Hello,

The first week has ended and Artet was played 103 times over those 7 days! :)

This will likely be the last relatively major update for the game and I'll be moving the game from "In development" to "Released"!  That said, I'll also be putting up a final Devlog about the project as a whole within a week or so.

I also may do another small balance update or 2 in the future (I might have made it too easy this time around) or fix some bugs that I may have missed. Anyway - on to the update!

Added:
- New run-start structure
    - Hero is still selectable, but the rest of your starting cards are random
    - You now select a Relic and can swap a card at the beginning
- New card and general card balance update
- New Relic and general Relic balance update
- Updated available Relics per run
- Bug fixes

New Run-Start Structure
The biggest change with this update is the start of the game has been restructured. You still select a hero, but the rest of your deck is randomized each run. However, you now also get to select a Relic and swap a card immediately after selecting a Hero. I feel like choosing a Relic immediately helped give your deck direction in terms of how you might go about building and swapping cards throughout a run.

New Cards and Card Balance
Added a couple of Elementals (Shoobi and Ploop).

Card balance update includes a few minor tweaks, mainly a few more of the enemy cards are now Hybrid type.

New Relic and Relic Balance
Added an Elemental Race Relic that maxes all Elemental stats.

Relic balance... this is tedious, friends. I wanted all relics to feel like they could have a place in a deck during any given run. Hero Relics are now more powerful and universally beneficial (mainly to compensate for the random starting deck and to encourage more varied deck-building).
- Wade's Relic now gives ALL your cards +1 M. and P. Defense as well as all directional arrows for Wade.
- Watson's Relic now gives ALL your cards +1 Attack and P. Defense as well as all directional arrows for Watson.
- Chombo's Relic now gives ALL your cards +1 Attack and M. Defense as well as all directional arrows for Chombo.

Other Relics also got some minor tweaks.

Updated Available Relics During a Run
Once a Relic has been selected during a run, it is removed from the available pool of future Relic rewards. Also, Hero Relics only show up in a run if you select that Hero. So if you choose Watson, you may see Watson's Coin, but will no longer see Wade's Crown or Chombo's Ruby during that run.

Thank you for stopping by and playing!
- Blankk