Quantum Protocol news & patch notes

-- Correction of card effects and terms -- Updates to story text to read more naturally The updated story text is worth re-reading for veteran players, please give it a try :D {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/0ac94c7dd91ad3ecc9d9fd7868fa6d7fe7e8edee.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/af11a5686df00b12e69fca07199399fe2036248f.png

Fix issue with damage negation. Damage negation will now show properly in the Action Log, and cards like Taser or Vampire effects will behave more intuitively if they have their damage negated. Fix issue with Treble and Omen. Treble will now properly proc Omen.

Fixed an infinite combo that could softlock the game with crosscode cards.

Added French localization.

A new collab deck is here, this time featuring the fantastic space shooter Nova Drift! https://store.steampowered.com/app/858210/Nova_Drift/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/06f5c65aa5416efe0cff517f5653b5c35a195448.jpg Many familiar ships and mods take on a new form, reimagined as Quantum Protocol cards. Play mods to mix and match effects onto your ships and discover new combinations every run! Will you go all in with damage? Or balance defensive mods with offensive power? Or maybe focus on setting up the field to drop the almighty Leviathan!!! The choice is yours. The card art is by none other than the dev of Nova Drift themselves! Chimeric! But there's more! Also included in this update is a complete rework of the Spirit archetype! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/39fc579964f5ddde3eb790b12b7ba404d84afe97.jpg The Spirit cards have historically been a niche and awkward deck, centered around a strange rhythm of returning cards to your hand. With the rework, they still return to your hand, but they now make use of a much more intuitive mechanic of linking together on the field. There's far too much to explain here, give the deck a try! Cards Changed Cockatrice.myth. New summon condition. Changed Mermaid.myth. New summon condition and effect. Mermaid and Cockatrice have been changed to reward the most unique part of the character that uses them: combining lots of different cards into one deck. Buffed Octavia.mage. MANUAL effect is now instant. Buffed Ignis.sorc. Now deals more damage based on a multiplier rather than flat amount. Buffed Tempus.sorc. Base form is 1 + X, upgrade is 2 x X. Nerfed Spear.blood. Level 1 -> 2. Rarity white -> blue. Nerfed Spear.blood+. Damage 4 -> 3 Level Reduced the number of bananas in Esper's introduction deck. Removed a few enemies from Queen's introduction chess level. Special thanks to Nigokos for the art of Aurora. Also come say hi in the Discord! This decks can get tricky, but the Discord is a great place to get help! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg This update has been in the works for a long long while, thank you all for playing! Please consider leaving a review if you haven't already, it really helps me continue working on this game and other games in the future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/7cb773aa2a338806cbdc248315de13b3d820e2e0.png

Fix broken Discord link on the title screen.

Updated Chinese text.

Small update to localization.

Small changes to Chinese text.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/ab9915ab357b1c42bc19e14279b790c549605902.png Chinese Simplified language is finally here! Also, here's a cute Dragoon with a Dragoon plushie. I think she likes it <3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/b2550b4db392c7889cea95b021e025ec95257c1e.png Drawn by ssrhime Also included are a few small fixes: Cards FIXED Apollo shuffling deck when it should not. If you have not already, please consider leaving a review! They really help small games like this. Also come say hi in the Discord! This game is pretty hard, but the Discord is a great place to get started! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/bc81826eab9100904ec106697b8e19a378b5c40b.png Korean language is here! I hope this will allow even more people to enjoy the game :D Also included are a few fixes: Cards FIXED Gunner not applying counters properly at 0 Turn Draw. FIXED Checkmate stacking with itself. System Can no longer pause during transitions, it was breaking things. Game should now work better on high DPI screens. And with this update, the girls of Quantum have their splash arts :D collect them all in-game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/a4bf65bec2e57e54730ee7c1d9e7c4487b65e7e6.png If you have not already, please consider leaving a review! They really help small games like this. Also come say hi in the Discord! This game is pretty hard, but the Discord is a great place to get started! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/fa467a017299af313fba8d913de70bf2e6a3ecef.png A new collab is here! This time for the card game Vault of the Void! Take on dungeons with a brand new playstyle! The deck is fast and aggressive, making use of a super cool combo system inspired by The Hidden from Vault of the Void. The deck is fairly easy to pilot, so give it a try! You can find it on the far right side of the level select, grouped with the other collab decks. As of this update, Vault of the Void is still in Early Access, but having played it a bunch, I can assure you it is well worth playing today and there's plenty of "game" in the game to justify picking it up :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135810?utm_source=collab&utm_campaign=qp Oh, and Mahou has their red card now, you'll have to beat a new boss after Ascension 4 to get it though. So for all you late-game players out there, there's new stuff! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/09cadf90f01f73dcb263b8056767ba3725de3824.png Now for the regular patch notes: NEW Collab deck for Vault of the Void NEW Mahou red card. NEW Boss level after Ascension 4 Cards Improved keyword descriptions of VOID and CONDITION. NERFED Kazane, can no longer target itself. FIXED typos on mahou cards. ADJUST rarity of Potentia and Lux. Potentia is now green, Lux is now blue. Enemy NERFED Guillotine. Only triggers on player effects now. NERFED Zirus. The arms attack slower. FIXED bug with Venom not doing quite what it said on the text. Game Ascensions are now shorter. The last sector specifically is much shorter. Thanks for playing! And please consider leaving a review, it really helps a lot! <3 Be sure to check out the Discord if you have any questions or just want to say hi :D {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

