Slashers Keep 1.21b

Fixed an issue related to achievements not unlocking after having timed out before in the same session.

Fixed another issue with achievements not working.

Fixed a bug that could have led to spike traps blocking hidden passages in dungeon type 1.

Fixed an issue with entrances to big rooms opening into chasms on rare occasions.

Fixed a bug that could have caused the final room of a given floor to be unreachable in dungeon type 2.

Fixed an issue with upper entrances being blocked by spikes in dungeon type 3.

Increased the minimum ceiling height of rooms with a falling ceiling.

Rooms with floor spikes in dungeon type 2 will now sometimes have a catwalk along the walls in place of jumping platforms.

Rooms with floor spikes in dungeon type 2 where that's not the case will now sometimes have a little platform at the upper door to make it easier to get in.

Made climbing chambers in dungeon type 2 a little easier by adding a flight of stairs as a possible segment to the randomization.

Floor spikes in corridors in dungeon type 2 can now be switched off via levers on the walls.

Floor spikes in large rooms can also be switched off with single a lever placed on the upper level of each room.

Raised room lights in rooms with floor spikes in dungeon type 2.

Added 2 wall objects to open rooms in dungeon type 2.

Winches in arcade type rooms are now marked on the map with red button icons.

The Deflect skill now allows for batting incoming projectiles into the direction you are facing. Higher skill levels increase accuracy.
(Previously projectiles would get diverted into random directions with a random chance to get thrown back the way they came instead.)

Added a new piece of boss loot with a unique skill.

Added another piece of boss loot with a unique skill which is somewhat chistmassy, but not so much as to seem terribly out-of-place throughout the rest of the year, I hope, seeing as I missed christmas with this patch.

Added two new areas to dungeon type 3. These are premade and feature yard spaces connected to multiple indoor spaces. I thought I'd add some more traditional level design, you know. Probably more work than it's worth but I felt the need to atone for not squashing some of those bugs for so long.

Various other small tweaks.

Fixed an issue with bloodmoths not getting spiked correctly that may or may not have occured.

Fixed an issue with one of the new areas in dungeon type 3.

The game should now scale without a dip at very high levels.

Fixed an aesthetic issue with one of the new areas.

Fixed a bug that could have led to wall boxes showing up in hidden climbing shafts in dungeon type 2.

Fixed an issue that could have led to triggerable platforming boards blocking other boards below once triggered.

Fixed an issue with wall objects getting placed inside of curved walls.

Fixed an issue with keys not dropping from enemies who should be carrying them after loading a savegame.

Fixed an issue with objects not appearing in corridors when they should have (not all that relevant for gameplay).

The Mastersmith skill should correctly apply its damage bonus now.

Fixed a bug that could have caused a character's inventory to go missing when generating a new floor for an outdated savegame.
(There is a failsafe for rare world generation errors which did not take into account having to load in the inventory afterwards, which can only become a problem in this specific case. I apologize again for previously lost items.)

Character unlocks should work more reliably now.

There should be no more chairs or pots inside wardrobes in dungeon type 3.

Fixed a bug that could have caused chandeliers to be floating in the air at upper entrances in library type rooms without an upper level.

Fixed an issue that prevented large pits from being placed where they should be. This was caused by an overcorrection in a previous patch and may have resulted in empty rooms.

Cave type rooms should no longer have enemies spawning in unreachable places.

Large rocks should no longer be placed on cave tiles where they could make them unpassable for the player.

Also, there should be more wall objects in cave type rooms now such as spikes and decorative stuff.

Rooms with little platforms which are not reachable via little stairs should now have those platforms be free of handrails in the appropriate direction, so that they may always be reached by jumping from the other little platform across the way.

Fixed an issue that could have led to raised corridors with stairs missing in floors with a hidden climbing room above that corridor.

Fixed a bug that could cause you to remain slowed after dying in a tar puddle.

You should no longer be able to click buttons on the menu while the "are you sure?" prompt is active.

The sasquatch paw and jade monkey should now be usable when playing with a gamepad.

