Study mechanic semi work

Study cards are now all 0-cost cards. Too often, the cost to get Study online, plus the cost to play the Study cards, meant that the cards didn't get played in favor of doing things that had better synergy with your deck, especially in later acts. Making them 0-cost also gives the Study cards greater synergy with 0-cost recursion, and makes 'Quick Study' not drop a card into your hand you can't play, which I've seen new players regularly do. This required a lot of balance changes that will likely still be ongoing:

Quick Study - Now gives 2 Spire Boss cards when upgraded instead of reducing HP loss.

Study the Spire - Energy cost reduced to 1. Once again lasts for 4 turns.

Tiny Bowler Hat now reduces the cost of the generated Study the Spire card to 0.

ALL Study cards are no longer Ethereal. They still Exhaust.

Ca-Caw - When upgraded, gives an immediate 1 Strength instead of increasing Ritual to 2.

Charge-Up - Block reduced, doesn't give an extra Strength when upgraded.

Collect - Block reduced, doesn't give an extra Strength when upgraded.

Dark Void - Damage reduced.

Donu's Power / Deca's Protection - Doesn't give Artifact unless upgraded.

Defensive Stance - Block and Metallicize reduced, only increases Block upgraded.

Defensive Mode - Block and Thorns reduced, only increases Block upgraded.

Divider - Damage reduced. Renamed to "Hexaburn" since it has no HP interactions.

Face Slap - Damage reduced.

Flail - Damage reduced. Doesn't give extra Artifact when upgraded.

Guardian Whirl - Damage reduced.

Head Slam - Damage reduced.

Hyper Beam - Damage reduced. Renamed to "Slime Beam" since... it's not quite so Hyper any more.

Last Stand - Gives 1 Strength, and an extra 2 (3 upgraded) if below 50% HP.

Poly Beam - Damage reduced.

Sear - Damage and Burn reduced. Doesn't upgrade Burn amount when upgraded.

Time Ripple - Block reduced.

You Are Mine - Weak/Vuln dropped to 2, 3 upgraded

Author: mikemayhemdev

SlimeboundMod.jar

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>slimebound</groupId>
     <artifactId>slimebound</artifactId>
-    <version>v0.10.2</version>
+    <version>v0.11.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Slimebound Mod</name>

pom.xml

@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public void receiveEditKeywords() {
         //BaseMod.addKeyword(new String[]{"purge"}, "Removed from the game entirely when played (not Exhausted).");
         BaseMod.addKeyword(new String[]{"slow"}, "Receives 10% more damage per card played in a turn.");
         BaseMod.addKeyword(new String[]{"tackle"}, "High-damage Attacks that also deal a small amount of damage to you.");
-        BaseMod.addKeyword("Spire Boss", new String[]{"spire boss","spire_boss"}, "Powerful cards with Ethereal and Exhaust, costing between 0 and 2 energy, inspired by the bosses of the Spire.");
+        BaseMod.addKeyword("Spire Boss", new String[]{"spire boss","spire_boss"}, "Powerful 0-cost cards, inspired by the bosses of the Spire.");
 
 
     }

src/main/java/slimebound/SlimeboundMod.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public void update() {
         if (upgradeCard) {
             c.upgrade();
         }
+        c.modifyCostForCombat(-9);
         AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToBottom(new MakeTempCardInHandAction(c));
 
         this.isDone = true;

src/main/java/slimebound/actions/RandomStudyCardAction.java

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void update() {
             }
            if (this.beamVFX){
                CardCrawlGame.sound.playA("ATTACK_MAGIC_BEAM_SHORT", -.2f);
-               AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToTop(new VFXAction(new SmallLaserEffect(slime.cX, slime.cY, mo.hb.cX, mo.hb.cY)));
+               AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToTop(new VFXAction(new SmallLaserEffect(slime.cX + 3 * Settings.scale, slime.cY + 22 * Settings.scale, mo.hb.cX, mo.hb.cY)));
            }
 
             //logger.info("Targetng " + mo.name);

src/main/java/slimebound/actions/SlimeAutoAttack.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import com.megacrit.cardcrawl.dungeons.AbstractDungeon;
 import com.megacrit.cardcrawl.localization.CardStrings;
 import com.megacrit.cardcrawl.monsters.AbstractMonster;
+import com.megacrit.cardcrawl.powers.StrengthPower;
 import com.megacrit.cardcrawl.vfx.MegaSpeechBubble;
 import slimebound.SlimeboundMod;
 import slimebound.powers.SlimeRitualPower;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class CaCaw extends AbstractSlimeboundCard {
     private static final CardTarget TARGET = CardTarget.SELF;
     private static final CardStrings cardStrings;
 
