Tanto Cuore news & patch notes

Get yourself some new maids and a butler for your multiplayer and quick play games! Featuring: Ross Allison: the ghost hunting butler. Edith Shirring: the tech savvy maid. Frederica Schutz: the no-nonsense senior maid. Lapis Aurora: the alchemist maid. Ignis Carpenter: the Little Sister maid. Annet Thane: the ghost maid. and The Compy Sisters: three maids that work together for big servings, love, and VP.

Happy July! 1.2.0 r2 - New Language! Chinese is now an option - increased the maximum "card speed" setting to allow for faster AI turns - fixed an issue where a player could select incompatible types of cards for Estates - fixed an issue where selection of a card for an Estate could cause errors - moved even more code around to prepare for updating the multiplayer service Happy February '23! It's been a while! 1.1.5 r2 - Fixed an issue where AI was hyper-aggressive with Eugenie Fontaine - Upgraded to a newer version of Unity - Making preparations to move multiplayer to a new service ------ Happy March '22! 1.1.4 r11 Bug Fix - Fixed an issue with Chiffon where her VP would only count Blue (General) maids, she now includes Colette and Aline (Green Chambermaids) in her score calculation Tweaks - Added a "Sets" title to the new randomizer options when Expanding the House and/or the Promo Pack are owned to make it easier on the eyes - Quick play will now allow AI (CPU) players to be maids from Expanding the House if it's owned 1.1.4 r10 New Feature - You can now change some settings for random towns - Events can be On/Off/Random - Buildings can also be On/Off/Random (Expanding the House required) - You may disable Promo Pack - You can choose to include the base game and/or Expanding the House (it will default to enabling the base game if Expanding the House is disabled) 1.1.4 r7 Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue where offer cards might randomly have hand UI ("CHAMBER" banner) on them in subsequent games - Catherine will no longer let you try to target players with no Private Maids - Catherine will no longer prompt unless her ability can be used Tweaks - "Exchange" dropdowns will now happen when using Eugenie's ability - Added ability to cancel Catherine's ability on player select prompt 1.1.4 r6 Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue that could arise when trying to generate a random town that has no events - Fixed an issue where AI players could heal multiple times with a single Wina Tweaks - Updated order for initializing Steamworks when the game launches - Added error message if Steamworks fails to initialize - Localized some more game logs - Updated Wina text to make it more clear she must be discarded from your Private Quarters to remove an event 1.1.4 r5 - Updated Steamworks and networking integration - found and fixed soft lock and host issues from last week prior to the version rollback - Updated Japanese font to allow for dynamic character creation - Eased the difficulty on early levels in the mansion (difficulty settings for quickplay coming soon!) - Varied the voices of the Private Maids that have special sayings for everyone's sanity. "Rosa Topaz, at your service!" Rolled back to 1.1.3 r4 - Updated networking code in 1.1.4 r2 brought back the errant disconnects in multiplayer games, currently investigating 1.1.3 r4 May have found the root of an issue where initial trouble connecting to Steam would cause DLC to be inaccessible. 1.1.3 r3 Tweaks - Added a minigame to the mansions, can you find it? - Updated AI decisions to help handle Compy Sisters - Updated the AI's decisions in regards to Bad Habits 1.1.3 r1 Bug Fix - Fixed an issue where Domino's prompt could happen during another player's turn in a multiplayer game 1.1.3 r0 - Enabled Promo Pack content! 1.1.2 r38 Tweak - Ririko now provides an additional Love instead of an additional Serving 1.1.2 r37 Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue where Cecilia and Chiffon's end-game totals weren't reflected in the end game breakdown (the scores were still correct) - Fixed an issue where Ignis Carpenter's ability would trigger even with Illness 1.1.2 r36 Bug Fixes - Randomly generated towns will now actually pull from your unlocked cards when generating a Town - Alternate card art unlocks now fire for Expanding the House - Only Maid Chiefs are now selectable in Felicity Horn's prompt (instead of any card with a chambermaid cost) - Fixed an issue where a card's pulsing highlighted state might not be reset and appear highlighted in unexpected places - Fixed an issue where the AI might "soft lock" on Rutile der Sar, but could be forced to continue by opening and closing a menu AI - The AI would consider buildings a reason why it would want to try to use Event cards on a player even though it is an invalid play, it shouldn't try to do this any more - There was a state where the AI could try to act as if it had more Love than it actually did and try to make decisions as if it could afford a 3 Love card or higher cost. This would cause some "interesting" decisions - The AI found a way to play an Event card on a building, this should no longer happen Tweaks - A card that is targeted by Annet Thane will now have an indicator in the Private Quarters at the end of a game - Changed some level unlock information on map 1 to account for the confusing branching path - Found some images that were very large and could be sized down to save some memory I've realized that in my attempt to be transparent about what's happening I've been posting a change log for every little thing someone reports (and this fills up event displays! Sorry about that!) Moving forward I'll update a single change log (like this one) if someone reports a critical issue during the day. I may also go back an consolidate some older patch notes into a single, more sane, list of patch notes.

