NowakBrutal Orchestra is Officially 3 Years Old!Bosch

Anton's Ultimatum

But first, a dubiously canon tale from the depths of Purgatory.HornyJesus [previewyoutube=NE-aSl6liWY;full][/previewyoutube] If you're confused and amazed (mostly confused, though) by what you just watched, I highly recommend checking out the original "Grinch's Ultimatum" by PilotRedSun that Anton's Ultimatum pays homage to.

NowakDon't Miss Out Sale!Bosch

Brutal Orchestra is 50% off from Dec 17-Dec 19 (only 2 days!) to celebrate its third anniversary. This is the steepest discount we've ever done and we won't be making a habit of it, so if you or a friend hasn't picked up the game, this is your best chance for a long time. (Sale begins 10:00 am PST Dec 17 and ends 10:00 am PST Dec 19) Once this sale has concluded we'll be only discounting Brutal Orchestra by 20% during 2025! There has never been a better time to die!Gospel

NowakBrutal Orchestra Vinyl Preorders!Bosch

The Brutal Orchestra Vinyl is *almost* here, and we're ready to accept pre-orders for the 2-Vinyl Pressing of Brutal Orchestra's soundtrack! We're so excited to be partnering with Stumpy Frog Records to bring such an amazing collection into the world!

NowakIncluding:Bosch

• 2 double-sided fully-mastered vinyls!
• 1 previously unheard Brutal Orchestra song titled "Van Aken Sleeps"!
• An extended version of "Zanguango"!
• Gorgeous art by the talented GloomyDude (with previously unseen lore implications)!
• A super cuddly plushie of Hans LovableLung!

This vinyl comes in either Nowak Gold and Bosch Purple or in an alternate mysterious colour combination...

PayPal Buy Link (Nowak & Bosch Variant)

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MBQHM9HVZALPU

PayPal Buy Link (Mystery Variant)

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=34V2WKBHYZ94W

NowakIn-Game Goodies!Bosch

Similar to how we celebrated our Egg of Incubus and Exquisite Corpse updates, we have included an in-game item themed off the Human Canvas update we released this year!MobyDong

But What Has Talia Been Up To?Flarb

Talia has been very busy this year working on her new game, Clown Meat, which (after some unfortunate but necessary delays) is releasing in 2025! [previewyoutube=g-SJLzwFjRU;full][/previewyoutube] A fun reveal for roguelike enjoyers is that similar to Nowak (and Bosch), Clown Meat will feature Isaac as a playable character!smile Talia also did a talk at Full Indie Summit about "How to Talk to Players that Hate You." [previewyoutube=5FJHdbQ7OP4;full][/previewyoutube] She has also been working on some other projects but, alas, they are secret for now...

But What Has Nico Been Up To?Mung

Nico performed a herculean feat by creating official Steam Workshop support for Brutal Orchestra, which was released in this year's Brutal Orchestra: Human Canvas update.
Additionally, Nico has been reportedly "working on dice". Barcelona local, Nicols Delgado, denied further comment when asked for elaboration on the issue.

A Huge Thank You to Everyone Who Has Taken the Dive into Purgatory Above and Below!

A Double Huge Thank You to Everyone Who Has Left Brutal Orchestra a Review <3

"This Really is the Brutal Orchestra" -Nico / Talia

[ 2024-12-17 08:17:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yet another small update with some minor stuff:

Fixes

• Fixed Ol' Stumpy bug where it was only triggering with Oil-Slicked.
• Fixed visual issue where a party member getting a passive that they already had would show twice in the Overworld.

Mods

• Now you can make an item that makes the party member a main character like Nowak.
• Added Generic text PopUps so you can use any type of popup in-game for your numbers/texts or create a custom one.
• Spawning enemies now let you set their starting health if you want.
• If a modded character did not have unlocks but the modder adds unlocks to them later, their greyed out pearls won't be shown anymore so you know which characters still need to beat the final bosses.
• You can now check the death type of enemies and characters for custom achievements, passives and items.
• Minor fix for Enemy death modded achievements.
• Fixed issue with modded items not having their types properly set up.
• Added some extra functions for Bone Spurs generation in the BrutalAPI.

Keep having fun, everyone!

[ 2024-11-08 21:43:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Another small update with some minor fixes: Fixes

• Added more checks on the Extra Options so it does not break for some players.
• Removed a sound during the interlude dialogue where Nowak was not saying anything.
• Fixed the fonts for the character unlock information that show on the character selection.
• Intent icons now appear over top of Character Field Effects.
• Enemy Shield Field Effect will be properly shown in front of enemies.

Features

• Enemy Bonus attack Passives have now proper pigment costs just in case Mods add them into characters.
• Status Effects now showcase numbers upon decreasing in value.
• Formless now wont reroll if the Enemy has Forgetful and no more abilities are available.

Mods

• Made some variables modifiable so Mods have access to them. (Biminis cost, Fogs cost, Bronzos cost, Bronzo fight chance and base chance)
• Enabled some textures Read/Write for Mods to have access to them. (Shop Items, Treasure Items, Passive Icons, Attack Icons, Status and Field Effect icons)
• Prepared the Healing function to return any required information that modders might need.
• Added 5 extra custom functions to Status and Field Effects so modders can get crazier.
• Added Default Enemy Ability Sprite into the Enemy Database for easier access. Made the API also automatically set up that Sprite for Enemy Abilities.
• Added OnHealthColorChange Trigger.

Enjoy!

[ 2024-10-21 18:57:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small update with some minor fixes: Fixes

• Fixed issue where some death animations did not completely finish.
• Fixed issue where the trophy displayed in the Main Menu was not the correct one.
• Fixed issue where modded characters were not appearing in the Fools board.
• Fixed issue where the Framerate was not properly set on game start.
• Fixed issue where the mid game point was not properly working if you decide to close the game.

Features

• Added VSync option in the Main Menu Settings.

Mods

• Added automatic enemy ability image set up when creating custom enemy abilities.
• Added Trigger call when the Health Colour has been changed.

Have fun, everyone!

[ 2024-09-23 14:11:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Art by the incredibly talented Gloom Dude. Something strange has happened: who added that item? Where did that boss come from?? Who are any of you people?!? Brutal Orchestra now has Steam Workshop support! If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates, make sure to drop us a review here on Steam! Outside of Steam Workshop support this update does not add much in the way of new content but does add many long requested quality-of-life features! So Behold, The Changelog: ADDED STEAM WORKSHOP SUPPORT!!!! (This is a clickable link, click it!) New Trophies

• Added Trophies, a new type of unlock that will replace the main menu skeleton as you complete major milestones! These can be toggled by clicking the currently equipped trophy.
• The classic default "Pale Skeleton" trophy has been named "Obscured Remains".
• Added Trophy "Purple, Yellow and Red", unlocked by completing achievement "The End?".
• Added Trophy "Tu Nombre", unlocked by completing achievement "I'll Make You Regret This".
• Added Trophy "The Brutal Orchestra", unlocked by completing achievement "All That is Mortal".
• Added Trophy "Portrait of Figure at Peace", unlocked by completing achievement "Brutal Orchestra".
• Added Trophy "Memory of Zdzisaw Nowak", unlocked by completing achievement "Brutal Orchestra".

New Enemy

• Added "Your Save File" (Easter egg enemy).

New Passive Effect

• Added "Passive Full Reset" (Easter egg passive).

New Improvements

• "Active Party" menu now features a number in the top left of each party member position to make their in-combat placement more clear before entering combat.
• In-combat party member abilities have additional icons denoting their pigment cost.
• Improved save file structure to be more stable.
• Added 4 additional save files for a total of 5 save files.
• Any dialogue can now be skipped by a button in the bottom right corner.
• Made inanimate enemies able to be moved by more abilities.

Item Balance

• Item "Gump Ming Goa" now affects Fennec.
• Item "Baltic Brine" can no longer cause overflow.
• Item "Blackened Toad" is now considered a Magic/Demon Fetish item for the purposes of "The Director's Final Frame" achievement.
• Item "Convergent Rage" is now considered a Knife item for the purposes of "The Director's Final Frame" achievement.
• Item "Purple Heart" is now considered a Heart item for the purposes of "The Director's Final Frame" achievement because we take pity on you.
• Items that prevent death now count towards "The Second Coming" achievement.
• Item "Surrender" will now heal the equipped party member 25% of their maximum health upon fleeing combat.
• Item "Ed's Tags" will now heal 10 health when fleeing (previously healed 5 health).
• Additional ability "Crown of Thorns" from item "Spiked Collar" now costs 1 Red Pigment (previously cost 1 Purple Pigment).
• Item "You Can Do It" now reapplies status effect "Spotlight" every turn to a random party member or enemy (previously had only a 50% chance of applying status effect "Spotlight" at the beginning of combat to a random party member or enemy)
• Item "Box of Medals" shop price reduced to 7 (previously 10).
• Item "Ichthys" now has additional secret effect of spawning a temporary Mung party member at the start of combat.
• Additional ability "Penance" from item "Skinned Skate" now costs 1 Red or Purple Pigment (previously cost 1 Red Pigment).

