Versions

Original Release

August 18, 2016

• Only available on Gear VR

1.0.4

August 20, 2016

• Matchmaking speed significantly increased

1.0.5

August 26, 2016

New Features

• Added music throughout the match (with option to toggle on/off)

Balancing

• Pickups: Removed one pickup on Temple of Ophidian
• Pickups: HP regained by pickups was reduced from 20 to 15
• Armor of the Sun: cost increased from 30 to 50
• Hail of Death: damage reduced from 5 to 4
• Hail of Death: spread reduced 40% (accuracy improved)
• Lightning Strike: cost increased from 45 to 50
• Flaming Phoenix: flight speed increased
• Blazing Meteor: cost reduced from 45 to 40
• Electric Fist: number of bolts increased from 5 to 6
• Electric Fist: damage of each bolt increased from 7 to 8
• Soil Spikes: cost reduced from 55 to 45

Improvements

• Players can now earn relic dust in Friendly Duels
• Added pickups to the Basement to educate new players
• Changed blackboard and projector screen in Workshop

Bug Fixes

• Sometimes duels would never start after creating a game
• Lightning Strike worked as a shield against incoming projectiles
• UI didn't properly show if the match ended when a player was teleporting
• Stone Demon would fire through walls
• Added fail-safe for when joining a match that is already full

1.0.6

September 2, 2016

Improvements

• Improved collision handling
• Additional checks for network version control
• Improved tile occupation handling for Devil's Twins and Stone Demon

Bug Fixes

• Menu didn't show up when teleportong on match end
• Inquisitor's head didn't rotate

1.0.7

September 16, 2016

Balancing

• Pickups: time to collect increased from 1s to 2s
• Pickups: initial spawn time increased from 15s to 30s after the match begins
• Blazing Meteor: splash damage radius significantly increased
• Blazing Meteor: collision radius reduced
• Electric Fist: charge time decreased from 3 to 2 seconds
• Electric Fist: number of projectiles reduced from 6 to 5
• Flaming Phoenix: reworked with a start and end state where it flies in a straight line. Length of start line depends on how long you hold down the fire button. If end state is triggered, it will fly straight until it hits something.
• Flaming Phoenix: deals more (instead of less) damage the longer it's airborne, with a maximum of 60 damage
• Flaming Phoenix: collision radius reduced
• Heavenly Dome: activation cost increased from 5 to 10
• Heavenly Dome: mana drain reduced from 20/s to 15/s
• Hail of Death: damage decreased from 4 to 3
• Hail of Death: accuracy reduced
• Hail of Death: the first Hail fired costs twice as much mana
• Lightning Strike: is now reflected by Devil's Twins
• Shield of Light: no mana drain when reflecting a projectile
• Soil Spikes: trap functionality added
• Soil Spikes: cost reduced from 45 to 40

Improvements

• Game version number is now displayed on the blackboard
• Pickups explode when the last minute starts
• Reticle changes to an X when you land a hit
• Visual feedback for mana meter added during the last minute
• Updated project to Unity 5.4
• Opponent disconnect messages tell you whether they left voluntarily or lost their connection
• Increased search speed when looking for friendly matches

Bug Fixes

• Improper occlusion culling at the beginning of the match
• Players could become invincible throughout a match
• Reticle was improperly positioned between tiles on different heights
• Players could start in the wrong position by teleporting when the match ended
• Music cues would fail to turn off properly on Android decives
• Player name and unlocked spell would overlap if the name was too long
• Spectator would play music incorrectly if joining a match mid-game
• Projectiles did not damage players standing on the elevator in Aspis Prison
• Devils Twins did not show the correct avatar
• Devils Twins did not return projectiles accurately
• Devils Twins were not properly destroyed by splash damage
• Petrifying Prison could prevent teleportation after it had disappeared
• Devil's Spit would sometimes fire from the level origin

1.0.72

September 20, 2016

Improvement

• Optimizations to counter judder

1.0.82

October 3, 2016

Balancing

• Flaming Phoenix: increased lifespan from 18 to 60 seconds
• Stone Demon: damage increased from 11 to 12

Improvements

• Major optimizations to prevent judder on US phones
• Previous loadout selected on game start
• Improvements to friendly match making
• Improved random tile handling for Chaos Leap
• Improved destroy check on Stone Demon
• Sky box optimization on Temple and Halls
• Players can no longer trigger pickups if using spells or spell menu

Bug Fixes

• Spell menu could be opened while casting defensive spell
• Soil Spikes could block teleport when used with Petrifying Prison
• Added failsafes to make sure Devil’s Spit is fired from correct position
• Soil Spikes were not always destroyed on match reset
• Shields could stay active after the button was released

1.1.0 - Daydream release

December 9, 2016

New Features

• Players can choose between multiple loadouts
• Leaderboard (Gear VR only)
• Option to show controls in-game

Balancing

• Devil's Spit: cooldown increased from 0.2 seconds to 0.25 seconds
• Shield of Light: reflection accuracy improved

