March 11 Patch Notes

GENERAL

• Steam Cloud Save feature is now complete, but not enabled. We will enable Cloud Saving at a future date as we approach 1.0.

• A new option has been added to the player settings to disable output text

• Morality is now divided into various named tiers in the report card

• Players can now scroll through the inventory with the mouse wheel

• Players now have a confirmation step before gaining new talents in the planetarium

• Early game missions have been rebalanced slightly

CONTENT

• 50 new missions have been added to the game. Missions have also been shifted towards post-game (level 100+) to give players more studio power bonuses as they continue their ascent

• ASCENSION is now in the game! Players who get to the end of one of the five story routes will be able to Ascend. Ascension restarts the game at New Game+ and is selectable in the menu. Most things in the game will reset once a player opts into Ascension, however players will keep any legacy items (player route completion rewards) as well as having talent points roll over. There may also be a surprise or two at the start of NG+ awaiting players!

Note: Ascension is now in the game, but in a mostly basic version. Our next patch will include new Planetarium content that will allow for players to spend their newly earned talent points in progressing further up the levels, as well as getting access to more base studio power and output increases. At present we expect most players will be able to top out around level 200, so if you can make it further than this, send us some screenshots!

BALANCE

• Bathtub debuff duration reduced along with rank scaling, as well as starting rank now Common

• Magic Wand cooldown up from 150 to 300, rank scaling down from RANK*30 to RANK*15

• Monocle has received a rework:

Gain 10 Credits. Increase this by RANK every time you've Bet, Spin, or Rolled on a May Facility.

Rank scaling is now RANK*200

Note: Monocle was going absolutely crazy in its previous iteration which was multiplicative. This version is still mega strong with a huge flat incrementation amount but doesn't trivialize the game.

• May's Laptop cooldown reduced to 15s from 30s

• Grinding Wheel now starts at Common rarity

• Sprinkler System now starts at Common rarity

• Philosopher's Stone now starts at Uncommon rarity

• Finance Chart now starts at Rare rarity

• Pool Table now starts at Uncommon rarity

• Critkeeper's cooldown reduced to 60s from 600s, rank scaling increased from 600-(RANK*100) to 1000-(RANK*100)

• Telephone Booth rank scaling increased to RANK*20 from RANK*2

• Bubble Pipe has received a slight rework:

Gain 5 Credits, then Increment this by RANK times your level. You can no longer enter Idle, but your Studio Power increases by RANK.

New scaling on the level incrementation is 3 x RANK. Previous scaling remains the same.

• Red Stone of Asia mana restoration reduced from +100% to +50%

Note: We found a funny situation here where you could stack stones and get infinite mana regen when we looked into this. We've tuned this down so stacking should still be strong but not gamebreaking.

AUDIO

• Audio has been rebalanced. Sound levels should now be more consistent with each other

BUGFIXES

• Fixed issue with declining the call and not being able to answer afterwards

• Fixed links count display issue on beyond Legendary cards

• Fixed issue where all scenes could be skipped on accident

• Fixed issue with the game not remembering audio settings on alt-tab

• Fixed visual display bug with spellpower showing on locked spells

• Fixed issue with giga-stacking Gym Rat

• Removed the Pizza Box's cooldown. Bon Apetit!

• Fixed visual display issue on Spellbook Judgment Day's cooldown

• Fixed audio issue with building new slots

• Fixed layering issue on 1920x1200 monitors

• Fixed visual issues with rain effects

• Fixed longstanding issue with levelling runaway

• Fixed issue with report card showing too much unlock progress

• Links will now update and increase your active link count as soon as able

• Red Stone of Asia now affects mana restoration on various facilities (Moody Candles, Blue Elixir, etc.)

KNOWN ISSUES

• It takes several taps to before entering the build office space flow