Thank you to everyone who reached out with bug reports and feedback! We're working hard to make your gameplay experience as smooth and enjoyable as possible. This first-day patch focuses primarily on fixing game-breaking bugs and addressing major outliers in difficulty. We're keeping a close eye on balance and will be making more fine-tuned adjustments in future updates. We will be making more informed decisions as we collect more gameplay data. Please dont hesitate to share your thoughts, feedback, or any issues you encounter were listening!

Patch Notes v1.0.2

Mechanics & Balance

• Made Galaxius Easius much easier.
• Slightly decreased the spawn rate of Faultees on the reinforcement mission.
• Slightly decreased the spawn rate of Planet Sproutera (desert) aliens.
• Slightly increased the spawn rate of Planet Darkus (dark) aliens.

Bugfixes

• Fixed cards getting stuck in the middle of the screen if you kill a mutation quickly after you spawn it.
• Fixed game getting stuck on the Lonlee boss if bombs explode and kill units out of vision.
• Fixed game getting stuck at the end of the tutorial level if you loaded a save to the tutorial level. (If you have a save file remaining from the last version, you'll need to abandon the run.)
• Fixed action granted by card upgrades not working (for example Mutagen+).
• 21:9 and 16:10 resolution options should now show up in the settings correctly.
• Fixed a few tooltip errors.
  
  
  [ 2025-04-15 08:41:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, fellow Clonees! What began as a humble school project back in 2019 has grown into something far beyond what we ever imagined. After years of hard work, countless late nights, and more [strike]coffee[/strike] tea than wed like to admit, were beyond excited to finally release Clonizer today! Over the years, Clonizer has gone through many changes, because we have. What started as a student project slowly evolved, as we leveled up our skills, redrawn our visuals, rewrote our code (again and again), and found our voice as creators. Its been a long road, but were proud to say: its ready. Though our core team is just two people, weve never been alone in this journey. Were incredibly grateful to the talented folks who helped us along the way with VFX, sound design, music, publishing, and more and to you, our community, for your encouragement, feedback, and bug reports, as we built this adventure full of color, silly humor, and happily exploited Clonees. To everyone whos been waiting patiently all these years thank you for your trust and your support. You kept us going. We cant wait for you to explore what weve built. We definitely poured all our hearts into it, and we hope it makes you smile.

Check out our free post-release poster:

A Word from our Publisher: Rogue Duck Interactive!

Clonizer is definitely one of our most polished releases by far. We are glad to be publishing a title like this, alongside our previous deckbuilder releases Dice & Fold and Pairs & Perils; Clonizer became one of the most fun and deep strategies in our library. After you enjoy Clonizer, give Kingdom's Deck's free demo a try, which will come out in 2 weeks! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2655590/Kingdoms_Deck/

Get Clonizer on Steam Now at 20% discount, for a limited time!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2449450/Clonizer/

[ 2025-04-14 08:19:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, fellow Clonees!

Were thrilled to share some exciting updates on what weve been up to since the demo release and give you a glimpse of whats in store as we approach the full release of Clonizer! Heres a breakdown of the progress and new features you can look forward to:

What was in the Demo?

In the demo, you had access to:

• 30 cards and 30 goodies
• 4 planets to explore as you hunted for the coordinates of the elusive DUPE Planet

Whats Coming in the Full Release?

Brace yourself for a galaxy of upgrades:

• Over 65 cards and 55 goodies to choose from
• 7 planets to go through in a journey, with 3 additional planets in the rotation
• A new mission packed with fresh challenges
• 3 unique boss fights to test your wits and strategy
• A ramping difficulty system to keep you hooked
• Tons more events and surprises!

And heres the best part: all of this is ready and waiting for you!

But that's not all!

Were currently working on the next big addition:

• A brand-new spaceship, complete with its own unique:
• 60 cards
• Goodies
• New mechanics to take your Clonizing strategy to the next level

Were also implementing many of your amazing suggestions, fixing bugs, and adding those extra polish touches that will make Clonizer shine like a freshly cloned DUPE. Were so excited about the journey ahead and cant wait for you to experience everything weve been working on. Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being part of this incredible adventure! Happy Clonizing, CLONPO management - "All for CLONPO, CLONPO for you!"

