Hey Townies!,

BlankMediaGames is happy to announce that the Beta for mobile has been going splendidly! The new UI is smooth and sleek, and we can’t wait to get this in your hands. We are expecting the launch for mobile to be on October 14th! Share this with all of your buddies!

Check out our full announcement for more information: http://www.blankmediagames.com/news/town-of-salem-ios-and-android-launch-announcement/

Hey Townies,

Today we will be starting Season 4 of Ranked. The biggest change coming with this Season is that the Arsonist will no longer be killed be Bodyguards, or traps. This means that the Arsonist's biggest weakness is time. Can they avoid the gallows long enough to set the Town aflame.

We will be doing a soft reset this season, so you will be placed at the bottom of your tier if you are above gold, if you are silver you will be reset to 1200, and if you are bronze you will be reset to the top of bronze.

With this season we will be keeping an eye on the Jailor meta that evolved last season, and will see how the Arsonist not being able to be stopped by protective roles affects this strategy.

Before finding out your initial rating you will be playing 10 placement games.

We want to wish you all good luck this season, and Happy Hanging!

Hey Townies!

Today we will be patching and ending Ranked Season 3!

Ranked Season 3:
We will be ending Season 3 and going into off-season for a short time (a few days). Season 4 will be starting soon!

Season 3 of Ranked has gone about how we expected. The Jester change bumped up the win rates of evil roles, and brought down the win rates of of the Town.

We did see the effects that the “Jailor Meta” had at certain tiers of play, and want to make a change for this season to help address this to a degree. The change we plan to make that seemed to get quite a bit of support from one of our Dev Update posts is that the Arsonist will no longer die to the Bodyguard, or traps when they douse someone. The Arsonist has always been one of, if not the slowest, killer in the game. Due to this we feel that time being their major weakness is appropriate. This means that no protective role in the game can stop an Arsonist from dousing, or igniting a player (outside of a Guardian Angel removing a douse). We believe that this threat of being doused, and not being able to be protected, will help prevent powerful roles from claiming early in the game, as they may be killed by the Arsonist. We will be keeping an eye on the actual effect that this change will have on the game, with ranked specifically in mind. We do not believe this change will hurt any other mode to a serious degree.

With Season 3 coming to a close you will be getting rewards based on what rank you achieved. Anyone who received the rank of Gold or above will receive the Golden Doge pet.

Golden Doge:


Here are all the rewards broken up by each tier.

Bronze
1,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Bronze Lobby Icon

Silver
2,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Silver Lobby Icon

Gold
3,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Gold Lobby Icon

Platinum
4,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Platinum Lobby Icon

Diamond
5,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Diamond Lobby Icon

Master
6,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Master Lobby Icon


Bug Fixes/Improvements:
Fixed an issue with the Queen Skin's Hanging animation looping.
Fixed a stalemate issue with Coven roles and Escort as the only roles left.
The Werewolf no longer has a button to visit himself, if he doesn't target anyone he will still stay home though. If you stay home you will no longer get a message saying "You attacked someone" for selecting yourself, as you can no longer select yourself
Fixed an issue where a revealed Mayor could be healed if transported.
The Witch was removed from the Psychic tutorial message as part of their investigative results.
Fixed an issue that would cause Customization changes to not be saved if you had No Pet selected.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to spoof Jailor Death notes.
Fixed an issue where the Vigilante could sometimes target another player after shooting a Town member.
Fixed an issue that could allow multiple of the same Coven role to spawn in All Any.
Fixed an issue where if the Witch, a Vig, and any other town role were left, if the Vig was controlled to kill the other town member the Town would win, even though the Vig should suicide leaving the Witch.
Fixed an issue where if you were attacked by Medusa, healed, but killed by something that bypasses healing you would still be stoned.
Fixed an issue where if you were poisoned, healed the next night, and poisoned the night you were healed you wouldn't be told you were poisoned again.


Balance Changes:
Arsonist: The Arsonist will no longer be killed when dousing a player protected by a Bodyguard, or a trap. The Bodyguard will not die protecting the target either. The Arsonist has always been one of, if not the slowest, killer in the game. Due to this we feel that time being their major weakness is appropriate. This means that no protective role in the game can stop an Arsonist from dousing, or igniting a player (outside of a Guardian Angel removing a douse).


We are excited to announce a new superhero duo has joined the Town!

Welcome to Salem Star Girl, and Super Doge!

Star Girl


Super Doge


Star Girl and Super Doge have decided that to be proper residents of the Town of Salem they would also need a place to call home.

