Hello everyone!

I am happy to share today another update for Battle Stones! Not much in terms of gameplay content, but a nice overall upgrade to the game! I worked on improving the visuals, polishing and cleaning the UI, and introducing some theme and lore. I think this helps to convey a fantasy and better dive into the ambiance of Battle Stones. The changes also prepare some future mechanics I have in mind. You can read the changelog below to discover the full list of changes, and see the screenshots above to see how the game looks now. Feel free to share your feedback and jump back into the game! I would like to know your opinion on the UI improvements, especially the shop that was completely revamped.

See you next time,

Radiant Sloth

Changelog v0.2

Added

• Added an introduction cutscene
• Added a progress map to select the next opponent after the shop (the map is a straight line for now so no choice, but the goal is to have choices in the future!)
• Added character portraits to the player and the opponents
• Added a new stats: weight, which is the total number of items in the deck (i.e the number of squares, a stone with 2 items contributes for 2 weight)
  • The money cap is now dependent on the weight of the deck (max money= 5 x weight)

Changed

• Revamped the shop layout
  • Special deals now cannot be for merging or deleting, but only for buying
  • There are always three special deals for buying, and they are always -15%, -25% and -35%, the slots are on a separate line
  • Decreased slightly the merging price
  • Decreased the reroll price
• Lots of UI theme tweaks
• Changed the background, added a light parallax effect with the mouse cursor movement
• Adapted the tutorials to the new layouts, improved some wording, and a card about how to read the stones description panels
• Nerfed the Censorship effect to cancel only half of the enemy moves
• The Persistent and Exile effects now cancel each other out
• Trying to validate a turn with still moves available now shows a warning and requires to press the button again to validate anyway
• The undo button now undoes the last placements one by one instead of all at once
• Increased the tier score of the Fleeting effect (i.e. the Arrow stone will be more expensive at the shop)

Fixed

• Fixed the number of moves not resetting properly when clearing the board after the opponent triggered an Exhaustion effect
• Fixed the shop trying to animate already sold out slots when loading a saved game
• Fixed the armor of the player not being reset after each battle