Spellcaster University news & patch notes

Hello everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that we’re part of a bundle with the newly released Wizdom Academy, now in Early Access! So if you're in the mood for twice the magical school goodness, this bundle is worth every gold coin! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51880/The_Magic_Campus/

Hello, headmasters and headmistresses of magic schools! :cutedragon: It’s been a long time! Sorry for the long silence. Here’s a small balance and bug-fix update (see the non-exhaustive list at the bottom of this post). This is also a technical update, paving the way for a major expansion coming later this year. This expansion will allow us to deliver the final, definitive version of Spellcaster University. This game has been a labor of love for us, but the time has come to move on to new video game projects. This expansion will let us wrap up the adventure properly. A quick word as well for those who interacted with us throughout development: for the past two years, we’ve been very quiet. Various family reasons (and perhaps, paradoxically, a need to take a breather after the incredible reception Spellcaster University received—thank you again!) led us to gradually step back from communication, though not from development, which continued at a slower pace. For a long time, we hesitated to create an expansion for Spellcaster University. We had plenty of ideas but feared overloading an already rich game. However, as time passed, we refined our vision and arrived at something we truly like. I’ll be sharing some visuals of what’s coming “soon.” Balance:

• The chance to gain the Heroic trait from the Heroic Statue increases from 3% to 4%.
• Increases the efficiency of the Future Heating Boxes by 25%.
• Increases the effects (both positive and negative) of the Tentacle artifact by 20%.
• Doubles the effect of the Old-fashioned trait.
• Doubles the effect of the Ugly trait.
• Doubles the effect of the Aggressive trait.
• Doubles the effect of the Unshakable trait.
• Doubles the effect of the Resilient trait (outside of dungeons).
• Doubles the effect of the Brave trait (outside of dungeons).
• Increases the effect of the Green Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• Increases the effect of the Blue Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• Increases the effect of the Black Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• Increases the effect of the Purple Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• Increases the effect of the White Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• Increases the effect of the Turquoise Dragon's Blessing by approximately 30%.
• The Bloody Curse now accelerates reputation loss by 20% instead of 10%.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused excessive CPU usage when displaying the in-game date.
• The student information panel no longer briefly appears with incorrect stats before updating on the first frame.
• In all languages (except French), fixed a missing space in the graduation ceremony text.
• Reduced the risk of students getting stuck on certain maps (especially in the mountain and volcano).
• General optimization by disabling unnecessary background debugging tools.

Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that Spellcaster University is 50% off for Deckbuilder Fest! Get ready to build the greatest school of magic the world has ever known. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/d2ddd55788c96cc54bf70e049b00cb88fa397686.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/f7816011bfacafbf070debd204861cf6cbdfb126.png Happy holidays to all school headmasters! We're continuing to prepare new products for you, slowly but surely, despite the ups and downs of life. A few hints of what's to come have crept into this image. ːsteamhappyː We wish you lots of happiness and magic! :cutedragon:

:cutedragon: :cutedragon: :cutedragon: Just a short message to announce the release of a new update for Spellcaster University. On the program, various optimizations and bug fixes, some visual improvements (especially for clouds), some comfort improvements (possibility to save your coats of arms/houses, summary panel of your school's teachers), and finally possibility for a fee to fire your teachers to get a new draw. :fatpegasus: :fatpegasus: :fatpegasus: It has now been roughly 1 year and 9 months since we came out of early access, and about 3 and a half years since Spellcaster University existed with its first appearance on Steam. That's... a long time. So, it's time for us to move on. We'll be announcing good news about the future of Spellcaster University soon, which we hope you'll enjoy. We'll tell you more soon! :councillor: :councillor: :councillor: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/44fe17f475797aa755c1bbbd10033b0809157f29.png The teachers panel, with the possibility to fire them {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/7628f780606e224cd8d2d4804bca92982352fb12.png Coat of arms save options

