Hi!

Patch notes for today's small update:

-Based on feedback we have inverted the VR controllers' touchpad functions: Now the left controller will move Kippo the Seeker and right controller snap-rotates around the level.
-Rotating the level by grabbing & dragging is no longer inverted.
-Tweaks to Kippo's animations and model size.
-Added a subtle visual hint for the first VR winch in First Steps level.


A reminder: We also have gone live with the Steam Playtest feature, so the beta version will update there from now on. Until further notice we will continue to update the closed beta behind the Steam keys as well, but if you haven't already signed up for the Playtest, you can do so from the Store page.


As always, have fun and keep the feedback coming!

- The Jestercraft crew

Just a small hotfix, mostly to reduce the difficulty slight at the upper end. A general overhaul and balancing of Monster AI and health will be coming soon in a future update.

- Further reduced health of Large, Elite, and Boss monsters
- Extra step in case you enter the Academy/Fugue with no monsters
- Potential bug fix for certain Cards getting the wrong Upgrades
- Saving the game after Upgrading a Card

An Evil Genius is only as good as the equipment they surround themselves with! That’s why we’re delighted to share our In-Genius Items Pack, perfect for taking your villainy to the next level.

As well as this exciting new content, our team have been hard at work addressing improvements and locating and resolving additional bugs raised by the Community since our last patch. Once again, we’d like to thank the Evil Genius Community for their continued support.

The In-Genius Items Pack
It’s time to boost your Lair’s capabilities with this Item Pack – featuring 26 new items, all designed to help your minions and Lair work smarter and harder than ever before!

Included in the In-Genius Items Pack:

• 4 Armoury Items (Agent Disguise Simulator, Melee Trainer, Practice Range, Security Checkpoint)
  
• 2 Control Room Items (Advanced Computer, Communication Array)
  
• 2 Corridor Items (360 Camera, Worker Station)
  
• 2 Prison Items (Secure Holding Cell, Unpleasant Holding Cell)
  
• 1 Staff Room Item (Puncho Bots)
  
• 2 Infirmary Items (Rejuvination Chamber, The Scan-O-Tron)
  
• 2 Archive Items (Further Education, True Crime Documentaries)
  
• 4 Barracks Items (Worker Beds, Muscle Beds, Deception Beds, Science Beds)
  
• 7 New Doors (Inner Sanctum Doors for Max, Emma, Red Ivan and Zalika, Lab Door, Prison Door, Vault Door)

Simply activate these items when you start a new save to start benefiting from their varying evil-enhancing effects.

FREE Minion 2 Statue:
This advisor once dared to tell a Genius what to do and how to do it. That didn’t go so well – but at least she got a statue…

Every player will find this statue added to the Loot section of their Build Menu as standard from launch today!



V1.4.0
General

• Prisoners can be moved from one Cell to another by using the "Escort Prisoner" feature.
  
• Minions correctly attempt to escape after being imprisoned in a Cell.
  
• Combining the Cupid's Arrow Loot item with a Shark Tank no longer results in an inescapable Trap.
  
• Notifications for Minion Salaries more accurately coincide with their respective events.
  
• Sound effects for Henchman abilities play consistently.
  
• Characters' limbs remain in the intended positions when interacting with Lair Items & equipment.
  
• Items placed by Agents, Crime Lords, or narrative Objectives are no longer constructed on tiles that block existing build orders.
  
• Characters consistently navigate Stairs in unusual Lair configurations.
  
• Minions are less likely to abandon useful jobs to play Videogames while their stats allow them to continue working.
  
• The Minion Training Screen now displays training items that are under construction.
  
• Disabling the "Auto-Follow" option no longer prevents a character from being followed by clicking the profile image on their Side Panel.
  
• The presentation of Research Project costs update correctly based on colour blindness accessibility settings.
  
• The Cost of Organic Samples has been increased to be consistent with other Research equipment.
  
