Subverse news & patch notes

Hi Subverse players,

Celestina Unbound, Subverse’s first story-focused DLC is now available on Steam .

We’d like to sincerely thank everyone who chose to support this DLC with their hard-earned money. As always, all revenue goes directly back into improving the game. Our next steps will focus on two things: further game improvements, and the release of localized content, additional language packs.

We wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.

Take care until next time,

Tibor

Hi Subverse players,

I hope you’re all doing well and getting ready for the holiday season.

We released a new update today for Subverse. As promised, it includes additional outfits for all the girls. Players who bought the game will receive the outfits for free. We hope you’ll enjoy these lewd new additions. As always, feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts — your feedback helps us as we continue improving the game.

I also have news regarding a certain popular character’s DLC.

Development of the promised DLC is now complete. The title - no big mystery anymore - is “Celestina Unbound.” The DLC is currently under review by Valve. With the pre-Christmas rush, the process is taking a bit longer than usual, but as soon as approval comes through, we’ll release it on the store. We expect this to happen within the next 24–48 hours, or possibly early next week depending on Valve.

The team worked very hard on Celestina Unbound to make it fit as a seamless extension to the game. We hope you’ll like the DLC once you have the chance to check it out. If you decide to add it to your library, thank you in advance for supporting the ongoing development of Subverse. We’re still focused on improving the game across all areas, and your support makes that possible.

If you feel the game — and the work behind it — deserves an upvote or a positive Steam review, we’d greatly appreciate it. Every positive review really does matter to the team.

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Take care,

Tibor

Outfits

• Bunny Outfit (Excludes DEMI, Celestina and Fow-chan)
• Butterfly Lingerie Outfit (Excludes Celestina and Fow-chan)
• Gothic Outfit (Excludes DEMI, Celestina and Fow-chan)
• Sweater Outfit (Excludes Celestina and Fow-chan)

• Lily Apron Outfit
• Lily Boob Runner Outfit
• Lily Pilot Outfit
• Elaisha Club Outfit
• Sova Princess Outfit
• Fortune CyberSlut Outfit
• Blythe Solar Navy Uniform Outfit

Tweaks

• DEMI VO line now plays when entering the Engineering room if new Taron shop items are available.
• DEMI and Blythe have each received new “About Recent Events” chats after Fow-chan is recruited. Be sure to play them before starting the next mission.

• Two new audiotapes for Taron have been added! Check out “Plug It In” and “Tamed” at the computer in the Captain’s Quarters.
• Additional Taron VO has been added to Sova Tape 2 and Elaisha Tape 4.
• Adjusted and added sound effects for older Pandora scenes (Lily’s Checkmate, Throated, Recruitment, DEMI’s Wrong Timeline, Ravenous, Overloaded, Sova’s Why Not)
• Additional VO has been added to the “Cultist” enemy type in Grid Combat.
• Added SFX to “Supreme Interspecies” Grid Combat mission.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Fortune Pandora scene “Slimy” where the tentacle disappeared for a few frames every time it looped.

• Fixed issue with DEMI Ascended, Teal and NeonGreen outfit missing FUTA penis material recolor.

•  Fixed issue where Killi’s hair was not loading proper textures when using any other outfit other than the default one.

• Eldritch Trials callout now hides after at least 1 wave is completed from the trials.
• Taron Shop now updates callout to display when new items are available going forward. Additionally, a bag icon is now visible when hovering over Engineering.

• Fixed issue where Fow-chan VO audio would continue playing until finished when screen paused or during loading screen.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.

• There is 1 anomaly in the Hydra Nebula that is not accessible due to a future update.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Improved Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.
• Damage preview is not accurate in some cases. 

• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Taron has 3 audiotapes that are not yet in the game.

• There are clipping issues in DIS and Pandora with the new outfits. These will be patched at a later date.

• Reports of crashes during the dialogue sections of the game.
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• Switching through waifus quickly in the Gifting section of the Bar might not load the Gifting UI. Leaving the room and re-entering can fix this temporarily.

NOTES

• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

Hello Subverse Community,

I hope this update finds you all doing well. First and foremost, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your incredible support. Your support and patience mean the world to us, and they continue to fuel our dedication to improving the game.

Development Updates:

• Localization: We're pleased to announce that localized content for multiple languages has been created and is currently in the integration and testing phase.

• New Outfits: Currently in the final testing phase.

• Kickstarter Backer DLCs: We've successfully developed the DLC delivery system for our backers, and it's now in the final stages of testing.

