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Hi, Inklings!

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Check out the sale on Inkbound’s Steam store page. The sale will run from June 21st to June 28th.

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To redeem the promo code - complete tutorial and reach Atheneum hub. Open the "gear" menu by clicking the gear icon on the bottom bar or pressing the escape key. Then click "redeem code," paste the code into the box, and click "redeem".

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Exciting things are happening at Shiny Shoe. We’ve recently released a roadmap that includes what to expect in our next major update. Just a few of the things to look forward to is a new player aspect, daily challenges, and a new Inkbound book!

Thank you all so much for your support. Words cannot express how much we appreciate each and every one of you.

See you in the Atheneum!
Cami
~Community Manager at Shiny Shoe

We are excited to share our first Early Access Roadmap! This roadmap features a selection of what we are currently working on for our next major update as well as some of our plans for future updates after that.

The next major update is planned for August 2023, and we look forward to you joining us for its launch!


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A text version of the same information follows.

[h2]Next Major Update[/h2]
[h3]August 2023[/h3]

• New Aspect - A new class with a new playstyle to explore.
  
• New Book - The Atheneum's collection grows.
  
• Trinkets - Unlock and equip new starting powers to customize your playstyle.
  
• Daily Challenges - Wild new mutations every day with competitive leaderboards.
  
• Quest Multi-Tracking and Objective Indicators - Improved quality of life.
  
• More Enemies - New Unravelled threats.
  
• Updated Rank System - Streamlined progression and even higher ranks to achieve.
  
• Victory Board - Earn rewards by winning with style.
  
• Multiplayer Run Save/Resume - Take a break and come back later in MP.
  

[h2]The Future[/h2]

• More Aspects - Each class with a unique playstyle.
  
• More Books - New worlds to explore.
  
• Localization - Support for languages beyond English.
  
• Offline Runs - Play without an internet connection.
  
• Accessibility Features - Improvements to be more inclusive.
  
• Holiday Events - Celebrations!
  
• Rare NPC Encounters - Mixing up runs more.
  
• Controller Support - For our controller-loving friends.
  
• Steam Deck Support - Proper support for the Deck.
  
• More Earnable Cosmetics - Freshen up your look.
  
• More Villains - New big bads.
  
• More Lore - Added depth to the world.
  
• Full Voice Acting - All characters voiced.
  
• More to Come Based on Player Feedback - Let us know what you'd like to see!
  

[h2]Letter from the Team[/h2]

This patch is focused around improving clarity and balance. Many more quality of life changes are being worked on internally and will likely will be rolled out with the first major update. In the meantime, we plan to continue to tackle easy fixes and tuning tweaks with smaller patches.

On to the notes!

[h2]Release Timing[/h2]

This patch will be released at approximately 10 am PDT on June 14th, 2023.

This link will convert that to your local time.

[h2]Full Patch Notes[/h2]

Gameplay Changes

1. "Restore Health" epic and legendary versions now also give +5 and +15 max HP respectively.
   
2. Fixed Swift not being removed at the end of combat.
   
3. Fixed Afterimage ascension Blur granting 2 stacks of Swift instead of 1.
   
4. Specified Rare vestige Bounty Hunter's Pistol description to note it only procs on the current player and on any damage: "On defeating an Enemy with an attack..." >>> "On defeating an Enemy with your damage ...".
   
5. Specified Rare vestige Harbinger's Trophy description to note it only procs on the current player and on any damage: "On defeating an Enemy with an attack..." >>> "On defeating an Enemy with your damage ...".
   
6. Updated Rare vestige Brand of the Frostshade: Updated to proc on any player defeating an enemy.
   
7. Updated Legendary vestige Inktap: Updated to proc on any player defeating an enemy.
   
8. Specified Epic vestige Roots of Reprieve description to note that it only procs if the current player defeats an enemy: "On defeating an enemy..." >>> "On defeating an enemy with one of your Bindings...".
   
9. Specified Epic vestige Controlled Explosives description to note that it only procs if the current player defeats an enemy: "On defeating an enemy..." >>> "On defeating an enemy with one of your Bindings...".
   
10. Fixed Legendary vestige Forged Lightning Bolts damage not scaling based on magic damage.
    
11. Removed Aspect-specific daily quests.
    
12. Reduced requirement for hard combat daily quests from 2 >>> 1.
    
13. Tweaked a variety of battles up and down to adjust threat to be more in line with target levels at each tier.
    
14. Fixed Cultivate Common upgrade Cultivated Shield granting 1 shield instead of 3.
    
15. Fixed Precise not being removed after combat.
    
16. Updated Bonk Common upgrade "Critical Bonk: +10 crit chance" >>> "+4 crit chance, +75 crit damage".
    
17. Updated Leaping Strike Epic upgrade "Critical Leap: +20 crit chance, +150 crit damage" >>> "+10 crit chance, +150 crit damage".
    
