Update 12 is out now! Plus news on Sacrosanct — As We Descend News

Hey all, Kev here. Just like with Update 11, I wanted to pair the patchnotes themselves with a bit more information for Update 12. The big news, of course, is that we finished controller support and it's now available for everyone with Update 12! Huge thanks to all the players who tested and gave suggestions for improving our controller functionality.

You can scroll down to the bottom for more information about the process of how we develop the Sacrosanct.

Update 12: Out Now

We just released our 12th major update for Early Access. It features:

Full Controller Support with rebindable keybinds
Vast improvements to the Guild, including new miracles, a rework on the Ranger and kit improvements to both the Shock Trooper and the Electrocannon
Over 20 new cards in total, and many new pieces of card art
Additional City content and options
Clearer Scavenging gameplay and Ruin variety

For the full detailed patchnotes, check them out here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769830/view/693147294304830648

Sacrosanct: Steady Progress on Origin 3

We're continuing to experiment with various ideas for the Sacrosanct player origin internally and test out some designs. As mentioned before, we tend not to share these publicly, since many mechanics may change radically before they're released or be cut entirely; additionally, the art during early playtesting is using rough developer placeholders.

Unlike other roguelike deckbuilder games where each playable option is just a lone character, factions in As We Descend are composed of many units and cards:

Three faction-specific units, one Starter, one Basic, one Rare
Eleven origin-adjusted variant units
The arrival of the Sacrosanct will also bring about the twelfth and final origin-adjusted basic variant unit (the existing ones are Wayfinder/Navigator and Arbalist/Shock Trooper)
Two mythic neutral units that get faction-specific cards
Among them, over 100 unique cards for the Sacrosanct!

Between this and the faction specific resource mechanics and special abilities, it takes quite a bit of time to create not just from a design-side but from an art side as well. For the Sacrosanct, patience is a virtue.

Last time, I had you guess some of the names for the Sacrosanct variant characters! Steam user Tunder_Blast scored a hit with the "Paladin"! The hammer-wielding Forge-Smith/Chemist has been reborn as a virtuous bruiser. From left-to-right, the units shown off last time were the "Inquisitor", the "Redeemed", the "Paladin", and the "Vindicator".

Sincerely,
Kevin and the team at Box Dragon

P. S. If you've been enjoying your time with As We Descend, please make sure to leave us a review on Steam. For a small studio like ours, each and every review makes a huge difference. Thanks in advance!
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