Nomad Idle news & patch notes

- Fixed: Adventurer's Evo A (Full Circle) was not properly destroying enemy projectiles. - Fixed: Equipment requiring Cloth was disproportionately high and many pieces of Equipment were deviated from their requirements starting at Tier 3 by mistake. You'll notice some Equipment now requires different things, but this is now more well-rounded as it should've always been. - Fixed: Activity Log shows incorrect level when the player levels up.

- Ghost Blade and Final Spark now earn more EXP depending on your current character level. - Fixed: Imp's Fireball would sometimes not travel. - Fixed: If you died when a skill is unable to be cast due to insufficient mana, the skill is never used again unless you replace it or change Areas. - Fixed: When looking at the Ascension tree, any new Ascension Points earned while looking at the screen would not be correctly given when Ascending.

- Enemies now give 3x more EXP, Coins, and Souls. However, you can also choose to play Nomad Idle without this bonus. It is now a launch option with the game. - Enemies in Areas 8, 9, and 10 have had their damage reduced by 10%. - The cost of increasing your max Stat via Upgrade Stats has been reduced by a factor of 0.2 - The cost of increasing your max Summon Stat has been reduced by a factor of 0.1 - Ebb and Flow now has a max duration of 8 seconds, as obtaining 100% uptime is now easier with the above change and would be completely overpowered.

Again, sorry for all of these hotfixes. This attempts to fix the crash issues again.

Sorry for all these hotfixes. I keep testing, thinking all of the crashes are fixed, then new ones are still found. This seems good so far, but they all have, so, I'm hoping for the best. Thanks.

More crash fixes! So, ideally no more crashes...? Right?

Sorry about this. This fixes some more crash issues.

This fixes a crash issues with changing maps / ascending while using certain skills. Sorry about that.