We're targeting Q4 2025 for the release of all these features!

Popular Character DLC: As we mentioned earlier across our communication channels, work has started, the assets are being created, and development is in progress.

Your Support Matters

If you're enjoying the game and believe our efforts deserve recognition, we'd be incredibly grateful if you could leave a positive review on Steam. Each positive review provides tremendous motivation for our entire team and helps other players discover our game. Your support through these reviews makes a real difference.

Thank you again for being an amazing community.

Take care!

Tibor

Tweaks

• When gifting items, the total number of a giftable item now displays on the top left corner of the item’s icon.
• Shortened Fow-chan’s description on the Squad UI.

• Capped max numerical preview text during damage or heal to 9999.
• Updated Fow-chan’s passive “Twisted Grip” description to match ability.

• During Fow-chan’s recruitment scene when playing quest, updated Replay Scene background to match the Recruitment Scene background. Previously there was a black background.
• Updated Fow-chan’s “The Reckoning” tag to Solo category.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue during Eldritch Trials where the wave number displayed on lower center UI read 00 when reaching wave 100.
• Fixed issue where Fow-chan was not gaining XP from random scenario missions in Grid Combat, was only working in the Eldritch Trials and Space Combat random scenarios.
• Fixed missing Fow-chan DEVA portraits when viewing character info and the character queue.

• Fixed text on the Credits button when on the main menu, it was displaying Exit.
• Fixed issue where Fow-chan’s carousel video was missing from the Main Menu.
• Expanded scrolling marquee when viewing the Audio Player. Some text was getting cut off.

• Fixed issue with Ela’s scene Plug It where the lens flare was obstructing most of the screen when viewed with the NSuit outfit.
• Fixed requirements for Fow-chan’s scene “Vile Familiars”. The scene was missing mantic Itchy as a requirement.

• Fixed issue where Fow-chan’s hair was clipping through her arm when loading the pose “Diabolical Vanity”.
• Fixed issue where Gallery images that display on Captain’s computer are no longer visible when returning from taking another photo in the gallery. This will only update images going forward.

• Fixed issue with track “Unassco” in the Jukebox not playing and instantly skipping to the next track.

• Fow-chan’s recruitment and max level achievements are now available. If you have met the requirements, these will unlock shortly after loading the game save file.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.
• Taron’s shop UI has a work in progress layout in the 1.0 version, this will be changed in a later patch.

• There is 1 anomaly in the Hydra Nebula that is not accessible due to a future update.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Improved Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.
• Damage preview is not accurate in some cases.

• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Taron’s audiotapes are not yet in the game.

• There are clipping issues with the new outfits.

• Reports of crashes during the dialogue sections of the game.
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• Switching through waifus quickly in the Gifting section of the Bar might not load the Gifting UI. Leaving the room and re-entering can fix this temporarily.

NOTES

• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

Fow-chan Has Arrived

Eldritch Trials “Endless Mode”

Nude DEMI

Officer Uniform Outfits

Pandora

• Lily received an additional scene.
• Fow-chan scenes are now unlockable.

Visual Novel

• Several side quests earlier in the game have received new backgrounds during dialogue sections.
• Fixed issue with hologram during “Imminent Interspecies” section.
• Visual rework for “Mary Celeste on Ice“ section.

Onboard Mary Celeste

• Reduced cooldown on VO banter when interacting with characters in the Gallery.
• New rewards for Fow-chan, such as pin-ups and audiotapes, can be unlocked and viewed in the Captain's Quarters computer
• Previous “About Recent Events” dialogues will be unavailable upon starting Fow-chan’s main quest.

Grid Combat

• A SFX now plays when clicking the defend button.
• Added extra SFX to Itchy’s Ultimate.
• Improved text alignment on the bottom center UI panel.

Space Combat

• Speed and Extra Damage Pickups now display a more prominent visual effect when active around the ship.

Navigation

• Fixed typo found on the Woop-Woop anomaly.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue related to DEVA mode upon deactivating, the characters secondary Ultimate would get removed.
• Fixed issue where the Imperium Shocktrooper’s helmet would render unintended visual effects.

• Fixed issue where the secondary weapon on the F3N1X would no longer fire.
• Fixed issue with Pirate capital ship consistently backing away.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.
• Taron’s shop UI has a work in progress layout in the 1.0 version, this will be changed in a later patch
• When gifting items, the items are stacked however there isn’t a number displayed to show quantity.

• There is 1 anomaly in the Hydra Nebula that is not accessible due to a future update.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Improved Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.
• Damage preview is not accurate in some cases. 

