Thank you to everyone who’s shared feedback with us!

We’re currently working on a larger patch focused on improving onboarding and better communicating core mechanics — it’s scheduled for later this week.

In the meantime, we’ll continue to release small hotfixes like this one to address urgent issues as they come up.

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Changes in this hotfix:

1. Increased healing from Heal Regen pickups. Elite enemies now have a 50% chance to drop Heal Regen on death — guaranteed if they are Terminated. This is a quick survivability boost, especially for early runs, with more adjustments planned in the upcoming patches.

2. Fixed a bug where players could only switch powers assigned to the Q key.

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Thanks again for your patience!

- if you use a gamepad, then switch to a mouse, the gamepad cursor will disappear now
- on-screen keyboard if entering text via a gamepad implemented
- multiple gamepads supported (so you can switch mid-game)
- game launches in full-screen mode on Steam Deck
- other miscellaneous improvements

This weekend we held the Starter REMATCH Bash! Players could challenge each other, representing their favorite starter Beastie. Before I share the results of this Bash, let's review the results from the first Starter Bash!

Back then, Kichik was declared the winner - by the narrowest of margins! Bildit was by far the most popular, and Kichik the least, but they made up for it with an impressive match record. How did things shake up in the sequel?



Axolati comes out on top this time! The match record between Axolati and Kichik was about as close as it can get - but Axolati's greater popularity was the tiebreaker this time. There were points during the Bash where Kichik's victory score surpassed Axolati's, but with Axolati's lead in popularity it was tough for Kichik to actually overtake them in the overall Bash Score calculation.

Bildit fans - and there are a lot of you! - I sympathize for the disappointing results in both Bashes. This time, the victory rate was more even between all Beasties, and that combined with Bildit's standout popularity made them a very close 2nd, so they came a lot closer this time. Before there are calls to give more buffs to Bildit in the next balance patch, let me just say: these statistics do not show the full picture of a Beastie's strengths. Bildit's family in particular demonstrates one of the largest divergences in success rate based on the coach, trait and plays utilized... in other words, in the right hands they are still easily among the best Beasties in the game. They may have struggled to get the top spot in this Bash, but you can be certain you'll continue to see them in fan tourneys and other high-level matches.

Hey, speaking of. Let's take a look at the coaches who scored highest this time around!

1. Satoros (The Diamond Ducks) | Bash Score: 3064
   
2. Kim (The Happy Hearts) | Bash Score: 2976
   
3. Arc Tech (The Arcane Machines) | Bash Score: 2972
   
4. Darc Tech (The Arcane Robots) | Bash Score: 2888
   
5. Astra (The Tiny Girls) | Bash Score: 2808
   
6. Scy (The World-class Tacos) | Bash Score: 2776
   
7. Ket (The Sea-faring Lovers) | Bash Score: 2760
   
8. Skarme (The Feral Birds) | Bash Score: 2756
   
9. Boris (The Rutile Lights) | Bash Score: 2704
   
10. Valerie (The Radical Queens) | Bash Score: 2700
    
11. Boolerex (The Evil Flowers) | Bash Score: 2684
    
12. MochaTeehee (The Hello Fishes) | Bash Score: 2672
    
13. • Bolimar (The Crimson Angels) | Bash Score: 2640
      
    • Knight (The Newborn Lights) | Bash Score: 2640
14. N/A
    
15. Vega (The Dancing Dragons) | Bash Score: 2628
    
16. Litt (The Jamming Aliens) | Bash Score: 2600
    
17. Dino (The Evil Hearts) | Bash Score: 2584
    
18. Sakura (The Pure Breath Mints) | Bash Score: 2564
    
19. Sparks (The Goofy Scoundrels) | Bash Score: 2544
    
20. Charge (The Crimson Kings) | Bash Score: 2532
    
21. Score (The Jamming Ballers) | Bash Score: 2528

The median Bash Score this time was 1892. For those keeping track, this is actually lower than before! - but it's likely owing to more casual and early-game players jumping in who recently picked up the game on sale. In general, it's really exciting to see more Bash participation. :) We're still cooking up lots of new features to support players interacting and participating in PvP, so I hope to continue growing the pool of active coaches.

As always, it's exciting to see a mix of new and returning coaches grab the top spots. It's an honor to see Valerie Stride herself participate in our humble tourneys here, taking a very impressive 10th place out of hundreds of participants. Actually, hey - aren't 3rd and 4th place the same person?! I guess if you play on multiple save files, it's possible... but since it took up someone else's spot, I'm listing 21 coaches this time.

As has become tradition, we've collected a ton of data on Beastie usage during this event and we're happy to share that data with you for further investigation!

As always, we'll be looking at these stats and more to assess how we can improve the balance of things in coming updates. We're aware that there are some Beasties and strategies attracting more ire than others right now, but after several months of frequent balance changes we'd like to let the current meta settle for a little while longer and see how players adapt to the current shape of things.