Party Member Balance

• Swapped the pigment costs of Bimini's "Expire" and "Skewer" abilities.
• Passive effect "Bone Spurs" now triggers even if damage received is 0.
• Passive effect "Mutualism" now heals 1-2 health per turn (previously healed 0-2 per turn).

Menu Additions and Changes

• Added "Save File" tab to options menu.
• Added "Localization" tab to options menu.
• Added "Extras" tab to options menu.
• Fixed scroll speed on "Loot" menu.
• Reduced size of arrow on "Rank Up" menu so as to not obscure any text.
• Made confirmation UI dialogue space smaller to better fit within its bounds.
• Added Final Boss Unlock Pearls to the "Active Party" menu to make it clearer who does and does not already have the relevant unlocks.
• Passive effects applied by items will now be shown on the party member in the "Active Party" menu.
• Added in-depth framerate options to options menu.

Localisation

• Fixed various typos in the Spanish localization.
• Fixed various typos in the English localization.

Misc Fixes and Additions

• Fixed a longstanding issue with Heaven's "Come Home" animation.
• Made Heaven slightly more bigoted against purple people.
• Fixed a minor continuity error in Dimitri's unlock encounter.
• Fixed error with the intent icons of the ability "Connection".
• Fixed an error with Burnout's dialogue colour.
• Swapped placement of "Strangers" achievements "Mordrake's Untold Tale" and "The Director's Final Frame".

Modding Changes

• Modded party members with 4 to 6 abilities by default will now show up properly in "Fools" shops.
• On the main menu, modded party members with more than 4 to 6 abilities by default will properly display all abilities.

On another note, you can now download fan-translations of Brutal Orchestra via the Steam Workshop! In particular we recommend the Italian and Brazilian Portuguese translations as they have been been worked on by some truly incredible fans!

Notice About the Human Canvas Sale

With every Major Brutal Orchestra update we host a one week sale of Brutal Orchestra. However, with The Human Canvas update, Steam is requesting we choose between a sale for our own update and a different fast-approaching Genre Steam Sale. So to do both, we are delaying this sale until a month or two in the future so we can use the sale to spotlight some exciting mods the Workshop offers!

What's next for Brutal Orchestra?

Well, you may recall our previous post mentioning a Vinyl Kickstarter for Brutal Orchestra. Those plans will still come to fruition but our release window has been impacted by Talia's other project Clown Meat needing a bit more time in the oven. We aren't confident if the vinyl will still be a Kickstarter but we are confident it will be happening once our schedule clears up a bit. For the next little bit, Nico is going to get some well-deserved rest as this update is almost entirely his creation. Once Talia returns from the world of Clown Meat, discussion will need to be had regarding whether there will be more Brutal Orchestra either as a content update or even potentially a DLC... Like always, if you want to see more Brutal Orchestra make sure to drop the game a review here on Steam and recommend the game to any friends you think might enjoy it! Take care! -Talia and Nico

[ 2024-09-13 15:33:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

NowakBrutal Orchestra is officially 2 years old!Bosch

It was a quieter year for Brutal Orchestra, but we've been hard at work! We released two Major Updates for Brutal Orchestra in 2023, "Loud and Clear!" and "Bienvenidos al Infierno" adding some long requested balance changes and translating Brutal Orchestra to Spanish! We are very interested in translating Brutal Orchestra to other languages too so if you'd like to help out in translating Brutal Orchestra to your native tongue please drop by our Translation Discord Server! https://discord.gg/M74cCTjgPN

NowakDon't Miss Out Sale!Bosch

Brutal Orchestra is 50% off from Dec 17-Dec 19 (only 2 days!) to celebrate its second anniversary. This is the steepest discount we've ever done and we won't be making a habit of it, so if you or a friend hasn't picked up the game this is your best chance for a long time. (Sale begins 10:00 am PST Dec 17 and ends 10:00 am PST Dec 19) Once this sale has concluded we will be only discounting Brutal Orchestra by 20% during 2024! There has never been a better time to die! DemonCore

NowakBrutal Orchestra Vinyl Kickstarter Q3 2024!Bosch

This has been in the oven for quite some time (and isn't done just yet), but we are very excited to announce that in Q3 2024 we will be launching a Kickstarter for a 2 Vinyl Pressing of Brutal Orchestra's Soundtrack. We are so excited to be partnering with Stumpy Frog Records to bring such an amazing collection into the world!
Including:

• 2 double-sided fully-mastered vinyls!
• 1 previously unheard Brutal Orchestra song titled "Van Aken Sleeps"!
• An extended version of "Zanguango"!
• Gorgeous art by the talented GloomyDude (with previously unseen lore implications)!
• A super cuddly plushie (who could it be? GospelMungLovableLungFlarbHornyJesus)!
• Badass stretch goals tailored to your love!

Stretch Goals Including:

• In-game content update for everyone!
• A community vote to add one fan-made party member to Brutal Orchestra!
• A new canon Brutal Orchestra short story titled "Perfect Circles"!
• Stickers!
• + So much more!

(Note: Stretch goals are subject to change)

But What Has Talia Been Up To?WhatAWaste

[previewyoutube=d1dwINjQwuA;full][/previewyoutube] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2290870/Clown_Meat/ Talia has been very busy this year working on her new game Clown Meat which is releasing in 2024!
Clown Meat is a Precision Platformer with an emphasis on speedrunning and replayability. Tumble through a butchered world where humanity is barely a memory on your nave journey to cheer up the monolithic clown that came from the Depths of Jupiter.
In fact, Clown Meat features Nowak (and Bosch) as playable characters!

Talia also released a super small and horrible gamejam titled Eros Wept which I advise against playing.

What has Nico been up to?MobyDong

Nico's focus this year has been primarily taking care of his family's health and spending time with his loved ones. Despite that, Nico has created a real-time game mode for Brutal Orchestra. It's fully playable but a pretty dramatic departure from the gameplay you expect from Brutal Orchestra!! [previewyoutube=UNFKMwtlXHQ;full][/previewyoutube] This new game mode is actually an homage to a much earlier iteration of Brutal Orchestra where the game was tentatively called "Ball Wizards" and was intended to be fully real-time.
Here is a screenshot from a prehistoric iteration of Brutal Orchestra. In fact, you can play this version of Brutal Orchestra right now by opting into the beta branch with the password "ballwizardslives". This is a highly experimental build (that was made in a week) so expect some bugs and general weirdness. This build also uses a new save file so you will have to start from scratch! Will this Realtime mode ever come out in an official capacity? Maybe, we really don't know yet. The Future is Wild and anything could happen.

NowakA Huge Thank You to Everyone who has taken the dive into Purgatory Above and Below!Bosch

A Double Huge Thank You to Everyone has left Brutal Orchestra a Review <3

"Let's do this again sometime" -Nico / Talia

[ 2023-12-17 03:50:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bienvenidos! (Welcome Back!) Clown Meat, Talia's next game is still pretty deep in the oven but Brutal Orchestra hasn't been left in the dust! We've been hard at work on localizing Brutal Orchestra to Spanish (with other languages on the way).
There have been some difficulties with translating to Non-English/Spanish languages so we want the help of YOU! If you are a native speaker of French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Japanese or Turkish and have an in-depth knowledge of Brutal Orchestra we want to talk with you to make sure that our translations are up to snuff before we release them to the world! Come to Brutal Orchestra's Discord and let's get discussing! Also if you have an existing fan-translation for a language we didn't mention above that you would want made official, get in touch with us on Discord! Also please enjoy this gorgeous fanart by mungeater999 on Brutal Orchestra's Discord Mung
So without further ado, the changelog: Localization:

• Brutal Orchestra is now available in Spanish!

Enemy and Boss Balance:

• The Mother's Visage ability "Dependancy" now inflicts 3 Frail. (Orig: 2, Erroneously: 1)
• Heaven will no longer use the ability "Come Home" on the first turn.
• Items that prevent wrong pigment now work in the fight with Bronzo.
• Spitfire Spoggle's are now considered to be fish. (Massive gameplay ramifications.)

Character Balance:

• Reworked Burnout's ability "Decimation".
• Arnold's Passive Panic attack is no longer prevented by "Infernal Eye".

Item Balance:

• Bloating Coffers now shows current coins in combat.
• Added Wallop and Premature Excretion to the item ability "Alchemical Abomination".
• You can now remove items by dropping it on the character that has it.

Status and Passive Balance:

• The status effect "Scars" trigger on the status effect "Linked" again.
• The passive effect "Construct" is limited to 5 now.

