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Waiting For The Raven

Musclebird Developer

Musclebird Publisher

2020-08-13 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer EATags

Game News Posts: 18

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

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https://www.musclebirdgames.com/

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Waiting For The Raven - Linux [1.33 G]

Small Update - WFTR - 20/01/22

Tech Tree Issues Fixed
Strange bug in which killing faction leaders will not disband the faction
Bug which sometimes crashed them game when a property owner lost it's final property.
Plot window is now above "All Characters" window.

[ 2022-01-20 18:39:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.5 - UI Enhancements & Shorter Turns & Game Improvements

Many reviews of the game stated that the UI could be improved, so this update tries to fix it's issues as well as other additions that felt necessary!
Pass Turn wait time should be significantly shorter now, especially in late game!
Tech Progression window has been significantly improved!

Properties now have unique sounds to them when selected.
select agent from "all agents" will now allow you to sort by skill!
"Escape" should now hide the UI before leaving the map view
You are now able to control the "Ambience" volume (Rain / Wind / Etc...)
Property with an upgrade in progress will now have a unique icon to it.
Property with something in it's inventory will now have a unique icon to it.
Circular agent / task selection has been improved!
Customize Character will no longer hide "Opinion"
Prevent any sound from being spammed more than 3 times together.
"All Characters" window has been improved in terms of functionality and performance
Properties that get destroyed will no longer lose their ownership!
Employees will no longer whisper you about rumors that you plan to betray yourself (and other related events)
"Hover Models" (Mug for tavern) of your properties are now always visible on the map!
Now able to navigate between agents / properties with small "navigation arrows" next to it's portrait
Agent selection now has a small "Character Info" Button
Slightly less rain

[ 2022-01-04 17:40:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.3 - HOTFIX

Small bugfixes which relate to Update 1.3's additions. - Save file bug - Recruitment Pools - Misc fixes / Adjustments

[ 2021-11-20 13:18:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.3

We have recently returned focus back to Waiting For The Raven. A sandbox scenario has been requested since the game's Early Access days, it has now come!
You may unlock this chapter by completing one of the Oracles very early missions - "Research Business". We may improve upon this sandbox, using your suggestions and adding more mechanics / tension / survival / strategic options / paths. The game now allows you to customize any character: (Only available in the sandbox chapter)
and any faction:

To do so, press on the newly added Quill & Ink button in the Character / Faction - Info Windows:

We have implemented a new compression method to our build process, significantly decreasing its size on disk!
We have also updated the version of the engine this game runs on. Note 1: We do acknowledge an update that fixes recently reported bugs surely must come, and as soon as possible. Note 2: New bugs / glitches / issues may appear after the recent implementation, we may only ask you to please be patient with us since our development resource is somewhat small.

[ 2021-11-18 16:27:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.22

Changes

Fixed SSOF Expedition dialogues so the player will never be stuck due to lack of resources or any other reason

Recruiting agent quest will now tick the objective if the player had already recruited one employee

The options menu will no longer look blurry

Added an option to toggle fullscreen / windowed.

Quest information could be viewed in full screen by pressing the ? button next to the quest description

Information about Ceasars Cypher in the book has been corrected.

A Bug which did not allow the player to ditch corpses in the sea or bury them in the forest has been fixed.

Fixed an issue with the pirate ship event which allowed the player to defend the ship only if all of its 6 guards are in it.

Fixed an issue with the final duel and a dialogue description which did not fit the players decision...

[ 2021-01-13 15:40:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.21

Changes

Added infrastructure which should prevent any turns from hanging forever and also report all of the past turn-freeze errors automatically back to the developer.

Fixed a turn-freeze bug which had occurred due to a rare case with smugglers not being able to generate new items.

Fixed shiverings duel from getting stuck in some specific dialogues due to the fact that you work for Silkstring and not Fayette or The Oracles.

Some locations lose their Disallowed Actions upon game load, resulting in players being able to burn the cemetery and so on.

Added Unlock Constabulary & Cult Of Flesh to the Cheat Menu which can be toggled from within the game via SHIFT+END

Improved Loading Screen with additional effects so it wont seem static.

Added inverted mouse ability in the options menu

Removed corruption effects from the strange artifact since they don't seem to represent a sane feature.

Fixed loading old saves issue (Relevant to patch 1.20)

[ 2021-01-09 02:42:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.2 Reversed temporarily.

Greetings, update 1.2 has been temporarily reversed due to unexpected save loading issues. It will be re-published again tomorrow or later today. Apologies for the inconvenience... If you don't get a pending update, restart steam and try again.

