Brutal Orchestra News

Balance

• Mother's Visage's Dependancy goes back to inflict 1 Frail again.
  
• Scattering Homunculus' Sonic Suffering effect now Slightly heal all units with red health.
  
• Scattering Homunculus now has Skittish 3.
  

Fixes

• Fixed intents on the Skinning Homunculus attacks to showcase the Scattering Homunculus spawn.
  
• Griffin's Wacky Wallop cost changed to Red and Yellow instead of just Red.
  
• Fixed issue with the hurt animation of the Scattering Homunculus.
  

Mods

• Fixed some internal code so Modded Fools work again.
  

We live! This year is a quieter one for Brutal Orchestra as Nico and Talia have been primarily working on their respective upcoming games (Clown Meat by Talia) (Munch by Nico).

That being said, the "Loud and Clear" patch is here adding a new type of Homunculus in the Garden, lots of new enemy encounters with existing enemies, and lots of character balance tweaks + new little surprises!

After this patch, our next goal is to release Brutal Orchestra in French, Italian, German, and Spanish (and potentially more languages in the future).
Once that is complete our focus will shift to Steam Workshop support for Brutal Orchestra's outstanding modding community.

Also enjoy this gorgeous fanart by Advent on Brutal Orchestra's Discord.

So without further ado, the changelog:



New Enemies:

• Added Scattering Homunculus to the Garden
  
• Added New Voboola encounters to the Far Shore.
  
• Added New Fla Ming Goa encounters to the Far Shore.
  
• Added New Revola encounters to the Orpheum.
  
• Added New Giggling Minister encounters to the Garden
  
• Added New Skinning Homunculus encounters to the Garden.
  
• Added New In Their Image encounters to the Garden.
  

Character Balance:

• Nowak's ability "Unfocused Wrath" can no longer refresh the player.
  
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now only decrease in damage upon refreshing.
  
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now refresh with the respective chance per level, 30/30/30/35. (Orig: 30/30/30/30)
  
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now deal 10/12/14/15 damage per respective level. (Orig: 10/12/14/14)
  
• Burnout's "Buster" ability will now only decrease in damage upon refreshing.
  
• Burnout's "Buster" ability will now refresh with the respective chance per level, 40/45/50/60. (Orig: 40/40/40/40)
  
• Burnout's "Buster ability will now deal 8/9/10/11 damage per respective level. (Orig: 8/9/11/12)
  
• Burnout's "Exit" ability will now remove all debuffs to damage upon being used for the first time.
  
• Burnout's "Exit" ability now costs PurpleRed + Purple/ PurpleRed + Purple/ PurpleRed + Purple/ Purple at each respective level. (Orig: Purple + Purple /Purple + Purple /Purple /Purple)
  
• Fennec's ability "Quills" has been reworked to deal 1 damage to yourself, heal self, and have a low chance of removing an enemy ability.
  
• Anton's ability "Shank" now deals 4/6/7/8 damage at each respective level. (Orig: 3/5/7/7)
  
• Anton's ability "Shank" now costs Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ YellowBlue + Red/ YellowBlue + RedPurple. Orig: Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ Yellow Red.
  
• Anton's Ability "Insult" now deals indirect damage.
  
• Anton's Ability "Insult" now costs Yellow/Blue + Purple at all levels. (Orig: Yellow + Purple)
  
• Arnold's self-esteem is now 2%. (Orig: 3%)
  
• Griffin can no longer perform the ability "Clobber" and instead performs a new ability, "Wallop".
  
• Dimitri's Ability "Immolating Torch" now inflicts 3 fire. (Orig: 4 fire)
  
• Agon's Ability "Scream" now deals 3/5/6/7 indirect damage at each respective level. (Orig: 1/3/4/5)
  
• LongLiver (and GallGagger)'s "Mutualism" Passive no longer drains health from the host.
  
• LongLiver (And GallGagger) will refresh their ability and movement when exiting a host.
  
• Party members hosting LongLiver (or GallGagger) can now perform the ability "Premature Excretion" to force LongLiver (or GallGagger) to exit immediately.
  
• The Doll's "Construct" passive will no longer trigger if the party member already has an extra ability.
  
• When selecting Mung from the main menu the player is now assigned a random second party member. (Previously the Mung was considered an offensive party member.)
  

Enemy and Boss Balance:

• Updated Scrungie spawnables pool to contain Scattering Homunculus.
  
• Updated Sepulchre spawnables pool to contain Scattering Homunculus.
  
