Oct 16, 2018
Cultist Simulator - Macramé


Hey BELOVEDS! Our Dancer DLC is now LIVE! 💀🕯️✨

We’ve released it with a whole bunch of free updates to the main game, so all in all the update adds an extra ~30% content (from ~72k words to ~95k words, now). So, er, it’s quite a big release.

Anyone who owns Perpetual Edition gets the update automatically and for free. Anyone who owns the normal edition of the game, don’t fret! It only costs a measly $2.99 / £2.50 / €2.39.

DANCER DLC: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT, EH



In the occult cabaret that calls itself the Ecdysis Club, the distinction between pleasure and pain is as delicate and essential as the human skin. It is all that keeps us from making the very worst mistakes.

Pursue a career as a Dancer at the Club. Determine which parts of yourself to surrender. Cross oceans in pursuit of the ancient rites that beat in the Wood. Consider the ascensions that open to you. Choose carefully.



The DLC includes:



Rise to unearthly fame as the Dancer, employed at the infamous Gaiety Theatre, Ecdysis Club or in some of the more exclusive city parlours.



Explore a trinity of insights into the powers of Heart, Moth, and those who came before. Realise your true form, and perhaps even tempt one of the enigmatic Ligeians to the Dance.



Some dances can only be performed in far places, and some cannot be performed in human shape.

It also brings with it a host of new achievements and lore, of course. But NO SPOILERS! 🤐🤐🤐

HOW DO I ACTUALLY FIND THE DANCER CONTENT IN-GAME?

There are a few ways! Firstly, to check if you have the Dancer DLC installed, check if you have the DLC_DANCER_dancer_legacy.json file.

On Windows, it'll be in

[install folder]\cultistsimulator_Data\StreamingAssets\content\core\legacies

On Macs, it'll be in

[install folder]\Contents\Resources\Data\StreamingAssets\content\core\legacies

On Linux, it'll be in

[install folder]CS_Data\StreamingAssets\content\core\legacies

Once you know you’ve got it, you have two ways to find your new content in-game:

Begin the game with the Dancer legacy. This will always be available if you win a minor work victory at Glover and Glover, and sometimes be available otherwise anyway.

Pursue the new Ascensions without being a Dancer, by finding Sulochana and speaking with her at the Ecdysis Club about your current Desire.

GIMME THAT SWEET, SWEET FREE STUFF



All righty! We’ve added:



Followers now learn from their mistakes. It’s much safer to send them on Expeditions, and though they’ll still die if they injured enough.



What could go wrong with workplace relationships when your office is an occult society dedicated to bringing the apocalypse? Court your cultists and date your disciples. It probably won’t end disastrously.



Mistreating NPCs now risks turning them against you and attempting to win the game faster than you can.



A smorgasbord of UI/UX improvements based on feedback since launch. Snap-to-grid cards, double-click card placement, intelligent card stacking… now nobody should get RSI. Yay!

ANYTHING ELSE THAT’S FUN?



Yes! Firstly, you can download A Beginner’s Guide to Cultist Simulator, a glimpse into the notebook of an occultist figuring their own way through to the House. It’s absolutely not comprehensive: it’s just fun, and I updated it to include info on the Dancer now that’s live.

Finally, we’re also on SALE for 48 hours on Steam, Humble and GOG as part of release! The base game’s now 25% off, if you know any would-be acolytes who just haven’t quite gotten around to buying the game yet.

Hope you like all the new updates! We feel it’s a much fuller, sparkly game now, so fingers crossed you agree. If you want to help us, shout about this DLC/the updates/the sale, and stay tuned for more DLC later down the line. In the meantime, you can follow our plans and progress via our roadmap. ♥
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Hey everyone! In case you didn't see it in the press, we announced that we're releasing our Dancer DLC on...



Apart from the particularly classy GIF, it includes:

One new Legacy! Rise to unearthly fame as the Dancer, employed at the infamous Gaiety Theatre, Ecdysis Club or in some of the more exclusive city parlours.

Two new Ascensions! Explore a trinity of insights into the powers of Heart, Moth, and those who came before. Realise your true form, and perhaps even tempt one of the enigmatic Ligeians to the Dance…

Animal spirit-selves! Some dances can only be performed in far places, and some cannot be performed in human shape.