• Ela’s scene Plug It has a lens flare issue when viewed with the NSuit outfit
• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.
• Lily’s new scene is missing its Pandora card image.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Gallery images that display on Captain’s computer are no longer visible when returning to take another photo in the gallery. However, the photos are still available using the gallery poster. 

• Taron’s audiotapes are not yet in the game.

• There are clipping issues with the new outfits.

• Fow-chan’s recruitment and max level achievements will not unlock, these will be added in the next patch.

• Reports of crashes during the dialogue sections of the game.
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• Switching through waifus quickly in the Gifting section of the Bar might not load the Gifting UI. Leaving the room and re-entering can fix this temporarily.

NOTES

• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

Space Combat

• Blythe’s attack received an overhaul in Space Combat. The attack now executes a series of swings by holding the secondary attack button down. It can be used during cruise mode and destroy incoming projectiles.

• The player’s ship now has some force applied to keep up with the scrolling movement.
• HP was adjusted on the door locks encountered.
• Energy pickups are now dispensed at door locks.
• When reaching the first two door locks, a health bar is now visible.

Navigation

• Anomalies Yoggso and Alxaar have been updated to Space Combat events.

UI

• The Skip Mission button has been renamed “Victory Protocol”.
• When activating “Victory Protocol”, a short visual/audio effect will play.

Audio

• VO for DEMI now plays when a Mantic is created.
• VO for DEMI now plays during the event planet reward screen when an Augmentation is acquired.
• VO for DEMI now plays during the victory screen if an Augmentation or Mantic Catalyst is found.
• Two additional VO lines for DEMI now play during the Augmentation tutorial.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with achievements not unlocking when visiting all anomalies in their respective nebula. Primarily affected Hydra and Griffin.

• Fixed issue where the game would crash if View Distance settings were set to medium or lower when activating DEVA mode.
• Fixed typo with Dromstik’s name during the Grid Combat tutorial.

• Fixed issue when starting the second part of the last boss fight, the boss health bar would not display. This previously required restarting the mission to be visible.

• Fixed issue where the Huntress exclusive gift “Primitive Trophy” was not providing XP.

• Fixed issue where Taron’s sex toy was missing in her scene “Overflowing”.
• Fixed issue where DEMI’s scene “Jawed” had Huntress as a requirement when it shouldn’t.

• Fixed issue with waifus item found VO was not playing during the victory screen at the end of a mission.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.
• Taron’s shop UI has a work in progress layout in the 1.0 version, this will be changed in a later patch
• When gifting items, the items are stacked however there isn’t a number displayed to show quantity.

• There are 2 anomalies that are not accessible due to future updates, 1 in Dragon Nebula and 1 hidden in Hydra.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Improve Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.

• Ela’s scene Plug It has a lens flare issue when viewed with the NSuit outfit
• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Gallery images that display on Captain’s computer are no longer visible when returning to take another photo in the gallery. However, the photos are still available using the gallery poster. 

• Taron’s audiotapes are not yet in the game.

• Reports of crashes during the dialogue sections of the game.
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• Switching through waifus quickly in the Gifting section of the Bar might not load the Gifting UI. Leaving the room and re-entering can fix this temporarily.

NOTES

• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

Grid Combat

• During the Prime Mega fight, the laser fence no longer deals damage after every character's turn.
• The second phase of the Azzorion fight was tweaked to be a little less challenging and for Taron to perform well regardless of the squad level.

Space Combat

• Checkpoints were added to boss fights encountered earlier in the game that were missing them, a total of 3 missions.

Navigation

• The anomaly Magmarra in the Kraken nebula has been updated to a Space Combat event.

Onboard Mary Celeste

• An exchange rate has been added when converting resources. Tooltips have been added when hovering the resources providing details on the exchange rate. No additional gas fees were added.

• A short tutorial now plays when viewing Captain’s Computer. Note: Existing playthroughs will encounter the tutorial when opening the UI.

Dialogue Sections

• The background image option has been removed. With the update of additional camera angles to aid in storytelling, this feature is no longer viable.

UI

• The aesthetic for locked/unlocked cards were updated to make it easier to see which scenes are available.

• Pinups are now the default active image category in captain’s computer.
• The audio player is now unfolded by default.
• Additional tooltips were added.

• Tooltips now display when hovering outfits and hair selections. The text on the buttons was removed.

