NEW CARD | UPDATE 2025/03/11
Good morning, dear friends:
As you may know, throughout 2025 we have committed to releasing weekly updates for Gremlins, Inc. Such updates typically include a few quality of life improvements:
If you have any suggestions for future updates in the categories above, please post them on Steam Forums. We are here for you, working to make your game experience better.
And if you report a ːhypnoheartː particularly good ːhypnoheartː bug which we then find, and fix, then we will happily mail you a little package from our studio –
[h2]UPDATE 2025/03/11[/h2]
[h3]NEW CARD[/h3]
To celebrate the game's 9th anniversary, which falls on March 11, 2025, we created a new card that shows an uncle of our lead character – a famous gremlin oligarch, who spends his days in the Casino (there are rumors that he made his money on government contracts related to the Dump; others say that he used to own a ruby mine in the Treasure; recently, he published a book called "The Self-Made Gremlin Who Does Everything On His Own", written by a team of ghostwriters).
ːcardsː"Oligarch"
Special Rule:
If you are arrested: this card is discarded, instead of getting a jail term teleport to the Casino.
Although the effect of this permanent card is triggered only once, the privilege of avoiding the Jail is still a sizable advantage.
Since you can get a significant number of ːscoreː at once, this card is useful for strengthening your defense and expanding your lead at the end of the session.
Please note that the Pauper's ability "No place for beggars" takes priority over this card's special rule.
The exact values of this card may be balanced a bit, after we see it played for a week or two.
The inspiration for this mechanic in the real life, is the saying that if a crime has a fine, it is only a crime for the poor; to the rich, it's a fee charged for performing the activity. I remember this every time I see a ridiculously expensive car parked in violation of the rules on the handicapped spot at the airport: a crime to most, but just a paid parking spot to the rich gremlin owner who parks this way.
[h3]SPECIAL SKIN FOR MAIN MENU[/h3]
We have created a new skin for Main Menu, which is based on the Oligarch character. You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]FAST ANIMATION OF DICE THROW[/h3]
We added an option to speed up the animation of dice-rollers in the game. This will make your session quicker, if every player in the session uses this option. You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]FANCY SOUND EFFECTS OF DICE THROW[/h3]
Based to the community suggestion (thanks, ːmagic_sparklesː 鸟狙打你足够了), we added an option where a gremlin shouts the results of the dice throw at the end of the roll. If you don't speak Mandarin, this is your chance to learn the basic numbers (it also comes handy during kung fu training). You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]LANGUAGE EDITS[/h3]
This week, we harmonized the description of the rules on about 15 cards more. This time the scale is a bit smaller due to other key updates. Languages affected: English, Japanese, Russian.
During the last week's update, there were errors in the Russian descriptions of "The Promobot" and "Amulet of Do-gor" as well as in "Tip-off". These has been fixed. Languages affected: Russian. (thanks, ːmagic_sparklesː dear Russian Gremlin Community and ːmagic_sparklesː прозрачный).
If you see any other spelling mistakes in a language that you play the game in, please let us know and we will be happy to fix those.
[h3]USER INTERFACE[/h3]
Tournament points earned in each session, which can be viewed in the previous sessions tab of the player profile, were shown incorrectly. This was causing confusion. It is now fixed.
There was a bug that prevented scrolling the play log while playing a session. This has been fixed (thanks for the reports, ːmagic_sparklesː Infernomance).
During tournaments, there was a bug that showed "invalid links" when pressing the button for "more information" in the tournament info dialog at the top of the screen. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː Thainlex).
The light bulb symbols that light up on the playing field where each character's special abilities are activated were not placed correctly where the Banker's abilities were activated. This has been fixed (thanks for the reports, ːmagic_sparklesː прозрачный).
Some of the SFX/VFX in ːcardsː "Heavenly Duties" did not match the card effects. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː saffery).
During the start of a ranking session on Asia server, there was a bug that, in extremely rare cases, caused the session to lose sanity and both players to lose the ability to play, as shown in the image below (this is a rare case where you can see a special icon we have to mark "instant effects" on the cards, a feature that we did not fully implement and are saving for Gremlins, Inc. 2). The deck also had one more "An Inspection" than usual. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː Multiple ranked players on Asia server).