There was a controversial slider in the Settings menu that, after talking it over with some of the community in the Discord, I have decided to remove. I was wanting to remove it because it's causing problems, but was unsure about moving forward with it. Today, it's happening. There was a slider in the Settings menu where you could adjust the number of concurrent enemies from 100 to 300. It warned of performance issues, but I was getting a lot of complaints about single-digit FPS from players and whenever I asked them about this, they always had 300 enemies. Balance is also impossible. On-kill effects become way stronger because more enemies means more enemies dying and procing their effect all over the place. They would forever be overpowered. All the meanwhile the game would be lagging to pieces and overall it was a mistake to allow this slider to exist. In order to make this an easier transition, all Equipment of Tier 4 and higher has had its Material requirement reduced by 30%, so that hopefully upgrading equipment is less of a huge grind. Ore and Cloth requirements specifically are reduced by 50% instead. Bestiary requirements also no longer ramp up, staying consistent across Areas with the same kill count requirements as Area 1. Enemies starting in Area 8 have had their health reduced. In my testing, Area 7 felt fine, but starting at Area 8, enemies started to feel very spongey for no good reason. Quick note, if Equipment requires Tier 4 Materials, it's deemed internally as Tier 4 Equipment. That's what I'm referring to when I mention Equipment tiers. Here's general patch notes: - Mysterious Stranger V coin requirement reduced by 1/50 - Enemy health Areas 8, 9, 10 reduced by 50% - Equipment material requirements for Tiers 4 and 5 reduced by 30%, 50% if it's Ore or Cloth. - Tier 5 Material cost has been lowered further to be similar to Tier 4 Equipment cost. - Equipment obtained from Objectives for Tiers 4 and 5 have had their Material counts further reduced by roughly 50%. - Bestiary requirements no longer ramp up and stay static at values that were present in Area 1. - Removed Enemy count slider in the Settings menu. For those that were using it, all of the above changes should make up for it. For those that were not, this should help with grind concerns. Here's the Skill/Character/Summon/etc. balance information. It may contain spoilers if you haven't yet completed the game: -- SKILLS == Colorless Glyph Base Damage 20 -> 70 Damage Mult 0.5 -> 1.2 Mana Cost Mult 0.9 -> 0.3 = Ghost Blade Base Damage 4 -> 1 Damage Mult 0.1 -> 0.04 Mana Cost 4 -> 2 Mana Cost Mult 0.3 -> 0.3 = Great Divider Base Cooldown 3 -> 1.8 Base Damage 24 -> 80 Damage Mult 2.0 -> 5.0 Mana Cost Mult 0.9 -> 0.3 Bleed Chance 8% Per STR -> 10% = Final Spark Base Damage 30 -> 3 Damage Mult 0.7 -> 0.4 Mana Cost 5 -> 2 Mana Cost Mult 0.5 -> 0.4 = Glint of Steel Base Damage 24 -> 32 Damage Mult 2.2 -> 4.0 Mana Cost 20 -> 15 Mana Cost Mult 1.8 -> 0.3 Bleed Chance 3% Per STR -> 20% = Dancing Dagger Base Damage 12 -> 90 Damage Mult 2.0 -> 4.0 Mana Cost 48 -> 20 Mana Cost Mult 1.0 -> 0.3 Bonus Bounces Every 10 AGI -> Every 4 Bleed Chance 9% Per STR -> 30% = Lightning Bolt Base Cooldown 15 -> 10 Base Damage 1 -> 100 Damage Mult 12.0 -> 15.0 Mana Cost Mult 5.0 -> 2.0 = Waterspout Damage Mult 2.5 -> 4.0 = Molten Volley Mana Cost Mult 0.8 -> 0.3 = Infernal Ray Damage Mult 3.0 -> 15.0 Mana Cost Mult 0.8 -> 1.4 = Blizzard Sigil Base Cooldown 24 -> 6 Damage Mult 9.0 -> 32.0 = Icicle Barrage Damage Mult 1.5 -> 3.6 = Entangle Base Cooldown 4.2 -> 1.5 Damage Mult 0.9 -> 12.0 = Putrefying Circle Base Cooldown 23 -> 10 Damage Mult 6.0 -> 10.0 = Buffeting Gale Base Cooldown 4 -> 3 -- TRINKETS = Toxplosive Trinket Max Stack Transfer 500 -> 100 Application Chance 1.0% per Acuity -> 0.3% per Acuity Yes, I actually tested this fully and this was what was needed to balance this Trinket. In my testing, it's still good, but not the best choice always like it was before. -- SUMMONS = Hedgehog Hypersphere Damage Mult 1.2 -> 1.6 = Imp Fireball Damage Mult 1.1 -> 30.0 Circle of Suffering Damage Mult 1.2 -> 9.0 -- CHARACTERS = Adventurer Angle Slash Damage Mult 0.4 -> 1.0 Evolution A (Full Circle) Every 2 Angle Slashes -> Every Angle Slash Evolution A (Full Circle) Size +50% Evolution B (Blade Beam) Every 7 Angle Slashes -> Every 3 Cursor Cutter Damage Mult 0.2 -> 0.5 Cursor Cyclone Damage Mult 0.2 -> 0.8 = Cultist Boon Effect 5% -> 3% = Ratfolk Archer Trick Shot Damage Mult 0.4 -> 1.0 Evolution A (Razor Splinter) Every 3 Trick Shots -> Every Trick Shot Blast Bolt Damage Mult 0.5 -> 1.5 Storm Salvo Damage Mult 0.9 -> 2.0 = Crusader Fixed Boon (wasn't actually working before) Crusader's Boon Inflicts damage every 2 seconds -> every second Holy Aura Damage Mult 2.0 -> 5.0 Evolution A (Smite) Every 12 Holy Auras -> Every 8 Evolution A (Smite) Duration 5s -> 7s

I've been working on a big balance patch. I'm going through the game, start to finish, testing every skill as I get them, and then testing them again a couple Areas later. I've been seeing the concerns about the games current balance, so I wanted to announce that I'm working on this. It's clear that despite my best efforts, I've missed the mark on balancing Nomad Idle in a way that's fun and interesting. Moreover, some aspects ended up being a bit more grindy than I originally anticipated. This patch I'm working on should be done in the next day or two, but for sake of some reassurance that I'm listening to feedback, here's an outline of some of the things coming up: - Bestiary requirements will no longer ramp up, staying consistent across Areas with the same kill count requirements as Area 1. Area 1's kill requirement seemed to be a comfortable spot, so I'll apply that same criteria to all Areas. - Material requirements for Equipment will be reduced, starting at Tier 3, by 30%. Ore and Cloth specifically were accidentally made more scarce than other Materials. This was totally unintentional, so their requirements will be decreased by 50% instead. - Massive balance overhaul. I want to make many skills more useful, especially Characters. Right now it seems like Characters don't quite have an identity because a lot of what they do doesn't really contribute to your total DPS. This will be looked at, as well as Summons, Trinkets, DoTs, and more. - This is going to involve a few nerfs but A LOT of buffs, some of which are rather significant. I look forward to finishing this patch up and sending it out to everyone. I appreciate all of the feedback. As of today, Nomad Idle has been released for 4 days, so I'm trying my best to stay on top of this stuff, but at the end of the day, I am a solo dev doing my best. One thing I want you to hopefully understand is that no matter what I do, there will be builds that aren't great and builds that are "the best". I can't achieve perfect balance, but it can certainly be better than what it is right now. Thank you, and stay awesome.