Notifications

• Added missing short DEMI notification upon completing the main story. Note: This will play when loading the game if the player has completed the main story.
• Added missing warning prompts and notifications prior to initiating the final mission.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with the “Elite General” achievement unlocking.
• Fixed issue with the “Love Guru” achievement unlocking.
• Fixed issue with the “Don’t be rude” achievement unlocking before the event takes place.
• Fixed issue with the F3N1X upgrade-related achievements unlocking before all criteria is met.

• Fixed issue with DEMI’s “Ascended” undressed version showing “panties”.
• Fixed issue with DEMI’s “Code Red” outfit not rendering during dialogue sections.

• Fixed an issue where Navigation notifications would not trigger after a quest was completed if the player spoke to a character prior to going to navigation. This caused the prompts to show after another event in the game took place.

• Fixed issue where the subtitles could exceed the window boundaries.

• Fixed issue where combat performance could affect rewards by up to 10% (tech, bio, credits and XP). Going forward all missions will issue a standard amount regardless of performance. This was due to the previous ranking system.

• Fixed issue where Chapter 5 dialogue sections did not have their own category. 

• Fixed issue where the bounds on the Captain’s Computer carousel images surpassed the container which blocked the ability to click the Exit and Customization buttons.
• The icon for “Dawn of the Mantics” passive in Grid Combat was updated.
• When viewing Captain’s Computer, an issue was fixed causing the previous category image to show when selecting a category with no entries.
• Fixed issue with Hair and Outfit icons displaying low res textures.
• Various preview images for PANDORA have been corrected.

• Fixed issue where opening the Credits and then returning to the Main Menu caused the music to stop playing.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.
• Taron’s shop UI has a work in progress layout in the 1.0 version, this will be changed in a later patch
• When gifting items, the items are stacked however there isn’t a number displayed to show quantity.

• There are 4 anomalies that are not accessible due to future updates, 1 in Griffin Nebula, 2 in Dragon North and 1 hidden in Hydra.

• During the last Space Combat boss fight, after the cinematic plays and the final stage begins, the boss has no health bar. Crashing the F3N1X and trying again should load the checkpoint with the health bar normally displaying, until a fix is made.
• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Pickups need to be more abundant during random scenarios.
• Improve Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights may still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.

• Ela’s scene Plug It has a lens flare issue when viewed with the NSuit outfit
• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Gallery images that display on Captain’s computer are no longer visible when returning to take another photo in the gallery. However, the photos are still available using the gallery poster. 

• Taron’s audiotapes are not yet in the game.

• Some navigation related achievements currently do not unlock.

• Reports of crashes during the dialogue sections of the game.
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• Switching through waifus quickly in the Gifting section of the Bar might not load the Gifting UI. Leaving the room and re-entering can fix this temporarily.

NOTES

• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

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PANDORA

• Outfits, skins and hair are now customizable options while viewing PANDORA scenes.

• Scenes from different characters can now be added to the Pandora player. The shuffle button will also do this as well.
• The amount of filters for scenes have been reduced.

Grid Combat Overhaul

• The pace of Grid Combat was changed to be consistently faster, and to feel more rewarding the more you invest on leveling up your team. Most enemies still scale with your squad level, but the scaling curve now reflects your efforts.
• Enemy units were assigned roles to study them as groups. The roles are Tank, DPR (Damage Per Round) which is split into Melee and Ranged, Fodder and Elite.
• AI behavior was retouched; each type of enemy now prioritizes enemies more accurately to their role, rather than “find smol enemy, gang up on them”. 
• With the previous Grid Combat structure, enemies rarely had the chance to shine; indeed, almost all of their confirmed kills were with basic attacks! While Attack has been slightly reduced across the board (see Role-specific Changes below), most units have also had their maximum Adrenaline reduced by 1, giving them the opportunity to express their talents if left unchecked.

• Tank: We wanted the more resilient enemies to live up to their role, so base HP was increased for any unit under 200 HP by ~20% and reduced the Attack for all Tanks by ~10%.
• Damage Per Round Melee: Most melee damagers were performing admirably, but were a tad overzealous. We reduced their Attack by ~10% without reducing the threat they pose if you catch them near you.
• Damage Per Round Ranged: Some of our ranged enemies were stockier than they looked; we trimmed 
• Pirate Buccaneer’s base Shield from 55 to 50, 
• Fuccbott Penetrator’s base HP from 200 to 180, 
• Requital Commando’s base HP from 180 to 140 and 
• Requital Guerrilla’s base HP from 200 to 150. 

