Hey Cat Crew!

Ive just rolled out a major Beta Update for Replicat! This update is currently only available on the "Replicat Beta" branch. If you want to join the playtest, hop into Replicat Discord and apply for access!

This Beta version is where I experiment with fresh mechanics, cards, and curio. So expect to see some half-baked ideas and temporary art as I iterate and playtest. Your feedback is super important right now!

New Feature: Item Locking in the Shop!

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You can now lock shop items to save them for future visits! Just drag and drop your favorite items into the locking circle, and theyll stick around for your next trip to the shop. (But beware: their price will go up by +25% each round you keep them locked!)

Introducing 3 New Curios!

These new curios interact with the item locking mechanic in fun ways:

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Skeleton Key: If you lock an item for 5 rounds, its automatically added to your deck!

Music Vault: Lets you lock two shop items at the same time.

Fruitful Tree: Locked items get 10% cheaper each round theyre locked!

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Balancing Notes

After a few runs, it seems like locking items makes the game a bit easier. To balance things out, once you lock an item, you cant get rid of it unless you buy it. This keeps the mechanic from being too powerful, but Im open to your suggestions!

We Want Your Feedback!

What do you think about the new item locking system and curios? Is it too easy, too hard, or just right? Let us know in the comments or over on Discord!

Thanks for helping us make Replicat the best jazzy cat deckbuilder out there! Happy matching, and may the meows be ever in your favor!

Replicat Discord

[ 2025-07-11 14:31:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi hi hi!

Major update here.

Bunch of fixes and improvements.

From now on, I'll be focusing on adding new stuff to the game.

But these new stuff will be in the Playtest Version of the game.

If you want access to the Playtest Version, join our discord and #apply-for-playtest.

New big thing added to the Playtest Version with this update is the Score Log.

You can now view how you earned moves, gold and score from cards and curios during or after the round.

BUGFIXES:

• Quit Game during boss reward pick leaves the screen visible behind main menu

• Add 2 Negative Pairs Boss Modifier Text Fix: "Cards" should be "Card pairs"

• 2% score goal essence showing incorrect values in the tooltips

• Loading Revealed cards not working, revealed card doesn't get matched properly

• Helping hand scoring wrong in some circumstances

• An attempt to fix Linux Splash Screen

• Dirty Whistle Blower showing markdown tags like

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Additional tooltips only show when necessary. This was confusing some people.

• In the hand, cards in the bg had their tooltips only partially visible. Now they show up below the cards.

• Holding down the click on cards and then moving away don't register it as a click on the card now.

• Card Update: Blue card starting with 100 and scoring less with each reveal now starts at 120.

• Score Log! ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE PLAYTEST VERSION

• When you win a run, we now show "New Difficulty Unlocked" text

• Only show "Cat Purring Stampede" during scoring now

• Accessibility section in the settings

• Color info tooltips toggle

• Background effects to disable main menu scrolling

• Minor adjustments in boss modifiers

Replicat Discord

[ 2025-06-26 14:42:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! Next Fest has officially wrapped up, and what an amazing ride it's been for Replicat! The response from the community has been absolutely overwhelming, and I wanted to share some exciting milestones we hit together.

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The Numbers That Made Us Purr

• 1,500+ new wishlists - You incredible humans really showed up for our jazzy cat deckbuilder!

• 50+ streamers played and shared Replicat with their communities

• 50+ demo reviews earned us that coveted "Very Positive" rating

• Invaluable feedback from players who really "got" what we're building

Special Shoutout: The Royal Writ Collaboration

One of the highlights was our collaboration with The Royal Writ team! It was absolutely delightful watching players discover the connection between our games when they spotted the king card in Replicat representing The Royal Writ's main character. These kinds of indie dev partnerships make the community feel truly special.