• The Holographic Globe now requires Quantum Chemists and a Super Computer to unlock.
  
• The Computer Array now requires Biologists and a Centrifuge to unlock.
  
• Security Zone modes that have not been unlocked now display correct descriptions.
  
• Geniuses can no longer be ordered to use Weapon Racks.
  
• The durability of Armoury Items now depletes consistently.
  
• Objective images correctly display after opening the Objectives interface directly after the Minion Manager.
  
• End of Campaign cutscenes correctly respect in-game volume settings.
  
• Cover Op Decor items now function as intended.
  
• Decor Items for the Cover Operation are no longer made available before this Room type has been unlocked.
  
• Selecting a Locked minion type, then closing and reopening the Minion Training screen will correctly display a Worker minion.
  
• Weapon racks can no longer be placed with their access points overlapping one another.
  
• Security Cameras no longer have their orientation locked in unusual circumstances.
  
• Generated and consumed Power is displayed correctly in the Stats Screen.
  
• Rotation points have been adjusted for some Lair Items.
  
• Improved gamepad support.
  
• Text and localisation improvements.

Achievements

• The Achievement "Your Very Own Museum" can be correctly unlocked after obtaining the Hubbard Slice before the Flame of Prometheus.
  
• The Achievement "Recruit Them All" can be correctly unlocked without recruiting both Clara Jones and Carl Cafard.
  
• Achievements for firing later stages of a Doomsday Device are no longer unlocked during Test Firing.

Campaigns

• During the "Bury the Hatchet" campaign Objective, Criminal Goons can no longer be captured and brainwashed.
  
• The Board Meeting can be consistently completed in Maximilian's campaign Objective, "War on Krast".
  
• The Criminal Network level requirement has been lowered in Red Ivan's campaign Objective, "Glorious Reclamation".
  
• The aftermath Schemes from firing the M.I.D.A.S. device no longer occasionally suggest you have fired H.A.V.O.C.
  
• The "Great Studies" Research cost is correctly displayed during Zalika's campaign Objective, "Brain Trust".
  
• Emma's "Plotter" ability displays updated visual effects.

Side Stories

• Crime Lords can be targeted using Henchman abilities.
  
• The number of Super Agents assaulting the Lair has been reduced during the Side Story, "The Melting Point of Steele".
  
• Additional Demolition Squaddies will assault the Lair if one or more of them are Brainwashed during the Side Story, "The Brave And the Bola".
  
• Permanently defeated Super Agents are no longer resurrected to be defeated again during the Side story, "The Other Most Dangerous Game".
  
• Incendio no longer gains a trait indicating he is a Super Agent during the Side Story, "Ace Up The Sleeve".
  
• Schemes to Stop Poison Attempts will correctly be removed if cancelled during the Side Story, "Hail To The Chef".
  
• Correct voiceover plays when recruiting Eli Barracuda Jnr in Zalika's campaign.
  
• The correct Threat Indicator is displayed over the "Wing Or Lose" Threat during the Side Story, "Vox Pop-Eli".

Super Agents

• Permanently defeating a Super Agent correctly removes their Threats from the World Map.
  
• Wrecking Bola now arrives at the Lair with a team of Agents when Lured.
  
• Agent Steele's "Smash And Grab" Threats no longer spawn in multiples within a single Region.
  
• Agent X's Hard Boiled Investigators are consistently attributed to the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Force of Justice.
  
• Agent Steele now gives 20 Intel when successfully Interrogated.

Henchmen

• Espectro no longer becomes trapped in place when interrogating captured characters on Traps.
  
• Sir Daniel can recover his stats at a Conference Table even if his Camouflage ability is activated when sitting down.
  
• Incendio's "Misdirection" ability correctly resets after sitting at a Conference Table.
  
• Incendio's position marker is now accurate when seated at a Conference Table.
  
• After recruiting Full Metal Jackie, her bonus Schemes no longer display overhead VFX.

