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Hello Survival Typists!
We’re back with another update to your favorite typing game, and this one is literally game changing!
Roguelite Omens
We know that we could lean into the roguelite elements of the genre more, so we’ve completely overhauled our omens system. These omens are randomized at the start of every run, giving you randomized debuffs with an assigned difficulty depending on the trial level you are at. If you don’t like your omens, you can reroll for an unlimited amount of times until you get the ones that suit your strategy the best.
This opens up a whole new way for us to add content to the game, by adding different omens with each update. More on that in the next part!
Enemy Omens
Some of you like the Stalker enemy (the one that hides the letters) but some of you hate it enough to leave bad reviews (please don’t!) With the new roguelite Omens system, we’ve now made the Stalker enemy an omen, so you get to choose whether or not you want to deal with it!
This allows us to add more interesting or advanced enemy types in the future, with the flexibility of letting you opt out if you just don’t wanna deal with them. We have added the Wurm in this update. It’s a multi segment enemy with an impenetrable shield between each segment. Each segment needs to be killed in order to destroy it.
Chemical Augments
Players noted the lack of augments for the chemical tag, so we went ahead and discharged some augments for you to play with.
Vocabulary Boost
It’s been a while since we added new words to our base wordlists, so we’re adding 500 new words to some of our major official languages.
You are now Immortal in Relaxed Mode
We understand that some of our players are struggling with the game. We’ve tried to address this in previous updates, but it hasn’t quite addressed the concerns. So we’re making a big change and you are now immortal in relaxed mode. Practice typing and using the different weapons without fear of death!
CHANGELOG
BUGFIXES
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- Fixed some wrong highlight colors in UI.
- Removed archaic Thai letters from being randomized for bosses.
- Fixed trailing commas in Thai wordlist causing them to be untypable.
- Fixed Double Pinyin option requires game restart.
- Fixed consumables not switching to controller mode.
- Fixed Overmind Null Field bonus not applying properly.
- Fixed Blazing Glory bonus not applying properly.
- Fixed Necrobomb not triggering on Barrage.
- Fixed crash due to Cyphered Words omen.
- Fixed Augment Consumables not added on game start.
FEATURES
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- New sounds for Caltrops augment.
- New Omens (Weakened, Blind Type, Quick Recovery, Elite Presence & Shielded Enemies)
- New UI sounds for game start and omen reveal screens.
- New sounds for Pocket Turret augment.
- New sounds for Retribution augment.
- New sounds for Necrobomb loot.
- New sounds for Fireball augment.
- Added Active Omens tab to Run Information.
- Steam Workshop UI update in anticipation of visual and audio mods (not working yet)
- Added Wurm special enemy. (Wiki entry not complete)
- Moved Wurm and Stalker to level 2 Omens.
- New omen reveal UI layout.
- 10 new omens (more coming).
- First pass rogue-like Omen system. (More Omens will be added later)
BALANCING
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- Halved Jormungandr's health.
- Buffed Fireball damage by +20%.
- Relaxed mode renamed to Practice mode (only in English), and you now cannot die in it.
- Russian "ё"/"Ё" can now be typed with "e"/"E"
- Added updated Thai trigger characters and Poet paragraphs.
Hello Survival Typists!
We’re excited to share that we have some new ways for you to show your support for Glyphica : Typing Survival and aliasBlack.
Soundtrack Supporter Pack DLC
As some of you know, the inimitable sound team at Imba Interactive released the remastered soundtrack of Glyphica : Typing Survival on bandcamp previously. However some of you have requested to have it as a DLC here, and so we have provided. Owners of the game will get a 10% discount when buying the soundtrack.
Glyphica Merch Store
Some of you have also been asking about Glyphica merch, so we’re also soft launching a merch store! Currently the store has shirts, hoodies, mouse pads and mugs. We know it’s missing the obvious merch of a keyboard or keycaps, but we’re currently looking into that right now. Leave a comment if you’re someone who would be down for a group buy of a custom glyphica keyboard or keycaps.
That’s all for now folks. We’ll be back soon with an exciting new update!
Hello Survival Typists!
We’re back with another update to your favorite typing game! It’s a smaller update as we have been fixing bugs and working on a literal game-changing feature coming this summer.
