Secrets Of Grindea

Additions
You can now use Style Weapons and Style Shields
A tag system has been added for all the skills to help new players better get a grasp of their intended use
Changes
Pets have been made significantly easier to obtain
The Skill menu has gotten a visual update on the Melee and Magic sections
The Equipment menu has gotten a visual update
Non-rune puzzle blocks can now be pushed even after a puzzle has been solved
You can now cancel targeted charges (Meteor/Earth Spike/Throw) by attacking or using the shield
Chilling Touch and Burning Weapon are now affected by the Crippling Blast talent
Surviving enemies at the end of chicken challenges will now die when the challenge ends
EP Regen has been changed to speed up all parts of the regen process (buff)
Phaseman's Boots DEF bonus has been reduced to compensate for the improved EP regen
To avoid confusion, the maximum Completion % is now set to 100 % (load and exit a character to update)
The 'Waiting for other players' prompt is a bit bigger now
Enemies now respawn a bit differently, with longer fade in time and slight delays to make multiple spawns a bit less jarring
The character select will now attempt to create its data from the actual save files, rather than what's saved in main.dtt
The Silver Charged plant no longer stuns enemies, and deals a bit less damage
The Arcade Mode salesman no longer sells Plasma Bracelets, but can sell red wands and a robe now
Bug Fixes
The Plant Silver Charge should no longer try to murder chickens
People should seriously not get stuck in Waiting for players after cutscenes now...
The Hydra headbutts should now be able to hit players regardless of their positioning
The trivia on the Character tab should now have proper spacing even when using translations
Fixed a very critical bug where you could unintentionally zone to the Toy Machine boss prematurely, getting stuck
Players should no longer randomly enter the Quicklevel menu without pressing the button
Timed out Steam network requests should no longer show up as 'Connection Failed! Reason X' on the host
The game should no longer crash when typing something with a { but no } in chat
Puzzle blocks should no longer end up at the wrong spot when rewinding them after a 'crush safe' has triggered
Coming into a certain room in Temple of Seasons from the top and directly running to the side no longer cause out of bounds
The item amount display for quickslotted items no longer gets overlapped by skills
Static Touch cubes should no longer disappear after the cutscenes in Flying Fortress
Dad no longer silently stares you down between the Exams and clearing the first temple - he now has some encouraging lines instead!
A couple of portraits have been updated to fit better with the corner of the textbox
Phaseman's projectiles should now be a bit easier to shield when they come from weird angles
Fixed a bug causing the game to crash if the Local High Score page was viewed while empty
Hotfix 0.600alpacasso

Changes
The Gift and Bee pets are a little bit harder to catch now
Bug Fixes
The puzzle completion % now checks the correct flags!
Some save file issues from ye days of olde should now autocorrect on load
Hotfix 0.600amigo

Changes
You can now purchase the Roby Rod in Story Mode after beating Flying Fortress, and Morning Star has been replaced with Steel Sword
The Frostling Scoundrel snowball speed in Arcade Mode has been brought down a bit
Bug Fixes
The Ice Fishing trophy should no longer appear to be achieved when it's not
You can no longer quickslot the Card Album via the Equipment menu

Additions
Added four haircuts for both genders (8 total)
You can now access your Card Album from an item in your inventory
Changes
The /respec beta command should now reset your skill points to the correct amount based on level and quest rewards
Vavani's portrait has been updated to better match the sprite
The darkest blue and every teal hair color palette have been improved
Bug Fixes
The Blade Flurry gold charge now shows the weapon
You can no longer take a jog in the air from the Evergrind Café
Crafting from the Inventory Recipe List should work as intended now
Frosty Friend should now revive properly for clients if revived during a cutscene
Using the local co-op hack should no longer cause random crashes during zoning
Fixed a bug causing the game to crash if viewing 4p highscores if only two players of the winning team had submitted
Gold Charge Frosty Friend should no longer bully the player out of rooms that he doesn't deem worthy
Restarting a challenge now grants an arrow refill
Clients should now be able to pick up arrows in the Arena
Hidden pets should no longer blink in and out of existence when zoning
Marino should no longer practice olympic powerwalking while inside Collector's HQ
Clients should no longer be able to get stuck in 'Waiting for players' at the end of cutscenes
The finisher on Gold Charge Spirit Slash now uses the collision layers of the target enemy
Insect Swarm should now function properly against the Season Hydras
Fixed a bug causing clients to sometimes get stuck forever on Connecting if host used password
Connecting to a friend after being a host should now work properly
One of the male haircuts has been adjusted to fit the head better

