Final Stardust: Cosmic Nexus update for 9 March 2024

New Battle Mode

I added a 4th mode (Rumble) where there are no resources for cards and you can only summon once per turn. Supersonic will always be the main mode but my goal is to make it easier for people to grasp all the concepts. I also tried to more features for that like extra tooltips and a quick rulebook UI in the menu.

I don't know if the battle modes will be fun but the goal is to make sure each person finds a way to enjoy Final Stardust. Power creep and broken cards will eventually come with the sequels (with new mechanics being introduced) so I think it's important to have different formats in advance. Maybe I am overthinking it.

Card Frames

Some people already got silver and gold frames so I added 2 extra card frames, one for 500 uses (Diamond) and one for 1000 uses (Emerald). Just a quick feature I will link to achievements later.

Gameplay Focus

Following on what I said about a story mode previously. I decided to focus a lot more on gameplay for now, for 2 reasons.

1. I want to let the player play the game the way he wants and having a linear mode will play against that.
2. The manga showed me that there isn't interest in story for now so I am betting everything on the gameplay. That's also one of the reasons I decided to add so many unique Dark effects + new battle modes.

Dark Effects

I added about 20 new Dark Plano effects and 2 of the strongest Celestials. If you have a cool idea for an effect, this is your moment to mention it on Discord.

Alright, if no major bug is mentioned I think it's time to add avatar creation. It was planned for this patch but I noticed some people were a bit lost with the gameplay so I decided to add more helpful features before moving on.

Changes

• FEATURE: Quick deck selection now works in the cutscene UI.
• UI: Added a Rulebook UI in the menu.
• FIX: Fixed an issue where starting the tutorial crashed the game.
• FIX: Fixed an issue where hovering over a Mazai on the field can show an error.
• FIX: Fixed an issue where Mazai and Plano descriptions didn't show completely.
• FIX: Fixed an issue where Jupiter Fenroar didn't go to the Vortex before transforming into his rival.
• FIX: The tutorial now mentions that the Overdrive effects works in the slot with an icon instead of Eclipse.
• FIX: Fixed Celestial effects not decreasing their stats when no evolution.
• TEXT: Changed "Plano" by "Ally" in all overdrive effects.
• CONTENT: Added new card frames (x2) that unlock after 500 and 1000 uses.
• CONTENT: Added new Dark Plano effects (x16).
• CONTENT: Added new Dark Plano overdrive effects (x2).
• CONTENT: Added a new battle mode (Rumble).
• BALANCING: Swapped Kawaika and Capukyu lines overdrive effects.
• GAMEPLAY: AI now can only summon one Plano in the Rumble mode.
• GAMEPLAY: AI now summons the strongest card in hand (rumble mode).
• GAMEPLAY: Disabled SC and RSC in Rumble mode.
• GAMEPLAY: Changed Apeiron turns to 34.
• GAMEPLAY: Moved 40 turns to the Rumble mode.
• GAMEPLAY: Brought back RSC in Paragon and Apeiron modes.
• GAMEPLAY: Only one summon is possible now in the Rumble mode.
• VISUAL: Plano cost (SC) is now hidden in the Rumble mode.
• VISUAL: Changed the first player UI in battle.
• VISUAL: Added battle mode descriptions before battles.
• VISUAL: Added the tooltip in card previews too.
• VISUAL: Added a card frame level next to the card usage number in card previews.
• VISUAL: Changed evolution box position on cards.
• INPUT: You can now close the battle mode UI.
• INPUT: Card preview (outside of battle) can now be closed with right clicks.