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Alpha v0.4.3 Released

NOMIA (Demo v0.8.5)
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux

Finally, story! It's just the first "cutscene" for now, but this should at least establish the premise. 

It was fun coming up with this tarot card + couplet style of cutscene. It's the only one I can imagine making a substantial amount of, because it would take me forever to animate or draw full-page spreads for everything. Hopefully the lines being poetry rather than prose encourages the player to take their time with it.

Changelog

v0.4.2 -> v0.4.3

Bug Fixes

- Prevented character selection switching when menu was open.
- Fixed occasional terrain effect not drawing properly.
- Fixed Energy terrain looking weird on bridge tiles.
- Fixed occasional bridge drawing in mid-air.
- Fixed knockback preview incorrectly showing wall impacts when moving allies.
- Fixed loading progress bar not appearing.
- Fixed tutorial notifications persisting when returning to main menu.

Story

- Added story intro cutscene with WIP artwork.
  For now, resetting tutorials will make this play again.

Audio

- Added new card-handling sounds.

Gameplay

- Purge events now skew towards lower-rarity cards.
- Upgrade events now skew towards higher-rarity cards.

Quality of Life

- The Codex is now accessible from the main menu.
- The Card Wobble setting now also affects units on the board.

Cards

- Butterfly: Added Arcane Tether, a Gambit that lets you lunge to any unit or pillar.
  - Aggression now starts at 2 potency and scales 2 at a time, rather than 1 (both you and your target gain more Exposed).
  - Deflect no longer gains charges on upgrade.
- Seagull: Added Infinity Mirror, a Gambit that discards cards to inflict Vulnerable, Exposed, and Fear.
  - Foresight now has 3 charges rather than 2.
  - Scrutinize now draws 1 rather than 2.
- Cricket: Added Grasping Wind, a Gambit which pulls any unit closer.
- Crow: Added Rekindle, a Gambit which draws cards from the Exhaust pile.

Memories

- Intensity's starting potency is now 1 (lose 1 max HP per battle, gain 1 Critical/Form per turn).
- Added Trail Boots, which grant 3 Block upon moving to a tile with a terrain effect.
- Added Starch Slime, which grants 1 Form if you lost HP during the enemy turn.
- Added Absorption Tonic, which converts DoTs to Poison on turn start and removes 1 stack of Poison when playing a block card.
- Added Purifying Flame, which converts DoTs to Burn on turn start and removes 1 stack of Burn when playing a movement card.
- Added Written Deduction, which increases your draw count at the cost of starting each battle with Distracted.
- Added Gentle Gaze, which causes every enemy to start the battle with 1 Dulled.
- Added Nostalgic Song, which causes every unit start battle with 1 Rally.
- Added Timely Aid, which reduces DoTs by 1 on turn start.
- Added Certainty, which increases your AP at the cost of reducing your number of rerolls.
- Added Contemplation, which increases your GP at the cost of reducing your movement speed.

Files

  • nomia_v0_4_3_lnx.zip 151 MB
    Jan 10, 2025
  • nomia_v0_4_3_mac.zip 154 MB
    Jan 10, 2025
  • nomia_v0_4_3_win.zip 145 MB
    Jan 10, 2025
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