Ring Of Pain 1.4.05b

Features
Added a bunch of community items with more to come!


Bug Fixes
Added missing creatures from the bestiary
Fixed a bug where Wishing Well can kill players
The bug reporting tooltip is back!


To access the Beta:
Right click Ring of Pain in your Steam library, select Properties.
Select the BETAS tab and choose the Beta you want to install.

Bug Fixes
Fixed Owl Boss soft lock bug
Fixed Stone Scream's description
Grabby Hands disables discard when picking up a scroll, inline with other comparisons
Fixed a bug when when resurrecting under certain circumstances
Fixed a bug where equipped items would sometimes not appear on the game over screen when loading from a save
Fixed a bug when loading a save when the player has negative health items
Fixed a bug where the tooltips for Critical Hit, Dodge, and Stealth would show an incorrect bonus amount from Speed or Clarity

Bug Fixes
Fixed using certain items in boss fights causing soft locks
Fixed some creatures not appearing in the bestiary
Fixed issues with different system languages breaking various game features


Other
Soul Scream can now appear in game

Bug Fixes
Decanter works with grave stones
Monster card appears on the left side of the screen again when using observe mode with a controller
Fixed bug with certain candles re-equipping older items when loading from a save
Fixed issues with Steam achievements not unlocking on game launch


Improvements
Pressing left or right on the "Continue" button on the title screen now navigates as expected

Happy New Year!
We're back from our break and working on more content for Ring of Pain!
Beginning with one of our regular quality of life and bugfix updates. We'll have more info to share on upcoming content in the near future, and are excited to share what we're working on.



Features
Added a feature to partially restore corrupted save files on Steam.
If your game has lost progress or had a save file corrupted: press F5 on the Settings page to access the feature.

Bug Fixes
Heat Shield does not activate when using Barrier
Mimic Friend now moves new Stat cards to the front as well
Fixed soul projection on Dummy when using Soul Cannon
Projections consider guaranteed critical hits when dealing a killing blow
Projection correctly updates after casting or cancelling spells
Knockback projection functions correctly when knocking creatures into walls
Scroungers do not escape through exits if ensnared
Spineback's animation is paused when it is frozen
Killing creatures with status effects (eg. poison) now counts towards achievements
Previously the system had no knowledge on what created status effects on creatures and the player


Improvements
Right clicking creatures will inspect them
Fire Breed spawns Firebeads next to them instead of to a random location. Previously, spawning Firebeads to a random location was confusing - it wasn't communicated well enough and could seem like they appeared from nowhere. This change should help players identify and hunt Fire Breeds.
Shuffle always moves front cards away from front card positions
(As long as there are more than 3 cards in the level)

Stat Boosts and strategy
With choosable Stat Boosts, thinking about how to manage stats is much more important!

Rather than having an (on average) more balanced build from random stats, players have the ability to min-max. Learning how to choose stats for your builds may take time to get used to.

More control over outcomes also means more strategy is required, so it may feel more difficult at first.
If you'd like to learn more about strategy or share your own tips, we have a great community on Discord!

Bug Fixes
Normal mode: Shackles can no longer spawn in early special levels.
High Explosives Daily Dungeon modifier deals double damage to creatures
Fix for Daily Dungeon not adding Soul count to the final score
Potential fix for High Stat achievements not activating
Fixed Putrid Incense translation in German
Fix for game text not falling back to English when a host's system has uses an unsupported language
Fixed upside down Ring of Pain logo in certain circumstances
Fix for Restart to Main Menu not appearing in certain circumstances
Fixed a bug where the prompt for Return to Menu may not appear
Disable Dummy having overridden death behaviours
Fix News Feed UI after changing languages


Happy holidays
Our team will be taking a break over the festive season, and we hope you all enjoy the rest of the year!

