Poly TD news & patch notes

Quality of Life Improvements

• Multi-Select Feature Added

  • Right-click and drag to multi-select heroes and items for batch placement or selling.

• 'Gather' Feature Control Change

  • To avoid conflicts with existing hero/item controls, the Gather feature now uses right-click.

• Heroes obtained from 'Blessing Box' are now placed directly in the battle area.

• Some tutorials have been changed from appearing in full screen immediately to displaying as a button on the right side of the screen.

Hero Balance Adjustments

• Vlad III

  • Executioner's Touch: Damage 3000 → 4000

  • Blood Night Storm: Damage 4000 → 5500

  • Circle of Grief: Damage 3500 → 5000

  • Heart Predation - Heart Lock: Damage 3000 → 4000

  • Heart Predation - Devour: Damage 25000 → 35000

  • Finale: Damage 35000 → 50000

  • Blood Feast: Damage 8000 → 10000

  • Coffin of Wallachia - Vampire Bat: Damage 3500 → 5000

• Che Guevara

  • Heart Tracker (Path of Intelligence): Damage 140000 → 160000

Bug Fixes

• Addressed an issue where Socrates and Hattori's skill damage was intermittently not being applied

• Addressed an issue where boss reward chests were being sold immediately upon opening

• Removed the texture vertical adjustment option due to conflicts caused by the enemy animation system change

• Addressed an issue where Common heroes had a sell price of 0 gold when holding the relic 'Golden Key' (0 → 1 gold)

Optimization

• Major Optimization Patch

  • Changed the enemy animation system from the default engine method to an optimized custom method

  • Carried out a major optimization pass on combat-related code

  • Optimized hero animations

  • Improved memory usage

  • Optimized installation size

  • If you encounter any unexpected bugs, please report them via in-game feedback or our Discord channel.

Hero Balance Adjustments

• Odysseus

  • Spear of Ithaca's Sun: Damage 8000 → 11000

  • Solar Collision: Damage 15000 → 18000

  • Athena's Circle Dance: Damage 9000 → 12000

  • Sky Dragon Heliacos: Required Mana 100 → 90

• Vlad

  • Executioner's Touch: Damage 2500 → 3000

  • Blood Night Storm: Damage 3500 → 4000

  • Heart Predation: Damage 20000 → 25000

  • Finale: Damage 30000 → 35000

• Guan Yu

  • Green Dragon Crescent Blade: Damage 11000 → 13000

  • Azure Dragon Storm Dance: Damage 20500 → 22000

  • Cloud Moon Whirlwind: Damage 5500 → 6500

  • Five Passes, Six Generals: Damage 11000 → 13000

  • Army Crusher: Damage 4000 → 4500

• Siegfried

  • Balmung: Damage 2500 → 3000

  • Dragon Slayer Combo: Damage 1500 → 1800

  • Dragon Slayer Strike: Damage 4000 → 4500

  • Flame Dragon's Breath: Damage 2000 → 2500

  • Soul of Fafnir: Required Mana 90 → 80

• Che Guevara

  • Prelude to the Storm (Path of Agility): Damage 12000 → 11000

Bug Fixes

• Addressed an issue where Loki's Eagle skill was not dealing damage

• Addressed an issue where the settings window would occasionally not close when pressing ESC

• Addressed an issue where BGM volume was not applied correctly after scene transitions

• Other minor bug fixes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where heroes could not be placed in the center area.

• Fixed a bug where the game would intermittently freeze when using the hero Vlad III.

• Fixed a bug that occurred when adjusting resolution in windowed mode.

• Fixed other minor bugs.

System & Optimization

• Improved the combat codebase to proceed with optimization.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where auto-start for missions would intermittently fail to trigger even when enabled.

• Fixed a bug where Wanted Posters were not appearing up to the maximum count (2).

• Fixed a bug where heroes could intermittently not be placed in the center area.

System & New Features

• Integration of Error Tracking Tool

  • Integrated 'Sentry', a third-party error tracking tool, for efficient bug identification and response.

  • Sensitive personally identifiable information, including IP addresses, is not collected; only in-game error logs and minimal device information are transmitted.

  • For further details, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

• Added 'Replay' Feature

  • Added a feature to restart play immediately from the game results screen.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Jack the Ripper's passive was not being applied correctly.

• Fixed a bug where gameplay would intermittently freeze when using the hero 'Gagarin'.

