Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't News

[p]Thank you to all of you who took the time to report bugs and share your suggestions. We see them all, there are many discussions within the team, and as I'm sure you've seen, we act on a ton of it. The task list is big right now so our planned changes will come in multiple patches.[/p][p]The main thing to call out in this patch are a change and a fix to end-of-game stuff. End-of-game meaning something you won't have come across until at least having the 6 main characters unlocked. If you aren't confident you know what this is then avoid spoilers for the first Addition and first Change listed.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]ADDITIONS[/h3]

• [p]Completing stage 5 is now considered a win even if you aren't done yet; you will be granted relevant unlocks[/p]
• [p]System for retroactively granting the reward for having beaten a zero-Crown run with a character[/p]

[h3]CHANGES[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an intermittent end-of-game issue where the final grid[/p]
• [p] was occasionally not solvable, or at least auto-solvable by the button[/p]
• [p]Nat-H4 is unlocked earlier; it now requires 3 Purple Crowns instead of 6 (or, if you already have 3 Purple Crowns, she will unlock the next time you earn a Purple Crown)[/p]
• [p]Erupting Volcano description corrected, and made slightly cheaper[/p]
• [p]Jokers are considered Face Cards[/p]
• [p]Poker Face description is clearer about requiring cards[/p]
• [p]Some fixes to when tiles wobble (some currencies and cards not wobbling at correct times)[/p]
• [p]Safeguarding around failure to find Steam ID to prevent save files disappearing[/p]
• [p]Graceful fail out (i.e. no game crash) if firewall/security settings prevent the game from generating config files[/p]

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[p]⭐ Patch Notes v4.1[/p][p][/p][p]ADDITIONS[/p]

• [p]Add accessibility toggle to turn off Reroll reminder pulse[/p]

[p]CHANGES[/p]

• [p]Cactus tiles in Sandy boss fight unaffected by Mirror Ball[/p]
• [p]Fixed older save files not being compatible with current game[/p]
• [p]Bones unlocked automatically on load if you have previously won with Sam in the demo[/p]

[p][/p][p]That's right folks, you can grab Cursed Words right now and discover a whole new world of... Cursedness? Cursidity? Cursequences? Don't worry about it, the words don't matter.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]✨ 11 characters, 26 challenges and 300 items waiting for you![/h3][p]Do you remember how our original trailer said there would be 8 characters, 20 challenges and 200 items? Well we went a little zany in the final months of dev, so there are actually 11 characters, 26 challenges and 300 items waiting for you, and maybe one or two secrets too...[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]✨ Please let us know how you get on with the game, we'll be keeping an eager eye on the Steam reviews. Reviews do not carry over from our demo, so if you've been kind enough to leave a review in the past, you should be able to leave another and let us know how much cooler the full game is now![/p][p][/p][p]Have a cursed day everyone, and enjoy the game![/p][p][/p][p]Join our Discord[/p][p][/p][p]– The Cursed Words Team
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[h2]Ch- ch- ch- ch- chaaaaaangelog[/h2][p][/p][p]Please note: Purple Crown has been removed from the demo! Crowns have changed in a way that cannot propagate over to the demo. We don't want to confuse future players who try the demo Crown first, which then changes when they get the full game. On that note, if you've done Purple Crowns in the demo, I recommend doing them again at full release... You'll notice it's different![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]⭐ Patch Notes v3.15-a[/h3][p][/p][p]ADDITIONS[/p]

• [p]Hungry Snake wrapping affects everything! Tombstone, Saxophone etc...[/p]
• [p]Progress button in Character Select can suggest Quests as well as characters[/p]
• [p]∞ can now show as your highest score, but good luck with that in the demo...[/p]
• [p]Main menu notifications (currently you might get warned about Purple Crown removal)[/p]
• [p]0 Dang can be achieved with any x0 mult[/p]

[p][/p][p]CHANGES[/p]

• [p]Luffing Jib Crane nerfed[/p]
• [p]Mutating DNA reworded[/p]
• [p]Fixed unintended items being able to show up as the complementary item in the first shop[/p]
• [p]Fixed chess pieces which have been munched still being considered in line-of-sight checks[/p]
• [p]Fixed Bubble Tea making some numbers appear wobbly rather than Bunch Of Grapes[/p]
• [p]Fixed en passant availability being more true to actual chess[/p]
• [p]Fixed en passant pulsing the wrong tile during the event/erroring when failing to find a tile to pulse[/p]
• [p]Fixed Rooks defending themselves against Kings with Hungry Snake[/p]
• [p]Can now rearrange inventory during Capybara boss[/p]
• [p]...Fixed Hyena boss fight? Maybe?[/p]
• [p]Fixed data duplication with secret bosses[/p]
• [p]Fixed consumable tiles not appearing correctly 1 in 10,000 times[/p]
• [p]Minor fixes to dialogue and selected word preview[/p]
• [p]Fixed collection softlocking game when filter finds no items[/p]
• [p]Minor dictionary loading optimization[/p]
• [p]Fxid variuss typeos[/p]

[p][/p][p]REMOVALS[/p]

• [p]Purple Crown no longer in demo[/p]
• [p]Twinkle Toes silenced[/p][p][/p]

[p]Thanks to Natha, Queenie, Dr. Reissenstein, Kit, and Team Playtesters for your extremely helpful reports![/p][p][/p][p]– The Cursed Words Team
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[h2]Everything in Cursed Words begins with words.[/h2][p][/p][p]And for a long time, one word was missing:[/p][p][/p][p]You explored the demo, bent the rules, broke the grids, turned letters into numbers, numbers into symbols, and sometimes… into something we’re still not entirely sure how to describe.[/p][p]But now, the missing piece is finally here 👇[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Every run in Cursed Words is shaped by choices. And so was this game.[/p][p]To everyone who joined playtests, left reviews on the demo, shared feedback through forms, or dropped messages in Discord...⭐ Thank you![/p][p]You didn’t just play the game. You pushed it, questioned it, broke it in ways we didn’t expect and helped us make it better.[/p][p]A lot of what the game is today comes directly from you![/p][p][/p][p]And don't worry - in the meantime, you can still jump into the demo. A Steam review would mean a lot to us 💜[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]– The Cursed Words Team
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