold bonus has become slightly higher for some waves - castle weapon range 7 -> 7.5 - poison spell deals slighly more damage per second - bug fixes

- sends income increased - castle upgrade prices decreased - wave bonus income slightly increased in multiplayer - research price reduced for researchable units - drill beam got weaker vs player units - builder selection in multiplayer screen (elf builder introduced for multiplayer) - "go" button added to multiplayer, so if both players press it, the wave starts; also, build time increased by 5 seconds - castle radius (logical, not visual) increased a little

You can now alt-tab away from multiplayer game without risk of disconnecting. Also, fixed a rare and possible game breaking game for multiplayer Tooltips for sent units are now correct A few balance changes happened: - sends bring more permanent gold income - mass healing spell heals each unit for +200 instead of +120 - rock to res chance after drill has been slightly decreased

Thank you everyone who helped testing multiplayer! - added text chat to 1v1 mode - fixed multiple bugs

You can try to play 1v1. It's still in alpha, might be bugged, might disconnect. But it works. Please, report bugs and suggest gameplay ideas