Cultist Simulator News

Demand for this waaaaaaaaaaay exceeded my expectations (thanks, everyone!), and COVID-19 means lots of people don't have money to play with at the moment. So we've ordered another 1,000 decks so everyone can have a deck if they want one, and people don't need to spend money they don't have right now to get one.

If you don't know what the hell I'm on about, you can see the secret de-listed Etsy page here.

I'll shout about it on our Twitter, Facebook, reddit and in the forums here when the tarot's back in stock.




The games industry is unusually insulated from COVID-19 effects, so we've committed to giving 10% of our profits for the next three months to useful charities who can help people in worse situations. We've chosen the National Emergencies Trust, Médecins Sans Frontières and The Trussell Trust for now, but we may extend this scheme for longer if the virus continues to wreak havoc.

Full info on the new tarot and our charity plans here. In short, any money we make - from digital stores, or from our Etsy merch - means money we give to these charities. Yay!

Hope you're all dealing okay with our new, strange world. As any student of Histories knows, the Mansus has no coronavirus.

A quick update to let all you occult enthusiasts know that our long-awaited Tarot of the Hours is now live on our Etsy store!

Cultist Simulator's tricksy pantheon of semi-gods can now be yours in a lovely 78-card deck that's so goth I went through about eight producers before I found one who could print 'em black enough.



Alexis and I are hard at work on Exile, which is shaping up to totally rework Cultist Simulator's mechanics and provide an entirely new mode of play. It'll be our largest bit of DLC to date, with multiple endings - some of which will be (relatively!) attainable like the main Forge, Grail and Lantern ascensions, and some of which will be as hard as winning New Game+.

Edge is the power of struggle and conquest, after all.



To confirm a few details:

• Exile launches on Weds 27th May at 6PM GMT / 10AM PDT
• It’ll release in English, simplified Chinese and Russian at the same time
  
• It’ll cost more than other DLCs, though we haven’t confirmed how much yet
  
• Perpetual Edition owners get it FREE

More info coming ASAP!

If you'd like to dive into Exile early, sign up to be a beta tester. The beta starts next month and will require you to swear an oath of eternal silence to the Wolf.

If Cultist Simulator's taught you anything, it's that it's totally fine to make promises to strange people you don't know. Right?

Happy Friday! Some new announcements from our latest blog.



We've just announced that - as you smart people worked out - the content we teased last sprint is indeed the Exile DLC, an upcoming new bit of content granting the long-awaited Edge Ascension of your dreams! Or nightmares. But pointy and fun?



The Exile DLC will launch on Wednesday 27th May, just in time for Cultist's second anniversary! Perpetual Edition owners will get it absolutely free, and we'll add it into the Anthology Edition for future newbie cultists.

We've opened sign-ups for Exile's closed beta, so if anyone fancies helping us with bug reports and feedback...



More info, screenshots and updates ASAP. I'm doing all the art next week. :D



If anyone here takes Cultist Sim with them with the mobile version, we've just been nominated for the IMGA Awards! Vote for us for the People's Choice Award, if you would like the blessing of the Lionsmith upon you. (Not to be confused with the Loinsmith, who's fun at parties but not particularly useful.)



We also announced that the Priest and Ghoul DLCs will come to mobile on Thursday 2nd April, so FINALLY you can paint in the colours of night and, er, self-flagellate via the App Store and Google Play.

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Finally, we have updates on the Tarot of the Hours (shipping soon!), Alexis Kennedy's new book (game dev be cray!), new Skeleton Songs (doppelgängers!) and more, all over on the blog. Enjoy!

Hey, Believers! We've just released a hefty sprint update with a couple of KEY CULTY THINGS I'd like to highlight.



I can't go into details right now, but we've confirmed we're working on a new bit of Cultist Simulator content currently titled 'Exile'. I'll talk more about the specifics in a couple of weeks, but prepare for some new, tasty ways to die horribly in the bowels of the Mansus. HYPE! ♥







We've revamped our upcoming game, BOOK OF HOURS, quite significantly. We've moved away from Cultist's minimalist tabletop, much though we love the baize. Think gentle sim with an occult twist, written by Alexis Kennedy and, er, with a dash of Wes Anderson?! Or just wishlist it here and be my hero.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028310/BOOK_OF_HOURS/





I've been battling tedious reality on this one, bouncing between different printers like a flea on a space hopper. But while I work out exactly how to print black ink on white cards without them looking dreadful (SOUNDS EASY, DOENS'T IT? WELL IT ISN'T), we've released all artwork for the 78-card deck. See if you can follow our thinking on face cards' hierarchies!

All this and more - medieval Skeleton Songs, class-4 laser printers, and biz deep-dives - over on the blog. :)

"I know the ink that you describe. It exists. I shouldn’t tell you even that, and for the sake of our friendship I ask you to burn this letter after reading. The ink is called here 'encaustum terminale' and it is a great treasure of the House."

A brand new letter has come to light, from a mysterious 'F.' to Christopher Illopoly. It sheds light not only on the 'secrets of inks' but on the Hours, the Librarian and Christopher's own heart, too.

Check out the originals and their transcript on the blog.