Wunder: The Double-Sided Deckbuilder news & patch notes

Heyoo! Just a small update today, focusing on balance & polish but with a few new talismans too.

New

• Added a button to retry with selected deck after losing

• 3 New Talismans (1 for each class that was missing an appropriate starting talisman)

  • Linothorax | Turn Start: Gain 3 Armor

  • Anagryis | Mana does not affect negative coin scores for 5 battles

  • Wooden Coin | Coins named “Coin” and “Coin+” trigger an additional time

• Destroyed coins now have a more fitting visual rather than just fading out

• Added a skip intro button that will skip straight to the starting gift selection if you have played a deck before

• If your score goes over the target score at the start of a turn, you will win the battle on submit, rather than flipping your coins

• Collection screen can now support multiple pages

• Collection Talisman order has been updated slightly

• Tooltip now has rarity icons for coin / talismans (weighted rarity is not yet implemented, will be in a future update)

Balance / Changes

• All decks now have their own starting gift Talisman

• Scratched Coin now does nothing on both sides

• Rock - Quadrupled mana gain for each stone coin in deck

• Void - doubled mana gained from doing nothing

• Heavy Shield - now blocks all negative score form the first coin to lose score every turn

• Poseidon - can now have it’s tails trigger amount upgraded, ability triggers are treated as extra triggers and now shown in the tooltip

• Some talismans have been renamed and had their art tweaked

Fixes

• Score bar crown image should no longer have it’s scale & rotation broken when triggering a great number of times

• Fixed a bug when continuing a run after going back to the menu on the win screen for Phlegethon

• Talisman side bar has been modified to fix a small movement bug, also makes the next update a lot easier

I think I've settled on how updates are gonna roll out, there is now a beta branch with no password. I'll push updates there first, then anyone can play it there for a few days. I'll be playing it as well of course, and if no major bugs are found I'll push it live.

I'm working on the first big update now, apologies for how long it's taking. I spent a bit of the post-launch period taking a small break, and refactoring a few systems to make the new stuff easier to add.

Once I land on a decent release cadence, I'll post a proper roadmap. I know what versions 0.5 -> 1.0 look like, so after 0.4 (Consumables) and 0.5 (Favours / Boss Rewards) are finalised, I'll be making a proper roadmap to tease the next update with each release.

Based on the feedback the game has received I'm feeling very confident that by 1.0, Wunder will be a solid little deckbuilder. Thanks so much to everyone playing, reviewing and giving feedback!!

-- bumbleborn

Heyoo! we passed 100 people flipping coins today and I'm genuinely thrilled, I can't wait to keep improving the game.

Edit: After a softlocking bug was reported in the night, I've moved the whole update to the experimental branch with a fix and rolled back to 0.3.6 on main, I'm gonna test a bunch on my laptop whilst away from home and if it's solid I'll push it to main!

Edit 2: v0.3.9 is now live, I've played on 2 machines for a few hours and it feels stable, I'll keep an eye out for any bug reports and hop back in if there's issues. I hope every update isn't this exciting 😅

Balance

• Rogue | Passive Heads chance raised by 6% to be 2/3 odds

• Shop | Restock cost now doubles with every restock

• Bosses

  • Elemental mini-bosses have been changed, now the coins will trigger but the elemental effects are not applied. Example: Fire coins won’t have their score multiplied by 2

  • “Rare coins don’t trigger” has become “Rare coin effects don’t trigger” so any score and extra triggers from upgrades will still happen, plus element effects will trigger

Fixes

• Upgrade | Coins that have no score are no longer compatible with Double Heads & Tails Score

• Deck Abilities | Changed how passive coin chances are applied to allow downgrading to 0%

• Shop | bell can no longer load in all wonky after leaving a shop real fast

• UI | Class icon was not set properly when loading a previous run

• Talisman | Scabbard was upgrading incorrectly when upgrades are used, not just skipped

• Score | Bigger numbers are now possible

• Endless | Scaling from Asphodel 10 has been increased

You can access the experimental branch by entering the code: flippingheads

Thanks again for giving this little game a chance!