Small fixes to Japanese card text.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/8630e23cdbdd7b76ba6121eafb4ddb0a44b71c9d.png The Mahou deck is here! Take control of the magical girls and their powerful companions to take on any threat! This deck is simple to learn but incredibly hard to master, if you're looking for a simple cute deck with a lot of room to learn and grow, Mahou might be for you! I am also super excited to announce that the game is now available in Japanese!!! Select it in the options menu <3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/03d4e2920bf40ffb1bdc483cc7d3bb925becc7a4.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/29ed70a599592562a893b32c1b7c31ca2cce70b0.png Also added are new rematches with some old bosses, they're pretty tough! If you haven't yet, please consider leaving a review on Steam. Even if just a few words. It really helps keep the game alive and allows me to make updates like this! https://store.steampowered.com/recommended/recommendgame/1328530 Now for the regular update stuff: New Stuff NEW Japanese language support!!!!! NEW Mahou deck. NEW rematch with Zarakuri NEW rematch with Zeaper NEW gallery picture of magical idol IDOL (get it?! XD) Cards NERFED Reincarnation. Can no longer target itself. FIXED Apollo.cross not working vs hand damage. FIXED Tanzaku.spirit so it works better with multiple copies. For all 3 of you spirit players out there, this is a bug fix and a buff. FIXED wording of Greed algo. Reads better now. FIXED Encore ability not working properly with cards that looked for cards in the hand (like Yuki). This one is too specific to explain here, but basically: Encore works more like you think it does. Enemy CHANGED Slime boss rematch. It's different. Less janky. BUFFED Tsukuyomi boss. attack 2->3 FIXED White.tlsm to just be ONCE (was ONCE and UNIQUE). Game BUFFED emoji in talking scenes. They're bigger :D CHANGED font. Part of the localization update. UPDATED card tooltip upgrade bracket location. Fancy way of saying...you probably wont notice but it bothered me. FIXED bug where ascensions could show cards for decks you do not have unlocked yet. REMOVED difficulty mode on ascension end level report. Difficulty mode doesn't work on ascensions, so the end level report has no need to show it. FIXED issue where generic cards would drop far more often than they should. Oops. REMOVED subtle color difference on next wave radar for higher level enemies. This was a leftover from long ago, it is not supposed to be here, it was just so subtle and hard to notice that it went unnoticed until now. System FIXED issue related to online systems causing memory leaks. Special thanks to nyan komi for the cover image! https://www.instagram.com/nyan.komi/ Consider stopping by the Discord! A lot of these updates come from what we talk about there! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

