Patch Notes (version 0.6.x) | Grey Lantern Games

New Systems

WASD movement: Alternative keyboard input scheme for movement.
Directives: New challenge system - finish directives to earn XP, gold, and items.
Valuable rarity: Valuables now use a 1–5 star rarity scale (1 = least rare, 5 = most rare).
Gear rarity: Equipment uses the same 1–5 star scale, tied to item value.
New battle mechanics: Fortify, Stability, and Stagger.

Upgrade sigils: Save scumming is no longer possible when rolling upgrade sigils.
Dynamic camera: Camera shifts when walls block the player for better visibility.
Maps: Scrollable map wrap with tile tooltips on hover.

New player model.
Improved item sprites, including gear equipment.
Explosives dropped in battle auto-arm and explode (same behavior as deployed explosives).
Despawned objects are removed with a smoke puff and audio cue.
Striking a sword against trees, ore, or walls makes them shake slightly.
New sword design.
Frames around gear inventory slots, plus tooltips for empty slots.
Removed Strike Power and Strike Range stats; added Stability and Pierce instead.
Loading level overlay when entering a level.
Light sources on loot bags and collectibles for better visibility.
Color-coded toasts by notification type.
Press H to toggle the HUD.
Several UI improvements.
Improved death animation before game over.
Player grunts added to melee sounds.
Volume tuning for music and limiting for sound effects.
Several dialogue and note rewrites.
Turn order UI: Hovering an enemy portrait also shows their inventory items (e.g. potions).
Equipping gear automatically switches the inventory tab back to Gear.
Tooltips for AP-costing items (e.g. potions) now show the AP cost on hover.
New toast when the player has gathered enough resources for a blueprint in inventory.
Floating exclamation marks on NPCs with new dialogue.

Reduced gold rewards from quests following the introduction of directives.
Health potions now heal 25% life, cost 2 AP, and have a 1-turn cooldown.
Steeper XP curve - +25% more XP required per level. Level 1 to 2 requires exactly 100 XP.
Sacrificing valuables to upgrade sigils increases the chance of rolling the Luck (LCK) stat.
Buffed roll values for Critical % Damage and Critical Chance (scales with level).

Skills now floor at 1 instead of 0.
Status screen shows all modifiers, including negative ones such as -5 AGI.
Auto-cycles to the next tool or weapon if the current handheld is dropped.
Campfire warmth modifier corrected (1% per second instead of 100% per second).
Several UI fixes for the battle system.
Several UI fixes for the inventory Status subtab.
Fixed buggy deployment of items (candles, explosives) during battle.
Fixed look and feel of the item description panel in inventory.
Inventory quest UI now respects the font size game setting.
Curse is no longer applied on death (only when hunger and thirst drain while alive).
Health bars hidden for NPCs unless they are damaged.
Fixed broken Options button after exiting to the start menu.
Fixed autosort so it correctly sorts when inventory is closed.