v1.2.0: balance changes to brews

core/src/main/assets/messages/items/items.properties

@@ -665,13 +665,13 @@ items.potions.brews.causticbrew.name=caustic brew
 items.potions.brews.causticbrew.desc=This brew will spread corrosive ooze in a wide area around the location it shatters in. Anything caught by the ooze will slowly melt if it can't wash it off in water.
 
 items.potions.brews.blizzardbrew.name=blizzard brew
-items.potions.brews.blizzardbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash a swirling blizzard which spreads like a gas.
+items.potions.brews.blizzardbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash a swirling blizzard which quickly spreads like a gas.
 
 items.potions.brews.infernalbrew.name=infernal brew
-items.potions.brews.infernalbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash a raging inferno which spreads like a gas.
+items.potions.brews.infernalbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash a raging inferno which quickly spreads like a gas.
 
 items.potions.brews.shockingbrew.name=shocking brew
-items.potions.brews.shockingbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash an electrical storm in an area around the location it breaks at.
+items.potions.brews.shockingbrew.desc=When shattered, this brew will unleash an electrical storm in an wide area around the location it breaks at.
 
 
 

core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Ooze.java

@@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ public class Ooze extends Buff {
 	@Override
 	public boolean act() {
 		if (target.isAlive()) {
-			if (Dungeon.depth > 4)
+			if (Dungeon.depth > 5) {
-				target.damage( Dungeon.depth/5, this );
+				target.damage(1 + Dungeon.depth / 5, this);
-			else if (Random.Int(2) == 0)
+			} else if (Dungeon.depth == 5){
-				target.damage( 1, this );
+				target.damage(1, this); //1 dmg per turn vs Goo
+			} else if (Random.Int(2) == 0) {
+				target.damage(1, this); //0.5 dmg per turn in sewers
+			}
+
 			if (!target.isAlive() && target == Dungeon.hero) {
 				Dungeon.fail( getClass() );
 				GLog.n( Messages.get(this, "ondeath") );

core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/potions/brews/BlizzardBrew.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.potions.PotionOfFrost;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.scenes.GameScene;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.ItemSpriteSheet;
 import com.watabou.noosa.audio.Sample;
+import com.watabou.utils.PathFinder;
 
 public class BlizzardBrew extends Brew {
 	
@@ -44,8 +45,17 @@ public class BlizzardBrew extends Brew {
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play( Assets.Sounds.SHATTER );
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play( Assets.Sounds.GAS );
 		}
-		
+
-		GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell, 1000, Blizzard.class ) );
+		int centerVolume = 120;
+		for (int i : PathFinder.NEIGHBOURS8){
+			if (!Dungeon.level.solid[cell+i]){
+				GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell+i, 120, Blizzard.class ) );
+			} else {
+				centerVolume += 120;
+			}
+		}
+
+		GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell, centerVolume, Blizzard.class ) );
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@ public class BlizzardBrew extends Brew {
 			inputs =  new Class[]{PotionOfFrost.class, AlchemicalCatalyst.class};
 			inQuantity = new int[]{1, 1};
 			
-			cost = 4;
+			cost = 3;
 			
 			output = BlizzardBrew.class;
 			outQuantity = 1;

core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/potions/brews/CausticBrew.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class CausticBrew extends Brew {
 			inputs =  new Class[]{PotionOfToxicGas.class, GooBlob.class};
 			inQuantity = new int[]{1, 1};
 			
-			cost = 3;
+			cost = 2;
 			
 			output = CausticBrew.class;
 			outQuantity = 1;

core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/potions/brews/InfernalBrew.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.potions.PotionOfLiquidFlam
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.scenes.GameScene;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.ItemSpriteSheet;
 import com.watabou.noosa.audio.Sample;
+import com.watabou.utils.PathFinder;
 
 public class InfernalBrew extends Brew {
 	
@@ -45,8 +46,17 @@ public class InfernalBrew extends Brew {
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play( Assets.Sounds.SHATTER );
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play( Assets.Sounds.GAS );
 		}
+
+		int centerVolume = 120;
+		for (int i : PathFinder.NEIGHBOURS8){
+			if (!Dungeon.level.solid[cell+i]){
+				GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell+i, 120, Inferno.class ) );
+			} else {
+				centerVolume += 120;
+			}
+		}
 		
-		GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell, 1000, Inferno.class ) );
+		GameScene.add( Blob.seed( cell, centerVolume, Inferno.class ) );
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ public class InfernalBrew extends Brew {
 			inputs =  new Class[]{PotionOfLiquidFlame.class, AlchemicalCatalyst.class};
 			inQuantity = new int[]{1, 1};
 			
-			cost = 5;
+			cost = 4;
 			
 			output = InfernalBrew.class;
 			outQuantity = 1;

core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/potions/brews/ShockingBrew.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class ShockingBrew extends Brew {
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play( Assets.Sounds.SHATTER );
 			Sample.INSTANCE.play(Assets.Sounds.LIGHTNING);
 		}
-		PathFinder.buildDistanceMap( cell, BArray.not( Dungeon.level.solid, null ), 2 );
+		PathFinder.buildDistanceMap( cell, BArray.not( Dungeon.level.solid, null ), 3 );
 		for (int i = 0; i < PathFinder.distance.length; i++) {
 			if (PathFinder.distance[i] < Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
 				GameScene.add(Blob.seed(i, 20, Electricity.class));