• Updated Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the... spawnables pool to contain Scatter Homunculus.
  
• The Skinning Homunculus abilities "Flay the Skin", "Flay the Flesh" and "Domination" now spawn a Scattering Homunculus if they do not hit a party member.
  
• The Mother's Visage ability "Dependancy" now inflicts 2 Scars and no longer inflicts Frail.
  
• SmoothSkin's Health is now 90. (Orig: 80)
  
• The Revola ability "Vertigo" is now significantly more rare.
  
• The Revola ability "Falling Skies" now deals 6 damage. (Orig: 2)
  
• Bronzo re-applies Bronzo's Blessing to all party members at the beginning of each phase.
  
• Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the... ability "Unity" now reapplies Bronzo's Blessing to all party members.
  
• Added new very rare Giggling Minister ability "Trauma Bond".
  

Item Balance:

• Sulfa Powder now applies 1-12 Shield per turn. (Orig: 1-4 Shield)
  
• Pep Powder now applies 7 Shield upon receiving any kind of damage. (Orig: 4)
  
• Gamblers' Right hand has had its outcomes reworked to favour the player more strongly. 60% chance no damage, 30% normal damage, 10% double damage. (Orig: 40% no damage, 40% normal damage, 20% double damage)
  
• Sacrificial Saint now has a 50% chance to Spawn an Ungod on combat start.
  
• Homeless Hotline now triggers on turn start to prevent several issues.
  
• Crooked Dagger now heals 40% of health on kill. (Orig: 10%)
  
• Caretaker's Cudgel now deals 5 damage. (Orig: 4)
  
• Violated Pact is now locked behind the achievement "The Ungod's Demand".
  
• Serpent's Head is now locked behind the achievement "Garden of Earthly Delights".
  
• Lil Homunculus is now unlocked by default.
  
• The Brand is now considered a knife.
  
• Esoteric Artifact now costs 4 instead of 8.
  
• Sulfa Powder now costs 5 instead of 8.
  
• Plaster Cast now costs 2 instead of 4.
  
• Pep Powder now costs 4 instead of 5.
  
• War Bonds now costs 0 instead of 10.
  
• Dum Dum now costs 5 instead of 2.
  
• Vowbreaker now costs 2 instead of 0. (This was the intended price, this item being free was a mistake.)
  
• Stillborn Egg can now spawn Mung, Doll and GallGagger.
  

Mod Support:

• Improved Fool Board price calculation so modders can create zones with more leveled up Fools Boards.
  
• Improved Rank Up price calculation improved so modders can create characters with more levels than the default 4.
  
• Enemy materials are now automatically set so custom enemies have proper outlines.
  

Misc Changes:

• Added more bodies to Agon's initial encounter. (This is for future lore reasons.)
  
• The Garden now spawns 2 NPC events. (Prev: 1)
  
• Increased scroll speed on too many items/party members menus.
  
• Removed several rare/unique passives from the glossary.
  
• Locked party members you have spoken to are highlighted differently on the main menu.
  
• The game now more thoroughly tries to update your achievements on launch.
  
• Scars no longer increase incoming damage from Divine Protection and Linked.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented Burnout from using "Exit" if he already had "Fleeting".
  
• Fixed bug where when LongLiver or GallGagger used "Parasitism" or "Mutualism" and at the same time trigger/break their item, the item would not show up.
  
• Fixed a graphical issue with the Item "Human Soul"'s sprite.
  
• Fixed a graphical issue with the ability "Connection"'s icon.
  
• Fixed a graphical issue with the Item "Gamified Cephalopod"'s sprite.
  
• Reformated Ouroboro's Corpse sprite to prevent shader-related issues.
  
• Minor fixes to Bosch's dialogue sprites.
  
• Fixed some Far Shore Flavor NPCs being the wrong size when appearing in portals.
  
• Fixed numerous items to properly display "the" during their unlock message and vice versa.
  
• Fixed a typo with the achievement "The End?".
  
• Fixed a typo with the achievement "Worthy Successor".
  
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Mutilate".
  
• Fixed a typo on the item "Immolated Fairy".
  
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Connection".
  
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Whole Again".
  
• Fixed the passive Withering's description to be consistent in-game and in the glossary.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ability "Foul Fluids" didn't specify that damage was indirect.
  
• Fixed a typo with the item "Stigmata".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the keyphrase "Copy" in the glossary.
  
