Patch 1.0.13 Bug/Balance Fixes:
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Major Changes:
- Implemented some non-trivial optimizations to increase game performance.
(Smarter sprite batching)
(Merged several spritesheets to reduce texture swapping)
(Additional minor tweaks to reduce GPU load).
- Fixed bug where corrupt backup saves would get players into endless save corruption loops.
- Forced flushing to OS stream for backup files to (hopefully) reduce the chances of a backup save corrupting.

General fixes:
- Fixed bug where gold would very rarely go into the negatives, resulting in a crash.
- Removed normal mapping effects from the content pipeline.
- Fixed bug where you could exit the axe carnival room, resulting in odd game behaviour.
- Fixed bug where you could talk to shop keeps and architect while in mid-dash, resulting in a crash.
- Fixed bug where beating the last boss would zero out your traits.
- Fixed bug where money bags were not animating properly upon landing.
- Fixed bug where beating the game with the compass item would result in a crash when starting a new game.

v1.0.12c:
General fixes:
• Forgot to actually disable DInput controls when turning it off in the options menu.
v1.0.12b:
General fixes:
• Fixed bug where game would crash if the DirectInput device was removed mid-game.
• Fixed bug where running the game with a DirectInput device was causing slowdown.
• Fixed bug in a 1x3 room where you could not fall through a specific platform.
• Fixed bug where game would sometimes crash when dying (again).
v1.0.12a:
General fixes:
• Added error trapping to handle crashes when the DirectInput device was not being initialized properly.
• Fixed bug where deadzones were accidentally disabled from the last patch.
• Game no longer goes into screensaver mode while active.
Balance Changes:
• Lowered the cost of upgrading Haggle by a small amount.
• A few spelling fixes to make the Lich's abilities more clear.
v1.0.12:
Major Changes:
• Added support for DirectInput controllers (toggle-able from options screen).
• Alexander will now spawn higher level mobs on NG+ and above.
• All bosses now break Paladin secret move, not just the final boss.
• Fixed bug where controller hardware was being polled too often, resulting in significant lag for some systems.
General fixes:
• Optimization tweaks to rendering. People should find a small improvement to framerate.
• Typo fixes to profile card crit chance.
• Fix to game sometimes crashing during Alexander fight.
• Fixed bug where beating the game with Calypso's compass would crash the game.
• Fixed bug where architect fee could carry over to NG+
• Fixed bug with architect fee text overlap on NG+ bonus.
• Typo fixes in Journal, and Paladin, and Translocator spell description.
• Alexander boss floor and roof lowered to prevent him from going too low.
• Enemies that are split during timestop are now immune to timestop until it's reactivated (Feature).
• Enlarged projectile pool.
Balance Changes:
• Architect fee raised from 30% to 40%.

v1.0.11:
Major Changes:
• Fixed bug where the player could kill a boss and die at the same time.
• Fixed bug where game would crash when entering the lineage screen if the audio engine failed to initialize.
• Implemented another check for skill tree corruption.
• Fixed bug with back up save system if player data was corrupt from the very start.
• Fixed bug where back up save system didn't work properly on corrupted maps and map data.
General fixes:
• Message box will now appear if the game crashes.
• Fixed bug where crash logs were not being generated if the game crashed inside its constructor.
• Fixed bug where Paladins could block their own spells.
• Fixed exploit where player could drop through platforms while controls were locked.
• Fixed bug where impact effect resource pool ran out of resources.
• Fixed bug where Item drop Manager resource pool ran out of resources.
• Typo fixed for Death Defy.
Balance Changes:
• Shinobi can no longer get the timestop spell.
• Dragon fireball spam re-enabled.
• Knight Special drain rate tic raised from 3 to 6.
• Assassin Class spell initialization cost lowered from 10 to 5.
• Assassin Class spell tic rate raised from 5 to 7.
• Asassin mana pool lowered from 0.75 to 0.65.
• Barbarian Special raised from 15 to 20.
• Mage Int bonus lowered from 1.3 to 1.25.
v1.0.10a:
General fixes:
• Fixed bug where game would occasionally crash when entering the castle.
• Fixed bug where people were getting the Rhabdophilia achievement at the start of the game (STEAM ONLY).
v1.0.10:
Major Changes:
• Back up saving Re-enabled. If the game fails to load properly, it will automatically attempt to load a back up save file.
• Game will announce an error if it fails to save your game 3 times in a row.