Features

New choosable Stat Boosts!
15+ New Items
10+ New Achievements
Added chest re-roll tutorial
Added new turn order icon
Added an option in the Twitch Settings to Clear Drawings. This will remove any approved or in-review creature drawings


Bug Fixes

Volatile Crystals no longer trigger when dodging
Removed delay to every turn when Sadistic Will is equipped
Amorphous Mass projects piercing damage correctly, and no longer works on projectile attacks
Fixed Shields Up not removing armour when item is stolen by a Viscid Union
Active items on the inventory screen can no longer activate after completing the game
Fountain of Life displays correct values on repeated usage
Layer ordering issues relating to Area Of Effect
Fix for chest card graphical issues on some Mac systems
Exiting through the final exit in Daily Dungeon no longer has a looping audio effect
Fixed Loombird secondary attack damage projection whilst Tiara is equipped
Terror Slimes now correctly split into Terror variants
Terror Fire Breeds will now spawn Terror Roaming Firebeads
Firebreed's spawning happens after creature actions, so it can't create a Firebead and unexpectedly kill the player
Fixed Wretched Amalgam projecting actions when frozen
Replaced death behaviours can be removed by freeze (explosions added by Immolation can be nullified)
Freeze on hit no longer stops monsters applying poison
Completing a Daily Dungeon uses Souls Remaining in it's score calculation
Fixed a bug that will leave the turn order graphic up when casting the Exit Scroll with a controller
Hide creature turn order graphic when observing creatures in the back of the ring with a controller
Hard mode special rooms: fixed bug where Shackles had a very small chance to spawn in early game


Balance

Cursed Potions will cure poison even when cursing
Adjusted loot and spawning for Hard Mode
Adjusted loot for side paths. These rooms will now often spawn paid chests instead of raw loot
Adjusted loot density in side paths
Adjusted rarity curves to make legendary spawns appear later
Chest spawn rate adjustments
Legendary chest cost increase 140 ? 160. Reroll cost increased 15 ? 20
Heat Shield: Reduced number of uses from 5 ? 3
Crown of Clarity: Now +3 Health and -8 Clarity. This will assist in synergising with curse builds.
Fur Coat: Defense 2 ? 4, Speed 5 ? 4, Health 5 ? 4
Giant's Wrap: Spell cast cooldown increased 2 ? 3, Speed -3 ? -1, Clarity 5 ? 3
Generosity: Clarity removed, Health +2, Defense 3 ? 2
Create Exit: Creates Shrines in Special Rooms, and Crossroads elsewhere



Improvements

Two Shackles no longer spawn at the front of the ring
Added 50 and 100 frame rate limit options
General performance and memory improvements
Wishing Well displays the information of the charm you will absorb
Improved freeze consistency. Freeze is removed after all attack effects.
Added Cure Poison projection. This will appear when hovering over actions that will cure the player, such as drinking a potion, exiting through a door, or using the Cure Spellbook
Rework to soul damage, so it's calculated as a damage addition per creature instead of per Soul
Versatile activates on equip rather than activating when the players stat changes
Replaced the Vulnerable creature intention with Stunned
Added environment art for Embracing Chaos room

Features

• Added a Fast Rerolls settings option
• Cutscenes and credits can be skipped
• Added new Twitch Setting "Drawings Per Dungeon".
  This allows the broadcaster to decide on how many types of creatures in the dungeon will be sourced from Twitch.
  Previously this value was set to 2, now this value can be set from 1 - 5

Bug Fixes

• Fixed repeated and empty speech prompts
• Fixed soft-lock relating to spoon unlocks
• Slime Cells will cure poison on pickup
• Heat Shield will protect from explode on pickup
• Catalyst correctly rewards all 3 charges
• Dog pats no longer track consecutively to fix infinite spell usage exploits
• Certain invalid scroll usages no longer cause Spell Casted effects
• Fixed Calm from having the Vision intention
• Daily Dungeon "Random Rewards" no longer breaks descriptions for items with stats described
• Losing an item to Uber Slimes can now kill you if your max health becomes 0
• Siphon Gem and Transcendence show appropriate graphics when using a controller
• The Collection's search feature can now find items that are both newly unlocked but have not been seen