• Fixed a typo involving the keyphrase "Clone" in the glossary.
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Cremation".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Strange Fruit".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Blackened Toad".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Ideal Form of Trash".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Gilded Mirror".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Cursed Sword".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Caretakers Cudgel".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "A Gift?".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Absolve".
  
• Fixed a typo with Thype unlock condition on the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Man Made Ovum".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Sculptors Tools".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Riches from Beyond".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the keyword "Indirect".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the keyword "Direct".
  
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Persistence of Time".
  
• Fixed a typo involving how achievements are displayed.
  
• Fixed an issue with the text colour during Leviat's unlock.
  
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Gamified Cephalopod".
  
• Fixed a bug where Sacrificial Saint would not trigger on Nowak's death.
  
• Fixed a bug involving the ability "Discipline"'s intents.
  
• Fixed a bug involving the ability "Takedown"'s intents.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Overexert 10 to actually trigger on 7 damage.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Fla Ming Goa from being considered a fish-type enemy.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing Revola from using their Hardmode encounters.
  
• Fixed a bug involving the intents of the ability "Bend the Knee".
  
• Fixed a typo where the status effect "Linked" did not specify that it decreased over time.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the passive Untethered Essence to not reset the lucky pigment to blue.
  
• Fixed a typo with Bone Spurs not specifying that it inflicts indirect damage.
  

Happy Pride Month!

Brutal Orchestra is officially 1 year old!

Its been a crazy year and we are incredibly thankful for everyone who has taken the time to try out our dumb lil game!

To celebrate we added two new items, The Egg of Incubus and The Exquisite Corpse for those crazy people who have 100%-ed the game. (More in-depth patch notes soonish.)

Both these items are themed after Brutal Orchestra's two major content updates we released in 2022.


We have lots of exciting plans for Brutal Orchestra in the new year so stay tuned!

-Nico / Talia

SPOILERS AHEAD

Items

• Fixed a couple of items that were not showcasing their unlock condition properly.
  
• Someone Else's Face now costs 6 coins.
  
• Tape Worm Pills will now behave and work as intended.
  

Characters

• Increased Gall Gagger's health to 15.
  
• Fixed missing ability on Gall Gagger.
  

Passives

• Mutualism, instead of damaging the party member, now it will heal them.
  

Achievements

• Fixed bug on the unlock condition of "Swallowed by the Sea".
  
• Made "War Criminal" conditions easier to meet.
  

Misc

• Fixed bug where after ranking up a character abilities were not updating their descriptions.
  
• Fixed bug were the first ending was not displaying party members properly.
  
• Added Glossary on the Main Menu
  
• Added 1280 x 800 to resolution options. (should look better on Steam Deck)
  

Art by the incredibly talented Gloomy Dude: @ElmanoloC

It's time to put your money where your mouth is and pay Bronzo another visit.

Are you a fan of fish? Well get ready to help yourself to more Mung than you know what to do with.

A Master of Dolls from another world materializes in the Orpheum, waiting for you.

Items, riches, and treasures galore have been scattered through the world waiting to be discovered. Familiar friends and foes have been reworked, breathing new life into old bones. There has never been a better time to die.

To celebrate the release of Brutal Orchestra: Exquisite Corpse, both Brutal Orchestra and its Soundtrack are 25% off for the next week. Swallow the Sea and Perfect Vermin's Soundtracks are also 50% off.

If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates like this one, make sure to drop us a review on Steam!

And now the changelog (Heavy Spoiler).

New Party Members

• Added Mung to the Far Shore in Hard Mode.
  
• Added GallGagger. (Extra party member)
  
• Added Doll. (Extra party member) (VHS Crossover)
  

New Enemies and Bosses

• Added Ungod (friendly).
  
• Added Bananas the "Cat". (Mean)
  
• Added Bananas the "Cat". (Friendly)
  
• Added El Dorado.
  
• Added Bronzo the Bastard.
  
• Added Bronzo the Toothless.
  
• Added Bronzo the Bronzo.
  
• Added Bronzo the Backup.
  
• Added Bronzo the Enlightened.
  
• Added Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo...
  
• Added The Plump Platinum Pumper.
  

New Strangers

• Added Doll Master's quest. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Expanded Bronzo's quest.
  
• Expanded Ichor's quest.
  

New Passive Effects

• Added Status Effect Parasitism.
  
• Added Status Effect Mutualism.
  
• Added Passive Untethered Essence.
  
• Added Passive Red Essence.
  
• Added Passive Yellow Essence.
  
• Added Passive Purple Essence.
  
• Added Passive Construct.
  
• Added Passive Bronzo's Blessing.
  