1.1.2 r33 Bug Fix - Fixed an issue with a bad value that could happen when returning a private maid to Town - Fixed an issue where the Private Maid deck wouldn't draw a returned private maid should immediately be drawn 1.1.2 r32 Bug Fix - Card Select/Discard selection states were carrying over between popups allowing no cards to be selected. This would cause the AI to soft lock (Natsumi in particular) as no card was discarded and it would be waiting. This would probably cause other unwanted results from similar popups. 1.1.2 r31 Bug Fixes - Fix some layering issues that cropped up from the previous update - Fix for Mika's hand reveal when she must be discarded in multiplayer causing a bad lock - Fix for the exit game button in the game menu not triggering the exit game confirmation 1.1.2 r28 Bug Fixes - Major Bug - The sweeping maid animation could interfere with the flow of an online game in a pretty bad way, causing players with the cleanup maids enabled to have the game turn not advance intermittently. This should now be better! - Expanding the House unlockable cards (not just foils) now actually unlock! If you've made enough progress through the mansion they should unlock on the main menu. - Some minor display fixes for the upcoming cards Misc. - Performance Overhaul - We've spent some time optimizing the game in general so if you were using your computer to heat the room while playing Tanto you'll want to find a space heater. Tweaks - Updates to text boxes in various places - Sweeping maid will now just speed up when a player's turn has begun - Updated some card metadata - Layered the cleanup maid so she should cross behand your hand - Fixed the animation on the game log popup to animate out instead of just disappear 1.1.2 r24 Bug Fixes - Fix the issue where the word "Private Maid" would sometimes appear or disappear when it shouldn't in the private maid slot Tweaks - Big update to how the AI analyzes the town a tries to recognize set cards like the Crescent Sisters and upcoming Compy Sisters - Dug into the AI's understanding of how to avoid screwing itself over with Ophelia grail - Some performance enhancements with loading card images 1.1.2 r23 Tweaks - Minor update to the way victory points are detected in the PQ to work better moving forward 1.1.2 r22 - general prep for upcoming content 1.1.2 r21 Bug Fixes - Ariette Cuore had the same issue as Natsumi where your hand wouldn't show. It should now show. Tweaks - Found some errant bold text and unbolded it 1.1.2 r18 Tweaks - Improved AI decisions regarding buildings - Fix border thickness on Japanese font, it was way too much 1.1.2 r17 Bug Fixes: - Private Maids that grant bonus effects when other cards cause a draw will now trigger on Rutile and Pauline when cards are drawn - Maids should now play their voices on other players' turns during multiplayer Tweaks - Add an information popup when visiting a Diamond level for the first time - Private Maid cut-ins should now be colored to match the player she's working for - Bad Habit card count is now purple in the Private Quarters - Localized some more logs - Fixed some issues where colors wouldn't be set immediately depending where the mouse is when a game starts Misc. - Removed an old font that was attached to some text boxes - Removed another old font that was included in the game for no reason 1.1.2 r11 Bug Fixes - Received a report of Mika disappearing during a multiplayer game. Mika should now no longer disappear during multiplayer games. 1.1.2 r10 Tweaks - Update some AI to hopefully better recognize Esquine when it needs cards that provide Servings - Update an issue where AI would override its choice to play illness with a bad habit 1.1.2 r9 Bug Fix: - Fix for the game being stuck in the "Start Phase" when you have no cards to discard for Mika. This would lock you out of your hand. 1.1.2 r8 Bug Fixes: - Fixed an issue with an "errant error" popup that could happen when viewing the end game score. No error was actually occurring. - Found a text box that was blank in Japanese - You last room name will now be remembered when hosting a random multiplayer game (it would remember before IF you had made a custom town) - Pressing escape on the "Click to Play" screen no longer brings you to the mysterious "rice ball" screen 1.1.2 r7 Tweaks - Saturday's new music has been moved to become the "Mansion and Game Lobby" music - Two new songs with a more consistent feel have gone into the game screen - Fixed a few more bad text box settings for Japanese text 1.1.2 r5 Tweaks - A third song has been added to the mix! - Fix Japanese font vertical alignment universally - Adjusted a few text box sizes and some font sizes 1.1.2 r3 Bug Fixes - Fix an issue with Francine that could soft lock an AI player if Maid Chief piles would run out - Fix an issue with Francine that may have caused subsequent issues when a player would use her ability Other Tweaks - Added an information prompt when visiting a ? level for the first time - AI should make better selections when using Francine 1.1.2 r1 Bug Fixes - Fixed the issue where a Natsumi discard prompt would not show your hand when AI would play Natsumi - Fixed the same issue happening when Nord would prompt (however that could be canceled) - Fixed an issue where changing Private Quarters view while placing an Illness would allow placement on buildings Other Tweaks - "Deck Breakdown" button has been added to the Private Quarters view at the end of the game - Some updates to the AI's understanding of the Ariette Cuore card - Revert to the old AI on level 1 - Prepping the game for some future cards has had us roll the version over to 1.1.2 to handle some extra data needed for multiplayer games - Introduced unlockable foils of the chamber maid chiefs - Minor updates to the UI in the Private Quarters - Added a "copy to clipboard" button to the game log

