It works, and didn't give any errors, I suppose that's good

@DenysCrasav4ik - I have not yet tested the unstable versions of RGON, but I have plans to in the future. This is currently low priority, so if you want to give it a try and report back your findings I can add the information to the mod page and/or Wiki.

@Tibby - I appreciate the feedback, and thanks for checking out the project.
Most of the features in this mod were designed to either improve on small mechanics that already exist in the base game, or reward the player for taking paths they don't normally follow, all without making any *major* changes. A lot of the ideas came from other Rogue-likes, or general chatter from the community - this mod isn't about introducing more difficulty, but slightly easing some of the more annoying aspects of the base game.

With that said, I hope you end up following the project - I have plans to release a mod that introduces an entirely new "harderer" mode with a difficulty curve that I haven't seen done in Isaac before (not just copy the Ultra Hard challenge). It will have unlocks for all the characters to make the grind worth it, too!

Items and Trinkets
Empty item pedestals no longer have collision. - Yes! I had a mod for that before I switched to modless TBOI.
If the player has collected at least one copy of Breakfast and does not have Binge Eater, subsequent Breakfasts will be automatically rerolled into a random item. - It's like, ehh, I don't know. I'll say I don't have an opinion on this one.
Defeating an Angel miniboss while holding Filligree Feather now guarantees the rewarded item will be of Quality 2 or higher. - Sorry but you keep making the game so much easier and I'm not a fan of that. Why should the Filligree Feather grant a Sacred Orb effect? Too easy.
Defeating a Fallen Angel miniboss will reward one of two Red Key pieces, which can be used to spawn the Red Key in a secret room. - It's an interesting idea but I think it's too easy. Visit two devil rooms for Red Key which is crazy op? No thank you. But if changed properly I would enjoy this.


Hope you have a good day/night :)

Floors and Rooms
The base chance to spawn a Planetarium has been increased to 5%. - No. Sorry, not a fan. You want a planetarium? Go skip one treasure room and you'll likely find it. There are also items/trinkets that increase that chance. Sorry but not a fan.
The first door leading to the alt. path is unlocked automatically. Again, making the game easier. It would be only useful if you don't find the key on the first floor but the chances of you finding a key on the second floor is extremely likely.
Defeating a boss without taking damage will reward an additional item pedestal that contains a random Health upgrade. - Hell no. Too easy, and useless on TLost.
Defeating an Angel miniboss after collecting both Key Pieces has a chance to spawn a random Angel Room item as a reward. - Also no, there's a trinket for that.
Bombing the statue in the Devil Room will now spawn a Fallen Angel miniboss, which have unique rewards (see below). - That's cool, I like that :)

Bosses and Enemies
Bosses that spawn in non-special rooms have 25% less health. - Unnecessary in my opinion, removes the difficulty. Also if it applies in The Chest/Dark Room then it's a bad decision imo.
Monsters that are spawned by other enemies are given the same status effects as their 'parent.' - Cool.
The Stompy transformation (or similar rock-breaking effect) can be used to destroy Stoneys. - Yesss, should be in the main game!
Grimaces and Spike Blocks are automatically destroyed after clearing a room they are in. - Not the biggest fan, again, removes difficulty.
Enemies that are naturally on fire (such as Grilled Clotties) now slowly lose health. - I suppose it's alright but I'm fine with them not losing health. It's cool though
Delirium now drops an Eden's Blessing. - Too easy IMO. Again, making the game easier than it already is. Instead you could have a trinket that if held will spawn Eden's Blessing after Delirium, in that case I'd say it's nice.

here are my honest thoughts (just so you know this is purely my opinion, i've got around 2400 horus but around 1/3 of that is spent playing TLost for fun):

Will this work with repentogon dev build for repentance+

@Assassin_Sakuya -- I was discussing the potential cause of lag in the comment section of the AbsoLib mod, but I haven't nailed down an exact cause yet. Cloak and Dagger is the only one that alters the vanilla 'itempools.xml' file, so if it's happening with any mod in the AO series, AbsoLib is most likely the cause.

The good news is that I will be pushing an update very soon to make it so this mod no longer changes the 'itempools.xml' file, but I'm not confident it'll fix the issue you're having.

I would love to add this (and all other of ur) mods to my mod collection that I play with but even a single variant of an AO mod causes my game to just crap itself and move at negative 67 fps, it is a shame since I really like the curse concepts and QOL stuff but I think the itempools modifier is really messing it up

@sir_manaplay - I have not yet tested any of my mods with others outside of the Absolution Overhaul project. I had a similar request from another user, so I have added it to my to-do list, but it's currently low priority as I am working on other modular releases.

Is this compatible with Fiend Folio?

@Goose named as Ivan - I haven't had this happen during my testing, and I'm not sure what the issue may be. They are specifically coded to not spawn until the room is clear, so my assumption is that there is some sort of incompatibility with another mod you have installed.

i think +health items in boss room is kinda broken. it spawn when i even dont kill the boss...

@RanDumb - I have not tested compatibility with other mods, unfortunately. I will look into this feedback and get back you to!

also, is the angel items on death angel miniboss death compatible with the samael miniboss that spawns from bombing the angel statues after getting both key pieces when you have retribution installed?

pipeline from fallen from grace automatically spawns a hp up cuz of how it spawns in ig

@Black_L4mb Well if there's anything I'd like to see is a config tab in the mod menu/dead sea scrolls so that we can adjust things like the angel item drop chance, etc. I've looked around a bit but haven't seen one.

that really cool

@distopia - I thought about making it that way, but I decided I wanted them to have an inherently different purpose so there is still a distinction between Devil and Angel Rooms. I'm not sure if what I landed on is how I want them to stay, so feel free to throw out more ideas you may have!

@AverageStandUser - Inspired directly from Gungeon, actually! In the full release of Absolution, I plan on making the health ups unique items per floor, just like that game.

the extra health drop for damageless bosses kinda reminds me of gungeon lol

Great mod! May I suggest having the bitting key pieces be an alternative to the angel ones? As in, opening Mega Satan's door somehow

I would really like to know what the comment below this one says, but Steam has decided to stay mysterious.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't even think about adding it to a collection myself. That's been created, it's called "Absolution Overhaul Project."

might be worth putting all these absolution mods into a collection or something, to make it easier to see all of them in one place