Please make sure to check their game out! [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333700/The_Royal_Writ/"][/dynamiclink]

What's Next: Your Feedback Drives Development

The feedback you provided during Next Fest has been incredibly insightful. Based on your suggestions and observations, I'm diving back into development with a clear roadmap for improvements and exciting new content additions, more cards, curios, and gameplay refinements are coming!

Fresh Updates Already Live

I've already pushed some immediate improvements based on your feedback:

Quality of Life Improvements:

• Enhanced Accessibility: Added color type information to card tooltips, making the game more accessible for colorblind players and clearer when special effect shaders are active

• UI Polish: Removed the confusing "new essence notification" from the end-round screen - it now only appears in the shop where you can actually use it

Bug Squashing:

• Fixed the "moves x 20" card interaction issue with certain curios that was setting moves to 0 at turn end

Content Updates:

• The Royal Deck has been retired (farewell, old friend!), but our beloved king card representing The Royal Writ stays as a permanent tribute to our collaboration

Thank You, Amazing Community!

To everyone who downloaded the demo, left a review, added Replicat to their wishlist, or simply shared their thoughts - thank you! Your enthusiasm for our cat-themed deckbuilder keeps the development fire burning bright.

The journey from demo to full release is going to be incredible, and I can't wait to share more updates, improvements, and surprises with you all.

Stay tuned for more development updates, and keep those wishlists coming!

Meow and out!

Join Replicat Discord

[ 2025-06-16 17:23:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

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Hello, fellow card-flippers and cat enthusiasts!

Its an incredibly exciting week, Replicat is officially part of Steam Next Fest! This festival is a huge milestone for me as a solo developer. Seeing my funky little cat game on the big stage is a dream come true, and I couldn't have gotten here without your early support.

If you have a moment this week, I would be so grateful if youd check out the updated demo. Every single wishlist and share with a friend helps more than you can imagine. It truly makes all the difference.

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3706490/Replicat_Demo/"][/dynamiclink]

Fresh Updates

I've been listening to your feedback and have been hard at work polishing things up for the festival. In the latest update, you'll find:

• Minor Bug Fixes: I've chased down and squashed some of those pesky bugs. Mostly visual bugs.

• Animation Polish: I've added some extra animations that would indicate money and move earns through cards.

• Quality of Life Features: A few small but important tweaks have been added to make your runs smoother. Things like using "Escape" to toggle settings ^^

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Replicat Goes Global!

I want to make Replicat accessible to as many players as possible around the world. I'm thrilled to announce that I've added support for three new languages:

• Portuguese

• Brazilian Portuguese

• Simplified Chinese

I hope this allows even more players to feel welcome and enjoy the game! Thanks everyone who contributed in translating the game.

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A Meow-jestic Crossover with "The Royal Writ"!

One of the best parts of being an indie dev is connecting with other creators. Thats why Im so excited to announce a special collaboration for Next Fest with the lovely developer of another amazing deckbuilder, The Royal Writ!

Their game is a beautiful and charming medieval roguelike deckbuilder, and I knew I had to do something fun with them. To celebrate, weve exchanged a little piece of our worlds:

• Keep your eyes peeled for a new, very distinguished card in Replicat... you might just find The King from The Royal Writ on your board!

• And if you play their demo, you might spot some familiar feline friends! My cats have found their way into their game as Repka, The Tilemaker.

Please do me a huge favor and check out their demo. It's a fantastic game and deserves all the love.

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3710820/The_Royal_Writ_Demo/"][/dynamiclink]

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Play The Royal Deck - A Next Fest Exclusive!

Ive created an exclusive new starting deck that will only be available for the duration of Steam Next Fest!

This special deck is built around The King himself and is packed with a wild, chaotic mix of cards. Its designed to show off some of the crazier combos you can pull off in Replicat and is my way of celebrating this fun collaboration and Next Fest.

This deck will vanish once Next Fest concludes, so be sure to jump in and give it a spin while you can!

Join the Community & Help Me Improve!