[ 2021-01-08 17:22:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.2

Changes

Added infrastructure which should prevent any turns from hanging forever and also report all of the past turn-freeze errors automatically back to the developer.

Fixed a turn-freeze bug which had occurred due to a rare case with smugglers not being able to generate new items.

Fixed shiverings duel from getting stuck in some specific dialogues due to the fact that you work for Silkstring and not Fayette or The Oracles.

Some locations lose their Disallowed Actions upon game load, resulting in players being able to burn the cemetery and so on.

Added Unlock Constabulary & Cult Of Flesh to the Cheat Menu which can be toggled from within the game via SHIFT+END

Improved Loading Screen with additional effects so it wont seem static.

Added inverted mouse ability in the options menu

[ 2021-01-08 14:39:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hotfix 1.1

Changes

Corruption wait duration has been doubled...

Corruption now also affects character portraits

Blocked the option to view information on unique characters, results in a bug that corrupts the turn passing...

The strange artefact can be removed from the room via interaction, it will stop the continuous corruption

Mouse sensitivity will not reset after game reload

Brightness will not reset after game reload

Tutorial Toggle will not reset after game reload

Fixed a bug with the final duels dialogue, which had resulted in no dialogue option

Completing wizards secret mission doesn't award you an achievement

Finishing Oracle storyline without betraying them doesn't give an achievement either

Choosing not to help the lords hand will not result in achievement in the constabularys campaign.

[ 2021-01-05 12:19:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update - Version 1.0

[previewyoutube=rg7RBmEIuwE;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] V1.0 Changes Additions

Added a cutscene to the Constabulary chapter.

Added a cutscene to the Secret Society Of Flesh chapter.

Saving game panel will appear when the game auto-saves.

Add the ability to see why reputation was lowered/increased (Turn Report)

Bookkeeper release from jail should also increase rep.

Harold from the constabulary chapter has been too difficult to question.

Added a small label near locations inventories which indicate that the inventory refreshes every turn.

Time to go mad as AJX has been slightly increased (Slower)

You may now sort by name in character windows.

Secret Society Of Flesh starts with more cultists (So the cult will grow faster)

End Credits Modified to have the new voice actors.

Additional Game Wide Misc Adjustments. Bug Fixes

Plot cache still saves characters which are no longer in your faction / in prison / dead.

Constabulary could generate heat behind the scenes...

Recruitment Pools would not refresh every turn...

An error which causes a turn pass freeze as a result of faction leaders dying in unique ways and the AI has no faction to handle.

Log spamming harmless errors fixed.

Fixed potential memory leak with information gathering / trait checking / - quest objectives

Fixed a long lag which occurs after these types of quest objective has been validated.

Lionel Spinkel (Head Constable) will no appear on the Safe Landing quest details for easy reach.

Fixed harmless error in non-cult chapters.

Sometimes traitor employees would still be controlled by an AI even if they already moved to your side. And may no longer buy properties for you on their own balance.

Betray employer bribe option is no longer possible with characters that dont have an employer (Faction leader)

David and Elice are your cultists even when you play oracles.

A critical problem in which autosave would be delayed in realtime seconds and save during turn pass.

Input fields are now alphanumeric and will not support illegal letters which may produce an error when saving files / etc

Game has been saved notification should be changed to Save Game? (The message is incorrect to the state of saving & player may dismiss it.)

Interrogation Popups had bad fields in them (Displaying instead of the actors name.

Selling prisoners should now release them from prison & make them unimprisonable (So if they didnt die they will still not be abused)

You may no longer enter the final stage of SSOF with maddening voices and illusions.

Fixed a bug with justice case elements not being properly loaded from save. And resulting in a turn freeze after the following auto-save.

Fixed a bug with justice case elements not being properly saved, and preventing the save file from being created.

More updates may come in the future! (not in a form of costly DLCs, don't worry.) This game has a whole lot more to explore and hasn't yet depleted it's potential! For all of the faithful players who played the early version of the game, reported bugs, suggested ideas and helped with the improvement of the game's experience & overall quality, thank you! This game owes many of it's qualities to you. I must thank you personally aswell for your enthusiasm, time investment and interest in this creation, I am a lone developer and the motivation your feedback had brought to me was the thing that kept me going through this very long process. While this may not be the best game out there, I believe the unique concepts and ideas it contains may at least provide the strategy genre with new and untried gaming experiences.

[ 2020-12-22 14:05:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update - Version 09

Features

Adding and removing traits has a variety of unique popups to it.

Sacrifice Prisoner for progression points - new popup

Rebalanced / Readjusted Cult Of Flesh game balance.