Improvements

• Rematch now switches to a different, random arena
• Changed hit mark presentation
• Changed occlusion culling functionality for better sync
• Changed how finding friends works
• Optimized network room handling
• Changed end of game mana stat from "Current Mana" to "Total Mana Used"
• Increased dust earnings
• CAL update
• UI update for improved readability
• Better sound effect handling for Spectator
• Spectator displays "Connection Lost" when disconnected
• Spectator displays player rank and rating in lobby
• Spectator doesn't display loadouts until the match has started

Bug Fixes

• Inquisitor blocked further character selection
• Match start music did not play properly at the start of practice mode
• Correct loadout did not display in Spectator
• Devil's Spit did not inflict damage when more than one hit within a short time span
• Shield of Light did not block projectiles returned from Devil's Twins
• Added further failsafes to solve blocked teleport bug
• Varois HUD and UI fixes

1.1.04

January 5, 2017

Bug Fixes

• More than two players could join the same game
• Players would sometimes get stuck in a black screen when trying to join a match
• Projectiles would get stuck when shot into the sky

1.1.1

January 19, 2017

Balancing

• Acid Cloud and Petrifying Prison can no longer be cast on the same tile at the same time
• Armor of the Sun: blocks 50% of damage instead of 100%
• Heavenly Dome: activation cost increased from 10 to 20
• Heavenly Dome: removed HP gain when blocking projectiles
• Lightning Strike: now costs mana (10) to initiate a charge
• Stone Demon: total HP increased from 35 to 50
• Stone Demon: projectile damage reduced from 12 to 10

Improvements

• When neither player is knocked out, the player with the most health wins instead of the match being a draw
• Relic dust earnings are displayed on end match screen
• If one player leaves after a rematch, the remaining player is returned to the workshop
• Optimized sound effect player
• Quit button is now contextual to prevent confusion
• Stone Demon now has a HP bar

Bug Fixes

• 5 second countdown window sometimes failed to appear, or appeared in the middle of a match
• Projectiles could bounce off the sky

1.1.2

January 25, 2017

New Feature

• Daydream leaderboard

Balancing

• Acid Cloud: decreased mana cost from 45 to 35
• Acid Cloud: increased duration from 20 to 22 seconds

Improvements

• Players with higher ratings will not lose or gain as many points
• Players who are not signed in will no longer affect their opponent's rating

Bug Fixes

• Players would get kicked from the arena when their opponent left during the warmup
• Players could lose points for leaving a friendly duel
• Players could lose points for leaving a game they already won
• Players could get stuck on the loading screen

1.1.3

February 1, 2017

Improvements

• UI now defines which leaderboard you're ranked on
• Change to end game UI to make rating and health stand out more
• Added a minimum value of 1 to rating gain or loss at the end of a match
• Mana and HP bars will now appear in correlation to the player's sight

Bug Fixes

• UI didn't always render on top
• Wand selection menu would close for both players if one player chose a new loadout
• Stone Demon's health meter didn't sync properly over the network
• Added additional checks to make sure no tile is occupied when it's empty

1.1.3.1

February 7, 2017

Bug Fixes

• Flaming Phoenix didn't inflict damage on your opponent
• Game sometimes failed to fade properly
• Stone Demon could fire from inside Petrifying Prison

1.1.4

February 24, 2017

Balancing

• Chaos Leap: mana cost reduced from 25 to 20
• Hail of Death: removed extra cost for first Hail

Bug Fixes

• Players couldn't take damage in the Basement
• Screen sometimes wouldn't fade in for host
• New Daydream player's progress would get reset on game restart
• Daydream players would get stuck on black screen after logo display

1.1.5

March 17, 2017

Improvements

• Total UI rework
• General optimizations
• Added option for toggling aim between gaze and wand

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with handedness and floating controller

1.1.7

April 10, 2017

New Features

• Could save
• News section on Blackboard
• New animation system and new animations

Bug Fixes

• Spell effects weren't properly destroyed
• Soil Spikes could block a player from teleporting indefinitely
• Removed prototype spells from the game

Other

• Temporarily blocked the purchase of additional laodouts

1.2.0 - Eastern Realms

May 4, 2017

New Features

• 6 new spells
  • Blood Bolt
  • Curse of the Undead
  • Demi
  • Dragon's Breath
  • Magic Missile
  • Oxymora
• 2 new arenas
  • Dead Master's Vale
  • Ortus Station
• New vanity system where players can choose from multiple new characters, masks, and wands
• Cross-platform leaderboard
• Cross-platform Friendly duels

Balancing

• Armor of the Sun: cost reduced from 50 to 40

Improvements

• General spell optimizations
• Improved Gear VR controller synchronization
• Tweaked counter latency method for projectiles to prevent them from popping up too close to defending player
• Removed minimum elo gain / loss
• Set reticle to always stay active
• Increased size of hit box on pickups

