Hey Townies!

Patch 1.5.9 is here and a lot of changes have come with this patch, and we have a lot of changes are still planned for the future. In this patch we made some balance changes, and reworked the Disguiser as a role! Gone are the days of getting screwed by someone writing their name in their will. We have also limited the amount of trials players can have a day, and have added Turkish queues to the game. Check out more information on all of this and more below!

New Characters!:

King!


Queen!


Prince!


Princess!


Knight!


Archer!



New Pet!:

Rawralty!



New House!:

Royal Palace!



New Map!:

Palace Square!


We also have a new login screen with wicked cool new music if I do say so myself. :)



(Mobile)
Improved memory usage.

Bug Fixes:

(Mobile)
Fixed a bug where players who were being seanced were not able to talk to the Medium that night.
Fixed an issue that was causing the friends list to not sort alphabetically some times.
Added a loading message to images that haven't loaded in the shop or customization yet.
Fixed a bug that would cause your messages with a friend to be erased from the message box if you joined a lobby sometimes.
Fixed several issues that were causing crashes for both Android and iOS.

(Non-Mobile)
Fixed a problem with the Demon death sound file.
Fixed a bug that was causing players to sometimes not be invitable if they left the end game screen before you did.
Fixed several characters who had names that were out of place.
Fixed a few spelling/grammar errors in messages from the game.


Game Changes:
Turkish queues! These Turkish queues will allow anyone who wishes to play the game in Turkish to do so. Now while this isn't a full translation of the game, it will be our first push into localizing the game to other languages. When you go to join a game you will now be prompted to select a language, this setting can be changed in your setting as long as you aren't in game, in a lobby, or in a party.
Merit Points added! Merit points are the new free currency you will get from playing games,and earning achievements. Town Points are now a premium currency. Don't worry though! All the Town Points everyone currently have will stay as Town Points.
Disguiser Rework! The Disguiser can now "disguise" as a player's role every night, appearing to be that role to the invest, or in the role list if killed. That change adds a new layer of deception as players can't just look at the role list to see if your role is possible all the time anymore. This can get "proven" roles killed potentially, or just throw confusion as to what roles are even possible around in the game.
Witch Buff! The Witch will know role the role of the players that they control. This should help the Witch to control the right players into doing the right actions rather than controlling that Medium to visit the Jester 4 nights in a row.
Trials Have been limits to 3 per day! This change will help to address the problem know to the community as VFR, or Vote For Roles. This strategy is abusive in the way that players are all voted up to claim a role, and if they don't they are hanged. This doesn't flow with the spirit of the game, and we are doing something to limit it some.

For those of you who knew what change WAS being made to the transporter we have decided not to move forward with it.


Coming soon!:
Some of you may have seen by now, but we are in the early design stages of a new system that will allow players to taunt other players. Be sure to check out the main thread for that, and keep the conversation going here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=55300

Hey Townies!

Patch 1.5.9 is here and a lot of changes have come with this patch, and we have a lot of changes are still planned for the future. In this patch we made some balance changes, and reworked the Disguiser as a role! Gone are the days of getting screwed by someone writing their name in their will. We have also limited the amount of trials players can have a day, and have added Turkish queues to the game. Check out more information on all of this and more below!

New Characters!:

King!


Queen!


Prince!


Princess!


Knight!


Archer!



New Pet!:

Rawralty!



New House!:

Royal Palace!



New Map!:

Palace Square!


We also have a new login screen with wicked cool new music if I do say so myself. :)



(Mobile)
Improved memory usage.

Bug Fixes:

(Mobile)
Fixed a bug where players who were being seanced were not able to talk to the Medium that night.
Fixed an issue that was causing the friends list to not sort alphabetically some times.
Added a loading message to images that haven't loaded in the shop or customization yet.
Fixed a bug that would cause your messages with a friend to be erased from the message box if you joined a lobby sometimes.
Fixed several issues that were causing crashes for both Android and iOS.

(Non-Mobile)
Fixed a problem with the Demon death sound file.
Fixed a bug that was causing players to sometimes not be invitable if they left the end game screen before you did.
Fixed several characters who had names that were out of place.
Fixed a few spelling/grammar errors in messages from the game.


