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1.0.1.0 - Big Improvements

Grotesquest: Act I
A downloadable game for Windows

A truckload of improvements based on player feedback, this patch will make the game more accessible, intuitive and just a better experience in general.

Core Changes

  • Picking up a new item causes your current equipped item to drop on the floor, you can no longer permanently lose an item by picking something up
  • Loot pickup and interact prompts now appear by simply walking up to an item, you no longer need to "aim" the camera directly towards the item
  • Intuitive tutorial messages for all the actions and concepts the player isn't executing and realizing on their own

Balancing

  • Rebalanced all mythic items from being too overpowered
  • Rebalanced early game enemies to be more fair
  • Rebalanced Time Attack and Very Hard modes to be a little bit easier, enemies deal less damage, have less health and the time limits have more leeway
  • First couple dungeons have more enemies in them

User Interface

  • HUD now shows an objective text that tells what exactly you have to do at any given time, whether it's seeking an exit or slaying a specific number of enemies, it also keeps track of how many enemies you've already killed in a dungeon
  • Booting up the game for the first time causes a create-a-character widget to appear, no need to browse into the character selection menu anymore
  • Trying to enter the Reaper Monastery without proper quest items now displays a text that tells you you're missing the required key
  • If you're looking at a relic that you already own, a "you already have this relic equipped" text shows up on the prompt
  • Settings menu can be closed by clicking the settings button again
  • Reworded the quest description of Lifelong Catacomb to be more comprehensive
  • Compendium can no longer be opened inside gameplay to avoid confusion and getting hit while browsing it
  • All the menus are more user friendly to navigate through, ESC backs out from any open menus

Misc.

  • Fixed an oversight where a new character would start with a shield that had no defensive attributes in it
  • If a dungeon has no specific end game objective item, you beat the dungeon by tracking your steps back to the door/stairs you originally came from
  • Lifelong Catacomb now uses a different dungeon set
  • Compendium can now be opened in world map

Try it out, tell me what you think, any feedback is highly valuable, cheers!

Files

  • Grotesquest(1.0.1.0).rar 486 MB
    Apr 19, 2021
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