The Hall of Salem


We have also heard tales of Star Girl’s, and Super Doge’s home city of Hero City!

Hero City Day


Hero City Night


We will also be making more cosmetics purchasable with Merit Points: The Krampus, the War-torn Santa, and the Necromancer skins, the Royal Palace house, the Blitzen, Santa’s Little Helper, and the Bunny pet will be purchasable with Merit Points.

Edit: The servers are back up!

Hey Townies!

Today we are here to announce the end of Ranked Season 3, and give you a few other updates.


Ranked Season 3:
We will be ending Season 3 and going into off-season for a short time (a few days) starting Wednesday, 4pm CST. You still have a couple days to climb and try to hit your Ranked goals! Season 4 will be starting not long after the end of Season 3.

Season 3 of Ranked has gone about how we expected. The Jester change bumped up the win rates of evil roles, and brought down the win rates of of the Town.

We did see the effects that the “Jailor Meta” had at certain tiers of play, and want to make a change for this season to help address this to a degree. The change we plan to make that seemed to get quite a bit of support from one of our Dev Update posts is that the Arsonist will no longer die to the Bodyguard, or traps when they douse someone. The Arsonist has always been one of, if not the slowest, killer in the game. Due to this we feel that time being their major weakness is appropriate. This means that no protective role in the game can stop an Arsonist from dousing, or igniting a player (outside of a Guardian Angel removing a douse). We believe that this threat of being doused, and not being able to be protected, will help prevent powerful roles from claiming early in the game, as they may be killed by the Arsonist. We will be keeping an eye on the actual effect that this change will have on the game, with ranked specifically in mind. We do not believe this change will hurt any other mode to a serious degree.

With Season 3 coming to a close you will be getting rewards based on what rank you achieved. Anyone who received the rank of Gold or above will receive the Golden Doge pet.

Golden Doge:


Here are all the rewards broken up by each tier.

Bronze
1,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Bronze Lobby Icon

Silver
2,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Silver Lobby Icon

Gold
3,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Gold Lobby Icon

Platinum
4,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Platinum Lobby Icon

Diamond
5,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Diamond Lobby Icon

Master
6,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
The Golden Doge Pet
Master Lobby Icon



Unity Port Update:
We have been making leaps and bounds of progress with the Unity port, it is looking absolutely fantastic. The port feels much smoother, it looks much better, and gives Town of Salem a much more polished feel. Look forward to another announcement in about a months time! We will be announcing the release date then. I have seen several people respond to our previous update post with all the screenshots from the mobile version of the port, and it has been overwhelmingly positive. If you haven’t seen the new updates we are making with Unity check some of them out below!

Login:



Home Screen:



Day to night fade gif:
https://i.imgur.com/Y9julJX.mp4
Special abilities menus/targeting menu:

In this image you can see how the new targeting menu works. Some special menus were removed, like the Jailor’s, and you are able to just select a player during the day and select to jail them.

Next to the targeting menu here you can see that roles with a special action that doesn’t target anyone/can only target one player is an clickable icon now. This will show for things like Bodyguards that have a vest left, or Arsonists who can ignite.

Hey Townies!

Pick up your copies of Town of Salem and The Coven during the Steam Summer Sale for 50% off!

Hey Townies,

Today we are launching a pretty small patch, but it is packed full of bug fixes. Check out everything that has been fixed below.

Bug Fixes:

Added a sound to the Celebrate taunt.

Fixed a bug where the Crusader skin was incorrectly being labeled as she.
Fixed a bug that caused the Amnesiac to be unable to remember they were a Vampire Hunter if one was currently alive.
Fixed a bug where if the Jester was hanged, and did not select a target to haunt the game could select the Jester as the random target causing no one to die.
Fixed a bug that caused the Doctor to not be notified they had healed their target if they healed an Escort, or Consort, that role blocked a Serial Killer.
Fixed a bug where the Coven Random Neutral in Coven Custom games could spawn any role, not just Coven Random Neutral roles.
Fixed a bug where the Coven Leader could not control the Vigilante to kill someone Night 1.
Fixed a bug that caused traps from the Trapper to not be destroyed if the player trapped was hanged.
Fixed several bugs that could allow a hacked client to do things that we did not allow, such as vote innocent on themselves, allow for multiple capital letters in a row in a users name in game, and more.
Fixed a bug that caused traps to not be able to protect a Crusader.
Fixed a bug that caused the Doctor to not be notified they had healed their target if they healed a killing that attacked a trapped player.
Fixed a bug where if a Necromancer reanimated a dead Godfather to kill someone it gave the order to the Mafioso changing their target.