Game Changes:
Turkish queues! These Turkish queues will allow anyone who wishes to play the game in Turkish to do so. Now while this isn't a full translation of the game, it will be our first push into localizing the game to other languages. When you go to join a game you will now be prompted to select a language, this setting can be changed in your setting as long as you aren't in game, in a lobby, or in a party.
Merit Points added! Merit points are the new free currency you will get from playing games,and earning achievements. Town Points are now a premium currency. Don't worry though! All the Town Points everyone currently have will stay as Town Points.
Disguiser Rework! The Disguiser can now "disguise" as a player's role every night, appearing to be that role to the invest, or in the role list if killed. That change adds a new layer of deception as players can't just look at the role list to see if your role is possible all the time anymore. This can get "proven" roles killed potentially, or just throw confusion as to what roles are even possible around in the game.
Witch Buff! The Witch will know role the role of the players that they control. This should help the Witch to control the right players into doing the right actions rather than controlling that Medium to visit the Jester 4 nights in a row.
Trials Have been limits to 3 per day! This change will help to address the problem know to the community as VFR, or Vote For Roles. This strategy is abusive in the way that players are all voted up to claim a role, and if they don't they are hanged. This doesn't flow with the spirit of the game, and we are doing something to limit it some.

For those of you who knew what change WAS being made to the transporter we have decided not to move forward with it.


Coming soon!:
Some of you may have seen by now, but we are in the early design stages of a new system that will allow players to taunt other players. Be sure to check out the main thread for that, and keep the conversation going here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=55300

Real quick I am going to say that 1.5.7 was a mobile only patch that was 1.5.6 plus a few more mobile crash fixes.


1.5.8 brings with it the next part of the Witch story line and is viewable on the login page of the game! This patch also brings new cosmetics, many mobile fixes, and even a small change to the Executioner.


The Witch's latest attempt to destroy the town has brought a few new members into the fray! Check out the newest cosmetics below.

New Characters!:

Beelzebub!


Beelzebub also has a unique death animation too!


Nosferatu!



New Pets!:

Alice!


Tutankhamun!


Re-release of the Specter!



New House!:

Haunted House!



Improvements:
Fixed an issue that was causing some players to have issues keeping a stable connection at times due to using an IPv6 connection. This should make a lot of players connections more stable.

(Mobile)
Improved how mobile handles Facebook login and should work great now!
Improved memory usage.



Bug Fixes:

(Mobile)
We fixed a bug that was allowing mobile users to whisper when they were blackmailed.
Fixed a display issue when mobile users declined invites to parties.
Fixed an issue where several roles with limited use abilities were still able to select targets at night with no uses left.
Fixed a bug where if you left a game before last will and death notes were displayed for the game they would display on the homepage.
Dead chat was being blocked at times when it shouldn't be but won't be anymore.
Lots of crash fixes for Android and iOS.

Mobile users can now lock their screens/hit the home button, and have 15 seconds to get back into the game before it disconnects them rather than instantly disconnecting them!


Game Changes:
The Executioner can no longer have the Jailor as a target.
The Executioner can once again have the Spy as a target due to the recent change to the Blackmailer.


Extra!:
We know that players have had issues getting into games where a lot of users are speaking only Turkish. We are happy to announce that we are working on a system to allow Turkish players to join matches that are meant for Turkish users. This will let Turkish players play with other Turkish players without disrupting English speakers games. Currently speaking any language other than English while playing is considered cheating and can get you suspended, but once we have this language selection system set up those players in Turkish games will be able to speak Turkish without having to face punishment. This system is on the PTR right now, so Turkish players come help us test it out!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/TownOfSalem/PublicTestRealm/

Why Turkish? Why not Spanish, German, or any other languages?

Well in the recent months Turkish YouTubers, Streamers, and other outlets seemed to have covered our game! While this is great news for expanding the user base, and helping to grow our company name, some of the players seem to only speak Turkish. In a game where communication is key not being able to communicate with your teammates is a huge problem. This influx of users is so large that Turkey has become the country with the 2nd most users of the game. Due to this massive influx of players we decided that we needed to have an option for those players who only speak Turkish. This system is the first step towards the ability to really expand by localizing the game to other languages and we will see how it turns out!

Real quick I am going to say that 1.5.7 was a mobile only patch that was 1.5.6 plus a few more mobile crash fixes.


1.5.8 brings with it the next part of the Witch story line and is viewable on the login page of the game! This patch also brings new cosmetics, many mobile fixes, and even a small change to the Executioner.


The Witch's latest attempt to destroy the town has brought a few new members into the fray! Check out the newest cosmetics below.

New Characters!:

Beelzebub!


Beelzebub also has a unique death animation too!


Nosferatu!