[h2]ROADMAP[/h2]
[h3]ONE MORE BIRTHDAY GIFT[/h3]
We have one more birthday gift to release, which we plan for this week (thanks to Anna ːmusicː), it will be released for the owners of OST – by the way, if you don't have the game's soundtrack, now is a great time to get it:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/459851/Gremlins_Inc__Original_Soundtrack/
[h3]LANGUAGE EDITS[/h3]
If there are any misleading descriptions of the rules of the cards, we would love to receive your feedback – since we continue to edit the rules to make them clearer. Every rule that is made easier to grasp, increases the speed of the multiplayer sessions.
[h3]USER INTERFACE[/h3]
There's a number of things in the pipeline. Like a snail, we're not in a rush to do them all; but like a determined and courageous snail, we just keep going. And going. And going.
[h3]OTHER[/h3]
Gremlins, Inc. celebrates 9 years in full release on March 11, 2025. We commemorate the date by committing to weekly updates throughout this calendar year. You may commemorate it by leaving a review participating in the upcoming tournament.
[h3]TOURNAMENTS[/h3]
The Anniversary Tournament runs from March 11 at 12:00 GMT to March 17 at 12:00 GMT. Check the announcement for the rules.
–––––
PS
ːmaliceːːmaliceːːmaliceː Shameless promotion time! ːmaliceːːmaliceːːmaliceː
Our new game has a Steam page now (we plan to release a demo in the summer):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694810/Sister_of_a_Dragon/
Tokens, matrix, combinations, it's a different beast born as a collaboration between our production team and one genius game designer with a beautiful brain.
As you may know, throughout 2025 we have committed to releasing weekly updates for Gremlins, Inc. Such updates typically include a few quality of life improvements:
- edits for card rules, to make them easier to understand;
- fixing typos and missing values in some languages;
- occasionally, balancing changes (thanks to the forum discussions);
- sometimes, improvements in visual assets (contrast/colors);
- sometimes, improvements in the UI (font sizes and other things);
- from time to time, improvements in stability of servers;
If you have any suggestions for future updates in the categories above, please post them on Steam Forums. We are here for you, working to make your game experience better.
And if you report a ːhypnoheartː particularly good ːhypnoheartː bug which we then find, and fix, then we will happily mail you a little package from our studio –
[h2]UPDATE 2025/03/11[/h2]
[h3]NEW CARD[/h3]
To celebrate the game's 9th anniversary, which falls on March 11, 2025, we created a new card that shows an uncle of our lead character – a famous gremlin oligarch, who spends his days in the Casino (there are rumors that he made his money on government contracts related to the Dump; others say that he used to own a ruby mine in the Treasure; recently, he published a book called "The Self-Made Gremlin Who Does Everything On His Own", written by a team of ghostwriters).
ːcardsː"Oligarch"
Location
The Casino
Cost
600$
Move points
5
Type
Regular, Permanent
Get
6ːscoreː, 2ːmaliceː
Special Rule:
If you are arrested: this card is discarded, instead of getting a jail term teleport to the Casino.
"Evert gremlin knows: those who stole a few coins go to jail, those who stole a few millions go to casino."
Although the effect of this permanent card is triggered only once, the privilege of avoiding the Jail is still a sizable advantage.
Since you can get a significant number of ːscoreː at once, this card is useful for strengthening your defense and expanding your lead at the end of the session.
Please note that the Pauper's ability "No place for beggars" takes priority over this card's special rule.
The exact values of this card may be balanced a bit, after we see it played for a week or two.
The inspiration for this mechanic in the real life, is the saying that if a crime has a fine, it is only a crime for the poor; to the rich, it's a fee charged for performing the activity. I remember this every time I see a ridiculously expensive car parked in violation of the rules on the handicapped spot at the airport: a crime to most, but just a paid parking spot to the rich gremlin owner who parks this way.