Statistically speaking, we're seeing fewer meta-destroying exploits emerge, and the performance of Beasties across the board has become a lot more even. That also means that it takes more time and data for us to actually see what's standing out in analytics. I'd encourage players to continue sharing their experiences and thoughts on what's feeling a little too good... or not good enough!

Running these events is always a blast thanks to all the players who build creative teams, play their best, and support one another in the community. I'm grateful to get to make this game and already looking forward to the next thing...

We just released Naughty Doughy in Early Access, with a launch discount of 17%. We heartfully thank everybody who gave the game a wishlist, and are now looking forward to seeing it find its audience!

This first Early Access build (0.5.1) packs:

• All 3 female characters (Haruna, Aoki and Yuna) and an extra fantasy character (the Succubud).

• 5 fully animated sex scenes.

• 4 sexy renders within the story.

• An extensive story with 14 events to unlock through conversations with the ladies.

• A management gameplay with a dozen mini-games.

But it is still a mere fraction of what the full game will be. We plan on posting regular updates with:

• More sex scenes.

• More story events and conversations.

• More mini-games.

• Adjustments to the gameplay as needed.

Thank you for being on board with us!

Chuck Wow, Good Flicks

Will update some characters, new interactions, mini games, and more to enrich the farm.

You made the impossible happen—thank you from the bottom of our hearts! 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

💚 Yuri Game ⚜️ Eclipse ⚜️ promises to always protect your health, nurture your hearts, and fulfill your sapphic dreams. Now and always.

谢谢你！謝謝你！ありがとうございます！Obrigado! ¡Gracias! Grazie! Merci ! Спасибо!♥️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

🎁 A Special Gift: Your favorite mysterious villains, A🐏 and B🔧, now in adorable SD style! (Of course they're both ♀️women—did you even doubt it? 😉)

For personal use only—print, share, and enjoy!

Our second stretch goal has been conquered—Mittel’s Character Sprite is officially unlocked! 🎉

🌅 Can we go even further before the dawn arrives? We believe in your strength, passion, and endless potential to reach new heights!

💂‍♀️💂‍♀️ Deepest gratitude for your unwavering support to the Land of Solar.
Sisterhood forever blooms under the sun! Loyalty to Eclipse! 🫡💛Honor!

Several players have requested this over the coarse of this Early Access period, and I finally got around to starting it. There are some important limitations to keep in mind. Right now it does not have any controller button, but you can use the F5 key to perform a quick save, and F8 to do a quick load, once you have loaded the game from a save slot.

I am a little nervous as adding a feature like this may introduce unexpected bugs. So let me know if you encounter any problems.

Also, it does not work with Roguelike Mode, since that only allows you to save the game on exit.

For people using a controller, if you use Steam Input, you can assign a button to the F5 key and another one to F8. If you are using the built in controller interface ... I pity you. It is not very good, and I feel like I may have to cut it before the full release due to weird bugs. I will have a look at it again tomorrow to see if it can be salvaged.

Now you can press ESC to exit a non-hostile encounter or an obstacle (door) menu. No need to navigate through all those nasty buttons. But for hostile encounters you still have to finish them before you can exit the menu.

Now if you are in a dungeon, you have a custom map marker that you can set, and reset by pressing the space bar (only when you are looking at the map, and only 1 marker can exist at a time). I hope this is helpful for you dungeon delvers. Use it wisely!

I added an ambient cave sound to the whole game, since it all takes place in the underworld.

This is some bigger changes than I was really planning on in this last week to be honest, but I think it's good because I realized how poorly designed my controller interface is right now. It would be good to know how many of you are using the built in controller interface, vs. Steam Input. I believe Steam Deck users would use Steam Input by default, but I am not 100% sure.

• Fixed a bug with older gamepads
  
• You should no longer be able to get "stuck" due to traffic in the NE corner of New Orleans

I love you. You’re home.

The wait is over. Veins Like Tapeworms is out NOW!! After a little over a year in development, some slight delays, tweaks, and reworks, I’m proud to share with you all a story of rot-bred love and desire to be accepted!

In case you haven’t heard, the full game includes:

• 100,000+ words

• 8 chapters

• Over 250 illustrations!

• 6 unique endings!

• 5 Bonus Scenes that give a glimpse of where the story continues after that! (Completely optional, of course, but accessible on the title screen!)

• Over 40 Steam achievements!

• A fully functional Content Warning system accessible at any time in the Options menu!

And the free demo includes:

• The first 2 chapters

• 13,000 words

• 1 ending already achievable

• 45 illustrations

• 1 Bonus Scene

• The Content Warning system

You can play the game right now on Windows! The base price is $19.99, but there’s a 10% launch discount going on. Thank you for sticking by me all this time! I hope you enjoy what I’ve made!

Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'm going to just...

Yeah.

-Trinket

First a bit of news, I've decided 8th August 2025 will be the full launch date for This Grand Life 2.

This update adds more Steam achievements for features that have been added in the past year.

• Add new Steam achievements

• Worship Deity activity add Social preference

• Disable removing someone from friend list if they are legally or biologically related to someone in your household

• Fix dead spouse not allowing remaining character to remarry or divorce