Reynard Devlog #23 – Balancing, New Weapons and More (0.9.4)

It’s not the first time and definitely not the last time I’ll have to do some balancing.

Balancing

As said in our “Why early access?” section on steam we want to involve our early access supporters in development of the game.

Stamina Regeneration

Because it’s not the first time that we’ve received a proposal for stamina to regenerate itself instantly once you clear the room, we’ve added this feature.

Health Regeneration

Some of our players also pointed out that they don’t see much sense in waiting for their health to regenerate if they have a health regeneration relic. They see it as an exploit. After thinking about it for some time, I’ve decided that they’re right and that the relic should be removed. So it’s gone… for now 😀

Daily Runs and Scoring

The whole point of the daily run is to achieve the highest score. Until now if you didn’t die… you could clear every room and in the end your score would be very similar to your rival’s score.

That’s why from now on speed and remaining gold is being rewarded. If you complete a run under 40, 30 or 25 minutes you’ll get 10000 bonus score for each mark. Also at the end of the run remaining gold now gets transformed into a score.

Weapons

Titan’s Belt

It can spawn up to 4 circling discs around Reynard that stun and hurt attackers.

Titan’s Belt in action

Luna’s Cloak

Makes Reynard invisible for 5 seconds. Invisibility stops if you attack.

Luna’s Cloak in action

All Changes

  • [WEAPON] Titan’s Belt. Can spawn up to 4 circling discs around Reynard that stun and hurt attackers.
  • [WEAPON] Luna’s Cloak. Become invisible for 5 seconds. Invisibility stops if you attack.
  • [HUGE] Stamina refills when transitioning through doors. Regeneration rate is increased when you clear the room, you’re waiting for the next wave or you defeat the boss.
  • [MINOR] Wind can’t spawn in forge rooms anymore.
  • [MINOR] Added confetti to the win screen.
  • [MINOR] Repositioned the HP bar of Xeno turret.
  • [MINOR] Removed HP regeneration relics.
  • [MINOR] Minor modification to Foen’s island shape.
  • [MINOR] Added a tiny easter egg.
  • [MINOR] Added more supporters to the book of credits.
  • [MINOR] Speed is now being rewarded! If you complete a run under 40, 30 or 25 minutes you’ll get 10000 bonus score for each mark.
  • [MINOR] At the end of the run remaining gold gets transformed into score.
  • [BALANCING] Buffed the Ifrit’s boot’s fire damage and spread duration.
  • [BALANCING] Reduced starting max stamina to 20.
  • [BALANCING] Enemy loot drops in invasion are halved.
  • [BUGFIX] Goblins don’t steal from player when hitting his allies.
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed lifestealing from corpses.
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed jittering of a special weapon image on a HUD.
  • [BUGFIX] Falling Boulders now deal normal damage instead of fire.
  • [BUGFIX] Fixed 10 room cells that displayed water in a weird way.

Next week I’ll heavily focus on boss scaling, balancing, polishing and more.

Happy dungeon crawling 😀

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Reynard Devlog #16 – New Crafting Recipes, Bugfixes and More (0.8.7)

Previous week I’ve had a lot of stuff going on… Grandpa passed away 🙁 and we’ve attended the SGC. On SGC we’ve received tons of valuable feedback for Reynard. This week I’ve decided to implement and fix some of the suggested stuff. Thus this update revolves around bugfixes, crafting recipes and other minor stuff.

New Crafting Recipes

We’ve added crafting to Reynard pretty early. It’s available from the beginning of the early access. But one thing is adding the system to the game and other thing is utilizing it. That’s why I’ve decided to start adding more interesting recipes and usable items to the game.

Until now you could only create a better version of the item if you placed 2 of the same items on the forge. But we want to add more stuff for the forge. We really want the player to be able to create something more powerful if he finds the material for it.

That’s why I’ve added more “Usable” items which are spawned as a loot drop from certain monsters and pots. For now I’ve added 3 new recipes and 5 new items:

  • Wooden Stick
  • Skeleton’s Bone
  • Blacksmith’s Ring
  • Necro Staff
  • Simon’s Staff
  • Poor Wooden Bow

Adding new recipes to Reynard’s crafting system!

I’m planning on adding special challenge rooms that will challenge the player’s skill, but will hold way better items and crafting components. But that’s in the future.

Other Changes

  • Added Simon’s staff and a recipe to create it on Forge.
  • Added Necro staff recipe… On 15th kill spawns a skeleton.
  • Fairy has 5 HP. She heals player for 1 point, but also damages herself for 1 point.
  • Added Poor wooden bow recipe. Breakable wooden bow.
  • Added Blacksmith’s ring. Once dropped on the forge, it repairs player’s equipment.
  • Rats now have 50% chance of fleeing when hurt.
  • Serpentino’s spit now has SFX and when you pass the bridge there is now an explosion sound.
  • Dexter roars before he enters the charging state, added sound effects for roar and charge.
  • Doctor plague now spawns skeletons more frequently and starts roaming sooner and has added sound effects for cast and attack.
  • Wilson Shoots laser beam in random direction.
  • Wizco now has more SFXes.
  • Modified all 100% resist armors that aren’t breakable. They don’t have 100% resist anymore.
  • Buffed the Xeno turret. Faster shooting rate and more damage.
  • Fixed the bug that didn’t spawn projectiles.
  • Fixed the layers of Forge and Pawn… The enemies can now walk on them.
  • Fixed the relic forging bug.
  • Confirm button is now the “dash” button.
  • Fixed the bug that didn’t save “usable” items.
  • Selected buttons now have a brighter color.
  • Shrines, libraries (mini shops) now show the cost of the item instantly.
  • Fixed the bug when Item preview didn’t open up if companions came close to the interactable object.
  • Fixed the bug when the stairs to secret room are spawned behind indestructible objects.

Expect more cool recipes and updates in the future. We’re also planning Reynard’s release on the steam in November! If you’d like to recommend something, please let me know!

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