Hey Townies,

Today we are starting Season 3 of Ranked! As you may already know if you have checked out our most recent announcements Season 2 of Ranked was our best season so far, and we want to thank everyone who participated in it.

Balance Changes!

Be sure to keep in mind that Jesters can now kill players who abstain on them when they are hanged!

This is the only change currently being made as win rates are close to where we want them to be. We think smaller changes here and there will be what we need to bring the win rates in line.

This change allows the Jester more options on who to kill, and can allow the Jester the potential to remove roles that are more impactful from the game than before. This should make players more hesitant to vote guilty on a potential evil role as well. This has always been the general idea behind the Jester, but certain play styles have made the Jester less impactful on games than we had originally hoped. We believe this change will be good for overall health of the role, and will help it be the role it was always meant to be. A role that makes you second guess yourself when trying to hang someone.

Rating Changes!

For Ranked Season 3 we will be making a change to the "K-Factor" in our rating algorithm. What this means in non-mumbo jumbo terms is that the base rating that you will earn or lose per game will be increased. This should help push you to the tier that you belong in more quickly than last season.


Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where season rewards were given based on current rating instead of season high rating.
Fixed an issue where the Doctor achievement "Stitch Yourself" was not being granted properly.

Thanks for being involved. We are looking forward to seeing how this season goes, and we will be keeping an eye on everything.

Happy Hanging from the BMG Team!

Hey Townies,

Today we are starting Season 3 of Ranked! As you may already know if you have checked out our most recent announcements Season 2 of Ranked was our best season so far, and we want to thank everyone who participated in it.

Balance Changes!

Be sure to keep in mind that Jesters can now kill players who abstain on them when they are hanged!

This is the only change currently being made as win rates are close to where we want them to be. We think smaller changes here and there will be what we need to bring the win rates in line.

This change allows the Jester more options on who to kill, and can allow the Jester the potential to remove roles that are more impactful from the game than before. This should make players more hesitant to vote guilty on a potential evil role as well. This has always been the general idea behind the Jester, but certain play styles have made the Jester less impactful on games than we had originally hoped. We believe this change will be good for overall health of the role, and will help it be the role it was always meant to be. A role that makes you second guess yourself when trying to hang someone.

Rating Changes!

For Ranked Season 3 we will be making a change to the "K-Factor" in our rating algorithm. What this means in non-mumbo jumbo terms is that the base rating that you will earn or lose per game will be increased. This should help push you to the tier that you belong in more quickly than last season.


Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where season rewards were given based on current rating instead of season high rating.
Fixed an issue where the Doctor achievement "Stitch Yourself" was not being granted properly.

Thanks for being involved. We are looking forward to seeing how this season goes, and we will be keeping an eye on everything.

Happy Hanging from the BMG Team!

Hey Townies,

Thank you for everyone who has participated in Ranked to help us create a competitive experience, and make improvements to the game. Today we will be starting off season at 1 PM CST. With this patch we will be making a small change to the Jester that we feel will a big impact. Ranked Season 3 will start on March 29th!


Rewards!

The rewards you get will be based on the tier that you reached in this season of Ranked. For everyone who received the rank of Gold and above, you will be receiving a couple spiffy new addition to your characters.

The Golden Townie!


Here are all the rewards broken up by each tier.

Bronze
1,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Bronze Lobby Icon

Silver
2,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Silver Lobby Icon

Gold
3,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Gold Lobby Icon
]
Platinum
4,000 Merit Points
3 of every taunt
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Platinum Lobby Icon
]
Diamond
5,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Diamond Lobby Icon

Master
6,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Master Lobby Icon


Off Season!

Once the Off Season has started playing ranked matches will no longer affect your rating. Win rates from this season of ranked are getting very close to where we want them to be, even with the ever developing strategies that many of you are using. We feel that we have nailed down a solid role list with this season, and that small adjustments can be made with the current win rates to bring certain roles up or down just a bit to be exactly where we want them to be. While we have many changes planned for the future we don't want to do too much at once.


Role Changes!

The Jester can now kill any player who didn't vote INNOCENT on them if they are hanged. We feel this change will open up new avenues of play for evil roles, and help to break the meta of 1 player taking the hit for any potential Jesters. We believe this change will be good for overall health of the role, and will help it be the role it was always meant to be. A role that makes you second guess yourself when trying to hang someone.


Rating Changes!

For Ranked Season 3 we will be making a change to the "K-Factor" in our rating algorithm. What this means in non-mumbo jumbo terms is that the base rating that you will earn or lose per game will be increased. This should help push you to the tier that you belong in faster than last season.