Misc Changes

• Brutal Orchestra saves more frequently.
• Custom characters can now have up to 6 abilities render normally.
• Improved cinematic text positioning to support future localization.
• Increased the size of various UI elements to support other fonts.
• Extended "Sword" (Brutal Orchestra's font) to include special characters.
• Improved mass swapping to swap at least 1 enemy at all times.
• Right clicking pigment now more easily adds them into the ability cost.
• Item's and Passives show their icon on activation now.
• Updated credits.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Music Man transformation + Confusion + Conductor double transformation combo bug.
• The Passive Effect "Two-Faced" no longer triggers on death.
• The Skinning Homunculus' ability "Inhuman Roar" now properly inflicts "Frail" to self.
• Changed "El Dorado" icon to the correct icon.
• Fixed a bug with the audio when skipping a cinematic too fast.
• Fixed "Clive's" pressure point pigment cost being aesthetically the wrong way around.
• Fixed "Overexert" unintended interaction with damage on combat start.
• Fixed "Someone Else's Face" improperly interacting with "Divine Protection".
• Fixed a bug where items destroyed on death didn't properly update the UI.
• Fixed a typo in the tutorial for the field effect "Shield".
• Fixed a typo in the Dollmaster's Dialogue.
• Fixed a typo on the "Overflow" Keyword in the Glossary.
• Fixed a typo on the item "Opulent Egg's" description.

Oh hey, you're still here. Ah well I'll give you a little teaser of a non-videogame Brutal Orchestra project that is on the way as a treat.
What could it be? Flarb

[ 2023-09-27 20:08:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Balance

• Mother's Visage's Dependancy goes back to inflict 1 Frail again.
• Scattering Homunculus' Sonic Suffering effect now Slightly heal all units with red health.
• Scattering Homunculus now has Skittish 3.

Fixes

• Fixed intents on the Skinning Homunculus attacks to showcase the Scattering Homunculus spawn.
• Griffin's Wacky Wallop cost changed to Red and Yellow instead of just Red.
• Fixed issue with the hurt animation of the Scattering Homunculus.

Mods

• Fixed some internal code so Modded Fools work again.

[ 2023-06-09 16:36:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

We live! This year is a quieter one for Brutal Orchestra as Nico and Talia have been primarily working on their respective upcoming games (Clown Meat by Talia) (Munch by Nico). That being said, the "Loud and Clear" patch is here adding a new type of Homunculus in the Garden, lots of new enemy encounters with existing enemies, and lots of character balance tweaks + new little surprises! After this patch, our next goal is to release Brutal Orchestra in French, Italian, German, and Spanish (and potentially more languages in the future). Once that is complete our focus will shift to Steam Workshop support for Brutal Orchestra's outstanding modding community. Also enjoy this gorgeous fanart by Advent on Brutal Orchestra's Discord. So without further ado, the changelog:
New Enemies:

• Added Scattering Homunculus to the Garden
• Added New Voboola encounters to the Far Shore.
• Added New Fla Ming Goa encounters to the Far Shore.
• Added New Revola encounters to the Orpheum.
• Added New Giggling Minister encounters to the Garden
• Added New Skinning Homunculus encounters to the Garden.
• Added New In Their Image encounters to the Garden.

Character Balance:

• Nowak's ability "Unfocused Wrath" can no longer refresh the player.
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now only decrease in damage upon refreshing.
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now refresh with the respective chance per level, 30/30/30/35. (Orig: 30/30/30/30)
• Burnout's "Decimation" ability will now deal 10/12/14/15 damage per respective level. (Orig: 10/12/14/14)
• Burnout's "Buster" ability will now only decrease in damage upon refreshing.
• Burnout's "Buster" ability will now refresh with the respective chance per level, 40/45/50/60. (Orig: 40/40/40/40)
• Burnout's "Buster ability will now deal 8/9/10/11 damage per respective level. (Orig: 8/9/11/12)
• Burnout's "Exit" ability will now remove all debuffs to damage upon being used for the first time.
• Burnout's "Exit" ability now costs PurpleRed + Purple/ PurpleRed + Purple/ PurpleRed + Purple/ Purple at each respective level. (Orig: Purple + Purple /Purple + Purple /Purple /Purple)
• Fennec's ability "Quills" has been reworked to deal 1 damage to yourself, heal self, and have a low chance of removing an enemy ability.
• Anton's ability "Shank" now deals 4/6/7/8 damage at each respective level. (Orig: 3/5/7/7)
• Anton's ability "Shank" now costs Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ YellowBlue + Red/ YellowBlue + RedPurple. Orig: Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ Yellow Red/ Yellow Red.
• Anton's Ability "Insult" now deals indirect damage.
• Anton's Ability "Insult" now costs Yellow/Blue + Purple at all levels. (Orig: Yellow + Purple)
• Arnold's self-esteem is now 2%. (Orig: 3%)
• Griffin can no longer perform the ability "Clobber" and instead performs a new ability, "Wallop".
• Dimitri's Ability "Immolating Torch" now inflicts 3 fire. (Orig: 4 fire)
• Agon's Ability "Scream" now deals 3/5/6/7 indirect damage at each respective level. (Orig: 1/3/4/5)
• LongLiver (and GallGagger)'s "Mutualism" Passive no longer drains health from the host.
• LongLiver (And GallGagger) will refresh their ability and movement when exiting a host.
• Party members hosting LongLiver (or GallGagger) can now perform the ability "Premature Excretion" to force LongLiver (or GallGagger) to exit immediately.
• The Doll's "Construct" passive will no longer trigger if the party member already has an extra ability.
• When selecting Mung from the main menu the player is now assigned a random second party member. (Previously the Mung was considered an offensive party member.)

Enemy and Boss Balance:

• Updated Scrungie spawnables pool to contain Scattering Homunculus.
• Updated Sepulchre spawnables pool to contain Scattering Homunculus.
• Updated Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the... spawnables pool to contain Scatter Homunculus.
• The Skinning Homunculus abilities "Flay the Skin", "Flay the Flesh" and "Domination" now spawn a Scattering Homunculus if they do not hit a party member.
• The Mother's Visage ability "Dependancy" now inflicts 2 Scars and no longer inflicts Frail.
• SmoothSkin's Health is now 90. (Orig: 80)
• The Revola ability "Vertigo" is now significantly more rare.
• The Revola ability "Falling Skies" now deals 6 damage. (Orig: 2)
• Bronzo re-applies Bronzo's Blessing to all party members at the beginning of each phase.
• Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the... ability "Unity" now reapplies Bronzo's Blessing to all party members.
• Added new very rare Giggling Minister ability "Trauma Bond".

Item Balance:

• Sulfa Powder now applies 1-12 Shield per turn. (Orig: 1-4 Shield)
• Pep Powder now applies 7 Shield upon receiving any kind of damage. (Orig: 4)
• Gamblers' Right hand has had its outcomes reworked to favour the player more strongly. 60% chance no damage, 30% normal damage, 10% double damage. (Orig: 40% no damage, 40% normal damage, 20% double damage)
• Sacrificial Saint now has a 50% chance to Spawn an Ungod on combat start.
• Homeless Hotline now triggers on turn start to prevent several issues.
• Crooked Dagger now heals 40% of health on kill. (Orig: 10%)
• Caretaker's Cudgel now deals 5 damage. (Orig: 4)
• Violated Pact is now locked behind the achievement "The Ungod's Demand".
• Serpent's Head is now locked behind the achievement "Garden of Earthly Delights".
• Lil Homunculus is now unlocked by default.
• The Brand is now considered a knife.
• Esoteric Artifact now costs 4 instead of 8.
• Sulfa Powder now costs 5 instead of 8.
• Plaster Cast now costs 2 instead of 4.
• Pep Powder now costs 4 instead of 5.
• War Bonds now costs 0 instead of 10.
• Dum Dum now costs 5 instead of 2.
• Vowbreaker now costs 2 instead of 0. (This was the intended price, this item being free was a mistake.)
• Stillborn Egg can now spawn Mung, Doll and GallGagger.

Mod Support:

• Improved Fool Board price calculation so modders can create zones with more leveled up Fools Boards.
• Improved Rank Up price calculation improved so modders can create characters with more levels than the default 4.
• Enemy materials are now automatically set so custom enemies have proper outlines.