• Fixed a bug where animations would not play correctly during hero synthesis.

System & Optimization

• Improved internal code to proceed with optimization.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the game would intermittently crash upon startup in certain environments.

• Fixed a bug where equipment would appear transparent under certain conditions.

• Fixed a bug where the game would intermittently freeze when summoning heroes in the Shop.

• Fixed a bug where the UI position would become abnormally misaligned during gameplay.

• Fixed a bug where the UI would disappear when rally the item or hero.

• Fixed a bug where characters would be displayed in a T-pose while gathering heroes.

Current Priorities

• The top development priorities are optimization, critical bug fixes, and improving quality of life (QoL) to ensure a smooth gameplay environment.

• Ensuring the game runs smoothly across a vast range of PC environments is a necessary precursor to adding larger-scale new content without issues.

Regarding Balance Patches

• Balance patches primarily involve adjusting numerical values and are considered supplementary tasks that require minimal development effort.

• These adjustments are made alongside main tasks, focusing on the most frequently mentioned feedback, and do not significantly impact the overall development cost.

Future Update Direction (New Content)

• The stabilization work to solidify the foundation is gradually improving. Once this stage is complete, I plan to begin strengthening the content, including the presentation, new heroes, and recipes that many of you have been waiting for.

• I will continue to implement minor tasks that require little effort alongside the main updates, so please keep providing your feedback. Thank you for playing the game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where some items from the previous stage remained when entering a new stage from the main menu after finishing a stage.

• Fixed a bug where enemies were not taking damage when using the hero 'Brave'.

System & Optimization

• Massive Code Optimization & Overhaul

  • We have significantly overhauled the internal code for game optimization.

  • If you experience any unexpected bugs, please report them via in-game feedback or our Discord channel.

Hero Balance Adjustments

• Guan Yu

  • Concentrated Power (Passive): Increased Critical Damage Multiplier (200% → 400%).

  • Descending Dragon: Increased Damage (10,000 → 20,000).

• Vlad

  • Executioner's Touch: Increased Damage (2,000 → 2,500).

  • Blood Night Storm: Increased Damage (3,500 → 4,000).

  • Circle of Grief: Increased Damage (3,000 → 3,500).

  • Increased the damage scaling based on the Intelligence stat.

• Odysseus

  • Sun Spear of Ithaca: Increased Damage (7,000 → 8,000).

  • Athena's Waltz: Increased Damage (9,000 → 10,000).

  • Slightly increased the attack speed of all attacks and skills.

• Polysteel

  • Super Electric Barrage: Removed Mana cost (activation probability has been lowered instead).

• Robot

  • Skill Effect Change: Removed the Area of Effect (AoE) damage, but increased damage and target count.

  • Damage: 450 → 500

  • Count: 4 → 5

• CEO

  • Skill Effect Buff: Increased target count (3 → 5).

Summon Balance Adjustments

• Normal Summon Probability Adjustment

  • Decreased the probability of 'Common' grade heroes appearing and increased the probability of 'Normal' grade heroes appearing.

Hero Balance Adjustments

• Guan Yu

  • Base Attack Damage: 10,000 → 11,000

  • 'Blue Dragon Sky Dance' Damage: 20,000 → 20,500

  • 'Cloud Moon Slash' Damage: 5,000 → 5,500

  • 'Five Passes' Damage: 11,000 → 11,500

  • 'Descending Dragon' (Passive) Damage: 10,000 → 12,000

• Vlad

  • Increased Max Mana: 200 → 220

  • Reduced the delay when entering 'Rest of Death'.

  • Increased Mana recovery for 'Blood Predator': 7 → 10

  • Decreased Mana cost for 'Blood Night Storm': 15 → 10

  • Decreased Mana cost for 'Circle of Grief': 20 → 15

  • Decreased Mana cost for 'Finale': 50 → 40

• Increased the selling price of Hidden Heroes, including the Rebel.

System & Optimization

• Optimized animation clips.

• Optimized in-game resources (textures, audio) through compression.

• Adjusted sound balance for some heroes.

UI & QoL Improvements

• Improved the Recipe view to show the current number of owned lower-tier heroes.

• Improved the Encyclopedia to display skills used after transformation.

• The Encyclopedia now displays the Hero's Max Mana.

• Changed the enemy tooltip (visible upon clicking an enemy) to immediately show Damage Reduction rates based on Armor and Magic Resistance.