I am super excited to present a new collaboration! CrossCode! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/9aa1e2185eb6c6ed86f2efe166d79776a816cd19.png Play as the CrossCode characters in card form and enhance their abilities with the four elements: Heat, Cold, Shock, and Wave! CrossCode is an incredible game. For those who have not tried it, I highly recommend! It's a game with incredible care, attention, and detail in it. Playing it is such a wholesome experience <3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/CrossCode/ Try finding Quantum's characters in CrossCode! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/35cc73565f511c71928527ba08284a7a336f145c.png Now to the other changes: Game REWORKED Ascension wave spawns. They will now be much more consistent. So fewer easy waves, and fewer crazy hard waves. NEW puzzle levels! These are optional and unlocked after beating the game. Some of these will prove very tricky and require clever use of different card mechanics. FIXED long card tooltips spilling off the top of the screen. FIXED soft locks that could be caused by using consumable cards with Reprogram. FIXED stars not updating when unlocking new decks on level select. Cards NEW effect flag: CHAINED This is something that applies to TRIGGER effects and has always been in the game, but now I'm just clarifying it on each card rather than having people guess. TRIGGERS normally resolve in a new chain, but some TRIGGER effects chain directly to the effect that "triggered" them. This difference will now be written on the cards in the form of the CHAINED flag. The difference usually doesn't matter, but sometimes it does :D NEW card: Taser NEW card: Ambush NEW card: Rupture These new generic cards are here to replace ClawTrap and Shatter in the white rarity tier. Read the next few lines to see why. NERF ClawTrap. Rarity white -> green. NERF Shatter. Rarity white -> green. Shatter and ClawTrap are old cards, made before there were many other cards to compare them to. Now that there are other cards, the power they provide is way out of line for common cards. Their effects are cool though, so just moving them up to a rarity tier that better reflects their power. BUFF Afterburner. Rarity blue -> white. NERF Potentia. Max attack buff now 5. Plz stop stacking attack buffs T.T The bosses get so sad when they don't get to play ; ; FIX Valeria. Can now select 0 cards for her effect even if there is only 1 spell in the deck. FIX Valeria. Level 2 -> 3 FIX Camilla. Had issues with infinite loops with cards like Unity. Should no longer happen. NERF Ishida+. Health 6 -> 4. NERF Chiyo+. Health 5 -> 3. FIX Saigo card text. Properly specifies it copies the "original" effect. FIX Violette. The details are complicated, but basically, the card should work more consistently now :) FIX Miki. Now shuffles deck after searching. FIX Spear blood. Does not need to be ONCE and UNIQUE. Just ONCE is fine since ONCE implies UNIQUE. ADJUST Greed algo. Now gives you an extra card on turn draw and mills two cards from your deck. Still take damage if there are no cards in the deck. Algo cards in storage are supposed to be kinda awkward to play, but Greed's old storage effect was way too awkward compared to the other algos, this change is trying to bring it more in line. UPDATE Serenity image. Yay pretty! ADJUST Serenity. Now uses its own special counters rather than generic counters. The new CrossCode deck has LOTS of ways to manipulate counters and move them onto Serenity. This is busted. Serenity no longer interacts with normal counters :) UPDATE Encore image. Yay pretty! ADJUST Paradox. Delay is no longer a SUSPEND. Delay duration 3->6. Cost increased 5 -> 7. Suspensions are broken, especially since Omega has so many instant effects and can charge the special so quickly. The longer delay should prove more powerful in the wholesome use cases <3 Enemy ADJUST Daggers. Now starts at 1 atk and increases up to 3 for every card played. Daggers is THE defining card of ascensions. While they have a lot of counter play, it also feels terrible to be locked down by two of these things. This change should hopefully open up more options for counter play without taking away too much from the power of the enemy. FIX Miasma. Now properly highlights targets. REMOVED MirrorShard from Ascension waves. FIX Decima card text. Now properly words "equal to or greater than" condition. ADJUST BitCache. No longer can give red cards. Restarting a level to look for a red is not super fun. The red cards are not supposed to be required for any deck to win and should just be a cool random thing that sometimes happens but cannot be explicitly planned around. FIX Zirus defense effect. Will work more consistently with multi hits. Level Dragoon's Comet level now has Zlime as the second boss rather than Zeaper. Just trying to smooth out comet runs and make them a bit shorter. The multiple bosses is important, because it creates stakes in terms of time investment, which encourages thoughtful play rather than attrition. Yes, it feels terrible to lose an hour long run and have nothing to show, I feel that too. But levels like the comet push the game to where I think it shines the brightest, when every action matters, and you find a way to make any cards you get work and discover new interactions. That said, I love compromising, so getting rid of Zeaper's one-shot from the comet should make things more kind <3 Story Very small update to the Omega boss fight text. Very small change in Omega's postgame scene. Queen generally should not refer to Omega as "Omega," but rather his real name, "Kyril." Consider stopping by the Discord! A lot of these updates come from what we talk about there! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

