New build posted! If you just want to dive in, the build links on your right have the new 8/30 build for PC, Mac, and Linux!

The 8/30 build’s main new feature is demon nicknaming:

You can now give any demon in your party a nickname while viewing it’s character sheet by pressing Shift+n. Nicknames are shown throughout all interfaces, the one partial exception being on the character sheet where it is shown in quotes to remind you it is a nickname, and not the demon’s default name. If you ever do want a demon’s nickname back, simply rename it again and enter an empty name. (And yes, you can even rename uniques!)

In addition to a collection of minor and moderate bug fixes and UI improvements, the 8/30 build also added a fun new twist to unique demons: all unique demons now offer a unique modifier when sacrificed to a Silver or Gold matrix. For example, here’s a preview of what would happen to a Gandayah if you applied Vihkor’s “Whirling” modifier to it:

Yes, that’s a 20% speed increase! Unique modifiers can have extra little perks like that. Here’s another shot of a Gandayah previewing the “Brewmaster” modifier offered by Ninkasi:

Two resistances? Yep! This isn’t power creep though… after all, if you sacrifice a unique to matrix, by definition you’ve given up on the equally interesting option of using a Gold matrix to modify the unique itself. Choices, choices…

Anyway, one week left on the job before I’m free to do full time Demon work, but it will probably be an extra busy one, so this might be the only post until the weekend. Cheers, and good luck in the tower!

It’s probably the lamest reason ever to make a build, but I can’t stand having known bugs, even small ones, out in the wild when I know I could easily fix them though…. so, yes, 8/24/2015 is out, and all it does is turn Judge’s Mein’s tooltip on and make a small VFX change to Shocking Spear.

The actual productive part of my week Demon-wise starts Wednesday. I’ll let you know what’s cooking that *isn’t* a silly bug fix at that point.

Feel free to skip this build if you like. All it does is fix a bug where the auto-target UI for player abilities preferred to aim projectile abilities “behind” intended targets. This was not wrong behavior per se, but it did look weird so I went ahead and fixed it real quick.

If it sounds like it’d annoy you too, download away. Otherwise 8/22 is perfectly fine.

New build is up! Check out the links to right for the PC, Mac, and Linux zips.

As promised, this is the build that adds the first six seven relics to the game, the six previously previewed relics, and the “secret” seventh I kept under wraps because I do things like that sometimes.

Chosen at the start of character creation, relics determine your character’s appearance, what elements they can choose from, and what abilities those elements will provide. I think the relics allow character creation to do a much better job of letting you get a good start on the playstyle you want.

The other major feature of the build is revamped ability descriptions. The new descriptions do a much better job of explaining what abilities actually do, and in giving you information you can use to compare abilities and make decisions about which ones suit your needs best.

As previously discussed, the scoreboard has been reset with the release of this build. Good luck climbing to the top!