Loot Items

• The R.A.Y.G.U.N. Laser correctly fires repeatedly on lengthy Interrogations.
  
• The "Taught By a Dodo" Trait is correctly applied after minions interact with the Dodo Educator Loot item.
  
• The "Flying Pig" Trait is correctly applied after minions interact with the Flying Pig Loot item.
  
• The "Egg Head" Trait is correctly applied after minions interact with the Giant Egg Loot item.
  
• Indestructible Loot items no longer display the repair overhead icon after minions interact with them.

The Other: Rosie’s Road of Love is going to be released...very soon!
And we're planning more events...Please stay tuned for more news in the upcomingdays!



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- Adding featured workshop levels
- Better shadows on mobile platforms
- fatHB skin
- Clicking "Edit Curve" button automatically selects first curve point
- When deleting element in builder select the sibling in hierarchy
- Fixed sawblades do not move on iOS
- Fixed crashes on iOS due to AOT issue in few races
- Fixed 32bit steam build is not deployed correctly
- Fixed camera lag while duplicating or long action
- Fixed Cannot select certain objects in builder due to wrong mesh bounds
- Fixed level update button
- Fixed curve bumper is spamming caps gameobjects
- New swipe input for mobile

A new update, version 0.39 Early Access, is now live on Steam! This update primarily fixes a number of issues with the last mission in the Early Access Story Campaign (Era 3: Missile Defense) and related game mechanics.

Full Change List:
-Updated all ability, trait, effect, supply, and landmark tooltip descriptions for clarity/accuracy.
-Escape key now opens up the pause menu in the field.
-Fixed multiple issues with Bubble Barrier dispenser. They now always appear when revealed in the mid-mission cutscene in Era 3, and becomes visible in the fog of war immediately. They spawn Bubble Barriers more frequently.
-Bubble Barrier dispenser has changed visuals to clarify what supply it is dispensing.
-Bubble Barriers now deploy and break Raun being targeted by the towers properly.
-Fixed issue with Bubble Barriers not stopping attacks from missile silos that are in a cooldown state from a prior attack.
-Fixed user control being locked after mid-mission cutscene.
-Raun that are hit by missile silos no longer keep moving and cannot be re-targeted.
-When a missile silo is deactivated, any Raun that were being targeted are freed and return to wandering.
-Fixed visual and sequencing bugs with the arrival of the final boss.
-Refactored some code in Era 3 missions to run faster and avoid memory leaks.
-Adjusted some special/rare character class recruit names/stats.
-Added checks for names shorter than 5 characters in UI length checks to prevent errors.

There is still some balance and visual polish changes we'll be making to the missile defense mission and other missions in Era 3, but we feel more confident in the playability/stability of all campaign missions now.

Thanks for all of your feedback and help. We're continuing to work on the most critical bugs and improvements brought up by players. Be sure to join our official Discord Server and leave a positive review on our Steam Store page if you are enjoying the game.

This update includes a new straight running torpedo launch station on both the port and starboard side of the destroyer bridge. Use these slow moving but very powerful torpedoes to quickly dispatch of an enemy ship after you've managed to immobilize them by taking out their engines or powerplant with your main guns.



This update also includes a new submarine light control station in the main control room. You can now easily switch between the red and white lighting modes at your choosing or revert to automatic lighting control.

Greetings brethren! After yet another session of studying the ancient scrolls, we bring you a brand new update for Secret Government. This time we bring you an update for the tutorial, to better explain the inner workings of our brotherhood to our new acolytes. This update also includes numerous bugfixes, improvements and localization fixes.

As always, we would like to thank all the members of our brotherhood who help us improve the game, by posting feedback and bug reports into our Steam forums - Thank you!

