Devlog - November 9, 2025: Burn & Stun Status Effects (v2.13.5)

Today was status effects day.

Got burn and stun working. Fixed everything I broke in the process.

What Got Shipped:

Burn & Stun Status Effects (Working)

Added two new combat status effects:

• Burn: Damage over time
• Stun: Skip turns, can't act

Why stun was a pain in the ass: Last time I implemented it, it was simpler. Now with multi-attack combat, contribution tracking, and delayed display callbacks, everything's more complex.

The 6-hour debugging marathon: Combat was freezing after stun application. Root cause was KeyError in delayed callback (handler accessing dictionary keys before checking if they existed). Fixed by reordering handler checks.

But they work now. Burn ticks. Stun prevents actions. Combat doesn't hang.

Stat Scaling Rebalance

Fixed early stat caps (240/200/400 → 900 targets):

• Critical Damage: 0-200% (from STR)
• Dodge Chance: 0-50% (from AGI)
• Critical Chance: 0-100% (from AGI)

Late game progression no longer capped.

Onboarding Fix

Broke the guide again. First interaction (getting a coin from Guide NPC) wasn't working. New players couldn't start the tutorial.

Fixed.

Warehouse Equipment Bug

Found a bizarre bug: Storing equipment in warehouse was removing status effects from items.

Like... what? How does that even happen?

Fixed. Stored items retain their properties now.

Look/Scout Enhancement

Added outgoing damage estimates:

Attack Power: 266 (~1 damage to you) [WEAK] Your Attack Power: 850 (~690 damage to enemy)