Additions
Hotfix A: The cheat command /skillpoint has been enabled and grants a ton of skill points (Story Mode only)
Lab time! By typing /debug Diagonal in the chat, you can try out slower diagonal walk speed - see forum patch notes for info on why
All cards from Seasonne and Temple of Seasons now have working effects!
You can now open the gift boxes dropped by the Gift enemies
Prototype gold charges have been added to all spells
The air spell Static Touch has been added to the game (replacing Wind Slash)
Changes
Increased damage on GUN-D4M's blue shots - now comparable to the other types of bullets
The Frostling Boots have been removed from the Arcade Mode drop pool and instead added to the shops
Chain Lightning's damage reduction per bounce has been reduced to 20 %, down from 30 %
Chain Lightning can now bounce back to the player if lacking enemies to bounce at
Flame Thrower's silver charge can now be canceled out of by attacking
Shadow Clone has been reworked to block out less EP, and deal less damage but having a chance to proc debuffs
Summon Plant's silver charge is now a ranged minion (and very cute)
Frosty Friend now has a bunch of player commands that unlock with charge level
Frosty Friend's HP now partly scales with player level
Frosty Friend will now automatically resurrect after a while if dead - this goes faster if player helps
Movement speed while charging has been increased to 40 % (up from 20 %)
The number of character slots has mysteriously been increased to 9
The air spell Wind Slash has been removed from the game
Whirlslash has had its damage slightly reduced on silver charge
The Dodging Strike attack animation is now attack and spell cancelable
If you get a Perfect Dodge when using Dodging Strike, the next spell or skill used (within 1 second) will auto charge to the same level
Bug Fixes
Hotfix A: The game should no longer crash when using Spirit Slash together with Static Touch
Hotfix A: Maybe the text won't get all fuzzy and silly anymore?
Hotfix A: The Chain Lightning gold charge now has a description in more info!
GUN-D4M, Phaseman and the Arcade Bullet Machine's bullet hells have all been optimized a bit
The bosses on the later Arcade Mode floors should no longer be impossible to obtain S rank for
Fixed a rare crash while talking to the shopkeeper on the highest floor in Arcade Mode
Leveling only a talent before seeing the quicklevel box for the first time no longer crashes the game
Getting knocked out of the Smash animation will no longer leave behind an eternal hitbox of death
Naniva no longer start talking when you level up, despite not having her along anymore
The Fishing Gods now lets you fish again from the same spot even if you failed or cancelled your previous attempt
Fixed a typo in the Small Clock description
The reticle for targeted spells should no longer have trouble traversing certain areas
The Living Puzzle Block should no longer be able to jump out of bounds
It's now possible to push the Living Puzzle Block after its defeat even if it died airborne
A cutscene can no longer be interrupted by a Game Over, resulting in missed story content
The Multitasking talent no longer needs points on Shield Bearer to become active (oops!)
You can no longer use the Prismatic talent to reduce the cost of Shadow Clone

Patch 0.599inca

Additions
The Smash skill now has its proper graphics
The Shadow Clone skill now has its proper graphics
The Static Touch spell now has its proper graphics
The Spirit Slash gold charge has gotten its graphics touched up
The Frosty Friend gold charge now has a small impact effect on its regular attacks
Bug Fixes
Smashing enemies into walls should work a bit more consistently now
Getting smashed by a Smashed enemy should no longer cause certain enemies to become immortal
Frosty Friend no longer takes orders while being knocked out - let the poor guy rest!
Silver charge Plants have received sensitivity training and will no longer hurt their friends from the north
Static Touch now actually have a chance to stun enemies at Silver and Gold charge!
Getting hit with Static Touch now only removes your own cubes, and not everyone else's
If you get hit out of your Whirlslash, enemies that have died during it actually dies
Patch 0.599ipman

Additions
Some new mage centric armors have been added to the game (currently found in store)
Changes
The left side of the in game menu, the Character tab and the icons at the top have gotten new graphics
Frosty Friend can now be revived even in Arcade Mode
Frosty Friend has had his damage boost at Silver and Gold charge reduced
Frosty Friend Frenzy ability has had its duration reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds
Frosty Friend Frenzy ability has had its cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds
Bug Fixes
Frosty Friend can no longer get hit by the bullets in Flying Fortress Bullet Hell Challenges
Frosty Friend should now be less inclined to spawn out of bounds when entering a new zone
Bishop's Double Monster-challenge now also doubles the par time for the room
Static Touch cubes no longer gets removed from shielding enemies
Static Touch instances no longer remain after dying

Additions
New achievements have been added for Arcade Mode
All achievements now have Steam counterparts
A fishing achievement has been added to Seasonne
The double S achievements in Arcade Mode has gotten updated rewards
Changes
Boars now deal increased damage to enemies when they charge
Your latest customized Arcade Mode appearance will now be saved between sessions
Single-hit attacks hitting the Dodging Strike shadow can no longer hit the dodging player (Experimental change)
Crashes caused by graphics device losses now inform the user of how to fix the problem rather than asking them to send error reports
The time alotted for beating certain high HP enemies in Arcade Mode has been increased
Bug Fixes
Switching between tracked quests using TAB now works as it used to
You can no longer infinitely level talents through the quicklevel menu
Peckos should no longer get stuck in place after killing a player in certain situations
You can now invite friends through the big Invite button in the lobby even if drop in is set to 'No'
The Laser Sword is now visible when doing the Spirit Slash animation
The 'Upload to Steam' prompt no longer appears despite the new score not being an improvement
Talking to Bella from above when triggering her quest cutscene now turns her around correctly
Switching to and from Fullscreen no longer have weird interactions with the zoom level
Smash and Spirit Slash now properly checks collision layers before murdering enemies
Dodging Strike's shadow hitbox now inherits the player's collision layer, making it not bug out on higher ground
Frosty Friend will now teleport to its owner after a cutscene ends if their collision layers are different
Pumpking's spawned minions will now die along with him when he's defeated
The Winter's Guard shield now follow the same rules for slow immunity as the regular ice spells
Skipping a certain cutscene while holding up a certain amulet no longer softlocks the game
Enemies should no longer stand idly by while being bombarded by massive rocks from the sky
Team efforts are now highlighted more fairly on the Arcade Mode leaderboards
Equipping and unequipping MaxHP gear will no longer kill you slowly. For real this time!
You can no longer scam shopkeepers by selling an item and then using the autoequip feature to equip it
Clients can't just leave Mrs Claus' house willy nilly while she's still talking business with the host!
The Yetis have gone to actor school and can now play dead properly during cutscenes, even on clients!
Shielding hydra headbutts should now be a bit more consistent
Evergrind City and the Collectors HQ now have proper backgrounds for the in game menu
The Season Hydras should no longer bring unseen destruction to unsuspecting clients
The custom quickslot configuration in Arcade Mode runs should no longer reset if a slot was empty during a run
The Toy Machine no longer hand out secret bonus points to clients in Arcade Mode
The fish emote will no longer annoyingly flash briefly after catching a fish
You should no longer need superhuman tapping skills to avoid triggering the underlying quickslot when exiting menus
You can now use RB to track quests through the journal menu, as advertised by the tooltip!

