[p]HELLO STEVE![/p][p]First and foremost, I would like to thank all the Steves and non-Steves for their amazing support! With only 4,700 wishlists pre-launch, we managed to sell more than 5,000 copies in under 5 days![/p][p]As definitely named Steve, I want to personally thank all of you for enjoying the game![/p][p][/p]
New content and new features
New achievement
[p]Added the "Stevie Wonder" achievement: Complete the warehouse. (translation to come to Russian and Chinese very soon)[/p][p][/p]
New shortcuts
[p]Two new shortcuts have been added (keyboard only):[/p][p]F3 - Will disable the objects' tooltips[/p][p]F4 - Will hide the UI [/p][p][/p][p]In addition, a new shortcut has been added to both the controller and the keyboard:[/p][p]Spacebar or Left Trigger will allow you to activate the buttons "End the round", "Access the shop", and "Next round"[/p][p][/p]
Balancing
Passive changes
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All sign weights have been slightly increased: from 0.5 density to 0.8. Except for the Forbidden passive[/p][p]
Notes from Steve: While the intent is that passive should be lighter than other objects, the weight was a bit too radical; with this new change, passive should fly a little less. 33 triangles should also be easier to achieve. Forbidden passive is an exception to the rule.[/p][p][/p][p]
Bump Sign stats have changed; it now reads: Christmas Balls now give between
-25 and 50 points. Instead of -35 beforehand.[/p][p]
Notes from Steve: The bump sign had a risk that was too big; while it was supposed to be a passive gamble, the stats should be in your favour.[/p][p][/p][p]
Bowling Sign has been replaced by
Infinity Sign in the 33 triangle passive.[/p][p][/p]
Heart Whale
[p]The heart whale has been changed to now give +2 hearts (instead of 1 heart) when eating a heart. With the Tree sign, the whale now gives +4 hearts instead of +2 hearts.[/p][p]
Notes from Steve: The heart whale seemed like the weakest of the bunch, not a "quest whale" with a big reward and not a great point value as well. The whale was also weaker than the Heart sign; with this change, the Heart Whale should open new opportunities for animals.[/p][p][/p]
Sports balls
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Notes from Steve: Sports balls are a bit too disruptive; while this is still the intent, they do not give a good enough reward. You can await more changes to sports balls soon, but those first changes should already help a bit.[/p]
- [p]Tennis Ball effect has been changed from "First wall: Create an asteroid" to "First wall: Create a Mouse"
Notes from Steve: Tennis Ball was just unnecessary evil, this should lean more into a Sports balls - Animals - Fruits synergy[/p]- [p]First wall objects will now always spawn just above the sport ball.[/p]
- [p]Bowling ball area of destruction has been slightly increased.[/p]
- [p]Bowling ball will now also destroy maluses and other bowling bowls[/p]
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Other changes
- [p]Big Bang challenge now will have the two passives start in your deck instead of in the arena.[/p][p]Notes from Steve: No more infinite reroll just for the passive to stay on board.[/p]
- [p]Blue wheel has been added to the warehouse to avoid confusion with Baby wheels.[/p]
- [p]Added "safeguard" saves, if your PC crashes while saving, you will be able to manually change your save with minor progression lost.[/p]
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Text and typos
- [p]Typo fix for Bomb Whale[/p]
- [p]Updated Tree sign text to avoid confusion. Only the object eaten points are double[/p]
- [p]Update credits[/p]
- [p]Achievements are now translated into Russian (except Stevie Wonder)[/p]
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Bug fixes
- [p]Donuts are now correctly absorbed by Black hole.[/p]
- [p]Trains will now always appear at the center of the Arena to avoid them going through walls[/p]
- [p]Passives you start with in your challenges will no longer appear in your passive shop. This bug might have also affected the next game after your challenges.[/p]
- [p]Heart passive shop reduction should now always work[/p]
- [p]Sports letters weight has been half (from 40 density to 20), which should stop other objects from going through the arena[/p]
- [p]Changing the save file should now longer crash the game.[/p]
- [p]Passive shops are now longer yellow (in High) and have the correct shaders.[/p]
- [p]Lisa Simpson achievement should work better and count all fruits and objects eaten[/p]
- [p]Objects eaten and ladybugs absorbed now count in the end game "Number of destroyed objects" stats (new records incoming) [/p]
[p][/p][p]Have a great day,[/p][p]Steve[/p]