Did three small patches/hotfix updates this morning!
Militia 2 1.01m
-Added endless modes!
This one goes out to you Lord Gek!
Solar 1.07b
-Fixed small visual bug in card collection (deep space cards showing up twice)
Rolling 1.02b
-Moved second dice row down a bit to make it easier to click on the quick sun buttons
Working on an action-game type prototype right now, which would be a first for BrainGoodGames! We’ll see where that goes, I’ll keep ya posted 🙂
Have a great Tuesday.
Patch notes are here and here!
It was cool this week to be able to go back and dust off the cobwebs from both of these games after the Militia 2 launch (I have another update planned for that in the near future too, then back to NEW STUFF).
I feel very fortunate to be in a position where I can go back and tweak the games. It would feel pretty bad to have to leave them in a state I wasn’t 100% proud of.
As always, let me know if you have feedback about either of the patches or encounter any bugs or whatnot. And if you want updates when we release new BrainGoodGames and large updates for old ones, sign up for the mailing list here: https://braingoodgames.com/email.html It’s hugely appreciated!
Thanks for your support and for playing BrainGoodGames!
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Shout-out to Darkisbein from the Discord for tons of awesome bug testing feedback!
Discord invite link: discordapp.com/invite/UvyeDEN
Patch Notes:
GAMEPLAY
-When a new enemy is spawning and all available spawning locations are filled, one of your fish on the border will be removed randomly
-If you use the spyglass space with 3 artifacts, you gain 2VP instead
-Enemies now recalculate their paths when a new Anglerfish lantern face is placed on the board
-Modified artifacts to give 2VP when you pick one up with 3 artifacts already held
-Shallow waters squad now starts with 2 crabs and 2 seahorses
-Digging up a spyglass no longer triggers an enemy move
-X marks the spot can no longer spawn on half dug spaces
BUGFIXES/QUALITY OF LIFE
-Artifact names now show in artifact collection
-Fixed some issues where you could get stuck on the Team Up section of the tutorial
-Fixed bug that made it possible to stack finish artifact early popups
-Fixed null reference when finishing artifacts early
-Fixed issue with splitting an octopus 8 resulting in a 1 and a blank
-Fixed issue where artifacts could occasionally replace other already existing ones on the board
-Fixed bug where digging up coral would prevent you from using a die ability (like crab dig or roll new Blue Tang)
-Changed default placement match max from 10 to 15 (if you look at the relevant leaderboard first the max is set to whatever the 10th place score is)
-Made it so second Eel “1” move does not trigger enemy movement
-Fixed bug with passive artifacts showing “Discard the artifact without using the rest?” message
-Fixed bug with parachute not activating fish “1” abilities
-Large performance improvements
-Fixed bug with rank info tooltip showing up when XP quest popup was up
-Fixed issue with fish in tide pool showing their tooltips with popups up
You can grab Rolling in the Reef here.
Patch Notes:
GAMEPLAY
-Added small bonus to goals for each “1” they require
-Added 1VP to all dice goals (should make smaller ones more valuable relative to big ones)
-Angelfish “1” ability now creates a wild angelfish
-Angelfish “1” ability now triggers exploration points
-Anglerfish 1 ability now gives 2VP and a new fish rather than the regular enemy rewards
-Weekly challenge is now 6 rounds (was 8)
-If you have full artifacts, you can play on a space with an artifact and discard it for 1VP
-You can now use a wild die for the Split Pair artifact
-Digging up coral always sets the new fish to wild
-Killing a monster with a full pool now spends the dice before getting rewards
-Rerolling when discarding an artifact no longer costs 1 sun (Fixed bug)
-Clownfish 1’s no longer cost sunlight to place
-Dice cup now rolls a new die of the chosen type
-Enemies now update their path decisions when you check them or when they move
INTERFACE
-Placement matches no longer adjust your leaderboard rank
-Main menu school is now whatever school you last played with
-Added clarification text to monster tooltip
-Max rank from placement match is now whatever the #10 spot on the leaderboard for that school is (defaults to 10 if you never check the relevant leaderboard)
-Disabled saving in placement match (You can now press ESC to set your rank whenever you want to)
-Added code to try to detect unsupported resolutions (5:4, 4:3) and switch to 1280×720
-Fixed achieved Blue Tang achivement being colored in
-Regroup button changes to “End Game” on the last turn
Patch Notes:
-Fixed dice clatter sound being played twice on regroup
-Fixed angler fish goals not accepting angler fish
-Fixed Regroup 7 fish quest
-Wilds can now match anything as a pair to fight piranhas
-Wilds can now be played on any space (even next to a 2 and a 5 for example)
-You can no longer play ANY octopus on an 8 goal
-X-Marks space will no longer reappear in the same spot at the start of the next round
-Fixed quests not resetting after being rewarded
-Fixed rank total counting locked races
-Fixed buff two artifact to work like normal “+” for now (may try to let you get non-on-this-die pip values later)
-Added prompt to ask whether you want to sacrifice the rest of the artifact if you right click after playing part of it (like with Buff Two)
-Removed sunlight gained from gaining more than 16 fish in your tide pool
-Fixed being able to play 1s next to 8 (from octopi) on the board
-Removed ability to dig up coral and then slither off with eel
-Made enemies spawn quicker above rank 20 and in the Weekly Challenge
-Fixed a bug with gaining an artifact with an eel with no empty holders
-Fixed some typos
Have plans for a few gameplay tweaks for Saturday (when the Weekly Challenge changes over) so stay tuned for that!