• Requital Commando’s Attack was reduced from 120 to 90.
• Requital Guerrilla’s Attack was reduced from 100 to 90.
• Scoundrel Artillery Drone’s Attack was reduced from 82 to 75.
• Elite: We wanted these units to still pack a punch, and changes here were made with scaling in mind. 
• Kloi Prison Warden’s base HP was reduced from 330 to 300, and he’s decided to show up in more random scenarios.
• Requital Alpha secretly wanted to take over the operation, and we kicked them down a peg; their base HP was reduced from 250 to 230, and their Attack from 150 to 130.
• Scoundrel Raenos Merc was a significant threat from as early as the first missions, and his Attack was reduced from 150 to 130.

• Tibold’s fight was a little too grindy of an experience, and so we reduced his base HP from 1050 to 900.
• For the same reason, Azzorion’s stats were tweaked; his base HP was reduced from 1250 to 1200, and his Shield and Armor from 300 to 250.
• LubLub is not as immortal as she used to be, but remains very, very formidable; her Armor has been reduced from 500 to 400.

• Lily: The good doctor’s Healing passive was not competitive enough in our new pace. It now shows how much she cares, healing ~40% of the target’s HP.
• Killi: Our swashbuckling pirate is a bit of a daredevil, but a bit too daring than she can often afford. Her Ankle Slicer attack immobilized the target, but did so in melee range, and while she could fight back, taking too many hits was not good for her. We added knockback to the ability, pushing the opponent away but keeping them within striking distance of her other attack.
• Elaisha: We wanted only the best kind of cosmetics for Ela; her Freshen Up’s Armor recovery scales better and restores more, increased from 20% to 30%.
• Sova: It made sense for one of our sturdiest waifus to mind her defenses more; her Bring it On attack would restore Armor only if she hit an enemy with Armor, which was a little too situational. It now restores 20% of her Armor anyway, increasing to 30% if hitting an enemy with Armor.
• Huntress: Our lethal bounty hunter became just a tad more dangerous, and her Attack was increased from 110 to 120. Her Apex Predator ultimate also received a touch-up, and can now instantly take down an enemy with under 50% health, or a boss with under 15%.

• Chodestool: Ranged mantics generally don’t hit as hard as the melee ones, but Chodestool was a bit too far behind; we increased their Attack from 50 to 70.
• Trisha: One of our biggest outliers, Trisha was a Tank that couldn’t do their job. His Mobility was increased from 2 to 3, and we gave them a new passive ability, Sugar Rush, which doubles their Mobility for their first turn. Now Trisha can run to the forefront and tank appropriately. We also increased their Attack from 65 to 70.
• Equicox: Equicox was a little healthier than most, but not enough to make a significant difference. His base HP was increased from 400 to 450, and his Attack, which was significantly below par, was increased from 50 to 80.
• Rekall: In the same form as Lily, we felt Rekall’s healing ability should be improved so it will be worth using. We have increased their Attack from 55 to 70, and improved the scaling on the healing part of his attacks.
• Pervedillo: Another significant rework was that of Pervedillo; Pervedillo’s range was awkward, little readjusting was possible, and their Ultimate was too far, too late. We increased the attack’s range from 3 to 4, Pervedillo’s Mobility from 2 to 3, their Attack from 73 to 80, and reduced their maximum Adrenaline by 1, from 4 to 3, making the Ultimate a much more viable option to build around.

• The DEVA cocoon hatches in one turn, allowing everyone involved to act faster and not letting enemies pile up.
• DEVA Mode base stats have been improved as well; HP from 150 to 200, Attack from 150 to 200. Each hit packs a real punch now!
• Did you know the cocoon deals damage around it once it hatches? It now deals more, and the range of that kaboom is increased.

Space Combat

• A significant amount of waves have been reduced to 3 to allow for faster progress throughout Prodigium.
• Balancing to the enemies encountered was adjusted.

• As the game progresses, there are a couple of new pickups available tied to DEMI’s/The Mary Celeste’s progress. 

Navigation

• The anomaly’s cleared widget received an update so that it tracks progress more accurately. This widget was added to the solar system as well.
• The Mary Celeste now upgrades based on progress in-game. This includes things like speed, increased scanner radius and more. 

• Events now provide a new way to interact with them where resources, items and XP can be gained.

Dialogue Sections

• Visual novel scenes have been updated throughout the game, bringing new camera angles and transitions.

UI

• The quest log UI has received a visual update. We hope the new look improves readability.
• A legend for notifications was added to provide details on what to expect when reaching an anomaly in navigation (i.e. Sidequest, Treasure Hunt and Collectible). 