[h3]SPECIAL SKIN FOR MAIN MENU[/h3]
We have created a new skin for Main Menu, which is based on the Oligarch character. You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]FAST ANIMATION OF DICE THROW[/h3]
We added an option to speed up the animation of dice-rollers in the game. This will make your session quicker, if every player in the session uses this option. You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]FANCY SOUND EFFECTS OF DICE THROW[/h3]
Based to the community suggestion (thanks, ːmagic_sparklesː 鸟狙打你足够了), we added an option where a gremlin shouts the results of the dice throw at the end of the roll. If you don't speak Mandarin, this is your chance to learn the basic numbers (it also comes handy during kung fu training). You can switch it ON/OFF in the Settings menu. This is available to everyone.
[h3]LANGUAGE EDITS[/h3]
This week, we harmonized the description of the rules on about 15 cards more. This time the scale is a bit smaller due to other key updates. Languages affected: English, Japanese, Russian.
During the last week's update, there were errors in the Russian descriptions of "The Promobot" and "Amulet of Do-gor" as well as in "Tip-off". These has been fixed. Languages affected: Russian. (thanks, ːmagic_sparklesː dear Russian Gremlin Community and ːmagic_sparklesː прозрачный).
If you see any other spelling mistakes in a language that you play the game in, please let us know and we will be happy to fix those.
[h3]USER INTERFACE[/h3]
Tournament points earned in each session, which can be viewed in the previous sessions tab of the player profile, were shown incorrectly. This was causing confusion. It is now fixed.
There was a bug that prevented scrolling the play log while playing a session. This has been fixed (thanks for the reports, ːmagic_sparklesː Infernomance).
During tournaments, there was a bug that showed "invalid links" when pressing the button for "more information" in the tournament info dialog at the top of the screen. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː Thainlex).
The light bulb symbols that light up on the playing field where each character's special abilities are activated were not placed correctly where the Banker's abilities were activated. This has been fixed (thanks for the reports, ːmagic_sparklesː прозрачный).
Some of the SFX/VFX in ːcardsː "Heavenly Duties" did not match the card effects. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː saffery).
During the start of a ranking session on Asia server, there was a bug that, in extremely rare cases, caused the session to lose sanity and both players to lose the ability to play, as shown in the image below (this is a rare case where you can see a special icon we have to mark "instant effects" on the cards, a feature that we did not fully implement and are saving for Gremlins, Inc. 2). The deck also had one more "An Inspection" than usual. This has been fixed (thanks for the report, ːmagic_sparklesː Multiple ranked players on Asia server).
[h2]ROADMAP[/h2]
[h3]ONE MORE BIRTHDAY GIFT[/h3]
We have one more birthday gift to release, which we plan for this week (thanks to Anna ːmusicː), it will be released for the owners of OST – by the way, if you don't have the game's soundtrack, now is a great time to get it:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/459851/Gremlins_Inc__Original_Soundtrack/
[h3]LANGUAGE EDITS[/h3]
If there are any misleading descriptions of the rules of the cards, we would love to receive your feedback – since we continue to edit the rules to make them clearer. Every rule that is made easier to grasp, increases the speed of the multiplayer sessions.
[h3]USER INTERFACE[/h3]
There's a number of things in the pipeline. Like a snail, we're not in a rush to do them all; but like a determined and courageous snail, we just keep going. And going. And going.
[h3]OTHER[/h3]
Gremlins, Inc. celebrates 9 years in full release on March 11, 2025. We commemorate the date by committing to weekly updates throughout this calendar year. You may commemorate it by leaving a review participating in the upcoming tournament.
[h3]TOURNAMENTS[/h3]
The Anniversary Tournament runs from March 11 at 12:00 GMT to March 17 at 12:00 GMT. Check the announcement for the rules.
–––––
PS
ːmaliceːːmaliceːːmaliceː Shameless promotion time! ːmaliceːːmaliceːːmaliceː
Our new game has a Steam page now (we plan to release a demo in the summer):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694810/Sister_of_a_Dragon/
Tokens, matrix, combinations, it's a different beast born as a collaboration between our production team and one genius game designer with a beautiful brain.