Sluts Duel [v0.3] By Mandr4goran

v0.3
Everything that changed since v0.2:

New content

• Steel & Shadow expansion: 10 new characters and 40 new cards, with portraits and CG scenes
• Five CG scenes per character, unlocked at bond 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25: 300 scenes in total
• All CG art has been redone: every character CG was redrawn from scratch in a new square format, in the same style as the cards
• The first animated loops for the rivals: selected rival CG scenes now play as short looping animations in the Gallery viewer
• Rivals Mira, Zoe and Vanessa redrawn, and new rivals Hana and Diana, each with six battles, clothing stages and CG scenes
• Voiced battles: every character has a voice line when she is summoned and a reaction when she is defeated. Story readings play in the Gallery only when you ask. Voices have their own volume slider
• Music: a menu theme plus a track for the battle boards
• Changelog screen and the version number on the main menu, start screen and in Settings

Rules and balance

• Both players now start a duel with 3 mana already in play, then add at most one per turn
• Ascend: play a higher rarity of a character you already control straight onto it (+2 mana)
• Order bond: control two or more creatures of the same order and each gets +5 power
• A broken shield now deploys as a free creature for its owner instead of going to hand
• Copies of a card are capped at 3 per deck. Returning a creature to hand resets its power and bond, and untaps it
• A creature that blocks now untaps at the start of its owner’s next turn (it used to stay tapped for an extra turn)
• The enemy can now block your attacks. Attack All fires one attack at a time
• The AI is gentler in the early game: on difficulty 1-3 it sometimes holds cards back, swings badly or skips attacking, and Mira’s first four battles use weaker decks
• Economy: first clear of a battle grants a pack, coin payouts scale with difficulty, shuffling is unbiased, and packs beyond your 5 slots convert to coins. Free Play now shows the coins you will earn

Battle screen

• Live card faces with the golden frame and a new card typography; combat and on-summon keywords use different icons
• New combat effects: attack trail, block parry, a line showing who blocked whom, and a VICTORY / DEFEAT finish before the result screen. Bond CG scenes now appear after the victory screen
• Destroyed cards shatter in place and then fly to the graveyard, where the last card lies face up
• Cards that go into your mana zone leave your hand as the animation starts; cards from a broken shield fly to the table
• While you choose a blocker, a red arrow shows what the enemy is attacking, and hovering a blocker shows the power difference and who would die
• Faster tapping and attacks, no shaking or pop-out on the attacked card, no particles on shield hits
• The hand starts expanded, with slightly larger shields, deck and graveyard
• Abandoning a battle asks for confirmation; losses return you to the right screen; retrying a battle no longer duplicates bond gains

Menus, shop, forge and packs

• Shop: the balance drains when you buy, a price floats under it, and the pack pops. Daily deal cards are shown at a readable size
• Forge: much faster animation. The forged card stays up until you click it, and panel cards and text are larger
• Pack opening: the final card grid is bigger and no longer scrolls, glow is even on all sides, and cards you have never owned are tagged NEW! (also in the forge)
• Square, centred icon buttons everywhere. Free Play difficulty cards and button are larger
• Gallery: rival clothing stages and champion CG scenes share one viewer with arrows next to a framed image
• New background art on every menu screen, with a different pair of maidens on each
• The Glossary, tutorial and Gallery text now match the real rules

Saves and stability

• Desktop saves are stored in a saves folder next to the game and merged per slot; writes can no longer overlap
• Corrupt saves are quarantined, with a recovery screen, an error boundary and a notice if a save fails