Hello Commanders!

We are releasing some content updates and optimizations. Check it out now!

1. Added a new co-op map, Win with Wisdom
2. We are testing a hidden function: In the preparation stage of multiplayer games, by pressing Ctrl and A, the host could access the function of AI versus Player. Activating this function requires all players to be in group 1, and now only 3 maps support the new function, Wagon Battle, Fight For Every Inch, and Cover of Night
3. Fixed an issue that sometimes the camera gets stuck when the chat window pops up with player maneuvering siege equipment


What do you think about the update? We look forward to your feedback in reviews, discussions, and our Discord.

Note: Please update your game to the latest. Otherwise, players of different versions cannot see each other’s rooms in multiplayer mode.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to another developer's diary that is totally not about the Philosopher's Stone, instead, it's about the Stone Philosophers.

With the opening of the Floor of Philosophy in the Grand Library, you now have a chance to talk to those Statues of Philosophers, along with some corrupted books on this floor.

By talking, I mean they will use quite a lot of speech-based combat skills to attack you, causing emotional damage.

One of those skills is the newly added "Kenga Speech" which can cause damage based on the user's speech skill levels and stun targets. The name of this skill originated from the Chinese/Japanese word "懸河" to describe someone with extraordinary debating skills to support their points with endless arguments and an enormous vocabulary of words like the flow of rivers. Coincidently, it's also an Indian name for girls with the meaning the river. It may also be considered related to the horned deity "Ikenga" worshipped by people living in Southeastern Nigeria, a deity that encourages people to pursue greatness. If we keep digging, we can find it's also the name of a Fintech company located in modern-day South Africa. Isn't that fascinating that people all around the world with different cultures and language backgrounds are using this word? Whether this is evidence of the human collective unconscious or the remaining memory before the destruction of the Tower of Babel is another topic to study later.

With new enemies, it also comes with new rewards. To start with, you can turn those Statues of Philosophers into your pets and use their speech skills and speech-based combat skills to benefit you in your journey in this supernatural world. Should you decide to destroy them and the corrupted books come with them, the loot is also good. You can find stones, curse stones, skill books, spell books, crafting recipes, religious books, and scrolls from them.

Talking about scrolls, we just got some new scrolls this week as well.

Well, the parody is quite obvious.
The Scroll of Objection! with a red figure pointing a finger forward is a scroll that can give a character the "objection!" effect that can reflect all incoming emotional damages from skills for one turn.

In both of the Chinese versions, the effect is using the Japanese words from where the easter egg coming from.
The Scroll of Paradox, with a platypus that has not yet become a fossil on it, can cause confusion among enemies.

Meanwhile, some progress has been made in the main story. The Path to the Black Pyramid is now accessible. A document left by one of the missing professors, illustrating their unfortunate journey can also be found in the otherworldly version of the Desert of the Trapped. But, as always, I am not going to spoil too much about the story here.

Now, let's talk about another a bit more serious topic. Have you ever questioned the meaning of your common daily life? What's all that about when you go to work/school every day and repeat? What's all that about when I update this game every day and write a developer's diary every week? Most of us, are common people that may be forgotten in history one day. Most of what we did for decades may never be known to most other people just like this almost 19-year-old game. Such is absurd of life. Maybe nothing will ever change after all that you and I have done. But, will you just give up? Here is my answer:

You can find the "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" of Camus on the Floor of Philosophy.


Today's changelog:
############Content#################
[Effect]New effect: Objection! (Reflect 100% incoming emotional damage from skills)
[Item]New item: Scroll of Objection!
[Item]Scroll of Item Illusion can now be recycled into paper.
[Loot]Statue of Philosopher may now drop Scroll of Objection!
[The Path to the Black Pyramid]Added some stairs and decorations. More parts of this area are accessible.
[The Path to the Black Pyramid]Added shade enemies on the 2nd floor of the path. They will not leave this area.
############System#################
Added a function to get all accessible tiles from a certain point of the map.
Added a module to cache calculated map area data.
############Debug##################
Fixed a bug that acid element-related special attribution may not display in item description windows.
Fixed a bug that Scroll of Paradox can only be used once per battle.

Dear Players.

Thank you for your continued support and interest. We are proud to announce the launch of a major update to Metal Mind, which will bring you a brand new gaming experience.

• Made a complete out-of-bureau enhancemen system.
  
• Stripped the style system and the out-of-bounds enhancement system.
  
• Optimized the level map of the game and shortened the experience time to 35 minutes.
  
• Bomb traps can be re-generated.
  
• Created new laser traps.
  
• Merged the mechanics of superheat and overheat, differentiated the genre features and fixed the related text.
  
• Adjusted equipment properties for different genres.
  
• Adjusted weapon related values, especially for overheat and non-overheat weapons. Overheat weapons have longer overheat duration and non-overheat weapons have longer cooldown.
  
• Overload maneuver has a longer invincibility frame.
  
• Added sound effects that were previously missing.
  
• Adjusted the drop probability of dungeon weapons.
  
• Added new weapon shooting effects.
  
• Passes no longer inherit progression modifications.
  
• Adjusted the path finding AI of enemies
  
• Added startup effects to Ninja Style.
  
• Non-combat time no longer increases movement speed.
  
• Closed the entrance to other difficulties.

Finally, we are looking forward to your feedback and suggestions for this update, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you again for your support and love of Metal Mind, and we will continue to work hard to bring you an even better gaming experience. Thank you!