Multiple turn revenue is displayed differently at the map location stats & additional tooltip section for multiple turn revenue

Dreamings of the eye appear on Constabulary & Oracles Campaigns as well as in the Cult Of Flesh Chapter.

Third chapter additions

New cursed mind / meditation mechanics

New cypher mechanic

Three main quests added

Balancing / Adjustments so the gameplay flow will be proper for this scenario.

Misc room additions / adjustments

Tutorials for different things

Unique Final Stage

How to play description

Ability to unlock the faction via Oracles campaign.

Bug Fixes

Can no longer open the windows at the edge (Now they wont collide with the pillar)

Post sell prisoner popup - actor name was not correct

Removed professions from trait manipulation possibilities.

Prevent selling prisoners from killing unkillable characters.

Brainwash this prisoner to join your cult > You are not allowed to kill this character?

Cults take less time n freeze to load.

Fixed lure location bug that showed all of the characters which dont have a task instead of all characters that are lure-able.

Increase in the relation requirement for lure to location (Min 10 relation)

Fixed ambush failed bug which resulted in a turn freeze.

Will not be able to remove letters with available quests from now on to avoid players accidentally getting stuck in the game.

Fixed some trait information gathering descriptions

Fixed hovering over an establishment and then leaving the map makes the establishment visible even when moving around the room.

Faction leaders can no longer be bribed to join you and betray themselves.

Fixed the Secret Society Of Flesh - Faction selection tooltip.

[ 2020-11-02 14:12:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hotfix 0.855

Bug Fixes

Characters could have a cultist / devoted cultist trait more than once.

Can walk through the table in the Cult Of Flesh room.

Switched back from exclusive full-screen mode to a simple fullscreen window.

The Cult stage of passing turn is error more error-proof - therefore more freeze-proof as well.

Fixed an issue with not being able to save / auto-save under some late-game circumstances.

Fixed some issues with loading letter keys/values from save files...

[ 2020-10-10 10:49:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Cults - Version 085

Additions

Cult Practices

Selling prisoners to remote clients.

Changed the visual look of the Bribe Window

Bribery actions now display relevant popups as well.

An extended tutorial for the Befriend tech.

More music

50% Less chance for property events to occur

Interrogating Characters should generate rumours

Factions now have a different background when viewed in the faction view screen. (Main Menu) A whole lot of Cult Of Flesh progress.

Can temporarily see the Cult Of Flesh Room, play on its scenario and enjoy gameplay which relies heavily on cult practices and abductions. (Without the main quest, the need to unlock and other primary mechanics. This acts more like a teaser than anything else.)

Bugfixes

The game will run on Exclusive Full Screen from now on to prevent resolution and clicking issues.

The game will no longer have Mac Retina Support in order to prevent IOS resolution issues and further optimize the game for that platform.

Loading a save file will no longer corrupt ownership of properties and faction heads.

Turns will no longer freeze when errors occur (Temporary test)

Rebrand cycle issue (when unlocking new brands and not seeing them in the first cycle)

Fixed some description issues in the body disposal window.

Fixed a few bribing errors which prevented players from forcing betrayal of specific characters in specific scenarios.

Fixed a few faction existence knowledge - related errors.

When bribing and selecting targets, the bribe window will no longer hide the selection panel.

Potential bug in which the game would not load the Oracles Of The night scenario and remain stuck after the cut scene.

Bloom Save State issue which resulted in its toggle to not function after returning to the main menu and back in the game.

[ 2020-10-07 15:42:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hotfixes - Version 082

Important fixes which couldn't wait for a proper version update. Bugs

Whispers - turn - freeze - Heat could no longer rise above the max limit or below 0. (Resulted in turn freezes)

Misspellings in some information gathering related rumours.

Letters would be visible even in the darkest corners of the room..

Letters from the raven would no longer teleport to the door when loading a game. Added

Community Button added to the main menu.

Political Party Traits will appear on some characters... (Relates to a yet to be released feature)

[ 2020-09-24 11:48:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update - Version 08

Features

Heat Mechanic - You will gain Heat if you act noisily and recklessly, this will result in a lot of harassment from the Constabulary.

Corpse Disposal - You may now have to bury the ones you kill and the ones you lose.

More explanation around bribery, how the bribe-join works.

Misc tweaks for devastating events

More tips

Progress on the third chapter (Nothing to see yet)

Progress on Cults (Nothing to see yet) Bugs

Bug with interrogation

Fixed save / load issue in different cultures.

Misc fixes

[ 2020-09-21 09:42:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update - Version 0.7

IMPORTANT NOTES When loading an older save file, the game will not invoke events that happened in past turns and was added in the new version (For example, a save file past turn 40 will not have the Strange Letter chain quest) Additions

Quicker agent selection for missions.