18. Updated Smash Uncommon upgrade "Critical Smash: +12 crit chance" >>> "+6 crit chance, +100 crit damage".
    
19. Updated Throw Rare upgrade "Critical Throw: +20 crit chance" >>> "Scavenging Throw: On kill, gain 1 Shuriken.".
    
20. Updated Throw Rare upgrade "Lethal Throw: +100 crit damage" >>> "Critical Throw: +8 crit chance, +125 crit damage.
    
21. Updated Flurry Rare upgrade "Lethal Flurry: +75 crit damage" >>> "Lacerating Flurry: Inflict 1 stack of Bleed per hit.".
    
22. Updated Flurry Rare upgrade "Stockpiled Flurry: On your turn, gain 1 Shuriken." Rare >>> Uncommon.
    
23. Updated Flurry Uncommon upgrade "Poison Flurry: Inflict 2 stacks of Poison per hit." >>> "Inflict 4 stacks of Poison per hit." Uncommon >>> Rare.
    
24. Updated Flurry Common upgrade: "Critical Flurry: +5 crit chance" >>> "+4 crit chance, +75 crit damage".
    
25. Updated Telekinesis Rare upgrade: "Charging Telekinesis: On your turn, gain 1 Psionic Charge." Rare >>> Uncommon.
    
26. Updated Telekinesis Uncommon upgrade: "Prepared Telekinesis: On turn start, full cost reduction." Uncommon >>> Rare.
    
27. Updated Telekinesis Epic upgrade: "Critical Telekinesis: +25 crit chance, +150 crit damage." >>> "Catapulting Telekinesis: +35 damage.".
    
28. Updated Stitch Epic upgrade: "Critical Stitch: +25 crit chance, +150 crit damage" >>> "+10 crit chance, +150 crit damage".
    
29. Updated Psychic Pulse Common upgrade: "Critical Pulse: +5 crit chance, +15 crit damage" >>> "+4 crit chance, +75 crit damage".
    
30. Updated Spirit Bomb Epic upgrade: "Charged Spirit Bomb: +100 damage at full charge." Epic >>> Rare.
    
31. Updated Spirit Bomb Rare upgrade: "Lethal Spirit Bomb: +100 crit damage." >>> "Destructive Spirit Bomb: +10 crit chance, +150 crit damage." Rare >>> Epic.
    
32. Updated Spirit Bomb Rare upgrade: "Charging Psionic Bomb: On your turn, gain 1 Psionic Charge." Rare >>> Uncommon.
    
33. Updated Spirit Bomb Uncommon upgrade: "Critical Spirit Bomb: +15 crit chance." >>> "Surging Spirit Bomb: +50 damage." Uncommon >>> Rare.
    
34. Updated Spirit Bomb Common upgrade: "Sparking Spirit Bomb: On turn start, 35% chance to gain 1 Psionic Charge." >>> "Critical Spirit Bomb: +4 crit chance, +75 crit damage.".
    
35. Updated Shield Bash Common upgrade: "Critical Shield Bash: +5 crit chance, +40 crit damage" >>> "+4 crit chance, +75 crit damage".
    
36. Updated Seismic Slam Epic upgrade: "Stunning Seismic Slam: Inflict Dazed" Epic >>> Rare.
    
37. Updated Seismic Slam Rare upgrade: "Colossal Seismic Slam: +30 damage." >>> "Critical Seismic Slam: +10 crit chance, +150 crit damage" Rare >>> Epic.
    
38. Updated Chain Lightning Rare upgrade: "Lethal Lightning: +15 crit chance, +50 crit damage" >>> "+8 crit chance, +125 crit damage".
    
39. Updated Chain Lightning Common upgrade: "Critical Lightning: +5 crit chance, +15 crit damage" >>> "+4 crit chance, +75 crit damage".
    
40. Reduced the damage slightly of Cynderpox Tangled.
    
41. Slightly increased the damage scaling of Argolath's tentacles direct attacks.
    
42. Increased the health of Book 2 Nim the Lost. Increased the health and attack of Nimbits in both books.
    
43. Increased health of Rhinferno in both books.
    
44. Reduced enemy attack stats slightly in 3 and 4 player multiplayer but also increased direct damage to compensate. Overall this should result in slightly less area attack damage and direct attacks remain largely unchanged.
    