Misc Changes:

• Added more bodies to Agon's initial encounter. (This is for future lore reasons.)
• The Garden now spawns 2 NPC events. (Prev: 1)
• Increased scroll speed on too many items/party members menus.
• Removed several rare/unique passives from the glossary.
• Locked party members you have spoken to are highlighted differently on the main menu.
• The game now more thoroughly tries to update your achievements on launch.
• Scars no longer increase incoming damage from Divine Protection and Linked.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that prevented Burnout from using "Exit" if he already had "Fleeting".
• Fixed bug where when LongLiver or GallGagger used "Parasitism" or "Mutualism" and at the same time trigger/break their item, the item would not show up.
• Fixed a graphical issue with the Item "Human Soul"'s sprite.
• Fixed a graphical issue with the ability "Connection"'s icon.
• Fixed a graphical issue with the Item "Gamified Cephalopod"'s sprite.
• Reformated Ouroboro's Corpse sprite to prevent shader-related issues.
• Minor fixes to Bosch's dialogue sprites.
• Fixed some Far Shore Flavor NPCs being the wrong size when appearing in portals.
• Fixed numerous items to properly display "the" during their unlock message and vice versa.
• Fixed a typo with the achievement "The End?".
• Fixed a typo with the achievement "Worthy Successor".
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Mutilate".
• Fixed a typo on the item "Immolated Fairy".
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Connection".
• Fixed a typo with the ability "Whole Again".
• Fixed the passive Withering's description to be consistent in-game and in the glossary.
• Fixed an issue where the ability "Foul Fluids" didn't specify that damage was indirect.
• Fixed a typo with the item "Stigmata".
• Fixed a typo involving the keyphrase "Copy" in the glossary.
• Fixed a typo involving the keyphrase "Clone" in the glossary.
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Cremation".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Strange Fruit".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Blackened Toad".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Ideal Form of Trash".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Gilded Mirror".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Cursed Sword".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Caretakers Cudgel".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "A Gift?".
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Absolve".
• Fixed a typo with Thype unlock condition on the Main Menu.
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Man Made Ovum".
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Sculptors Tools".
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Riches from Beyond".
• Fixed a typo involving the keyword "Indirect".
• Fixed a typo involving the keyword "Direct".
• Fixed a typo involving the ability "Persistence of Time".
• Fixed a typo involving how achievements are displayed.
• Fixed an issue with the text colour during Leviat's unlock.
• Fixed a typo involving the item "Gamified Cephalopod".
• Fixed a bug where Sacrificial Saint would not trigger on Nowak's death.
• Fixed a bug involving the ability "Discipline"'s intents.
• Fixed a bug involving the ability "Takedown"'s intents.
• Fixed a bug that caused Overexert 10 to actually trigger on 7 damage.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Fla Ming Goa from being considered a fish-type enemy.
• Fixed an issue preventing Revola from using their Hardmode encounters.
• Fixed a bug involving the intents of the ability "Bend the Knee".
• Fixed a typo where the status effect "Linked" did not specify that it decreased over time.
• Fixed a bug that caused the passive Untethered Essence to not reset the lucky pigment to blue.
• Fixed a typo with Bone Spurs not specifying that it inflicts indirect damage.

Happy Pride Month!

[ 2023-06-02 13:48:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Brutal Orchestra is officially 1 year old! Its been a crazy year and we are incredibly thankful for everyone who has taken the time to try out our dumb lil game! To celebrate we added two new items, The Egg of Incubus and The Exquisite Corpse for those crazy people who have 100%-ed the game. (More in-depth patch notes soonish.) Both these items are themed after Brutal Orchestra's two major content updates we released in 2022.

We have lots of exciting plans for Brutal Orchestra in the new year so stay tuned! -Nico / Talia

[ 2022-12-17 22:25:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

SPOILERS AHEAD Items

• Fixed a couple of items that were not showcasing their unlock condition properly.
• Someone Else's Face now costs 6 coins.
• Tape Worm Pills will now behave and work as intended.

Characters

• Increased Gall Gagger's health to 15.
• Fixed missing ability on Gall Gagger.

Passives

• Mutualism, instead of damaging the party member, now it will heal them.

Achievements

• Fixed bug on the unlock condition of "Swallowed by the Sea".
• Made "War Criminal" conditions easier to meet.

Misc

• Fixed bug where after ranking up a character abilities were not updating their descriptions.
• Fixed bug were the first ending was not displaying party members properly.
• Added Glossary on the Main Menu
• Added 1280 x 800 to resolution options. (should look better on Steam Deck)

[ 2022-10-24 21:08:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Art by the incredibly talented Gloomy Dude: @ElmanoloC It's time to put your money where your mouth is and pay Bronzo another visit. Are you a fan of fish? Well get ready to help yourself to more Mung than you know what to do with. A Master of Dolls from another world materializes in the Orpheum, waiting for you. Items, riches, and treasures galore have been scattered through the world waiting to be discovered. Familiar friends and foes have been reworked, breathing new life into old bones. There has never been a better time to die. To celebrate the release of Brutal Orchestra: Exquisite Corpse, both Brutal Orchestra and its Soundtrack are 25% off for the next week. Swallow the Sea and Perfect Vermin's Soundtracks are also 50% off. If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates like this one, make sure to drop us a review on Steam! And now the changelog (Heavy Spoiler). New Party Members

• Added Mung to the Far Shore in Hard Mode.
• Added GallGagger. (Extra party member)
• Added Doll. (Extra party member) (VHS Crossover)

New Enemies and Bosses

• Added Ungod (friendly).
• Added Bananas the "Cat". (Mean)
• Added Bananas the "Cat". (Friendly)
• Added El Dorado.
• Added Bronzo the Bastard.
• Added Bronzo the Toothless.
• Added Bronzo the Bronzo.
• Added Bronzo the Backup.
• Added Bronzo the Enlightened.
• Added Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo the Bronzo...
• Added The Plump Platinum Pumper.

New Strangers

• Added Doll Master's quest. (VHS Crossover)
• Expanded Bronzo's quest.
• Expanded Ichor's quest.

New Passive Effects

• Added Status Effect Parasitism.
• Added Status Effect Mutualism.
• Added Passive Untethered Essence.
• Added Passive Red Essence.
• Added Passive Yellow Essence.
• Added Passive Purple Essence.
• Added Passive Construct.
• Added Passive Bronzo's Blessing.
• Added Passive Cash Out.
• Added Passive Financial Hyperinflation.

New Treasure Items

• Added Broken Doll. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Cursed Sword. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Infernal Eye. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Enigma. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Lil Orro.
• Added Egg of Firmament.
• Added Harvest and Plenty
• Added Sacrificial Saint. (Submitted by Eli Arps)
• Added Professional Procrastinator. (Submitted by Aisling Beatty)
• Added Blood Breathing Bomb. (Submitted by Zetderp)
• Added Starving Apples. (Submitted by Krisu)
• Added Bananas.
• Added Bananas.
• Added Bronzo's Stupid Hat.

New Shop Items

• Added Vyacheslav's Last Sip. (VHS Crossover)
• Added The Master's Sickle. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Esoteric Artifact. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Tape Worm Pills.
• Added Faulty Land Mine.
• Added Chain of Command.
• Added Gentlemen's Glove. (Submitted by Diamond Jub)
• Added Baltic Brine. (Submitted by Crysseil)
• Added Homeless Hotline. (Submitted by Max Martin)
• Added Littering Leaflets. (Submitted by Fiddox)
• Added Forgotten Pump. (Submitted by Owen Fitzgerald)
• Added Dum-Dum. (Submitted by Henrique Terron Lavini Crevatin)
• Added Expired Medicine. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
• Added Used Dog Tags. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
• Added War Bond. (Submitted by Tairbaz)
• Added Soap? (Submitted by Michael)
• Added Pharmaceutical Roller Coaster. (Submitted by Rhydork)
• Added Vowbreaker. (Submitted by Mr. Man)
• Added Lil Smiley. (Submitted by Sulfur Cretin)
• Added Counterfeit Coin
• Added Bronzo's 2 Cents.

New Extra Items

• Added A Banana Peel. (Banana Consumed)
• Added Wels Catfish. (Fish Pool)
• Added Left Shoe. (Fish Pool)

New Music

• Added Video Horror Society Theme. (VHS Crossover)
• Added Bronzo's Fun Theme.
• Added Bronzo's Pissed Theme.

New Achievements

• Added The Emotional Disaster (Fools)
• Added The Shyster (Boss)
• Added Wels Catfish (The Witness)
• Added Left Shoe (The Divine)
• Added The Director's Final Frame (Stranger)
• Added Bit off More than You Can Chew. (Comedy)
• Added Somebody Call The Vatican. (Comedy)
• Added Capital is King (Comedy)
• Added War Criminal (Comedy)
• Added Dumb Luck (Comedy)
• Added Notable Skill (Comedy)
• Added Burgeoning Expertise (Comedy)
• Added Total and Absolute Mastery (Comedy)
• Added What the !@#$ Nowak? (Comedy)
• Added Okay Nowak, Seriously Stop! (Comedy)
• Added That's it Nowak! (Comedy)
• Added Time to Die! (Comedy)
• Added Honest Effort (Tragedy)
• Added Swallowed by the Sea (Tragedy)
• Added So Long Liver (Tragedy)

New Boss Intros

• Added Roids' Splash Art and Roar.
• Added Hickory's Splash Art and Roar.
• Added Mobius' Splash Art and Roar.
• Added Trigger Fingers' Splash Art and Roar.
• Added The Charcarrion's Splash Art and Roar.
• Added The Smoothskin's Splash Art and Roar.
• Added The Ouroboros' Splash Art and Roar.
• Added This Pitiful Corpse Splash Art.
• Added Osman Sinnoks' Splash Art.
• Added Heavens Splash Art and Roar.
• Added Bronzo the Bastard's Splash Art and Roar.