Additions
The Steam leaderboards are live for Arcade Mode!
In Arcade Mode, you can hold TAB after leveling up to access a quick level interface with your recently leveled skills
More sounds! Smash, flamethrower and samurai spirit now got sounds, as well as some events in Arcade Mode
Temple of Seasons has now gotten a proper, awesome Arcade Mode remix!
Changes
A bunch of portraits have been updated
Fixed a bug where Spirit Slash would stack bonus damage applied on each hit
Winter's Winds + Ice Tremors combo has been tuned to have more consistent timings
Floor scoring in Arcade Mode is now much more fluid - read the patch note forum thread for more info
Fish now bites much faster in Arcade Mode, and the fishing event rooms have gotten decreased time
You now get a silver skill point on all levels, even when you get gold points (works with old saves)
Two instances of the same sound can no longer be played on the exact same frame, to prevent volume spikes
Bug Fixes
Chickens in the Temple of Seasons will no longer escape their destiny to be herded (in Arcade Mode)
The Phaseman arena should no longer have a weird magic barrier somewhere along the top
The Sentry should now properly drop stuff when you defeat it in Arcade Mode
The Pet Menu now pauses the game

Additions
A ton more sounds have been added, mostly inside the Temple of Seasons!
No less than three new songs have been added!
The beta now ends at the Collector HQ, meaning you can properly complete the Temple of Seasons
The Winterland (Seasonne + Santa Fae) has been fleshed out with three new quests and some secrets!
The implemented spells now all have their proper header images for the 'More Info' tab
Shadow maps have been added to all rooms with winter knights, making their ice trails less... overlapping
You can now get a new pet! It's harder to catch than the Jumpkin, but the Jumpkin has been made easier
A bunch of new items have been added and placed in chests in Seasonne and Temple of Seasons
Changes
The hurtbox on thorns have been adjusted slightly to better match the visuals
Frosty Friend now gains a short window of invincibility upon taking damage
Floor 12 in Arcade Mode will now always feature Winter as a boss (sorry)
The Frostling Boss has made a triumphant return to Arcade Mode, this time with a new buddy!
Marino (Arcade Mode) is now so cool that he's surrounded by ice storms
Health orbs now heal for 30 % of MaxHP in Arcade Mode (down from 35 %)
Yetis can now spawn on the Winterland floors in Arcade Mode
The bombs spit out by Presents now explode quicker on difficulties lower than Hard
Winter now has a significantly longer opening after doing his Ice Maze on higher difficulties
The winds before Winter's ice maze have had their timings changed
Pets now fade out at the start of cutscenes
The flat portion of DEF is now capped at mitigating 25 % extra damage (% mitigation works as before)
Bug Fixes
Winter's winds should no longer randomly disappear for clients
Exiting the game with Alt+F4 as a Client no longer makes you inherit the world of the Server
The Summer Hydra in one of the Season Challenges no longer abides by the 'one breath per headbutt'-rule
It's now possible to connect to a password protected Arcade Mode game via Steam invites
Clients should no longer risk becoming stranded by malicious season changing shenanigans in one of the puzzle rooms
There are no longer any safe spots from the Season Hydras' headbutts in their battle room
The Spirit Slash range indicator now has a higher render order, preventing it from being rendered beneath some background graphics
A small visual bug regarding the window in the Toy Factory Arcade Mode bug has been fixed
Hit invincibility should now trigger properly during spell cast animations
Tracking weapon recipes no longer causes the text to overflow
The battle room northeast of the Temple of Season lobby no longer spawn a billion enemies on Hard
You no longer spawn out of bounds if you enter Evergrind East from Pillar Mountains too far to the right

Patch 0.599fufu (Hotfix)

Summary: Hotfix due to a number of disruptive bugs! To fix the last one I had to do a bit of a structural change to the remote interaction with NPCs, which could've broken a ton of stuff. It shouldn't have, of course, but you know how it is!

Changes
The 'Charging Time' stat in the spell descriptions is now more consistent in its wording
Bug Fixes
The pet swap menu no longer looks goofy if you've caught all pets
The autumn orb in the left waterfall room in Temple of Seasons has been nerfed and can no longer trap players
The Snow Charm now works properly for clients
You can no longer gracefully step through the wooden fences to the far right of Muffin's shop
The Bossling no longer spirals into an existential crisis after murdering somebody with his dash in multiplayer
The Living Puzzle Block's multiplayer attack has been removed (the one creating fake game crash boxes)
The Plants and the Cloud have had their sensors upgraded, and can now sense the Living Puzzle Block
Equipped facegears should now show up for clients joining a game in progress
Shadow Clone no longer trigger the bells multiple times
The Ice fish now has its proper graphics in the inventory
Fixed an inventory bug when completing Santa's first quest
You can now disrespect the grieving faes by jamming out on their bells during the Temple of Seasons
Skipping cutscenes ending with a camera move no longer moves the camera to the top of the level while waiting for other players
Impatient clients should no longer cause the host to miss quest related dialogue
Patch 0.599fumoffu (wut)

Summary: I'll just blindside everyone with a random patch that doesn't contain the actual new stuff (leaderboards), but instead fixes a bunch of other stuff! Considering we're currently recommending new streamers to go Frontline, I'm actually going to bring this patch to the Stable branch if no new major issues get reported before 0.599g (a guy can dream, right?)