[ 2024-11-28 07:30:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

During the Steam Next Fest, we have 4 free game demos up for you to try out. If you played a game published by Rogue Duck Interactive before, you probably love replayable strategy games! Let me start introducing our games, during the Next Fest, download the demos you are interested and become part of the development by giving us your valueable feedback.

New Next Fest Strategy Demos

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517440/Mini_City_Mayhem/ A city builder where you race against time to build your city! Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/ A memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3056580/HEXAROMA_Village_Builder/ Build your charming medieval hexagon village in this city-builder. Strategize the best hexagon island placements. Place the building pieces strategically, and grow your village and your tiny island. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3204250/Lost_But_Found/ A combination of a job simulator & hidden object game. In a top-down table, you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. That's all we have for this Next Fest, we hope you found something you like. In that case, wishlist the games to stay in the loop!

Other Strategy Demos

Additionally, we have other demos, that's not participating in this edition of the Next Fest yet, but soon. Check them out too. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2449450/Clonizer/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2655590/Kingdoms_Deck/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2945950/Dice_n_Goblins/ Have a strategy-filled Next Fest event, everyone! Follow us on our social media so you don't miss free strategy goodies!

[ 2024-10-14 17:00:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Let's celebrate upcoming indie strategy games together! During the Steam Next Fest, we have 4 free game demos up for you to try out. If you played a game published by Rogue Duck Interactive before, you probably love replayable strategy games! Let me start introducing our games, during the Next Fest, download the demos you are interested and become part of the development by giving us your valueable feedback.

New Next Fest Strategy Demos

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517440/Mini_City_Mayhem/ A city builder where you race against time to build your city! Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/ A memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3056580/HEXAROMA_Village_Builder/ Build your charming medieval hexagon village in this city-builder. Strategize the best hexagon island placements. Place the building pieces strategically, and grow your village and your tiny island. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3204250/Lost_But_Found/ A combination of a job simulator & hidden object game. In a top-down table, you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. That's all we have for this Next Fest, we hope you found something you like. In that case, wishlist the games to stay in the loop!

Other Strategy Demos

Additionally, we have other demos, that's not participating in this edition of the Next Fest yet, but soon. Check them out too. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2449450/Clonizer/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2655590/Kingdoms_Deck/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2945950/Dice_n_Goblins/ Have a strategy-filled Next Fest event, everyone! Follow us on our social media so you don't miss free strategy goodies!

[ 2024-10-14 12:29:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Clonees! Our playtest concluded today. Thanks to you, we discovered many bugs and gathered a lot of feedback and data. We appreciate everyone who joined our playtest, and we want to remind you that you can reach out to us with your feedback anytime. Here are some graphs that you might find interesting:

[ 2024-05-27 13:35:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Clonees! We have just granted access to our playtest to everyone who signed up so far! You can now download and start playing! Please be aware that the playtest might feature game-breaking bugs, unbalanced build synergies, placeholder visuals, and other chaotic elements. Your feedback and reports will be invaluable in helping us fine-tune everything! Keep in mind that we are planning to keep the playtest open for a limited amount of time. If you haven't signed up before, you can still do so to be included on the next wave of testers. We are waiting for your feedback! Happy testing! If you need to reach out to us directly, feel free to use our Discord Channel or Steam Discussions. Thank you for your support!

[ 2024-05-08 19:01:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Loyal Clonees! CLONPO is gearing up for the approaching Early Access release by conducting a playtest, and we want you to be a part of it! You can now sign up for the playtest directly from our Steam page. We're aiming to kick off the playtest next week, and we're on the lookout for dedicated testers like you! Please be aware that the playtest might feature game-breaking bugs, unbalanced build synergies, placeholder visuals, and other chaotic elements. Your feedback and reports will be invaluable in helping us fine-tune everything! If you need to reach out to us directly, feel free to use our Discord Channel or Steam Discussions. Thank you for your support!