Some quality of life changes and an update to the spirit deck! Cards Major update to spirit cards! The basic cards are the same, the higher rarity cards have all been adjusted to be more flexible. The changes are kinda long...but check them out in-game, the deck should feel noticeably nicer to play and generally more powerful as a result. Nerfed Gunner.eden Now needs to deal damage multiple times to lower turn draw countdown. Adjusted level of Ragnarok, Crossfire, and BowSnipe. They are now the level you think they should be. Enemies Dark bosses generally buffed. All Dark bosses act 1 turn faster. (The previous change to wave threat meant all enemies act 1 turn slower, this change will make dark bosses more interactive, since many dark bosses rely on layering their actions quickly). Remi 45hp -> 55hp Griffin now starts with an extra minion card. Lorado 80hp -> 95hp Persephone attack 1 -> 2 Demeter 55hp -> 65hp Demeter thorn enemies now have more health, but Demeter's counters are reduced from 5 -> 3 Kobo 50hp -> 55hp. Now starts with a lantern instead of a katana. Decima spawns with extra minions. Game Fixed issue where upgrading multiple cards could result in health going below 0. Reduced wave threat penalty, 50% -> 25% health Dealing 0 damage will now prevent wave threat from increasing. Minimum enemy action time is now 2 (up from 1) Can now view the board when game over. Can skip death animation by clicking. Can now close level select panel by pressing ESC. Pausing now disabled while game is resolving actions. Quitting the game at bad times was resulting in crashes. Options for VSync and FPS limit.

The One Step from Eden collab is here! A brand new deck arrives with iconic characters and some strangely familiar game mechanics. This is one of the fastest and most fluid decks to date (just like the game they're from)! Try it out! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/c1cd8a573dea1cda616d2ab7e557d616d1e05c46.png Also! Queen is now in One Step from Eden! Check her out, she looks super cool!!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/0035369bcbf7cd5a4d21729b869a903c1771bc4d.gif https://store.steampowered.com/app/960690/One_Step_From_Eden/ There's also a bunch of other regular updates! Big Change: Wave Alert Wave Alert is now Wave Threat.

Wave Threat increases every turn, and is decreased by dealing damage to enemies.

If Wave Threat reaches max, you lose half your health.

Enemies act faster at higher Wave Threat levels. Stalling is very optimal but not that interesting to play. This upgrade to the Wave Alert system will force players to deal damage at a steady rate throughout the level. Hopefully the new system is not too punishing for players who are already struggling, but if it is, the difficulty settings are more accessible now. Game New art gallery and unlockable art. New difficulty options on operator select. Removed turn handicap options (replaced by operator select difficulty options) Fixed passives will now properly pulse when their effect is triggered. Added error effect when trying to play a card with a condition that has not been met. Changed loot capacity for green and blue loot increased by 1. Nerfed number of rerolls in ascensions for secondary archetypes reduced 2 -> 1 (primary rerolls unchanged) Nerfed Dragoon's Comet stage, it is now shorter and has more loot caches. Cards Added new card. Afterburner! Added icons for physical and magic damage. Removed healing effects from enemy cards (to work better with Wave Threat) Nerfed Zirus boss. Arm health reduced. Spike attack reduced. Changed Tanzaku.spirit now force activates the leftmost manual effects on cards. Fixed Tanzaku.spirt bug where ONCE effects were not properly being activated when multiple Tanzakus were on the field. Localization Added support for Korean characters Added card effect flags to localization files. Was super fun working on this collab! One Step from Eden is such a fun game (even if I'm pretty bad at it), was really happy when the dev ok'd all of this! Also! Queen looks super awesome in One Step from Eden, and the Eden cards in Quantum ended up really unique and interesting. It was cool to see how well the characters translated to Quantum. I hope you all enjoy the new deck! And as always, feel free to leave any feedback in the game's Discord, I'm not scary I promise UwU {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