Additions
You can now hide your pets if you feel they are cramping your style!
In multiplayer, a book emote will now appear over your head while you're in the menu
Changes
Frostling snowballs can now be reflected with perfect guards, as with most other projectiles
The sound effect volume should now account for the aspect ratio, making sounds fall off faster with vertical distance
Client rejection messages will now only appear in the host's chat window once every 10 seconds, to avoid getting spammed
The startup animations of the spell charges are no longer attack cancelable (sorry Diem)
Bug Fixes
Round Robin should no longer interfere with quest items that must be granted to the server
The Gun-D4m head can now be hit with fireballs without standing right next to it
Frostling Rogues should no longer randomly run into walls, getting stuck
Throwing out the last item in a category no longer crashes the game
Changing equipment through quickslots and then casting a melee spell no longer crashes clients
Fighting Gun-D4m with a teleport field open no longer causes a crash upon client phase shifting
The objective text for the Split the Bill-quest has been updated to reflect reality better
There is now a safety check which forces quests sync in Arcade Mode, preventing desync during boss fights
The player's hair no longer turn into strange colors while charging spells
Frostling Scoundrel snowballs are now destroyed properly on hit for clients

Additions
Steam users can now connect to friends using the invite screen in the lobby, or via the regular Steam Friend List
The Round Robin item share setting has been added, and has been made the default option
The Main Menu Options have a new setting (Network) allowing you to switch between IP and Steam
Changes
The Lobby chat messages now fill up from the bottom of the window, like in any respectable chat!
Coins are now distributed as per Round Robin regardless of item share setting
Bug Fixes
Arcade Mode should no longer randomly crash when changing rooms in Temple of Seasons
Summer & Autumn no longer bails on their boss battle in Arcade Mode, Temple of Seasons
In Arcade Mode, leaving the Toy Factory Boss room after it's been defeated no longer makes it disappear, leaving you stranded
Enemies should no longer be able to spawn during cutscenes, confusing clients
Freezing an appearing Halloweed with the Winter's Guard no longer causes it to become invulnerable
Marino should now drop loot properly after getting his butt kicked in Arcade Mode
Gaining cards which increase HP now properly interact with %HP bonuses
The game now properly remembers your preferred language

Summary: I know I promised this patch to arrive during the weekend, but I was sidetracked by adding some more stuff than I had originally planned! (I also admittedly blew most of Saturday on Pillars of Eternity...)

Anyways, the main focus of this patch is on Arcade Mode, which has gotten some pretty significant balance changes applied to the healing part, as well as four new floors! Our own testing suggests that the effects are very noticable, but it only feels "fair". I'm actually guessing the new Arcade Mode is roughly as difficult as the old one, despite the new floors! This might seem like a weird non-change, but we feel the difficulty on future floors is going to scale much more smoothly after this.

We've also added a few new items (some of which escaped the patch notes). The ones not listed are Winter's Guard (shield), Armor of Autumn and Summer Greaves. (edit: and a Gift Box Shield!)

Oh, and you can also specify Arcade Mode seeds now, which means you can create a persistent labyrinth! This is mostly for speedrunning, I'd think. Use it with "/seed <whatever>" when in Arcadia

Additions
Two Seasonne floors and two Temple of Seasons floors have been added to the Arcade Mode
When reaching a new floor with full health, the Health Orb will become a Health Potion, which heals for 20 % of MaxHP on use
You can now specify Arcade Mode seed by using /seed, which lowers score by 90 %, reduces Essence and disables Trophies
You can now drop items in the ground for other players to pick up (Story Mode only!)
There's now a limited range of emotes you can use - see a list with the /emote command!
A lot of the things in Seasonne and the Toy Factory now sounds like the stuff they are instead of slimes!
A craftable 'Energy Shield' has been added
Changes
Puzzle Rewind Plates will now show a 'Gather Friends' popup in multiplayer
Bombs no longer detonate from player damage below Hard difficulty
Luigi has oiled his shears in Arcadia, muting their sound for now
Health Orbs now heal for 35 % of MaxHP in Arcade Mode (up from 20 %)
If you didn't take the start room Health Orb on an Arcade Mode floor, you can now come back and take it later
Insect Swarm no longer applies a slowing debuff to enemies
Bug Fixes
Arcade Mode Fishing Rooms now work properly in Pumpkin Woods and Seasonne
Enemies with tons of HP now properly auto destruct at the end of challenge rooms in Arcade Mode
Dead players now revive automatically upon defeating Summer & Autumn and the Season Hydras
The Zoo boss in Arcade Mode now properly drops an item upon defeat!
Persistant spells, such as Shadow Clone, Berserk, Cloud etc should no longer be shut down by Winters first spell
Insect Swarm should no longer erase stuff on clients upon casting

Summary: Time 4 Friendship guise! My apologies for rolling out this patch a few days late. Its main feature is not important to everyone, but very important to some, namely: multiplayer is now enabled in Temple of Seasons!

Multiplayer is a bitch to test, so unlike the other patches the risk for the game behaving badly is much greater (although not so great that it should be expected). Then again, that's what a beta is for, right?

There are now a couple of semi-placeholder cutscenes before and after the last temple boss, framing the fight a bit better. Especially the cutscene at the end will receive an overhaul before moving on with the story! Anyways... patch notes!

Additions
Added multiplayer support to the Temple of Seasons
Changes
Winter's Frozen Winds now only slow the players by 30 %, down from 60 %
Winter's winds from the side has been widened to accomodate a slightly changed map layout
Gifts and Presents now continuously spawn in the gift box battle room of the Toy Factory after beating the mini-dungeon
Anita, the mom of the poor family in Seasonne, is no longer wearing her Santa-costume
Bug Fixes
The Poor Thanksgiving quest in Seasonne can now be completed even if you have already collected the items upon receiving the quest
Made some pretty significant networking changes that hopefully haven't destroyed everything
The game no longer crashes if inspecting the last ingredient of a recipe and then moving to a recipe with fewer ingredients
Going into Santa Fae in multiplayer no longer crashes everyone
Book hungry Rabbys will no longer eat translated stylized texts when going in or out of full screen
Fixed the lack of ice reflections in a couple of temple rooms
Perfect guarding a hydra head at the edge of the playfield should no longer make it land in the water

Summary: This surprise patch features some small changes, bug fixes and one important addition: a release candidate implementation of the Temple of Seasons boss! Currently, it's mechanics only, meaning the boss have no cutscenes and beating him does not actually progress the game. Also, the room visuals and some boss related graphics are not final.

