Balance
- Minotaur, Flamebreath, Flying Fish, and Hidden now display attack telegraphs
- Balance Match and Shoot 4R pieces (Star and White Cat) no longer target enemies that will be healed by the attack
- Chaos Pieces can now be matched with Match 5L (all Chaos Pieces get removed)
- Player will no longer be damaged by Chaos Pieces if matched diagonally from the player

Polish
- Returning back to the campsite in the middle of the run will now display the results screen instead of immediately loading the campsite

Bugfix
- Bugfix for expertises disappearing from player inventory if player reloads autosave
- Bugfix for vfx not appearing properly on players and enemies after Version 0.1.8
- Bugfix for game hanging if player matches Chaos Pieces and Match 5L under certain circumstances

- fixed issue when starting Dialogue with Umi at Home Level

2023年5月17日版本更新说明
各位明公，我们刚刚对测试版进行了更新。

战略优化和修改说明
●太守和县令可以正确的卸任了
●优化了战斗胜利结算面板，可以显示阵亡等数据了
●修复了外交部分数据的计算错误
●因即将数据大调整，增加了不同版本存档提醒功能
●敌人军团会正确显示红色的背景

战斗修改说明
●现在战斗内可以通用鼠标来移动地图了，移动到左上或者右上新增转动镜头的操作逻辑

Watch two amazing livestreams and support Alzheimer’s research during Voiceapalooza, a charity drive from Wes Johnson and the Fallout For Hope team.

Established in 2020, Fallout For Hope has raised almost half a million dollars for organizations such as St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the American Heart Association, and others. As part of their support for the Alzheimer’s Association fundraising drive The Longest Day, the Fallout For Hope team worked in tandem with the Elder Scrolls’ legendary voice actor Wes Johnson to create Voiceapalooza. This incredible charity drive hosts a series of livestreams raising funds to help support research into Alzheimer’s disease.

After their extremely successful 2022 campaign, we are thrilled to help support Voiceapalooza 2023 by taking part in two unique ESO-themed livestreams, hosted by our own Stream Team Partner, Zero Period Productions. Check out everything you need to know about both livestreams below and be sure to tune in, but if you’d like to donate to the cause directly, you can do so here.


Voice Cast Reunion of The Elder Scrolls Online! Hosted by Zero Period Productions

Join Zero Period Productions, Wes Johnson, and some of the stars of The Elder Scrolls Online to discuss their characters, talk voice acting and work, and more!

Guests include Keith Szarabajka, Calvin Joyal, Casey Mongillo, Ellen Dubin, Paul Guyet, Chris Smith, Cindy Robinson, Kellen Goff, Anna Graves, Steve French, Noshir Dalal, Sharon Muthu, and Tasia Valenza.

When: Friday, May 19 at 4PM EDT / 9PM BST


Where: https://www.twitch.tv/0periodproductions




The Elder Scrolls Online Developer Dive with the ZeniMax Online Team! Hosted by Zero Period Productions

Zero Period Productions and Wes Johnson chat with members of the development team from The Elder Scrolls Online for a dive into the game’s journey to date, the return of Hermaeus Mora, and what awaits you in Necrom! Special guests include Rich Lambert (Creative Director), Bill Slavicsek (Lead Writer), and Becky Ichnoski (Voice-Over Lead).

When: Friday, May 26 at 4PM EDT / 9PM BST

Where: https://www.twitch.tv/0periodproductions

There’s a huge amount of incredible Voiceapalooza livestreams planned throughout the month of May, so be sure to check out the full schedule on their official website. We hope you’ll join us in supporting Wes Johnson and the Fallout For Hope team as they work together with the Alzheimer’s Association to help bring an end to this dreadful disease—we’ll see you on Twitch!

Dear Dark Chess Players,

We're excited to announce our latest update to Dark Chess, which arrived yesterday, May 16th, 2023. Our team has been diligently working to enhance your gaming experience and address your feedback, and we're eager to share the new features, fixes, and improvements included in this update.

Here's what you can look forward to in this update:

👥 Campaign Profiles: Play the campaign with multiple family members using up to 3 separate profiles, all while sharing the same achievements.
🌐 Server Update: Experience improved multiplayer gameplay with our enhanced game server, but remember to update your game before playing PvP.
🔐 Private Games with Friends: Enjoy a more convenient setup for private matches with friends, directly from the main menu.
🐜 Bug Fixes: We're continuing our efforts to identify and fix bugs, and we appreciate your help in reporting them.
🖱️ Match Start Clarification: We've added a message to avoid confusion around starting matches, ensuring a smoother experience.
🎨 Customization Menu Flow: Preview and confirm avatar and board item selections with an updated, more intuitive menu.
📜 Moves History: Gain more insights into previous moves with additional information and data in the notation.
🎨 Visual Updates: Experience richer visuals in the original game campaign with personalized flags, frames, and fogs for opponents.
🌐 Steam Rich Presence: Keep your friends updated with more detailed information on your opponents and game modes.
🔇 Additional Character Sound Bar: Mute voiceovers while keeping music and sound effects active.
🌍 Catalan Localization: One of our game supporters offered us to translate the game to Catalan. If all goes well we will be happy to provide our Catalan community to play the game in their native language.


We genuinely appreciate your support and feedback as we continue to improve Dark Chess. If you'd like to help us with translations or have any other suggestions, feel free to reach out to us via email at play@talltroll.com or join our Discord community.

Happy gaming, and thank you for being a part of the Dark Chess community!