Hello all mages, witches and other demonists, :fatpegasus::fatpegasus::fatpegasus: Today we made available a major new content update. We talked about it in terms of free DLC, but concretely everything is added directly into the game, you don't have to do anything. To benefit from all the new features, it is better to start a new game. If you are in the middle of a campaign, most of the new features will only be available from the next level. The new features do not change the main mechanics, you may have to explore the decks to discover them. The big new features are two new rooms with unique mechanics, fifteen new pieces of equipment and the cards that go with them. A new artifact and brand new futures as a bonus. I won't go into details, I'll let you discover. This is the biggest update since 1.0. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/df0fb20ebbe450647d02f9d0b89ca5a3f08e61f2.png If you want to find out what's new, you'll find a changelog (absolutely not complete) in English in the game. :cutedragon: We hope you will like it! :cutedragon:

Hello to all magic school directors! Just a quick announcement about the new free content we've been talking about for a while. We're in the final stages of completion, with the final translations still to be added. The good news is that we can announce a final release date. The bad news is that it's still a bit delayed. The update will be released between April 7 and 14. We thank you for your patience. We're sorry, but the team is very bad at restricting what is reasonable to do, and we always have a little tidbit we want to add, a little improvement, etc... In the meantime, here are a few more pictures of what's coming in April: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/1296660b1e221d3e913f8305e86e6fc6e226d361.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/e7f16f6a362e7dd478dc5a2f0f862919147fa228.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/dc973b4f78c48d2c6f0606671fc8f8232fe2ae8c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/7f49e472d478ed615c419757f6057d8e855d7374.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ac30311c9e4c578f143467b5b996f249abaeabe1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/db3bb82bd013c63fc19b31a8d8a546a2bd3f7a25.png

Halloween update

Two days ago we released a special update that introduces a series of small seasonal events spread throughout the year. We've also made some fixes, optimizations, and added some graphical variety to the castle balconies. It's a small update while waiting for the free DLC. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ece5c54c67fc008d86c28564aec24698805cd39e.png

News about the future free DLC

On the other hand, we are still working on this free DLC, which should be released in the near future, and this is the opportunity to show you some of the new features to come. First of all, this free DLC will double the number of pieces of equipment available for your students. They bring new powers to maximize the performance of your students, and some will help you in the dungeon phases! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/b7b8610bff66c8bc183c4fb64d803e07edc2d6ec.png We are also preparing the arrival of two new rooms. First of all, the much requested common room, which will be associated with one of your houses and will take its colors (image of the room under development): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/7caf44a17d1f8c3bfbd8f13793479c1c927ee301.png And then, the stadium, the first room occupying four boxes. We'll keep you guessing about the sport that is practiced there, but I promise it doesn't involve flying brooms (image of the room under development). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/d7d9382cb0adf0e552b900e321b4505df3651692.png And on top of all that, there will be new dungeon encounters, new futures, a new language (Korean), and always new fixes. We've been a bit ambitious with this update, and it's taking a bit longer than expected. We're sorry about that, but we're putting all our heart into making sure you like it!