Improvements

• General performance improvements
• Restarting runs and returning to main menu
• Scroungers will bias spawning even further away from exits
• Wishing Well shows stats absorbed by gems on use
• Locked hidden achievements now show the achievement name to help you discover them
• Seeding improvements for items and chests in Daily Dungeon
• Projection improvements when hovering spells that don't take a turn
• Shadow narrative exit rooms also contain regular exits so you can avoid the narrative if desired
• Creature intention tooltips can be viewed when inspecting a card
• Twitch Extension Guide document now translated to Korean and Simplified Chinese

BalanceItems

• Immovable Object: increased temporary Defense 1 ? 3
• Sandals: increased Speed 1 ? 2
• Frostbite: increased Defense and Speed 1 ? 2
• Hungry Sun: removed potion healing (50% ? 0), Increased Defense -2 ? 0
• Merchant: item cost reduction decreased 25 ? 20, decreased Clarity 5 ? 4
• Gluttony: increased Attack 1 ? 3
• Giant's Wrap: 2 cooldown
• Eruption: now a Legendary (from Epic)

Spells

• Shuffle: cooldown decreased 5 ? 4
• Ensnare: cooldown decreased 3 ? 2
• Shields Up: cooldown decreased 6 ? 5
• Create Exit: spawns normal exits in special rooms, and crossroads elsewhere
• Siphon Gem: usable even without a gem equipped

General

• Daily Dungeon "Random Rewards" adds at least 2 stats to items (from 1)
• Amalgam consumes 100% of a creatures soul, previously it was 50%
• General hard-mode adjustments

Catch me if you canA common feedback we've had is that sometimes it's not always possible to catch the Scrounger before it leaves a dungeon, so now Scroungers will no longer spawn directly next to an exit.
This will give you more time to chase them, nuke them, or shuffle the dungeon.

Note: Scroungers also prioritise using the 'core path' exits (black exits, shadow exits), so they may still spawn next to a coloured door, which they ignore if there's a core path exit available.

Granting WishesWishing Well has been an ongoing source of mystery and questions:
Where did it come from? What does it do? Why did it take my Charm and seemingly to do nothing?

Well, now it'll take your Charm and do something every time because we've made it act similar to the Siphon Gem spell.

Now it'll give you the primary stats from donated Charms, every time you donate, so using the Well won't ruin a run. It might actually be a good investment! Stonks!

Item reworksA couple of items have caught our attention in playthroughs!

Light Concoction previously did damage based on overheal, the effect is now:
Healing missing Health becomes Light damage to all creatures

We feel this will better encourage strategic play, as it requires you to have high health and juggle damage to make the best use of it. We hope this rework naturally makes it less OP, while still being very fun to use.

Soul Cannon previously needed you to spend all your souls and do that much damage, now:
Spend 30 Souls, deal 30 Soul Damage to target; 1 Cooldown

The old design was basically being used to nuke bosses and that's about it. The item wasn't versatile enough to use regularly, and we hope this rework makes it much more useful. It's more like a soul machinegun now - very short cooldowns and effective on anything.
It'll also synergise better with items which proc on spell use.

Endgame balanceWe've noticed the dark ending in particular needed some tuning.
It was spawning cards in a way where people could fill the ring with potions, and get way too many cards in the ring.

• Improved Potion spawning and Creature limits across the difficulty modes.
• Boss Area of Effect attacks are better positioned and spread to avoid inescapable situations.
• Boss Area of Effect attacks have damage increased from 5->15 and 15->20.
• Updated icons for Area of Effect attacks.

Loot and creature capsFurther tuning for a couple of situations where too many 'brutal' creatures could spawn.
Skull doors are meant to be more challenging but there's a fine line to tread to make sure even rare spawning situations are possible!

Bug Fix

• Rare ending softlock fixed
• Hungry Sun properly considers all sources of explosion damage
• Fixed minor bug where stat equip would project damage
• Removed projected Light Concoction damage from stat increase