Balance changes:
- Chance to find max level Shops in Hard mode increased to 50%, and back to how they were previously in normal mode.
- Added Restock Machines back to Shops, with a 25% chance to replace the Donation Machine
- Tinted rocks are now more common in Hard mode and back to how they were previously in normal mode.

General fixes:
- Fixed a crash caused by dying and reviving during the Rotgut fight
- Fixed a crash caused by Mucormycosis tears
- Reap Creep can no longer appear on the Scat Man challenge to reduce the likelihood of unfair softlocks
- Fixed I Found Pills causing Keeper, Apollyon, Blue Baby and the Forgotten's head to disappear
- Fixed Chub and other bomb eating bosses causing a crash when swallowing rockets
- Fixed being able to unlock Golden Razor by saving and resuming a run or by entering a certain area
- Fixed Doctor's Remote getting cancelled when taking damage before the rocket hits the ground
- Fixed Delirium's death animation getting stuck in an endless loop when he dies while slowed or sped up
- Added a tentative fix for corrupted graphics caused by burrowing enemies on AMD graphics drivers
- Entering certain floors now attempts to place the player in a safe spot to prevent instant damage from any room hazards
- Fixed pickup animation getting stuck when using certain active items while holding a red bomb
- Fixed Bestiary entries for some Vis enemies that were missing graphics
- Touching certain fires no longer triggers Shard of Glass' bleed effect
- Touching certain fires no longer rerolls Eden
- Fixed an unintended interaction with certain fires and Pyromaniac
- Fixed a rare situation involving Eden tokens which could cause the character selection menu to be stuck on the wrong side
- Fixed a crash caused by using Dark Arts while having Midas' Touch
- Fixed Butter allowing single use items to be reused endlessly
- Fixed Wormwood sometimes getting stuck underwater when slowed down
- Lightning flashes in Downpour have had their brightness reduced to accommodate for users with sensitive vision

Book of Virtues fixes:
- Added D12 wisps
- Fixed Spin To Win wisps not dying as expected
- Fixed a crash caused by Box of Friends wisps
- Fixed a possible crash caused by Diplopia wisps
- Fixed a possible crash caused by Compost wisps
- Fixed a possible crash caused by Stitches wisps
- Fixed a possible crash caused by Ventricle Razor wisps
- Fixed interaction between wisps and BFFs

Co-op fixes:
- Fixed infinite boss item respawn exploit
- Dead co-op players are now revived only when the end-of-floor boss is defeated
- Fixed challenge runs
- Fixed dead co-op player being able to unlock certain doors
- Fixed not being able to start co-op if Player 1 has one or less red hearts

Misc:
- Added several missing bestiary entries
- Updated various room layouts
- Updated sprites for Sins and Super Sins

please report any new bugs in the forums HERE

--WARNING SOME SPOILERS--

here is what has changed to the core gameplay/code since afterbirth+

EDIT: the notes were too big to include in one post so i uploaded them to this site, they actually filled up like 6 posts...

https://newtextdocument.com/f072e8cd1e

see you in 2 hours!



xoxo
-edmund

Repentance launches in 12 hours!!!!! i thought it was best to do an indepth FAQ since there tends to be a lot of questions when it comes to Repentance...

Q: When does Repentance launch?
A: 12 hours from this post, doesn't matter where you are in the world, in 12 hours it will be set live.

Q: Do i need all previous DLCs to play Repentance?
A: YES, you need Rebirth, Afterbirth AND Afterbirth+ in order to purchase and play Repentance.

Q: Is Repentance just the Antibirth mod?
A: NO, Repentance features an updated version of Antibirth with tons of new content that basically double the content that the mod featured, not to mention 100s of updates to gameplay, items music and art!

Q: Is Repentance coming to console?
A: YES! Repentance will be coming to Switch, Ps4, Ps5 and Xbox! the game is actively being ported now and should have a staggered release started later this year. ( special edition retail version of the full collection are also in the works! )

Q: Are mods supported in Repentance?
A: Not at launch, mod support will be disabled for a bit, but will be supported again in an update coming soon.

Q: I see Repentance has co-op, is this online co-op or local?
A: technically its local ( meaning 2-4 players using the same pc ) but you can make it online via Steams Remote Play Function .

Q: Should i continue off an existing save or start a new save when playing Repentance?
A: if you want to see new mid/late game content, continue off an old save, a lot of the more beefy aspects of the DLC appear more mid-late game, a lot of stuff will appear early as well but if you are looking to experience more new content i recommend playing off of an existing save.

Q: Is this the final DLC for isaac!? IS ISAAC REALLY FINISHED!
A: Yes, this will be the last DLC we release for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. the game will continue to be supported obviously, but its time to close the book on this 10 year project.

Q: how much of the old game has been changed? will i like the changes?
A: A LOT has been changed, there are literaly 100s of updates to nearly all aspects of the game, youll love some, hate others but in the end youll have a much better experience over all.