If you own Perpetual Edition, you'll get the Dancer DLC automatically for free. For everyone else, don't worry! It only costs $2.99 / £2.50 / €2.39, so fingers crossed that everyone has enough Funds.

The DLC will come with a clutch of new updates for everyone, including Follower wounds/scars, romance, rebellion and a bunch of UI/UX improvements to make running your cult that bit more fun.

We go into this in a bit more detail in our latest sprint update. Keep your eyes on 16th October, and back soon with more news. :)
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Are you in the mood for dancing? If you pick up the upcoming Dancer DLC for card-o-mystery Cultist Simulator, then it won’t really matter. That’s your job now. Doing jigs in an occult club where “the distinction between pleasure and pain is as delicate and essential as the human skin.”

You can dance if you want to. Just leave your earthly friends behind. (more…)

Cultist Simulator

Cultist Simulator's first expansion, The Dancer, arrives on Tuesday 16th October 2018 and it'll only set you back 2.50/€2.39/$2.99.

Those who own the Dancer DLC will be transported into the wonderful world of occult cabaret. Players will be able to pursue a new Legacy and rise to fame as a dancer in the Ecdysis Club or in some even snazzier parlours.

Two new Ascensions called "Heart" and "Moth" will also be introduced, alongside animal spirit-selves. Certain dances can't be performed in human shape (aside from the worm, obviously).

Read more…

Cultist Simulator - Macramé
Hey everyone! Just a short post to keep you up to date with Cultist's development. We posted our latest sprint review over on the blog. The major points are:

Church of merch!

We've recently opened an Etsy merch shop, so if you haven't already, have a look at our shiny, forbidden things.



Romance!

One of the free updates being released along with the paid Dancer DLC is being able to date (most of) your Followers.



Dancer DLC

We've not confirmed a specific release date for the Dancer DLC, but we have said it'll come around the middle of next month, and provide some design diagrams as teasers while you wait...



Stay tuned next week for a release date for the Dancer DLC. Alexis and I have been working on betrayal and spurned lovers and animal familiars and all that delectable stuff, so I hope you'll like it!

Remember, anyone who owns Perpetual Edition will get the DLC for free. However, we're making sure the DLC won't break anybody's bank if you weren't quick enough to nab Perpetual, so don't worry either way.

More news soon! If you have any questions, leave 'em here or tweet us (@factoryweather / @alexiskennedy / @tronbevan).
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so she wrote this

and now I am posting it. Enjoy.

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Cultist Simulator - Macramé


Hey all! Just a quick post to link you to our sprint review for August #2, which you can read over at our blog. We've also just announced the winners of our Lovecraftday competition, so have a look in our blogpost or on our Twitter, Instagram or Facebook to see if you've won.

More updates coming soon, and to everyone who's sent in bug reports, we are ON 'em like a very hungry mouse on Époisses.
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Happy Lovecraftday, believers!

It's HP Lovecraft's 128th birthday today, so we're doing a bunch of FUN THINGS. Our giveaway competition ends tonight at midnight, we released a 'Which cult are you?' quiz to Scientifically Discern which one you should found, and we've just introduced a full suite of necronomnomnoms to the game...

Look away now if you don't want your game drops spoilered!

Trading cards



Eight delightful cultists up for grabs! I appear to have unlocked all of the male cultists, so I guess I'm a Grail cult leader?

Badges



Trade up yo card sets until you have the ultimate, glistening Tricuspid Badge!

Emoticons



I would love to see a chatlog which used only these to communicate.

Backgrounds



Three profile backgrounds to unlock! Two Mansus, one special.

Cultist's next big update will be coming at the end of September with our first paid DLC release, Teresa's Build. More on that soon, and you can track progress on our roadmap while you wait. Thanks for sticking with us!
Aug 16, 2018
Cultist Simulator - Macramé


Hey believers! If anyone missed us shouting about it on our various social media, we're running a Cultist Simulator giveaway for Lovecraft's birthday on Monday 20th August, where you can win free copies of the game, Orchid Transfiguration USBs or even your very own Beach-Crow statuette.

Take a look at the full competition breakdown here, and/or enter on any social platform you fancy!

- Twitter
- Facebook
- Instagram

Good luck, and happy birthday HP/Cthulhu. 🎂
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