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CastlevaniaRL – Orb of Return [0.8.1]

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Well. It has been seven days since the last release of CastlevaniaRL.

Castlevania is a traditional roguelike inspired by the Castlevania series. Six different classes armed with an array of skills challenge the castle of Count Dracula and their many monsters.

This version contains small but important fixes, so make sure to get the update at https://slash.itch.io/serenade-of-chaos!

Gameplay

  • Prevent targetting “directional” weapons, only ranged weapons can be aimed.
  • Priest in Petra will now only heal you once 🙂

User Interface

  • CRITICAL Prevent invisible prompt when using Orb of Return and similar.
  • Remove black flickering box under the messages box.

Visuals

  • Add an outline to bats
  • Fix tile appearances (teleport statue, church carpet, sewer stairs, moat stair, moat platforms)
  • Visual Fixes on epilogue

Other

  • Fix grammatical issues in manual
  • Fix encoding issues in conversations
  • Add clarity to some skills and heart usage in manual

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