-- bumbleborn

Wunder: The Double-Sided Deckbuilder has launched!

Hello Prospective Coin Flippers 👋

I spent yesterday making the new trailer and fixing a few small bugs, also managed one last balance change before I'll have to justify all balancing choices forever!

This is an early access launch, so I'm sure there will be a few remaining bugs / balance issues, but early feedback is sounding positive!

I'm gonna take a few days to relax and make sure no one is having issues with the game.

The aim going forward is to update once a month, I've got a lot planned for the May update and I'll keep you all updated on how it's going.

I'm mostly gonna focus on;

• Adding consumables (more on them in a later post)

• Adding a few extra difficulties - The base game is pretty forgiving atm to make up for the fact that the early game is a little more chance-based. That will change in a few months when there's more stuff in the game.

• Adding some coins & talismans - between 5 and 10 in each update I reckon.

Beyond that I'll likely be focusing on making a devlog or 2 and just polishing the game in general.

I was honestly excited to just release the game I've been working on so much, that I kinda forgot some people might actually buy it! The first few hours have been really positive, a good amount of feedback and the game made enough to at least buy a pizza with stuffed crust in the first hour.

Thanks so much to anyone picking up the game, wishlisting or just checking it out!!

-- Joe (bumbleborn)

Heyooo, bumbleborn here 👋 I'm excited (and terrified) to announce that Wunder is going to launch on May 4th during the Deckbuilders Fest!

Why Early Access?

The main reason to go Early Access, is to make Wunder one of the best arcade-deckbuilder games. I think it's already pretty good, but I reckon I've only just scratched the surface. Seeing how people react to what's currently in the game will help shape everything to come.

A lot of the modern game dev advice is to make a game quickly, get it out there and move on. I absolutely get the reasons why, but I really like this little coin flipping game, this was supposed to be a month long game jam, but even after 8 months I have so much more I want to add.

Overview

Even with only a third of the planned coins & talismans, the game has a bunch of build variety and unique interactions that can propel you to victory. Currently there are;

• 6 starting decks to choose from, each with their own talent.

• 5 rivers to journey through culminating in the endless mode, Asphodel.

• 28 Coins with their own mechanics

• 28 Talismans that provide passive buffs

Roadmap

I'm not gonna announce the full Roadmap today, but I do have 5 Major updates planned! This month will be focused on balance changes and fixing any bugs, but I'm aiming to get an update out every month!

Coins

A lot of coins have effects that you can build an entire deck around, even simple coins like the Holy Shield with enough upgrades can become completely overpowered.

Talismans

28 Talismans, and almost all of them change how your battles will go in a big way. In future updates we'll be adding a lot more, once we hit about 50 I'll introduce rarities, making some harder to find than others.

Decks

There are 6 decks currently and whilst a few are simple, some like the Philosopher completely change how you play, becoming more powerful when you upgrade coins to do nothing.

I have at least 15 decks planned for the full game, but I've had 2 more ideas recently for really fun decks so there's a good chance there will be 20 decks by 1.0.

I really like mechanics that do something a bit more than +5 this or -5 that, there is some of that of course but I'm always trying to find a way to offset it with a different condition or just having an outright unique effect.

The Team

Bumbleborn (me) - I'm the main dev on the game, I've been making games for about a decade and do bits of everything. My first indie game (Echo: The Oracle's Scroll) came out in 2024 for the Playdate and people seemed to really like it. Wunder is my second indie game and the first I'm making with my partner.

Mumble (Emily) - She did the art for the coins, key art, logo, etc. basically anything that doesn't look temp and a bit jank, she did it. She's a fantastic 3D character artist.

Miso & Mushroom - Our cats, they do QA sometimes but mostly just scream for snacks.