[ 2024-04-27 13:05:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Clonees! As we draw closer to our Early Access release, we're focusing more on the mechanics and balancing aspects of the game. Here are the changes reflected in the demo version:

Demo Patch Notes v0.5.6

Mechanics & Balance

• Musprouts now use an action to unburrow. Their health is reduced by 1. Their spawn rate is increased accordingly.
• FFOs now attack for a bit less damage on their first two attacks.
• Enemies spawn a bit further away from Clonizer on level starts. Enemy starting spawn powers are reduced slightly.
• On the Reinforcement mission, Faultee raids start weaker and grow stronger over time.
• Backup Shields is now common. AdaptoShield is rare. Reduced AdaptoShields shield rate.
• Decreased DUPE-Buffers shield by 1.
• MutaTank is buffed.
• Changed Craftees Hull Spray goody.

Player Experience

• Improved sound effects.
• Tip shown before a level starts is now visible for longer.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the game to get stuck on the loading screen when an Extermination mission takes place in Desert Planet.
• Fixed some props not appearing correctly on Reinforcement mission.
• Craftee Hull Spray no longer adds another +30 hull whenever the game is loaded from a save.
• Abandoning when on the galaxy map works properly again.

[ 2024-04-16 18:46:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

As we joined the #TurnBasedThursdayFest, we wanted to address one of the most common feedback we received during our demo period, which was how each mission felt very similar to each other: They eventually all boiled down to moving Clonees to certain places on the map. This changes now! We reworked all three missions to each have their unique identity, playstyle, and feeling. And we aim to add new missions to the game as we move forward. We highly recommend to you to check them out! Below are the combined notes from both versions v0.5.4 and v0.5.5. We've released them only a few days apart.

Patch Notes v0.5.5

Mechanics & Balance

• Replaced Shield Generators mission with a new Reinforcements mission.
• Reworked DUPE Collect mission completely.
• Reworked Training Camp mission into Extermination.
• Rebalanced and reworked many cards.
• Added 15+ goodies to the demo. Changed CLONPO-Air goody.
• Clonee Monument now has a range of 1.

Player Experience

• Mutation cards no longer glow if there isnt a mutatable unit on the planet. Damage cards do not stop the end turn button from filling if there isnt a valid visible enemy.
• Swapped the position of abandon and return buttons on the pause menu.
• During the ranged attack targeting, color of FFOs and unit health bars are now dimmed correctly.
• When multiple units get in line to fight, dying units will now fall behind fighting units.

Bugfixes

• Playing Chili Pepper on MutaCube no longer breaks the game.
• Moving the camera no longer causes the cards to hover/unhover incorrectly.
• Pressing the confirm button multiple times on the goody swap interface no longer causes issues.
• If the first Faultee encountered is Super Faultee at the Teleportal mission, it no longer triggers Cloneestructor dialogue, causing a weird visual bug.

[ 2024-04-06 16:23:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

While there are many ongoing developments for the full version in the background, we've updated the demo as well to reflect the changes. In this rather significant update, we aimed to address an issue that many of you voiced concerns about: there was something wrong with FFOs! The most significant pain point seemed to be that FFOs were attacking for a large portion of your maximum hull, creating a feeling of having nothing to do but defend. When the cards didn't come your way, losing half of your hull in a single attack was undoubtedly frustrating. To address this issue, we've reduced both the damage of attacks and the shield values of cards. We believe that this adjustment should alleviate the frustration of constantly feeling the need to defend while maintaining the challenge and not making the game overly easy. Please let us know what you think about it!

Patch Notes v0.5.3

Mechanics & Balance

• Decreased the shield value of many cards.
• Decreased the FFO damage. It also now starts ramping up much later.
• One Construction Guide is now guaranteed to spawn adjacent to Clonizer.
• Clonee upgrades now grant Quickfeet - first movement doesnt cost action, instead of +1 health.
• Alien spawn rate is decreased.
• FFO attack hits after aliens move.

