Let's! Revolution! news & patch notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash caused by Flawless passive while Japanese localization was selected. This would result in a crash any time you selected the Witch.
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen with Insight if you played through a run during the application lifecycle, then started a new Daily Challenge run with a character that starts with it.
• Minor improvements to gamepad reticle display

Greetings Revolutionaries! ✊ First off, happy Spring Steam Sale, Let's! Revolution! is currently 30% OFF 🎉 Our team has had a busy start to the year, preparing for a few big announcements. We are excited to share that Let's! Revolution! is coming to consoles on April 11th. It'll be available almost everywhere, including Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4/5, and Switch. Check our console announcement trailer: Next week some of our team will be travelling to Boston for PAX East because Let's! Revolution! was selected for the PAX Rising indie showcase. If you happen to be attending, please stop by and say hello and grab some LR Swag. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43791988/51e8b78b90bba5267630d4b1aafe524845921928.png Since this is our first post since the start of the year we want to thank everyone who supported the game last year. While we are still working hard to build a bigger audience, we couldn't be more proud of the initial response we received and the accolades we picked up last year. Much to our surprise, Let's! Revolution! turned out to be the #9 top-rated PC game on OpenCritic for 2023. When we started working on this title back at the start of 2022, we never would have thought that was possible! So thank you again, and keep up the good fight! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43791988/b7d46504382b25d28ba32a5176cda6359239196d.png

Our team is thrilled to announce that Let's! Revolution! has been nominated for an Annie Award for Best Character Animation in a Video Game. Our team @buck_design put so much heart into every frame of animation in this game; it's incredible to see that hard work recognized alongside the likes of Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-Man 2, Atomic Heart, and the remaster of Teslagrad.

Ready to turn your game dreams into reality at DreamHack Beyond? Let's! Revolution! is now available at 25% off. Perfect for those who've been dreaming about this game but haven’t snagged it yet. Also, for those of you who might have missed it, check out Kripp’s stream of Let's! Revolution! from October. It’s a replay, but like a good dream, it’s worth revisiting!

Greetings, Heroes-in-the-making! Are you ready to embark on an epic quest filled with puzzles, strategy, and a dash of revolution? Look no further! As part of the BE A HERO event at Stuttgart ComicCon, we're calling all brave souls to join the vibrant and challenging world of Let’s! Revolution! 🌈✨ For a limited time, from December 9th to the 19th, gear up and prepare to chase down a cowardly King in a realm buzzing with adventure – at a heroic 25% OFF! Why Join the Revolution? 🧩 Puzzle Meets Strategy: Dive into a roguelite puzzle mashup, where Minesweeper meets procedurally generated mazes. ⚔️ Turn-Based Combat: Face off against quirky foes in strategic battles. 🎲 Accessible Yet Deep: Whether you're a puzzle pro or a newcomer, our board-game inspired gameplay offers depth and accessibility. 🎨 Artistically Unique: Enjoy a world beautifully illustrated, brimming with satire and contemporary nods, crafted by our global team of artists. 🎼 Eclectic Sounds: Get immersed with original music and sound design by Antfood, featuring international talents. Art and Revolution – In creating Let's! Revolution!, we at BUCK have harnessed the creativity of over 30 artists, most of whom had never worked on a game before. This isn't just a game; it's a canvas where art meets play, where each level is a stroke of genius from an underrepresented artist, bringing to life themes of unrest and resilience. Innovative Gameplay – We've turned the traditional dungeon crawler on its head! Blending casual appeal with tactical depth, Let's! Revolution! offers a fresh take on turn-based strategy with an inviting look and feel. So, heroes, are you ready to take up the challenge? To laugh in the face of danger while untangling the puzzles of Beebom? Your adventure awaits! Grab your cape, sharpen your wits, and let’s start the revolution – with style, strategy, and a whole lot of fun. See you in Beebom City!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in the last patch where in-game Achievements display wasn't working
• Fixed minor issue with navigating language menu with controller

There's a lot about Let's! Revolution! our team is proud of, but we decided what truly makes this game stand out is the deceptively deep Minesweeper-inspired gameplay. If Let's! Revolution! was one of your favorite games of 2023 then please consider nominating us for Most Innovative Gameplay or any other category you think we're worthy of!