Happy Lunar New Year! This update brings a major system change as well as some other quality of life and presentation changes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/5f37065fea45f08d059b688551b224b313b39e8e.png NEW Wave Alert This replaces the old turn counter time limit. If you have more cards than the enemy, enemies will attack faster. If you have fewer cards than enemies, enemies will attack slower. The base action time of enemies has been increased from 6 -> 7 What does all this mean? It means if you play normally the game will be almost exactly the same as before. But the game is a bit more forgiving if you fall behind and gives you more ways to make a comeback. Additionally, it smooths out some issues where waves are the hardest when they first spawn and become trivial when there is one enemy left. With Wave Alert, waves act slower when they first spawn (since there are so many cards) then start acting faster as the number of cards goes down. If you have any feedback. Let me know in the game's Discord! (linked at the end) Game {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/02d46fc6817a555df7123ed5b32c072409516a9d.png NEW layout for the card collection! NEW layout of level end reports, now shows storage. Cards BUFFED Tanzaku.spirit. Trigger is no longer UNIQUE. ADJUSTED Potentia.sorc. Buff amount increased from X -> 1 + X, but the buff now decays every turn. ADJUSTED Yamata.spirit. Attack buff multiplier increased from 0.5 -> 1, but the buff now only lasts for one attack. Also, check out this super cool illustration of Queen! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/b26f32ec2bc70faa8f8c68d86660b8e9ae8e107a.jpg If you have any feedback, or want to learn about the crazy card combos that often inspire these updates, check out the game's Discord! <3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/2aad81291eb17a9180405209526a6e8eb064395f.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/eefa007e3a1df42e6f6cd919a7d377f414bcb830.png Mage deck has arrived! Command powerful spells that gain strength when manipulated by the master mages. Also included are a bunch of regular changes and fixes. Game Waystones now force a Reprogram. Overpreparing for bosses was optimal, but not always interesting. This change should limit the amount of preparation time for bosses as well as help players who fall behind in the waves leading up to the boss. Error messages will now pop up if you try to click cards that cannot attack. A teaching tool I've wanted to do for a while. This should help new players learn why their cards are not attacking when they click them. Fixed an issue where deck codes would not work when retrying a level. Added more music variations to Ascensions. Moved tutorial text to external text files. This is an ongoing thing to make localization easier in the future. Cards BUFFED Saigo+. Health 4 -> 5 FIXED issue where ONCE effects were not triggering when added via Pollination. ADJUSTED Cache enemies. BitCache now gives fixed rarities, while CryptCaches give more loot. FIXED issue where Pomegranate would not respect ONCE flags. ADJUSTED the "fire" effect on red cards so it is more transparent. Enemy BUFFED Tsukuyomi boss. It now adds counters when you turn draw. As always, thanks for playing! Consider leaving a like, or checking out the game's Discord: https://discord.com/invite/quantumprotocol So much of every update is to address feedback I read in the Discord :) Oh, I'll leave you with this amazing illustration of Ria and her best friend. Not a robot! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/703a561a8b132d6eb33873ae986c4a1a4a9542cb.png

Smaller update with several fixes to bugs and card interactions. Interactions Zombie + Trance. Zombies will not attack immediately when they revive when Trance is destroyed. King vs Guillotine. King's gameover effect is now a passive (was a trigger), so it activates immediately and no longer causes weird visual bugs with Guillotine. DamageCapacitor vs Guillotine. ONCE effects are now treated as UNIQUE effects, so capacitor will no longer loop vs Guillotine. Cards Reworked Plunge+. No longer instant, instead, you can add it from trash to hand ONCE. Fixed Treasure+. It now properly draws more cards. Nerfed Tsukuyomi.spirit. HP 8 -> 4 Enemies Reworked Venom. It now moves to the top of your deck and no longer deals damage when drawn. Bugs Fixed minions spawning in player's trash if a boss was killed before the minions by an AOE effect. Fixed some cases where leaving a level during ascension route selection could cause issues. Working on a new deck for the next update, so look forward to that! Wonder who it'll be for... Thanks for playing! If you're enjoying the game, consider leaving a review or joining the Discord (https://discord.com/invite/quantumprotocol) :D