Revamped Trial Selection Screens
Our original trial screen got a little too complex, and some information was missing, so we broke it up into different, bite size sections.
Consumable Shop
Now you can purchase your favorite consumable items before starting a trial! Not only are you better equipped before taking on a Trial, but you now have something else to spend all those coins on!
Avoid Word Overlap Option
In an effort to make words stack over each other less, we’ve enabled a new option where words move out of each others’ way. We know this may not be popular with everyone, so we’ve given you the option to activate in the settings menu.
CHANGELOG
New Gameplay Systems:
Anti-overlap system: Automatically moves words apart when they overlap. (Note: Feedback is requested on this feature).
Consumables Shop: A new shop interface has been added to the game.
"Midas Touch" Consumable: A new item available exclusively via the Consumables shop.
UI & Quality of Life:
New Setup Layout: Refreshed design for the "New Game" setup screen.
Volume Controls: Added audio settings directly to the pause menu.
Localization:
General update to all localization files.
Stability & Performance:
Fixed a crash occurring when attempting to load a mod without a specified path.
Improved framerates for Fireball augments, particularly on lower-end PCs.
Implemented a potential fix for the "afterimages" visual bug reported on some systems.
Gameplay & Logic:
Guardian AI: Added additional checks to the target acquisition script to prevent the Guardian from getting stuck.
Midas Touch: Fixed an issue where the reroll mechanic did not respect the Midas Touch effect.
Consumables: Fixed a bug where similar consumables were incorrectly added to the same stack.
Loot Balancing: Restored original Consumables drop rates (previously boosted for testing).
Localization Fixes:
Fixed various errors in the Russian localization.
Updated the Russian wordlist (corrected "фонера" to "Фанера").
Hello Survival Typists!
We’re back with another update to Glyphica. Our big addition to this update is Steam puts the power in the hands of our players. That’s right, we’re finally adding Steam Workshop!
Steam Workshop
With Steam Workshop you can now create custom wordlists that you can share with the world. You can use wordlists to do whatever you want, either making lists as a learning tool or adding your own poetry to the poet boss! The process for uploading a mod to Steam is a little bit complex, so we’ve prepared some documentation for you.
The big addition that Workshop brings is something we call multi-level wordlists. What this means is you can have a word that you are typing, and a reference word above it. So for example, you can do wordlists with translations in other languages! Here’s some examples:
Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Glyphica was not designed as a language learning tool so this will not be added in the main game. However we’re excited to give you this tool to play with on your own.
We’ve uploaded some official wordlists for you to play with. Once you have subscribed to a mod, go to the Language Section and select a Typing Language, where you select the mod you subscribed to.
Global Weapons Evolutions
We’ve also added global evolutions to the game. Global weapons offer the player a choice of reinforcing one weapon or choosing an evolution that improves a weapon tag that affects many weapons. For example a player might have a Minefield build with a focus on Explosive, but also has Spectre and Hunter as their other weapons. On the next Minefield evolution they may be given an option to lean into the Explosive Build, or Pick up a Global Drone Evolution.
That’s all for now, Survival Typists! We have some big plans coming up for the next update. But for now, we look forward to seeing all the cool mods you come up with!
Glyphica: Typing Survival Original Soundtrack is live right now on Bandcamp.
The album features 12 tracks from the game, remastered for standalone listening. You can enjoy the full soundtrack without needing to survive a single boss fight.
Put it on while you work, study, or type. Loop it in the background and let Glyphica set the rhythm. It might even boost your WPM.
Thank you for playing and supporting Glyphica.
Happy holidays!
Hello, Survival Typists!
This month’s update focuses on a new main weapon and a lot of work under the hood to build up for future releases. Without further ado, let’s get to it!
Wildcard brings a bit of randomness to your play. Each shot is randomly selected to have a different effect between heat, cold, kinetic, and electric. High level players will appreciate the fact that the wildcard evolutions allow you to combine their effects to create “combo weapons” if you time your shots correctly!
Our roadmap image has been a little out of date and so now it’s time to update it and tell you what else we are working on. As you can see in the roadmap, the release of Wildcard completes all of the Weapons we announced for the game. While we might be slowing down on releasing brand new weapons, we're diverting our attention to creating more evolutions to make each existing weapon deeper and more distinct
We still have a few augmentation codexes and also have more enemies and one last boss in store for you in an upcoming update.
