v0.20: Critical hits, harsher fatigue


New 'critical' status multiplies the damage of next attack, significantly improving single-target damage output.
Stricter 'fatigue' application, combined with new 'more fatigue' ascension should reduce the incentives for extreme (50+ turns) grinding.
Several important bugfixes prevent some rare, but game-stopping errors.

Major gameplay changes:

  • New 'critical' status, multiplying actual damage dealt by the next attack.
  • Fatigue now affects start turn card drawing
    • Fatigue reduction happens first, so you only draw less cards when fatigue was >= 20

Minor gameplay changes:

  • New card tag: 'malus'
  • Added 2 new achievements
  • New ascension: 'Start turn: Fatigue +(turn count - 1)'

Minor UI changes:

  • Added more card sounds
  • Improved wording of some hints and tutorials
  • Added and improved some effect sounds
  • Added new music track by @duke-stanza
  • Music progress is now displayed in settings window

New cards (8):

  • Rune of Repair, Dusk or Dawn, Take Aim, Cloak and Dagger, Critical Chance, Honed Steel, Hit and Run, Fleeting Glint

New items (6):

  • Twighlight Star, Acupuncture Chart, Sundial, Spear Trap, Fae-blessed Veil, Destiny Charm

New quests (7):

  • 'Scenic vista: Watch sunrise and sunset'
  • 'Graveyard: Dissect corpses'
  • 'Warehouse: Recount inventory'
  • 'Stadium: Train and recuperate'
  • 'Cinderfall wasteland: Trial of fire'
  • 'Frozen peak: Trial of ice'
  • 'Casino: Use every chance'

Balance and miscellaneous changes:

  • Buffed cards: Aimed Shot, Heavy Blow
  • Buffed items: Bronze Mirror, First-Aid Kit, Gourd Flask, Bloody Coin, Bandit's Mask
  • Rebalanced and re-formulated 'Idea' card

Selected bugfixes:

  • Fixed broken rewards window scrolling after viewing help
  • Fixed crash on setting high SFX volume
  • Fixed playing unplayable cards which do not target enemies
  • Fixed crash on viewing Pea Pod description
  • Fixed quest difficulty modifiers affecting display of next quest options
  • Fixed difficulty scaling and display of some quests

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