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Happy Friday! Two mysterious plaguing issues have been uncovered, repeated, and fixed! Issues - Fixed an issue where a game would lock when starting a new turn (this would be single player and multiplayer) due to Emily Raymond's ability and the abilities of some upcoming cards. - Discovered a possible fix for multiplayer games errantly thinking a user has abandoned the game when clearly no one has abandoned the game. Hopefully this is improved moving forward. Tweaks - Random Towns will now try to exclude cards that would be useless (i.e. Claire/Nena in Towns with no Events or Emily/Victoria in Towns without buildings) - Music will now alternate between the songs during a game for all of our sanity (looking into adding a new track soon) - Card information popup now animates in/out when hovering over a card instead of appearing/flickering - Update some levels to remove Town cards that are largely pointless when no Events are in play

AI Players - uncovered a bug where AI players would change their minds about sending cards to the PQ and would play them instead, this same bug would make AI players play no general maids sometimes - fix an issue where AI could soft lock when trying to use Shion's ability - Many tweaks to the AI decision process Gameplay - You may now cancel optional card powers even after selecting "yes" on their popup, the option to cancel will not show on cards where an action must be taken Other - Some minor tweaks to text and image positions in menus

- Fix for a couple of single player goals that were acting up - Fix for selecting players with Sora when they have 4 Gardens

Welcome to Expanding the House! Notable Additions: - Enable/Disable sweeping maids from the in-game options menu - New option on the in-game menu: Warnings Warning about warnings! Disabling warnings is for advanced players as it will disable the following warning popups to speed the game up. ----- Warning that the game will enter the Employ phase if you try to employ a maid from town before playing all your maids "Do you want to end your turn? You still have X love to spend." Warning when playing Love Cards when you still have servings available with a playable maid. ----- - Added zazz all over the place, updated animations and sound effects. So zazzy! - Minor update to Francine's card text for clarity. You must have two "2 Love" cards in your hand for her ability to work. 1.1.1 r1 - Fixes to some bad single player goal settings and changed a few goals around - AI should no longer employ Lily Gardens when they shouldn't be able to - Multiplayer: returning Domino to town should allow play to continue as normal - Fix the "Double Grace" level - Fix Domino's ability not counting towards a star Currently looking into possible Domino cloning during multiplayer and anything that may disrupt the turn order during multiplayer. Thanks for the reports everyone!

Tanto Cuore: Expanding the House is the first expansion for Japanime Games' digital deck-builder card game featuring a new garden theme and expanded card set - including construction cards such as Garden, Lily Garden and Estate!