• Added a new button “Squad” to access your current rosters details, originally the locker room UI.
• Added a new button “PANDORA” to quickly access the Pandora system.

• The original Locker Room UI received a visual update along with access to additional systems.

• The wardrobe UI can be used to change outfits and hairstyles once they are unlocked.

Onboard Mary Celeste

• Devotion Quest has its own category for playback.
• Cinematics has its own category for playback.

• Upon recruiting mantics, they will now be visible onboard the Mary Celeste.
• The Bridge hologram received a visual update.

• DEMI has a new, unique progression system that allows you to become actively engaged in leveling her up while exploring Prodigium.
• We have also tied her progression to numerous Quality of Life improvements for the Mary Celeste!

• After you fully recruit Taron, she will open up a shop onboard the Mary Celeste located in the Engineering room. You can also use this shop to convert your resources from one into another. Very useful in case you’re lacking in TEK or BIO!

• This is a new feature added into the Captain’s Quarters room. Here, you will be able to view rewards and collectibles received from your crew as they level up, and as you explore planets throughout Prodigium Galaxy. You can expect to see sexy pinups, listen to audiotapes, and other interesting behind the scenes art concepts, as well.
• The wardrobe UI can be used to change outfits and hairstyles once they are unlocked.

Optimizations

• To decrease the total size of the download folder, we separated the 4K videos from the game. These can be downloaded as option DLC which equates to roughly 30 GB's.

• Compression settings were changed in order to decrease the size of the audio folder. Upon changing it we saved roughly 10 GB’s. 

• Going forward, updates should not require the game to redownload the whole game again. The files have been separated into chunks therefore allowing for reduced download times. 

• Where feasible, texture size has been reduced.

Steam Features

• Cloud saving is now available.
• Achievements are now available.

Bug Fixes

• Devotion Quest dialogue sections do not list (Outro/Intro) anymore.
• Fixed issue where sections of the Quest Log were inadvertently set to hidden if filters were used in a specific order.
• Fixed issue when hovering over an ability after selecting it. This resulted in not being able to execute the ability unless clicking undo to redo the process.
• Fixed issue during Fortune’s Devotion Quest mission where the door would not open to progress.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Some UI elements are currently loading at low resolution.
• Some SFX on buttons are missing.
• Taron’s shop UI has a work in progress layout in the 1.0 version, this will be fixed in a later patch
• When swapping between resources and currency using Taron’s shop, there are no fees. Make your transactions now while it lasts, gas fees are coming to Prodigium.
• Exit button doesn’t work when collectibles screen is enabled when viewing Captain Computer
• When gifting items, the items are stacked however there isn’t a number displayed to show quantity.
• On the main menu, playing the credits and then exiting causes the main menu music to stop.

• There are 3 anomalies that are not accessible due to future updates, 1 hidden in Hydra, 1 in Kraken and 1 in Dragon North.

• Some boss fights still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Huntress’ first fight needs a checkpoint system implemented.
• Pickups need to be more abundant during random scenarios.
• Improve Gamepad Support.

• Some boss fights still need tuning based on sponginess and player feedback.
• Blythe’s “W” attack will receive a VFX overhaul.

• Ela’s scene Plug It has a lens flare issue when viewed with the NSuit outfit
• The sweat skin is not noticeable when the Visual Effects setting is set to lower than high.
• Blythe shrank a few inches during her neutral idle! She should be back to normal height in a future patch.
• Some lighting issues persist on certain Pandora scenes at settings lower than the max.

• A few visual novel scenes still need additional revamping.
• Erark’s hologram cuts off at the elbows.
• Some physics issues persist on characters like Celestina and Huntress.

• Gallery images that display on Captain’s computer are no longer visible when returning to take another photo in the gallery. However, the photos are still available using the gallery poster. 

• Taron’s audiotapes are not yet in the game.

• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.

NOTES

• As a reminder, previous saves are not intended for use with the 1.0.0 release. The option to start a New Game will be available.
• If you encounter pak file decompression related crashes try verifying integrity of game files as this usually fixes the issue.

Check out this new Lily featurette in the meantime.

Kickstarter Deliverables

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• The cloud save that has long been requested by many users. Is now implemented and part of the testing phase.
• Steam achievements are now implemented.
• Plenty of UI improvements.
• Build process modifications to optimize the patch, content download process.
• Development effort to make the application size smaller. This will make the app size 20 GB smaller.