The final boss should now get placed back inside the room if locked out. I thought about leaving this exploit in as a legitimate method, but I decided it was a tad too daft even for this game, especially with the ability to hit her through the closed door.

Darkened the green, blue and orange texts on descriptions for common quality items for readability.

Added different button image to the load game screen for savegames with veteran characters that you are able to start a new campaign with.

Added item image for 1 longsword, and replaced one for a crossguard.

Added a cheat code for rerolling a character's current dungeon floor.
To use it open the in-game menu, hit F7 and type "reroll" (without "").
You may now exit to main menu and reload your character from there. You should get a new current dungeon floor.
As you might have guessed, this cheat is for unbeatable floors, which should be quite rare by now. Bear in mind that you may just not have found the way out yet. Use at your own discretion.



Summary of cheat codes:

gibkey
Spawns a silver key.

freeme
Spawns the golden key.

sesame
Opens the secret entrance if present.

reroll
Marks the current character for a dungeon floor reroll. Exit to main menu and re-load from there to get a new dungeon floor.

Bloodmoths will now gradually move down as they sidle (when not above chasms). I might intensify that still.


Fixed an issue with bookcases with hidden keypads appearing inside of walls at round staircases in dungeon type 3.

Hidden staircases in dungeon type 2 should no longer open into round platforming rooms as that could have caused problems with walls being in the way.

Fixed a bug that could have caused the hidden keypad to be placed where there's no bookcase in upper levels of some library type rooms.

Also, the hidden keypad can now appear in library type rooms with an upper floor and no roof beam above. This is just something that should have been happening but the bug didn't stop you from progressing.

Mitigated some physics BS with chairs in dungeon type 3.

Fixed a bug that could have lead to corridor lights floating in mid-air.

Fixed an issue with missing locked exit doors in rare cases in dungeon type 3.

Fixed an issue with doors that are locked from the inside of a room not showing up on the map in dungeon type 3.

Fixed an issue with enemies spawning inside of locked cells in dungeon type 2.

Fixed a bug that could have led to enemies spawning inside of locked cells in dungeon type 1.

Getting knocked around should now release you from tar and acid puddles.

Also, tar puddles should now correctly release you when burned away with you standing in them.

The Deflect skill should work more reliably now.

Had another go at the bug that caused some deaths during the loading screen.

You should no longer be able to move your character in the epilogue screen.

Fixed an issue with the pause menu not working with some gamepads.

Fixed some weirdness with the prisoner chute restart screen when using a gamepad.

Added a cheat code for opening the secret entrance or engaging the set of protruding boards that would otherwise be operated by hidden switches or braziers.
Open the pause menu, hit F7 and type "sesame" (without the "").

Also added a cheat code for the golden key. Bear in mind it may just be obscured by other boss loot and it really should drop and always be reachable.
This one is "freeme".
Also shifted the golden key drop position a little towards the center of the room, just so it's not obscured

Fixed an issue that could cause connector tiles between rooms to be unreachable.


Fixed an issue with turret fuse boxes being placed inside of platforms sometimes.


Fixed a bug that could cause braziers to be placed inside of turrets.


Fixed a bug that could cause the still apparatus and the book with the hidden numpad to appear on top of each other.


Fixed a bug that could cause the quest giver and one of those shadow magic shooty things to be placed on the same corridor wall.


Fixed a shader issue with the destructible orc pin-up.


Fixed an issue that could cause weird missing doors on secret passages and possibly other unexplained phenomena.


Fixed an issue with enemies getting stuck between rail posts in platform-and-stairs-type rooms in dungeon type 3.


Leather boxes in smithy rooms should now have their open state saved correctly.


Fixed a bug that cause invisible walls to be placed in secret passages inside outer walls in dungeon type 3.


Fixed an aesthetic issue with walls getting placed outside the boss room where they shouldn't be.


Fixed an issue that would cause too many altar rooms to appear in dungeons. Also there should now be more altars in dungeon type 2 and 3.


Loot dropped by the final boss should now always be reachable.


Fixed a problem with the final boss picking up items from a distance when stopped by the player.