New Languages

• Added support for Korean and Japanese to languages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed postprocessing effects that were accidentally removed. This restores the red vignette effect when player health is low and also bloom effects.
• Fixed bug in which run timer could be seen on map generation screen
• Fixed mouse hitboxes for Library cards for traits with only two upgrade levels being in the wrong position
• Fixed bug in which Library energy costs could be wrong for School of Power or School of Knowledge abilities if you returned to the menu from an active run
• Fixed multiple minor issues while playing using a controller
• Fixed bug in which Follow Up could continue its effect between runs in rare cases

Daily Challenges

This major update adds a new game mode, the Daily Challenge. Here are some details on how it works: Once you've beaten at least one run at any difficulty you can access "Daily Challenge" from the main menu. Each day of the week features one character class with a new set of 3 to 4 starting abilities. For any particular date, the class and abilities are the same for all players. The Daily Challenge is typically harder than the normal game since you start with fewer abilities. Can you win a Shadow run without Backstab? What about using the Oracle without Teleport? In our experience, it feels like playing at least 2 difficulty levels higher than the normal game. Figuring out how to finish the run while utilizing new abilities is part of the fun! You can view and play up to a week of previous dates.

• Mondays: Trooper
• Tuesdays: Shadow
• Wednesdays: Oracle
• Thursdays: Charger
• Fridays: Hunter
• Saturdays: Witch
• Sundays: One randomized class of the six

The game stores some stats of your Daily Challenge runs. If you beat a run on your very first try (without losing or abandoning the run) you will be awarded a "First Try Win" and a sparkle will appear next to the medal you earned in the Daily Challenge menu. The game also stores your "Win Streak" and "Total Wins". All character classes and abilities are unlocked during the Daily Challenge regardless of your unlock progression in the main game. Playing the Daily Challenge will not earn green gems for unlocks.

Controller Vibration Added

Vibration effects have been added when playing the game with a controller or on Steam Deck. If you prefer the game without them they can be turned off with Settings>General>Vibration.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in which Throwing Knives restock cost at different upgrade levels was inconsistent (should always be 1 gold)
• Fixed Charger's portrait above the passives list being the Trooper's colors
• Fixed a bug where the Oracle or Witch could get trapped and have no moves available and not receive a Deus Ex Chovy Bubbleship Ticket
• Fixed bug in which the game would not save immediately after exiting Chovy's

We're thrilled to announce that Let's! Revolution! has been shortlisted and nominated for Game of the Year by the jury for the first SXSW Syndey Games Festival. Our team will be onsite in Sydney from October 18th to 22nd, demoing the game and attending the awards ceremony. If you call Sydney home or are coming to town for SXSW, stop by our booth to say hi and grab some Beebom-themed swag.

The reviews are in... Let's! Revolution! is Metacritic's #1 PC Strategy Game of 2023! Now's your chance to grab this top-rated strategy game of 2023 at its biggest discount yet, during Steam Strategy Fest, running from August 28th to September 4th. Need another reason to try it? Rock, Paper, Shotgun Editor-in-Chief Katharine Castle's review called the game... "Superbly presented with oceans of strategic depth, Let's! Revolution! is a spirited fantasy roguelite that gives Minesweeper a vibrant new lease of life." Worried it won't be challenging enough? Check out what Kyle LeClair from Hardcore Gamer said about it in his review... “Unique, challenging, deep, fun and even gleefully bizarre in certain ways, Let’s! Revolution! is a truly superb blend of puzzlers, strategy games and dungeon crawlers that easily makes for one of this year’s most pleasant surprises.” Still, need more convincing? Our free demo will be up through Strategy Fest!

Performance Updates

• Improved level generation so that higher NG+ levels will generate with a less choppy framerate, particularly on lower-powered machines.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in which when Mitzi reveals a cluster of non-road tiles with the same number, you could inadvertently reveal the King or another enemy if they were hidden in the cluster.
• Mitzi no longer always has 20 gold when you load a game (this was from Rich triggering incorrectly)
• "Uses per level" traits (ie Sneak, Magic Flute, Sixth Sense, etc) now save and load their uses remaining correctly
• Fully fixed bug in which the game flow would break if the King created too many bombs during the final boss fight (could only happen on high NG+ levels).

UI/UX Changes

• D-Pad works to move the scroll bar on Achievements screen
• English: Fixed copy issues with class descriptions (Hunter no longer refers to "mana" and all instances of "enemies" and "energy" are lowercase)
• Simplified and Traditional Chinese: Updated label of "Permanent Hidden Enemy Markers" in the Settings/Display menu

Gameplay Updates

• Snoop is no longer a free action to avoid exploit potential with Hunter's Momentum

We're thrilled (relieved 😅) to have had Let's! Revolution! Verified by Steam as a Great on Steam Deck. The game had been playable on Steam Deck since launch, but getting this final seal of approval required a few UI tweaks to make some small text more legible! So, Steam Deck or Desktop? Let us know your favorite way to play Let's! Revolution!

