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SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition (now at v2.0.1) $
« on: February 13, 2015, 11:50:59 PM »
http://store.steampowered.com/app/328760/  Win $7.99

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What's this funky ASCII game all about anyway?

From the creators of the action-adventure roguelike Overture!

SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is the standalone expansion to last year's SanctuaryRPG Classic. It brings forward a smattering of new features and improvements that completes the fusion of chic retro aesthetic with modern gameplay mechanics and game feel. Here are just some of the changes that comes with Black Edition:

    95% of the art has been overhauled by our staff artist, Angel Rodriguez
    More glorious music and revamped tracks from our composer, Rafael Langoni Smith
    Thousands more lines of witty writing from Yixin Li and Dorian Karahalios
    Double the amount of class related perks for character enhancement
    Almost triple the variety of selectable races for you to experiment with
    Increased amounts of loot and gear variety to collect and hoard
    Double the amount of interactable zones and areas
    A whole new range of affixes on both monsters and items
    More side quests and diversions for you to explore
    Unique mercenaries that you can hire to assist you in battle
    Factions system where you can fight for a faction, opening up a series of new quests
    Wardrobe system where you can equip different wardrobes to customize your abilities and characters
    Imbue system so you can enchant weapons with powerful abilities and wreak havoc on your enemies
    Plenty more diverse mini-games where you can engage in glorious town activities
    Even more advanced enemy AI for a truly engaging combat experience
    Distance mechanics that keeps track of movement, allowing for much more diverse combat strategies

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SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a standalone expansion pack to the critically acclaimed indie hit SanctuaryRPG. If you want to play the older version of the game (SanctuaryRPG Classic), we've made it available for you for free in the demo section, try it out!
Description
As the world's first fully-ASCII game to grace the Steam platform, SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a humorous and strategic turn-based dungeon crawling adventure. Drawing heavy inspiration from both Roguelikes and Japanese RPGs, the game was meticulously designed to offer a truly compelling role-playing experience complete with a robust action-rpg inspired combat system.

Black Edition builds upon the classic SanctuaryRPG formula with all new procedurally generated artwork, as well as a plethora of areas to explore, races to experiment with, skills to master, and loot to collect. Whether you're a valiant hero or a dastardly villain, the fate of Sanctuary is in your hands.
Features:

    Enjoy a blast from the past with retro ASCII graphics
    Travel through vast dungeons with classic roguelike action
    Experience hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay
    Put your strategies to work with a sleek combat system
    Over 160 class and race combinations to experiment with
    Wreck your enemies with over 1400 weapons and armors
    Rock out to an original 8-bit chiptune soundtrack


v2.0.1 since Early Access:

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ADDED
* Added many new art assets
* Added two new music tracks

MODIFIED
* Modified mark status effect help index
* Farther distance is now a comma
* Updated misc combat index to include Dazing
* Clarified Ambush mechanic

FIXED
* Fixed Hunter mark bug
* Fixed several display bugs
* Fixed Assassin damage bonus bug
* Fixed wakeup prompt bug
* Fixed various damage bugs
* Fixed Enraged display bug
* Fixed Ult combo damage bug
* Fixed settings menu caps bug
* Fixed Lunatic/Survival unlock bug

FIXED
* Fixed pamphlet dialogue off bug
* Fixed enemy naming bug
* Fixed potato inconsistency bug
* Fixed <GIGANTIC> bug
* Fixed riposte bug

ADDED
* Added '?' to body type selection screen

MODIFIED
* Mana Thresh damage is now capped at 90% of max hp

FIXED
* Fixed Act 3 crashing bug
* Fixed guardian stalling bug
* Fixed charging beyond the grave bug
* Fixed pummeling beyond the grave bug
* Fixed music stopping after lycan quest bug
* Fixed enemy hurting themselves while stunned bug
* Fixed blacksmith selling bug

ADDED
* Added two new battle tracks
* Added various SFX
* Added enter key spam protection

MODIFIED
* Modified skeleton scaling
* Modified some potatoes

FIXED
* Fixed spelling error in act 2
* Fixed game over screen display bug
* Fixed artifact bumping playing to town hub bug
* Fixed nova damage bug
* Fixed run display bug

FIXED
* Fixed several crashing bugs
* Fixed enemy repeating bug
* Fixed shock not properly breaking charge/windup
* Fixed freezing swap bug
* Fixed double post-battle SFX bug
* Fixed tavern pricing bug

ADDED
* Added run animation upon running

MODIFIED
* Pressing '?' in character screen toggles UI mode
* Detailed UI toggle will now collapse stats

FIXED
* Fixed several stack overflow bugs
* Fixed tutorial toggle bug
* Fixed faction help page bug
* Fixed affix help screen bug
* Fixed time of day increment bug


Well, this crazy thing finally made it out of Early Access---time to see where they take it from here!   8)
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Re: SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition (now at v2.0.1) $
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2015, 05:07:05 AM »
It`s also on GOG - 25% discount at the moment at 5.99$

http://www.gog.com/game/sanctuaryrpg_black_edition

Glad they decided to make it available DRM-Free again.