🧋 The Biggest Update Yet — 50 Ingredient Bullets, 35 Skill Cards & More!

Hey there, Boba Masters! 🧋✨

We know it's been a while since the last update. You might have even wondered, "Did the dev team go on vacation?" We offer our sincerest apologies for the silence (deep bow 🙇‍♂️).

But please believe us: the silence wasn't due to inactivity; we were"rebuilding the foundation."

To fulfill our Early Access promise that"Every ingredient can be turned into ammo,"we decided to stop applying small bandaids and instead hunkered down to completely overhaul the combat system from the ground up.

Today, we are proud to say: The foundation is set, and a brand-new combat experience is here!

50 Ingredient Bullets. 35 Skill Cards. A New Liquid Weapon System. Art & Audio Upgrades.

Let's dive in! 🫧

🔫 50 Ingredient Bullets

To have fun in a Roguelike, "more" isn't enough—you need "different."

In this update, we’ve implemented 10 distinct ammo systems covering a total of 50 ingredients (44 brand-new + 6 fully reworked originals).

🫧 Solid Bullets — A Variety of Solid Toppings

Pearls that ricochet off walls. Jellies that bounce wildly and split on impact. Red beans that burst into shotgun spreads. Sakura petals that slice through enemies in elegant arcs. Each solid bullet has its own unique firing behavior, physics, and feel.

💧 NEW — Liquid Bullets

The highlight of this update! We've introduced brand-new liquid physics. Tea, milk, juice, coffee— charge up and splash them as weapons. Each liquid creates a puddle on the ground with unique buff and debuff effects. A whole new way to fight.

Liquid bullets use a new Charge & Release mechanic:

🖱️ Mouse & Keyboard

Left Click — Fire Main Weapon (Solid)

Hold Right Click\

— Charge Liquid → Release to splash!

🎮 Controller

R2 — Fire Main Weapon (Solid)

Hold L2 — Charge Liquid → Release to splash!

💡 The longer you charge, the further and wider the splash! Try different liquid combinations to find the strongest meta.

🃏 35 New & Reworked Skill Cards

Every card has 5 upgrade levels. Here's a sneak peek:

🚀 Jetpack — Shoot downwards to amplify recoil. Yes, you can literally fly like a jetpack.

💦 Power Wash — Max Level: Massive knockback increase. Send enemies sliding around like hockey pucks.

🏀 Bouncy Ball — Damage increases with every bounce.

🥄 Spoon-Fed — All projectiles converge into a single point for massive damage.

🫣 Clumped — Chance to fire double/triple pearl ammo, just like boba sticking together.

...and 30 more to discover in-game. 🎴

🎨 Art & Audio

✨ Level 1 Battle Background — Completely refreshed (Live in this update).

✨ Audio — New Sound Effects (SFX) added for all new ingredient ammo.

✨ Card Selection VFX — Visual effects upgrade when picking cards.

✨ Boba Shop Art — New detailed visuals (Coming in a future update).

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🐛 Bug Fixes

🌼 Fixed an issue where the Tutorial Tip wouldn't trigger if the player failed the dream on Day 1.

🌼 Fixed multiple issues that caused crashes and freezes.

🌼 Optimized frame rate and performance in specific scenes.

🔮 What's Next?

📜 New Town Quests & Story: Expanding the world of Tapioca Town with fresh questlines and deeper character stories.

⚖️ Ongoing Balance: We will fine-tune the stats of these 50 ammo types based on your feedback.

Stay tuned for our updated roadmap! 🎉

💚 A Note From the Team

We'll be honest: this update took longer than we expected. Turning 50 ingredients into fully playable ammo—each with unique mechanics, visuals, and sound—plus 35 synergizing skill cards, was a massive engineering task that couldn't be shipped in pieces.

With the most difficult and fundamental combat overhaul now complete, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Going forward, development will return to a healthy, reasonable pace. No more "hermit mode."

Thank you again for your bug reports, suggestions, and patience. Seeing you all still following "Call of Boba" is our biggest motivation. 💖

Now, go update the game and load those delicious ingredients into your chamber!

The story of Tapioca Town is far from over. 🧋💛

— The Call of Boba Dev Team 🧋