Bouncing blobs should no longer randomly jump down chasms.


Fixed a bug that would cause enemies to be flung straight up when hit by a spectral blade.


Had another go at the issue of enemies dying as they step on bridges in chasms type rooms.


Fixed weirdness with blob animations not lining up with the jump curve, i.e. blobs looking flat when at the apex of their jump and such.
Also beautified some minor issues with the animations.


Wands should now get cleared from their assigned hotkeys when destroyed from depletion.


Fixed an animation issue with the player's arm when dying.


Fixed a bug that could cause the player to take double damage from bloodmoth projectiles.


Fixed an issue with flying skulls not registering consecutive melee hits.


Fixed a bug that would cause the giant spider to attack too quickly after having been frozen.


Fixed an issue with axes not hovering correctly over the ground.


Fixed an issue with loading characters that had changed species.


The imp spike and mechanical trap quests should now correctly cancel if not completed upon reaching dungeon type 3. Also you shouldn't get them in dungeon type 3 anymore.


Fixed a bug that caused some weirdness during equipping actions that may have caused failed requirement checks.


Fixed a bug that caused attributes to end up differently when equipping items multiple times if they had been previously enchanted with faulty attribute enchantments.
Also fixed the issue with those enchantments.


Orange blobs should no longer make an explosion sound when dying without exploding.


Damage numbers for fiery headshots should now be shown.


Enemies should now toss their loot forwards a bit as they die.


Shield bearers should now always wield axes.


Added particle effect for ammo gains.


Quests with a set amount of repetitions should now have their text updated as you progress.


Added quest "Craft a weapon with 6 or more components." (requires the Artisan skill).


"Deflect 12 projectiles" quest is now "Hit enemies with 6 deflected projectiles" and requires the Deflect skill at level 2 or higher.


Deflected projectiles now have to travel a short distance before being able to damage an enemy.


Covered up the imp.


Replaced images for
11 rings,
5 amulets,
two pieces of shoulder armor,
two helmets,
a chest piece,
a pair of pants,
an axe,
6 crossguards,
4 sword handles,
3 misc components,
3 longblades,
a shortblade,
a shaft,
an axe head
and a mace head.
Also added one for a shortsword and one for a shortblade.


Enemies walking through tar will now make appropriate step sounds.


Steepened difficulty curve for the post-late-game.


The starting chest for veteran characters should now also always have one common quality melee weapon in them.


Common quality rings and amulets will now have stats on them.


Legendary gems should now have appropriate elemental damage on them.


Lowered drop rate of legendary items.


Decreased loot drop chance for generic enemies.


Intelligence now translates to critical strike damage bonus 25% less favorably.


Lowered base critical strike damage multiplier from 1.5 to 1.25.


The dexterity to crit chance calculation now goes into diminishing returns more quickly.


Removed 5% base crit chance.


Decreased mace base damage by 10%.


Decreased spectral blades radius by 12.5%.


Decreased bonus damage of improved lunge.


Decreased random variance in item stats from +-10% to +-5%.


Enemy projectiles should now increase in speed as you progress up the dungeon.


Damage from traps and environmental hazards should now curve up as you progress like enemy attack damage does.


Increased mage flame strike damage.


Slightly increased acid damage and slightly decreased lava damage to player.


Slightly lowered damage decrease gained from armor.


Slightly lowered base armor on items.


Slightly lowered enemy attack damage.


Slightly increased difficulty in easy mode.


Reduced damage the giant spider takes from acid slightly since I lowered its base HP recently.


Spider eggs should now take damage from wands.


Acid puddles from spider eggs will now give you a moment to get out of the way before the acid damage sets in, so as to make it easier to destroy the eggs with melee weapons.


Strength no longer increases melee knockback.


Decreased bloodlust damage bonus and killstreak timer slowdown effect slightly.


Slightly increased difficulty on dungeon level 2.


Added a bit bigger of a window for sneak attacks after an enemy is formally aggroed.


Decreased Gourmet HP bonus by half.