New Pets!:

Alice!


Tutankhamun!


Re-release of the Specter!



New House!:

Haunted House!



Improvements:
Fixed an issue that was causing some players to have issues keeping a stable connection at times due to using an IPv6 connection. This should make a lot of players connections more stable.

(Mobile)
Improved how mobile handles Facebook login and should work great now!
Improved memory usage.



Bug Fixes:

(Mobile)
We fixed a bug that was allowing mobile users to whisper when they were blackmailed.
Fixed a display issue when mobile users declined invites to parties.
Fixed an issue where several roles with limited use abilities were still able to select targets at night with no uses left.
Fixed a bug where if you left a game before last will and death notes were displayed for the game they would display on the homepage.
Dead chat was being blocked at times when it shouldn't be but won't be anymore.
Lots of crash fixes for Android and iOS.

Mobile users can now lock their screens/hit the home button, and have 15 seconds to get back into the game before it disconnects them rather than instantly disconnecting them!


Game Changes:
The Executioner can no longer have the Jailor as a target.
The Executioner can once again have the Spy as a target due to the recent change to the Blackmailer.


Extra!:
We know that players have had issues getting into games where a lot of users are speaking only Turkish. We are happy to announce that we are working on a system to allow Turkish players to join matches that are meant for Turkish users. This will let Turkish players play with other Turkish players without disrupting English speakers games. Currently speaking any language other than English while playing is considered cheating and can get you suspended, but once we have this language selection system set up those players in Turkish games will be able to speak Turkish without having to face punishment. This system is on the PTR right now, so Turkish players come help us test it out!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/TownOfSalem/PublicTestRealm/

Why Turkish? Why not Spanish, German, or any other languages?

Well in the recent months Turkish YouTubers, Streamers, and other outlets seemed to have covered our game! While this is great news for expanding the user base, and helping to grow our company name, some of the players seem to only speak Turkish. In a game where communication is key not being able to communicate with your teammates is a huge problem. This influx of users is so large that Turkey has become the country with the 2nd most users of the game. Due to this massive influx of players we decided that we needed to have an option for those players who only speak Turkish. This system is the first step towards the ability to really expand by localizing the game to other languages and we will see how it turns out!

Hey Townies,

This is a patch that is chock full of new cosmetics! We have some more bug fixes as well, but our next patch will have more of the features, and bug fixes.


We have quite a few new cosmetics that came out with this patch:

New Characters!:

The Crimson Katana!


Barthule of Far River!


Brock Smith!


New pet!

Sly as a!


New Houses!

Samurai Sanctuary!


Halfling Hovel!


New Map!

Tranquil Gardens!


We had a few bug fixes, to come with this patch as well, check them out below!:

Improvements:
Added an error sound that will play for mobile users when they try to talk when they aren't able to.
Added more user facing messages to show when the mobile client is checked for updates.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that would cause pets to occasionally not appear in game.
Fixed an issue that would cause players to not be able to talk at night when dead.
Fixed an issue that was preventing the Featured Video to not display on Steam.
Fixed a few issues that would cause mobile clients to crash.

Hey Townies,

This is a patch that is chock full of new cosmetics! We have some more bug fixes as well, but our next patch will have more of the features, and bug fixes.


We have quite a few new cosmetics that came out with this patch:

New Characters!:

The Crimson Katana!


Barthule of Far River!


Brock Smith!


New pet!

Sly as a!


New Houses!

Samurai Sanctuary!


Halfling Hovel!


New Map!

Tranquil Gardens!


We had a few bug fixes, to come with this patch as well, check them out below!:

Improvements:
Added an error sound that will play for mobile users when they try to talk when they aren't able to.
Added more user facing messages to show when the mobile client is checked for updates.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that would cause pets to occasionally not appear in game.
Fixed an issue that would cause players to not be able to talk at night when dead.
Fixed an issue that was preventing the Featured Video to not display on Steam.
Fixed a few issues that would cause mobile clients to crash.

Hey Townies,

Another patch has come along, and you have to tame it!

Which elemental type are you? Are you as cold and calculated as Frost, fiery and passionate as the Flames, or quick and powerful as the Thunder!

This patch brings along 6 new cosmetics including 3 tamers, and 3 elemental creatures.

Lets start off by listing the 3 tamers.

The Tamer of Frost!


The Tamer of Flames!


The Tamer of Thunder!


Now that you have met the three tamers lets see what elemental creatures are out there.

Frost Titan!