This is the 1.00! The whole team would like to thank all the players who participated in the Spellcaster University early access. The game has evolved a lot in almost two years thanks to you. But this is not the end of the road. We will continue to work on Spellcaster University: in addition to the updates that will fix the inevitable bugs that will be reported to us, we will be releasing a free DLC in autumn that will focus on magic items and student equipment. And we have other ideas for the future. Thanks again to everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ceca4d4adad20cec9666c8b09b90a7d0c6941156.png New(major): Some events offer your students the opportunity to go on an expedition. Select your champions and guide them through the dungeons to collect loot. This brand new module includes spells, illustrations, specific events, and many other things. New(major): New music, for days, nights and dungeons. New: New variable objectives to renew your games. New: Many new languages. New: New events. New: Display of the levels won on the global map. New: Possibility to take back in hand the played artifacts. New: The speed can now be controlled with the numeric keys. New: Phoenix artifact boost dungeon expeditions. New: Orc hound beat your students to motivate them. New: New UI sounds. New(major): Soundscapes for each region. New: Barricaded doors for unused access to rooms (purely aesthetic). New: Unique first names and surnames for each type of student. New(major): Help book with a lot of information. New: The stat book has been revamped, with more and more stats! New: The general stat panel is accessible from the game. New: New sounds for animations (like guinea pigs roaming the corridors). New: New animations of injury and madness for students. New: More equipment on the 2D portraits. New: New 3D visual for graduating students. They no longer mysteriously disappear from your school. Balance(major): Lots of adjustments on the effect of rooms, artifacts and equipment. Balance: Some artifacts have a new effect that increases the efficiency of students in dungeons. Balance: Some traits have a new effect that increases (or decrease !) the efficiency of students in dungeons. Balance: The witch cat is now less effective (approximately 33% less effective). Balance: Speed of advance of the evil adjusted to correspond to the modifications of the 1.0. Balance: Resource quests are now more difficult. Fix(major): Fixed a serious problem that made the game have a 1 in 5 million chance (precisely!) of crashing each time the random number generator was used. Fix(major): Optimization of CPU consumption by reducing the number of operations performed in each cycle (such as unnecessary UI refresh). Fix: Lots of various small fixes that we haven't seriously listed. Fix: Pieces of equipment require at least one point in the magic involved to be equipped. Fix: The Fir Ent card is now in the Nature deck rather than the base deck. Fix: Changes in the advance of the forces of evil are now expressed as a percentage. Fix: Organic rules now work as expected. Fix: Full screen is not inverted anymore (it was a very stupid bug anyway...). Fix: Forbidden characters on the different OS can no longer be used to name a school. Fix: Improvement of the navmesh of the mountain level. Fix: Easier (a bit) to place gazebo. Fix: It is easier to select sleeping students (even if it is disrespectful to their sleep). And a lot of other stuff that we didn't take the time to list in this changelog!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/6c464656f019fe9258748e157b43e42485e0a404.png Just a little announcement to let you know that the release time is 07:00pm (Europe), 01:00pm (USA) and 01:00am (June 16) (Beijing). If you are interested in the game, wait for this time to buy it, there will be a 20% discount ːsteamhappyː.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/9dd16cec3467ef0aee07b85d6da66fdcaa6500be.png Hello everybody, We're getting very close to the end of Early Access, which will happen on June 15th. This is a major milestone for the whole team, and we wanted to give you an update on what it means for you, the players.

• :cutedragon: Version 1.0 offers a wide range of improvements and new features. We'll let you know the details on June 15, but among the big news, get ready to explore dungeons with your best students.
• :fatpegasus: This does not mean that it will be without balancing issues and small bugs. The team will stay full time on the game for a some more months to make sure to provide the necessary updates.
• :flyingguineapig: And even after that, it doesn't mean that we are dropping the development of Spellcaster University. On the contrary. In the fall we will offer all players a major free DLC that we will be working on until then. New cards and new equipment are on the way. And we've got more ideas for what's next!
• :councillor: We will keep a close eye on the new dungeon system. It's very young, and we're ready to adjust and balance what needs to be adjusted.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/a2c83190186f4a766dff42dbd3599c9d47885aa2.png To prepare for this release, we have put the game's soundtrack on sale. All the music composed for Spellcaster University is here, including all the new tracks made for the end of the early access. Feel free to check it out if you want to support us. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657380/Spellcaster_University_Soundtrack/ Finally, some visuals of the new dungeon system. It's a kind of mini-game that will allow you to capitalize on your best students, and to differentiate the role of the different magics. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/0670d6353bf04c58c114bf1128199effee72b47f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/35c50dd285c76bd1adc0ce636be36a0419896a64.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/7f069c085ff681271f06090a38ef3bcd7b4eea95.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/3abc005a5e0c387cc12ed080ca75f8a9ab2f3853.png Thank you all! And a special thanks to all the magic school directors who have been with us since the beginning of the early access! :cutedragon::cutedragon::cutedragon:

Greetings to all magic school directors. Today we have a small announcement to let you know a few things about the immediate future of Spellcaster University. The first thing we wanted to tell you is that the pace of updates is going to decrease significantly, because unless there are major bugs, the next update will be 1.0 and the release of early access. When will this final release take place? It is not yet fixed, but expect something between 2 and 4 months. We will announce a definitive date soon. What does this mean for you, dear magic school directors?