Next Fest is an amazing opportunity for me to gather feedback and make Replicat the best it can be. As a solo developer, your thoughts, ideas, and bug reports are my most valuable resource. After youve had a chance to play, I would be so grateful to hear what you think!

The best place to share your feedback and hang out with other players is my Discord server. Please feel free to come say hello, share your cool builds, and help me shape the future of the game.

Join the Replicat Discord

Thank you again for all your incredible support. It truly means the world.

Happy matching!

[ 2025-06-09 17:00:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! Weve just rolled out a new update for Replicat, and Im excited to share whats new! Controller Support (Alpha) The headline feature for this update is controller support! You can now kick back and play Replicat from start to finish with your favorite gamepad. This is an alpha versionits fully functional, but not yet perfectly polished. For the best UX, Ill need to revisit and tweak the UI specifically for gamepad mode in a future update. For now, its all about letting you enjoy Replicat from the comfort of your couch! Steam Deck: Controller support should also work on Steam Deck, though I havent been able to test it myself. If you try it out, Id love to hear your feedback! Some players have mentioned the game already works well with touchnow you can choose whichever control style you prefer. Bug Fixes Alongside controller support, this update includes a bunch of minor bug fixes to make your gameplay smoother. June Is a Huge Month for Replicat! Upcoming Events TurnBasedThursday Fest (June 2nd): Replicat will be featured alongside awesome titles like Baldurs Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Best Indie Games Showcase (June 3rd): Im thrilled for Replicat to be part of this eventfingers crossed for some extra visibility! Steam Next Fest (June 9th): The big one! Ill be working hard to fix bugs and listen to all your feedback during the festival. Thank you all for your support and feedbackits what helps Replicat grow and improve. Please try out the new controller support and let me know what you think, especially if youre playing on Steam Deck! Stay tuned for more updates, and see you at the festivals! Lets make June a purrfect month for Replicat! Wishlist, play, and share your feedback!

[ 2025-06-01 18:54:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Well, we are getting close to a demo build. I still have some more bugs and quality of life updates I need to make. But I think the game is approaching to a state where I can release a demo and reach out to bigger youtubers. So this probably means I will take some actions around making the Playtest version private. Also in this version, you will realize I am adding some roguelike "unlocking" mechanics. So, not all of the cards and curios will be available at the beginning. And after you lose or win a run, you will earn experience and you will unlock cards and curios when you level up. In later levels, you might see some cards and curios you didn't see before. They were already in the game but because I disabled the experience system, you didn't see some of them before. I also tried to test and fix a bunch of stuff regarding saving/loading but because of the nature of the game, there are so many edge cases which are introducing bugs. Please keep me informed about the bugs and we'll make sure the demo version will be robust. After I get the demo version out and convinced that it has not too many bugs, I will focus on improving the game. Adding more cards and curios, more modifiers, some neat features like "locking a curio", seeing the collection of curios in a wider UI, etc... I'll also be creating a new channel on our discord to get started with the localization. I very much appreciate anyone who would like to translate the game to their native language. If you are interested, here's a discord invite: https://discord.gg/6HMpgT8mXC CHANGELOG:

• BUGFIX: Double buying is possible
• BUGFIX: Victory screen showing a greenbar in front of the cards
• BUGFIX: scrolling curios with arrows skipping some curios
• BUGFIX: Scrolling the deck while using an essence messes with the scale of the card
• BUGFIX: Boss reward hitbox is way too tall
• BUGFIX: You can apply essences behind the essences/burn area
• BUGFIX: AUTO 30 card shows on top of other cards in discard pile
• BUGFIX: Fixed a handful of bugs regarding save/load system
• BUGFIX: Bunch of description fixes
• IMPROVEMENT: Now players can levle up and unlock new cards and curios
• IMPROVEMENT: Nerfed dead wallet. Now cards cost double their price if you have negative money
• IMPROVEMENT: Score bar doesn't reset right after you win a round
• IMPROVEMENT: nerfed Long Burning Coal, changed $15 to $5
• IMPROVEMENT: Boss Modifier buffed-> -4 points per mismatch to be 0.5% ofscore goal per mismatch
• IMPROVEMENT: show a different color for unaffordable prices