Read the full changelog below:

• New tutorial missions are introduced
  
• Ideology filter view improved
  
• Pause text is displayed when the game is paused
  
• Numerous UI improvements: fixed windows and buttons size on different resolutions
  
• Live illustrations added on Linux version
  
• Redundant files removed for Linux version
  
• Saves folder modified for Macintosh version
  
• Social mobility mechanics improved
  
• Redundant files are removed from resources folder for Linux builds
  
• Logs/Saves folder path is modified as per https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html

• The country AI could start wars when the country was not ready for war
  
• Exceptions fixed
  
• Sliders settings could be ignored for continuous errands
  
• Alt-tabbing during game load could cause game freezing
  
• Countries which were necessary for completing Objectives could be destroyed
  
• Industries quantity could be not integer value
  
• Victory window could appear just after a new free game start
  
• Rapport with Pope Objective conditions fixed so that it could be achieved
  
• Loading The New World mission could fail to Save folder path change
  
• Officials with particular trait could not be recruited

• Localization issue with Objectives description in American campaign fixed
  
• Fixed description of "bad reputation" trait in German
  
• Brothers' last name localization issue fixed
  
• Some officials could have non-localized traits of character

📯 Hear ye, Hear ye! 📯

The Inkulinati Academy is proud to announce that Inkulinati is nominated for 2 different awards! And the best part is that you can cast your vote for your favourite game in each one of them.

The first nomination comes from the Unfold Games Awards. Out of the 12 existing categories, we received nominations in as many as two - the Innovation Award and Audience Award. You can use your voting power and nominate your favourite game in the Audience Award. If you feel like we deserve your vote, pick us by clicking the link below.

The winner of the Audience Award will be announced on May 20th, 2021.


Unfold Games Awards - Audience Award: VOTE HERE

And our second nomination is in the Digital Dragons Indie Celebration competition - Poland's most prestigious game industry accolade. We are part of a 50 strong group of talented finalists from all over the world. And just like above, you can vote for us in the Community Vote Award category by clicking the link below. Voting will end on May 13 at 23:59 CEST.


Digital Dragons Indie Celebration - Community Vote Award: {LINK REMOVED}VOTE HERE

If you feel we deserve your vote, it would mean the world to us if you click those links and vote for us. And thank you for all your support so far too. You are the best community that we as devs could ever ask for... Keep your fingers crossed for us!


Until next time,

The Inkulinati Academy and Yaza Games Team

Outlaws of the galaxy beware! Reno, the Chitnoid Bounty Hunter makes his free-to-play Legend Rotation debut today. That means that you can now play as everyone’s favorite alien bug cowboy for free from now until May 18th.

This week’s Brawl of the Week is Brawlball Bash! Team up with a couple of friends or leave it to the matchmaking queue. Then work together to score 3 goals before your opponents do.

It’s the last week of Bloomhalla, so don’t forget to check out the garden of goodies available in Mallhalla. Although this year’s event is wilting away, Bloomhalla will return brighter than ever for springtime next year with a harvest of new Seasonal items!

It’s also the last week for our Jötunn Winter Battle Pass. For those looking to receive the exclusive Jötunn Royalty Avatar, complete all the missions before the season ends on May 18th!

To catch the latest Brawlhalla news and content, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Discord!



Welcome to Bloomhalla! Don’t miss out on this celebration of all things springtime, renewal, and pastel colored. Bloomhalla brings exclusive items: the Perennial Brawler Title, new Skins, Colors, & more! Like our other Seasonal Events (and marigolds), it will return every year.




Elvenhollow Xull - Guardian of the Fangwild woods.

• This not so gentle giant protects the Fangwild forests with his Boomin’ Bark Cannon and Spring Cleaning Axe.

Hwarang Jaeyun - The cold envies the flowers.

• Jaeyun is ready for spring with his Blue Blossom Blade Sword and Flora Striker Greatsword. He’s literally a flower knight!

Floral Bliss 2021

• Budding flowers, sunshine, & spring are here in this latest Podium!
  
• Featuring sound and animated FX.

Fluttering Monarch - A friendly pollinator enjoying a flower’s nectar.

