Wild City news & patch notes

Hi everyone,

The day is finally here! We're excited to announce that Wild City is now available!

Lead your campaign and beat your opponents to become the mayor of Wild City!

• Gather a deck of supporters to fund your electoral campaign and defeat the opposition!

• Impersonate one of many runner-up Mayors, each with their unique supporters and playstyle.

• Master strategic placement on grid to trigger insane combos!

• Unlock new cards and difficulties as you progress through each run.

• Complete the collection of 400+ cards!

To celebrate the launch, we'll be offering a 20% discount for the first two weeks, don't miss out!

We're looking forward to hearing all your thoughts about the game and will be monitoring the feedback on the Steam reviews, Steam Discussions forum and our Discord. Please feel free to join our Discord to share your builds and show us how you break our game!

Thank you all for your support throughout our development process! And if you want to support us further, leaving a review on Steam can help us out a ton!

Launch Bundles

We also have some special bundles with some amazing games, available now with the release! Check out the bundles for an additional 10% discount!

Hey everyone, Steam Next Fest is here and we're excited to be a part of it! We have been hard at work on updating and polishing the demo for you. You can try the latest demo now with Steam Next Fest!

Steam Next Fest will be running from February 23 at 10:00 AM PDT (UTC-7) to March 2 at 10:00 AM PDT (UTC-7). But don't worry, the demo will be staying up, so you can play it as much as you want, whenever you want!

Any news about the release?

Yes, we have news! Check out our new trailer below with the release announcement!

Originally, our plan was to release right after Next Fest, at the beginning of March. However, after recent news (cough cough Slay The Spire 2 cough cough), we've decided to push the release back a bit to give you (and us) some time to play that. The additional time we have, we'll use for polish and your feedback from the Next Fest demo. You can join our Discord and give us feedback directly!

So, yeah, long story short, Wild City is coming out in April! Fingers crossed. We'll reveal the exact date in a future update. See you all soon with the release!

Hi everyone! We are really excited to be part of the OTK Winter Games Expo with a trailer announcing our release window! Check out the broadcast on Twitch or YouTube, November 22, 12 PM PT!

Details about the demo update below!

Demo Update

🖼️ Habitat System (New!)

We’ve introduced an entirely new Habitat system to deepen deckbuilding strategy. Every card now belongs to one of eight habitats: Temperate, Hot, Cold, Aquatic, Humid, Aerial, Underground, or Domestic.

Balancing these habitats in your deck is now essential to maximize your earnings and create powerful synergies. This system also greatly boosts run variety: each playthrough may require a different habitat mix to succeed.

🃏 Roster Overhaul

We revisited every card in the game and expanded the roster significantly. The game now includes around 400 cards (limited in the demo), adding huge variety and countless new interactions.

🏆 Progression & Difficulties

Each time you win a run, you’ll unlock a new difficulty level plus a fresh batch of cards. The Demo offers a limited version of this system, but the full release will feature 15 total difficulty tiers to conquer.

🔧 Deckbuilding Changes

In earlier builds, players often kept their decks as small as possible, which is something that goes against the idea of creating a rich, interconnected ecosystem. Thanks to the new Habitat system (and several supporting tweaks), you’ll now be encouraged to experiment with larger, more diverse decks full of unique combinations.

🗺️ Map Updates

Challenge and opportunity distribution on the map has been rebalanced to fit the new systems and incorporate player feedback gathered throughout last year.

🎨 Graphics Overhaul

Although a few placeholders remain, many visual elements have been refreshed with updated graphics, giving the game a brighter, more polished look.

• Graphics Rework: While some placeholder assets remain, you'll notice improved graphical fidelity and a more cohesive art style throughout the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44195310/bb199763c426e615140296bb5edc922123cf6576.jpg
• Roguelike Map: The game’s stage progression was previously quite linear. We've introduced a roguelike map to enhance replayability, introduce more strategic decision-making, and pave the way for new, dynamic systems that enrich the experience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44195310/838da2b757cca42f29f13bb3195e93a872ab40a6.jpg
• Events: Thanks to the roguelike map, you now have greater control over deck-building and resources. Between stages, you can remove a card from your deck, duplicate it, or acquire a new one, decide whether to visit the shop now or save up Wild Bucks for a bigger spending spree later, and more! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44195310/095831738c53118dabe6eebd26b34fd981e51ced.jpg
• New Content: We've added new cards and policies, aiming to introduce deeper strategic interactions and expand your arsenal with fresh tools for victory. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44195310/c5c5fc846f1bd559b2c962da382c1545c4e43afa.jpg
• A Cast of Characters: Play as different mayoral candidates, each with a unique deck of supporters. In the full game, they’ll also have distinct abilities that further define their playstyle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44195310/28ae857ef30d57b8a07ff56bf56a035dc41e0372.jpg

System Changes

• Added animations to properly display how the Draw/Shuffle system works. If you end up with two Queens in the same Draw, you'll figure out it's not a bug!
• Card Removal price will vary depending on how many cards you have left in the deck. This will strongly discourage removing cards before getting new ones, also making the removal process less expensive as long as you keep your deck thick! We added an in-game tooltip to make sure you won't miss on this change.
• Overall increased the goals from Day 4 onwards.