• new events new languages (a priori we are targeting: Spanish, Polish, Korean, Japanese, German) in addition to those already available *] a completely rewritten version of the English version *] more improvements of UI
• and a big extra addition to enrich the gameplay. For now, here's just a little preview of what's coming... we'll keep the surprise for now.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ae001ea13d2ffc76c4f42eeaf6ff396c4b204e58.png But what is it? What are these creatures? Well, let's say your students are going to have some extra work! But we'll talk about that later in detail. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/3041e2d6521d3214b7afa632b75710d25da2fb32.png An improvement of the world map under development. Finally, we would like to make it clear that the 1.0 release does not mean the end of Spellcaster University's development. We still have quite a few community-suggested improvements that we would like to add. Even though we won't be able to do "everything"! Thanks to all of you!

A smaller update, but one that will still allow you to improve your teachers and offers you some new features of UI. But in the meantime, in the shadows, we are working towards the advent of 1.0... Thank you again for your support. We're approaching the end of early access, and the game has come a long way in a year and a half, thanks to your feedback !

• New: display of the number of identical cards played at the time of selection (probably the feature we have been asked for most since the beginning of the early access!), will only be accurate on new games.
• New: end game info panel.
• New: 5 new cards to specialize your teachers (one per magic school).
• New: buffs logo for elves, deep-ones and half-orcs.
• New: more events.

• Balance : Sign of the Very Old Ones is much less effective (60% less).
• Balance : Impact of the deep-one on the progress of the evil is much less effective (60% less).

• Fix: fix a bug when the old teacher archetype clean a wall.
• Fix: no more artifact placement sound at game loading.
• Fix: global statistics are now well recorded at the end of a campaign.
• Fix: end-of-game achievements are enabled.
• Fix: student blocking on the cloud map fixed.
• Fix: typos.
• Fix: students no longer get stuck in the crypt.

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A new update with new content and gameplay additions ! We also integrate the Steam cloud. We've always tried to ensure backward compatibility of savegames, but adding the Steam Cloud can eventually lead to some problems. We have tried to anticipate all possible scenarios, but if this update should cause you to lose access to your savegames, do not hesitate to report it here https://github.com/JulienNigon/SpellcasterUniversity-Bug-Report/issues. We will do our best to help you recover them. :fatpegasus: New: 8 new musics :fatpegasus: New: 25 new futures: 5 per magical people (deep-ones, elves, vampires, werewolves and half-orcs) :fatpegasus: New: 7 new traits for teachers (former adventurer, love his job, learned...) :fatpegasus: New: Steam Cloud for saved games :fatpegasus: New: Levels of reputations with the factions granting you various bonuses and maluses. :fatpegasus: New: Manywings artifact, a weird creature very useful for alchemy. *** * Balance: event of the visit to the peasants rebalanced. * Balance: "Skull" artifact is half as effective now. * Balance: conditions to obtain a ghoul modified (because similar to the marionetist). * Balance: the acceleration factor of the evil beyond the normal time of a gameis increased from 280% to 380%. This means that if your game lasted twice as long as the "normal" time, the evil is moving at 380% of its normal speed. *** * Fix: the "Demanding" trait now works correctly. * Fix: the curves in the statistics book no longer go completely out of whack when a save is resumed. * Fix: it is no longer possible to accumulate several pieces of equipment on the same location (e.g. several staffs, several medallions, etc...) * Fix: when loading a save the students appear directly with their equipment. * Fix: the thaumaturges do not make any more mana with each recruitment of a new student. * Fix: the belvedere can be placed in mirror. * Fix: typos and ressources logo not showing when needed.

A new alternative way to win for the last level, giving you more options. It is essentially based on being a generalist in your mana production, and on having a bit of luck. We will pay attention to your feedback to balance it in the next patches. We also added a whole set of statistics and logos for futures. We hope you'll like it!