Q: Will it release on MAC?
A: No, here is a good example of why.

Q: how do you play local co-op? is it on the same keyboard.
Q: no, you need to buy a gamepad or 3 :)

Q: how do i start a co-op game? and are the old floating babies gone?
A: hit start on a gamepad in the start room to add a 2nd player for true co-op. hit start on a gamepad outside of the start room to spawn a baby and play classic co-op.

Q: is Repentance The Binding of isaac 2?
A: no, bit its close... its like isaac 1.9.

Q: will we get booster packs like we did before?
A: no.

Q: will the game be updated more post release?
A: the game will obviously feature bug fixes and balance updates, we may also do a few random updates with some rework for things like items/thevoid/delerium eventually but nothing is set in stone yet.

Q: whats next for isaac?
A: there will be a mega kickstarter in june that will feature TONS of Isaac swag as well as a mega expansion to the binding of isaac card game Four Souls... sign up here for the mailing list to get bonus extras and be notified!

12 HOURS REMAIN!
-Edmund

Utero will now have its own track! and thats all i got for ya... 2 more days to go!!

till then you can watch all these neato interviews we have done over the last few weeks.










36 hours remain!....

-Edmund

this amazing illustration was done by Ori and will most definitely will find its way somewhere into the retail edition of the game for console.

also, we just did the math... should probably update that features page on here are the updated totals for all the whole Isaac package now..
22000 rooms
716 items
637 achievements
188 trinkets
322 enemies
103 bosses
94 music tracks
44 challenges
17+ playable characters

Repentance will launch on steam at 12:01am pst on the 31st.
see you in 5 days!

xoxo
-Edmund

we briing you Absentia - the track for Ashpit, an alt chapter to the Mines!
this DLCs OST is quite honestly the best OST of any expansion and Ashpit is one of my personal favorites.

Matthias and John have gone above and beyond with their work on repentance, go support them!
https://ridiculon.bandcamp.com/[/url] from here on our we will be updating on mondays and fridays with short mini blog posts... 9 MORE DAYS! -Edmund
from here on our we will be updating on mondays and fridays with short mini blog posts...

9 MORE DAYS!

-Edmund

its time to talk "True Co-op"

originally when we made Rebirth Tyrone suggested co-op with 2-4 Isaacs, and i scoffed at the idea. "THIS MAKES NO THEMATIC SENSE, THERE IS ONLY ONE ISAAC! EVERYONE IS ISAAC!!" i screamed! and they changed it so instead of another Isaac we did little floating babies who couldn't do much... people still played with them ( strangely enough Isaac is one of the most played "Steam Remote Play" games on steam currently ) but everyone just asked " why couldn't it have just been multiple Isaacs? ".

i was wrong folks, hear that Tyrone! you were right! i was wrong! true co-op was the way to go... and that's what we are doing.

so now if you start a normal game and player 2-4 hits start on their gamepads while in the starting room it will pop up a mini character select, just choose a player and BAM you are in!









the game plays as it would normally with a few changes.

1. if a player dies, they respawn as a nerfed ghost baby that can deal minimal damage but not much else. once the boss of a floor is killed the ghost baby is reborn with all the items they once had, but at half a heart.

2. when a boss is killed it spawns a boss item, when a player picks it up another boss item spawns for the next player. all other items are single spawns, so you must share!

3. players share resources (coins, bombs and keys) but each have their own HP and items.

4. once all non ghost players die, game over.

So True co-op is local only.. but using Steam Remote Play you can play "local" games online! SO DO IT! co-op is bonkers and amazingly fun, we are currently tweaking and polishing this mode up and no doubt will probably do a few tweaks in post in case some aspects don't work as well as intended.

there are only 12 more days till release!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

see you monday when we do a quick lil music post!
-Edmund

Hey hey hey, Edmundo here bringing you one of the final 3 updates! exciting huh? 19 more days till this thing gets in all your grubby little hands! (grubby like maggoty, not dirty obviously).

today id like to go over some pretty big changes to the game.

as many of you know we have been working hard to rebalance the game, this is a very delicate situation and a ton of things have changed ever so slightly but are balanced in a way that will make runs not feel handed to you completely by luck but also make bad luck runs not feel as bad.

so obviously some items have had slight nerfs, most of these items were tied to easy game breaks, for the most part i feel like game breaks should require a bit more work seeing as once you know how they are done you can do them in nearly every run.

so roughly for every little nerf, we took 2 low end items and gave them a buff. some of these buffs are major, some minor and some have totally changed the item completely.

here are a few examples of items changing completely.

GB bug: i had high hopes for this item when i designed it ages go... but it was too luck based and if you wanted to abuse its powers you really just needed to sit in a room and let it knock around for 5 min.. and that feels terrible. so we changed it.




so now the GB bug effect is kinda the same, it just rerolls stuff it hits... BUT its a familiar you can launch by double tapping shoot! (a new mechanic we use a few places), once used it disappears and comes back again after room clear, so its like a targeted single use d20 with other alt uses. its a hell of a change and feels amazing, it went from shitastic to mucho funo!