The alternative boss theme is now available as an update for the OST! It's the song that plays during the "plus" boss rematches.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/1cab55e45fc266daa38ae2c1f3e8528d3003daf4.png New enemies and bosses. Several balance changes. And a new Ascension level. New Ascension 4 - Has brand new enemies and bosses. Try them out! Zlime rematch - It's back, and more lethal than ever. Move quickly! Game Added new achievements for clearing Ascensions. New visual effects when health or attack is set by card effect (ConstantCorrection for example). Stars should now properly appear on story tiles on level select. Fixed some cases where cards would not sort properly in the Reprogram menu. Cards FIXED Tanzaku.spirit, it no longer activates MANUAL effects that have no targets. NERFED Tanzaku.spirit, it now only gains 1 counter on play, but has a MANUAL effect to add the second counter. NERFED Kitsune.spirit, attack 3 -> 2 FIXED DamageCapacitor interaction with defense, DamageCapacitor is now properly blocked. NERFED Pendulum, reduces damage to 1 instead of to 0. NERFED CommandTower, health 5 -> 3 ADJUST Serenity. Cost 12 -> 10, Number of counters 8 -> 5 FIXED Cache enemies (CryptCache, BitCache, etc), will now properly drop loot from any of a deck's card sets, not just one. ADJUST Compile, will now always be at the top of your deck, but is no longer INSTANT. Ascension REWORKED rerolls. Rerolling no longer takes away half the loot, but you are limited to two rerolls per route. REMOVED Firewall enemies from later ascensions. If you haven't already, consider joining the game's Discord! Lots of these changes and additions are from people's feedback there! https://discord.com/invite/quantumprotocol

New deck. New bosses. Updates to Ascension. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/76c471c1b1e64a3eddb1ae7459d9a1a20f78441f.png New Stuff NEW Spirit deck has arrived! The most technical and trickiest deck yet (move over IDOL), Spirits are incredibly versatile, but rely on expert placement and timing considerations to be effective. NEW Ascension dark boss. Find it on Ascension 3. NEW Zyrite+ boss. Way harder than what you might remember. It also makes use of a new style of deckbuilding with the brand new Compile card. Try it out after clearing Ascension 0. Ascension Ascensions now show as separate icons on the map. It works exactly the same as it did before (characters need to individually climb), just now it should look prettier and be more obvious just how much stuff you're clearing when climbing. System Deck codes can now only be used if you've cleared a level with any operator. Game engine version has been updated. Some issues with graphics settings have been addressed. Character NERFED Aurora ability card. Cost 8 -> 12 Cards NERFED legion cards with attack boosts. The max attack boost has been reduced. NERFED Lorado.legion condition. Must now have EXACTLY 3 cards to play it. NERFED Syka.legion clones. Clone level 1 -> 0 Enemy FIXED Persephone.dark interaction with damage capacitor. Will now VOID cards even when dealing 0 damage. Thanks for playing! :D

The leader of the Astrika Foundation himself. Now playable. OMEGA's deck uses the new Legion cards, a set of programs based on militarized vampires. Absorb the power of enemies and cast powerful blood arts. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37905959/96ed19b862adc6acf8e1c3b0dbf54a4e2b26b174.png There are quite a few cards, but they can generally be separated into a few groups with very similar effects.

Group 1: Soldiers

All the soldier cards share 2 out of 3 effects. The only difference is their middle effects. One is draw power, one is a tank, and one is for AOE.

Li.legion

1/2 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to the card one slot ahead of this card. TRIGGER - When this card takes damage (and is on the field at the end of the turn), draw 1 card. PASSIVE - When this card deals physical damage, heal it 1 health and increase its attack by 1 (MAX +3). If this card takes damage, reduce its attack by 1.

Ora.legion

1/2 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to the card one slot ahead of this card. DEFENSE - This card cannot take more than 1 damage at once. PASSIVE - When this card deals physical damage, heal it 1 health and increase its attack by 1 (MAX +3). If this card takes damage, reduce its attack by 1.

Xelia.legion

1/2 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to the card one slot ahead of this card. TRIGGER - When this card takes damage (and is on the field at the end of the turn), deal 1 magic damage to all exposed enemy cards. PASSIVE - When this card deals physical damage, heal it 1 health and increase its attack by 1 (MAX +3). If this card takes damage, reduce its attack by 1.

Group 2: Lieutenants

These two cards are almost the same card, the only difference is the type of cards they search. Once again, only the middle effect is different.

Yiko.legion

2/4 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to the cards directly above, below, left, and right of this card. MANUAL - Add X level 1 or lower .legion cards from deck to hand, where X is half this card's attack power rounded down. Then remove all stat modifiers from this card. PASSIVE - When this card deals physical damage, heal it 1 health and increase its attack by 1 (MAX +4). If this card takes damage, reduce its attack by 1.