Most of the major tasks in the game are done, with the only major thing left being adding Steam Workshop integration.
Most of the groundwork has been done for steam workshop integration. We want to refine it so you all have a smooth experience when using it and making and sharing your own custom wordlists. We’re planning to have this for you by the next update.
Traditional Chinese has now been added to the game, and we would love your feedback on it.
We are always paying attention to what our players are saying, and we are leaving ourselves a little room to add “just one more thing” to the game. When the time comes, we’ll be sure to share that with you.
Until then, happy typing!
CHANGELOG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUGFIXES
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Fixed Leaderboard crash.
Fixed Overmind Drones under construction abandoned on Trial completion.
Fixed Shotgun II not showing up.
Fixed Sparks causing crash on game start.
Fixed game crashing on load due to shader errors.
Fixed Splitters and Cerberus immune to Freeze Status Effect.
Fixed Cerberus crash due to attempting to look at a head's status effects when it's dead.
Fixed Wildcard Rate of Fire upgrade localization error.
Fixed Wildcard doesn't work with Oscillator and Chopper.
Fixed Wildcard not showing health and shield count.
Fixed Wildcard rotation not respecting pause.
Fixed Wildcard's first shot randomization on game load may select banned type.
Fixed Wildcard heat shot SFX not working due to typo.
Fixed damage-type-change Evolution descriptions not showing up
Fixed word rush buff lasts forever even after Word Rush as expired.
Disabled Wildcard in main weapon menu (will be re-enabled when ready).
Attempted shader fixes for MacOS.
Japanese Language Fixes:
Added Japanese-specific font.
Removed some trailing newlines in Augment descriptions.
Fixed bug in romaji generation that caused issues with repeated hiragana in a word.
Traditional Chinese Language Fixes:
Fixed wrong Chinese character used for "damage" in Bloodbath description.
Fixed Traditional Chinese replacing single characters instead of whole words in zhuyin.
Fixed wrong punctuation used in one of the Simplified Chinese Poet passages.
Fixed error in Traditional Chinese language name.
Reduced font size of Traditional Chinese phonetics symbols.
BALANCING
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Removed range indicator from Storm Battery because it might be confused with Sentry's.
Pinata now gives +20% loot frequency instead of +2% loot chance.
Reduced damage and range for Wildcard Fragmentation II, also reduced Rate of Fragmentation explosions.
Shader errors will now also show in Red-Screen-Of-Death
FEATURES
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Wildcard Integration:
First pass for Wildcard Main Weapon.
Added Wildcard sounds.
Added SFX for Wildcard Fragmentation Evolution and Heat shot.
Added some additional animations for Wildcard Heat shot.
Added Wildcard Evolution icons.
Updated Wiki with Wildcard entry.
Updated Steam Rich Presence with Wildcard.
(Pending) Updated Steam Achievements with Wildcard.
Kinetic Augment:
First pass for Kinetic Augment Codex.
Added Kinetic Augment icons.
Language Support:
First pass Traditional Chinese (zhuyin/bopomofo) added.
Gemini and Jormungandr now work with Traditional Chinese.
Poet now works in Traditional Chinese.
All officially supported languages updated.
Updated Wiki and Steam Rich Presence with new languages.
(Pending) Updated Steam Achievements with new languages + Overmind.
Hello, Survival Typists!
It’s crazy to think that it has now been more than one year since the Early Access launch of Glyphica : Typing Survival. We want to thank the almost 80,000 players who have bought the game and given us 89% positive reviews. More than that, we appreciate everyone who has given feedback here and on Discord to help guide the team on how to develop the game further. Before we go into what we’re doing for this update
2 New Main Weapons
We launched the game with Repeater and Heat Ray, and followed it up with Barrage in Update 1 and Splattershot in Update 4. Each main weapon is hand crafted to offer a different play style, and we’re unveiling a new one with this update.
3 New Bosses and More Enemies
The bosses are the second most popular element of the game, with players usually having one boss that is their favorite to hate on. Since launch, we’ve added Cerberus, Jormungandr, and Gemini to the list of big bads that ruin your typing experience. On top of that, we added new pesky enemy types like the Splitter.