- Nomad Idle no longer prevents screen savers from activating while open. - Camera follow text displayed over Summons when the Camera is following them has been made less obnoxious. - Fixed: If you did not have sufficient mana to cast a skill, it would incorrectly go on cooldown anyway. - Fixed: If you had points in DEX and SPI, but then set either to 0 via the double-down arrow, it would incorrectly set your Summon Damage from Stats to 0. - Fixed: If Smart Casting is enabled for on-kill Skills in slots 3 and 4, the "SMART" text would flicker randomly.

I've been looking into 2 skills that were heavily outperforming other skills to try and figure out what was going awry. Believe it or not, I've done extensive testing with these abilities and their balancing, yet here we are. I'm realizing now that the numbers I have in my documentation for balancing are not actually reflected on Ghost Blade and Final Spark. This means they're stronger than they're actually intended on being. This is a big mistake and I'll own it, because I know nobody likes nerfs. However, I would also be doing the game a disservice if I let these incorrect numbers continue to exist. I've checked through every other skill, ability, DoT, etc. and they seem fine. It's just these 2 skills. These skills will likely still be powerful, but not as horrendously overpowered as they were. I hope you understand that a game about variety isn't very interesting if you should always be running these 2 skills no matter what. So, essentially, the following has happened. These changes reflect my internal balance design docs and should've been implemented before the game went live: - Ghost Blade: Mana Cost Mult increased. - Ghost Blade: Base Mana increased. - Ghost Blade: Damage Mult decreased. - Ghost Blade: Base Damage decreased. - Final Spark: Mana Cost Mult increased. - Final Spark: Base Mana increased. - Final Spark: Damage Mult decreased. - Final Spark: Base Damage increased. I'd much prefer to buff other skills, because any kind of nerf just isn't very fun and I know that, but they're so far and away ahead that the game would become nonsense if I did. Hope you understand. Thanks.

Alright, I did something dumb where I was testing something that involved not hooking into Steam, then I forgot to hook it back into Steam when I was done. This version makes Nomad Idle connect to Steam again (achievements etc.). Sorry about that.

- New: You can now left-click Passive Skill icons to toggle their visibility. Does not apply to LMB/RMB and Starting Skills. - New: You can now toggle Smart Casting and Visibility of Skills in Settings. - Fixed: Final Spark would sometimes get stuck and not update its mana cost appropriately. This resulted both in cases where Final Spark was always too expensive and Final Spark always being very cheap, regardless of level. This now updates appropriately. - Fixed: Slippy the Slime no longer gets stuck for prolonged periods of time and will change destination after a few seconds. If Slippy's target is very close, it may still be stationary, but this will resolve after a few seconds. - Fixed: Type in event where "Continue" was instead "copntinue".

Nomad Idle is now available! I hope you enjoy the game. I'm active over in the Discord as well: Discord Link The Nomad Idle Demo has been taken down, as it has some bugs and miscellanous performance issues which have since been patched for the full release. It does not accurately reflect Nomad Idle, so that's why this decision was made. Nomad Idle is also in some bundles, if you'd like to check out some other cool games, as well! Thanks! Stay awesome.

Hello! Hope everyone is doing well. I've needed to push the release date for Nomad Idle back, but fortunately only by one week. Instead of it releasing on March 28th, it will now release on April 4th.

- DPS/MPS Log now updates faster when resetting it. - Fixed: When dying, there were some specific situations where the game would crash. - Fixed: Hedgehog Summon incorrectly contributing to damage dealt for all skills. - Fixed: Clicking bags is supposed to give you the material of the next Area, but was accidentally giving you the material of the current Area. - Fixed: Skills would sometimes stop working after dying. This was a rare bug. - Fixed: DPS/MPS Log buttons could be interacted with behind menus. - Fixed: Spooky enemy ghost issue. - Fixed: Display Overkill Damage in the DPS/MPS Log was behaving incorrectly. - Fixed: Number abbreviations would sometimes be culled incorrectly.