Glass Cannon: oh glass cannon, seemed like such an amazing item, but the risk reward just wasn't worth it for nearly everyone... but look!



now instead of the cannon lowering your life when you use it, it can just be used as much as youd like! well till you get hit that is... if you get hit while holding the cannon, the cannon shatters, dealing damage to you and becoming the "broken cannon" a 4 charge item that when used becomes the glass cannon again! not only is it useful now, but its also dripping with flavor! 13/10 it puts the Ass back in Glass (ass is a good thing!)


Holy Water: possibly the least useful item from the flash era, needing to take damage to make a temp pool of creep was always a feel bad in runs.. so we took this Castlevania reference to its logical conclusion...



you can throw it! yep, now holy water is a familiar you can throw at enemies! and it comes back! its actually pretty good now! Rating = too cool for Catholic school!!

and thats it for today, a butt ton of item edits we have been working on for the past 30 years... FYI we are in heavy crunch for the next few weeks and i wanna keep these posts a bit simple and to the point so we dont start spoiling too much and we have more time to work... SO BYE!

xoxo
-Edmund

Heya! Not Your Sagittarius (Sag for short) dropping in again. Did you miss me? Yes, no, either way, I'll be taking over this blog post and fill your lovely heads with some more lovely visual changes.

As you know, I'm the lead on most of the spriting and graphics for Repentance. A while back my good friend Snake has been helping me out on the side and wrote a blog post about his visual changes as well. Check it out if you haven't! *link to snake's blog post*

Anyway, let's get right to it...

Going back to the part where I talked about how every character was given a bottle of shampoo to play around with, here's a couple that just got their hair done.







Along with Snake, the both of us have been restoring flash-era bosses back to their original looks as part of our Operation Restoration mission! (It's not actually called that, I made it up on the spot and thought it would sound cool...)
Anyway, here's some that I've been working on...



And here's some of them in action:







Yeah, I'd say they're looking great so far! Many more awesome retouches like this await in almost 3 and a half weeks from now!!!! I'd love to show a little more but so much of my work treads on late game stuff, so I'll leave it to you to discover them yourselves. ;)

Although... I could show off one more cool thing... Fans of the original flash game will remember and appreciate this awesome detail that's better shown than told. Now if you'll excuse me, my Isaac has covered himself in oil and is now floating away in the rain. Until then, Sag, signing off!



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pppsssst... hey kid... did you know the binding of isaac has a prequel ?

its true, the prequel to Isaac was called The Legend of Bum-bo, a puzzley turn based abstract rogue/deckbuilding hybrid kinda like puzzle quest meets plants vs zombies or something... sadly its launch was a little rough and final crunch broke the games only programmer :(



but from the ashes Bum-bo rises! today we release "The Lost Expansion", a FREE expansion that features tons of fixes and quality of life updates along side a bonus DLC that adds.

-a new character ( bum-bo the lost!)
-new unlockable items!
-new alt bosses!
-new achievements and goals!

the game is also on sale for 50% off now on steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148650/The_Legend_of_BumBo/

GO GET EM!
-Edmund

hey hey hey! Edmund here, back again with another post, riddled with high brow humor! this week we talk poop, turds and dingle berries! but first we must venture deep inside the poopoo hub, DROSS! the land of logs, and the alt chapter to Downpour!

let me set the mood a bit with a sweet new track... Night Soil!


Yep you heard right, ALT ALT CHAPTERS! not only will Repentance feature a fresh alternate path of new floors, but most of them will also have unlockable alternate floors filled to the brim with new on theme monsters!





cant you just smell the atmosphere ?!




and of course not just the monsters will be on theme, each alt will also feature new bosses! here is my new best bud Clog, he's what you would call a "diarrhea bender" or diarrhea blender.. whatever works.





Speaking of diarrhea, check out this hot new item... Montezuma's Revenge!



do i know how to sell a game or what?! not convinced this expansion is the one for you.. well i bring you Dirty Mind, one of my favorite items from the Antibirth mod!



yep that's right, you too can have an army of dingle berries by your side!

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we are closing in on release folks! only 4 more posts to go! 33 days! GAH! currently Repentance is 99% finished and will enter heavy testing next Monday, i cant express how happy i am with where we are at and the DLC over all.. you guys are gunna love digging deep and reexperiencing this monster! it really feels like Isaac 1.9.

a few fun facts to finish this post:

- this DLC will bring the achievement count in isaac to just over 634!
- this DLC will rework/buff loads of bottom tier items people seem to hate!
- this DLC will make hard mode harder, in appropriate ways!
- this DLC will make pills more worth it!
- this DLC will rock your world!

and that is that, may all your poops be smooth and effortless!
xoxo
-Edmund