Today we release the ːpumpkingːAutumn Seasonːpumpkingː update, another major update for Gremlins, Inc. that introduces new content and new features. A similar update for Gremlins vs Automatons will be released slightly later.

A. NEW FEATURES

• Player reputation is now actively used by the game During the ːsunnyemoːSummer Seasonːsunnyemoː, we have been collecting the data that we needed in order to properly setup the player reputation system. Now, after we received tens of thousands of scores that players gave to each other at the end of sessions, we are ready to turn the system on. How does it work? First of all, while reputation scores will be kept on the Amsterdam server cluster, the reputation scores will be reset on the Singapore servers. The reason for this is that while on the Amsterdam servers the scores were given with anonymous masks turned on, so that all scores were based purely on the actual player experience, the masks were turned off on the Singapore server. Now we see that sometimes it leads to strong players receiving negative scores just because they are strong players. Therefore, we will reset the reputation scores on the Singapore server, and from this season on we will turn the anonymous masks on. Secondly, starting from this season player reputation is fully integrated into the matchmaking system: your reputation is taken into consideration when you are waiting for a ranked or tournament session. Players with higher reputation have a priority in the queue, and are more likely to be matched together – while players with a negative reputation will have to wait longer. The system is not black and white, so the effect will be gradual. The lower player’s reputation, the longer delay in the ranked queue – up to the point where such player is able to play only with other players who also have negative reputations.
• Preliminary support for the upcoming second playing field Following this update, you may notice a few more options and switches in the game. For now, they do nothing – but they prepare the game for the introduction of the second playing field later in the season.
• Changeable hotkeys The game now has changeable hotkeys for the most common actions in the game - Show/hide card descriptions, show/hide Jail Rank, show/hide last action in the Visual Log, show/hide cards of your teammate, show/hide Gremlinopedia, show/hide game rules, take the biggest bribe available, highlight all player tokens.
• Search option A search option in the ranking ladder so that you can check the position of your friends. Now you only need to know the name, or just a part of the name, to find a player.
• Improvements in Inventory user interface There is now additional marking for the items in your Inventory that you don't have in your Collection yet. This makes it easier to spot what you are missing in your sets in order to complete the sets and claim your tradeable prizes. [ːnotebookː Consul-Loki]
• New special rule for using in mods “An Engine of Progress”, a special rule that was previously available only in the single-player challenge, now can be used in any mods. Its effect allows to any player in the session get extra points for playing three or more cards in one turn.

B. NEW CONTENT

• NEW CARDS
  • ːcardsː “Contraband”
  • ːcardsː “The Automated Banker”
• NEW IN-GAME ITEMS
  • ːpumpkingː “Rusty Clockwork” – Main menu background | Autumn season
  • ːpumpkingː “Rusty Melody” – Music | Autumn season
  • ːSneakyChestː “Good Luck” – Phrase | all-season set
  • ːSneakyChestː Blueprint “Supercup” | all-season set
  • ːHoly_Grailetː “Bomb-o-mat” – Special item | Tournament Set
  • ːHoly_Grailetː “Foil Ruffian” – Lobby icon | Tournament Set Prize (tradeable; once you earn this prize item, you can trade it on the Steam Community Market)
  • ːHoly_Grailetː “Foil Trophy Shelf” – Animated profile background | Tournament Set Prize (tradeable; once you earn this prize item, you can trade it on the Steam Community Market)
  • ːfireappleː “Collector” – Lobby icon | Special prize for unlocking all 100 achievements (tradeable; once you earn this prize item, you can trade it on the Steam Community Market)
  • ːvotesː “Supercup” – Tradeable consumable item (obtainable through crafting) | This item guarantees that the winner of the session (or the whole winning team) is awarded with a chest. Moreover, every spectator who watches the session until the end also gets a chance of scoring a chest. The more players and spectators the session has, the more chests are distributed at the end. This item can be used in custom multiplayer sessions that are set for 50+ rounds or for 25+ score points or for 60+ minutes. This item can be crafted by any player who owns Supercup’s blueprint. Crafting one Supercup requires 50 charges.