The reason why we do this update is to stay true to the promise of updating the game in smaller pieces, whenever we want feedback on something new. We figured we might as well collect feedback on the boss battle while we're working on the padding (i.e. cutscenes)!

So, if you don't mind battling the boss without the proper cutscene, jump in, try him out and tell us how it felt!

Additions
The BAUS has been added to the Temple of Seasons
Changes
The Lumber Axe no longer does a billion trillion damage
A Summer Mage constant spawn has been added to the small battle room in the right Season Temple wing
Bug Fixes
It's no longer possible to get stuck in the water in the water puzzle by changing season to summer while standing on the ice
One shotting a Season Mage before it has fully spawned no longer grants it undead powers of destruction
Killing an Autumn Knight doing a tornado empowered whirlslash no longer leaves a faux whirlwind behind forever
Moving between game menu tabs using the shoulder buttons of a controller now works with the new crafting tab
Unknown items will once again appear as black silhouettes in the preview window to the left
When going into the crafting menu, the preview appear immediately (previously you had to move the cursor)
Mushrooms from the Autumn Hydra should no longer be infinitely stackable on the same spot for no conceivable benefit
Translations will now have stylized texts (such as main menu strings) properly updated upon loading the new translation
Zapping chickens with Chain Lightning no longer shatters the universe (but it's still pretty mean)
Insect Swarm damage has been nerfed slightly while waiting for a potential rework

Summary: This update lets you progress further into the Temple of Seasons (to do everything but battle the final boss)! There are some details not quite in yet, such as all of the bonus chests and their content, but as far as the actual temple goes things are pretty much in place. Also, some bug fixes and general polish focused on the temple!

Additions
Reflections have been added to the various patches of ice in the Temple of Seasons
More content has been added to the Temple of Seasons - you can now play up until just before the end boss
The 'Temple of Seasons' theme song has been added!
Some additional cutscene animations have been added for the fae elder cutscenes
Phaseman got promoted and received a proper Boss Portrait after his introduction
The enemies in the Temple of Seasons now have their real loot
Enemies in the Temple of Seasons now drop cards properly - the knights share one card, and the mages another
Changes
The Error Report Tool will now limit itself to two instances per 10 seconds, preventing spam during error loops
Perfect guarding the hydra's headbutt now stops it dead in its tracks instead of just preventing shield break
The Hydras now have a small collision box when lying on the ground
Bug Fixes
It's no longer possible to change the season to summer from the bottom floor at the Season Temple entrance
You can no longer abuse the poor hydras through the ice and kill them before they awaken
You can no longer activate switches using ranged skills, allowing for unintentional progression
Card drop chance no longer increases when killing enemies empowered by their corresponding season
If Naniva has an active chat bubble when entering a cutscene, it will no longer become permanent
Direct hits from the hydra's fire- or ice breaths will no longer leave behind hurtboxes, triggering dodging strikes
The Season Hydras had their diet changed so as to no longer cough out a Frostling stick upon death

Summary: This update allows you to turn in the Toy Factory quest and continue on with your journey, entering the Temple of Seasons! You can't go through the entire temple yet, but we upload this update so those interested can do what we have beta testers for: test stuff!

Roughly half the temple will be available in this patch, including most enemies and two out of three bosses.

Please note that many details are not implemented properly, including sound effects and the actual temple music!

Recommended levels: 12-14

Veterans! Please try out the new content with reasonably leveled and equipped characters! I have unlocked some of the more powerful chat commands, including "/setlevel X" where you can lower or raise your level however you like, and also "/equip" which will give you an assortment of equipment if you want to try something with more or less powerful gear.

Additions
A crafting section has been added to the in-game menu, enabling you to craft regardless of location
Crafting recipes can now be tracked like quests (done from the recipe list)
Fishing rooms will now occasionally appear in Arcade Mode even outside the fishing quest
Added story resume points in Seasonne and Santa Fae
Story continuation: you can now turn in the Toy Factory quest and play parts of Temple of Seasons
Changes
Crafting has been removed from shops
Several quests have had their rewards changed from just EXP into a Talent Orb
The Toy Blocks in the conveyor belt room in the Factory now disappears quicker after being destroyed
There are now more variants of the same Toy Block
While doing the no-healing quest in Arcade Mode, the nurse will no longer show up
Lots and lots of portraits have been updated
Bug Fixes
Double-binding a spell and then refunding it no longer lets you keep using the spell
Getting caught by the Halloweed boss as a client in Arcade Mode should no longer make the game unresponsive
You can no longer cancel a skill charge into a phase shift, causing extravagant glitches
The Brawler talent should now be working properly
Exiting and re-entering a fishing room in Arcade Mode no longer resets the room timer
You can now cancel Oldman's Arcade Mode quest without talking to him twice
When selling equipment, the preview window no longer lingers on the sold item
Unequipping a perk is now communicated properly between server and clients
Perks should now be initialized properly for when a client connects into Arcadia

Summary: This update should totally have received a higher version number and not just a "c", but I've already uploaded it so whatever! Anyway: Talents!

We've added the talent system, a skill point refund system, and removed one of the planned charge levels for spells. You can read more about it all in today's blog post.

To start things off, we've added 10 talents for each tree (including some suggested by you guys!), but that's just the beginning. We're planning to add a bunch more, but we thought we would test it out a bit in the wild before deciding what directions to take. My dream scenario is having 20-30 talents in each category!

