Order Automatica News

Hi all,

This update is pretty big, and I'm quite excited by it.

TL;DR: You can move units and items around in ways you couldn't before. For example: you can move a unit from your grid back into the hold spot. Maybe if you give that unit in the hold spot a "when held between battles" distillation, it will work?! What I'm saying is, it opens up a lot of weird strategies.

Full patch notes:

🦾 Enemy end-of-preparation actions now happen before player's prep phase

🔥Changes End-of-first round cell effects to start of battle cell effects

🐛 Don't allow moving units before indulgence pick

🐛 Fixes problems with summoners that have On Ally Summoned distillations upon them

🦾 Damage taken during preparation phase is applied when preparation is over so that enemy teams can also use preparation attack (and so damage isn't saved)

🍺 Items can be moved anywhere and given to units in hold and buy spots

🐛 Normalizes how sell prices are calculated even if you move something out of grid

🦾 Allows character movement from hold to buy spot, from grid to buy spot, and from buy spot to buy spot

🦾 Allows distillation from hold spot and buy spots

🍺 Characters and items can be discarded directly from buy spots

🦾 Units can be moved from grid onto hold spot


Thanks again for playing,

Mickey

Hi all!

I just uploaded a new version of the demo with some big mechanical updates.

The biggest change is that now units will trade damage during attacks. This makes the game a lot faster in a good way I think.

Second is the introduction of cell effects. These are buffs and debuffs that happen to units in specific cells. This makes the arrangement and positioning of your grid even more strategic.

Other than this, there are many small improvements and bug fixes.

Thanks for playing and I'd love to hear your opinion of the updates!

Best,
Mickey

Happy to say that the demo for Order Automatica is now live!

Thank you to all the playtesters and collaborators who helped get the game to where it is, I really appreciate it!

I'm continuing to try and improve the game, so I'd be more than happy to hear you feedback here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2105840/discussions/1/3879344463500852063/


All the best,
Mickey

A bunch of updates to the playtest version of the game, which is open to anyone who signs up:

📙 Small story revisions and sketches for stories 1-1 through 1-3

👁️ New rank unlocked message and demo specific % complete

📖 Adds a wiki page for indulgences

🪧Adds different messages for demo version

🐛 No longer allows dying units to be included in combining into levelled unit

🐛 Fixes bug with unmovable units on bottom row after they have been deselected

🐛 Fixes bug where you can move/sell a unit that is getting killed by Statim Mortem in the prep phase

🥰 New enemy teams for 1-2 and 1-3 (and these ranks now have multiple enemy teams each)

💩 Reintroduced Infected Heretic unit

🦆 Text and callout for Silent Executioner's useless distillation

🥲 Altar beast now only buffs "newest" adjacent summons

🥲 Fixes some wiki text about preparation and adds info in wiki about new distillation system

💩 Makes in-store attainment and wiki stuff easier to close/navigate - fixes help link for distillation

🔥🔥 First pass at new distillation behavior - only triggers N times per battle

Today I've opened the up the Steam playtest for Order Automatica!

I'm working towards creating a demo, but as an initial offering I've opened up the playtest to anyone who signs up. The playtest version has what I hope to have in the demo + a little bit more.

Feedback is always appreciated!

Best,
Mickey