C. CHANGES

• Updated mechanics of global effects. Now when someone launches a global effect, it does not freeze the game until the effect is shown. Instead, the game continues to work as usual and the effect is shown after a brief delay.
• Changes in the calculation of score for ranked sessions – when a player leaves ranked session, and it is finished by a bot, this player will no longer earn any rating points at all. However, they will still lose points by paying the usual amount of points to every player above them.
• The effect of „Wait for opponents with a similar rating” tickbox is changed. Now, when activated, it forces matchmaking to use your actual rating, so you might wait longer in the ranked queue but your opponents will be with strictly +/- 10 rating points from yours. When the tickbox is not activated, the current cap of 115 points remains, and you will probably find opponents faster, but their rating might be significantly lower than yours.
• Those items that can be crafted from the blueprints no longer are available in the Boxes of Goods, which increases the chances of appearing of those items that can't be crafted.
• When a player should send a Misfortune to one of their opponents, those opponents who have an active "A Lucky Potion" permanent card (and therefore can avoid this Misfortune) will now be marked with a special symbol on their character portrait.
• Now you can open a Gremlinopedia page with any card by right-clicking on the name of that card in the visual log.
• When a Box of Goods of any rarity is opened, the received items will stay longer on the screen so the player had more time to see what was inside of the Box. [ːnotebookː Thainlex]
• The game will now attempt to add an item from a chest/box into a player's Inventory repeatedly until it is done, in case it didn't happen from the first attempt. This should eliminate the rare situations where sometimes, due to connectivity issues, players didn't receive their crafted items until we intervened manually.
• * The way how player names are ordered in the friend list (when you open it to invite a friend in your lobby) is changed. Now the list is separated into three categories, each in alphabetical order: 1) Players, who are online and have Gremlins, Inc. launched. 2) Players, who are online (they might play another game). 3) Players, who are offline. [ːnotebookː Sonmi]
• The rarity level of several items is changed. “The Battery” became uncommon (was common), “Automatic Dice-roller“ became rare (was uncommon).
• If player creates a custom multiplayer session, this player will no longer be able to join an ongoing session as a spectator.
• If a session was played with a mod, it will show the mod's name and the creator's name in the list of previous sessions. [ːnotebookː Thainlex]
• The option to use turn timer in single player sessions is disabled.
• Now the game remembers the state of each tab in your Collection (whether you left it collapsed or expanded). [ːnotebookː Consul-Loki]
• Personal notes and markers on players are now also shown in the personal list of previous sessions in player profile. [ːnotebookː Flibustier-USSR]
• Player's currently selected lobby icon is now visible in player profile.
• We increased scroll sensitivity in the list of workshop mods.

D. BALANCE CHANGES

• The Damned has a new ability - "Aggressor". If you win in a Player Conflict, get ːscoreː1 and ːmaliceː1.
• The Merchant has a new ability - "Buy and Sell". If you skip a turn, get $50.

D. FIXES

• Fixed an issue where the location/spot mechanics couldn't be used after teleporting with an "Anomaly" misfortune after playing 2 cards on the misfortune spot. [ːnotebookː Artikune]
• Fixed an issue where in some cases the "Tax Audit" misfortune effect didn't work properly with the Pauper's ability "Smooth sailing". [ːnotebookː Куда]
• Fixed an issue where the turn time limit information in a session with a mod can appear incorrectly in the session lobby. [ːnotebookː izmegul]
• Fixed an issue where the goal set information in a session with a mod can appear incorrectly in the session lobby. [ːnotebookː izmegul]
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip could sometimes “jump” to above and below the cursor when it's hovering over a player’s name or icon in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where the phrase "Nothing personal." was not working on the Amsterdam server. [ːnotebookː paranoy]
• Fixed an issue with the Workshop deck editor where, if all permanent cards are removed from the deck, following attempts to give a player an active permanent card results in appearing of an image of a non-existent card. [ːnotebookː bowbowboom]
• Fixed an issue with the Workshop deck editor where, if there are no cards of a specific type in the list of cards added to the deck, the bar next to the counter (that shows 0) is full, when it should be empty. [ːnotebookː bowbowboom]
• Fixed an issue where the decimal point could disappear on the profile button in the main menu and the rating is shown as an integer number that is 100 times more than the actual rating is. [ːnotebookː Privet20]
• Fixed an error in positioning of spots in the Spots category in the Gremlinopedia.
• Fixed an issue where in some situations it was possible to open an empty profile screen of a bot. [ːnotebookː Privet20]
• Fixed an issue with an inaccurate number of items in the general set in the Collection. [ːnotebookː Flibustier-USSR]
• Fixed an issue where, when viewing items in the Steam inventory, not all items have a large icon in their description. [ːnotebookː Grabnek]

F. KNOWN ISSUES