Misera.legion

2/4 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to the cards directly above, below, left, and right of this card. MANUAL - Add X level 1 or lower .blood cards from deck to hand, where X is half this card's attack power rounded down. Then remove all stat modifiers from this card. PASSIVE - When this card deals physical damage, heal it 1 health and increase its attack by 1 (MAX +4). If this card takes damage, reduce its attack by 1.

Group 3: Generals

These are the boss cards. One of them you will need to unlock deep in the Ascension Trials! Oh! And take a close look at Syka, her first effect can place the card "anywhere", that means she can place cards on the enemy's side of the field!!! Why is that useful? Dunno, play around ;)

Syka.legion

2/4 MANUAL - Select a .blood card in your trash, VOID it, then play a 1|1 minion anywhere on the field. Afterwards, reactivate this card. MANUAL - Attack with all cards on your field with 1 health. CONDITION - You must have exactly 3 .blood cards in your trash.

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Group 4: Blood Weapons

These are the main support cards to help you deal damage and block damage.

Spear.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Deal 1 damage to all cards ahead of this card (including your own). If only one card would be hit, deal 2 damage to it instead. TRIGGER - If this card destroys a card, return it to your hand. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Sword.blood

1/1 TRIGGER - If one of your cards in the same column as this card attacks (except Sword.blood), attack with this card. PASSIVE - If one of your other cards is in the same column as this card, any damage this card deals is treated as damage from that other card. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Shield.blood

0/2 DEFENSE - This card cannot take more than 1 damage at once. PASSIVE - Cards that damage this card take 1 damage back. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Group 5: Recursion Spells

Get your cards to the field faster and set up your plays.

Revival.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Select a level 1 or lower .legion card in your trash, play it to the field. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Orb.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Play one level 1 or lower .legion card from your hand to the field. DESTRUCTION - Draw a card. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Origin.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Select X level 1 or lower .blood cards (except Origin.blood) in your trash. Where X is the number of cards on your field with 1 health. Add the selected card(s) to your hand, then DECOMPILE all cards on your field with 1 health. QUICK - Playing this card does not take a turn.

Group 6: Big Plays

Hyper.blood is like a budget Queen from Queen's chess deck, and you probably already know how good that card is. Plunge.blood is a super fun card with questionable practicality at times. But going for big multikill chains is super fun and satisfying.

Hyper.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Deal magic damage to all enemy cards equal to the number of cards you control (MAX 3), then deal 1 damage to all cards you control.

Plunge.blood

0/1 INITIALIZE - Select a card on the field with 1 health (except Plunge.blood), destroy it, then deal 1 damage to all cards on the same side of the field as the destroyed card. Then return this card to your hand. TRIGGER - If this card is in your hand after a turn, discard this card.

Coming soon. Dominate any system with OMEGA, the leader of the Astrika Foundation. Stay tuned for more details on playstyle and cards. As always, thanks for playing!

Mostly systems changes in this patch. Fixing some general jank. Also smoothing out some difficulty spikes. The puzzles in this game are not meant to be roadblocks. They are meant to show specific card interactions and help you think about the game in new ways. Ways that are hopefully useful in the main Dungeon levels. System FIXED some cases where levels would not unload properly, causing cards to appear where they should not. Levels ADDED hints for IDOL side mission 1. ADDED hints for QUEEN vs OMEGA boss fight. REMOVED some waves from the comet dungeon. Ascension CHANGED ascension. Replaying max ascension no longer grants mastery. ADDED little stars when you clear max ascension per character. CHANGED Reprogram rerolling. Once per Reprogram -> once per wave. General Game BUFFED chess turn countdown. Now always 70 turns. NERFED turn countdown for all other decks. Max countdown 60 -> 55

A fix to a frequent crash as well as preventing strategies that abuse a few cards. Game FIXED game crash when retrying levels with placement selectors open. Player NERFED World Seed: cost 5 -> 6 NERFED Spring.fruit: Max attack buff is now +3 NERFED Yuki.muse: Cards revived with its manual effect gain ONCE on their effects NERFED Greed.algo: Now mills 1 card in addition to drawing 1 card BUFFED Treble.muse: Increases attack of cards played to the row. (instead of dealing damage ahead) Enemies BUFFED Guillotine: now is properly level 3 BUFFED Trance: Now decompiles itself and deals 1 heart damage if no other cards on the field can attack.