Augmentations
These were added very early on in the game and have been expanded on with almost every update. Augmentations allow the player to fully specialize their build and match their playing style.
New Level Up Weapons and Evolutions
More level up weapons like the orbiter and guardian have been added over time, each with unique weapon evolutions. Some evolutions are only accessible if you have 2 specific weapons, can you find out which ones?
Statistics and Leaderboards
We added these tools for those that want to track their typing improvement in-game!
Music and Color Themes
We added new color themes and soundtracks for people who want custom jams or colors to suit their moods.
New main Weapon : Overmind
Taking cues from RTS games, the Overmind is the strategist’s favorite weapon, as it allows the survival typist to strategically target multiple enemies at the same time. High level players can use the Overmind to target problem areas strategically to pull them out of tight situations.
Super Relaxed Mode
We always listen to feedback from our players, and quite a few of you were asking for a much more relaxed mode for chilling out or even language learning sessions.
Balancing
We hear the issues players have with the difficulty of bosses, so we’ve made the difficulty scaling more manageable after the boss spawns. Loot drops are also time based instead of chance based now, so there’s a more consistent supply of loot.
While our Steam demo has now been out for a while, the big thing we were working on these past couple of months is our web based demo. We know that the best typing games and apps like nitrotype and monkeytpe are freely available on the web.
While we believe that the gameplay we have integrated into the typing game genre deserves a premium price, being on the web is the most frictionless way of getting the game in people’s hands.
So if you know someone who would be a fan of the game but needs a little bit of convincing, go ahead and link them to playglyphica.com They’ll be able to play the endless mode for Repeater as many times as they like, with all the colors and themes available in the full game.
Closing
That’s it for now, Survival Typists. We’ll have another update for you before the end of the year. Until then, happy typing!
CHANGELOG
BUGFIXES
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- Fixed Hunter Seeker Mines endlessly chase Jormungandr boss.
- Fixed resume game doesn't immediately apply loaded upgrades.
- Fixed Spoils Augment localization wrong in a few languages
- Fixed Spoils from spawning loot in boss blocked areas.
- Fixed Spoils and Scapegoat do not affect Overmind drones
- Fixed Medkit healing not as described
- Fixed main menu main weapon selector arrow doesn't respect resolution
- Fixed leaderboards-related crash if Steam is not running.
- Fixed Spectres and Overmind not causing status effects
- Optimized Lighting drawing so it runs faster on weaker CPUs.
- Fixed healthbar double resolution scaling issue.
- Fixed main weapon radius is double resolution scaled.
- Fixed crash due to Orbiter collision script getting a nullpointer return.
BALANCING
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- Increased general pickup duration.
- Make relaxed mode even easier.
- Add thicker East Asian font for low resolutions.
- Make loot drops time-based and more regular.
- Lowered threat increase after boss spawns.
- Force consumables to always generate 4-letter (or equivalent) word.
- Lowered requirements for word typed achievements.
FEATURES
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- Added Retry button to Summary Screen.
- Added Double Pinyin option for Simplified Chinese.
- Added Ukrainian language.
- Added Catalan language.
- Added Russian language.
Hello, Survival Typists!
We had promised for a while that we would get a new demo up. We prioritized getting new content and features into the game first, but now the Steam demo is ready! We believe in the concept of Glyphica, and so we want people to get a taste of it first before committing to buying it. We have even more plans for rolling out this demo to more people, and here’s a sneak peek at what we’re working on next :
We’re pairing the release of the demo with a 25% discount, so that once you’re hooked this week, you have a nice little discount to get the full game. More than 75,000 people have bought and enjoyed it, so we hope you join the fun.
We’ll be back next month for a proper update. Until then, happy typing!
BALANCING
Reduced threat gain after boss spawn.
FEATURES
Added Catalan language. Happy Catalonian National Day!
BUGFIXES
Prevent uppercase characters from appearing in wordlist unintentionally.
Fixed crash in Orbiter by adding a safeguard in collision script.
Fixed crash due to attempting to upload leaderboard scores while offline.
BUGFIXES
Fixed Orbiter not triggerable in Korean language.
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