Added a balance change scroll in the room.

Constabulary Specific Events which are generated by random.

Constable patrol random events.

New Manuscript Added To The Room

Strange Quest at turn 40.

Surprise

Knowing the personality of the character reveals all of its question types. (Questioning Feature)

Constabulary Patrol should randomly yield fines and testimonies.

A new popup that is shown whenever an unkillable character has avoided death.

Letter from the Brotherhood of The Mirror at turn 20

Letter from a friend at turn 30

Corruption Achievement

Raids should steal 20% of the factions resources/.

Togglable "Flee on failure" (The agents will flee and avoid a fight whenever a non-violent plot method is used) Bugfixes

Small Resolution Issues Fixed

Increased the size of the options menu

Fixed hierarchy Lines Issues.

Duke End game parameter no longer pixelated.

Add a mask to agents actions tab so it may be infinitely scrollable.

Sometimes the questioning mechanism shows Failure while succeeding because you used all of your questions.

When a property is destroyed by an event and a repair is suggested, the payment is done but the repair does not.

Robbing a rich patron option balanced to result in less gold.

Sorting characters via selection window by skills show wrong numbers for some skills.

End game parameters show the wrong tooltips

Can no longer capture constabulary properties as other characters (Will probably change in the future)

You can kill god (and shouldnt be able to)

No longer able to arson faction leader properties

Character in prison message makes some options displayable even when they are not valid for the item.

The player could react to popups via keyboard during turn-pass loading (Results in many different bugs)

Some key characters were recruited by AI as guards or employees

Can view character info of characters which shouldnt be viewed, for God / Constabulary Report / Your Agent / ETC

Can View character info in letters log (Some of them shouldnt be viewed) Known Issues

Sporadic: The cutscenes are not displayed properly on Linux platforms.

The audio volumes lack proportions in the Linux Platform.

16:10 Screens will sometimes set the game to a 16:10 ratio res, an unsupported ratio which results in UI bugs. Planned for future versions: V0.8

More property events

Cults

A Plot that makes the target faction more suspicious to the constabulary.

A Plot that decreases the target factions reputation.

Double Transposition / Scytale Encryptions.

More stuff to do in the room itself.

Constabulary - investigation related characters should be shown outside of the map along with the things you know about them.

Constabulary - Promotions chart hierarchy shown outside of the map.

Turn events refreshed and displayed as Event + Count? More tips

Higher Ambient Light For Letters

Better corruption effect.

Feedback related additions v0.9

--Added--

Linux Support
New option in Tavern Brawl event.
Additional tooltip for false arrest.
Old trait (Older people are weaker physically) (Test)
Misc Gameplay Adjustments

--Bug Fixes--

Some encrypted letters couldnt be deciphered because the final words were obscured and not interactable.
Lower chances for devastating property events to occur and if they do, more options to resolve them without total destruction of the property.
Your agents will send you fewer messages so it will feel less spammy.
Some traits are now restricted by character age.
6 guards pirates option was not available even when the player had 6 guards in the property.
Book keeper quests sometimes targeted the player's faction properties.

[ 2020-08-31 20:41:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update - Version 06

Changes (Version 0.6)

--Added--

Animated glow on specific quests which shouldnt be missed.

Random events for early game properties

- Tavern +3 events

-Brothel +2 events

-Wharf +2 Events

-Transport Ship +1 Event

-Every Ship Property +3 Events

Updated to unity version 2020, should, maybe, fix some of the issues in the game.

Optimized a whole lot of things.

-Rendering should cost a lot less from the machine.

-Some processing had been optimized.

- Slightly Faster Menu Loading...

Displaying message when cunning / stealth during combat.

Explained upgrading properties better.

Added Tips to loading screens.

Idling too much / spamming turns in order to gain resources has now a counter mechanism that results in your factions ultimate destruction.

Constabulary Questioning - Trying a question reveals the opponent's answer type.

Tutorial for high constable is your puppet

Enemy raids now result in stealing 25% of your inventory.

Loading game now randomizes the music at the current playlist, in order to prevent repetitiveness.

New agents status panel, in which you may see what every agent is currently doing (OR NOT DOING).

Separate Property View button, unlockable by researching Real-Estate, allows the player to see and filter properties in the game. Bribing prices now change from a character to a character and depends on its stats.

Characters who had lost jobs would enter a pool and be recruited later instead of new chars.

Agent tooltips should now display their skills as well.

Scout location should now gather 1 information piece about 1 random employee / owner

Agents talking about locations from time to time will now point out which location and which district they are talking about.