Additions
The new Talent system has been added to the game, with 30 Talents to start things off
A skill point Refund system has been implemented and costs [(level - 1) * 100] gold per point
Changes
The Frostling Scoundrels will now fight back if cornered rather than endlessly flee
All active spells have gotten their ultimate charges removed, and their max levels have been reduced to 10
The pace at which you get skill points has been altered
The quest Cooking Witch Candy now gives a Talent Orb instead of a Bronze Point
Bug Fixes
The cutscene in western Seasonne will no longer trigger (and crash) if Naniva is not with the party
Going from the northern Seasonne to the southeast map no longer puts the player on the wrong collision layer
Casting uncharged flame throwers while slipping on ice no longer teleports you to a different dimension

Patch 0.580b
Summary: Fixed some common issues with the content released in the patch below. Also attached a .wld file where the Toy Factory quest hasn't been triggered (for people interested in replaying it). Go to %APPDATA%/Secrets of Grindea/Worlds and name it 0, 1 or 2 depending on which character slot you want it to use.

Changes
The Toy Factory boss now forcefully triggers the cutscene with Luke on a much higher % of health (up to 80 % from 45 %)
The size of the cutscene trigger outside of Santa Fae has been increased to disallow players for going to the caves instead
The detonation time for the falling bombs while playing the train challenge on Hard has been increased
To compensate, the puzzle will last longer on Hard (making it easier to master but harder to 'tank through')
You can no longer avoid taking damage in the bomb challenge by pressing yourself to the bottom right
Bug Fixes
There is now a door blocking the Toy Factory before you get the quest to enter it
Trying to read the details about Gifts and Presents will no longer crash the game
The Winterland enemies now have their correct animations on display in the Codex, as well as the correct background
You no longer take damage if a cutscene triggers, making you unable to escape bombs
The Insect Swarm can now damage the Enraged Toy Machine
Patch 0.580a

Note: Please do not use overpowered characters while testing! We're open to the possibility that encounters are too easy, but if we balance after veterans playing with epic gear and super strong pets, normal players won't be able to damage it, so leave your überpets behind and maybe unequip a piece of super gear :D

Summary: This update should be pretty safe, but if you want to be extra cautious, you can back up your save files using Yuuki's Savefile Manager.

Compared to the last update, this is a bit less story and a bit more gameplay! You can now enter Seasonne (aka the Winterland), and play through the new mini-dungeon: the Toy Factory. Note that while the graphics and mechanics are pretty much all in, the areas haven't yet received proper sound effect treatment! You'll have to pretend everything doesn't sound like slimes :D

Anyway, please test away, find bugs and post feedback on the Winterland and (especially) the Toy Factory!

Additions
You can now Phase Shift into Seasonne (the Winterland) and battle the enemies there
Story progression has been extended to include a mini-dungeon (Toy Factory) in Seasonne
After completing the Elite quest in Pumpkin Woods, enemies will have a 5 % chance of spawning as Elites
Red Slimes in Arcade Mode can now drop Red Slime Hats
Changes
The following portraits have received a graphics update: Farmer Oak, Robin Hood, Clint Westwood, Chika, Miranda, the Receptionist, Bella, Biggs, Smith, Belmont, Master Ji, the guards, Astrid, Mr Fabulous, Red and Madeleine (whew!)
Player MaxHP increase per level has been reduced (from [2 + level * 3] to [3 + level * 2])
The Frosty Friend's should no longer be (that much) in your way after zoning
Luke's sprite has been updated to better fit the portrait
The Halloweed's root has been updated visually and mechanically (the player can now wiggle free)
Bug Fixes
Naniva's pestering with chat bubbles have been nerfed a bit, stopping her from randomly talking during battle, as well as shortening her combat related yapping significantly
After typing /shutup, Naniva will now shut up even if you take damage!
HP is now healed back to full upon restarting a Memory Room Battle

Summary: Some quick bugfixes, mostly related to the 0.572a patch release (detailed below)

Bug Fixes
The first cutscene after returning from the Flying Temple no longer removes player collision
Defeating Marino with certain spells should no longer cause the game to crash
The main character's father is no longer at two places simultaneously
The Cloud Summon should no longer fight dirty and kill Marino during the cutscene
You can now actually feed all kinds of potions to your pets
Some dialogue typos have been fixed


Patch 0.572a

Summary: Old players should probably back up your save before going into the game! You do this by going to %APPDATA%/Secrets of Grindea/ and then copy the save files in World and Character. Since the update makes changes to main story progress, it might be possible to get completely stuck!

The addition this time has been very asset thick, creating a new boss encounter followed by a bunch of cutscenes in the HQ. You can probably run through the new content pretty quick, but even small batches of content can contain a large amount of bugs, so test away! :D

We'd really appreciate some basic feedback on the Marino fight as well! Was it fun? Was it too easy or too hard?

Here's a thread that Fred created on the topic: http://secretsofgrindea.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-marino-fight-thread.867/

Additions
Added a new main storyline quest with Marino (obtained by walking to Collector's HQ)
The Ancient Temple main quest can now be completed
Changes
The elite ghosty in the Pumpkin Woods main quest is now in a more apparent location
All potions can now be fed to pets, but with much less exp gain than the damage potions used to give
Bug Fixes
The direction detection for attack collisions are now more precise, fixing some issues with shielding
When starting the second generator in the Flying Fortress, the first power lines are now there
Perfect Guarding while in Berserk Mode now actually stops energy decay for one second
The game no longer creates duplicate Language folders
Loading .dlf files with 'custom' or 'override' as set language no longer crashes the game

Summary: Translations! We've opened up a new forum category for this as well. The biggest beta testing phase for the translation tools will probably be to organize those new forum sections! If you're interested in doing a translation of the game, head over there!

Additions
Added support for custom translations, please check our forums for more info
Changes
Trick & Treat in the Pumpkin Woods have gotten new portraits
The Laser Sword and Steel Sword have been nerfed
Bug Fixes
Phase shifts should no longer be able to 'curve', resulting in missing the aligned phase plates
The arena crowd now goes all the way to the right

Summary: This patch consists almost entirely of bug fixes and quality of life changes to the game! Significant additions might take a while since Fred is away over the weekend to attend the RSM Expo, and I'm going to take that opportunity to work on the translation tools for the game. They are pretty near completion and it would be good to push out a beta version so people can start testing that stuff.

