These last couple weeks I really started homing in on some look and feel aspects that I want to have present in my game. Huge shoutout to MintMood's Discord group; the members all gave me a lot of guidance and direction for this release. I also added a small balancing section to reflect the small tweaks I am making to achieve the right balance of challenge for my game. 

Feature:

• Added generic placeholder animations to all enemies to sell the combat a bit more and get a feel for the proper turn pacing. 
• Added audio controls to main menu and pause menu 
• Changed intro gameplay and dialogue to offer the button shield as the only starting Treasure so that new players are not forced to make a choice with no concept of how the game is played. Future runs where you have beaten the first boss in the prior run will allow you to choose a Treasure. 
• Visual update: changed resource panel to be a "to do" list scrawled on a scrap of old paper, added defend to this list.

Feedback:

• Added the ability to cancel any binding at the campfire, limit you to valid cards for that binding. Did the same for the crafting station.
• Reworked node map and legend with color and background to better align with the look and feel of the rest of the game
• Reworked intro so that Treasure banner and deck menu only appear when they are relevant.
• Included sound effects for crossing off node on node map and hovering over a card.
• Updated deck and defend descriptions to be a bit more informative. Also added message to player when autodefend is enabled.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed the bug where Sharpen consumes all stacks if multiple have been built up
• Addressed bug which allow player to bind two attacks together.
• Repaired UI issues which caused my widgets to stack out of order in some situations
• Fixed binding issue which caused bound skills to consume 2 skill resources if you had 2 available. 
• Fixed issue where cancelling one binding then completing the other would still attempt the first binding.

Balancing:

• Reduced the number of cards you can defend with from 3 -> 2 to try lower the amount of free defense you get each turn.
• Reduced Block's discard defense down from 7-> 5 to make more of a trade off the player needs to consider.
• Lowered the damage Reckless Assault does per discarded card from 6 -> 5 as it very frequently just feels like discarding everything you have was better than playing your cards. 
• Reduced Regroup's discard defense from 7 -> 6 to lower free defense available. 

I appreciate all the feedback I've received so far and I will continue to address everything which is brought to my attention. Please leave a comment here or on my discord to help me improve! My next update will be focused primarily on expanding into act 2 and fully establishing the game loop. I cannot wait to share more ^_^