Time Break Chronicles news & patch notes

This is a small beta branch patch for a couple of issues reported with v0.9.1b.

Changelog for version 0.9.2b

• Fixed smallest Shardling enemy being unkillable

• Fixed party select auto-filling Claire for Act 6 Bravo Team mission

• Added Piercing skill tag to Black Powder and Arm Rail Cannon skills

This beta branch patch updates Act 6 balance based on player feedback, adds a few QoL features, and includes a bunch of bug fixes for reported issues.

Assuming no major additional issues, this build will likely be transferred over to the stable branch soon.

Changelog for version 0.9.1b

• Rebalanced act 6 boss rush a bit to increase the difficulty of some of the bosses

• Act 6 extreme danger fights can no longer be bypassed by stealth field generators

• Added act 6 bosses (except final boss) to Singularity mode tier 15 possible final boss pool

• Added a maximum cap to total stamina loss modifier to help make very long runs (such as lv 15 Singularity) more viable to keep up with recovery via camps/items

• Updated a bunch of multi-hit skills to display all damage hits as part of the skill animation (but still condensed damage values in battle log)

• Added piercing skill and relic tag, unified skill descriptions to all use "piercing" language, and clarified what piercing damage is in game glossary

• Base piercing value for all player skill damage increased for Easy difficulty, to help offer a difficulty mode for those who find enemies "too tanky"

• Genius now shows up under Tank, DPS, and Support character list sorting, since she is all 3. This also fixes an edge case issue related to replacing an invalid leader on favorite party load

• Improved controller navigation on party/bundle select, favorite name entry and options menus by making Start button jump to "OK/Continue" buttons

• Pressing triangle/Y/F1 while viewing an enemy on battle status screen now opens the bestiary directly to that enemy's listing

• Added new Act 6 enemies to Bestiary

• Living Snow's Frozen Solid skill can no longer be copied

• Removed incorrect Discipline tag from Shaolin Robe relic

• Changed incorrect Focus tag to Wisdom for Incense relic

• Core Surge effect is no longer removed when downed, and cannot activate more than once. This fixes a few issues with possible infinite loops of the skill in certain circumstances

• Tombstone enemy's skills are no longer interruptible

• Fixed some leader and duplicate validation issues on party select screen after loading a favorite or previous party

• Fixed a caching bug that could cause frame rate drops in the final act 6 battle

• Fixed Gambler's Card Throw subskills not correctly inheriting parent's level upgrades

• Fixed CENCOM boss' Overclocked trait incorrectly showing +POW instead of +FCS when buff is applied

• Fixed Yakuza's Racketeer effect being treated as a dispellable buff on allies

• Fixed Lumian's Blind skill effect not stacking properly or removing itself after a miss

• Fixed odd interaction between Guru's Doom Prophecy and Jackal's Draw Soul where revived Guru would apply Doom to himself or allies due to "dodging" healing

• Fixed a few skills where listed piercing damage modifier was not being applied

• Fixed possible crash when combining Brawler's Heart relic with certain other relics

• Fixed Juggernaut being available as a leader in Singularity mode even though he has a bleed out skill

• Fixed a couple of typos

Build version 0.9.0b, the Story Finale update, is now available on the Beta Branch. This update contains Chronicle Mode's final act, Act 6, which brings the story to a close. You'll be facing off against a difficult Boss Gauntlet that will test your mastery over the cast of heroes. Will Claire be victorious, or will the Ancient succeed in its goal?

This is the final act update before a full 1.0 release, so I am updating the base version number to 0.9, skipping 0.8. The remaining updates before that final release are mostly bug fixes, minor QoL updates, and expanding the soundtrack.

Make sure to back up your save file if you plan to revert from the beta, as I cannot guarantee backward compatibility. If you have feedback or bug reports on this release, or would just like to chat with other players, come and join the community on our discord at https://discord.gg/m9MAfrP !

How do I download the Beta Branch?

Opting into a Beta branch is easy on Steam. Simply right click Time Break Chronicles in your Library, select Properties, and then click "Betas." From there you can select the Beta branch from the dropdown, and Steam will download the files for you. You do not need to enter a beta access code.

Changelog for version 0.9.0b

• Final Chronicle Mode Act (Act 6) added, with new enemies, music, and a conclusion to Claire's Story

• Max town level increased by 2, rewarding the final two reserve slots

• "Fencer's Riposte" relic renamed to "Fencer's Rapier" to better represent the icon used

• Added some star icons on load game screen to show which Acts have been completed in the save file

• Updated Wrestler AI to prioritize Finisher skill when available and not use Pander skill when it's already been activated for next Finisher

• Fixed AI not being properly overridden by taunt on a few particular healer type enemies

• Fixed a couple instances where "Defend" skill would not be available in skills list

• Fixed skills that are supposed to start charged not being charged when the owning character was added mid-battle

• Fixed logic for Wizzar Drone to ignore MP cost when determining copyability

• Changed logic for Wizzar Drone to also allow copying most charge over time enemy spells, with appropriate charge up time on the copy

• Morph's Martial DB skill also updated to allow copying auto-charge skills

• Fixed Morph's Martial DB skills not always having starting state initialized when added mid-battle

• Fixed Morph's Imitation skill lv 3 not considering zero MP cost upgrade when determining copyability

• Fixed Spellblade's Spell Refraction skill lv 3 not considering zero MP cost upgrade when determining copyability

• Fixed a few enemy skills that were marked as copyable when they shouldn't have been

• Added several additional enemy spells that were previously unavailable to copyable list for Wizzar Drone or Spell Refraction

• Fixed Armored Drone enemy's Piercing Laser dealing physical instead of energy damage and not having a valid set of skill type flags

• Fixed Chainsaw skill animation for characters that also have a gun animation

• Fixed a rare crash when mousing over an effect icon as the battle ended in certain specific encounters

• Fixed a couple of character sprite offsets that made them look like they were "floating" while downed

• Fixed a crash that could happen if Claire transformed back and forth during the same turn, in certain instances

• Fixed Holy Shield, Kinetic Barrier, and a few other similar skill effects not always removing themselves properly when reduced to a remaining value between 0 and 1

• Fixed Arctic Jet skill dealing 1x damage instead of listed 1.5x

• Fixed a few skill descriptions that had typos or were too long, etc

• Updated several skill descriptions to list number of turns to charge instead of simply "charges over time"

On a personal note, I want to thank everyone who has stuck around supporting the game! Whether you bought a copy, have shared with your friends, participated in the community, or have just been enjoying the game, it means a lot to me! Over the last year, this game has become a solo project and I have been experiencing some health issues that have left me sidelined more than I would have liked, but your support keeps me going along to the finish, so Thank You!