[ 2025-04-21 17:35:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Alright, finally an update! Sorry, I wasn't able to roll an update last week. I don't want to go into too much detail, but awful things happening in my country, slowed me down a little bit. It was really difficult to concentrate on... anything. Well, I'm here now. Fixed a bunch of bugs, listened to your feedback. Improving the game and slowly heading towards a solid demo version. Yesterday, an unexpected thing happened. The one and only Aliensrock played my game on youtube. [previewyoutube=pqCbpHJ-IKk;full][/previewyoutube] I wasn't ready for this. I'm getting overwhelmed by the amount of bug reports and feedback but I'm also super excited about it! Join our discord everyone and drop those nasty feedback on my face! See you on the next updaaate. Changelog:

• BUGFIX: the dragonfruit sorbet text after a match looks a bit ugly (it's spread across 3 lines of text)
• BUGFIX: settings shown after game lost
• BUGFIX: $$$ cards not executing extra scores like points from essence multipliers
• BUGFIX: modifiers going out of the screen
• BUGFIX: on restart game, essence warning is not removed
• BUGFIX: On the menu for the cleaner deck, the gas mask item description goes offscreen
• BUGFIX: Save doesn't save run modifiers
• BUGFIX: Win sound too loud
• BUGFIX: new essence indicator is not removed when you go to essence screen through burn card button
• BUGFIX: double transition sound
• BUGFIX: during Victory Screen, deck view is broken
• BUGFIX: in the shop, when playing on difficulty II or higher, the bosses appear to have th diffculty modifier twice
• BUGFIX: mouse hover on boss in shop didn't show modifiers. oh it does show but it's empty
• boss image not removed
• BUGFIX: after shuffle delay too long
• BUGFIX: unnecessary wait between rewards at the end of round screen
• BUGFIX: savegame not saving no of burned cards and total rerolls
• IMPROVEMENT: Show tooltip of essences on end round screen
• IMPROVEMENT: show an icon on the card that proc'ed with curios like cheesecake shoes
• IMPROVEMENT: Domino District -> Reworked! Auto cards always play last and reveal a random card
• IMPROVEMENT: Long Burning Coal -> cost 70 -> 55
• IMPROVEMENT: Wildfire Matchbox -> cost 30 -> 45
• IMPROVEMENT: Added info about stats like no of cards revealed in the Boss Modifier descriptions
• IMPROVEMENT: letterbox improvements for different resolutions
• IMPROVEMENT: make essence warning more noticable

[ 2025-04-07 13:03:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi replicatters! This week my time was mostly spent on marketing stuff but I was able to do some dev. Not a big update here but fixed a few bugs and... Added Color Blind mode. It's not targeting different color blind types specifically atm, I will do that later. Right now all I'm doing is I'm adding patterns behind the cards so people can distinguish them. Here's an example of how cards look for different color blind types:
Patchlog: BUGFIX: $$$ cards not executing extra scores like points from essence multipliers BUGFIX: Some minor fixes on save system IMPROVEMENT: Some minor improvements in tooltips and localizations IMPROVEMENT: Color Blind mode!

[ 2025-03-20 12:45:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi hi hi! Quite big update here. First of all game has been doing great. A few small youtubers played the game and people on discord have been reporting bugs, destroying the game. Overflowing the int!?!?! Really? I played the game 1000 times and haven't managed to do that! Of course I fixed many many bugs, but let's start with the most important update:

THE PLAYTEST TOOL

You simply type "boratro" anywhere in the game to display the tool. Then you can;

• Change the round
• Modify your money
• Modify bosses
• Refresh shop for free
• Modify your deck, add/remove cards
• Add/remove curios to your collection
• Add/remove essences to your collection
• Unlock all playable decks
• Immediately win the round

BALANCE CHANGES

Slightly changed the money earning balance! Nerfed the Level Rewards which was getting super high late game. Buffed the Welcome Reward and Turns Left rewards. Hopefully, this will allow players to have more money in the early game and more balanced money in the late game. I also think this will add more meaning to the cards and curios which are bulit around earning money.

