Dungeon Crawler — What's Changed

September 13 alpha 3

Several kinds of special cell — the dungeon itself can now do things to you, and keep things from you, square by square. Walk carefully
A party that falls is no longer stranded. There is a way back from a wipeout.
Fighting with no light costs you — every roll is a die short until somebody strikes a torch
[X] searches the square you are standing on. You get one look
Lucky characters get a quiet second chance at a roll that would otherwise have come up with nothing at all. (Accidentally left off the last release).
Creatures have additional fighting methods.
An [i] in the corner of the log opens the menu, so the keys are no longer a secret
Fixed: walking into a fight was quietly handing everyone their stamina back on the way in, which made arriving tired mean nothing
Fixed: finishing a fight underground could offer you a door straight out to town that should never have been there — and taking it walked away from the whole expedition. A fight that starts in a corridor now ends in that corridor, every time
Fixed: writing a note could leave you with no way out of it — clicking [Enter] did nothing, and once you had clicked anywhere the keys stopped answering as well. Both work now, and so does clicking either line
A wiki, at /wiki — how the dice work, what your numbers buy you, and what everything costs

Dungeons are served from the server, and each keeps its own map — leave one, walk into another, come back, and both are as you left them
The Journal — [J] opens the map you have drawn by walking it, and [N] writes a note on the square you are standing on
The minimap turns as you turn, so forward is always up
Every dungeon decides for itself what wanders its halls, how many arrive at once, and how often anything finds you
The parchment that prints as you explore is the log; the map and notes you keep are the journal. Two different things, and they are named that way everywhere now

Spend your experience — the guild will train attributes, skills, and things worth knowing that a skill alone will not teach you
Opening a skill you have never had costs considerably more than the next dot, and needs a real attribute behind it
Training that raises a pool raises what is currently in it, on the spot — you do not have to rest to feel it
A character who has spent so much as a single point can no longer be rebuilt
Added hotkey for users without "escape" key (primarily Mac, I think)

The game stopped handing your browser the full list of everything in it. You are told about what you have actually met
Rewrote dungeon viewport in HTML5 canvas (previously used DOM) -- much faster! Built a new pipeline to convert DOM assets as needed for canvas.
Authoring tools created/updated. Maps, mobs, etc.

Items tell you about themselves — hover one for a quick look, Inspect to pin the full readout
The Wooden Buckler now actually protects you (+1 armor)
Rowan starts out knowing Flare Bolt and Mending Current — the rest are yours to find
The character sheet refuses to change anything mid-round in a fight or a camp
The victory screen reads cleanly and closes with [D]
The cast menu shows the spell code as you type it; [Enter] casts
Every order now shows what it will cost before you commit
Using an item in a fight or a camp costs 1 stamina, flat
Make Camp and Rest moved to [T], matching Rest in combat

Camp orders — step through the party before each turn at the fire, and review the whole slate before it happens
Fixed: leaving a fight unfinished used to stop random encounters happening at all, silently, until the server restarted
Containers are real — a quiver holds arrows, a pack holds things, and capacity means something
Implemented "toasts" (notices) instead of shoving the page around to tell you things
Health, stamina and mana bars carry marks at a quarter and a half; hover for the numbers
When something refuses to equip, it says why
Rations cap at 50

Random encounters — the corridors are dangerous now, whether you walk them or stand still in them
Running is a real gamble: a Perception and Survival check, and failing it costs you the round
The dungeon remembers — your map survives a fight, and survives going home and coming back
Cast spells while exploring, not just in a fight — [C]
Implemented Sunspot spell effect
Click any portrait, anywhere, to open that character without leaving the screen — or press [1]–[5]
A Grimoire tab on the character sheet listing what each caster knows
Loot after a victory: drag the spoils onto whoever should carry them
The Dwarf’s Ward reworked — your ally defends first and the Dwarf absorbs what got through; two Dwarves take turns rather than stacking
Ward and Riposte are only offered when you’ve chosen to Unleash
You can no longer cast a spell your character never learned
The dungeon starts dark and lights up to what you’re carrying

Light became real — carry nothing lit and you see nothing at all
Candle, torch and lantern each cost you something different: vision, silver, or the ability to put it out again
Light sources burn down as you walk, and a fight burns ten turns of one
In the dark, the map fills in by touch — one bumped wall at a time
Use an item without leaving the dungeon
Sign back in from any browser with your username and character ID

Camping — pitch camp underground, rest as many turns as you dare, and break camp before something finds you
A camp costs one ration each and can be ambushed; how well you set it up decides the odds
Anyone below half health is hurt past what a night by a fire can mend
The Escape menu — a pause screen that also does things, so no key is a secret

Mana rebalanced — much larger pools, and every casting skill you invest in raises them, not just Focus
Racial abilities cost mana as well as stamina, and a held stance costs it every round
Choose your starting spells while making a character — one per skill dot
A minimap, and a way to ask where you are
Stairs out of the dungeon and back to town
The journal survives moving between screens instead of starting over
Floors and ceilings render properly down a corridor
Rebuilding a character returns their equipment to the pack, since the new build may not support it

Where this all started: character creation, a party, a town with a guildhall, one hand-carved dungeon to walk, and a combat simulator (without saving PC state).