Hey folks, bumbleborn here 👋 This is the last big demo update before I focus entirely on the Early Access launch, but it adds a bunch QoL stuff and gives a good example of the meta progression for the game.

v0.2.1

• Added a collection screen

  • 3 coins and 3 talismans are now locked behind mini goals, this gives a good impression of the planned meta progression

  • Tooltip looks different for unknown objects making it easier to see what you have and haven’t yet discovered

• Updated how stats are tracked for the collection system (This will cause the stats of a previously saved run to not load properly, the saved run will be otherwise unaffected)

• Gameplay Settings have been added

  • Game speed can be adjusted more clearly (button on action panel can be increased and decreased

  • Study Phase can now be skipped (toggle on action panel as well)

  • Camera motion during flip animation can be adjusted

• Upgrade packs will now always contain at least one core upgrade (Heads focused for Skull, Tails for Diamond)

• Action Panel Stats no longer appear until you have gained them

• Submit button now has a little flash when it becomes interactable again

• During battle, the deck view is now sorted into Hand → Deck → Discard

• Upgraded Coins now have the correct highlighted icon tint both in the deck view and in battle

• Flipped the effect of Pain & Panic

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug with not caching the side a coin has landed on properly

• Fixed a bug where Nothing was happening incorrectly, nothing now happens instead of Nothing

• Fixed a bug where a coin would flip during the upgrade screen when clicking on them whilst they were blocked from being upgraded

• Moved the trigger for On Heads & On Tails to be after triggering the effect of the coin that landed, this makes Silver Lining make more sense

• A few shop UI bugs are fixed

• Element visual is now correctly dimmed when coin is debuffed

V0.1.504

Saving & reloading your current run is in!

You only only leave a game from the map for now. Events are pretty quick so it's not too bad, but I'll definitely add event save / load for the full game.

I've tested it a lot but I'm sure a bug or 2 will have slipped by me, if you experience anything saving or loading weirdly lemme know!

V0.1.502

• added target framerate setting to video settings

• fixed deck viewer tooltip bug

• lowered volume of shop music

V0.1.503

• fixed coins & talismans moving at different speeds at different framerates

• fixed framerate defaulting to uncapped if you have saved settings data but it doesn't have a saved setting for framerate

• fixed discard icons from game over screen remaining visible after starting a new game

• flipped the effects of Hades to make it a more Tails based coin

• changed some text in the deck menu

V0.1.500

New

• added a new coin: Pain & Panic, will help with getting Hades to pop off

• added support for active talismans that can be interacted with like fidget toys that do stuff

• added a new active talisman: Lucky Coin, increased landing desired face for regular coins

• added nicer buttons for pause menu

• added a simple prompt for selling talismans to avoid accidentally selling them

Tweaks

• changed version syntax to avoid running out of letters

• polish for menu buttons

• settings are now saved on leaving the settings menu

• fixed menu colors in different rivers / environments

• changed final boss reward info to clearly show you win rather than receiving a reward

• slightly sped up upgrade animation time (will add a setting for this later on)

• armour now reads "Reduces negative score" to hopefully reduce confusion

• fixed deck viewer not showing what is in discard, in hand and still in deck properly (will overhaul this later with proper sorting modes)

Balance

• first battle now always rewards a talisman so players can learn about them early on

• doubled Trickster potential scores (will likely rework this coin a lot)

V0.1.501

• Hotfix - video settings were saved in an improper manner, causing start up bug when opening the game after leaving a previous session windowed. Now fixed!

• Boss no longer skips giving loot, except the last boss since you've won the demo! (gonna update to show no rewards during final boss later today)

Just a small addition today, working on a cool thing that should be finished by the weekend!

• Added a settings menu with very basic audio & video options, I'll add more over time!

First set of bug fixes for the Demo

• Fixed mini tooltip not disabling properly in the upgrade screen

• Fixed Miniboss elemental conditions having the wrong elements debuffed

• Fixed a variety of bugs when viewing the deck from the shop screen