NEW BOSSES

Added new bosses and polished the boss appearing sequence! Now we have cool origami bosses that will challenge you every 3rd round.

INT OVERFLOW

People have been making crazy decks and scoring billion points which overflows the max amount and end up scoring negative points. I FIXED IT! It's not polished yet so you might end up seeing things like this:
Well, thanks everyone for helping out! We are doing really good and once I feel like I fixed enough bugs and the game is solid enough, I'll plan the content for the demo so we'll be ready for the upcoming Steam Festivals!

PATCHLOG

• IMPROVEMENT: PLAYTEST TOOL!
• IMPROVEMENT: Added new boss assets
• IMPROVEMENT: Polished boss appearing sequence
• IMPROVEMENT: Added some VFX on scoring and matching
• BUGFIX: Prevent Int overflowing with huge scores
• BUGFIX: Chipped tea cup + stay cards used together causing issues
• BUGFIX: Free reroll allowing free rolls after purchasing any cards
• BUGFIX: After losing the game, moves not resetting
• BUGFIX: Buying VIP Ticket cards not come upgraded
• BUGFIX: Visual line bug over the bottom cards
• BUGFIX: Spamming END TURN button scoring twice
• BUGFIX: Buying cards and curios increasing reroll cost
• BUGFIX: Jokers with essences not scoring points
• BUGFIX: Can still burn cards through deck view even if you're not allowed to burn cards with the curio effect
• BUGFIX: Reworded blue_mult_first and red_mult_prev cards
• BUGFIX: Melted crayon reroll cost behaviour and text typo
• BUGFIX: Save / continue doubling your deck
• BUGFIX: Quitting game in deck view not hiding the deck
• BUGFIX: Board not getting cleared on quit and continue
• BUGFIX: Scaling mult cards having too many floating point decimals
• BUGFIX: Mult essences on jokers not working
• BUGFIX: Hand shuffling not changing pair logic(example: jokers were not changing pairs)
• BUGFIX: Every 10th purple card bugged with auto purple cards
• BUGFIX: Hovering on modifiers making popup to stay giant

[ 2025-03-13 11:15:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Replicatters! It's been a good week for me. I received lots of bug reports from the community in our discord. Make sure to join there if you want to have a chat or drop feedback. Brainoid Discord A few youtubers played the game and I see the number of wishlists going up, makes me happy! I really enjoyed working on the fancy cards. They were hard to read before, now with some cool shaders, we can read what's written on them but also drag them around to see the cool holographic effects. [previewyoutube=HXmg2IHj_bc;full][/previewyoutube] Also, we decided to change the visuals of the bosses. They used to be blind drawings of spacey where she received some prompts from Twitch chat and drew these illustrations keeping her eyes closed. They were really funny as an inside joke but people didn't really understand what they were so we are replacing them, they will be missed:
And we are replacing them with Origami Animals! They will fit very well with the paper-style feel of the game. Someone in our community said they liked the bosses being shiny. For now, these origami bosses won't be shiny but I will consider trying them to be shiny and maybe even call them Shinygamis if that's not gonna violate any Japanese lore lol. So here's a preview of them:
I appreciate the help everyone! I'm improving the game day by day and I still need your help to test the game. Because of its depth and the deckbuilding mechanics, there are many many edge cases which are difficult to reproduce by myself. Reach out and report bugs please <3 PATCH LOG