Additions
Added a zero to the patch note number, improving the game by several million percent
Added the Slime Hammer as a craftable item
Changes
You can now restart a memory room fight by holding Esc
In Arcade Mode, if you get a card while enemies are still present, it will be added to a queue shown upon room clear to avoid view blocking
Robin's target practice now has a proper GUI
The memory room now heals your party upon entering
Boss items are still boss, but don't sell for a billion, preventing memory room OP farming strats
The placeholder laser sword sound is now much quieter, although just as scary
The Sentry's defense has been lowered on Hard difficulty
Katarina (the stonecutter) has a new portrait
A bunch of portraits have been touched up (Harry, Mumrik, Fransisco, fighting dudes, Edward, Jonathan, Nysbruden and Luke)
Bug Fixes
Herding all the chickens for Nysbruden and then zoning without turning the quest in no longer renders it unfinishable
The target of aimable spells now appears properly when silver charged through perfect guard
The fishing exam has been reworked so players can keep fishing after their first catch, and should not get stuck
Fishing in the Pumpkin Woods should no longer cause your character to get stuck
Clients no longer remove persistent spells upon game over, properly retaining the butterfly trinket and avoiding some crashes
Amalet no longer appears in the lab after defeating GUN-D4M
Boar cards obtained over multiple arcade mode runs no longer stack (sadly, it was pretty cool!)
Memory Room Gun-D4m can now be targeted by plants, spirit slash and other spells that aquire targets
Double slot facegears now show up properly for clients upon connecting
Reworked the quest completion code by a ton in order to guarantee a character will be rewarded before the quest is flagged as completed

Summary: A new number! This patch basically just delivers that memory room for a teeny bit extra farming potential. The boss cards aren't in the game yet, though, so you'll have to settle for the drops for now!

Additions
Added the Memory Room to the Collector HQ, where you can re-fight bosses for drops
Added craftable item: Slime Armor
Changes
Changed recipe for the Fur Vest to 30 rabbit furs, down from 60
Candy's portrait has been updated

Summary: Steam cloud sync for both versions has been added. Apart from that, it's mostly bug fixes and a few balance changes! I'll take a short break from bug fixing now unless someone finds a huge bug, and implement the Memory Room once and for all.

Additions
The game supports Steam cloud sync (including the non-frontline version)
If attempting to shield while it's broken, a text saying 'No Shield' will now appear above the player's head
You can now hold CTRL to make the game ignore text input while entering text (for people using WASD or similar and just want to move)
Changes
Robin has more nuanced comments about your bow score now, as well as a hint of how to get the reward item
Perfect Guarding bees will now cause them to be stunned three times as long as normal
Scarecrows can now be knocked back by silver charged smashes
Rabbys in normal mode will no longer become aggressive if damaged by non-player sources
Lots of buildings and other structure have gotten grass details at their bases
Teleport plates now activate when you get close, instead of right on top of them, making them harder to miss
The teleport bag tips now appears the first time you've manually activated a teleport plate, or in front of the ancient temple at the latest
The interaction collider of the mysterious merchant has been increased for a smoother multiplayer shopping experience
Bug Fixes
Fixed a rare connection crash where the server sent an empty message on world load
Robin no longer screams out the bow game results to people who aren't even in his house
The bow related perks no longer carry over after unequipping them in the Arcade Mode
Immediately entering the menu upon leveling up now cancels the notice animation
Disconnecting as a client and then reconnecting should no longer cause crashes in Evergrind City
The game should no longer randomly crash after designing an Arcade Mode character
The game no longer steals your keys if you exit the flying temple while having a quest tracked
While catching pets, the correct bait item should now appear in your hand after using it
The 'next reward' in the Arena should now display properly regardless of score
Luigi was sent to grammar school and has now returned a superior linguist
The journal now give the correct button hints in the left info window
If disconnecting through the menu and then immediately attempt to reconnect, it should now do so
The game no longer saves the multiplayer progress as local when choosing 'Save and Quit' as client
The game no longer crashes if you own two copies of an accessory, but only one is equipped, and nothing is equipped in slot B, and you sell one of those accessories

Summary: Once again the releases are branched. This patch contains some more bug fixes, small balance changes, but most importantly (for me!) improved error reporting. For GoodStuff, the most important change is probably those to Arcade Mode's Furious Giga Slime! The duration of his slime has been reduced by 60 % while the power of the slow has been doubled.

Additions
Players will now receive a notification when a new player has left or joined the session
A random player name will appear in the Enter Name-box automatically when selecting Randomize in Arcade Mode
Changes
The window to activate the perfect stance bonus (gained by perfect guarding) has been increased to 1.5s from 0.5s
The duration of the Furious Giga Slime's trails have been shortened in Arcade Mode (not Story Mode)
The slow of the Furious Giga Slime's jump trails have been increased in Arcade Mode (not Story Mode)
The range of examine icons showing above stuff you can examine has been increased
Upon entering a new room, everything examinable will have its icon triggered for one second
Players now get a notice the first time they obtain a map, telling them they can view it from the journal
Bug Fixes
Enemies cloned through Reverend's cloning bet in Arcade Mode will now become elite if the source was elite
You now actually get the correct upgrade if you reach 30 000 000 total score in Arcade Mode
Gamepad users can now once again rotate portraits using RB / R1
The program now correctly flags the session as Local when exiting a multiplayer session, preventing crashes
When using Wind Slash as client, the arrows will now sync properly to the spell
The chat should no longer outrun how far you can scroll down, resulting in unreadable messages
The clouds in the right hub of Flying Fortress should no longer escape into other rooms

Summary: You know how I said the Stable release wouldn't be updated for a while? Well, I lied! This patch contains mostly bug fixes that hopefully won't introduce new bugs. If it does, I'll rollback the stable version to 0.56g again. Some more promised bug fixes, that are less critical, will come in a patch later today or tomorrow (this patch will target Frontline though).