Change Log Gameplay - Events are now optional when creating a custom town! - Custom towns may now require a minimum of 8 Private maids, feel free to leave Amber and Nord at home! - The current round number is now displayed above the End Turn button - Embiggened a few popups - Found and fixed an issue where AI players could accidentally complete your single player goals for you - Results screen now shows the number of non-VP maids instead of deck size as that is the tie-breaking rule - Score breakdown is now dynamic and will only show end-game bonuses relevant to the current game General - Another song has been added! I know we all love the song, but it could definitely use a friend - A new option in the video settings allows foil effects to be disabled - Added some better masking for cut ins to remove hard edges - The town selection screen has been reworked a bit - Your last customized town is now remembered and auto-populates - Enlarged cards and now allows for scrolling - Added tabs for different card types - Updated the design a bit - Updates to some typos and text formatting - There are a few new Steam achievements and tweaks to some existing achievements Upcoming - The way has been paved to create more varying goals, so some levels in the first mansion may have their goals tweaked soon - Expanding the House is just around the corner and we're working to get it out of beta and into your mansion!

Dekall Darkstar and friends check out the upcoming Expanding The House DLC for Tanto Cuore, both broadcast here on Steam and https://www.twitch.tv/japanimegamestwitch so tune in and see how we take Maid Management Mayhem to the next level!

Dekall Darkstar will be streaming here on Steam and also https://www.twitch.tv/japanimegamestwitch from 3pm-6pm eastern time (12pm - 3pm pacific), so come join in and check out the upcoming expansion for Tanto Cuore w/ new cards and gameplay!

Multiplayer - Multiplayer games will now have a random starting player Networking Code Update - Updated to newer version of API - Games that fail to connect now have error messages and should no longer go to an empty game screen AI Updates - Big update to AI decisions when choosing cards to play from the hand - Updates to AI decisions when choosing cards from town - Fix Kagari and Moine settings that would cause them to buy cheap cards relentlessly Single Player Map Updates - Updated some single player levels to play with less than 4 players to add some variety and make some goals more attainable

- Fix Colette bonus not syncing when a player employs her on the final turn - Update process for multiplayer game setup to help with information being sent before the game is ready (I'm hopeful this will help with the random games starting with "no hands" issue) - Update some single player goals and changed some levels to be 3 player games instead of 4 - Fix some code cleanup that may have been causing various errors

Multiplayer: Found issues arising from hosting/joining multiple games in a single session - Fixed an issue that could cause games to start with no hands - Fixed an issue that could cause games to start with an empty game board - Fixed an issue where no one would be notified if a non-host player left the game AI: Changes to the AI that should stop them from obsessing over Colette and spam buying cheap cards Implemented the beginning of a new system for AI decision making The AI will be improved more and more in the coming weeks Multiplayer: Found possible source of games being started with no hand Single Player: Updated a few opponents in some single player levels Quality of Life: Playable cards in your hand will now be indicated with pulsing Hands are now sorted Discard popup shows card names when you hover over cards Level 1 Tutorial has been updated Level 1 Tutorial is now optional Misc: Found issues with avatars, your avatar may change with this update and can be corrected from the profile, but this should never happen again now Fix seemingly random Private Quarters being shown when using tabs to navigate on the end-game screen

Multiplayer: Found issues arising from hosting/joining multiple games in a single session - Fixed an issue that could cause games to start with no hands - Fixed an issue that could cause games to start with an empty game board - Fixed an issue where no one would be notified if a non-host player left the game AI: Changes to the AI that should stop them from obsessing over Colette and spam buying cheap cards Implemented the beginning of a new system for AI decision making The AI will be improved more and more in the coming weeks Multiplayer: Found possible source of games being started with no hand Single Player: Updated a few opponents in some single player levels Quality of Life: Playable cards in your hand will now be indicated with pulsing Hands are now sorted Discard popup shows card names when you hover over cards Level 1 Tutorial has been updated Level 1 Tutorial is now optional Misc: Found issues with avatars, your avatar may change with this update and can be corrected from the profile, but this should never happen again now Fix seemingly random Private Quarters being shown when using tabs to navigate on the end-game screen

Fix various kanji sizing for Japanese text

Fix kanji sizing on score breakdown

Fixed some parsing issues for Japanese localization

Fixed some parsing issues for Japanese text

Fix some null references that would occasionally pop up during the start of a multiplayer game

Fix some null references that would occasionally pop up during the start of a multiplayer game

Rolling back one build

- fix some null references that would occasionally show up when starting a multiplayer match

fix some null references cropping up when starting multiplayer games occasionally

Update formatting on some French text

Updated the formatting on some French text