• IMPROVEMENT: wishlist button on main menu
• BUGFIX: 75+75 card upgrading 1 round delay
• BUGFIX: Buying all curios freezes the game
• BUGFIX: You can still burn cards after buying rusty paperclip
• BUGFIX: Burn count and cost don't reset on second play
• BUGFIX: Helping hands curio doesn't work
• IMPROVEMENT: Change boss images (Still missing some boss images)
• BUGFIX: Chipped teacup breaks when fighting a boss with the "a random card is denied at the start of each turn
• BUGFIX: You can still press "end turn" even after you lose/win the game
• BUGFIX: Buying Melted Crayon doesn't immediately update Reroll to be $10
• BUGFIX: Fountain pen doesn't make REROLL free even though it's the first one when you JUST bought it
• BUGFIX: Curios trying to appear in Rewards even if there are no curios left to buy
• BUGFIX: Quickly returning from burn page after burning a card, increases the burn cost
• BUGFIX: Removed x3 gamespeed as it was causing issues
• IMPROVEMENT: Show minimum deck size when 13 pairs left in your deck
• IMPROVEMENT: Reworked some card colors
• IMPROVEMENT: Card dragging physics improved
• BUGFIX: Start round and start turn actions should be delayed on boss levels and they should wait for shuffle
• IMPROVEMENT: Zebrella shouldn't show up on last chapter

[ 2025-03-06 12:59:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! Thanks a lot for testing the Playtest version and the crazy amount of bug reports. I'm chuffed to see people are enjoying the game. I've been working on fixing the bugs, even sometimes on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/brainoidgames I finally replaced the horrible, hostile burn card sound which was playing a sad cat sound. Sorry for doing this so late. PERSONAL FUN UPDATE SECTION My neighbors were away on a holiday so their cat was with me all the time, she kept good company. She wanted to go outside but I couldn't let her go out because she is not used to coming back to my house. Enjoy her scratching the window, asking me to open it: https://youtube.com/shorts/oDlZTO1hR7s?si=t7xJUhJuAQDPBKp2 PATCH LOGS

• BUGFIX: Clicking on scoring cards move them back to the playing card container
• BUGFIX: Bosses don't reset when you restart the game
• BUGFIX: Small deck and +1 column modifier causing issues when you lose
• BUGFIX: Shuffling the board causes scaling issues on cards
• BUGFIX: burn cost cannot go higher than 20 goes higher visually(through a curio)
• BUGFIX: Not clearing boss image on restart
• BUGFIX: Essence saying both 1.25 and 1.2
• BUGFIX: essence tubes are misaligned
• BUGFIX: token of freedom works even if you spend your money
• IMPROVEMENT: replaced the sad cat sound when burning
• IMPROVEMENT: replaced the purchase and money earn sounds.
• IMPROVEMENT: Replaced all AI images of Victory Confetti
• IMPROVEMENT: Updated the flame icon on Burn Card Reward cards.

[ 2025-02-25 17:59:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! Thanks a lot for trying out Replicat Playtest version. I received lots of bug reports on the first day and tried to fix a bunch of em. It was a cozy snowy day in Istanbul so I enjoyed my bug fixing session today.
If you like the game, please get your friends to try it and make sure to get them wishlist it. Wishlist are super important for us! <3 Changelog: + Fixed curio icons wasn't displaying properly when they get triggered ingame + Fixed upgrading cards doesn't immediately upgrade the pair visually + Fixed an error where upgrading cards were acually upgrading the card blueprint which wasn't nice. + People with different resolutions struggled playing the game. For now, I added letterbox support. + Fixed a bug where hovering over a boss reward card was breaking its default position. + Fixed curio scroll arrows jumping too far + Shellow Man curio now works on the first turn as well + Fixed a bug where in win reward items, it was showing html tags like + Fixed jokers not copying the behaviour properly when they are the first on the match. + Fixed Auto cards and Bottle of Held Breath clashing + Fixed essence information not getting reset after use

[ 2025-02-19 17:32:45 CET ] [ Original post ]