This is a small patch addressing a couple of bug reports related to the previous build.

Changelog for version 0.7.5

• Fixed a bug with caching of added skills that could lead to various issues with effect stacking, and a couple of crashes in certain contexts

Version 0.7.4 (Hero Pack #6) has officially left the beta branch, and is now in the stable branch! Thanks to everyone who downloaded the beta release and provided feedback! You do not need to unsubscribe from the beta branch if you are currently using it, as both beta and stable branches have been updated.

The next major update we are are working toward is the final act, Act 6!

The following changelog outlines the details of changes from the previous stable version 0.6.15 to this release, 0.7.4. Updates related to the last beta release, 0.7.3b are noted at the bottom.

Changelog for version 0.7.4

• Three new heroes added via wanderer missions after completing act 1 and 2, and reaching town level 24

• Rearranged singularity unlock order a little to fit in the new characters. One of them is available as a starting leader

• Claire can now be removed as leader when doing endless mode runs, after beating the initial "story" versions of these missions. Added some in-game lore related to it, but existing saves may miss this dialogue if already past act 1. Some heroes that rely on dying for certain skill effects are not eligible leaders.

• Added a Bestiary that lists enemy descriptions and their passive abilities, accessible via the town's Library or mid-mission via the ESC game menu. Bestiary entries fill out as you encounter each enemy type (not retroactive on existing saves).

• Battle Log will now display critical damage hits with red-tinted text

• Added option to disable screen shake effects in graphics settings

• Single column menus may now be scrolled through by full page using PageUp/Down or L1/L2 controller buttons

• Sleep and Stun numerical damage values will now be visible in battle with their own color/style

• Rebalanced Steam Engineer's mech related skills to allow mech to be more viable after its long build up time

• Changed Hellbinder's Implosion skill level 3 effect to "deal 50% more damage"

• Bard's song skills will now cancel other characters' song skills just like any other song (only his own songs can be stacked)

• Changed Bard's Master of Song lv 2 effect to reduce MP cost of song skills, instead of reducing penalty per song

• Viggo's Gladius relic bonus decreased from +15 to +10 per stack

• Horned Helmet relic bonus decreased from 35% piercing to 25% piercing, to give more space for damage specialization piercing relics

• Increased Booster Shot relic's bonus from 10% to 20%

• Increased Volatile Drone's base power substantially so its various attacks can deal more meaningful damage

• Reduced attribute sharing from summoner to summon a little (summon bond), but fixed the effect not applying properly to Hellbinder's Imps and Inventor's KillBot

• Fixed Inferno Gem relic's damage not playing a fire sound effect

• Fixed Raider's Scavenge trait lv 3 effect not working properly in boss/elite battles

• Fixed Pioneer's Survivalist trait lv 3 effect not working properly in boss/elite battles

• Fixed Banshee's Wail relic description to display its specific piercing bonus value

• Fixed a few skill descriptions not fitting into battle's skill description box

• Fixed a visual bug where battle menus were prematurely made visible and overlapped ESC menu after leaving glossary

• Fixed issue where some buff/debuff effects would not apply to characters' "on downed" skills, because the effects were removed immediately instead of after the skills were processed

• Fixed sprites not reorienting themselves to the proper flip direction when downed while charmed

• Fixed town vendor not properly removing bundle items after purchase

• Fixed relic menu allowing moving down to unbound relic list when empty, which could lead to a crash

• Fixed Priestess Garb relic missing a description in certain contexts

• Fixed Sin being able to reduce instability below zero when leaving Wrath form

• Fixed rare crash when initializing input contextual icons in battle

• Fixed character added skill cache not being reset properly when swapping skills mid-run. This could make an already known skill added by a relic not show up after swapping the skill out on Claire.

• Fixed a stamina caching issue that was adding some unnecessary extra mid-frame calculations during battle

Changes related to previous version 0.7.3b

• Reworked Beastmaster's Pack Leader, Beast Trainer, and Give Treat skills a bit, and his menagerie beasts now start with 90% turn progress after being summoned

• Fixed incorrect lv 2/3 skill descriptions for Magician's Hypnotize skill

• Keekuko's Fickle passive no longer applies to enemy clone/husk versions of Keekuko. This fixes a soft lock when Keekuko clone is shattered by the Mirror boss, and a few other issues.

• Clone/husk/summon versions of Keekuko can now be damaged as usual

• Added a handler to make sure the party has a valid leader if it somehow ends up in a state without one assigned, which could cause a crash

• Fixed Well of Souls bestiary description referring to a free turn that is no longer granted

• Fixed Monkey summon's Scratch skill description typo

Changelog for version 0.7.3b

• Fixed crash when viewing relics in town for Beastmaster after leveling up Pack Leader to lv 3
• Fixed crash for one of the available paths on Magician's rescue mission

Changelog for version 0.7.2b

• Fixed rescue encounter for one of the new heroes not unlocking him properly

Changelog for version 0.7.1b

• Fixed crash when starting a new game

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Changelog for version 0.7.0b