Added a combat log for duels.

Added Gambler / Drug Addict traits which makes some characters hang out in specific places.

The game now attempts to store recent plot decisions, so if the plot window opens again on the same plot, it will display the same parameters.

Longer shortcut for cheats, enabling cheats should now display cheats prompt.

Add small label under puzzle solved - Click Here To Resolve

Add new music.

Now plotters affect the plot, by adding a bonus to each participant. The bonus is based on how well the planned the scheme, the quality of the plan depends on their intelligent skill.

Added Play As Constabulary Tutorial.

-- Fixed --

Constabulary steady resource flow ceases when loading a game.

Notifications that lionel spinkel can replace lionel spinkel.

Pressing on opponent question turns it invisible

Saving and loading makes the people in the recruitment pool unknown

Non-agent minions may also get promoted over the player.

Killing faction heads will ruin save files.

Prompt Messages may be stuck and then released after a specific message.

Issues with small resolutions.

Abductions & Assassinations done by the enemy always result in the agent not getting abducted.

Spelling errors

Some issues that caused the game to become stuck.

Information Gathered UI had an error.

Unique NPC characters that shouldnt appear in the character view screen.

Sometimes loading games while having an arrow at the map will keep the arrow hovering

Character window does not appear instantly when unlocked..? (Post load game)

Hierarchy Tree Issues Fixed.

Clicking on actions now should not deselect an agent.

Prevented gathering information from characters you know everything about.

Fixed the ravens animation.

Right click menu should now disappear when selecting different properties and when a portrait is no longer active on the quest panel.

Fixed the number letter encryptions lines so they will fit better.

Knowing the employees visuals will no longer display it as a question mark on the location view

Deceased characters from execution will now be transported to the cemetery

Disabled characters will no longer be recruited from the pool

Other factions can no longer take over the mysterious ship before the player does.

Large number of connections in recruitment cost not displayed correctly

After some tasks, agents will sporadically not go back to their job tasks

Past location status panels visible when re-entering map (Not relevant panels)

Fixed Relationship modifiers not loaded from a save file.

Known Issues

Some specific screen ratios default resolution may cause issues with the UI. (Can be fixed by changing to any of the available resolutions)

Issue with the first line at hierarchy trees. (Requires refactoring the tree system)

Sporadic: Post manor upgrade - agents are not selectable / disappear after loading the game / wont appear on plots.

Sporadic: Random Employee in constabulary can be a 9 years old child.

Sporadic: Altering settings crash for some people

Sporadic: Loading the game while in the game may cause inability to progress trough turns

Sporadic: Puzzle may not appear as resolved up until the moment its refreshed.

Sporadic: Owners shift after loading a game?

Plans for the next version

A lot of events for the constabulary, so they may not only rely on their passive resource flow, this should have been implemented in this version but was

A lot of focus on more stuff to do in the different rooms, more paranoia / atmosphere / story / hidden things / plot related content / etc.

More property events, for later game properties in particular.

Letters series that tell parts of a story, which may be collected randomly by scouting specific locations (Wilderness?)

More puzzles, conceptualize presenting: Scytale , Hill Cipher , Autokey vigenere, Double transposition in the game. ---- Give feedback on this game's development: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1380010/discussions/ This is mostly what updates are populated by.

[ 2020-08-27 16:28:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Become Master of Spies, plant your connections, associates and agents in the underworld and slowly take control over the city.

Dispose of your opponents in many clever ways.

Bathe in treachery, choose who to join and who to betray.

Negotiate and manipulate different characters through fully voiced letters.

Immerse yourself in a unique and chilling atmosphere of mystery.

Decrypt & Decipher Secret Letters.

Solve Puzzles.

Uncover Mysteries.

Survive, by keeping your enemies at bay, the constabulary confused and your own lackeys on a short leash.

Choose your very own path in this hybrid of first-person and top-down experience.

The many tools in your disposal include treachery, espionage, abduction, influence, murder, schemes, plots, bribes, seduction, even the law. Use and abuse them in any way you fancy.

Are you a cruel boss of the underworld? Leader of a cult? Greedy and witty businessman? Maybe a secretive spymaster which exists only in rumours of myth? The approach you take may dictate eventually how everyone sees you in this cold-hearted world of espionage and treachery.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04+
Processor: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2Memory: 3 GB RAM
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT or ATI Radeon HD 2600XT or better
Storage: 2 GB available space
Memory: 4 GB RAM
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04+
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (2.2 GHz) or AMD Athlon 64 X2 (2.6 GHz) or betterMemory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 240 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better
Storage: 2 GB available space

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