Brutal Orchestra "True Zeal" Content Update Out Now!

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Key art by the incredibly talented Gloomy Dude!

ːNowakːWith Zealous Vigor Purgatory Expands Once More!ːBoschː

Find new party member's such as Shelly K. a flirtatious tippler with a way with blades and serious commitment issues, or Pope Formosus, a real life Catholic Pope who has been thrust into the depths of the Garden.

Battle new foes such as the pious and putrid "Prodigal Foundlings" and the infamously unjust "Cadaver Synod".

Meet eccentric new characters such as C.M. Kösemen a cryptozoologist who is eager to teach you about the wonderful legendary beasts of Purgatory. ːMobyDongː

If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see future updates make sure to drop us a review on Steam, it helps waaay more than you think!

-Talia and Nico

And without further adieu, the changelog. (Spoilers)

New Party Members

• Added Shelly K. to The Far Shore in Hard Mode.

• Added Formosus to The Garden.

New Enemies

• Added Prodigal Foundlings to The Garden.

• Added Derelict Foundlings to The Garden.

• Added Cadaver Synod to The Garden on even numbered days.

New Event

• Added The Bar to the Far Shore in Hard Mode. This is a unique location like the Fools Board or Shop, however this location mostly exists to provide flavour encounters and alternative unlock conditions for some party members.

New Strangers

• Added C.M. Kösemen (Unlike other Strangers he doesn't have a quest for you, he's just chillin)

New Passive Effects

• Added Anointed.

• Added Theophobia.

New Treasure Items

• Added Sacred Shrub

• Added Royal Pine

• Added Arachnid Aphrodisiac

New Shop Items

• Added Cloth Cock

• Added Gift Box!

• Added Burn-Bottle Batch

• Added Wailing Whistle

New Fish Items

• Added Coelacanth

New Extra Items

• Added Little Clown Doll

• Added Abused Clown Doll

New Music

• Added Foundling Theme

New Achievements

• Added The Cougar (Fools)

• Added The Exhumed (Fools)

• Added Burn Bottle Batch (Witness)

• Added Coelacanth (Witness)

• Added Royal Pine (Divine)

• Added Sacred Shrub (Divine)

• Added Mass Grave Matters (Comedy)

• Added Fear of Gods Above (Comedy)

• Added Month of Funerals (Tragedy)

• Added Plenty of Fish in the Desert (Tragedy)

Improvements

• The Orpheum's combat floor collider has been improved to better match its visuals.

• The visuals for the field effect "Constricted" has been improved.

• The visuals for the field effect "Fire" has been improved.

• Added unlockable save file icons for "Shelly K." and "Formosus".

• Changed Scrungies to "scrunge up" when their overexert passive has been triggered.

• Scaled Mungies shadows to be more appropriately sized.

• Moved bone pillars in the background of Thype's overworld encounter backwards to make them conflict with character sprites less often.

• Improved Flummoxing and Hollowing Jumble Guts idle animations. (Thanks Tairbaz)

• As a default English now uses Talia's custom "Sword Extended" font rather than default "Sword" font.

• Disambiguated incarnate enemy summons and boss summons to use different miniature icons. (Thanks S.f.pepp)

• Added gibs to Tainted Yolk enemies.

• Updated credits.

Party Member Balance

• Reworked Pearl's "Digestion" ability to eat enemies alive and heal Pearl.

• Clive's ability "Contusion" at level 3 and 4 now requires two red pigment and one blue. (Prev: one red two blue)

• Dimitri's "Torch" ability now requires two yellow and one red/yellow pigment. (Prev: two yellow one red)

• Splig's "Amalgam" ability now changes the targets health colour before attacking and uses the current lucky pigment colour instead of Splig's current health colour.

• Smokestacks "Huff" ability will no longer decrease maximum health.

• Kleiver's "Purify" ability now requires one blue and two red pigment. (Prev: one purple two red)

• When selecting "Mung" at run start you are given two additional "Mung". ːMungː

• Slightly increased likelihood of Gospel featuring in player's dreams.

Enemy Balance

• Sepulchre can now only appear in The Garden on odd numbered days.

• Giggling Minister's "Wretched Thief" ability now consumes the targeted party member's item before dealing damage.

Item Balance

• Shop item Medical Leeches cost has been reduced from 6 coins to 2 coins. (please revise your Steam review Tairbaz)

Misc Changes

• Reduced Fogs' tithe from 20 coins to 12 coins.

• The Status Effect "Ruptured" now gets reduced when triggered on party members.

Bugfixes/Typos

• Fixed an issue where some attack animations would misbehave.

• Fixed Smokestacks' "Fumes" ability to show intents on damage targets.

• Gospel's "Icon of Strength" ability now clearly states the amount of Divine Protection applied.

• Improved how damage is explained in Brutal Orchestra's Spanish localization to be more concise.

Mod Related Changes

• Modded party members that have defeated final bosses but do not currently have final boss unlocks will now receive said unlocks when their respective mod author adds them.

• Improved ambience audio systems so modded zones/areas can use their own.

• Added variables into OnBeingDamaged, OnDamaged, OnIndirectDamage triggers for mod usage.

• Added OnAnyAbilityUsed, OnAnyoneBeingDamaged, OnAnyoneBeingHealed triggers for mod usage.

• Added options into the Modding API to easily add custom dialogue functions and commands.

• Added an additional seat at the new bar location for modded NPC's to join the scene.

• Added unused Bile passive effect for modders to play around with. Be warned this passive may be changed dramatically without warning in the future as it is an idea we would like to revisit.

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