Hot Spot!


Crashing Thunder!


New characters and creatures aren't the only thing coming in this patch. Check out the other changes below:

Features:
Leaver Buster System REVAMPED!

The new leaver buster system works this way:
Your 1st-2nd leaves are freebies
Your 3rd leave gives you a 5 minute timeout
Your 4th leave gives you a 30 minute timeout
Your 5th-9th leaves give you a 1 hour timeout
Your 10th+ leave gives you a 24 hour timeout

Every 10 games it removes 1 strike and it resets every 7 days.

This system will be much more punishing to constant leavers, but much less punishing to players with the occasional disconnect.

With this came the leave game button which lets players leave a game without refreshing, or restarting their clients. If you leave a game while alive, you will still incur the above penalties even if you use the leave game button, this just allows dead players an easier way of exiting the game.

Improvements:
Server stability/hardening improvements
Made several improvements to game speed overall
Added multiline Last will/Death note support
Version checking to make sure that players are playing on the correct version of the game

Bug Fixes:
Fixed several crashes with mobile
Fixed a bug that caused certain settings to not save on mobile
Fixed several bugs that would cause the game to make click sounds when there was nothing there to click
Fixed some bugs that would cause certain users to disconnect when closing ads
Fixed several character positions that were off in game in certain instances

Hey Townies,

Another patch has come along, and you have to tame it!

Which elemental type are you? Are you as cold and calculated as Frost, fiery and passionate as the Flames, or quick and powerful as the Thunder!

This patch brings along 6 new cosmetics including 3 tamers, and 3 elemental creatures.

Lets start off by listing the 3 tamers.

The Tamer of Frost!


The Tamer of Flames!


The Tamer of Thunder!


Now that you have met the three tamers lets see what elemental creatures are out there.

Frost Titan!


Hot Spot!


Crashing Thunder!


New characters and creatures aren't the only thing coming in this patch. Check out the other changes below:

Features:
Leaver Buster System REVAMPED!

The new leaver buster system works this way:
Your 1st-2nd leaves are freebies
Your 3rd leave gives you a 5 minute timeout
Your 4th leave gives you a 30 minute timeout
Your 5th-9th leaves give you a 1 hour timeout
Your 10th+ leave gives you a 24 hour timeout

Every 10 games it removes 1 strike and it resets every 7 days.

This system will be much more punishing to constant leavers, but much less punishing to players with the occasional disconnect.

With this came the leave game button which lets players leave a game without refreshing, or restarting their clients. If you leave a game while alive, you will still incur the above penalties even if you use the leave game button, this just allows dead players an easier way of exiting the game.

Improvements:
Server stability/hardening improvements
Made several improvements to game speed overall
Added multiline Last will/Death note support
Version checking to make sure that players are playing on the correct version of the game

Bug Fixes:
Fixed several crashes with mobile
Fixed a bug that caused certain settings to not save on mobile
Fixed several bugs that would cause the game to make click sounds when there was nothing there to click
Fixed some bugs that would cause certain users to disconnect when closing ads
Fixed several character positions that were off in game in certain instances

Hey Townies!

We got some more pets and skins coming your way. This patch is a light patch of cosmetics, but a lot more game changes, and improvements are coming soon!


There are two more skins coming out with this patch, that we are sure you will love!

1 has been teased for quite some time, but it is finally here.

Forgetful Freddie the Amnesiac!


When the Mafioso went a little to trigger happy, and there was a bit more "evidence" left than the Mafia would like, who do they call?

Yaun Itor the Janitor!



Who doesn't love cuddly little panda bears? Other than you know, all the people that know those things could maul your face off, but lets forget about that for now!

Ling Ling the Panda!


For those of you that hate the cute and cuddle, here some slimy and scaly for you!

Hippity Hopper!

Hey Townies!

We got some more pets and skins coming your way. This patch is a light patch of cosmetics, but a lot more game changes, and improvements are coming soon!


There are two more skins coming out with this patch, that we are sure you will love!

1 has been teased for quite some time, but it is finally here.

Forgetful Freddie the Amnesiac!


When the Mafioso went a little to trigger happy, and there was a bit more "evidence" left than the Mafia would like, who do they call?

Yaun Itor the Janitor!



Who doesn't love cuddly little panda bears? Other than you know, all the people that know those things could maul your face off, but lets forget about that for now!

Ling Ling the Panda!


For those of you that hate the cute and cuddle, here some slimy and scaly for you!

Hippity Hopper!