Bugfixes

• Fixed not being able to drag units (happened randomly, hotfixed last patch).
• If you have both Broken Clock & Construction Helmet and Clonee spawns on the Clonizers tile, it no longer gains extra HP.
• UI elements no longer are clickable when the loading screen is moving, potentially leading to unintended situations.
• Fixed an issue where the game could freeze if enemy units try to move into tiles that are full.
• Plasmarifle Programs continuation event no longer can be encountered normally.
• If an FFO fails to spawn because its tile is full, it no longer stays at the tile forever.

[ 2024-03-11 12:03:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Loyal Clonees of CLONPO! Clonizer is taking part in the Steam Next Fest with a playable demo. Don't forget to check it out! We will also be broadcasting Clonizer gameplay during the Steam Next Fest! Feel free to tune in anytime. We would love to hear your feedback and ideas! Please use our Discord Channel or Steam Discussions to reach us.

[ 2024-02-06 22:37:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Loyal Clonees of CLONPO! Clonizer is taking part in the Steam Next Fest with a playable demo. Don't forget to check it out! We will also be broadcasting Clonizer gameplay during the Steam Next Fest! Feel free to tune in anytime. We would love to hear your feedback and ideas! Please use our Discord Channel or Steam Discussions to reach us.

[ 2024-02-02 15:07:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Clonees, Clonizer Demo is out! This time with tweaked shield & FFO mechanics, more content, and many improvements! Here are some highlights from the patch notes:

• FFOs now always attack every other turn.
• Shields only reset after an FFO attack ends.
• New cards and blueprints are added to the demo pool.
• Faster end turn animations and camera movements.
• Big revamp of music and sound effects.
• Lots of balance tweaks & quality of life improvements

For the full list of changes, you can check out the patch notes section from in-game! Don't hesitate to check our demo out! And please let us know what you think about it. You can use our Discord Channel or Steam Discussions to reach us.

[ 2024-01-27 15:42:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Loyal Clonees of CLONPO! We are proud to announce that Clonizer is taking part in Steam's Strategy Fest with a playable demo! Our space expeditions are available for a limited time, as part of the event. CLONPO's magnificent contract takes place from Aug 28 to Sept 4! Expeditions will end shortly after the event finishes. Do not forget to sacrifice your employees for CLONPO's benefit while you can!

[ 2023-08-29 10:33:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Clonees! Land of the Crescent - Games From Turkey event has just ended! We are thrilled by how many of you played the demo! Considerable amount of you played it for more than three hours! For such limited content, CLONPO management was not expecting this at all. Thank you so much! As this was our first time releasing our demo, we received a lot of feedback. We have already started working on them and you can see some of it on the patch notes below. Expect to hear fresh ideas and more squashed bugs soon! Also, our demo is going to be available a little while longer, so feel free to embark on another expedition while you can!

Patch Notes v0.4.2 - 20 August 2023 - Including hotfixes during v.0.4.1

Mechanics & Balance

• Slightly decreased the distance Teleportals spawn from the spaceship (at the final mission of the demo).

User Experience

• Now there is an option inside gameplay settings to lock the cursor to the game window.
• Each music now has its own victory and defeat jingles.
• Small improvements on the audio systems.

Bugfixes

• Potentially fixed the issue that rarely caused the game to get stuck on Sprouteras heatwave turns. Please report if it still happens.
• Potentially fixed the issue that causes the game to crash when the planet explanation videos are shown. Please report if it still happens.
• If an alien spawns on top of a Clonee with a Plasmagun, the game no longer gets stuck on the tutorial dialogue about how to use a Plasmagun.
• Super Faultees no longer fail to fire their Plasmagun at the end of the turn they spawned.
• Raw DUPE no longer can be invisible on its first turn.
• Mutating a Clonee with HP providing bonuses such as Space Saber no longer causes it to lose the HP gained by it. Instead, HP gained by these bonuses will be restored fully.
• Turkish font and localization fixes.

[ 2023-08-20 20:48:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Attention Clonees! Get ready for a space expedition to "Clonize" the universe! We are happy to announce that we are taking place in the event, Land of the Crescent: Games From Turkey! It takes place from August 17th to 20th.
Our demo is going to be publicly available throughtout the event! Pack your space suits and get ready for the expedition of your lives!

[ 2023-08-17 14:39:28 CET ] [ Original post ]