• Three new heroes added via wanderer missions after completing act 1 and 2, and reaching town level 24
• Rearranged singularity unlock order a little to fit in the new characters. One of them is available as a starting leader
• Claire can now be removed as leader when doing endless mode runs, after beating the initial "story" versions of these missions. Added some in-game lore related to it, but existing saves may miss this dialogue if already past act 1. Some heroes that rely on dying for certain skill effects are not eligible leaders.
• Added a Bestiary that lists enemy descriptions and their passive abilities, accessible via the town's Library or mid-mission via the ESC game menu. Bestiary entries fill out as you encounter each enemy type (not retroactive on existing saves).
• Battle Log will now display critical damage hits with red-tinted text
• Single column menus may now be scrolled through by full page using PageUp/Down or L1/L2 controller buttons
• Sleep and Stun numerical damage values will now be visible in battle with their own color/style
• Rebalanced Steam Engineer's mech related skills to allow mech to be more viable after its long build up time
• Changed Hellbinder's Implosion skill level 3 effect to "deal 50% more damage"
• Bard's song skills will now cancel other characters' song skills just like any other song (only his own songs can be stacked)
• Changed Bard's Master of Song lv 2 effect to reduce MP cost of song skills, instead of reducing penalty per song
• Viggo's Gladius relic bonus decreased from +15 to +10 per stack
• Horned Helmet relic bonus decreased from 35% piercing to 25% piercing, to give more space for damage specialization piercing relics
• Increased Booster Shot relic's bonus from 10% to 20%
• Increased Volatile Drone's base power substantially so its various attacks can deal more meaningful damage
• Reduced attribute sharing from summoner to summon a little (summon bond), but fixed the effect not applying properly to Hellbinder's Imps and Inventor's KillBot
• Fixed Inferno Gem relic's damage not playing a fire sound effect
• Fixed Raider's Scavenge trait lv 3 effect not working properly in boss/elite battles
• Fixed Pioneer's Survivalist trait lv 3 effect not working properly in boss/elite battles
• Fixed Banshee's Wail relic description to display its specific piercing bonus value
• Fixed a few skill descriptions not fitting into battle's skill description box
• Fixed a visual bug where battle menus were prematurely made visible and overlapped ESC menu after leaving glossary
• Fixed issue where some buff/debuff effects would not apply to characters' "on downed" skills, because the effects were removed immediately instead of after the skills were processed

Changelog for version 0.6.14

• Three new heroes added via wanderer missions after completing act 2, 3, and 4, or in Singularity mode after unlocking them
• Added "Favorite Parties" feature on party selection for Chronicle mode (selected loadout ids are also saved)
• Added enemy type selection option for Chronicle Mode training room, later enemy types are locked by reaching the appropriate act (new)
• Added more sort settings to party select that allows filtering by Tank/DPS/Support archetypes
• Sort options on party select now opens a menu instead of forcing you to cycle through the 8 options
• Added option to view battle log after winning a battle
• Added "condense" option for battle turn order list, toggle with Triangle/Y/F1 or clicking on expand/condense
• Battle speed being changed in battle will now update global game option, to be consistent with condense
• Battle skills menu last selection is now "sticky" per character (can be disabled in game options)
• Item menu in battle increased to 2 columns, to make it easier to navigate
• Rebalanced and/or added to some encounters and enemies/AI, especially in act 1, to smooth out some difficulty peaks and valleys
• Reworked Pirate skills somewhat to add more interaction with booze skills
• Seth's Toxin relic debuff is now stackable and deals a flat 5% Max HP per stack
• Shifted Lizardman's attributes a bit toward more speed/tech
• Lizardman's Hibernate now also restores MP, and automatically wakes up when at full HP
• Venom Bite skill (Lizardman, Charmer) lv 3 now triggers its damage on attack hits from anybody
• Changed Hypnotic Presence passive (Siren, Diva, Charmer) to apply sleep at start of enemy turn instead of end, to help give it a niche to preempt turns
• Shredder Saw boss relic now also automatically casts Spinning Blade for free at turn start
• EXTREME Energy relic changed to only affect sleep damage, but at 90% reduction, with a small speed bonus
• Service Kevlar relic effect no longer applies to non-HP damage
• Updated description for Gamma Wave skill to list effect values
• Updated auto-battle AI for Inscriber Claire to only use Analyze once, and skip the status menu activation
• Updated general auto-battle AI for non-physicist Claire forms to use all skills equally (except transform) instead of prioritizing healing
• Added a 10% technique penalty to Brimmed Glasses relic
• Increased Super Soldier's R3GnX healing from 10% to 13%
• Increased bonus for Hero's Heart relic from 10% to 15%
• Increased base damage modifier for zero instability by 5%, to make initial damage slightly less anemic
• Added some extra randomness to enemy speed values, to help reduce enemy turn order "clumping"
• Taunt now adds a temporary "Wild Swing" skill to allow characters who have no enemy targeting skill available to still punch their taunter
• Fixed certain relics with longer descriptions not showing their descriptions on hover in bind menu
• Fixed some relic descriptions that were too long to fit in the bind menu description box
• Fixed Pirate's in-battle context icons for Adaptable not showing stack count for each properly
• Fixed dodge chance bonus not stacking properly for Lv 2 Rum skill
• Fixed Lv 3 Taunt's Stumble override not animating when it triggers
• Fixed Cana's Howl skill not affecting summons (including Cana). Cana will now not use Howl again until the effect expires
• Fixed Lumian's Energy Body skill lv 2 not applying damage reduction properly
• Fixed Lumian's Luminous skill effect not being removed from allies who shift away from being adjacent
• Fixed attributes from certain start-of-battle effects not applying before the first turn unless a character was added at battle start (such as a summon)
• Fixed turn order list not showing the correct order sometimes before the first turn
• Fixed animation timings on Vul's Retreat skill and Gladiator's Disengage skill
• Fixed a rare edge-case where Shift could be used on a rooted target
• Fixed a couple of minor visual bugs with turn order list when bonus actions are used by a character on a free turn
• Fixed Revenge Token relic's description to list the actual correct 10% endurance penalty, instead of 20%
• Fixed description not displaying for certain relics when viewed from the party item menu mid-run
• Fixed Dan's Bottle relic not applying its debuff properly
• Fixed Chainsaw skill not applying its lv 3 debuff properly
• Fixed Regrowth skill having infinite duration
• Fixed Ice Mage's Frost Shield not triggering onDamageBlocked effects/relics properly
• Fixes for a couple of typos
• Decreased Sleep damage dealt by hypnotic presence passive from 2x to 1.75x tech (new)
• Sleep damage taken is now decreased for each time a character has already fallen asleep (new)
• Fixed Morph sprite ending up invisible if it copied Phantom Cut skill (new)
• Added a max hit limit to Phantom Cut skill of 25, to help keep certain combos from getting wildly out of control (new)
• Fixed ally turn delay reduction effects and passives being transferred onto Devil's turn progress when using Instruct (new)
• Fixed lv 3 turn progress modifier being applied multiple times when Devil used Instruct on an ally that had auto trigger chained type skills (new)
• Fixed "Add Turn Progress" type effects being able to push a hero's turn progress beyond 100% to the next turn, in certain instances (new)
• Fixed menu animations not working properly after viewing battle log at end of battle (new)
• Fixed Doctor's Call Nurse and Dryad's Healing Wisp being usable by a summoned version of the hero (new)

