Hello,

We've just released a new update fixing several bugs around contract renewals. Some of you were experiencing players not getting released properly by their teams when playing several seasons in a row. That problem should now be fixed!

We are still working on a bigger update containing more bug fixes and simulation improvements.

Have fun!

New patch (0.1.49) is out, adding new heroes, characters and items!
Huge thanks to @IHSB15 @jwilliamjames @synesthesia for brainstorming new ideas and balance changes :heart:

New:

• New in-text icons for: Flying, Ranged, Iron Will, Sunlight, Moonlight, Food
  
• New loading tips while downloading images
  
  
• New hero: Oracle Cassandra. 1x2, +2 hp, 2 mana. After 4 turns, get one free Future Vision. When you cast Future Vision, receive my Curse.
  
• New treasure: Cassandra's Curse. Rolling costs +1 gold. You cannot skip this treasure select. You can't escape me by re-rolling.
  
• New hero: Shiva, The Destroyer. 1x2, +0 hp, 2 mana. Greetings: Get the Third Eye. When you destroy a character outside of combat, gain 1 gold.
  
• New treasure: Third Eye. Level 2. When you take me, gain 1 Core Fusion.
  
  
• New character: Dr. Jekyll. 5/6 Level 4, Good Hunter. Dying Breath: Cast Elementary Insight. Slay: I transform into Mr. Hyde.
  
• New character: Mr. Hyde. 9/6 Level 4, Evil Monster. Unstable 2. Dying Breath: Cast Elementary Insight. Slay: If your hero attack is not a multiple of 3, increase it to the next multiple of 3. Else, I gain 3/3.
  
• Detective Apprentice: removed.
  
  
• New treasure: One-Way Portal. Level 2. Next time you re-roll a treasure selection, reduce the wait time by 1 turn then destroy me.
  
  
• New item: Copper Fairy Coin. 2/3 Level 3, 0 gold, 3 mana. Hidden: You have enough mana for me.
  
• New item: Silver Fairy Coin. 3/5 Level 4, 0 gold, 4 mana. Hidden: You have enough mana for me.
  
• New item: Gold Fairy Coin. 5/7 Level 5, 0 gold, 5 mana. Hidden: You have enough mana for me.
  
  
• New spell: Ethereal Arsenal. Level 5. 1 gold 1 mana. Roll a shop with 6 items. You can only take one.
  
  New art:
  
• Cat Choir by Joanna Blanka Grodecka
  
  Balance:
  
  Heroes
• Dame Gothel changed to: Your characters attack in reverse order. Aura: Your front row has +1/0 (Grow: +1/0).
  
• Fafnir, the Gold-Hoarding Dragon -> Fafnir: 1x2 -> 1x3 and changed to: After finding 2 Treasures (Odyssey 1), receive +1 Gold at the start of each turn. (old version playable in custom games)
  
• Medea changed to: I can use hp as mana. Draining spells only cost 2 mana. Every time you use hp as mana, your spells cost +1 mana this turn.
  
• Pig Entrepreneur: 1x2 -> 1x3
  
• Vizier Jafar: 2 -> 3 mana. Doesn't increase spell cost anymore.
  
  
  Characters
• Odette changed to: Slay: Do once: Cast The True You on the lowest level character in your next shop. Quest: I transform 4 characters. Moonbathing: Whimsy 1/1.
  
• Back Protector changed to only do one damage ping instead of evenly spreading the damage to the front row.
  
• Lorelei: changed the ability to trigger at most once per fight and added "Entrance: If I wasn't summoned, I gain Shield."
  
• Two Faced Demon changed to: Aura: Your characters have +2/1. Entrance: Give all enemies +2/1.
  
  
• Count Dracula changed to: Aura: Your evil characters have +4/2 plus +2/1 for every 12 characters I saw die. Double for evil Monsters. Moonbathing: If I am in the front row, I gain Stealth.
  
  
• Long John Silver: Good -> Evil [lore]
  
  
• Dr. Frankenstein: now always summons at least 1 unit.
  
• Sagi 100% -> 125%
  
• King Triton: at most 1 wave per attack (doesn't stack)
  
  
  Treasures
• Cobbled Road -> Yellow Brick Road. Added: Aura: Your first character has Whimsy 1/0.
  
• Forbidden Grimoire changed to: Level 4. When Spellbooks and Monster Charms give stats to their wearer, they also give 100% of those stats to themselves and to 1 other item on their wearer.
  
  
• Godmother's Wand added: Your targetable spells additionally give +2/1.
  
  
• Odin's Ravens: 5 -> 4 mana
  
  
• Aura Scarf: Now only affects characters and item Auras in slots 1, 2 and 7.
  
• Golden King added: you lose 1 gold after each fight.
  