Bug Fixes

• "First ___ of the day" bonuses would reset on game restart
• Hail of Death would linger in mid air on hit before being destroyed
• Lightning Strike would drain mana twice when reflected back from a Twin
• Players could fill up their Wand with more than 4 relics in the Workshop
• Spells continued to stay active if menu button was pressed during it's activation
• Opponent's character sometimes wouldn't synch

1.2.1

May 11, 2017

Improvements

• Minor UI update in Workshop
• Updated aim handler to improve accuracy
• Added more rating-based titles
• Increased maximum pause time from 5 to 15 seconds
• Back button no longer brings up options menu on match end
• Minor optimization pass

Bug Fixes

• Stone Demon couldn't fire from certain tiles
• Character customization options would not load properly between sessions
• Scepter wand couldn't be used when selecting loadout
• One pickup on Ortus Station could not be used
• Oxymora would take triple damage when hit by Blazing Meteor's splash damage
• The wrong character's hurt sound effect would play when taking damage
• Players could teleport through the trains on Ortus Station
• Sound effects would sometimes only play in one ear in the Workshop
• Armor of the Sun didn't highlight characters properly
• Pressing the back button would result in some spells getting destroyed
• Fixed rendering issues with loadout selection in-game
• Replaced faulty texture on Ortus Station
• Fixed lighting on Dead Master's Vale

1.2.1.1

May 12, 2017

Bug Fixes

• Players would get stuck in endless title screen if launched from Oculus Rooms
• Loadouts wouldn't unlock properly

1.2.2

June 8, 2017

Balancing

• Armor of the Sun: blocks 70% of damage instead of 50%
• Blood Bolt: cast cost is now reduced by Armor of the Sun's block rate (so Blood Bolt costs 70% less when wearing Armor)
• Blood Bolt: damage dealt to opponent reduced from 8 to 6
• Demi: cast cost reduced reduced from 60 to 50
• Demi: speed increased from 12.5m/s to 13 m/s
• Heavenly Dome: mana cost per second reduced from 10 to 5
• Stone Demon: starting HP increased from 50 to 60
• Stone Demon: now loses HP (5) for every shot it fires

Improvements

• New pause function where all time related objects stops and resume properly. Resuming when match has started will trigger a short countdown. Max pauses per match is set to 3
• Decreased height of player hit box to negate players getting hit below the knees

Bug Fixes

• Players occasionally couldn't teleport after triggering Spikes or Curse
• Fixed bug with splash damage calculations, where it would deal full damage from behind the target

1.2.2.1

June 9, 2017

Bug Fixes

• Armor now deflects the correct damage
• Fixed endless pause state on player leave during pause.

1.2.2.2

August 11, 2017 - Daydream

• Added support for Galaxy S8

August 14, 2017 - Gear VR

• Added support for launch through Oculus Event

1.2.3

August 22, 2017

Balancing

• Blood Bolt: cost reduced from 4 HP to 3 HP
• Magic Missile: cost increased from 12 to 15
• Shield of Light: startup cost increased from 10 to 15
• Stone Demon: total HP reduced from 60 to 50

Improvements

• Added additional regions (cross region play is supported)
• Improved matchmaking
• Localization
• General optimization update

Bug Fixes

• Players could occupy the same tile as Demon or Oxymora
• Players did not earn rating points when their opponent left
• Acid Cloud appeared to inflict damage through Armor of the Sun
• The first Phoenix you shot could fly through walls
• Soil Spikes did not work on Devils Twins
• Players could cast tile-based spells through moving objects
• Players could be sent back to the workshop when loading a new level after a rematch

1.2.3.2

September 1, 2017

Balancing

• The mana regeneration rate has been increased from 5 per second to 8 per second (and from 10 per second to 12 per second during the final minute)

Improvements

• Regions have been limited to US East only

Bug Fixes

• Sounds would come from the wrong direction
• The end game text was transparent
• End game match times said "0 min 0 sec"
• Matchmaking did not work as intended

1.2.3.3

September 7, 2017

• Matchmaking has been improved

1.2.3.4

September 22, 2017

• End of Season 3

1.3.0 - Rift release

September 28, 2017

New Features

• Wands is available on PC via Oculus Rift
  • Improved graphics and sounds
  • 6DoF movement and controls
  • Inverse kinematics

Balancing

• Acid Cloud: deals damage through Armor of the Sun
• Acid Cloud: lasts 12 seconds instead of 22
• Acid Cloud: starting damage is 2 instead of 1
• Blood Bolt: cost reduced from 3 HP to 2 HP (2 to 1 with Armor)
• Hail of Death: improved accuracy
• Lightning Strike: charge cost increased from 10 to 15
• Lightning Strike: firing cost reduced from 50 to 45
• Magic Missile: cost of firing three missiles reduced from 45 to 30

Improvements

• Reworked Workshop
• Reworked Celestial Halls
• Reworked Ortus Station
• Improved wand UI
• New spell sound effects and visual effects
• Season 2 rewards
• Arenas are more fair for remote users
• Wardrobe item price changes

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