Raised Desperate Rage HP threshold from 25% to 33.3%.


Greatly increased Stormtamer chain lightning proc chance.


Improved Sack Smack now deals additional damage based on your strength.


Arachnophile now allows you to always gain some ammuntion from eating spiders. Skill levels increase the amount gained.


Crafting a sword now requires the addition of at least one hilt type component.


Lowered crafting component damage bonus from 20% to 7%.


Crafted items now have the item tier of the blade or head component.


Fire and ice damage proc chances on crafted items are now averaged out among components instead of being added up.


Fire and ice damage procs are now limited to a maximum chance on hit of 20%.


Reduced base proc chance by half and doubled base damage of fire and ice procs.


Added Skill: Pyromastery. This late game skill sets your melee fire damage proc chance to 0%. Instead every fifth hit is a guaranteed proc with extra damage.
That hit will always set the enemy on fire if the Pyromancer skill is also learned.


Added Skill. Cryomastery. Same thing for ice damage. Synergizes with Cryomancer.


Acts of piety will now be remembered by the gods.


Added little hints to the loading screen.


Some other audio and visual tweaks, and some minor optimization.


Several nerfs in this one as I found the buffs in the previous patch caused power creep on higher levels.
This patch will have to upgrade your savegames upon loading. That means the game will generate a new dungeon floor of your current dungeon level. Your character and items will remain unchanged. Their stats may however be inappropriate given the balance changes.
To opt into the beta branch right-click on Slasher's Keep in your Steam library, select Properties, click the Betas tab, then select the beta branch from the drop-down menu.

Edit:
Amended the build by a few points

Fixed a bug that would prevent kinetic wand knockback on blood moths.


Kinetic wand knockback and damage now fall off less quickly with distance.


Replaced item image for 2 sword handles.


Minor aesthetic tweaks.


Edit2:
Just a few more fixes
Fixed an issue with banners inside of pillars next to the preaching wall ornament.


Debris from exploding barrels now vanishes after a few seconds.


Fixed a bug related to the quest text of the "spike 2 enemies at once 3 times" quest.
Edit3: setting this update live on the default branch

Fixed an issue where an unlocked door to a catwalk could be unusable and blocking the way after loading.


Fixed an issue with winches spinning forever once interacted with after loading.


Fixed a pathfinding issue in those rooms with the stairs what go up and down and that.


Fixed a pathfinding issue in library type rooms with an upper level.


Braziers should no longer get placed inside of turrets in chasms type rooms.


Fixed a bug where a loot crate would not break apart when dropping its loot in rare cases.


Quests "Have 2 imps spike themselves." and "Lure 5 enemies into a mechanical trap." now get canceled when the player reaches dungeon type 3. They also can't be acquired on dungeon type 3 anymore.


Green blobs in upper levels of library type rooms should no longer make puddles on the bottom level.


Items tossed down the item chute should no longer get duplicated when starting a new game with a veteran character.


The HP and MP bars should now update properly when equipping items.


Firewalking footsteps no longer cast shadows.


Item chute hatches and savegame consoles should no longer get placed inside of spike traps.


Braziers should now always get lit properly.


Melee weapons should be a tad more responsive right after getting parried by an orc.


Skill levels will now be displayed in item descriptions.


Added sound effect for the flamestrike thing orc mages do.


Fixed a bug that would allow the player to stand still when targeted by a flamestrike and avoid all damage.


Reduced yield of stat potions.


Decreased goodness of rare, epic and legendary items.


Adjusted the difficulty curve down for the mid to late-game to account for that.


Lowered acid, lava and flamestrike damage on player.


Lowered hp penalty from blood sacrifice by half.


Mana cost for wands is now calculated differently. (This should result in higher mana costs from the mid-game on)


The heal effect cast by mages on other enemies is now visualized with "+"-shaped particles.


Added new images for 6 randomized items.


Swapped out sounds for player and orc footsteps.


Added permanent item enchantments:

The Warrior's Writ

The Trickster's Treatise

The Magician's Manifesto


Added temporary item enchantments:

Blade Oil

Club Rub