• :cutedragon: New: new alternative ending.
• :cutedragon: New: new global statistics panel (in main menu). WARNING : The stats are only recorded since this update.
• :cutedragon: New: new logo for all the futures.
• Balance: delaying the progress of evil by visiting zombies is a bit more expensive.
• Balance: strong acceleration of the Dark Lord's speed of arrival when the "normal" time of the game is exceeded. It is always possible to delay it greatly, but this will complicate infinite strategies.
• Fix: less stressful sound for the volume control bars.
• Fix: the advance of the forces of evil can no longer be negative.
• Fix: correction of the transmutation mode (abnormal behavior of decks on several consecutive games).
• Fix: buying a crypt from zombies now consumes mana correctly.
• Fix: multiple objectives are correctly loaded and validated at the beginning of a new game.
• Fix: Fairy Dragon now count as a dragon for quest purpose.
• Fix: no more characters stuck in the pit of the assassins' arena.
• Fix: displaying high level pieces of equipment no longer bugs in the stats book.
• fix: text and zoom on card selection bug when hand too big.
• Meta: uploading assets for the future "Donjon Project"

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And here's another fix! Several crashes have been fixed. All the saves should be backwards compatible, so don't hesitate to open again your saved games that were possibly unstable. This is especially true if you had a crystal ball in your magic school: it was quite buggy... Thanks for your support, we'll see you soon for the next content update!

We have just deployed a patch that should considerably improve the management of saved games for MacOS users. Options and challenges should also be saved correctly from now on. Sorry for these bugs and a big thank you for your patience. :cutedragon:

It took a while. It was the first stage of the roadmap and we are still a bit late, but here is a new content update! It focuses on new non-human students and the items that go with it. Don't be surprised if you don't come across them directly in your new games, they are rare until you have the artifacts that attract them. New artifacts are not detailed in this changelog, we let you discover them by yourself... New: Students could now be Elf. New: Students could now be Half-orc. New: Students could now be Deep-one. New: 9 new artefacts (often related to new students types). New: 3 new objects to wear for your students. New: 3 new recruitment cards (elf, half-orc, deep-one). New: tooltips with information on the potential regions in which the university could be established. New: MacOS 64 bit support. Balance: natural dissipation rate of aberrations halved. Fix: werewolf hair are now correctly colored. Fix: choirboy, undertaker and knight assistant are correctly labelled as instantaneous. Fix: global performance improvement on interface elements Fix: it is now possible to manually save in all levels, including the forest or the lake. Fix: the shadow-weaving spider works (at last) correctly. Fix: Inquisitor future no more affected by elementalism. Fix: Exorcist future has been purified and will not cause any more crashes. Meta: collectable steam cards now available. Thanks for your support <3

Today, from 2:10pm to 2:40pm (CET) the Spellcaster University dev team will be live with MisterMV and Maghla, as part of the Games made in France event! The stream will be in French. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/cb2a20480be7c7c98aea7df5e69186d4eb5fded0.png

Hello to all the directors of magic schools. Here is a new roadmap for Spellcaster University. We've been overhauling a lot of things. We've been giving a lot of thought to the pace and replayability of the game over the past few months and our internal testing is quite encouraging. As usual, if our players come up with some great ideas, we might be able to adjust our schedule to make room for them! This means that these dates are not static (those who remember our first roadmap are fully aware of this ;) ). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/dd558f56d256b9d773e83acea619167627e3ccaa.png The next update is coming very very soon. Some pictures of what's waiting for you: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/d554c2aba0cbb0c1588d3b9f918735ff3e971478.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/98b4267e1ac7d6393308f84494ef9ee558f93170.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/6e0fd3472b79513e215c511717b817d2f20e15c8.png

We are very pleased to announce that Spellcaster University is now available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), thanks to our partner WhisperGames. To celebrate this, the game will be on promotion for one week. And more translations will follow! The addition of these languages is accompanied by a series of patches. It is mainly a technical update (patches and engine improvements). The next one (which will arrive this autumn) is already dense in content, with 10 new artefacts and equipment and three new races for your students. Thank you for your support! Changelog