• Grid combat rebalancing
• Major improvements on the Levelling system regarding the awards allocation, balancing of award gains as well as introducing new awards
• Demi Augmentation to provide a new UI for the additional awards Demi receives via the new Levelling System
• New UI for presenting the updated Levelling System
• Dialogue system improvement e.g. camera, light, performance
• Navigation system improvements
• Upgrading the underlying development environment and libraries for performance gain
• Integration of the DLC framework so we can deliver the promised Kickstarter rewards
• Integration of Steam API, GOG API and other interfaces of our content delivery platforms

• We understand the early game is a bit problematic with too many systems opening up too early, and only a handful of waifus available to explore them. We want to address this by gating the systems better and the Planet Events revamp should also alleviate this.

• We know it was frustrating to level the waifus, but as soon as we knew that the revamped progression was going to be a thing we streamlined the xp gains. It will be much easier to level multiple waifus to max devotion in the final release

• Some of the boss fights are janky, we’ll be looking into them in the final release

• Some of the SHMUP waves are too long, we’ll be reducing them appropriately throughout the game to lessen the grind.

• Overall the experience grind is a bit too brutal, even for a 30+ hour RPG so the revamped progression should make things more palatable.

• As mentioned before the waifus like Taron and Ela will be brought into line with the expected amount of Pandora content.

• Additional rewards are being implemented and tested as we speak. The goal is to have something to obtain each and every devotion level. If you ding then you should be rewarded, whether that be with a pinup, a new animated scene or a new audiotape.

• The UI and accessibility will also receive some attention.

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING

New Features

Tweaks

• Tweaked visual aesthetic of the F3N1X primary weapon for readability.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed visual bug that caused unintended camera view to render for a few seconds after the F3N1X cockpit in-game cutscenes played.

Optimizations

• Low textures loading during F3N1X cockpit in-game cutscenes.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Devotion Quest dialogue sections currently are listed under Sidequest with the Intro/Outro tags when replaying archives from the Captain’s Quarters.
• Poiison VFX sometimes lingers after the unit who had it is destroyed in Grid Combat.
• Some instances of speech bubble VO still playing during the end mission screen.
• Not all anomalies in Navigation update visually after a specific event takes place. WIP.
• Clipping issues during dialogue sections for some newly introduced characters in Fortune’s release.
• Some characters' animation pose transitions are not in place yet during dialogue sections for this release.
• If multiple enemies are stunned, when it is their turn, the arrow above their head still renders even after their turn has passed in Grid Combat.
• Visual bug, when a mantic reaches max level of 40 a white icon will appear the first time you enter the lab, as if there were more levels but goes away after selecting another mantic.
• Mission log filter inconsistency if you filter out finished missions, then filter out on Nebula’s, the filtered Finished missions will be in the list again.
• Waifus active, passive and ultimate icons do not always render in the same order from Locker room to selection screen.
• Visual bug, unlockable abilities/passives not showing up or showing as locked in the Laboratory or Selection screen after the character has reached required level (some known characters Napholeon & Chodestool passed level 30).
• Character upgrades based on level are not fully implemented for all characters.
• Imperium’s Shocktrooper Purify status remains on character after Shocktrooper is killed.
• Visual bug, if a unit has shield and armor and receives damage while the preview damage animation is happening on the health bars, there’s a chance it will show shield or armor remaining on the bar when there is not after the attack (In most cases remaining shield but in the character info it will show zero shield as intended).
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Report stating Rekall's passive can cause a softlock if an enemy counters with low health and dies from Rekall’s passive.
• Low texture resolution rendering for some users during dialogue sequences throughout the game.
• Some users reported odd textures when loading Ela and Taron in PANDORA and Gallery.
• Framerate drop can cause Mary Celeste to shoot out of the jump-gate in Navigation.
• Bridge projector fails to update the color scheme throughout Mary Celeste consistently.
• Physics on dangling pieces such as tentacles or hair (i.e. Huntress or Killi) may clip through the character's body or rapidly vibrate during dialog sequences.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• On rare occasions, an unintentional song plays during some areas of the game.
• On rare occasions, clicking the ‘Help’ button in the dialogue section of the game can remove the help text but can't be re-enabled until restarting or starting a new scene.
• Potential stuttering when playing back cinematics for some systems. Note there is an option to disable 4k videos from the graphics tab under settings. This has improved performance for some users.
• Reports of performance issues on some Space Combat random scenario maps.
• Animation in You’re Mine Now scene needs finalizing.
• Replay icons and navigation icon concepts are a work in progress, inconsistencies are known.
• Completion percentage counters in Navigation are a WIP and may have some inconsistencies.