Balance Update

Citizens

• Phoenix: Value (15 -> 10)
• Leviathan: Water above -> River above (25 -> 20)
• Dragon: Fire left and right-> Flame left and right (20 -> 22)
• Thunderbird: Electricity below -> Streetlight below (22 -> 25)

• Maggot: Value (10 -> 5)
• Larva: Countdown (2 -> 1)
• Morel: New additional effect (On day end, remove all Spores from Deck)
• Lizard Tail: Tags (Food) -> (Leftovers)

Buildings

• Doghouse: Turn End give (10 -> 5)
• Vivarium / Nursery / Treehouse: Turn End give (3 -> 2)
• Incubator: On turn end spawn a copy of an adjacent Animal -> Countdown 2 spawn a copy of an adjacent Animal
• Obelisk: +20 for each Mythical on board -> Give +20 to adjacent Mythical

Bugfixes

• Cards are now consistently multiplied by rivers/flames/streetlights before getting transformed.
• Wolf Pack (Large) won't eat lesser wolves in the pack anymore.
• Fixed an instance where the day wouldn't end after the Pacifism policy earned just enough for the day.
• Fixed some inconsistencies with Morel.
• More minor bugfixes.

Patch Notes - Overview

• New Cards: we added three new Buildings: Incubator, Greenhouse, and Rot Mound!
• Buildings Update: on top of adding new buildings, we changed how they are distributed: we saw an instance happen way to often, where players found a building late in the game that they weren't able to use. We wanted to make sure this would never happen again.
• Deckbuilding Update: we changed the numbers behind rarer cards' appearance rates and end-of-day money earnings with the objective of making deckbuilding more engaging though the usage of rerolls.
• Balance Update: we went through all the cards and made some adjustments where we deemed necessary. This is going to be an ongoing and endless process, even after game release, so please keep providing us with your feedback!
• Policies Update: you'll see some minor changes to policies, as we adjusted them according to the balance update.
• Bugfixes: Fixed some game breaking bugs, often related to the player's money going below zero unintendedly. Also fixed several cards not appearing, behaving inconsistently or not scoring as much as their description said.
• Onboarding: We tweaked the tutorial to make the first-ever runs shorter and less overwhelming with information for new players; added new tooltips to describe more hidden mechanics, and made it easier to learn how to rotate tiles.
• Audio: we changed some SFXs regarding death and money earn to make them easier on the ears, also added sliders for volumes!
• Music: changed menu and game music.
• QoL: minor UI/UX changes to make some game interactions smoother, such as hovering on cards/tiles to see more details.

Balance Update - In Depth

New Cards

• Incubator: this new building will clone adjacent animals each turn. Intended to give more support to cards like Sheep, Sardine and Starling who want more of the same to be close to each other.
• Greenhouse: become a gardener and turn plants with no effect like Tulip, Bush, Apple and Stick Insect into any other adjacent plant. This building will make room for very interesting payoffs when building a deck around it.
• Rot Mound: this building will add a Carcass to your deck. When played next to the Rot Mound, Carcass will become Maggot, transforming into an adjacent Insect. This building is intended to support insect-based builds, with very interesting scenarios where you can have more than one Queen at a time, but also adding new Keywords to support other under-performing cards!
• Carcass: this card has the Keyword "Food" and "Leftover", the latter being the newly introduced Keyword!

Cards Adjustments

• Flame: Adds a x2 multiplier to adjacent cards, still kills and spreads on plants, but is no longer removed at turn end.
• Eucalyptus: When close to a Flame, instead of transforming into Seed, it will die and spawn Seeds adjacent to the Flame. This effect is intended to keep the Eucalyptus a strategic, timing-based placement card, adapting to Flame changes.
• Leafcutter Ant: Reworded description for more clarity. Fixed a bug where it wouldn’t transform if adjacent to a Medium Plant.
• Kraken: Now scores +25 per tentacle as intended.
• Raven: Rarity (Rare -> Uncommon), Score (+15 -> +10).
• Hermit Crab: Removed. This kills the crab.
• Crab: Renamed to Hermit Crab. Removed Transform effect. We wanted Crab to be easier to understand and pick up as we noticed some lack of clarity in its previous state.
• Lizard: Countdown to transform back into Lizard (2 -> 1), Score on Lizard (8 -> 6), Score on tail (5 -> 4).
• Snail Shell: Score on spawn (0 -> 10), Score on killed (25 -> 20), Keywords (+Leftover).
• Insect (?): Renamed to Zombie Insect.
• Strangler Fig: Score on play (11 -> 10), Score on effect (+14 -> +10), Keywords (+Tree).
• Vulture: Now kills Leftover instead of Bone, Score on play (10 -> 8), Score on effect (+25 -> +15).
• Lion, Mantis, Elephant: Increased their value on-play, removed Score from Kill effect. We're keeping a close eye on this one as we consistently re-evaluate the value of Kill effects.
• Ashes: Keywords (+Leftover)

Card Buffs

• Spider: Rarity (Common -> Uncommon), Size (Medium -> Large), Webs now trigger a chain reaction, removing all webs in the group. It should be less valuable as a Killer but provide more value as a Spawner.
• Wolf: Score on play (2 -> 3).
• Wolfpack: Score on play (0 -> 3), Score on Kill (1 -> 2).
• Lucky Clover: Chance (5 -> 50).
• Pearl: Chance (1 -> 20).
• Ladybug: Chance (10 -> 75).
• Maneki-neko: Chance (20 -> 100).
• Snake: Score on play (4 -> 6), Score on kill (2 -> 6).
• Eel: Score (7 -> 9).
• Dog: Score (12 -> 10), Score on effect (0 -> +15).
• Drone: Score on effect (0 -> +20).
• Fly: Larva now moves.
• Toadstool: Score (N/A -> 10).
• Ant Eater: Score on effect (0 -> +15).
• Nest: Countdown (2 -> 1).

Card Nerfs

• Locust: Score on play/spawn (7 -> 5).
• Ivy: Score on play/spawn (10 -> 7).
• Sea Snail: Keywords (-Shell). Objective is to create more interesting interactions with Crab.
• Pigeon: Score on play (8 -> 7), Score per adjacent Building (+8 -> +7).
• Firefly: Score on play/spawn (17 -> 13).
• Buffalo: Kill targets (Small and Medium -> Small).