Changelog for version 0.6.13b

• Added option to view battle log after winning a battle
• Added "condense" option for battle turn order list, toggle with Triangle/Y/F1 or clicking on expand/condense
• Battle speed being changed in battle will now update global game option, to be consistent with condense
• Sort options on party select now opens a menu instead of forcing you to cycle through the 8 options
• Added some additional pre-battle banter and other flavor text related to new heroes
• Reduced Morph Core relic's effect from 3 stacks to 2
• Krethik's Ring relic changed from a conversion effect to a multiplier bonus
• Blueberry relic modifier increased from 25% to 40%
• Seth's Toxin relic debuff is now stackable and deals a flat 5% Max HP per stack
• Shifted Lizardman's attributes a bit toward more speed/tech
• Lizardman's Hibernate now also restores MP, and automatically wakes up when at full HP
• Venom Bite skill (Lizardman, Charmer) lv 3 now triggers its damage on attack hits from anybody
• Shredder Saw boss relic now also automatically casts Spinning Blade for free at turn start
• EXTREME Energy relic changed to only affect sleep damage, but at 90% reduction, with a small speed bonus
• Changed Hypnotic Presence passive (Siren, Diva, Charmer) to apply sleep at start of enemy turn instead of end, to help give it a niche to preempt turns
• Updated description for Gamma Wave skill to list effect values
• Updated auto-battle AI for Inscriber Claire to only use Analyze once, and skip the status menu activation
• Updated general auto-battle AI for non-physicist Claire forms to use all skills equally (except transform) instead of prioritizing healing
• Morph will no longer copy skills from a mirror image summon, as it has the possibility of infinite skill copy loops/crashes and other related issues
• Fixed a possible crash when Morph character was initialized in battle with certain hero combos in a particular order
• Fixed Lich's Sorcery skill gating Firestorm behind level 2 instead of Frost Ray
• Fixed a couple of minor visual bugs with turn order list when bonus actions are used by a character on a free turn
• Fixed Revenge Token relic's description to list the actual correct 10% endurance penalty, instead of 20%
• Fixed description not displaying for certain relics when viewed from the party item menu mid-run
• Fixed Dan's Bottle relic not applying its debuff properly
• Fixed Chainsaw skill not applying its lv 3 debuff properly
• Fixed Regrowth skill having infinite duration
• Fixed Ice Mage's Frost Shield not triggering onDamageBlocked effects/relics properly
• Fixes for a couple of typos

Changelog for version 0.6.12b

• Service Kevlar relic effect no longer applies to non-HP damage
• Fixed certain relics with longer descriptions not showing their descriptions on hover in bind menu
• Fixed some relic descriptions that were too long to fit in the bind menu description box
• Fixed crash when viewing unbound Agent's Watch relic
• Fixed possible crash if an enemy was killed by Lawbringer's Posse skill in certain situations

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Changelog for version 0.6.11b

• Three new heroes added via wanderer missions after completing act 2, 3, and 4, or in Singularity mode after unlocking them
• Added "Favorite Parties" feature on party selection for Chronicle mode (selected loadout ids are also saved)
• Added more sort settings to party select that allows filtering by Tank/DPS/Support archetypes
• Battle skills menu last selection is now "sticky" per character (can be disabled in game options)
• Item menu in battle increased to 2 columns, to make it easier to navigate
• Rebalanced and/or added to some encounters and enemies/AI, especially in act 1, to smooth out some difficulty peaks and valleys
• Reworked Pirate skills somewhat to add more interaction with booze skills
• Added a 10% technique penalty to Brimmed Glasses relic
• Increased Super Soldier's R3GnX healing from 10% to 13%
• Increased bonus for Hero's Heart relic from 10% to 15%
• Increased base damage modifier for zero instability by 5%, to make initial damage slightly less anemic
• Added some extra randomness to enemy speed values, to help reduce enemy turn order "clumping"
• Taunt now adds a temporary "Wild Swing" skill to allow characters who have no enemy targeting skill available to still punch their taunter
• Fixed Pirate's in-battle context icons for Adaptable not showing stack count for each properly
• Fixed dodge chance bonus not stacking properly for Lv 2 Rum skill
• Fixed Lv 3 Taunt's Stumble override not animating when it triggers
• Fixed Cana's Howl skill not affecting summons (including Cana). Cana will now not use Howl again until the effect expires
• Fixed Lumian's Energy Body skill lv 2 not applying damage reduction properly
• Fixed Lumian's Luminous skill effect not being removed from allies who shift away from being adjacent
• Fixed attributes from certain start-of-battle effects not applying before the first turn unless a character was added at battle start (such as a summon)
• Fixed turn order list not showing the correct order sometimes before the first turn
• Fixed animation timings on Vul's Retreat skill and Gladiator's Disengage skill
• Fixed a rare edge-case where Shift could be used on a rooted target

