Version 1.5 of Coop Catacombs is here! This update introduces a wealth of new features and enhancements to elevate your gameplay experience. Meet Vesper, a mysterious NPC who reveals secrets of the game, and immerse yourself in real-world moon phase events that affect your adventures. Enjoy improved inventory management with the Potion Belt and Scroll Case, along with a variety of rebalanced mechanics for monsters, items, and spells. We've also resolved numerous bugs to deliver a smoother, more refined journey. Dive into the dungeons, explore fresh content, and master new strategies! 🌟

Changelog v1.5

New Features and Additions

Gameplay Enhancements

• New NPC: Vesper the Lorekeeper, who provides secrets and hints about the game.
• Timed Events: Real-world events like full/new moons now affect gameplay, with Vesper providing details.
• Dungeon Features:
  • Larger rooms (11x11).
  • Expanded layouts for rooms, including more grass.
  • Tombstones with player names and engravings. Destroying them may reveal items or summon monsters.
  • Braziers that can be kicked or used to spread fire by throwing items at them.
• Graveyard Improvements:
  • The first tombstone is dedicated to the current player.
  • Lightbug particle effects added for ambiance.
• New actions and commands
  • New stat: Luck
    • Affects finding better enchantments on items, loot rate, hit probability, trap detection, and triggering.
    • Press '@' to check your current luck.
  • New action: Disarm trap
    • Press 'Shift+D' next to a revealed trap to disarm it (costs 5 turns).
  • New action: Known items
    • Press 'Shift+K' to list known or discovered items

Inventory and Management

• Potion Belt: Dedicated inventory storage for potions.
• Scroll Case: Dedicated inventory storage for scrolls.
• Ring Swapping: Ability to swap rings when equipping a new one if two are already equipped.
• Charge Consolidation: Picking up identical staffs/pendants adds charges to existing items instead of taking up inventory space.

GUI and Visual Improvements

• Stats that increase or decrease show green/red visual effects.
• Status bar now displays 5 larger lines of text (previously 4).
• Examine cursor now blinks for better visibility.
• Improved item descriptions for shields and armor, showing enhanced stats if enchanted.
• Inventory shows icons for each item type.
• New window for monster stats and descriptions via the examine feature.
• New animations for attacks by players and monsters.

Magic and Items

• New Magic Staffs:
  • Staff of Nature: Creates a large patch of grass or tall grass.
  • Staff of Fire Flame: Leaves a fire trail when cast.
• New Scrolls:
  • Scroll of Nature: Creates a large patch of grass or tall grass.
• Improved Statues:
  • Added descriptions and lore for 130+ gods.
  • Warrior statues now display real player names and humorous messages.
• Clairvoyance Scroll: Now reveals only the layout instead of the entire floor.
• Awareness Potion/Pendant: Now reveals traps in addition to their other effects.

Balancing Adjustments

Monsters

• Monsters may speak or shout when attacking the player.
• Centaurs now shoot arrows more frequently.
• Reworked Ghosts:
  • HP scales with dungeon depth.
  • Damage and item drop rates increase with depth.
  • Bonus experience gained per kill.
  • New sprite
• Skeletons: Increased damage from 1d12+4 to 1d14+4.
• Gelatinous Cube: Loot rate increased from 22% to 25%.
• Myconids and Hellhounds now trigger traps.
• Myconids may drain charges from staffs/pendants on hit.
• Nagas: Increased flat damage by +3 per hit, loot rate from 16% to 18%.
• Floating Eyes: Increased flat damage by +1, loot rate from 12% to 15%.
• Spiders now leave a trail of webs as they move.

Items and Stats

• Removed maximum charges for staffs and pendants.
• Scrolls of Enchantment add 3 charges to staffs and pendants (1 for cloning staff).
• Demolition and Perforation spells now deal increased damage (3d10+2) and can break braziers and tombstones.
• Pendant of Electric Strike now shoots in eight directions.
• Increased HP gained from Potion/Pendant of Life.
• Adjusted max HP formula when leveling up to 1d6+1 + level/2 (previously 1d8 + level/2).
• Flammable items (e.g., wood, cloth, paper) on the floor now burn if touched by fire.
• Rust gas corrodes items on the floor.
• Wisdom Scroll/Potion now grants more experience.
• Swords are now more likely to land double attacks.
• Reduced the number of items available for sharing after player death.
• Players can now use items while paralyzed.

Dungeon

• Increased the number of items and monsters per level.
• Bastion stones now stay longer in the dungeon.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay and Mechanics

• Fixed lunge attacks on acid monsters corroding sabers.
• Prevented player from burning multiple times when walking over fire.
• Traps no longer block magic projectiles.
• Polymorph spell now maintains dungeon generation consistency.
• Fire Flame staff no longer damages fire-type monsters.
• Self-targeting with staffs is no longer possible.

UI and Interaction

• Examining objects now works correctly except if multiple entities occupy the same tile.
• Added a button to reload CAPTCHA images to prevent softlocks.
• Improved error handling and verbosity for HTTP connectivity.
• Corrected instances of messages displaying over doors.
• Items on the floor are now hidden under soft fog conditions.

This update brings a wealth of improvements, new features, and critical fixes. Dive in and explore the enhanced world of Coop Catacombs!