Bug Fixes/Improvement!

Clarified the Doctor's role card to say that healing gives your target Powerful Defense. It previously said they could not be killed at night.
Fixed a position issue with the Investigator skin when using the Pixel death animation.
Fixed an issue with the error message on Steam when trying to create an account with an email that was already in use.
Fixed an issue where the GA could not purge the poison from a Poisoner if the Necronomicon was in play.
Fixed an issue where Pestilence would say he killed the Jailor twice when jailed.
Fixed an issue where the Spy would not die to Veteran when visiting them, or spread the plague when visiting.
Fixed an issue where Doctor/Crusader weren't getting notified their target was attacked by medusa.
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to claim free rewards through Steam with Family Sharing.
Fixed an issue that caused users using the Spanish localization to crash when using the Alabaster reaper skin.
Fixed several tutorial messages to have the most up to date information.
Trial System will now boot a player off the server if a report is found guilty.


If you find any bugs that you would like to report be sure to grab any relevant screenshots and make a bug report here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=10

If you have any feedback about the patch post that here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=7

If you have any suggestions post those here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=14


Thank you all for being involved in the game. We will be keeping a close eye on Ranked, and are looking forward to how Season 3 goes!

Happy Hanging Everyone!

Hey Townies,

Thank you for everyone who has participated in Ranked to help us create a competitive experience, and make improvements to the game. Today we will be starting off season at 1 PM CST. With this patch we will be making a small change to the Jester that we feel will a big impact. Ranked Season 3 will start on March 29th!


Rewards!

The rewards you get will be based on the tier that you reached in this season of Ranked. For everyone who received the rank of Gold and above, you will be receiving a couple spiffy new addition to your characters.

The Golden Townie!


Here are all the rewards broken up by each tier.

Bronze
1,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Bronze Lobby Icon

Silver
2,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Silver Lobby Icon

Gold
3,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Gold Lobby Icon
]
Platinum
4,000 Merit Points
3 of every taunt
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Platinum Lobby Icon
]
Diamond
5,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Diamond Lobby Icon

Master
6,000 Merit Points
3 of each of the following taunts: Celebrate, RIP, Accursed, Defiled
Both the male and female Golden Townie skins
Master Lobby Icon


Off Season!

Once the Off Season has started playing ranked matches will no longer affect your rating. Win rates from this season of ranked are getting very close to where we want them to be, even with the ever developing strategies that many of you are using. We feel that we have nailed down a solid role list with this season, and that small adjustments can be made with the current win rates to bring certain roles up or down just a bit to be exactly where we want them to be. While we have many changes planned for the future we don't want to do too much at once.


Role Changes!

The Jester can now kill any player who didn't vote INNOCENT on them if they are hanged. We feel this change will open up new avenues of play for evil roles, and help to break the meta of 1 player taking the hit for any potential Jesters. We believe this change will be good for overall health of the role, and will help it be the role it was always meant to be. A role that makes you second guess yourself when trying to hang someone.


Rating Changes!

For Ranked Season 3 we will be making a change to the "K-Factor" in our rating algorithm. What this means in non-mumbo jumbo terms is that the base rating that you will earn or lose per game will be increased. This should help push you to the tier that you belong in faster than last season.


Bug Fixes/Improvement!

Clarified the Doctor's role card to say that healing gives your target Powerful Defense. It previously said they could not be killed at night.
Fixed a position issue with the Investigator skin when using the Pixel death animation.
Fixed an issue with the error message on Steam when trying to create an account with an email that was already in use.
Fixed an issue where the GA could not purge the poison from a Poisoner if the Necronomicon was in play.
Fixed an issue where Pestilence would say he killed the Jailor twice when jailed.
Fixed an issue where the Spy would not die to Veteran when visiting them, or spread the plague when visiting.
Fixed an issue where Doctor/Crusader weren't getting notified their target was attacked by medusa.
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to claim free rewards through Steam with Family Sharing.
Fixed an issue that caused users using the Spanish localization to crash when using the Alabaster reaper skin.
Fixed several tutorial messages to have the most up to date information.
Trial System will now boot a player off the server if a report is found guilty.


If you find any bugs that you would like to report be sure to grab any relevant screenshots and make a bug report here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=10

If you have any feedback about the patch post that here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=7

If you have any suggestions post those here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=14


Thank you all for being involved in the game. We will be keeping a close eye on Ranked, and are looking forward to how Season 3 goes!

Happy Hanging Everyone!