Changelog for version 0.6.10

• Fixed Hellbinder's Natural 20 Quest not probably tracking Implosion damage
• Fixed Inscriber Claire's WizzarDrone skill not making recorded enemy skills available
• Fixed Frozen Claire's Snow Drone not powering down properly when it runs out of turns
• Fixed soft-lock or possible crash if Inscriber Claire was copied by a doppleganger type enemy
• Fixed Golem's Enchanted Core passive Lv 2 effect not working until upgraded to Lv 3
• Fixed Jester's Juggle skill triggering throw knife when not upgraded to lv 3
• Fixed Jester's Throw Blade lv 3 not forcing 100% hit chance
• Fixed Wrestler's Pander skill lv 2 taunting the back row if he is standing in the back row
• Fixed Nano Lab's Molecular Botany upgrade not working properly until upgraded to Lv 3
• Fixed a few skills not displaying 100% hit chance, even through they did work as described
• Fixed a rare crash related to Chemist's Mix skill
• Fixed a few minor text errors

New Content and Major Updates from 0.5.20

• Act 5 added with 15 new heroes, new enemies, bosses, relics, and more
• New heroes can be unlocked in Singularity mode as usual
• Restructured map generation for Singularity mode to progress more logically and have the harder, later act enemies added in sequential sections instead of all mixed together
• Damage blocked by shield type effects now shows up in battle as a grey number with a shield icon, improving feedback for damage dealt vs missed/dodged
• Added an "unbind" option for infinite relics in Chronicle mode. A hero's intrinsic relics and non-infinite relics cannot be unbound.
• Added Act 4/5 victory stats and expanded favorite heroes to top 5 in the Hall of Records
• Reworked Viking somewhat to have better synergy from his Berserker and Raider passives
• Changed Shaolin Robe relic effect to directly reduce damage taken based on discipline
• Zeke's Boots relic bonus increased from 25% to 35%
• Increased Gamma Shard relic bonus from 15% to 20%
• Reduced cost of Gravity Time Break skill
• Return Fire skill updated to work off of any source of Protect from the same character
• Protect can no longer target somebody already protected
• Buffed a few Distortion effects that were less desirable, and added a new one (Lion Heart)
• Added a turn counter to highest-length stack's duration on effect icon mouseover tooltip
• Hit chance changed to range from 1%-99% instead of 0-100, crit chance base floor 5%. This allows pct chance modifiers to have an effect even at very low base values.
• Mathias' class name changed to Steam Engineer
• Reworked a couple of Bard's skills
• Moved Inscriber and Frozen form Claire's drones to drone slot, so they don't block other summon skills and can exist at the same time
• Adjusted some of Dark Knight's skill modifier values
• Changed Steam Engineer's Steam Mech skill to give 50% increased attributes at lv 3, instead of reduced stun/sleep damage taken
• Drone Parts relic will no longer summon lower tier drones, based on completed acts/singularity tiers
• Increased Consecrate/Desecrate skill MP cost a little
• Reworked Big Blob boss's split mechanic to always happen in-between turns, to make it more consistent, and address some bugs
• Buffed Flame Fist enemy's Flame Rush fire damage over time effect
• Changed Chill Fist enemy's passive from Flash Freeze to an armor skill, and buffed its Snow Plow attack
• Self-targeted AoE skills used by a summon will now use their summoner's party position as the center when hitting allies. This also fixes a couple crashes with Cop's summon ability
• Taunt cannot be used by summons
• Pursuer, Angel, and Fallen reclassified to Anomaly type
• Enemy HP increased a little in general for the highest level enemies, with an extra HP modifier for hard/insane difficulties on acts 3 and up
• Decreased/removed player "pity" bonuses to hit chance and dodge chance for hard/insane difficulties
• Fixed a possible rare crash in certain situations when leaving a battle
• Fixed Duality of Being passive giving 35% bonus instead of listed 25% for lv 2/3
• Fixed Marine's Covering Fire ability not correctly reporting hit chance as 100 in battle
• Fixed Throw Spear skill's Lv 2 effect adding 50% bonus to all critical damage instead of just Throw Spear
• Fixed Meditate skill applying its lv 3 effect at lv 1
• Fixed Daywalker passive not correctly nullifying stun and sleep damage at lv 2
• Fixed Drex's Reassemble not skipping a turn at lv 1 as listed
• Fixed Eldar's Scroll relic applying its effect to Spell skills instead of Debuff skills as listed
• Fixed Mind Master's Mind Mirror skill being able to activate even if the Mind Master could not act
• Fixed Combust passive's animation not respecting photosensitive setting in a screen flash effect
• Fixed a few no-dodging type skills that visually reported miss chance instead of dodge chance in battle
• Fixed bug where boss onDeath effect could trigger multiple times when killing still living minions, causing various minor issues
• Fixed resist stacks being used before resist related passives were processed
• Fixed a few text issues on some quest descriptions
• Fixed effect icon hover text not always being parsed correctly for character names, etc
• Fixed visual bug where some overlapping tiles would be offset 1px too low
• Fixed misalignment of Wisdom attribute text in status menu
• Fixed a few effects that could cause a crash if used in a 3-tier nested battle encounter
• Fixed a few relic descriptions for clarity or consistency
• Fixed some relic filter tags that were missing or incorrect
• Fixed spear sprite for throw spear type skills not being flipped when used by enemies
• Fixed Battle Hardened distortion incorrectly applying to MP Healing
• Fixed Marine's Covering Fire skill attempting to activate even when at zero ammo
• Fixed Blacksmith's Flamecoat on-hit damage triggering counter attacks
• Fixed Paladin's Divine Shield effect not being removed when applied by a character who bled out before their next turn
• Fixed Divine Shield incorrect "block all" icon description
• Fixed Plague Fist enemy's Plague Punch skill being able to punch downed targets
• Fixed Gunslinger's Combat Roll charge cost not resetting between battles
• Fixed some counter attack skills not correctly applying added damage modifiers