45. Reduced the Captor's shielding amount.
    
46. Changed the Captor's "Glass Cannon" buff application to "Gunker". Glass Cannon was resulting in situations where the predicted incoming damage was incorrect.
    
47. Reduced Inkpot's health when they appear in the second book slightly.
    
48. Fixed rare Magma Miner vestige Miner's Gloves not stacking.
    
49. Fixed Frostbite damage wording mentioning 'per stack'.
    
50. Fixed Ermong's egg procing on heal. Fixed lootspawn from ermong's egg spawning far away from player.
    
51. Resolved issue with Cynder animation when changing phase.
    
52. Fixed quest "defeat Janus before Inky might can be applied 10 times" to better match mechanics of that boss.
    
53. Reorganize Weaver binding quests to match order of Bindings in Binding bar.
    
54. Cleaned up the text on the upgrades that deal bonus damage to targets with certain status effects to be more consistent.
    
55. Fix several dialogue + quest text typos.
    

Art & UI Changes

1. Holding the ALT key now shows enemy names.
   
2. Updated visual layout of the main menu.
   
3. Improved search functionality in Logbook Collections screen; search now will match keywords like "Will".
   

Engine Changes & Other Bug Fixes

1. Fixed issue where damage could affect Villains during phase transitions.
   
2. Fixed issue where dying and then being revived in multiplayer caused certain procs to stop working.
   
3. Preload player class related VFX prefabs to avoid synchronous load calls.
   
4. Fixed softlock if you got disconnected from a server with the Feedback screen, Gear screen, Player Interact screen, and Code Redeem screens open.
   
5. Improved profanity filter to avoid flagging some false positives.
   

[h2]Letter from the Team[/h2]

Hi all, this update is focused primarily on resolving some widely reported bugs, adding an important usability enhancement to playing Clairvoyant, and improving multiplayer. We are optimistic that changes in this patch will improve connectivity for people encountering errors. Also, the improvements to kicking disconnected players should allow multiplayer runs to continue if a player drops.

For those interested in what is coming next, we are working on an official roadmap and will be posting it soon.

On to the patch notes!

[h2]Release Timing[/h2]

This patch will be released at approximately 10 am PDT on June 7th, 2023.

This link might help you see when that is in your local time.

[h2]Full Patch Notes[/h2]

Gameplay Changes

1. Increased SP rewards from runs by 50%.
   
2. Updated the "Training Mode" buff on Sparring Dummies and Janus to take longer to trigger in multiplayer based on the amount of players. For example, if there are four players it will take four hits to trigger the attack increase.
   
3. Updated legendary vestige Taetra Twin to only proc on direct damage (abilities) instead of on any damage. "On damaging an Enemy, 35% chance to do that amount of damage again..." >>> "On hitting, 50% chance to do that amount of damage again...".
   
4. Reduced the requirements for the Purchase Vestiges quest in Silent Promenade 5 >>> 3.
   
5. Made a vague quest message for The Song of the Sea more specific on how to proceed.
   
6. Made the Inkspot in the Garden's Edge less hidden.
   
7. Fixed typo in title of 'Villain Destroyer' Nameplate.
   
8. Fixed Epic Spiked stat gain from fonts to correctly give 10 and not 6.
   
9. Fixed Pulsar Belt procing smite multiple times on a single enemy.
   

Art & UI Changes

1. Clairvoyant - added aura targeting visual indicator when aiming abilities.
   
2. Added an input delay in drafts to try to avoid accidental double clicks before the draft options can be read.
   

Engine Changes & Other Bug Fixes

1. Networking - made multiple improvements to reduce the likelihood of encountering the "fell behind server" error, especially when entering the Atheneum. We are committed to fixing this and interested in feedback. Please let us know in Discord if you notice any change to your ability to play the game.
   
2. Multiplayer - if a player disconnects and the party leader kicks them with the "/kick" command they are now properly removed from the run and the run can continue.
   
3. Multiplayer - if the party leader disconnects, a different person is made the party leader. If necessary, that person can use "/kick" to kick the former party leader and can then continue the run.
   
4. Fixed issue where certain gameplay combinations, like Taetra Twin used against Argolath tentacles, could cause the run server to crash.
   

This hotfix patch will be releasing in the next hour.

[h2]Full Patch Notes[/h2]

Art & UI Changes

1. Fixed incorrect Roman Numerals on some milestones quests.
   
2. Small text consistency fixes.
   

Engine Changes & Other Bug Fixes

1. Fixed new purple gunk visuals stuck on.