[h3]Hey everyone,[/h3] It's been another absolutely wild week for us! Since the 0.5.3 patch last Sunday, Backpack Battles has been the #1 demo on Steam with no interruption and has doubled its peak concurrent player count to over 12,000! We can't believe y'all are loving our demo so much, and we wanna say thank you! This update adds the [b]Corrupted Crystal[/b], a new shop item, and [b]Pandamonium[/b], a new recipe item! We also made some quality-of-life changes to crafting/the recipe book. Recipes that are not available on the class you are playing won't start anymore (such as Rainbow Goobert on Ranger). You can now also switch between the classes in the recipe book to see the specific crafts. Have fun with the new stuff, and don't forget to wishlist the full game if you haven't :) We'll be adding new items and tweaking things every Sunday, so follow the game on Steam to stay updated! [h3]Joining the community[/h3] Want to talk to other players about the game? Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/sbEkqeUKNr [h3]Patch notes for 0.5.4[/h3] [list] [*] NEW ITEM: Corrupted Crystal [*] NEW RECIPE: Pandamonium [*] You can now select a class in the recipe book (top left) to see all recipes available to this class [/list] [b]Balance:[/b] [list] [*] Crossblades: Cooldown 1.2s -> 1.6s, speed Scaling 5% -> 3% [*] Wooden Buckler: Chance 25% -> 35%, Block 6 -> 3, stamina drain 1.0 -> 0.5 [*] Spiked Shield: Spikes cap 3 -> 2, Block needed for Spike generation 20 -> 30 [*]Shield of Valor: * items now give 30% more Block (no longer generates Block based on * items - it’s slightly less Block overall, but most importantly, it’s easier to grasp) [*] Hammer: Damage -1 [*] Steel Goobert: Block gain 20 -> 18 [*] Blood Goobert: Base lifesteal 8 -> 10 [*] Garlic: Vampirism removal chance 50% -> 40% [*] The Lovers: Damage/heal: 10 -> 11 [*] Ace of Spades: Luck gain 1 -> 2 [*] Eggscalibur: Damage +1 [/list] [b]Fixes:[/b] [list] [*] Fixed RNG manipulation using the reserve button [*] Mana Orb no longer triggers Emerald (Armor) and Topaz (Armor) [*] Leather Armor/Holy Armor now activate at the start of battle [*] Fixed rare case where the Deck of Cards could be rolled twice [/list] [b]Other:[/b] [list] [*] Crafted items that get larger now search for a free space in inventory instead of always being pushed to storage [*] Recipe book now shows the stars of an item [*] Recipes that are not accessible to your class can no longer be started [*] Improved empty star slots visuals [*] Added shopkeeper hints to teach the player how to reserve an item and that you can move bags [*] Renamed Rib Saw Blade to Ripsaw Blade [*] Updated many tooltips to use a highlighted condition in front (5 Mana gained: do something etc.) [*] Shopkeeper now starts talking when leaving the shop instead of when hovering the “Start Backpack Battle” sign [/list]