Changelog for version 0.6.7b

• Steam achievements added for rescuing act 5 heroes
• H4RM Beam skill now costs MP to use when shared
• Endless Embers skill now caps at 10 stacks of Inner Fire when shared
• Boast skill now counts as a self-targeted skill instead of enemy targeted
• Skills that directly increase turn progress can no longer push turn progress beyond 100% to the next turn
• Addressed possibility of an endless loop crash when affected by Pain Lash effect and certain other relics or traits interacting with self damage
• Addressed a rare issue where dead characters would not get cleaned up properly, resulting in a crash with certain skills in certain situations
• Fixed missing "block sonic" effect icon for Adaptive Armor and Power Armor passives
• Fixed missing description when copying enemy Psi Wave skill

Changelog for version 0.6.6b

• Added another new enemy type to Act 5
• Reworked a couple Act 5 Extreme Danger encounters to increase their difficulty
• Moved Inscriber and Frozen form Claire's drones to drone slot, so they don't block other summon skills and can exist at the same time
• Increased damage on a couple of Inventor's granted invention skills
• Filled out status menu lore entries for new heroes
• Fixed some more issues with Big Blob boss' split skill being able to soft-lock the game in certain instances
• Fixed item menu not reappearing when backing out of using an item created by Chemist's Mix skill
• Fixed spear sprite for throw spear skills not being flipped when used by enemies
• Fixed a couple of small graphical errors with new heroes

Changelog for version 0.6.3b

• Restructured map generation for Singularity mode to progress more logically and have the harder, later act enemies added in sequential sections instead of all mixed together
• Added some new enemies to a few Act 5 encounters
• Changed Gambler's "Rollin Doubles" quest to not require specific doubles
• Reworked Gambler skills again to make him more active and have more use for MP. Gambler's previous Stun Grenade skill can also be swapped in/out if desired
• Adjusted some of Dark Knight's skill modifier values
• Reworked Bard's Inspirational skill
• Changed Steam Engineer's Steam Mech skill to give 50% increased attributes at lv 3, instead of reduced stun/sleep damage taken
• Drone Parts relic will no longer summon lower tier drones, based on completed acts/singularity tiers
• Increased Consecrate/Desecrate skill MP cost a little
• Continuing to expand pre-battle banter related to new heroes
• Reworked Big Blob boss's split mechanic to always happen in-between turns, to make it more consistent, and address some bugs
• Fixed Juggernaut's Kinetic Barrier effect not being removed properly if brought to exactly 0 block remaining
• Fixed Battle Hardened distortion incorrectly applying to MP Healing
• Fixed Dan's Bottle relic to make sure it only applies on attacks to enemy
• Fixed a couple of rare crashes

Changelog for version 0.6.2b

• Damage blocked by shield type effects now shows up in battle as a grey number with a shield icon, improving feedback for damage dealt vs missed/dodged
• Added an "unbind" option for infinite relics in Chronicle mode. A hero's intrinsic relics and non-infinite relics cannot be unbound.
• Gamber's Roll Dice skill now uses Technique for all damage calculations, including Meteor Strike, Void Blast, and Break Bones effects
• Buffed Gambler's Card Throw attack and replaced his Stun Grenade skill with a new "Set Dice" skill
• Buffed Flame Fist enemy's Flame Rush fire damage over time effect
• Shake Off skill healing reduced by 50% for King Terror boss
• Fixed certain healing skills not working properly with Guru's Pacifist lv 3 ability. Only healing over time type effects should now be excluded
• Fixed some bugs with Big Blob's split ability not always releasing its imprisoned target properly
• Fixed Covering Fire and Fire Team skills attempting to activate and showing up in battle log even when at zero ammo
• Fixed crash when a summoned hero uses Whiskey or Rum skill
• Fixed Blacksmith's Flamecoat on-hit damage triggering counter attacks
• Fixed Combat Bot's K1-LL Beam skill being able to miss

Changelog for version 0.6.1b

• Added some prebattle banter interactions for some of the new heroes
• Added Act 4/5 victory stats and expanded favorite heroes to top 5 in the Hall of Records
• Self-targeted AoE skills used by a summon will now use their summoner's party position as the center when hitting allies. This also fixes a couple crashes with Cop's summon ability
• Taunt cannot be used by summons
• Pursuer, Angel, and Fallen reclassified to Anomaly type
• Reduced Space Marine's Pulse Rifle max damage from 60 to 50 per hit
• Shifted some attribute points from Agility to Speed for Juggernaut
• Reduced Technique bonuses on Bard's Inspirational and Master of Song skills from 25% to 20%, and turn delay decrease on Master of Song from 35% to 25%
• Rebalanced a few Act 5 enemy comps, and generally limited them to only have one WRDN bot
• Void Zombie enemy's skills buffed/modified
• Changed Chill Fist enemy's passive from Flash Freeze to an armor skill, and buffed its Snow Plow attack
• Soul Fist enemy now counter attacks with its primary attack
• Reduced R3X Bot enemy's stun damage
• Buffed or added various Act 5 boss skills
• Increased act 5 enemy level by 1
• Enemy HP increased a little in general for the highest level enemies, with an extra HP modifier for hard/insane difficulties on acts 3 and up
• Decreased/removed player "pity" bonuses to hit chance and dodge chance for hard/insane difficulties
• Fixed Hacker form Claire's Versatile quest not properly tracking stats across battles
• Fixed Gambler's Uncanny Luck quest not properly tracking dodge requirement across battles
• Fixed Space Marine's Xeno Hunter quest capping out at 6 instead of the required 10
• Fixed Plague Fist enemy's Plague Punch skill being able to punch downed targets
• Fixed Gunslinger's Combat Roll charge cost not resetting between battles
• Fixed some counter attack skills not correctly applying added damage modifiers
• Fixed one act 5 elite fight not not correctly being labeled as Extreme Danger
• Fixed interface bug when cancelling out of selecting one of Space Marine's drones
• Fixed a few typos in Act 5 content

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Changelog for version 0.6.0b