Improvements

• Improved party member selection UI to track the unlock requirements of discovered locked party members.
• Reworked the Lucky Blue Pigment system to allow the player to toggle through pigments that have been added by Essence passive effects.
• Reworked party members to be able to have more than 3 abilities.
• Added a turn count at the beginning of each turn.
• Health numbers are now larger in combat.
• The active party UI is now visually brighter.
• Improved party member selection bias.
• Heaven has a more dramatic death effect when killing a party member.
• Arnold no longer appears easy mode once he has been unlocked in hard mode.
• Improved damage modification calculation. Frail and other are now calculated after shield. This indirectly buffs the strength of shield.

Party Member Balance

• Removed Slippery from Longliver.
• Removed Delicate from Longliver
• Increased Longliver's health to 20/25/30/32
• Reworked Symbiosis to allow Longliver to invade the body of the left ally.
• Reworked Eviscerate to allow Longliver to invade the body of the opposing enemy
• Decreased Longliver's unlock chance per cumulative party member death to 1%.
• Reworked Unravel to heal all party members to the Right with a spread of -2 per space.
• Reworked Discipline to damage all party members on the left and right with the spread of -50% per space.
• Increased Buster's odds of decreasing in power.
• Penance now has a lower chance to rupture the player.
• Mordrake's Devour spawn chances have been increased.
• Mordrake's Manipulation and Altered have a refresh chance now.
• Clone Mordrake's abilities now have a different cost.
• Rags' Whole again and Entwined now have split pigment costs at higher levels.
• Smokestacks Fuel cost at high levels have a split pigment cost at high levels.
• Pearls Digestion now has a split pigment cost at high levels.

Enemy Balance

• Blood Moans now has a 30% chance to curse each party member rather than all party members.
• All Spoggles and Jumble Guts can now appear in the Far Shore.

Item Balance

• Wheel of Fortune now causes the party member to perform 2 actions.
• Stolen Gold now adds 1-2 Scars each turn.
• Lucky Helmets activation chance is 35% now.
• Another Duds activation chance is 40% now.
• Momma Nooty now consumes pigment from the Pigment Generator as well as the Bar.
• Prussian Blue no longer damages Party members.
• Fly Paper now gives yellow essence.
• Glue Trap now gives purple essence.
• Spring Trap now gives red essence.
• Someone else's face now has a 50% chance to be consumed at the end of combat.
• Violated pact has been totally reworked.
• Sculptors tools has been totally reworked.
• Crooked die now additionally decreases incoming damage by 1-6.
• Blind Faith now heals 1-3 to each party member per turn.
• Sulfa Powder now Shields 1-4.
• Health Insurance clears status effects on trigger.
• Stillborn Egg will no longer trigger on Nowak.
• Wicker Child will no longer trigger on Nowak.
• Purple heart will no longer trigger on Nowak.
• Recalled Gas mask now costs less in shops.
• Prosthetics now costs less in shops.
• Russki Vampire now deals 2 damage to player and will not trigger if the player cannot heal.
• Ol reliable is more clear about its effect.
• Gilded mirror now more accurately imitates some items.
• Alchemical abomination can no longer trigger debug abilities.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Linked from spreading damage if the targeted enemy dies.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused spawned/transformed enemies to duplicate their abilities.
• Fixed a bug where you could pause on a game over and quit to bug out party member health.
• Fixed a lot of swapping bugs.
• Fixed a bug that involved fleeting not trigger on enemies with Overexert in certain circumstance.
• Made save files less likely to corrupt in the event of a power outage.
• Fixed a softlock where an enemy transforms on the same turn and enemy with confusion dies.
• Fixed a mistake in the Spitfiring Spoggle's sprite.
• Fixed the Flarbs timeline sprites.
• Fixed the Charcarrion's Martyrdom ability using the wrong icon.
• Fixed a visual issue with Choir Boys in the overworld.
• Fixed Mungies animations.
• Fixed Starvations animation.
• Fixed Quills animation.
• Fixed Zanguango's filter during conversation
• Fixed a typo in Fogs' achievement.
• Fixed a issue with the Mungling Mud Lungs over world portal art.
• Fixed a typo in Roid' achievement.
• Fixed a typo in the description of "Persistence of Time".
• Fixed a typo in the Yellow Pigment Generators Glossary entry.
• Fixed a typo in the descriptions of Fatalism.
• Fixed a typo in the description of Immortal.
• Pigment cannot be arbitrarily moved around the pigment bar now.
• Fixed several pigment placement related errors.
• Fixed an issue where dialogue sprites were floating by 2 pixels.
• Fixed an issue where the movement grid would not appear for the Charcarrion.
• Fixed an issue where bosch would speak at the wrong time during the opening tutorial.
• Fixed The Charcarrion's intents.
• Fixed Xiphactinus and Gillicus intents.
• Fixed a bug where the player could predict the outcome of Mind Games.
• Fixed an issue with the Incarnates intents.
• Conscription notice is now a shop item.

This really is the Brutal Orchestra.

[ 2022-10-23 20:55:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

October 23rd Brutal Orchestra is receiving the Exquisite Corpse, a massive free content update!
Containing:

• 25+ New Items (Including 18 items designed by Contest winners!)
• 10 New Achievements
• 1 New Quest crossing over with Video Horror Society!
• A complete rework of LongLiver enabling him to parasitically invade the bodies of enemies to inflict massive damage and symbiotically protect party members from the inside.
• 4+ Other major party member buffs.
• 10 gorgeous pieces of boss splash art to really make it clear when you have stepped into the ring.
• 10 unique earth shattering boss roars to sell the terror of fighting these foes.
• Steam trading cards, backgrounds, badges and more!
• An overhauled party member unlock tracker to make it clearer what you have to do to unlock each.
• Some super spooky ( and possibly scary) secrets.
• And tons of reworks and rebalances!

Foreign hands reach for the canvas... An Exquisite Corpse takes form.
Updates to Brutal Orchestra's Pricing: Hello! This section will be considerably less formal/ominous as I want to be very transparent around why we are increasing Brutal Orchestra's price to 19.99 USD (prices will be adjusted to an equivalent in all other territories). This price change will not effect players who have already purchased Brutal Orchestra. Brutal Orchestra is the largest project Nico and I have ever worked on and we honestly couldn't be more proud of it. The sheer amount of learning and improvement we went through while developing it cannot be put into words, it's truly a project that transformed us as people. However being new developers who had never charged for our work before we severely undervalued our work/time. When it came time to price Brutal Orchestra, we were terrified. We were absolutely frozen solid by the fear of being accused of being greedy, not caring about players or being full of ourselves. When Hellbent Games, our publisher suggested that we price the game at 19.99 USD we (extremely naively) argued that the game should instead be priced at 9.99 USD. This lead to us compromising to a price of 14.99 USD, which honestly was still too low. Brutal Orchestra is a project Nico and I love working on and we still have so much more we want to add but a price point of 14.99 has proven to be too low, both in how much it brings in the door and how much it limits the price range of the potential DLC we have been slowly cooking in the background. After seeing people fall in love with Brutal Orchestra and adding numerous small and large content updates, expanding the game beyond what we originally envisioned, we have finally built up the confidence to charge what Brutal Orchestra has honestly deserved since the beginning. This change will not be immediate as pricing changes take time to be processed by Steam, so you may still have a few days to grab the game before its price update if you really want to squeak in at the 14.99 USD price.
We are extremely excited for what the future of Brutal Orchestra holds. -Maceo + Nico

[ 2022-09-18 19:13:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Do you hear that? Somewhere not so far away old forgotten dolls are gently rotting and worm-like beings are shifting with new found vitality. Soon something new is coming to Brutal Orchestra, and we want you to be a part of it. We are hosting an item design competition for Brutal Orchestra where the 3 best submitted item concepts will be implemented for all Brutal Orchestra users to enjoy as part of our upcoming content update! You can submit as many ideas as you like but in the end only 3 will be chosen.
The contest submission is open until Sept 9th 1pm PST. The link to submit to the competition can be found in our official Discord server which can be accessed from Brutal Orchestra's main menu or through the link below. https://discord.gg/TFv8Ypcre6

[ 2022-09-06 22:13:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alright, I am currently very ill so this update will be a little brief. We were absolutely blown away by the reception of Brutal Orchestra's Egg of Incubus update, thank you so much to everyone who came back to check it out or has just recently picked up the game! In other news Brutal Orchestra's OST is now on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dwljvvk1tH7EdPZTNLY7g?si=LCDIuPiDQLqW5I_RUdz3Kw&nd=1 And now, the changelog: Features

• Added a "Backup Save" to prevent the save file from being corrupted when the game gets suddenly closed. (Such as a power outage)
• The in-game timer now pauses while the game is paused.
• Added Resolution options to the settings menu on the main menu.

