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Set the Battle Mix

September 6, 2026

• Gave card placement its own rising portal chime and card snap so it no longer sounds like an attack.
• Added a Settings button directly to the active battle command bar.
• Added separate Master, Music, and Effects volume sliders with live percentage readouts.
• Kept individual Battle Music, Sound Effects, and Vibration switches for quick control.
• Audio choices save automatically on the device and apply immediately during a match.

The Rift Finds Its Sound

September 5, 2026

• Replaced the wind-heavy ambience with a complete looping battle score built from chords, bass, arpeggios, lead melody, and drums.
• The music changes key, scale, tone, tempo, and intensity with the active Realm and the pressure of the match.
• Fire, Ice, Life, Storm, Arcane, Death, and Balance attacks now have distinct elemental sound signatures.
• Melee strikes and ranged spells now use different launch, travel, and impact sounds.
• Redesigned Boost, Resist, Ward, summoning, defeat, dice, healing, status, and menu sound effects.
• Reduced the remaining wind layer so it supports the music instead of overpowering it.

Minion-Led AI & Mobile Power Savings

September 5, 2026

• AI Minions now take the attack actions while any living Minion remains on their side.
• The AI Riftlord stays behind its frontline and attacks only after every allied Minion has been defeated.
• Summoning a replacement Minion restores the AI frontline immediately, so the Riftlord waits instead of attacking through it.
• Mobile battles now use adaptive frame rates, a battery-conscious GPU mode, and a lower 3D resolution cap.
• Mobile shadow rendering is lighter, while dice rolls, attacks, summons, and card dragging retain the faster action frame rate.
• The 3D battlefield stops rendering entirely whenever the game is hidden or placed in the background.

Faster Battles & Active AI Riftlords

September 5, 2026

• Added permanent Guard Break after 2 defeated Minions in Quarter, 4 in Half, or 6 in Full matches.
• An empty frontline still exposes its Riftlord immediately, while Guard Break keeps it exposed even after new Minions arrive.
• Replaced an AI selector that could permanently skip ready attackers.
• AI now reserves Mana for at least one available frontline attack when possible.
• AI recognizes a broken Guard and can attack the exposed enemy Riftlord instead of clearing the entire deck.

Automatic Battle Reports

September 5, 2026

• Every completed match now creates a Battle Report on the victory screen and saves it under Records.
• Reports track match length, total turns, the winner, remaining Riftlord and team HP, and Mana left each turn.
• Damage and cast totals are recorded for every attack, alongside every status effect used.
• Rarely chosen attacks are identified so future balance changes can be based on actual matches.
• The latest 10 reports and all-time balance signals are saved on the player's device.

The Major Balance Rework

September 5, 2026

• Rebuilt battle health around 500 HP Riftlords and 100 HP Minions, with balanced 50% and 25% values for Half and Quarter games.
• Gave every character six mechanically distinct attacks with six different Mana costs from 1 through 6.
• Separated Root and Chain: Root cancels the target's next cast, while Chain links two allied units and shares damage and debuffs between them.
• Expanded combat with Shatter, Decay, Scorch, and Silence, plus numerical Ward spillover and Burn damage that bypasses Ward.
• Added weakness and resistance targeting indicators, distinct Boost and Resist hit feedback, and clearer status visuals on the battlefield.
• Added status badges and interactive explanations to inspected cards.
• Fixed AI Realm-lock behavior and removed the redundant center-screen turn announcement.

Cross-Device Battle Controls

September 4, 2026

• Fixed saved online Player 2 seats so every player can roll the D6 in their own AI battle.
• Added complete keyboard and mouse controls for rolling, drawing, inspecting, attacking, targeting, undoing, and ending turns.
• Added mouse hover feedback and right-click cancellation while preserving drag-and-drop summoning and discarding.
• Improved active-player controls for local pass-and-play battles.
• The website and installed app now run the same official V1.1 release.

The 3D Tabletop Release

September 4, 2026

• Released the complete 3D tabletop battlefield with modeled Riftlords, Minions, Realms, and animated combat.
• Added drag-and-drop summoning, manual draws, Graveyard discards, card inspection, battle chat, and a field guide.

Reinforced Frontlines

September 3, 2026

• Improved Minion health so battles are less likely to end with one-hit defeats.
• Balanced damage, healing, and Ward strength for Full, Half, and Quarter games.
• Improved card artwork, mystery draws, online rewards, and battlefield controls.

The Western Road

September 21, 2026

The travelers head west with their wounds still healing and supplies running low. Wildlife moves the other way, the old road gives beneath them, and an empty riverbed leads toward a struggling settlement.

Chapter 7 adds eighteen illustrated pages, book pages 117–134. Read left to right; swipe left or use the right arrow to advance.

The Mirror Pool

September 20, 2026

Still carrying the weight of Briarback, the travelers reach a quiet glade. Fragmented memories in an ancient pool offer a direction in their search for the Firstspring.

Chapter 6 adds eighteen illustrated pages, book pages 99–116, with a two-page view of the Mirror Glade. Read left to right throughout the book.

Briarback

September 12, 2026

The trail toward the Mirror Pool leads through a damaged forest. Enormous tracks reveal an animal in terrible pain, and the three travelers face their hardest fight yet.

Chapter 5 adds twenty-two illustrated pages, book pages 77–98.

Three Into the Wild

September 12, 2026

Supplies packed, the three travelers leave the Ancient Glade. Old forest paths, a shared meal and a quiet campfire give them time to learn about each other—until the roots whisper again.

Chapter 4 adds sixteen illustrated pages, book pages 61–76. All seventy-six pages are available in the manga reader.

The Verdant Whisperer

September 12, 2026

Caelan and Elara reach the Ancient Glade, where Sylphina shows them how far the damage has spread. An old legend offers a reason to keep going.

Chapter 3 adds eighteen illustrated pages, book pages 43–60. Read all sixty pages from the beginning, or continue straight into the Ancient Glade.

The Verdant Quill

September 12, 2026

Caelan and Elara follow fleeing wildlife to a newly active Root Vent. Their first fight together reveals how deeply the forest’s animals are suffering.

Chapter 2 adds eighteen illustrated pages, book pages 25–42. All forty-two pages are available in the manga reader.

The Forest Goes Silent

September 12, 2026

Meet Caelan Veyr on the Whispering Paths. A quiet journey through Sylva’s Reach changes when the birds disappear and something stirs beneath the forest.

Chapter 1 adds twenty illustrated pages, book pages 5–24. Jump straight into the chapter, or read from the beginning.

The Dying Roots

September 12, 2026

The first four pages introduce Sylva’s Reach beneath the immense World Center Tree, and the first signs of decay far below.