• Added Passive Cash Out.
  
• Added Passive Financial Hyperinflation.
  

New Treasure Items

• Added Broken Doll. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Cursed Sword. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Infernal Eye. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Enigma. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Lil Orro.
  
• Added Egg of Firmament.
  
• Added Harvest and Plenty
  
• Added Sacrificial Saint. (Submitted by Eli Arps)
  
• Added Professional Procrastinator. (Submitted by Aisling Beatty)
  
• Added Blood Breathing Bomb. (Submitted by Zetderp)
  
• Added Starving Apples. (Submitted by Krisu)
  
• Added Bananas.
  
• Added Bananas.
  
• Added Bronzo's Stupid Hat.
  

New Shop Items

• Added Vyacheslav's Last Sip. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added The Master's Sickle. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Esoteric Artifact. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Tape Worm Pills.
  
• Added Faulty Land Mine.
  
• Added Chain of Command.
  
• Added Gentlemen's Glove. (Submitted by Diamond Jub)
  
• Added Baltic Brine. (Submitted by Crysseil)
  
• Added Homeless Hotline. (Submitted by Max Martin)
  
• Added Littering Leaflets. (Submitted by Fiddox)
  
• Added Forgotten Pump. (Submitted by Owen Fitzgerald)
  
• Added Dum-Dum. (Submitted by Henrique Terron Lavini Crevatin)
  
• Added Expired Medicine. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
  
• Added Used Dog Tags. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
  
• Added War Bond. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
  
• Added Soap? (Submitted by Michael)
  
• Added Pharmaceutical Roller Coaster. (Submitted by Rhydork)
  
• Added Vowbreaker. (Submitted by Mr. Man)
  
• Added Lil Smiley. (Submitted by Sulfur Cretin)
  
• Added Counterfeit Coin
  
• Added Bronzo's 2 Cents.
  

New Extra Items

• Added A Banana Peel. (Banana Consumed)
  
• Added Wels Catfish. (Fish Pool)
  
• Added Left Shoe. (Fish Pool)
  

New Music

• Added Video Horror Society Theme. (VHS Crossover)
  
• Added Bronzo's Fun Theme.
  
• Added Bronzo's Pissed Theme.
  

New Achievements

• Added The Emotional Disaster (Fools)
  
• Added The Shyster (Boss)
  
• Added Wels Catfish (The Witness)
  
• Added Left Shoe (The Divine)
  
• Added The Director's Final Frame (Stranger)
  
• Added Bit off More than You Can Chew. (Comedy)
  
• Added Somebody Call The Vatican. (Comedy)
  
• Added Capital is King (Comedy)
  
• Added War Criminal (Comedy)
  
• Added Dumb Luck (Comedy)
  
• Added Notable Skill (Comedy)
  
• Added Burgeoning Expertise (Comedy)
  
• Added Total and Absolute Mastery (Comedy)
  
• Added What the !@#$ Nowak? (Comedy)
  
• Added Okay Nowak, Seriously Stop! (Comedy)
  
• Added That's it Nowak! (Comedy)
  
• Added Time to Die! (Comedy)
  
• Added Honest Effort (Tragedy)
  
• Added Swallowed by the Sea (Tragedy)
  
• Added So Long Liver (Tragedy)
  

New Boss Intros

• Added Roids' Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added Hickory's Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added Mobius' Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added Trigger Fingers' Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added The Charcarrion's Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added The Smoothskin's Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added The Ouroboros' Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added This Pitiful Corpse Splash Art.
  
• Added Osman Sinnoks' Splash Art.
  
• Added Heavens Splash Art and Roar.
  
• Added Bronzo the Bastard's Splash Art and Roar.
  

Improvements

• Improved party member selection UI to track the unlock requirements of discovered locked party members.
  
• Reworked the Lucky Blue Pigment system to allow the player to toggle through pigments that have been added by Essence passive effects.
  
• Reworked party members to be able to have more than 3 abilities.
  
• Added a turn count at the beginning of each turn.
  
• Health numbers are now larger in combat.
  
• The active party UI is now visually brighter.
  
• Improved party member selection bias.
  
• Heaven has a more dramatic death effect when killing a party member.
  
• Arnold no longer appears easy mode once he has been unlocked in hard mode.
  
• Improved damage modification calculation. Frail and other are now calculated after shield. This indirectly buffs the strength of shield.
  

Party Member Balance

• Removed Slippery from Longliver.
  
