Update Posted!

Check out the new update on the Downloads page!

Lots of new features, changes, and tweaks.
I can't even remember them all, so a few may be missing from the patch notes.

I'm going to explain the changes again.

 New Lock Picking:
 I am very happy with the way this one worked out.
 The general idea is to move the pick into the holes in the plates, and then drag them to the nxt hole, resulting in a clear line of plates so you can cut the rope at the end, before the two mechanisms on the side click into place.
 I find this one far better then the last minigame, for a few reasons.
 Firstly, it looks far better. Instead of a ugly rope and giant green triangle, there is fluff and flavor to the appearance, making it look and feel like lock picking. The turning gears and spinning chains I am happy with.
 Secondly, and more importantly, it's proactive rather than reactive. This means that the fast you are, the fast it ends. This was a problem simply because waiting for the ropes to fall in the old game was tedious and unenjoyable, and was (I hope) the reason most people would have rather not had the minigame.
 The new one is also quicker, because again you're not waiting for ropes.

 The Trap minigame is often the first thing people see, and it's old, cheap, appearance may have turned a good few people off. I hope that will not be an issue from here on.

Critical Strikes:

The idea here was to make Perception an appealing stat, and I thought the best way to do it was to add an old RPG staple. I'm watching this closely because it makes perception FAR stronger, and possibly too strong.
 It does make combat a little less predictable.

 Mushroom Spores:
 You won't know what I mean until you've checked it out, but Spore Sluts will inflict you with a status effect now. They have a chance to every time they inflict any number of damage to you.
 This is just a start. I'd like to have interesting status effects spread out to a variety of enemies. With the current enemy count I feel that 1 is enough. When there's more, I'll add more. Hopefully it will be as obvious as what the Sporesluts do.
 (Also, before you accuse me of favoritism with the Spore Sluts... you're absolutely right. They're my favorite creature still. Since I wrote them myself and they are creative.)

 Numbers and Random:
 The idea to add the numbers that popup to tell you how much damage was done was actually an offshoot of critical strikes. The random varience in numbers was likewise possible because of the changes I made that allow critical strikes.
 I'm hoping these make it a little less 'cut and dry', where you can know you do 5 damage, see an enemy with 10 health, and hit him twice every time.
 It does add a random luck element to otherwise skill-based combat, but I don't consider this a problem as it is minor.