刚才看了一些评测。
发现部分玩家只玩了主线结局就认为游戏结束了，并且有了不好的体验。
真的很抱歉！！！！！
我们在游戏的结构上做了很冒险的创新，但是可能是失败了。
我们原本构思是希望整个游戏结构也如同游戏名字一样，是“二分之一”的设计。
当玩家以为是主线结局结束的时候，才发现整个游戏只是刚刚走到一半，有一种惊喜的感觉。
然而，我们发现部分玩家都误以为我们的游戏只持续到主线就结束了，真的很抱歉。
看来是这种尝试错了或者是我们的引导还是做的不太好。
——
如果可以的话，还是希望大家能耐心继续玩玩后面的全人物剧情、幻梦关卡、自由关卡、支线剧情。
单论文本量的话，主线结局后的剧情比主线结局前的剧情要多1.5-2倍，主线挖的很多坑、铺垫和伏笔也会在后面才能解开，玩家也可以从中看到整个游戏“里层”的故事。
后面的支线对于整个游戏的剧情体验来说其实并非补充，而是必要的作用。
——
战斗关卡角色的技能组合、装备、配队乐趣在后面才有更好的机会能够体验。
虽然主线剧情相关的剧情关卡非常简单，策略性弱，但是后面的战斗关卡会逐步增加难度，提高策略性。
——
恳求大家能有耐心地尽量将这款游戏玩到最后，我们会认真查看每一条意见和建议并继续改进这款游戏。
感谢！

• The editor for game presets has been revamped!
  
• Customize and create new cards, adjust their costs, titles and descriptions
  
• Fully customize the rarity of cards and card types
  
• Copy existing card packs and create custom ones for easy access and management
  
• Modify initial game rules
  
• Define default values for game length, action points per turn and board events

• "Divine Intervention" (3 AP) -- Add a random rule to the game
  
• "Future Me is Gonna Love Me" (X AP) -- Transfer X AP from this turn to your next turn
  
• "That's a Problem for Future Me" (0 AP) -- Transfer X AP from your next turn(s) to this turn

• When cards are merged to new rules or existing rules are being changed, the new rules will now be shown for a slightly longer period of time.

Hello, Frontiers!

Firstly, as we announced during the Steam Mystery Fest, we will have a DUBIUM Final Beta Test coming for you guys, and we are thrilled to announce that the DUBIUM Final Beta Test will begin on March 27th!


From March 27, 2023, until April 10, 2023

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1234040/DUBIUM/

The Final Beta Test will be the last test before the official Early Access release in 2Q of 2023. We have improved and developed new and existing content based on the feedback we received from you during the last Steam Next Fest.


In addition to implementing the feedbacks, we have worked very hard to provide the best gaming experience, including an in-game tutorial and new content

We are thrilled to share this news and excited to see our Frontiers back in action. We also hope that you guys will experience the new and improved DUBIUM and share your feedback and opinions about the game!

Don’t forget to sign up for the last beta test and join our Official DUBIUM Discord Server. There will be events you can enjoy with rewards.

Thank you for waiting and we hope to see you guys back soon.

For more details about the Final Beta Test, check the info below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️


To sign up for the DUBIUM Final Beta Test visit the store steam page and click the request access button in the DUBIUM Playtest.


📢 Please Note!

• DUBIUM will be open to everyone during the Final Beta Test.
  Invite your friends to play with you!
  
• Make sure you have the most recent build.
  
• Please check the minimum/recommended specifications for optimal test participation, which is available on the DUBIUM store page on steam.
  
• During the Final Beta Test, we will be collecting information. This information is gathered to facilitate game services. To provide optimal services “MUMO STUDIO” may use this information.
  The following logs that will be collected are listed below:
  - Anonymous ID or, computer configuration, gameplay behavior, progress, browser type, platform type, and software usage
  
• If you are experiencing any issues, please come to Discord and let us help you in the feedback

Thank you to all, the Frontiers who have patiently waited for "DUBIUM".
We hope to see you guys soon!

MUMO STUDIO

Fixed and fully optimized English translation errors.
Fixed black screen problems in some parts.
Fixed duplication bug of characters in some parts.
Added 3 CGs

After completing more than 5 endings, you can unlock all DVDs.

• Temporarily removed the vegetation through which the AI can see the player.
  
• Increased the maximum number of troops in battle (now 100 people on each side).
  
• Increased the number of soldiers in the company to 10 (now there are 100 people in the company).
  
• Fixed production and construction balance (AI and player).
  
• Fixed damage from shells on armored vehicles (Front-Left/Right side-Back).
  
• Fixed AI (range, including help of allies in the war).
  
• Fixed an AI navigation bug that prevented soldiers from entering houses.
  
• Fixed a bug in the weapon (the ammo counter in the magazine was off).
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the performance of the game dropped significantly.
  
• Fixed end-zone triggers.

The official discord channel of the game: Link

Commander!
The game has now installed a new mode: Daily Naval Battle (Test Version). You can enter the experience by clicking the button on the top left of the game!
This mode is a third person ship shooting game,
Players can personally experience launching artillery shells and bombarding enemy ships! Dealing with the enemy in a hail of bullets! You can also obtain random Level B skill fragments * 100 if you win a battle.
This gameplay is only a trial version, and there are many areas that need to be improved. If commanders have any suggestions for improving the gameplay, please leave a message~
You can also join our QQ group to discuss: 588921856

Hey Survivors!

It is Saint Patrick's Day and we celebrate it with a discount happening on our website.

During this weekend you will have a 25% discount on all packages!
Keep in mind, the discount is only available through the website.

Start: 17.03.2023, 12:00 PM CET
End: 20.03.2023, 12:00 PM CET

There are also some character clothes available to purchase through our in-game store:




Store: https://playnewz.com/store


Information about the upcoming wipes of Survival can be found on our discord server at https://discord.gg/thenewz


We wish everyone happy holidays and a great weekend!