• New: simplified chinese available
• New: traditional chinese available
• New: particle effect when playing a card giving mana.
• Balance: the gain offered by the various learning artifacts has been standardized (which actually increases the effectiveness of some of them, such as the hourglass).
• Balance: Ingredient cards no longer provide prestige, unlike other cards, when played.
• Fix: removal of a bug causing slowdowns and sometimes crashes on the desert and turtle maps.
• Fix: correct arrangement of buffs when a character has a lot of them.
• Fix: removed a visual bug that made it look like arcane magic was always forbidden.
• Fix: voice is now played as intended in french cinematic.
• Fix: Tree Protector future no more affectnegative mana gain.
• Fix: Runomancer future no more affectnegative mana gain.
• Fix: The artifacts are no longer affected by the pedagogy of a potential teacher.
• Fix: removed character stuck in village map.
• Fix: fix an instability created by the Observatory.
• Fix: Library artefact renamed Bookshelf (to avoid Library artefact to have the same name as the... Library room)
• Fix: The transmutation challenge now correctly increases the effectiveness of the potions.
• Meta: rewriting and cleaning of a specific part of the game for a big addition to the gameplay. Warm up your wands! But I won't say any more for now.

Hello everyone. We announced on some networks the release of a new update today, including Chinese translations, as well as a promotion. Unfortunately due to a technical problem we have to postpone it for a few hours. The update and promotion will take place in 9 hours (at 10:00 am PST and 01:00 am in Beijing). Sorry for the wait. See you soon!

We are very happy to participate in the TinyTeams festival organized by Yogscas! It's a festival full of indie games developed by very small teams. For the duration of the event the game is at -10%, and it's also a great opportunity to discover a whole bunch of original creations made with passion. The festival is here: https://bit.ly/TinyTeams20 ːsteamhappyː {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ad3c50e6025a0c61e762cc70de5967bc319f2c35.png I would like to take this opportunity to give you some information about our (tiny) team and the advancement of Spellcaster University. There's two of us on the team.There's my sister, who handles all the artwork, and there's me, the developer who's writing this post. It's very familial. From time to time we get help from family and friends for some tasks (Our artist brother made the music!), but all development and design is done by both of us. We've been on the project for more than two years, full time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/bd187fc945bb52fc34c3d3a3d737dd61f50ca9d9.png At the moment we are preparing the final release of Spellcaster University. There are still many things to do, and there are still some surprises and features to reveal between now and then. For the moment we still can't give a date. Part of the engine is being re-written to improve stability and performance. We are also working with partners to bring new languages into the game. And of course we are planning new content! Here's a little preview that I stole from my graphic designer ;) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/954bbc609675484ba0ab7900729f00f153017509.png Thanks for reading !

And here's our biggest content update since we started early access. Each room now has an improved visual as it evolves. That' s combined with a system of room upgrades that allows you to activate specific bonuses with the levels of your rooms. Ten new artefacts also join the game, and unlock themselves by playing the campaign in "Challenge" mode, which changes some of the rules of the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/ce337781908a809cdfd5538950ed314c99849cb3.png New : enhanced room improvement system. Earn points and unlock new options for your rooms by playing the room card again. New : Challenge mode, allowing to unlock new cards in all your games. Ten new artifacts to unlock. New : 30 new room options (ranging from "Oath of protection" to "Abyss Portal") New : Artifact "Painting" {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/228daf5e12b36a1d4674daa4e07bb3c5826d3367.png Balance : chance of a positive outcome to the administrative dungeon event doubled. Balance : some events of the final "war victory" events now a bit easier. Balance : "Astrolabe" renamed "Armillary sphere" (because it's an armillary sphere and not an astrolabe, so it's a better name !) Balance : chances of magical aberrations dissipating on their own are reduced by 25%. Balance : chances of magical aberration apparition raised by 25%. Balance : "cristal ball" effect has been changed. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33779302/557933ca5681087cba711a6a14eb46ae9ac3880b.png Fix : massive performance upgrade when looking at a character sheet. Fix : "Bloody Curse" now work correctly for every kind of ennemies (not only orcs). Fix : "Child-eater bed" now work as expected. Fix : settings window resizes correctly with variable resolutions. Fix : Archimage future conditions fixed. Fix : remove a crash because of water shader on greenhouse room. Fix : remove a bug with quest in the stats book. Fix : cards are now blocking raycast selection (you will now more pick a student by clicking on a card). Fix : events linked to the scriptorium are now working as expected. Fix : remove a bug on Pegasus that made him far too effective. Fix : remove a strange visual artifact from the options menu. Meta : Upgrading the translation manager to allow for easier new translations of the game, and a better use of memory.

