Thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy of Usurper, we hope you are having a great time with the game! We have some early balance changes and bug fixes we would like to share with you. Our next patch after this will likely target AI improvements to make the single player modes more fun at all player skill levels.

• Balance Changes
  
  • Vizier buff: Vizier moveset changed to be more offensively powerful (fewer movement tiles, more attack tiles)
    
  • Lender's Gambit rework: New effect is "Your lowest cost card costs 1 less Power permanently" (old effect: "Your 1 cost cards cost 0 Power for one round.")
• Quality of Life changes
  
  • Changed starting gambit to be based on reaching round 3 instead of beating round 3
    
  • Added text tooltip to gambit panel indicating that you need to reach the boss to receive different options before round 1
    
  • Added text tooltip to upgrade panel indicating that newly chosen upgrades overwrite previous tiles
    
  • Added grey cover behind deck panel when viewing deck at the end of a run
    
  • Deck Tutorials in Deck Selection screen can now be activated by preview button (right click or Y on xbox controller)
    
  • When using a controller, the cursor can no longer be moved outside the border of the screen
    
  • Added marker during "Reach opposite side of the board challenge" to show tiles
• Bug Fixes
  
  • Fixed bug where player would not appear in check when attacked by Ronin jump tiles
    
  • Elite gambit and demoter's gambit no longer always promote lowest cost units
    
  • Fixed starting power and power-per-turn of Pharaoh Regent so that it now scales with Round
    
  • Fixed bug where history and pause buttons would be inactive after drawing cards
    
  • Added logic to make sure the same card can't be targeted by a special gambit (with a tag on the card) more than twice
    
  • Fixed UI bug where unlock panel for each card in Deck Creation would not fit to the size of the textbox
    
  • Fixed UI bug where Power and Reserves color in opponent panel would sometimes mismatch in local multiplayer
    
  • Cards can now be previewed in all deck selection screens, not just campaign
    
  • Fixed bug where board tiles were not getting cleared properly when doing a ranged capture with the Sacrifice deck
    
  • Fixed bug where Armorer's Gambit could give locked ranged units
    
  • Fixed bug where Jester's Gambit did not adjust reserves properly in Sacrifice Deck
    
  • Fixed bug where main soundtrack was not looping properly
    
  • Fixed bug where "win a run with X decks" achievements would not be immediately unlocked

Thanks again to everyone who has played the game! Please leave a review if you are enjoying the game, it helps us a lot, especially in the early days of our launch! If you would like to leave feedback or follow development more closely, please join the Rogue Brain discord: https://discord.gg/BPkQVMYQm3

Small update addressing issues found after updating the demo.

• Fixed bug where Banker's Gambit would not reduce cost after first round.
  
• Fixed bugs related to rewinds and optional challenges
  
• Fixed certain achievements unlocking prematurely
  
• Addressed occasional crashes when Gambit Panel is shown
  
• Changed Feedback button to redirect to a balance survey
  
• Fixed moveset art of Scarab
  
• Fixed some pieces not being draggable in tutorial
  
• Improved seamless looping of audio tracks
  
• Improved audio quality of some sound effects
  
• Fixed bugs related to certain items not being properly tracked in Index

Thank you to everyone who has played the demo so far! If you want to follow Usurper more closely, please join our Discord at https://discord.gg/BPkQVMYQm3

This will be the final major content patch for the demo in preparation for the 1.0 release. Thank you to everyone who played the demo, and we look forward to showing off the full game on September 9th!

Patch notes:

• Added Chieftain and Chancellor bosses available from the start
  
• Replaced Shield system with Rewind system
  
• Added gambit choice before round 1
  
• Added two starter gambits, the Lender's and Supplier's Gambits
  
• Replaced Hoarder's Gambit with Huckster's Gambit
  
• Changed Elite's Gambit to change reserves to 1 instead of increasing cost
  
• Buffed Steed, reworked Copper*
  
• Various visual improvements
  
• New music and sound effects
  
• Various bug fixes

In this update we want to address feedback and bug reports that arose during Next Fest, while also giving players a few new tools to play with to make drafting cards more enjoyable as early as Level 1.

• New Features
  
  • 3 new Kingdom cards are draftable at level 1
    
  • Steed - This alternate variant of the Knight allows for quickly jumping over enemy pieces before making a tactical backwards retreat to get just the right fork.
    
  • Paladin - Combine the strengths of both the Knight and the Bishop to control the battlefield. Hop over units and switch from dark squares to light squares for the perfect attack.
    
  • Princess - This cheaper variant of the Queen may not be able to charge forward, but it still packs a punch. Force your opponent to the sides of the board and deliver a decisive checkmate.
• Balance Changes
  
  • Increased placement range of Legion
• Quality of Life
  
  • Improved soundtrack loop
    
  • Pieces can now be dragged to move
    
  • Mouse scroll wheel can now be used to quickly cycle through cards when viewing deck
    
  • Set target framerate to 60 by default
    
  • Added framerate toggle in settings
    
  • All 3 pawns on turn 1 of tutorial are now selectable
• Art
  
  • Replaced thin red outline for overtime highlight
    
  • Lightened board color for clarity
    
  • Darkened black pieces for clarity
    
  • Changed card color to match board
    
  • Added new card backs for each faction
    
  • Changed deck selection decks to show card backs
• UI
  
  • Added highlight for open tab in settings and index
    
  • Added hover text for Power and Reserves
    
  • Made improvements to opponent panel for clarity
    
  • Card pile art now changes based on faction
    
  • Spread out flags in upcoming opponents preview
    
  • Improved Enemy Details section for clarity
    
  • Enemy deck now shows card count
    
  • Change phrasing of "Special Unit" to "Elite Unit"
    
  • Cards disabled in tutorial no longer pulse
    
  • Added new faction icons to index
    
  • Fixed blacksmith's gambit textbox in index
    
  • Added more obvious skip button in tutorial
• Animations
  
  • Improved unit intro shuffle animation
    
  • Made more animations able to be sped up by clicking
    
  • Improved fluidity of enemy discard animation
• Bugs
  
  • Hover text now appears for recently chosen Ruler upgrade
    
  • Fixed bug where card could not be clicked after dragging it
    
  • Fixed bug where Index would reset upon closing game
    
  • Fixed bug where History would not record some games
    
  • Fixed bug where Experience UI would say Max Level one level too early
    
  • Fixed visual bugs related to skipping banner animation
    
  • Fixed bug where pressing ESC would not pause the game
    
  • Fixed bug where Send Data in settings would not be checked even after giving consent for user analytics
    
  • Fixed layering bugs related to check icon
    
  • Fixed bug where optional challenge XP could be gained after certain challenges even if the round was lost

Thank you to everyone who has supported us by playing the demo, we are so excited for Usurper to launch on September 9th!