New Content

• A new act, with new enemy types, relics, encounters, and continuation of Claire's story
• A new form for Claire to unlock after completing Act 4
• 15 new heroes to find and unlock, bringing the total available to 94!
• New heroes also added as unlocks in Singularity mode

Balance Changes/QOL/Bugfixes

• Added a turn counter to highest-length stack's duration on effect icon mouseover tooltip
• Reworked Viking somewhat to have better synergy from his Berserker and Raider passives
• Changed Shaolin Robe relic effect to directly reduce damage taken based on discipline instead of buffing toughness
• Zeke's Boots relic bonus increased from 25% to 35%
• Gamma Shard relic bonus increased from 15% to 20%
• Reduced cost of Gravity Time Break skill
• Return Fire skill updated to work off of any source of Protect from the same character
• Protect can no longer target somebody already protected
• Buffed a few Distortion effects that were less desirable, and added a couple of new ones
• Hit chance changed to range from 1%-99% instead of 0-100, crit chance base floor 5%. This allows pct chance modifiers to have an effect even at very low base values.
• Mathias' class name changed to Steam Engineer
• Fixed a possible rare crash in certain situations when leaving a battle
• Fixed Duality of Being passive giving 35% bonus instead of listed 25% for lv 2/3
• Fixed Marine's Covering Fire ability not correctly reporting hit chance as 100 in battle
• Fixed Throw Spear skill's Lv 2 effect adding 50% bonus to all critical damage instead of just Throw Spear
• Fixed Meditate skill applying its lv 3 effect at lv 1
• Fixed Daywalker passive not correctly nullifying stun and sleep damage at lv 2
• Fixed Drex's Reassemble not skipping a turn at lv 1 as listed
• Fixed Eldar's Scroll relic applying its effect to Spell skills instead of Debuff skills as listed
• Fixed Mind Master's Mind Mirror skill being able to activate even if the Mind Master could not act
• Fixed Combust passive's animation not respecting photosensitive setting in a screen flash effect
• Fixed a few no-dodging type skills that visually reported miss chance instead of dodge chance in battle
• Fixed bug where boss onDeath effect could trigger multiple times when killing still living minions, causing various minor issues
• Fixed resist stacks being used before resist related passives were processed
• Fixed a few text issues on some quest descriptions
• Fixed effect icon hover text not always being parsed correctly for character names, etc
• Fixed visual bug where some overlapping tiles would be offset 1px too low
• Fixed misalignment of Wisdom attribute text in status menu
• Fixed a few effects that could potentially cause a crash if used in a 3-tier nested battle encounter (these are not common)
• Fixed a few relic descriptions for clarity or consistency
• Fixed some relic filter tags that were missing or incorrect

• Steam achievements have been added for the Act 5 bosses, but hero rescue achievements will not be added until the stable release. These achievements can be awarded retroactively once they are added just by loading into the game and visiting town.
• New hero lore/backstory blurb content has not been added yet.
• Pre-battle banter content for new heroes has not been added yet.
• For Singularity, the new heroes are available to unlock, but the new enemy encounters will be added in a future patch. Singularity's tiers will need a bit of a rework to fit the new content in a logical way.
• Fixes for a few outstanding bug reports that require more investigation are still in-progress

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Changelog for version 0.5.20

• Fixed Inscriber Claire's Booming skill having an unintended extra healing effect on enemy when using Ritual skill
• Fixed a memory leak related to text generation
• Fixed a possible rare crash in very specific situations during battle

Changelog for version 0.5.19

• Added relic loadouts to more easily swap between relic sets per hero
• Added 3 new shop-only relics
• Reduced Bard's base physical stats a bit
• Reworked Occultist form's Dark Guest skill to deal its own direct damage instead of added damage per hit
• Sin Boss's Yawn skill now only hits melee range, to help keep from having full party control loss too often
• Sin Boss's Vengeance skill can now miss, to low health dodge characters to have counterplay
• Fixed enemy difficulty increases being inconsistent between act intro missions, main act, and endless for act 3 and 4
• Fix bug with Disarm skill where stun damage could be increased by other added damage effects
• Fixed Spellblade's Rune Strike skill not casting Spellscreen when at level 3
• Fixed bug with blocked damage calculations for Spellscreen skill and Golem's related quest
• Fixed bug with blocked damage calculations for Mime's Invisible Wall skill and related quest
• Fixed glossary mouse input not working correctly to select categories when accessed from certain contexts
• Fixed Singularity mode not loading previously selected custom UI when launching a new mission
• Fixed Drone Parts relic missing a short form description
• Fixed extra loud select sound when opening menu in town's all heroes list
• Fixed a few minor bugs with text alignment and inline icons

Changelog for version 0.5.18

• Three new wanderer heroes available to unlock in both Chronicle and Singularity modes
• Steam achievements added for hero pack 4 heroes (new)
• Added sorting option on chronicle mode party selection menu (new)
• Temple Altar of Protection upgrade now also affects demons (new)
• Blocked damage is now displayed in battle log, and characters will flash a block animation when damage is blocked
• Chronicle mode special missions now only allow 1 bundle to be brought along from a curated list
• Removed useless power cores from special mission possible drops list
• Barkskin, Stoneskin, Temper and Kappa skills updated to only be able to block up to 75% of incoming damage
• Devil's Hellclaws skill levels reworked
• Devil's Fireball skill is now also tagged as ranged
• Changed Golem's Nestled in Magic quest to be a cumulative counter insted of single battle
• Flame Jet skill lv 3 effect reworked
• Fixed attributes not updating immediately when using an item such as attribute infuser via the party menu
• Fixed attributes not updating at start of battle until a character uses a skill
• Fixed Eradicator enemy Charge Laser effect being dispellable
• Fixed Desecrate skill being dispellable
• Fixed Clown's Comic Relief lv 3 overriding honk's animation
• Fixed Medbot's Surge Protector skill showing unrounded block value in tooltip
• Fixed Yakuza's broken uzi animation
• Fixed Jaguar sprite not returning to the proper position when thrown by ally Toss during active Pounce
• Fixed Immortal and Secret Service remaining invisible after respawning if killed by Sin boss' Devour skill
• Fixed Inner Fire animation not playing when activated as a counter by MagmaPup/Beast enemies
• Fixed music notes animation not ending when a character with an active song dies
• Fixed bug where certain quests would not count as completed if related characters were shifted in a certain way during the battle
• Fixed enemy HP values not disappearing when a hero allowing them to be viewed was downed
• Fixed a couple of other random crashes