  
  Spells
• Unstable Growth: moved to chaos [win-more spell]
  
• Fairy Dust: moved to chaos [too easy back row disruption]
  
  Renames:
  
• Freyja -> Gemini
  
  Fixes:
  
• Fixed images not downloading when not logged in
  
• Fixed Impatient Farmer having incorrect stats on buy
  
• Fixed Atlantis + buying a Monster not triggering the Beast's quest
  
• Fixed Symbol of Unity always working with Triton (Hermes + Symbol)
  
• Fixed double dying breath on Pandoras box only doubling stats on the good char
  
• Fixed keyword descriptions not showing up the first time they should have shown
  
• Fixed Shield/Stealth particles in the collection going outside the scroll viewport
  
• Fixed leaderboard clicking profile doesn't show pick percentage
  
• Fixed Let it Snow achievement only counting bought Blizzards
  
• Fixed Unstable Transformation and The True You (+Odette) being able to transform into Hidden characters
  
• Fixed Golden King showing as inactive on opponent boards
  
• Fixed some characters showing only the background image when the language was not set to english
  
• Fixed hp/icon overlay issues with Vendi, Scheherazade, Odin
  
• Fixed Adventurer sometimes changing hp on losing the damage prevention charge
  
• Fixed changing into Adventurer not adding the item to the shop
  
• Fixed a desync issue when an enemy Odette would complete their quest
  
• Fixed a desync issue when Pandora's Box was summoned from hand
  
• Fixed a bug where if you you had Sphere + Odette Slaying the fight would be very buggy visually

Infected
• The Pirates are getting more desperate; they engineered a virus that now effects our ships.
  
• Adds New Exotic Ship Skin Needle
  
• Needle's Exotic Perks:
  - Adds HP Combat Recovery (Except Shields) Even if Infected.
  - Adds Single Rocket Launcher (Mechanic Same as the Dark Meteor)
  - Doubles HP Generator's, Increases Chance of Getting HP Generator from Skeleton Chest when infected.
  
• New Free Space Event Type
  
• Pros:
  - Skeleton Chest don't use keys when infected.
  - Increase Loot Spawns.
  
• Cons:
  - Prevents HP / Shield Recovery
  - Delays Ship Engine Start.
  - Enemies will become more Hostile.

Sector Control
• Enemy Activity has increased in Sectors 4-6.
  
• Adds Map Control to Map Sectors 4-6
  
• Npc's will instant respawn on death.
  
• Destroy Powerful Pirates till the goal is reached, then move to the next sector
  
• Rewards Per Sector Won: +1 Bonus Premium Lite Day, 8 Skeleton Keys, 8 Player Levels, and 15000 RAFL-4 Ammo

Changes

- MVPS Event 3 10 Man Field Added
- You can now select 1V1 all the way up to 10V10 (Limited to supported fields)
- Renamed "Practice" mode to "Exhibition"
- Added new settings to Exhibition mode
- AI Difficulty
- Score Limit
- Time Limit
- Replaced multiple third person standing animations with new ones (WIP) This also applies to the AI
- Walking and running in all directions. Animations fade between one another and the speed/intensity varies based on the players velocity
- New snapping animations L/R
- New Idle animations L/R
- Slightly increased snapping distance to sync with the new animation
- Synced first person snapping animation with camera movement
- Paint Splatter no longer fades at distance
- Redesigned server menus (controller friendly)
- Fixed issue where server host could not change layouts in game
- Fixed Issue where first jump of each point wouldn't work
- Fixed issue where inverted look would not work on controller

AI Behavior Improvements
- Aggression levels
Under certain conditions AI may opt for a more aggressive move such as performing a run down or running for the buzzer
- Enemy path prediction
The AI will now aim towards the projected path of an opponent in motion for better accuracy against moving targets
- 3 Difficulty levels
Beginner, Average and Pro difficulty levels have been introduced. The difficulty currently affects things like accuracy, awareness, movement and aggression.
- Perception FOV has been increased
The V1 AI sometimes have difficulty seeing opponents just outside their FOV, this should help.
- Deciding which opponent to focus on
I have added some logic to help the AI decide which opponent to focus on when multiple are in view. The primary deciding factors are distance to the opponent and the opponents aggression towards that specific AI. This will help keep the AI from rapidly swapping back and forth between multiple enemies.


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Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to build on some expanded parts of the map

The release of the 0.8 update including the new Molten Collapse biome is on the horizon: we plan to release the update on Thursday, December 19th at 3PM EST. This update took us 6 months to complete, and it's patch notes are triple that of our largest update's notes.

You can watch it here:
Please share this around, we've worked very hard on the 0.8 update and we are very excited to hear what you think in the comments section!

