- Fixed an issue with game freezing up when loading up a save

-Fixed a bug that was causing selecting class abilities to apply the abilities multiple times (like giving multiple copies of the same skill)

A small patch for the demo with some bug fixes and small balance changes:

- Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze up after a defeat.
- Fixed an issue with abilities not activating sometime right after selecting them.
- Fixed bug with shop where the number of items you had was not updating right after a purchase.
- Fixed bug in the try and buy menu that would let you try on equipment that your character could not equip.

- Mage's Firebomb: damage reduced
- Rogue's Sneak Attack: Mana cost reduced from 2 to 1

Hotfixed an issue with game freezing when trying to confirm a buy/sell at the shop.

Spiritlink Tactics can now be played with a controller! Please let me know if your run into any problems using any controllers on the game at the Spiritlink Tactics discord[Discord.gg].

Status effects now show up above the character HUD. You can hover over them for a tooltip to see what the effects are! More things will have tooltips added to them in the future for better game clarity.
Some locations now have the "Patrol" option to look for a battle. You can use "Patrol" as many time as you want to train up your party!
Some other updates:
- Can now move the camera around when selecting a target for skills or when selecting where to move a character.
- Can now switch primary and secondary class directly instead of having to select an intermediary class first.
- Can now hover over abilities of locked classes to let players preview what future classes do.
- Most battles will now scale up the level of enemies to match the player's party up to a certain max level.

This update comes with sweeping balance changes across the board for all the classes. The goal is to add more mana sinks for all classes, so that there is more meaningful decision about what you want to use your mana on, instead of just spamming your strongest spell on your caster characters. Also I wanted to move some power out of innate abilities of the earlier classes to give players more reason to explore later classes.

Rogue:
-Shadow Step: TU cost 10 -> 0
-(NEW Innate)Ambush: Backstab never miss.
-Sneak Attack: now a Rank 2 Skill - [2 Mana, 100 TU] Deals massive damage. Can only be used as Backstab.
-Cutthroat: replaced Nimble at Rank 3.

Warrior:
-HP Up: moved to Innate, Bonus HP 50 -> 25
-(NEW Rank 2 Skill) Might Blow: [2 Mana, 100 TU] Deals damage with an attack that is more powerful the more HP you currently have.

Alchemist:
-(NEW Innate)Stocked up: Items have 1 extra charge
-Refill: Mana cost 1->2, TU cost 20->0
-Item master: moved to Rank 2, NEW Effect - Items cost 30 TU less to use.
-Item throw moved to Rank 2
-Sedative and Stimulant combined into new ability Chemist and moved to Rank 3.

Archer:
Rain Down: Mana cost 0 -> 2, Damage increased

Guardian:
Shields Up: Mana cost 1 -> 2, Amount of shielding increased
Shield Burst: Mana cost 1 -> 2, Damage increased

Starting Party changes:
-Ishta starts at Rank 2 Rogue
-Bo starts at Rank 2 Alchemist

Other changes:
-Dialogue sound effect changed, as some players were finding the old sound effect to be grating.

I've gotten a lot of feedback concerning the dialogue and story. While the plot is fairly set already, the dialogue is still a work-in-process. A lot of it has been rewritten and hopefully improved to give the characters more personality as well as add more exposition to the overall plot. I appreciate everyone who has left feedback, and I hope to continue improving Spiritlink Tactics.


-AI changed to focus fire less, since having enemies try to kill your frail characters ASAP was unfun.
-Warrior's Challenge: Range 1 -> 2
-Rogue's Cutthroat: Mute duration 1 turn -> 2 turns
-Dagger basic attack: 90 TU -> 80 TU

-Fixed bug that sometimes crashed the game at reward screen.

-Weapon descriptions now indicate whether a weapon is a 1-handed or 2-handed weapon.
-New icons on the menu for selecting character move, attack, skill, etc.
-At the rewards screen, added a money bag icon next to the money reward.
-Changed some keybind prompts on the unit screen to be more clear.
-Characters don't show damage taken numbers during cutscenes now, as to not give players unrealistic damage expectations.

-Fixed a bug that showed incorrect keybind for removing equipment in the shop's 'try and buy menu'
-Fixed a bug that caused previewing enemy move ranges to not show the correct move range

I'm excited to announce that Spiritlink Tactics will be part of Steam Next Fest at the end of the month! In preparation of that, I'm releasing a free demo of the game. The game is still under development, so you may encounter some bugs. If you do, here's how you can report it:

• In the Spiritlink Tactics Discord:[discord.gg] In the #bug-reports channel
  
• In the Spiritlink Tactics Steam Discussion: In the pinned bug report thread.

Have any suggestions to make the game better? Any feedback would help me make Spiritlink Tactics as good as it can be! Here's how you can give your feedback:

• Discord[discord.gg] - in the #feedback channel
  
• Take a Feedback Survey![forms.gle]