• Improved the weapon merge feature to allow immediate merging via a confirmation popup when compatible weapons are equipped.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where clicking on a Statue again would not trigger any action.

• Fixed an error where the hero Spartacus's main stat was incorrectly labeled as Strength. (Strength → Agility)

• Fixed a bug where the hero General's position was misaligned.

• Fixed a bug where the tier information in the UI and selling price did not update when a Gem's tier increased through synthesis.

• Fixed a bug where visual effects were displayed abnormally when using the 'Gather' function on the hero Mage.

• Fixed a bug where the 'Combination Available' indicator was not visible in the Hero Info window.

System & Optimization

• Implemented Attack Speed Cap & Damage Compensation System

  • To prevent excessive calculations that cause frame drops in the late game, a maximum attack speed limit has been introduced.

  • Change: Maximum attack speed is now limited to 2 attacks per second.

  • Damage Compensation: A damage multiplier is applied based on the limited attack speed, ensuring the actual Damage Per Second (DPS) remains the same.

  • Example: If a hero had 10 attacks/sec before, they will now attack 2 times/sec with 5x damage.

• Optimized hero animation motions.

Balance Adjustments

• Trait 'All-In': Removed the effect "Gain +50% Gold when selling heroes".

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where locked heroes could be synthesized in the Demo version.

• Fixed a bug where sound effects would momentarily play when reopening the settings window, even if the SFX volume was set to 0.

• Fixed a bug where the game would unpause when opening the Hero or Item sales popup.

• Fixed a bug where Odysseus's skill 'Supernova Drop' was incorrectly dealing Magic damage.

• Fixed other miscellaneous text errors.

Hello, this is Naroot, the developer of \.

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), who is a dedicated supporter of Korean indie game developers.

In this interview, I honestly shared my thoughts on the \ and the mindset I bring to development.

If you have a moment, please check out the link below. Thank you.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a text error in the 'Rare Collector' mission where the number of heroes required was displayed incorrectly. (Correction: 4 → 5)

• Fixed a bug where the 'Hide' function in the Encyclopedia was not working correctly.

System & Optimization

• Added optimization options to control battle effects. (Options: Show All / Disable Hit Effects / Disable All)

• Optimized the frame rate of the Encyclopedia screen.

• Improved the Encyclopedia to remember the last viewed position when reopened.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where mouse cursor trails remained on 21:9 aspect ratios.

• Fixed an issue where the sound effect was missing when synthesizing Transcendence grade heroes.

Hello, this is Naroot. It has been one week since the game's launch. Although it has been a short time, I sincerely thank you for your support.

As a solo developer creating this game alone, there are many points where it is difficult to determine the right direction. I know it is impossible to satisfy everyone, but thanks to your passionate feedback, I have been able to improve the game significantly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I will continue to strive to bolster the game's content and improve its quality. Due to the nature of being a solo developer, the pace may inevitably be slow, but I will actively listen to your opinions and continue to improve the game.

I would like to share the priorities I have set for the future direction of \.

Content Expansion

• New Transcendence Grade Heroes: I plan to add legendary figures from a wider variety of cultures.

• Enhanced Presentation: Improving the entrance animations for Transcendence Heroes and adding in-game lore to explain their origins.

• New Items & Upgrade Options.

Achievement System Enhancements

• Detailed Records: Improving the system so you can view your achieved records in more detail.

• Leaderboards: Implementing record leaderboards between Steam friends (or potentially global users).

Quality of Life (QoL) Improvements

• Smart Synthesis Suggestions: Displaying the most suitable high-tier heroes based on the heroes you currently possess.

• Synthesis Target Setting: Heroes set as a "Synthesis Target" will be automatically synthesized, and the required lower-tier heroes will not be consumed for other combinations.

(Please note that these priorities are subject to change, and not all features are finalized. I also want to announce that development speed may be slower than you expect due to development conditions.)

In addition to this, I will continue to work on bug fixes, optimization, and difficulty adjustments, so please keep your feedback coming.

Thanks to you all, I feel that my life, which used to be gloomy, is changing. Thank you so much for trusting and playing my lacking game.

I will end this post with a photo of the room where I work alone.

(And... Official Brazilian Portuguese support is coming! Thumbs up, Brazil!)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug where the game would not proceed after defeating a boss.

Balance Adjustments

• Devil's Heart: Buffed the relic effect. (Burn +100 → Burn +300)

I would like to thank everyone who quickly reported this critical progression issue.