- Fixed spooky, invincible ghost enemies.

Previously, I pushed a build that overhauled game balance. Some of this balance makes way more sense in content you don't have access to, However, I do agree fully that on-kill skills were barely useable, so I've made adjustments. - On-Kill Skills now scale (damage/mana cost) significantly more gently. - DPS/MPS Log now holds data for 1-2 minutes instead of 5 minutes. The tooltip for this has been updated to inform you that, if you reset your log, it'll take 1-2 minutes to become accurate.

Nomad Idle will be participating in the upcoming Steam NextFest. I've decided to pre-emptively upload the NextFest build today. This update contains a lot of optimizations and a balance overhaul. It does not have new content from the previous demo, so if you're already completed all there is to offer in the demo, then you won't have much reason to return yet. You can expect the game to fully release on March 28th! You can be reminded by wishlisting the game, if you haven't done so already. Thanks! EDIT: Based on feedback, I've done another balance pass on damage and mana cost scaling to make it less abrupt.

Hey everyone! The Nomad Idle Demo is officially available! Yes, your save files transfer over. Check it out here: Nomad Idle Demo on Steam So, what's new in the demo when compared to the Playtest version or itch.io versions?

• Tons of Quality of Life improvements and bug fixes.
• New Area: Peridot Coast (Area 4)
• New Character: Cultist (playable by Ascending)
• 4 New Skills to discover, 2 of which you have automatically if you already have Skills unlocked! 👀
• Rebalancing of Skills, Stats, and Summons.
• New Stat: SPI (must first be unlocked)

Why not check it out? If you're enjoying it, wishlisting goes a long way. Also check our our Discord server: Discord

Currently, the Nomad Idle Playtest is available. On February 3rd, the Nomad Idle Playtest will be taken down in favor of the Nomad Idle Demo! Your save file will transfer over. The demo will contain a new Area, a new Character, and an absolute ton of quality-of-life changes and bug fixes. Come join our Discord server! I mean, if you want, but all the cool people are there, so... Discord Link Stay awesome!

Hello, everyone. First, a big thank you for everyone that's checked out the game. The reception has been way bigger and way more supportive than I ever could've imagined. You might've noticed that the game seems to be getting updates every day, sometimes multiple times, but there's no patch notes. I'm pretty much just fixing bugs as they come up over in our Discord server and didn't want to clutter up your timeline with one or two lines of miscellanous bug fixes. You can expect actual new content in the Demo. I'm not entirely sure when the Demo will be ready, but I'll make an announcement when it's getting close. Your save progress will transfer over. Thank you.

The latest version is 0.5.9e and contains a lot of bug fixes. Sorry about the hassle! I did a pretty big optimization change and it broke a lot of stuff I didn't anticipate breaking. If you're not updated, I strongly urge you to close the game and let it update. Thank you for checking the game out!

Sorry for the rocky launch! I think I've fixed all of the reported bugs that were made over on our Discord. Thank you so much for checking the game out and for your patience. You should be on Version 0.5.9c now (shown in the title screen to the top-left). Let me know if you encounter any more problems!

Hello, everyone! Nomad Idle is now playable in the Steam Playtest. It's playable up until Area 3! If you have any feedback, I'm super open to it over on our Discord. Let me know if you have any trouble with this Playtest. If you're coming from itch.io and would prefer to play this build on itch.io, you can! Check that out over here: https://thefoxknocks.itch.io/nomad-idle In case you missed it in the previous post, I'm opting to do a Playtest because I want something playable on Steam, but doing a proper Demo at this time is just a bit too soon. I'll have more content available for the Demo as well. Expect that closer to NextFest in February. Stay awesome!

Hello, everyone! Nomad Idle will soon be playable via Steam Playtest. All progress will be kept and if you've played Nomad Idle previously on other websites such as itch.io, your progress will also carry over. I'm saving a proper demo for close to NextFest, but I wanted something playable on Steam before then, so a Playtest makes the most sense. Anyone will be able to opt in and be immediately accepted. Please keep in mind that Steam Playtest does not support Cloud Saving, so your save files will be local on your PC. More details when the Playtest is live. Expect it within the next few days! You can also stay up-to-date over on our Discord. Thanks!