New : a new teacher for your school, she pays close attention to unruly students but doesn't always follow the magical safety rules. Balance : normalization of component-generating artifacts (random component-generating artifacts are less efficient now, and other artifacts are more efficient now). Balance : recalculated ingredient generation system that makes winning combos a little less efficient, and removes the artificial limitation to two ingredients on hand. Balance : chance to get magical aberration increased by 4%. Balance : impact on evil advance when visiting orcs (third answer) reduced from 5% to 3%. Balance : reputation cost when visiting orcs (third answer) raised from -35 to -40. Balance : Trophy Room artifacts efficiency reduced from 100% to 50% (yeah... it's a huge nerf, but we must do it). Balance : teachers strike for coffe machine time reduced from 400s to 300s. Fix : cumulative malus cannot produce negative learning anymore (a minimum rate has been set). Fix : remove a bug on dragging cards when loosing focus of the game. Fix : save menu show all saved games (even when there are a lot of saved games). Fix : remove some "stuck in the wall" bugs related to lateral rooms. Fix : corrupted saved game should no more block loading of another game. Fix : teachers hat, beard and hairs are now correctly outlined. Fix : remove a bug where changing alignment through item is always triggered. Fix : remove a bug where becoming syndicated through item is always triggered. Fix : cards dustbin no more stucked. Fix : global buff (like teachers strike) are now correctly removed. Fix : saved games now encoded in UTF-8. Should avoid corrupted files on some mac, some rare OS and in Korea (no jokes). Fix : remove a crash when speaking to the Adventurers Guild. Fix : remove a bug when right-clicking and moving students between houses. Fix : the grimoire artifact no longer gives bonuses to teachers. Fix : typos.

This big update aims to introduce new content and migrate to a new version of Unity (our game engine). Many of the additions we're proposing will be refined (such as magic aberrations and special students) during early access. We are thinking about various ways to play with (new artifacts, new futures...). We have taken special care to keep the old savegames compatible, but the balance and dynamics of your games may be altered by the new additions (the infirmary should be much more interesting than before ;) ). We are also trying to enrich the building mechanism of your schools: the trophy room is a first step towards that. We also want to make interactions with the factions more interesting, and we think the new alternative options mechanism is another step in the right direction. Thank you for all your (often very kind <3) feedback. We are a very small team. We go as fast as we can when there is only one full time developer and one full time artist on a project. But we take note of every feedback / bug and one day they will be handled ... New : 45 new futures to unlock New : magical aberrations affect students when learning magic. Use infirmary to heal them. New : a new teacher for your students, strong and charming ! New : 34 new alternative options when visiting neighbours, changing each time you go on the local map. New : Trophy room,"The artifacts, relics and decorations in this room also act on active characters in orthogonally adjacent rooms." New : 6 new events New : Vampire trait. Change skin and give powerful boost. New : Werewolf trait. Change skin and give powerful boost. New : Coffin bed. Transform user in vampire and produce shadow mana when vampire sleep. New : Lunar calendar atefact. Transform students in werewolf. Stronger with druidism. New : indicator on room cards when blocking top construction New : nicer support structure above cloister New : nicer support structure above Greenhouse New : Pegasus card can now be drawn New : Vampire recrutement card New : Werewolf recrutement card Balance : werewolf spawn rate increased in forest level Balance : two more "Bright staff refectory" in Light deck (from 4 to 6) Balance : "Component supply" efficiency reduced by 15% Balance : money quest raised from 5000 to 6000 gold coins Major fix : engine upgrade should improve global stability (moving from Unity 2018.1 to 2018.4) Fix : remove a buff in UI where some students sheets become small Fix : no more stucked students because of turtle map Fix : future list now correctly sized Fix : you can stop dragging a potion card without playing it Fix : fadeout at game loading longer Fix : time of day correctly saved now Fix : moving animals are leaving the school like other characters at end game Fix : better visibility for blocked event button Fix : music now correctly looping Fix : one Infirmary slot no more used as a work spot for the AI Fix : students no more in the Infirmary pointlessly Fix : infirmary now correctly healing life Fix : typos Fix : floating text positioning problem fixed Fix : remove a bug where sometimes the future window is shown by default on director office Fix : remove a bug preventing to open school rules Fix : remove a corruption problem of the Meta.xml file (which could crash the game at loading) Fix : some other minor bugs

