Full release notes here.

Lots of tuning by Badger for his various mods.

• Some tweaks to the Hateful AI type, including turning down its CPAs.
  
• Hopefully fix some fortresses to be upgradable (that should have already been) with the Scourge Infused Empire.
  
• Hybrids are a bit cheaper for the Dyson Empire.
  
• Give a bit more HaP for the Dark Zenith Empire, and update the journal a bit about that empire type.
  
• Some buffs to metal income for the Ark Sidekick.
  
• Buff metal income for Spire Sidekick, as well as a few more sockets for their cities.

• The Spire Infused Empire now specifically states in its description that it is not compatible with the Fallen Spire.

We're up to Update 27 now on Heart of the Machine: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2001070/view/524223621534581155

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/

-Changes to Map Browser UI

Mega Update Part 1:
The entire Chapter 1 got a remake, better camera angles, lighting, positions, models and more.

• Chapter 1 Scenes Remake.

• Celine Blowjob Scene rewriting.

• Celine Blowjob Scene Redone to a much more detailed, hot and improved version.

• Menu, Options, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Translated to Russian, French, Italian and Spanish.

!!Translations Disclaimer!!

I'm not fluent in Russian, French, Italian and Spanish, so there may be grammatical errors or unnatural phrasing throughout the game. I appreciate your understanding and hope you enjoy the experience!

1. English localization available.

2. Fixed an issue where Divine Abilities remained sealed on The Valley of Ten Thousand Demons map.

This was going to be a much more upbeat update post, but the recent storm raging through the adult gaming world here on Steam and elsewhere has struck a rather sour note. This update contains some change to comply with Steam's recently updated content guidelines. I haven't made these changes lightly and I'd rather not make them, but I don't think it can be prevented at this point.

Other than that this update adds a log of the choices you've made in the game, as well as episode summaries. Another thing I'm very happy about is the Simplified Chinese translation and French translation (the latter courtesy of Rory-Mercury91).

Changelog
- Compliance with new Steam content guidelines
- Add choices log and previous episode summaries (thanks to AMRFTY and Edge82)
- Tweaks to relationship screen, less spoilerific about possible pregnancies (thanks to Joe Coffee)
- Make parts of the credits translatable (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- Update language labels (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- Fix character label in choices screen
- Update to Ren'Py 8.3.3
- Add French translation (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- Add Simplified Chinese translation (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- Fix spelling and grammar (thanks to Michael2002, Rory-Mercury91)
- Fix "Close Entry" and scrollbars in codex (thanks to Cabin Fever)
- Use font variables in various screens
- Update loading screens
- Better asset splitting for Android
- ep011: Fix speaker (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- ep010: Fix typo
- ep004: Fix typo
- ep004: Fix speaker (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)
- ep005: Fix speaker name (thanks to Rory-Mercury91)

Minor bug fixing.
Added variable damage for tools.
Modified resources rate.

- Fixed goals not being added/counted correctly.

7/26/2025

10.1.1 Improved Erudition

Balancing:
Increased Erudition's Accuracy from 10%
to 25%.
Doubled the effects of Erudition's
Evasion.
Redesigned Erudition's Resilience to be
10% damage reduction. (still secretly
retains its 10% status protection)
Redesigned Erudition's Vigor to +5%
Health, Defense, and Spirit.
Redesigned Erudition's Efficiency to +5%
Dexterity, Luck, and Stamina Regen.
Redesigned Erudition's Experience to +5%
Attack, Magic, and Mana.
Redesigned AP costs to Erudition skills
from 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 to 20, 30, 50,
80, 120.
Lowered spirit to end game holy enemies
by 10-20%.
Magic now has a stat weight of 3 on
status infliction chance. (was 2)
Player level now has a stat weight of 1
on status infliction chance. (was 0)

Misc:
Fixed respec from removing pressure. (old
saves relearned pressure)
Interacting with a save now removes hotel
dirties.
Save crystals now redundantly heal.
Fixed Alex from being team leader.
Fixed Chaos Guard from not showing up.
(old saves can refight chaos guard)

Vultures,

The second day of the playtest has officially begun! Thanks to your enthusiastic participation and feedback yesterday, our development team was able to spend the night analyzing valuable data and identifying areas for improvement.

If many of you focused on mastering core combat and loadout combinations on Day 1, how about exploring other content you may have missed today?

Try out hidden tactics, switch up your strategy, or dive into different modes. The more aspects of the game you experience, the more meaningful your feedback becomes and that helps us steer the game in the right direction.

The playtest will run for 6 hours today, same as yesterday. Use your sharp eyes to uncover bugs, spot balance issues, and test every corner of the game!

The playtest will run from July 25 to July 27 or 28, 2025 (depending on your timezone).

Servers will be open for 6 hours from 19:00 to 01:00 (UTC-4) during the test period.

If you haven’t participated in the feedback survey event yet, don’t miss the opportunity to share your thoughts and win a Steam Gift Card!

Discord – Steam Alpha Feedback Survey Event

It’s time to deploy, Vultures. Join the test, explore the battlefield, and help shape the future of Black Vultures.

We’ll see you on the battlefield.

▸ The Black Vultures Team

Version 0.6.0.9 is LIVE! Restart Steam to receive the changes immediately.

Beast Adjustments

• Zombear's effect icon was improperly displaying.

Fixes

• Ranga could evolve into nothing causing it to disappear from the battle if it was not holding a fruit when used by opponents.

• Beast ability trigger and conditions were not persisting through evolutions.

• Synergy Depleted Seal, Max Synergy Seal, and Card Played Seal, would appear on the map but would not appear in the inventory when collected.