• Gathering some nectar for the new season.
  
• A new animated Avatar!

Sleepy Seedling - Sweet dreams in the spring air.

• Even plants need naps.
  
• Purchasable with Gold!

Spring Songbird - The first tunes of spring.

• Look how happy it is!
  
• Purchasable with Gold!

Verdant Bloom - Time to turn over a new leaf!

• Celebrate the springtime with these soft pastels.
  
• Available for every Legend with your hard-earned Gold!

There’s a new Bounty Hunter in town. Introducing Reno, the first ever Blasters and Orb Legend. With his trusty Vespian Six Shooter Blasters and loyal Orb companion Orbot, he’ll do whatever it takes to collect his reward.

• Reno - “The Bounty Hunter”
  
• Weapons: Blasters, Orb
  
• Stats: 4 Strength, 7 Dexterity, 6 Defense, 5 Speed
  
• “Four arms, compound eyes, and utter fearlessness make Chitinoids natural gunslingers, but Reno added a dose of genius that made him the greatest tracker this side of the Pecosid asteroid belt.”

Reno enters with 3 new Skins:

• Desperado Reno - “The strong arm of the law has many more arms than we remember.”
  
• Widowmaker Reno - “You’ll never see him, but you’ll feel his bite.”
  
• Ferrymoth Reno - “Don’t look into the light.”

Get the team together for this 3v3 game! Don't have a team? Fear not, we'll find one for you! Hit the Coliseum, snag the ball, juke or pass past your opponents, and hold it in their goal to score! No team damage, and you can go through walls the same color as you. First team to 3 scores wins!

• 3v3 Brawlball
  
• 5 minutes
  
• Queue up solo or with a team!

• It’s the last week of Bloomhalla, follow the bumblebees to find all the goodies before this seasonal event ends on May 18th!
  
• Check out the newest Legend, Reno, and his Skins.
  
  • Desperado Reno
    
  • Ferrymoth Reno
    
  • Widowmaker Reno
• The Solidarity Emote benefiting Campaign Zero is still available. To find out more information about this non-profit organization, check out https://www.joincampaignzero.org.
  
• Looking for a certain chest? We’re rapidly rotating through chests, so check out the in-game timer to know when the next chest will rotate.
  
• Find the new Sales items!

This week Reno blasts his way into the free-to-play Legend rotation! Also featuring: Kor, Sir Roland, Rayman, Magyar, Dusk, Sidra, Ember, and Nix.

• Reno - Four arms, compound eyes, fearlessness, and an added dose of genius make this Chitnoid gunslinger the greatest bounty hunter this side of the Pecosid asteroid belt. He’ll take on any job with his trusty Blasters and loyal companion, Orbot.
  
• Kor - Blackguard Keep’s left platform mover takes his place in the arena wielding both Gauntlets and Hammer.
  
• Sir Roland - No one in Valhalla feels a greater thirst for victory in the tournament than Sir Roland, as he strikes down his opponents with Rocket Lance and Sword.
  
• Rayman -The Champion of the Glade of Dreams, wielding his Gauntlets and Axe, has found his way into Valhalla on a mission to save his home.
  
• Magyar - As the last remaining member of the Batavian Strazci army and wielding the strength of a 100 elite knights, this spectral guardian has come for the glory of battle with their Greatsword and Hammer!
  
• Dusk - Wielding his Spear and a powerful Orb, carved from stone and magic, Dusk seeks to spread chaos throughout Valhalla.
  
• Sidra – The Corsair Queen, known for her legendary and fearless raids, is prepared to fight with her Sword and Cannon!
  
• Ember – This quick and dexterous elf does battle in Valhalla with Bow, Katars and her two companions: a wolf named Ash and her raven named Yarra.
  
• Nix – Led by a thousand year hunt, this reaper, armed with both Blasters and Scythe, has found herself a new bounty in Valhalla.