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Version 2.3
VERSION 2.3: PERK CHANGES: Removed the bonuses for words related to “kindness” for Benevolent, words related to “Death” for Gravemarked, and words related to “Music” for Harmonic. Benevolent now gives you an extra Gem e…
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Version 2.2
VERSION 2.2: NEW FEATURES: The selected timer color now saves. PERK CHANGES: Unpredictable now makes each vowel in a submitted word worth 0-5 points, up from 0-3. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: Fresh words now give a 2x bonus, up fr…
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Version 2.1
VERSION 2.1: NEW FEATURES: English, French, Spanish, and Italian dictionaries are now available in Options. This does not translate the entire game, it only changes the language of words you can use during a run. The pe…
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Version 2.0
VERSION 2.0: NEW FEATURES: Dimensions are now 800x500 pixels. Added menu and in-game designs to fill the extra space. Timer bar color is now customizable in Options. People have been asking for the game to not be a squa…
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Version 1.9 - Lovesick Tragedy
VERSION 1.9: NEW FEATURES: Added the Lovesick Tragedy DLC. Added icons for exiting the game and visiting the Steam page. Added a new Steam achievement. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that caused the word length to be set to 2 l…
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Version 1.8: Multiplayer!
VERSION 1.8: NEW FEATURES: Added Local Battle as a gamemode! Play 1v1 against a friend locally. This mode supports the use of controllers. Added the Romeo Montague character icon, Juliet Capulet character icon, and Fina…
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Version 1.7.1
Bug fixes.
Announcement - Verbal Beatdown
Version 1.7
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS: Verbal Beast: Reach round 9 with Cthulhu. Using Your Head: Reach round 9 with Headless Horseman. All Luck, No Skill: Reach round 7 in Shuffle mode. Sweet 15: Submit a 15-letter word. NEW FEATURES: Adde…
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Version 1.6
PERK CHANGES: Venturesome now gives a 1 / 10,000 chance to complete all 9 rounds instantly, instead of just completing the current round. UI CHANGES: Replaced the Discord button with a Credits button. Added “Local Battl…
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VERSION 1.5.1
Bug fixes.
Announcement - Verbal Beatdown
VERSION 1.5
Happy Halloween! NEW CHARACTER: Added Headless Horseman as a playable character. The Headless Horseman turns disabled letters into Flaming letters. With certain perks and a good strategy, this power has incredible poten…
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Version 1.4.1
Bug fixes.
Announcement - Verbal Beatdown
Version 1.4
PERK CHANGES: Xerothermic now gives 500 points (up from 50). Kaleiscopic now gives 9x points (up from 4x). Yeah, this might be overkill, but at least these perks aren’t completely useless anymore! BUG FIXES: Fixed an is…
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Version 1.3
NEW FEATURES: Added “Poisoned” status effect. With only 5 status effects (and most of them only appearing after round 3), some early-round books did the same things, and the late-round books felt repetitive. The additio…
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Version 1.2
BALANCE CHANGES: - Added "Repetitive word" and "Overused word" penalties for using a word too often. BUG FIXES: - Fixed a bug where the music wouldn't turn off after deselecting it in Options.
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VERSION 1.1
UPDATE 1.1: Added Gems! - Added new "Shuffle" gamemode. - Slightly reworked the Tutorial. - Steam Achievements should work now.
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