Warm regards,

Tall Troll Games

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[Beneath the Sphinx]Added a new document: Great Hymn to the Aten
[Beneath the Sphinx]Added a new document: Ritual Rules
[Beneath the Sphinx]The investigation board is fully functional now. However, you may need to gather all the documents before you can solve the puzzle.
[Beneath the Sphinx]Added a secret path that will open after you solve the investigation board puzzle. (It's totally optional, and not required for the main story progress.)
简体中文
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【狮身人面像密室】加入了新文档：伟大的阿腾赞美诗
【狮身人面像密室】加入了新文档：仪式规则
【狮身人面像密室】调查板的交互完成。但是，要解开谜题需要收集全部的文档。
【狮身人面像密室】加入了一条秘密通道，会在完成调查板谜题后开启。（非必要内容。不影响主线的推进。）

Latest News From Ukraine/乌克兰小剧场：
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Ever thought of having a cute companion while showing those awesome moves? 

Take a look at our awesome buddy named Kevin, our newest friend in the court. 

Event Period:

2023/05/17 00:00 ~ 05/30 23:59 (PDT)



Friends Information: 



We also want to share additional information specifically about Friend Unique

Effect and Friend skill details.

A. Friend Unique Effect

- Friend Kevin: Max + 1 to a random attribute.

- Kevin is silent: Random extra attribute +1.

- Friend skills can be used during a match or while in the waiting room.

B. Friend Skill Details- Active skill: waiting
- Passive skill: Cheerleading function available / unique effects available.

- For the Friend “Kevin,” the initial stats are set to 0 when first obtained, and you can obtain random unique stats through the “Add Attribute” system.

- Users can exchange the “Kevin Exchange Ticket” for the “Friend Kevin Coupon” or “Premium Sub Atts.”

- Players can view obtained Friends from the Locker > Friends menu.

When you buy seed of love, it'll accumulate a mileage point where you can exchange it for wonderful items. The more seed of love you purchase, the more mileage points you can accumulate. 



Help tip & Reward list:



Reward List: 



Mileage Shop:



- Freestyle 2 Team

• Minor bug fixes.
  
• Linux Version Added.
  
• Added on screen notification of Achievement found for all languages. (flashing star will appear in top left corner)

• Lava Chakram: Damage reduced from 55% of power to 50%, orbit rate reduced, cast speed reduced slightly, duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5.5 seconds, mana cost increased from 22 to 25.

• Fixed a bug where familiar followers were crashing the game when destroyed - for example, when equipping/unequipping the Ignite (Fuse) or Storm Spear (Quiver) spells.
  
• Fixed a bug where restarting the game while the Berserker emblem effect was active crashed the game.

Yup, you're reading right! The Creative Showcase is back, back again!

We have taken some time to revamp how we want to do these, how not to run into time constraints on our end, and so on and so forth. Before we get to the Theme announcement, let's have a quick look at the things we changed:

We will post announcements whenever we hold Showcases and will share the results everywhere, but participation and voting may only occur on Discord as that makes it easier for us!

Speaking of Voting, we have revamped how we handle Voting for Showcases massively:

• You may cast as many votes as you'd like
  
• There are four categories of Votes now
  
• Voting will be available all through the Submission phase!

You will now be able to cast four different kinds of Votes as well, each pertaining to a different kind of "Liking" a submission. The different kinds of Votes are:

• 👍 ENJOY
  
  • This is your 'basic' vote. You 'enjoy', or 'like', that submission.
• 🎨 ARTSY
  
  • Artsy is used to highlight submissions which you think represent interesting interpretations of the Theme.
• 🤯 MINDBLOWING
  
  • Found a Submission you think goes above and beyond? Remember the Dragon Island of the Showcases of old? Yup, those are Mindblowing!
• 😆 FUNNY
  
  • Submission made you chuckle? you are obligated to vote it as FUNNY!

Themes will be selected from a pool that we will happily add suggestions to, and once the pool is empty we'll start to recycle them, should we get to that point. We are also going to experiment with 'Modifiers' like restricting shape and size of your submissions (Think our Dioramas for reference), as well as other fun things!
We're still working on some organizational stuff in the back, like how often we'd like to hold these

To participate you need to JOIN OUR DISCORD first of all. Same if you'd like to vote.
For a submission to be valid the following stipulations have to be fulfilled:

• YOU need to be the author of the submission
  
• A Submission is required to HIDE THE UI (TAB on KB/M, SELECT on Controller)
  
• A submission has to be an unedited Screenshot, preferably in .png file format.

BY SUBMITTING A SCREENSHOT TO A CREATIVE SHOWCASE, YOU ALLOW US TO USE YOUR SUBMISSION FOR MARKETING PURPOSES WITHOUT CREDITING YOU AS THE AUTHOR.
(Note that we try to credit where possible but is sadly isn't always possible)

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For the first Creative Showcase 2.0, we would like to ease everyone back into the swing of things. As such, the Theme is Black Forest, a pretty open theme based on the German region of the same name. We are not working with any modifiers for this one, as we want to see your unbridled, raw creativity. 😉
The Showcase will run until 2023-06-13 2359 CEST.

We welcome all submissions from across all platforms. We ask, however, that you take your Submission Screenshots with the UI disabled. To hide your UI, press TAB on your Keyboard or the SELECT button or equivalent on your controller. Submissions are preferably posted as .png files.

Super happy to have these return, we did miss the Creative Showcase but it was just too clunky to handle on a recurring schedule especially when someone who was not involved with planning had to handle things. With this revamp, we're pretty sure we can juggle running the event, as well as passing it around internally, should the need arise.
We know not everyone will be happy about the requirement of Discord to participate and vote, but it really makes things a lot easier for us!

Once again, you can join our Discord here.