• Removed Delicate from Longliver
  
• Increased Longliver's health to 20/25/30/32
  
• Reworked Symbiosis to allow Longliver to invade the body of the left ally.
  
• Reworked Eviscerate to allow Longliver to invade the body of the opposing enemy
  
• Decreased Longliver's unlock chance per cumulative party member death to 1%.
  
• Reworked Unravel to heal all party members to the Right with a spread of -2 per space.
  
• Reworked Discipline to damage all party members on the left and right with the spread of -50% per
  space.
  
• Increased Buster's odds of decreasing in power.
  
• Penance now has a lower chance to rupture the player.
  
• Mordrake's Devour spawn chances have been increased.
  
• Mordrake's Manipulation and Altered have a refresh chance now.
  
• Clone Mordrake's abilities now have a different cost.
  
• Rags' Whole again and Entwined now have split pigment costs at higher levels.
  
• Smokestacks Fuel cost at high levels have a split pigment cost at high levels.
  
• Pearls Digestion now has a split pigment cost at high levels.
  

Enemy Balance

• Blood Moans now has a 30% chance to curse each party member rather than all party members.
  
• All Spoggles and Jumble Guts can now appear in the Far Shore.
  

Item Balance

• Wheel of Fortune now causes the party member to perform 2 actions.
  
• Stolen Gold now adds 1-2 Scars each turn.
  
• Lucky Helmets activation chance is 35% now.
  
• Another Duds activation chance is 40% now.
  
• Momma Nooty now consumes pigment from the Pigment Generator as well as the Bar.
  
• Prussian Blue no longer damages Party members.
  
• Fly Paper now gives yellow essence.
  
• Glue Trap now gives purple essence.
  
• Spring Trap now gives red essence.
  
• Someone else's face now has a 50% chance to be consumed at the end of combat.
  
• Violated pact has been totally reworked.
  
• Sculptors tools has been totally reworked.
  
• Crooked die now additionally decreases incoming damage by 1-6.
  
• Blind Faith now heals 1-3 to each party member per turn.
  
• Sulfa Powder now Shields 1-4.
  
• Health Insurance clears status effects on trigger.
  
• Stillborn Egg will no longer trigger on Nowak.
  
• Wicker Child will no longer trigger on Nowak.
  
• Purple heart will no longer trigger on Nowak.
  
• Recalled Gas mask now costs less in shops.
  
• Prosthetics now costs less in shops.
  
• Russki Vampire now deals 2 damage to player and will not trigger if the player cannot heal.
  
• Ol reliable is more clear about its effect.
  
• Gilded mirror now more accurately imitates some items.
  
• Alchemical abomination can no longer trigger debug abilities.
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Linked from spreading damage if the targeted enemy dies.
  
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused spawned/transformed enemies to duplicate their abilities.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could pause on a game over and quit to bug out party member health.
  
• Fixed a lot of swapping bugs.
  
• Fixed a bug that involved fleeting not trigger on enemies with Overexert in certain circumstance.
  
• Made save files less likely to corrupt in the event of a power outage.
  
• Fixed a softlock where an enemy transforms on the same turn and enemy with confusion dies.
  
• Fixed a mistake in the Spitfiring Spoggle's sprite.
  
• Fixed the Flarbs timeline sprites.
  
• Fixed the Charcarrion's Martyrdom ability using the wrong icon.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with Choir Boys in the overworld.
  
• Fixed Mungies animations.
  
• Fixed Starvations animation.
  
• Fixed Quills animation.
  
• Fixed Zanguango's filter during conversation
  
• Fixed a typo in Fogs' achievement.
  
• Fixed a issue with the Mungling Mud Lungs over world portal art.
  
• Fixed a typo in Roid' achievement.
  
• Fixed a typo in the description of "Persistence of Time".
  
• Fixed a typo in the Yellow Pigment Generators Glossary entry.
  
• Fixed a typo in the descriptions of Fatalism.
  
• Fixed a typo in the description of Immortal.
  
• Pigment cannot be arbitrarily moved around the pigment bar now.
  
• Fixed several pigment placement related errors.
  
• Fixed an issue where dialogue sprites were floating by 2 pixels.
  
• Fixed an issue where the movement grid would not appear for the Charcarrion.
  
• Fixed an issue where bosch would speak at the wrong time during the opening tutorial.
  
• Fixed The Charcarrion's intents.
  
• Fixed Xiphactinus and Gillicus intents.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player could predict the outcome of Mind Games.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Incarnates intents.
  
• Conscription notice is now a shop item.
  

This really is the Brutal Orchestra.