Additions
The server will now attempt to retrieve and display its external IP while in the lobby
Changes
The chat box is no longer offensive when someone tries to connect to a dead host
Bug Fixes
Changing style at the stylist while in 4 player co-op no longer crashes the server
Frosty Friend now remains knocked down if you phase shift or jump, allowing you to revive him
You should no longer run into unclearable rooms in Arcade Mode (with enemies missing)
Players now revive properly after defeating the boss of the first temple
Actions such as fishing and using phase plates as a client with gamepad no longer causes the server to think they're shielding
Smashing a Guardian that's firing its laser with the smash skill should no longer crash the game
Lag can no longer cause the host to miss getting the wooden sword in Startington
Berserker spell instances now gets destroyed properly upon disconnect (this prevents crash upon reconnect)
Butterflies from the Butterfly trinket no longer stay up after their owner disconnects (this prevents crash upon reconnect)
The alchemist has gotten an HP buff of 500 % to catch up with the changes to damage
You can no longer run behind the guard in the Arena waiting room

Summary: You all know the drill by now! Fast, tiny patches to prepare for pre orders :p

Changes
The F10 debug info now includes a counter showing triggered music restarts (if there has been any)
The Frosty Friend's Silver Charge is not quite the ninja grandmaster it used to be
Bug Fixes
You can no longer run behind the guard in the Arena waiting room
While in the quest log list, non-selected entries are now darkened properly
The wagon in Evergrind Fields: East should no longer shake off sync

Summary: More bug fixes which may or may not affect game stability and thus need testing!

Bug Fixes
If something goes wrong with a playing track, it tries to restart instead of just cutting out
The Frosty Friend summon no longer gets stuck behind the Sentry barrier in the first temple
Robin will no longer lose his temper and crasch the game if you teleport away from him mid-sentence

Summary: Some minor bug fixes! Normally wouldn't warrant an update but with Pre Orders around the corner we're pushing out stuff quicker for maximum testification

Changes
Flamethrower's damage has been increased but the max duration decreased
Insect swarm slow has been weakened - sticking power remains the same
Bug Fixes
Town Upgrades from completing quests in multiplayer arcade mode should show up properly on clients
Elite Red Slimes in 4 player Arcade Mode no longer leave slime trails with 100 % slow (oops!)
A mysterious purple pumpkin should no longer appear for clients in the eastern Pumpkin Woods
Equipping a double slot headgear on the style slots now loads properly after exiting
Fixed a cutscene dialogue timing bug when message speed was set to instant
The Pecko's sand kick once more deals damage properly
Removed all console output in the release build to remove a super rare crasch possibility
Getting caught by a Halloweed's root (multiplayer only) no longer gives the player death sound

Summary: Added a new quest in Pumpkin Woods, which is supposed to happen when you're on your way to the Ancient Temple but old characters will trigger it as well. Other than that, a load of balance changes and some bug fixes!

Additions
There's now a unique song playing in the western Evergrind Fields
A number of new NPCs have been added to the Pumpkin Woods
A new main quest has been added to the Pumpkin Woods
Added proximity triggered indicators for ledges you can jump down from
Added new graphics for the bronze charge plant
Changes
Updated a lot of portraits to suit the new style
Added to Frosty Friend's spell description that Arcade Mode resurrection is disabled
The skill level improvements on all spells have been normalized
Slightly decreased charge time of plants
Plants of bronze charge and higher now slows enemies
Summon Plant damage has been increased
Increased damage of Insect Swarm
Increased the Insect Swarm ability to stick to monsters, and increased slowing effect
All levels of the flamethrower spell has gained increased damage
Movement speed during silver charge flamethrower has been slightly decreased
Silver charge flamethrower animation has been improved
You can no longer zone while a card is in the air, to prevent lost cards in Arcade Mode
All summons will now stop attacking things if the player stands still for 50 seconds
The max exp penalty on monsters that are much lower level has been increased
Bug Fixes
You can no longer spawn Frosty Friend outside of bounds
Renaming or changing your pet now shows the new pet's name in the dialogue box
Cloud Strike should now be properly sorted when spawned on low ground
Maps are now sorted properly in the journal menu
Fixed issue where sounds that failed to play wouldn't be disposed properly
In Arcade Mode, transferrable style equipment once again carries over between runs
The two handed throw should now work properly in multiplayer
Now stops pre-rendering when zoning or alt+tabbing, hopefully preventing some random crashes
The bug where people sometimes got stuck at the start of challenge and boss rooms should be fixed now
The teleport plate is now removed from your bag after he spits it out
Jar shards are now sorted as Misc items

Summary: "Emergency" update to fix the fact that when pressing F10 to view debug information when you're stuck sometimes you get unstuck. Due to the game crashing. Also, fixed a nasty multiplayer bug where the host would sometimes get stuck in loading, ruining the fun for everybody.

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where, if pressing F10 to find out why the game was stuck... it crashed instead! Talk about nice feature
When zoning in multiplayer, the host should no longer get stuck at 85 % load and refuse to zone
Fixed typo when selecting difficulty: strenghts -> strengths
Players no longer receive double bonuses from their pets when reloading their character
The MaxHP % perk now rounds off the bonus correctly

Summary: Mostly small bugfixes. Reason for update was more detailed F10 error logging in hopes of tracking down the challenge/bossfight freeze bug.

Changes
Added additional F10 debug info for when users are in cutscenes
Bug Fixes
Putting in skillpoints into the shadow clone while it's active no longer requires recast
The /respec command no longer clears your item quickslots
Swapping to a shield with less MaxHP now correctly lowers shield HP to new max
You can no longer take challenge results between sessions by quitting after beating an arena challenge
Killing giga slime while he is in midair should cause him to drop back to the ground
You can no longer open up teleports in the arena, causing visual- and state bugs