Party Member Balance

• Kleiver's "Silence" ability now inflicts 1 Scar to the enemy at all levels.
• Kleiver's "Cacophony" ability now no longer deals self damage if the attack does not hit an enemy.
• Kleiver's "Cacophony" ability now deals 3 indirect self damage instead of 4.
• Thype's "Stitches" ability now ignores party member's that cannot be healed.

Enemy Balance

• The Conductor ability "Crescendo" now inflicts 1 Scar to the Conductor.
• The One Man Band ability "Fine Tuning" now adds 1 Scar to the One Man Band.
• The Choir Boy ability "Struggle" has been replaced by "Blissful Agony".
• The Choir boy ability "Ring a Bell" is now rarer.
• Increased the treasure dropped by the Ungod to 2. (This was originally 1)
• Increased the treasure dropped by the Xiphactinus and Gillicus to 2. (This was originally 1)
• Rebalanced the Conductor enemy pools. (The double Conductor encounters have less enemies accompanying them)
• Removed the double Kekastle encounter from the Far Shore. (Sorry about that one.)

Item Balance

• Reworked treasure item "Tondal's Vision"'s associated ability "Abject Rejection" to now deal direct damage.
• Reworked shop item "Can O' Worms" to break on first damage instead of being % based.
• Reworked treasure item "Gamified Cephalopod" to no longer inflict oil to party members.

Achievement Balance

• "The Second Coming" tragedy achievement no longer requires the party member to die to Heaven's ability "Come Home" and instead requires them to die from damage directly dealt by heaven twice during the encounter.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue with the Charcarrion's ability "Marrow Lust" accidentally inflicting Scars to the party.
• The status effect "Divine Protection" will not longer redirect damage to party members with 0 health.
• Fixed a visual bug that made it appear the player was not gaining currency at the end of combat if the player also gained an item at the end of combat.
• Fixed a bug that caused the slap replacement ability "Abject Rejection" to deal 1 damage.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Burnout's exit ability from setting all enemy positions on fire.
• Fixed an issue where restarting the tutorial could softlock the game.
• Fixed an issue with copied party members killing the wrong party member on death.

Typo

• Fixed a typo in the ability "Gunk".
• Fixed a typo in the item "Can o' Worms".
• Fixed a typo in the item "Howling Log".
• Fixed a typo in the item "Fist Full of Ash".
• Fixed a typo in the description of the Status Effect "Scars".
• Fixed a typo in Burnout's ability "Body Buster".
• Fixed numerous typos with the item "Meatre Worm".
• Fixed a typo with the passive effect "Bone Spurs".
• Fixed a typo with Fennec's "Impenetrable" abilities.
• Fixed a typo with the passive effect "Abomination".
• Fixed a typo in the enemy "Mother's Visage"'s name.

[ 2022-05-13 23:21:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Art by the incredibly talented Gloom Dude: @ElmanoloC The time has come and the world expands! New friends and foes reveal themselves in every corner. Find new party member's such as Burnout a tormented sadist with an endless taste for violence or Fennec a deeply ill man who sprout dangerous spines and quills from his very bones Challenge a menagerie of new foes, from the Keko worms that swim within the dunes to the squawking and shrieking Scrungies flying high above the mountain tops to the Conductor Music Men, bloated with tumours. Even deep within the Garden leviathans struggle to consume one another. Complete a quest on the behalf of the Ungod, and fulfill it's request to snuff out an infant usurper that if left unchecked would someday challenge the gods themselves. If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates make sure to drop us a review on Steam if you are enjoying the game and want to see more updates like this one! And now the changelog (Spoilers). New Party Members

• Added Burnout to The Far Shore in both Normal and Hard Mode.
• Added Fennec to The Far Shore in both Normal and Hard Mode.
• Added Mordrake to The Garden.
• Added Mordrake (Clone).

New Enemies

• Added Keko to The Far Shore in both Normal and Hard Mode.
• Added Kekastles to The Far Shore in Hard Mode.
• Added Ta Ma Goa to The Far Shore in Hard Mode.
• Added The Unfinished Heir to The Far Shore in Hard Mode.
• Added Tainted Yolk to The Far Shore in Hard Mode.
• Added Scrungies to The Orpheum in Normal and Hard Mode.
• Added Conductors to The Orpheum in Hard Mode.
• Added One Man Bands to The Orpheum in Hard Mode.
• Added Silver Suckles to The Orpheum in Hard Mode.
• Added Gilded Gulpers to The Orpheum in Hard Mode.
• Added Choir Boy to The Garden.
• Added Xiphactinus and Gillicus to The Garden.

New Strangers

• Added Emissary of the Ungod.
• Expanded Mordrake's quest.

New Status Effects

• Added Status Effect Scars.

New Passive Effects

• Added Passive Effect Abomination.
• Added Passive Effect Masochism.
• Added Passive Infestation.
• Added Passive Bone Spurs.

New Treasure Items

• Added Caretaker Cudgel.
• Added Gump Ming Goa.
• Added Convergent Rage.
• Added Wicker Child.
• Added Gamified Cephalopod.
• Added Rotund Amphibian.
• Added Man Made Ovum.
• Added Mini Mordrake.
• Added The Rest of Nowak.
• Added Lust Pudding.
• Added Meatre Worm.
• Added Norris!

New Shop Items

• Added Demon Core.
• Added Can o' Worms.
• Added Conscription Notice.
• Added Health Insurance.
• Added Someone Else's Face.
• Added Box of Medals.
• Added Counterfeit Medal.

New Extra Items

• Added Meatre Worm (Eaten).
• Added Meatre Worm (Fully Eaten).
• Added Norris...

New Music

• Added Keko theme (+Kekastle Layer)
• Added Unfinished Heir Theme
• Added Scrungie Theme
• Added Maniskin & Inner Children Theme
• Added Choir Boy Theme
• Added Xiphactinus and Gillicus Theme

New Achievements

• Added The Sadist (Fools).
• Added The Impaled (Fools).
• Added Mistake (Fools).
• Added Health Insurance (Witness).
• Added Rotund Amphibian (Witness).
• Added Meatre Worm (Witness).
• Added A Gift? (Divine).
• Added Gamified Cephalopod (Divine).
• Added Norris! (Divine).
• Added The Ungod's Demand (Stranger).
• Added Thorough Explorer (Area).
• Added Every Stone Turned (Area).
• Added Bloodline Drinker (Comedy).
• Added Heavyweight Champion (Comedy).
• Added Deep Pockets (Comedy).
• Added Human Resources (Comedy).
• Added Brutality! (Comedy).
• Added Nary a Finger Lifted (Comedy).
• Added Worthy Successor (Tragedy).
• Added The Second coming (Tragedy)

Improvements

• Improved character selection UI to accommodate more party members.
• Improved the Tutorial to smoothly transition into the first playthrough.
• Improved Skinning Homunculus animations.
• Tweaked Fog's dialogue to be slightly cooler.
• Changed the Charcarrion's Death hints.
• Fixed a compression issue with Han's and Leviat's maskless sprites.
• Improved Woodwind's animations.
• The Maniskins and Inner Children now use their own battle theme.
• The passive effect "Leaky" will no longer trigger if the party member or enemy has grey health.

Shop Price Changes

• Czech Hedgehog price reduced to 5 (from 10)
• Ed's Tags price reduced to 2 (from 5)
• Extra Stitching price reduced to 5 (from 10)
• First Aid price reduced to 8 (from 10)
• Lady Pills price reduced to 8 (from 10)
• Lucky Helmet price reduced to 4 (from 8)
• Modern Medicine price reduced to 6 (from 8)
• Rorschach Test price reduced to 3 (from 6)
• Spring Trap reduced to 5 (from 7)
• Surrender reduced to 1 (from 3)

Party Member Balance

• Reduced the cost of Nowak's ability "Parry" to 1 Yellow Pigment.
• Reworked Nowak's ability "Wrath" to have small chance to refresh Nowak.
• Increased Rags Health to 17/18/19/20 per level.
• Reworked Rag's ability "Connection" to inflict Scars to the opposing enemy.
• Reworked Rag's ability "Whole Again" to inflict Scars to the opposing enemy.
• Thype can no longer be found in Normal Mode.
• Reworked Bimini's ability "Skewer" to inflicts Scars to herself instead of Frail.
• Reworked Bimini's ability "Expire" to inflicts Scars to herself instead of Frail.
• Reworked Bimini's ability "Form" to remove Scars to herself instead of Frail.

Item Balance

• Reworked Fist Full of Ash to reduce incoming direct damage and increase incoming indirect damage.
• Expanded Fishing Rod's item pool to include new fishy items.
• Locked the item A Gift? by default.
• Tondal's Vision's ability, Abject Rejection now deals direct damage.
• Plaster Cast no longer protects against Divine Protection.