A critical issue was confirmed where the game would not proceed after clearing a boss following the 1.0.1.2 update.

As this issue causes significant disruption to gameplay, we have inevitably decided to temporarily roll back to the previous version to ensure a smooth gaming experience.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We will fix this issue as soon as possible and re-release the update.

System & Optimization

• Optimized the enemy detection code for heroes and summons.

• Reduced the size of the 'Sort Heroes' button to prevent accidental clicks.

• Added Torment Difficulty Level 5.

Game Balance Adjustments Difficulty & Modes

• Lowered the score requirement to unlock Torment difficulty.

• Slightly reduced the difficulty of the Infinite Mode boss 'Ghost Lord'.

• Reduced Armor and Magic Resistance scaling in Infinite Mode by 5%.

Shop & Summons

• Increased the number of items sold in the Black Market (4 → 5).

• Reduced the price of high-grade items in the Black Market.

• Added a chance for Transcendence grade heroes to appear in Summons and increased the probability of high-grade heroes appearing.

Stats & Traits

• Reworked the 'Luck' stat to improve its efficiency.

• Changed the effect of 'Mammonism'. (New: Instantly gain +3000 Gold, Luck +5)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Ninjas would appear even without purchasing the 'Unlock Ninja' upgrade.

• Fixed a bug where purchasing relics in the Black Market could exceed the maximum possession limit.

• Fixed a bug where the effects of 'Token of Conquest' and 'Token of Effort' items were not applying.

• Fixed a bug where the 'Combination Available' indicator would appear above heroes' heads when the 'All-In' trait was selected.

• Fixed a bug where Item Statues obtained from mission rewards were positioned incorrectly at the bottom.

• Fixed a bug where the Game Clear sound effect ignored volume settings.

• Fixed text bugs found in the Japanese language setting.

Game Balance Adjustments

• Icicle (Buffed): Increased Movement Speed reduction from 5% to 10% (Maximum stack limit adjusted from 4 to 2).

• Golden Key (Nerfed): Existing effects remain, but the selling price has been reduced by 90%.

• Black Market: Decreased the selling prices of items.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an error where the skill description for the hero Loki was missing.

• Fixed an error where text related to the Black Market and Key items was displayed abnormally.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the description of the relic Power Gem was displayed incorrectly in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where certain Relic items only appeared in the Encyclopedia and did not drop in-game.

  • Affected Items: Icicle, Wanted Poster, Magic Stone Ingot, Pickaxe, Circular Stone Tablet, Golden Gear, Merchant's Bag, Golden Disc, Golden Key

Game Balance Adjustments

• Player Level Cap: Increased from 40 to 50.

• Hidden Hero Spawn Rate: Increased from 2% to 2.3% per hero.

• Black Market: Decreased item selling prices.

• Stage Defeat Counter: Adjusted to 15 seconds.

• Final Boss: Increased the difficulty of the 'Apocalypse Dragon'.

Hero Balance Adjustments

• Gautama Buddha

  • Reduced Awakening Mana requirement: 180 → 100

  • Awakening Stat Bonus: Intelligence +20%

  • Increased base Attack Speed before Awakening.

• Napoleon: Increased Ultimate stat bonus (10% → 15%).

• Vlad: Decreased skill Mana cost; increased Max Mana and Mana Regeneration.

• Che Guevara: Increased damage output.

• Cleopatra

  • Slightly decreased base attack and skill speed.

  • Decreased base Whip attack damage: 8,000 → 7,500

Game Balance Adjustments

• Reduced Mine Difficulty: 'Clean Sweep' damage dealt to the Mine is no longer affected by its Armor and Magic Resistance.

Game Balance Adjustments

• Lowered the overall game difficulty, specifically smoothing out the difficulty spikes in the early-to-mid game.

• Decreased the difficulty of Infinite Mode.

• Increased the rewards for the 'Quick Synthesizer' mission.

• Increased the rewards for completing the 'Fast Mining' mission.

• Improved AI logic: Heroes attacking the Mine will now prioritize normal monsters if they enter the hero's attack range.

Hero & Item Adjustments

• Idea: Adjusted Mana required for Ultimate skill (60 → 80).

• Witch: Added a description clarifying that the summon's Magic Resistance reduction effect stacks up to 6 times.

• Circular Stone Tablet: Increased maximum stack limit (4 → 5).