Notes

• Grid Combat equipables are currently disabled during devotion quest. There is a balance update as part of 1.0 and we will take another look at enabling equippables for these battles after that.

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING

• Performed work that relates to users' experience, execution time, module loading, event management, video compression and many other more, relatively low level tasks.
• Work on a massive game-play improvement by finalizing and integrating the Devotion Meter.
• Added a new, well tested, industry standard event management library to decouple currently interconnected modules and fix several very problematic reference hell originated problems.
• Fixing issues from the codebase that create bottlenecks both at development and runtime.
• Ongoing work on scalability and extendibility that required further fixes. That means we shall have the ability to release free add-ons such as clothes, language packs, etc. following release 1.0.
• Restructure the whole code base and refactor our Software Bus implementation, so all the above can happen in more efficient manner.
• Fixing bugs.
• Finally rolling out a frontend & backend system (Streemster) that will allow us to serve our less fortunate German, South Korean, etc. users who are unable to obtain Subverse via any other commercial channel.

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING

New Features

Tweaks

• Updated Killi’s equipable “Crimson Cuntbeards Patch” stats. Now increases damage and mobility but reduces armor.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where Killi’s equipable “Crimson Cuntbeards Patch” could cause her primary attack to not work.

Known Issues (Does not include all issues)

• Devotion Quest dialogue sections currently are listed under Sidequest with the Intro/Outro tags when replaying archives from the Captain’s Quarters.
• VFX Poison sometimes lingers after the unit who had it is destroyed in Grid Combat.
• Some instances of speech bubble VO still playing during the end mission screen.
• Not all anomalies in Navigation update visually after a specific event takes place. WIP.
• Clipping issues during dialogue sections for some newly introduced characters in Fortune’s release.
• Some characters' animation pose transitions are not in place yet during dialogue sections for this release.
• If multiple enemies are stunned, when it is their turn, the arrow above their head still renders even after their turn has passed in Grid Combat.
• Visual bug, when a mantic reaches max level of 40 a white icon will appear the first time you enter the lab, as if there were more levels but goes away after selecting another mantic.
• Mission log filter inconsistency if you filter out finished missions, then filter out on Nebula’s, the filtered Finished missions will be in the list again.
• Waifus active, passive and ultimate icons do not always render in the same order from Locker room to selection screen.
• Visual bug, unlockable abilities/passives not showing up or showing as locked in the Laboratory or Selection screen after the character has reached required level (some known characters Napholeon & Chodestool passed level 30).
• Character upgrades based on level are not fully implemented for all characters.
• Imperium’s Shocktrooper Purify status remains on character after Shocktrooper is killed.
• Visual bug, if a unit has shield and armor and receives damage while the preview damage animation is happening on the health bars, there’s a chance it will show shield or armor remaining on the bar when there is not after the attack (In most cases remaining shield but in the character info it will show zero shield as intended).
• Alt-Tabbing potentially can cause the game to crash, especially during areas of the game where high loads take place.
• Report stating Rekall's passive can cause a softlock if an enemy counters with low health and dies from Rekall’s passive.
• Low texture resolution rendering for some users during dialogue sequences throughout the game.
• Some users reported odd textures when loading Ela and Taron in PANDORA and Gallery.
• Framerate drop can cause Mary Celeste to shoot out of the jump-gate in Navigation.
• Bridge projector fails to update the color scheme throughout Mary Celeste consistently.
• Physics on dangling pieces such as tentacles or hair (i.e. Huntress or Killi) may clip through the character's body or rapidly vibrate during dialog sequences.
• Yellow/White screen flashing artifact during space combat when using the FXAA aliasing method. Most likely due to the lens flare and or high bloom values.
• On rare occasions, an unintentional song plays during some areas of the game.
• On rare occasions, clicking the ‘Help’ button in the dialogue section of the game can remove the help text but can't be re-enabled until restarting or starting a new scene.
• Potential stuttering when playing back cinematics for some systems. Note there is an option to disable 4k videos from the graphics tab under settings. This has improved performance for some users.
• Reports of performance issues on some Space Combat random scenario maps.
• Animation in You’re Mine Now scene needs finalizing.
• Replay icons and navigation icon concepts are a work in progress, inconsistencies are known.
• Completion percentage counters in Navigation are a WIP and may have some inconsistencies.

Notes

• Grid Combat equipables are currently disabled during devotion quest.

ANIMATION

PROGRAMMING

ART & MODELING