Enemy Balance

• Rebalanced Zone 01 Normal enemy pools.
• Rebalanced Zone 02 Normal enemy pools.
• Rebalanced Zone 01 Hard enemy pools.
• Rebalanced Zone 02 Hard enemy pools.
• Rebalanced Zone 03 Hard enemy pools.
• Slightly reduced the odds of Trigger Fingers performing "Headshot".
• Slightly reduced Trigger Finger's health.
• Trigger Finger's "Headshot" ability now adds 2 frail to Trigger Fingers if the ability kills a party member.
• Trigger Fingers can no longer appear in Normal Mode.
• Reworked The Charcarrion's ability "Rend the Right" to inflict Scars instead of Frail.
• Reworked The Charcarrion's ability "Cleave the Left" to inflict Scars instead of Frail.
• Reworked The Charcarrion's ability "Decomposition" to inflict 3 Scars to the Charcarrion.
• Reduced self damage dealt by the Charcarrion's ability "Decomposition".
• Reworked the Charcarrion's ability "Messiah", to remove Scars from the opposing party members.
• Reworked the Charcarrion's ability "MarrowLust" to no longer remove frail and instead deal 1 indirect damage to all party members.
• Reworked the Charcarrion's ability "MarrowLust" to no longer reduce maximum health of party members and instead inflicts 1 Scar to the whole party.
• Reduced likelyhood of the Charcarrion performing "Marrow Lust".
• The Charcarrion's ability "BodyScream" can no longer inflict "Frail" to the left and right positions.
• The Charcarrion can no longer appear in Normal Mode.
• Reworked Heaven's ability "Thousand Tears" to have a 50% chance to inflict 1 Scar to each party member.
• Reworked Heaven's ability "The Scars Weep" To inflict 1 Scar instead of Curse.
• Reworked Heaven's ability "Reclaim Conviction" To inflict 1 Scar instead of Curse.
• Reworked Heaven's ability "Omnipotence" to inflict 1 Scar to each party member.
• Reduced Osman Sinnoks' Ability "Extrusion" Curse chance to 25%.
• Reduced Osman Sinnoks' Ability "Intrusion" Curse chance to 25%.
• Reworked Zeitgeist's ability "Bloodmoans" to have a 50% chance to curse the whole party.
• Psaltery can no longer increase field effects generated by passives like constricting.

Typo

• Fixed a typo in the item "Violated Pact".
• Updated Griffins dialogue to make his unlock condition a bit clearer.

Misc

• Fixed several edge cases with the Music Man dynamic soundtrack.
• Added a corpse sprite to the Giggling Ministers.

If you scrolled this far we can be friends in the next life.

[ 2022-05-02 20:04:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

May 2nd Brutal Orchestra is receiving the EGG OF INCUBUS, a massive free content update! Containing:

• 2+ New Party Members
• 10+ New Enemies
• 20+ New Items
• 20 New Achievements
• 5+ New Battle Themes
• 1 New Quest on behalf of the Ungod
• And tons of reworks and rebalances!

Somewhere amidst those desert sands, a usurper gestates... Silence its call.

[ 2022-04-22 18:16:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Art by the incredibly talented Gloom Dude: @ElmanoloC Listen to the sweet sounds of Purgatory... without the bloodshed. Brutal Orchestra's Purgatory is a place of strange beauty and soul shifting music all composed and curated by the masterfully talented Publio Delgado. Listen to the sounds of damned souls from far below, the songs of strange blooming instruments and lullaby's whispered by mistakes refusing to be forgotten. This soundtrack contains 35 tracks from Brutal Orchestra's release and all free content updates! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880060/Brutal_Orchestra_Soundtrack Also we are now offering a bundle of Brutal Orchestra and Brutal Orchestra's Soundtrack for those who want to dive in all at once! There has never been a better time to die. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24717/The_Bundle_of_Earthly_Delights/ Keep your eyes peeled, Purgatory is expanding behind the scenes...
The worms are waiting for you.

[ 2022-02-23 23:42:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Some small fixes/improvements. Flavour NPC Changes

• The "Funky Cactus" Flavour NPC can no longer appear in normal mode.

Bug Fixes

• Mordrake will now properly give his related achievement at the end of his quest. This achievement should be retroactively awarded to everyone who has already unlocked it.
• Fixed the item "Someone Else's Wedding Ring".

[ 2022-02-07 20:47:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Art by the incredibly talented Gloom Dude: [url=https://twitter.com/ElmanoloC]@ElmanoloC Don't settle for just killing your enemies, make an example, paint the world red! All bosses now rupture and burst into a baptism of blood upon death. We have been listening to your feedback and have updated Brutal Orchestra to include better tracking for some of the game's trickier achievements, new tutorials for first time players and unique death messages when dying to bosses that gives some hints on how best to counter them as well as many other changes. We have a large free content update coming soon! If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates like this and larger content updates in the future make sure to drop us a review on Steam! And now, the changelog. Content

• Added Gibs to Roids.
• Added Gibs to Hickory (Fire).
• Added Gibs to Hickory (Fuel).
• Added Gibs to Trigger Fingers.
• Added Gibs to Mobius.
• Added Gibs to The Charcarrion (Alive).
• Added Gibs and a unique death animation to The Charcarrion (Dead).
• Added Gibs and a unique death animation to The the Head of the Ouroboros.
• Added Gibs and a unique death animation to The the Body of the Ouroboros.
• Added Gibs and a unique death animation to The the Corpse of the Ouroboros.
• Added Gibs and a unique death animation to The the Tail of the Ouroboros.
• Added Gibs to Smoothskin.
• Added Gibs to the Mother's Visage.
• Added Gibs to the Father's Visage.
• Added Gibs to the Sibling's Visage.
• Added Gibs to My Own Visage.
• Added Gibs to This Pitiful Corpse.
• Added Gibs to Osman.
• Added Gibs to Sinnoks.
• Added a unique death animation to Heaven.
• Added Gibs to all Incarnate (Red).
• Added Gibs to all Incarnate (Blue)
• Added Gibs to all Incarnate (Yellow)
• Added Gibs to all Incarnate (Purple)
• Added a new tutorial upon getting an item for the first time.
• Added a new tutorial upon opening a coin chest for the first time.
• Added a new tutorial upon speaking to a flavour NPC for the first time.
• Added a new scene after starting a new run after killing This Pitiful Corpse for the first time.

Features

• Added a "Slap Tracker" for the achievement "God of Phalanges, Palms and Pain."
• Added new death dialogue hints for Roids.
• Added new death dialogue hints for Hickory.
• Added new death dialogue hints for Trigger Fingers.
• Added new death dialogue hints for Mobius.
• Added new death dialogue hints for The Charcarrion.
• Added new death dialogue hints for The Ouroboros.
• Added new death dialogue hints for The Smoothskin.
• Added new death dialogue hints for This Pitiful Corpse.
• Added new death dialogue hints for Heaven.
• Added new death dialogue hints for Osman Sinnoks.
• The intro cinematic can now be replayed by replaying the tutorial.
• The skip cinematic button has been added to the intro cinematic.

Character Balance

• Reworked "Rebuild" to also heal the caster at all levels.
• Reworked "Pressure Point" to consume pigment before dealing damage to enemies.
• Hans can now appear as a free fool in the Far Shore.
• Boyle can now appear as a free fool in the Far Shore.

Enemy Balance

• "Starvation" now has a 50% chance to inflict 2 frail to the Ouroboros to incentivize attacking after Starvation has been performed.
• Increased the Likelihood of Heaven performing "Come Home".
• "Decompose" now deals 5-20 self damage.
• The Charcarrion no longer exhausts the players abilities when "Fatalism" is triggered. Fatalism no longer consumes all overflow.

Item Balance

• Rebalanced "Fishing Rods" item pool. (It is still amazing, don't worry.)
• Increased "Colon Coins" consume chance to 4%
• Decreased "Take a Penny, Leave a Penny"s consume chance to 4%.

Quest Balance

• Mordrake can no longer appear until Bimini, Gospel and Leviat have been unlocked.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Anton's quest would encounter a critical error if you payed him over 10 coins before we decreased his initial hiring cost.
• Fixed an issue where items gained over the inventory cap would not be added correctly.
• Upon death enemies no longer display "All Status Removed".
• Mordrake no Longer need to be spoken to twice to complete his quest.
• "Effigy of the Mettle Mother" Now properly prevents fire from decreasing.
• Fixed a layering issue in Thype's overworld room.
• Fixed a minor issue with the overworld boss portal sprites that only Maceo would ever care about because it really wasn't a big deal but was just bugging me so badly seriously a bunch of pixels were the wrong colour how did I manage to screw that up.
• Improved layering in Smoothskin's boss Arena.
• Improved layering in the Garden's combat background.
• Improved layering in the Roid's boss Arena.
• Improved layering in the Mobius boss Arena.
• When attacking an enemy or party member with Divine protection 0 damage will no longer be displayed if the damage is direct.