-    private static final int COST = 1;
+    private static final int COST = 0;
     private static final int BLOCK = 5;
     private static final int UPGRADE_BONUS = 3;
 
@@ -39,18 +40,18 @@ public CaCaw() {
 
 
 
-        this.baseBlock = 15;
         this.magicNumber = this.baseMagicNumber = 1;
 
 
-        this.isEthereal = true;
+
     }
 
     public void use(AbstractPlayer p, AbstractMonster m) {
         CardCrawlGame.sound.playA("VO_CULTIST_1A", -.3f);
 
         AbstractDungeon.effectList.add(new MegaSpeechBubble(p.hb.cX, p.hb.cY, 1.0F, "Caw... Caw...", true));
 
+        if (upgraded)         AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToBottom(new ApplyPowerAction(p, p, new StrengthPower(p, 1), 1));
 
         AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToBottom(new ApplyPowerAction(p, p, new SlimeRitualPower(p, this.magicNumber), this.magicNumber));
     }
@@ -62,7 +63,10 @@ public AbstractCard makeCopy() {
     public void upgrade() {
         if (!this.upgraded) {
             upgradeName();
-            upgradeMagicNumber(1);
+            //upgradeMagicNumber(1);
+
+            this.rawDescription = UPGRADED_DESCRIPTION;
+            this.initializeDescription();
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/slimebound/cards/CaCaw.java

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class ChargeUp extends AbstractSlimeboundCard {
     private static final CardTarget TARGET = CardTarget.SELF;
     private static final CardStrings cardStrings;
 
-    private static final int COST = 1;
+    private static final int COST = 0;
     private static final int BLOCK = 5;
     private static final int UPGRADE_BONUS = 3;
 
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public ChargeUp() {
 
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY_GUARDIAN);
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY);
-        this.baseBlock = 10;
+        this.baseBlock = 8;
         this.magicNumber = this.baseMagicNumber = 2;
         this.exhaust = true;
-        this.isEthereal = true;
+
     }
 
     public void use(AbstractPlayer p, AbstractMonster m) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public void upgrade() {
         if (!this.upgraded) {
             upgradeName();
             upgradeBlock(3);
-            upgradeMagicNumber(1);
+           // upgradeMagicNumber(1);
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/slimebound/cards/ChargeUp.java

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class Collect extends AbstractSlimeboundCard {
     private static final CardTarget TARGET = CardTarget.SELF;
     private static final CardStrings cardStrings;
 
-    private static final int COST = 1;
+    private static final int COST = 0;
     private static final int BLOCK = 5;
     private static final int UPGRADE_BONUS = 3;
 
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ public Collect() {
 
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY_COLLECTOR);
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY);
-        this.baseBlock = 9;
+        this.baseBlock = 5;
         this.magicNumber = this.baseMagicNumber = 1;
 
         this.exhaust = true;
-        this.isEthereal = true;
+
     }
 
     public void use(AbstractPlayer p, AbstractMonster m) {
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public AbstractCard makeCopy() {
     public void upgrade() {
         if (!this.upgraded) {
             upgradeName();
-            upgradeBlock(2);
-            upgradeMagicNumber(1);
+            upgradeBlock(3);
+            //upgradeMagicNumber(1);
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/slimebound/cards/Collect.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public float calculateModifiedCardDamage(AbstractPlayer player, AbstractMonster
 
 
     public void use(AbstractPlayer p, AbstractMonster m) {
-        if (this.isEthereal = true)
+
 
         AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToBottom(new DamageAction(m, new com.megacrit.cardcrawl.cards.DamageInfo(p, this.damage, this.damageTypeForTurn), AbstractGameAction.AttackEffect.BLUNT_HEAVY));
         AbstractDungeon.actionManager.addToBottom(new DamageAction(p, new com.megacrit.cardcrawl.cards.DamageInfo(p, this.selfDamage, this.damageTypeForTurn), AbstractGameAction.AttackEffect.SMASH));

src/main/java/slimebound/cards/ComboTackle.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class DarkVoid extends AbstractSlimeboundCard {
     private static final CardTarget TARGET = CardTarget.ALL_ENEMY;
 
     private static final CardStrings cardStrings;
-    private static final int COST = 1;
+    private static final int COST = 0;
     private static final int POWER = 6;
     private static final int UPGRADE_BONUS = 3;
 
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ public DarkVoid() {
 
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY_AWAKENEDONE);
         tags.add(SlimeboundMod.STUDY);
-        this.baseDamage = 10;
+        this.baseDamage = 7;
         this.isMultiDamage = true;
         this.exhaust = true;
-        this.isEthereal = true;
+
 
 
     }