• Golden Disc: Increased maximum stack limit (2 → 3).

New Features & UI Improvements

• Added a 'Reset to Default' button in the Settings menu.

• Implemented a Mana Bar in the Hero info window to track current Mana status.

• Changed the mouse cursor size adjustment to a dropdown menu and added an auto-revert feature if the new setting is not confirmed.

• Enhanced visual effects in the Encyclopedia to more intuitively show Hero ownership status.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Jack the Ripper's model was invisible during transformation.

• Fixed an issue where Viking's 'Battle Roar' buff range was not applying correctly according to settings.

• Fixed inaccurate ownership displays for Hidden Hero recipes in the Encyclopedia.

• Corrected the descriptive text error for the 'Overlord's Crown' item values.

• Fixed incorrect stat labeling in the Japanese language environment.

• Updated the Discord invitation link on the main screen as the previous link had expired.

System & Optimization

• Optimized performance by removing animations for heroes not in combat.

• Fixed abnormal shadow rendering on the Snowy Field map.

• Corrected text errors in the item sale confirmation window.

• Improved system translations and conducted a general text audit.

Game Balance

• Increased difficulty for the mid-game stages.

• Lowered Infinite Mode entry difficulty but increased the difficulty growth per stage.

• Increased the overall selling price of items.

• Fixed the 'Fast Mining' mission to correctly require Mine Stage 2 by Wave 20.

Hero Balance & Bug Fixes

• General: Fixed a bug where buff durations did not refresh upon re-acquisition.

• General: Fixed an issue where percentage-based (%) buffs granted higher stats than intended.

• Viking: Buffs now apply to both the hero and nearby allies.

• Minerva: Fixed an issue where buffs didn't apply to heroes with summoned owls.

• Cleopatra: Reduced passive ability range (3.0 → 2.5).

• Loki / Odysseus / Guan Yu: Fixed a bug where Mana regenerated during Ultimate transformations.

• Gagarin: Fixed missing Ultimate skill effects.

• Others: Adjusted sound volumes for Zeta and Susanoo.

Items & Relics

• Overlord's Crown: Stat reduced (50% → 30%).

• Circular Stone Tablet: Reduced HP gain and limited stacks (HP +5, Max 4).

• Golden Disc (New): Added Tier 3 item (HP +10, Max 2).

• Icons: Added missing icons for Hero Incubator, etc.

UI & Misc

• Fixed various UI bugs in the Encyclopedia.

• Corrected hero skill description errors.

System Improvements

• Improved mouse cursor visibility and added an option to adjust cursor size in the Settings menu.

• Streamlined the Level-up selection UI for better intuitiveness.

DPS Indicator Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the DPS calculation. (Previous: Displayed total damage over 5 seconds → New: Displays damage per second)

• Adjusted the DPS meter UI size to prevent it from obstructing the view of the Mine.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Encyclopedia where hero skill lists would overlap and stack.

• Fixed a bug where hero skill previews in the Encyclopedia were not functioning correctly.

New Features

• Added a DPS indicator.

Adjustments & Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the buff for the hero 'Isekai Savior' would stack infinitely.

• Buffed the hero 'Hattori Hanzo' by adding an Armor Reduction effect to his Ultimate skill.

Optimization & System Improvements

• Balanced the skill sound volume for the hero 'Hattori Hanzo' to an appropriate level.

• Added a VSync (Vertical Sync) On/Off option to the Settings menu.

• Added adjustable Frame Rate limit options to suit various user environments.

• Fixed a bug where the Item UI in the Encyclopedia was displayed abnormally.

• Changed settings so that Keys can now be acquired while mining.

• Adjusted 'Clean Sweep' so that its damage to the Mine is now affected 50% by Armor and 50% by Magic Resistance.

• Added a feature to exchange Poly for Gold in the Shop when the 'All-In' trait is selected.

• Fixed a bug where the Napoleon Musketeer model was invisible.

• Fixed a bug where the 'Purchase Poly' UI in the shop was displayed abnormally.

• Fixed a visual bug where low-rarity rewards were highlighted during level-up reward selection.

• Balanced the sound effect volumes for certain heroes.

• Fixed a bug where the 'Pickaxe' item effect would reset when the Mine stage changed.

• Fixed a bug where hero skill information could not be viewed in the Encyclopedia.

• Resolved other identified text-related errors.

Optimization Options Added

• Added the ability to disable hit effects and damage numbers in the Settings menu.