Typo

• Reworded "Come Home" to make its effect more clear.
• Reworded "The Scars Weep" to make its effect more clear.
• Reworded "Reclaim Conviction" to make its effect more clear.
• Reworded Osman Sinnoks' Decay description clearer.
• Reworded Body Scream's description to make it more accurate to its function.
• Fixed a typo in "Domination".
• Fixed a typo in "Marrow Lust".
• Fixed a typo in "Body Scream".
• Fixed an issue where Bronzo would be referred to as Bronze upon completing his quest.
• Fixed a typo is the passive effect "Messiah's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Bloating Coffers" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Brigade of Dis" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Czech Hedgehog" Description.
• Fixed a typo in "The Scars Weep".
• Fixed a typo in "Reclaim Conviction".
• Fixed a typo in the "Ideal form of Trash" flavour text.
• Fixed a typo in "Peg Legs" description.

[ 2022-02-05 22:36:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome back!
Art by the incredibly talented Gloom Dude: https://twitter.com/ElmanoloC Deep within the Garden the Giggling Minister is waiting. This new enemy has some terrifying tricks up his sleeve, but also comes with a fantastic music track that you may recognize from Brutal Orchestra's trailer. We have been listening to your feedback and have updated Brutal Orchestra to include a new option to skip combat animations and an option to skip Brutal Orchestra's cinematics as well as many other changes. We have lots more planned so keep an eye out! If you have been enjoying Brutal Orchestra and want to see more updates like this and larger content updates in the future make sure to drop us a review on Steam! And now, the changelog. Content

• Added the Giggling Minister, a new enemy found in the Garden.
• Added a new music track to accompany the Giggling Minister.

Features

• Party side Field Effects now display their duration at all times.
• Abilities that change values over time such as "Punch" and "Tears" now display their updated values when hovering over the party member that performs them.
• Added Cloud Save functionality.
• Added Linux support.
• Added an option to skip combat animations, making the game much faster.
• Added an option to skip cinematics by moving the mouse over the bottom part of the screen and selecting "Skip".
• Size 2 enemies placement in the overworld is now more accurate to their placement in combat.

Character Balance

• Changed "Fumes" to cost 1 blue pigment instead of a yellow at levels 3 and 4.
• Changed "Maw" to cost an additional purple pigment at levels 2,3 and 4.
• Changed "Huff" to cost 1 yellow pigment at all ranks.
• Changed "Blow" to cost to 2 red pigments at ranks 3,4.

Enemy Balance

• Increased Osman Sinnoks Health to 80. Reduced Osman and Sinnoks health to 60.
• Boss "Super Attacks" will skip their animation if the ability misses.
• Added two dead Mung at Mobius side to convey his size more clearly.

Item Balance

• Changed "Lycanthopes Core's" damage to 7.
• Reworked "Shard of Nowak" to work on Immortal party members.
• Fixed "Fist Full of Ash".
• Fixed "Colon Coins".

BugFixes

• Fixed an issue where Bronzo wouldn't actually give the player money at the end of his questline.
• Fixed a softlock that would occur when gaining too many items at the end of combat.
• Fixed "Spiked Collar" and "Tondal's Vision" having their achievement art reversed in-game.
• Fixed "Plot Amour's" achievement being purple instead of orange in-game.
• Fixed Garden overworld props sometimes incorrectly facing away from the horizon.
• Fixed Cinematic text going offscreen on certain resolution monitors.
• Fixed Smoothskin's ambience being too loud.
• Fixed Gospel's "Inspire" ability to no longer visually target the right ally.
• Fixed attack's like "Vengeance" and "Pressure Guts" so they now play their animations at the correct times.
• Fixed "Gulp" not moving the enemy if it failed to consume a pigment.
• Fixed some of Trigger Finger's abilities not properly displaying that they will move him.
• Fixed strange white pixels appearing behind longliver in the party selection menu.

Typo

• Added additional dialogue to make it clear that the lost dog flavour NPC doesn't have an associated quest.
• Improved Leviat's "Discipline" and "Unravel" ability descriptions.
• Fixed a small typo is Osman's dialogue.
• Fixed "Serpent's Head's" description to accurately reflect its chance to trigger.
• Fixed a typo in the ability "Oil".
• Fixed a speaker reference during Ichor's dialogue.
• Fixed "Extrusion" and "Intrusion" being incorrectly specific.
• Fixed a typo in Smokestacks "Huff" ability.
• Fixed a typo in Arnold's "Punch" ability.
• Improved Linked's description to make its effect more clear.
• Fixed a typo in "Modern Medicine's" description.
• Improved "Head of Scribe's" description to be more accurate to it's function.
• Fixed a typo in "Divine Mud's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Blue Bible's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Defaced Scripture's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Defective Rounds'" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Grumpy Gump's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Lucky Helmet's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Peg Leg's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "RAM's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Shard of Nowak's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Tainted Apple's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "the Apple's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "The First Born's" description.
• Fixed a typo in "Trepanation's" description.

[ 2022-01-07 22:22:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Merry Christmas Eve!
We have been hard at work over the past week fixing lots of issues that cropped up after launch. We were not able to get to every issue that we are aware of as the holidays are a hard time to work and we want to make sure we are spending time with our families especially after how crazy launch was. Keep an eye out for future updates! Content

• Added new Flavour NPCs to the Far Shore.

Character Balance

• Reduced amount of coins required to unlock Anton from 25 to 10
• Changed Splig to consider abandoned party members as dead. (Sorry Retromation.)

New Features

• Added Right Click functionality so players can add/remove pigment to/from pigment costs faster.

UI Changes:

• Moved Lucky blue pigment UI to the left of the Perform Ability button, so the Fill All button is bigger
• Made Combat menu button a bit smaller so overflow text does not overlap with it.
• Added text feedback whenever the player is going to use wrong mana
• On the Rank Up Menu, now the upper arrow pointing towards the right will be hidden when the selected character is at level max.
• Limited space in the Continue Button in the confirmation UI Panel

Balance:

• Changed the layering on Trigger Finger's combat grid to make it easier to target Trigger Fingers correctly.
• Brightened Osmans combat grid to make it more clear the entire combat grid is still present.
• Tweaked Parry to keep its relation to Takedown more consistent
• Reworked Expire to no longer use rupture and be completely blocked by shields
• Tweaked Takedown to be slightly stronger.
• Tweaked Skewer to make its damage less insane.
• Tweaked Cleanse to no longer heal for zero.
• Tweaked Amalgam to be slightly stronger.
• Reworked Conversion to be less consistent but have higher healing potential.
• Will be a bit harder to encounter a 5 Music Man group. *Maceo frowns in the distance.*
• Reworked Wrath to be more useful.
• Killing enemies with the SLAP! ability will now count as a Slap kill.
• Trigger Fingers no longer has skittish.
• Misery now moves Trigger Fingers to the left or right.
• ShellShocked now moves Trigger Fingers to the left or right.
• Blindfire has a 50% chance of moving Trigger Fingers to the left or right.
• Decreased the likelyhood of Mobius performing "Spear-Fishing".
• "Decompose" can no longer roll values under 10.

Item Rebalance:

• Fixed Take a penny, leave a penny item to properly lose currency. Increased the chance to consume the item from 2% to 5%
• Reworked First born to also apply frail party member and enemies separately.
• Reworked Shard of Nowak to prevent party member's with Immortal from using it. "Sorry Bimini."
• Fixed Iron Necklace to work as intended.
• Reduced Stigmata base trigger percentage from 20% to 10%
• Reduced Serpents Head trigger percentage from 40% to 20%
• Changed Ampoule's shop price from 2 to 8

BugFixes:

• Fixed bug where anchored units could be swapped around with some abilities.
• Fixed bug where some Pigment in the pigment bar were the wrong color after using a randomizing ability.
• Fixed bug where Trigger Fingers on-beat background did not turn entirely dark at the end of the song.
• Changed save file name and improved the Save system a bit so some players don't have a weird bug where saving softlocks the game.
• Fixed bug where paying certain NPC would not remove the player's currency at all.
• Fixed bug where a portal icon was not showing the corrent image after talking to certain NPC.
• Fixed bug where Heaven's Passive abilities were not showing once it came back to the fight.
• Fixed Missing Dimitri ability art
• Fixed small issue with zone 3 corpses.
• Numerous overworld layering improvements
• Fixed max leveled Pressure Point missing its icon.
• Removed Z-axis movement from Wraths animation.
• Fixed music man solo death transition .
• Sepulchre cannot spawn another Sepulchre anymore. "We are so sorry for any Sepulchre related accidents. It was fun the first time but not the seventh."

Typo:

• Fixed a typo in withering's description.
• Edited Stiches description to be more accurate the the abilities function.
• Fixed a typo in the interlude.
• Made Lump of Lamb's description more clear.
• Renamed "Skewer" to "Spear-Fishing".
• Fixed a typo on Unstable's description
• Made Clives Pigment cost for pressure point not flip.
• Added Transfusion to the glossary.

[ 2021-12-24 18:13:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minor graphical fix.

[ 2021-12-17 21:16:04 CET ] [ Original post ]