Changelog for version 0.5.17b

• Fixed various skills that had bugs when copied or should not have been allowed to be copied
• Fixed Holy Shield effect not having its value properly reduced by damage
• Fixed enemy HP values not disappearing when a hero allowing them to be viewed was downed
• Fixed crash related to recording blocked damage values with Frailty distortion effect active

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Changelog for version 0.5.16b

• Three new wanderer heroes available to unlock in both Chronicle and Singularity modes
• Blocked damage is now displayed in battle log, and characters will flash a block animation when damage is blocked
• Chronicle mode special missions now only allow 1 bundle to be brought along from a curated list
• Removed useless power cores from special mission possible drops list
• Barkskin, Stoneskin, Temper and Kappa skills updated to only be able to block up to 75% of incoming damage
• Devil's Hellclaws skill levels reworked
• Devil's Fireball skill is now also tagged as ranged
• Changed Golem's Nestled in Magic quest to be a cumulative counter insted of single battle
• Flame Jet skill lv 3 effect reworked
• Fixed attributes not updating immediately when using an item such as attribute infuser via the party menu
• Fixed attributes not updating at start of battle until a character uses a skill
• Fixed Eradicator enemy Charge Laser effect being dispellable
• Fixed Desecrate skill being dispellable
• Fixed Clown's Comic Relief lv 3 overriding honk's animation
• Fixed Medbot's Surge Protector skill showing unrounded block value in tooltip
• Fixed Yakuza's broken uzi animation
• Fixed Jaguar sprite not returning to the proper position when thrown by ally Toss during active Pounce
• Fixed Immortal and Secret Service remaining invisible after respawning if killed by Sin boss' Devour skill
• Fixed Inner Fire animation not playing when activated as a counter by MagmaPup/Beast enemies
• Fixed music notes animation not ending when a character with an active song dies
• Fixed bug where certain quests would not count as completed if related characters were shifted in a certain way during the battle
• Fixed a couple of other random crashes

Changelog for version 0.5.15

• Reworked Bard's skills to be able to play multiple songs at once
• Spellblade's Enchanted Blade level 3 now grants permanent True Strike
• Changed Hellbinder's Natural 20 quest to require killing 2 total enemies instead of 2 at once
• Fixed non HP damage (stun, sleep, mp) counting towards Sin boss's phase change threshold
• Fixed mouse click not registering on difficulty selection menu's OK button
• Fixed some bugs with Utility Belt relic modifying max uses incorrectly
• Improved Predator skill description to better convey how it works
• Fixed effect descriptions not having target/owner names properly parsed when viewing in mouseover
• Fixed Raider not properly using his Boomkit gadgets when under AI control
• Fixed Marine's The Right Tool quest incorrectly counting Reload as a valid gadget
• Fixed Doctor's ICU sprite not being removed properly when the target is revived another way before ICU triggers
• Fixed downed characters being able to play on-hit animations
• Fixed issue where Occultist Claire's sprite would remain rotated when revived by Medic's Amputate skill
• Fixed crash when dying Mirror boss tried to kill a still-revivable Secret Service or Immortal husk
• Fixed various other rare crashes

Changelog for version 0.5.14

• Added a game difficulty option for Chronicle mode that can be changed from the ESC menu (except in battle). This scales enemy attributes up/down, and adds more stamina loss at higher difficulties
• Reworked Lawbringer skills
• Reduced Occultist Form's Dark Guest skill damage
• Reworked Devil's Devil's Mark skill to focus more on DoT than instant damage
• Effects added by Town upgrades are no longer considered Debuffs or Buffs as it relates to skill or resist interactions, but now have their own category of "Town Effect".
• Added some new icons to better distinguish Party Buffs/Debuffs (auras) and Town Effects
• Effect icons with multiple descriptions or types will now better show all related skills and their type (buff/debuff/town/party) when mouse hovering over them
• Added Fire and Poison tags to Raider's Boomkit skill
• Improved description of shared skill unlocks for Claire when rescuing a character that grants a skill to multiple forms
• Divine Shield skill is no longer copyable/stealable
• Fixed character AI not using certain subskills
• Fixed interaction when Golem resists Big Blob boss's Big Slam skill
• Fixed possible crash when using Caveman's Tar Pit skill vs Golem
• Fixed Gunslinger's War and Peace damage value descriptions showing incorrect values
• Fixed Magma Spray enemy skill not having a Ranged attack type
• Fixed icon for dodge effect on Rum skill
• Fixed Strategize skill still having old effect icons from before its rework
• Hypnotic Presence skill no longer applies if the user is asleep (fixes possible infinite sleep loop)
• Fixed in-battle description of Amputate skill being too long
• Fixed Caleb's Malice relic damage being able to cause an infinite loop crash
• Fixed Angel's Ascension skill being copyable
• Fixed Rune Scribe's Infused Robe skill having Ice tag instead of Energy
• Fixed Jaguar's Macahuitl skill not having a Passive tag
• Fixed bug with Spellblade's Spell Refraction removing relic skills from skill list in certain instances
• Fixed Flash Freeze skill preventing death if the skill owner was asleep
• Fixed Bear Trap skill's sprite not always being removed properly when the effect ends
• Fixed hit chance for a few skills not showing 100% when they should
• Fixed missing preview image for locked Act 4 in act selection menu
• Fixed discrepancy between in and out of battle Quest completion status description for Gadgeteer
• Fixed a possible rare interaction where Hell Pit boss could get stuck in a soft-lock state