Along with the update, we will increase experience gain by 50% and greatly increasing your chance to find Rare, Epic, and Legendary items from chests! This event will begin with the 0.8 update's release, and run until December 23th.

Are you an artist? Think you can make some sick Cave Crawlers art? Along with 0.8 on December 19th, we will be holding an art contest with a cash prize in our discord: https://discord.gg/bUPT3bT7hk. More info will come with the update's launch!

3rd biome, The Molten Collapse
New boss, Volacno
Public Lobby Browser/Matchmaking
7 new mobs
Over 40 new items
Crypts Rework
Slayer Score
Expertise Expansion
Vanguard Pass
& More!

Version 1.1.0.1 has arrived with a whole shopping cart full of goodies! 🎮



The most frequent feedback in recent weeks has been the desire for more content! Here's an overview of the changes we made! 😊


Fruits & Veggies 🥗:
Garlic, Kiwis, Mangos, Mushrooms, Onions, Potatoes, and Tomatoes

Shelf Items 📦:
Chewing Gum, All-Purpose Spice, BBQ Spice, Fish Spice, Instant Noodles, and Paper Tissues




Design your store more individually:
- 10 new wall panels in various colors and patterns
- 9 awesome floor panels
- 3 finishing elements for wall panels

The new items and decoration elements can be unlocked through licenses as usual. The unlocking of new items begins after unlocking the existing ones! 😎


Psst! Our next project is around the corner! Get a sneak peek at "Shop Simulator: Waifu Pillows" with two special pillows now available in your shop. Plus, the digital poster stand in your shop got a "waifu update"! 🌟 💝️



Starting with this version, you'll also find info about our other games in the start and pause menus. Check out the complete Shop Simulator franchise lineup! 🎮


We've tweaked some settings to make large shops run smoother. Here's what's new:

- Optimized framerate when carrying Click & Collect boxes
- Optimized rendering: Only visible objects are rendered
- New customer limit for better performance in large shops
- Reduced decals on pillars, registers, and fridges for improved performance

With these optimizations, we measured up to 100 additional frames per second in large, well-stocked shops.


'Tis the season! Your customers are now wearing festive Santa hats! Time for some holiday shopping... 🎄




We've worked on employee efficiency. Here's an overview:

- Later unlocked employees work faster
- Employees become up to 20% faster with shop level (e.g., a level 5 employee is 10% faster at shop level 15)
- Achievements for specific items (e.g., sell 200 Salami Pizzas) are now also unlocked through employee sales


- Removed the mysterious floating light construction
- Shelves can now only be placed on the floor (no more floating shelf magic!)
- Quest markers at game start are improved and no longer point to full shelves when you need to stock items


Czech language is now available! Big thanks to "kulový BLESK" for providing feedback! 🙏️



As always, thank you for playing our game and sharing your feedback across all channels! ❤️

Have fun decorating and selling, and have a wonderful holiday season! 🎅🎄

Festive regards,
Three River Games (3RG)

PS: The game will also be updated to version 1.1.0.1 on PS5 very soon! :)

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- fixes an issue where the player's inventory could be retrieved too early/fast resulting in it being incorrectly empty in-game.

- patched issue where changing Options > Video > Graphics Quality while the game was running would cause the game to become unstable. High graphics option is now re-enabled in settings. Warning: low spec graphics cards may cause motion sickness on high graphics quality setting, use with caution

- fixed issue where shadows weren't rendered on most Arenas (setting graphics quality to low will still result in shadows being disabled intentionally)

- fixed pole object rendering inside out. Inverted normals + back face culling resulted in the player seeing the inside of this object from the outside



- added Best Times section to Profile > Stats. The stats now flip between the original general stats and the best times lists using buttons at the bottom right & left of the stats section

- added The Zivraye Group's official logo to the initial startup menu

- improved Warehouse Arena efficiency

• When playing on controller, using pickup weapons and ultimates (for certain characters) will now fire in the direction you face the cursor (which is locked around you) rather than the cursor having free movement. This may be buggy in some cases especially when Ultimates are used at the same time as the Pickup weapons - especially on Lady Victory, so please let me know if there are any issues that I missed. (I.e., since there's only one cursor, it's not viable for Lady Victory's Ult attack to be freeform whereas her pickup weapon is not).
  
• New Grey Card 'Better Off Alone' added. This makes it possible to shorten the duration of Taunt for some builds that want Taunt to be on a quicker cooldown.
  
• More space has been made on the Upgrade screen for future One Time Purchasables which I will be adding in the near future.
  
• Brickhead's ultimate attack animations have been slightly improved in terms of shading.

- 3rd boss level boundaries
- weird interactions with 4th boss ability

- typo in credits :)