Engine Update

• Upgraded Unity engine to a later release. This may help with some crash and performance issues.

Bug Fixes

• Charge count saves and loads correctly. Previously was resetting to 0 each time you saved and loaded.
• Fixed bug in which Parry would not work properly with stunned enemies.
• Fixed soft lock on the final level if you had allowed the King to place enough mines.

UI/UX Changes

• Increased the size of fonts in many areas of the game to improve the experience on Steam Deck and playing on television.
• Updated description of Pacifist achievement to be more accurate for all languages.

Gameplay Updates

• Settings>Display>Permanent Hidden Enemy Markers allows you to play without the skull icons expiring when you hide enemies.
• Settings>Display>Visible Run Timer allows you to play with a run timer in the bottom right corner. This is the same timer used by the Make Haste achievement.
• Nerfed Flow State from 7 to 10 cooldown and from 4|5|6 slip time to 3|4|5 slip time

The inclusion of Let's! Revolution! in Wholesome Direct 2023 helped us build our audience in a big way. Who would have thought a game about knocking out a vile little King would fit so well alongside all the cozy games about serving tea to cute animals? We are thrilled to once again be part of a Wholesome event, their first ever Summer Games Celebration taking place July 31 - Aug 7. Stop by for deep discounts on released titles and free demos, including ours! If you want to stay on top of news for the game, of course, follow us on Steam, but also check out... Our Twitter (er Xwitter?) (written in the voice of the King) Our Instagram where we post press coverage and behind the scenes looks at the making of the game. Our TikTok where we desperately try to get more than 250 views per post! Need help defeating the King with the Oracle, or some tips on how best to use the Hunter's Momentum trait? Stop by our Discord to see what strategies players are talking about. And check out the recent coverage of the game since launch!

• Rock Paper Shotgun - Let's! Revolution! review: the fantasy Minesweeper roguelite you never knew you needed
• Digital Trends - The best video games of July 2023
• Game Developer - Postmortem: Transforming Minesweeper into a turn-based strategy roguelike

And thank you to all the content creators who have covered the game, here are some highlights... Did you discover Let's! Revolution through Wholesome Games? Let us know, we’re always curious how people are finding us!

Following our release week sale, we're bringing back the game's free demo for anyone interested in giving it a spin before buying. The demo features two of the six playable classes, the Trooper and Shadow, which you can try on Easy and Normal difficulty. Come try out the game that Rock Paper Shotgun called... "Superbly presented with oceans of strategic depth, Let's! Revolution! is a spirited fantasy roguelite that gives Minesweeper a vibrant new lease of life." Read the full Rock, Paper, Shotgun review. The demo will be available through Steam Strategy Fest (August 28th to September 4th).

This patch features fixes for a few typos and achievements. We also fixed some issues where traits could be combined into exploits we felt broke the spirit of the game. Stop by our Discord to let us know what you think of the updates.

Bug Fixes

• Painless achievement only unlocks on Normal difficulty or higher (matches description)
• Make Haste achievement only unlocks on Normal difficulty or higher (matches description)
• English: Pacifist achievement description is more accurate.
• English: Fixed typo in the description of Safe Mode.

Gameplay Updates

• Flow State now has a 7 turn cooldown instead of 6 for at all upgrade levels.
• Teleport at level 3 is no longer a Free Action, but instead costs 0 energy.
• Desperate Hour is removed from the Cymbidium trait pool, ie Shadow and Hunter can no longer get it. This is to prevent an exploit where you could easily get infinite free Backstabs.

First patch for the game, featuring minor fixes. No changes to gameplay/mechanics.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed count left of Throwing Knives not saving or resetting between runs correctly.
• Fixed bug with pressing back on controller while selecting resolution in the dropdown in Display settings
• Fixed misspelling of MItzi's name for a few languages

UI/UX Changes

• Larger font for resolution list in the dropdown in Display settings
• Improved language selection on controller.

We are so thrilled to finally release Let's finally! Revolution! into the world today! This has been a labor of love for all the developers and artists involved and we can't wait to see what you think of the game. If you like it, please consider leaving a positive review! It will help us get more visibility within the Steam ecosystem. Please let us know directly what you think on our Discord That's also the best place to reach us if you encounter any issues with the game or bad translations in the localization. If you're a content creator and would like to request a key for the game, you can do so here through Keymailer. Thank you to everyone who has supported and shown an interest in our game over the past 6 months, it made a huge difference for the team as we pushed through the final stages of development and marketing. Good luck! and have a happy revolution!