This update is in preparation for the big Mars update (expected in 3 weeks instead of 2). A bit of content, fixes, but we'll soon be back with new teachers, more futures, vampires and a lot of other stuff! New : 31 new futures (many new "low level" futures giving mana, and some new "mid level" future giving new powers) New : more buffs icons New : details of the game modes available in the settings menu Balance : the difficulty of the game now modifies the variation of needs, and can give additional resources / cards at the beginning of the game Balance : the speed of the game still affects the speed of the advance of the evil, but also affects the speed of learning of the students Balance : "Planeswalker" bonus reduced from 2% to 1.5% Balance : "Component supply" produce 50% less components Balance : "Ritual components" produce 50% less components Balance : standard components producer improved Fix : typos (as ever) Fix : big bed version for teachers Fix : no more "?" at end of house name upon reloading Fix : removal of a large amount of unused assets (game a bit lighter) Fix : removal of an auto-screenshot system when leaving game, not used but error prone Fix : psy buff no more blocking needs augmentation Fix : "Remove" button for class now in correct language Fix : validated goals are correctly saved now Fix : automatic selection of future on end level doesn't break next future selection anymore Fix : no more books tooltip through rules and future list panel Fix : log cleaning resulting in a very slight but overall increase in performance on some configs Fix : remove a rare deck induced crash Fix : teachers are no longer looking to become student of the month (hopefully)

New : small banners with the names of the regions on the main map New : bigger and nicer button to close character sheet New : save files are much lighter (weight divided by about 5) New : tooltip show a timer for timed buff on characters New : more validation message for quests New : student ghost when students are killed (work in progress) New : the number of remaining steps is indicated on the final questline New : one new peasants event New : one new bureaucrat event (prepare to finally pay your Tax On Magic) Balance : "Encyclopedia of magic beasts" prestige gain rise from 2 to 3 Balance : "Biography of the Lord of Evil" reputation gain rise from 30% to 50% Balance : "Ten simple tips to earn a lot" initial gold gain rise from 200 to 400 Balance : "Racist" trait no more allowed for new teachers, and renamed "Bully" Balance : "Archimage" future mana gain boost lowered from 2.5% to 1% Balance : "Archimage" future prestige raised from 3 to 4 Balance : "Coat of arms" prestige gain reduced by 17.5% Balance : all dragon efficiency increased by 50% (time to play some dragons !) Fix : typos Fix : "Cloister of the Righteous" no longer show construction arrows on top Fix : "Stars Atlas" now working as expected Fix : diversified students are now able to gain good future as expected if powerful enough (like archmage, psionic, etc...) Fix : "Scholar's hand-eating flower" selection outline fixed Fix : "Tentacule" selection outline fixed Fix : "Patron" rule now working as expected Fix : "Annual competition" rule now working as expected Fix : "1 less year" rule now working as expected Fix : "Other" rules now correctly saved and loaded Fix : "Component supply" now much more efficient (as expected) Fix : "Paella ending" of the lake monster now working as expected Fix : Pirate captain option is now working as expected on final quest Fix : Trees should no longer go crazy when you do magic next to them Fix : buffs on teacher sheets are displayed from left (not center) Fix : characters no more stuck in the Stable with unicorn guinea pig Fix : "Barbarian" future recipe fixed Fix : smoother light change in desert and turtle stages Fix : camera correctly tuned to see high room on all stages Fix : remove a crash triggered by delayed events Fix : remove a bug when drawing cards from the adventurer guild Fix : "Red dragon" buff now working as expected