We just released the soundtrack for the game a day early on all major music platforms!! You can find it on... Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp Tidal Deezer (and others!) From Antfood, the game's composer/sound design team... The game's soundtrack takes players on an immersive adventure through the kingdom of Beebom, as they rise up against the despotic King. Each region in this retro-futuristic sonic landscape has its own unique sound. Phlox swells with lively melodies and dynamic percussion propel a spirit of discovery and adventure, whereas Cymbidium's ancient woodlands echo with churning chord progressions and mesmerizing melodies. In the mystical lands of Saffron, dreamy chords, ethereal choirs and ritualistic percussion create a sense of enchantment. Upon reaching Beebom City, the bustling and carnivalesque capital trumpets an enchanting festive atmosphere but listen closely for a nod to the kingdom’s darker undertones. Crafted across Antfood's 4 studios in New York, Amsterdam, Sao Paulo & Los Angeles, the masterful composition pays homage to 90s desktop game soundtracks, blending sample-based synths, acoustic percussion, and rich analog synthesis, creating a sonic tapestry that brings the game's concept, illustration, and gameplay to life.

Patch Notes v1.2.17

This is hopefully (*fingers crossed*) our last patch before our launch on 7/19.

UI and Controller Updates

• New designs for all controller input icons in the UI. Larger icons with higher contrast for more visibility. New design for "hold button" radial UI.
• Switch Pro Controller input is now correct: A is used for confirm and B is used for back

Gameplay Changes

• Nerfed Desperate Hour to giving 3|4|5 energy reduction instead of 3|5|7
• Shrouded and Investments now always round up to nearest whole number to determine how much gold they give

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in which moving sound settings sliders all the way left would not mute channels
• Fixed bug in which you could enter and exit pages of the ASM quickly on controller and break the tween animations
• Fixed bug in which sometimes a passive in the class selection screen would display values from the incorrect level
• Fixed bug in which class name in player UI could be wrong after continuing from a save
• Fixed not being able to access unlocked skill tooltips when playing on controller
• Fixed animation issues with menu transitions between main menu and class selection on controller.
• Fixed bug in which gem unlock track could not get reset to 0 and saved, allowing free unlocks.
• Fixed issues in which the Let's! Revolution! demo save data could effect the main app's data during Steam Cloud synching.
• Fixed controller bug in which you could switch to selecting abilities while a turn was resolving, resulting in an invalid selection state
• Fixed issues in which Hunter's Breather may not trigger during boss battle, despite all enemies being hidden.
• Fixed issue in which a piece of the parallaxing background art in Phlox was rendering in the wrong order.

We just de-activated the demo for Let's! Revolution! to prepare for the launch of the full game on July 19th. Thank you to everyone who checked it out. In 4 weeks since we released the demo over 5,000 unique players gave it a go and racked up over 3,800 hours of playtime! Many of your provided helpful bug reports and feedback for which we are super grateful. We also hit our goal of 10k wishlists, so thank you to everyone whose expressed interest in the full game. We can't wait for everyone to get their hands on the full experience - there's a lot more to discover. For anyone still using Twitter 🙃 we're doing a Steam key giveaway currently. All you have to do is give this tweet a retweet to enter - we're giving out 1 key per 10 retweets and we'll be sending out keys on the 19th. If you have feedback or questions about the game or just want to say hi to the dev and meet other players, please come by our Discord channel for the game.. Thanks!

Patch Notes v1.2.05

• Fixed bug in which the Shadow's Favor ability cost 0 gold and never increased in cost.

Patch Notes v1.2.04

• Memory Optimization: In an effort to fix some of the crash reports we've been getting which we suspect are memory related, we decided to push a major refactor of how the game handles memory that we have had in the works. Pros: Much smaller overall install size + more performant game. Con: This required changing most of the binary of the application, meaning that this patch will require nearly a full redownload of the game if you already had it installed (~500 MB). From here on out, patches should be much smaller though!
• Added preloading animations to initial boot and choosing to "Continue" a saved run.
• Fixed bug in which the full pool of barks the King can give at the start of the boss battle were not included. There should be many more now.

The dev team will be playing and chatting about all things Let's! Revolution! Join to ask questions and find out more about the making of the game. See you there!

The dev team will be playing and chatting about all things Let's! Revolution! Join to ask questions and find out more about the making of the game. See you there!

Patch Notes v1.1.02

• Fix for a bug in which the big dialogue box that the Smith and Gemma have could appear empty.
• Fixed English description for Shrouded passive

Patch Notes v1.1.01

• Fixed controller-based soft lock in which players could get into a state where their selection reticle could not select the continue button of the Gem distribution panel
• Fixed issue with cursor locking during application boot, if the player didn't have the app window focused.