Hey Grifters! This update brings all of our official translations to completion. You can now fully grift in any of the following languages:

• English
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Brazilian Portuguese
• French
• German
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Russian

We've also made some changes to help in modding some types of game content, and fixed some gameplay and UI bugs. You can see the full patch notes over on our forums.

[ 2021-08-30 19:36:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This update brings the translations almost to completion, and fixes some UI and card issues that we've seen in feedback reports. Patch notes are on the forums. Happy grifting!

[ 2021-07-07 17:14:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This is a small update that fixes some issues with translations, and adds commandline argument to allow the game to work on certain older Macbooks. Patch notes are on the forum. Happy Grifting!

[ 2021-06-29 16:55:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This update updates some translations, further improves controller mode, and fixed a whole bunch of UI issues that have shown up in our feedback system. Thanks for all of the reports! As per usual, you can see the full list of changes over at our forums.

[ 2021-06-24 16:58:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This is a small update that brings the fixes and tweaks from the experimental branch to release. This update:

• Improves the gamepad experience, and improves readability on small screens
• Fixes some lingering bugs and progression blockers
• Improves the completeness of the translations.

You can find the detailed patch notes on our forum. Thanks for playing! And thanks for all of the in-game feedback reports. They really do help us find and fix issues!

[ 2021-06-15 17:25:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, Wow! that's a lot of feedback! We've been working on some fixes and improvements these past two weeks, and we're ready to share them with you in the experimental branch. The big points here are:

• Improved gamepad support.
• Better UI clarity in the scaled-up modes.
• Update translations for the in-progress languages.
• Fixing some edge cases in some quests.

We'll be iterating a bit with this stuff on the experimental branch for the next couple days, and then pushing it onto the release branch as an update. Thanks for all of the F8s! You can see a full list of changes over on our forums. Please keep in mind that your save files on the experimental branch are separate from those on release - you'll need to switch back to release to continue.

[ 2021-06-12 02:00:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This is a small hotfix to fix a couple of issues that have come up since launch. Thanks so much for playing!

• Fix possible never-ending Vixmali fight if you engage with Booster Clamp.
• Fix PauseMenu opening on top of the main overlay if you used a hotkey to open it.
• Fix being able to upgrade battle cards if you navigate to the battle deck by first clicking open the pause menu in battle.
• Fix failure when saving run history when you have A LOT of completed runs.
• Fix card focus hilite not showing when you select cards in the ChooseFlourishPopup.
• Hide the visible build number in non-dev builds.

[ 2021-06-03 19:05:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Griftlands has officially left Early Access! Once again, a HUGE thank you to everybody that helped us Griftlands become what it is today!
Today we add the remainder of the Smith campaign and a couple of small bug fixes and changes.

• Fix scared emote on Level Orange Clearance being played on the wrong character.
• Don't cull locations that return true from IsCurrentlyImportant. (there isn't a specific bug associated with this, but it may come up with mods)
• Fix cards in the DayOverScreen sometimes not fully appearing if you are hovering them while they are animating.
• Fixed several typos.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/601840/Griftlands/
Griftlands is a deck-building rogue-like where you fight and negotiate your way through a broken-down sci-fi world. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect. Death comes quickly, but each play offers new situations and strategies to explore. At this stage of development, you can play as Sal or Rook, with a third character and campaign in development. Sal is an adventurer out for profit and revenge. Rook is an aging spy working his own agenda. Expect regular updates, including new cards, quests and characters as we work on the game with community feedback!

Battle Challenging Bosses

Test your combat decks against powerful foes with unique mechanics and attacks.

Build a Team - or Buy One!

Hire mercenaries, find pets, or impose upon your friends to accomplish your goals.

Master Hundreds of Cards

Each character has unique negotiation and combat decks to draft from. Get powerful item cards from fallen foes, or as rewards.

Decisions Matter

Killing foes may incur the wrath of their friends, but sparing them leaves a dangerous piece on the board. Choose wisely, everyone remembers everything you do!

Welcome to Havaria

Each playable character's story takes place in a unique environment, with different factions and locations to explore and exploit.

Explore A Broken-Down Sci-Fi World

The world of Havaria is a harsh place, full of harsher denizens. Explore lush, hand-illustrated environments full of people who want to kill you.

Playing Politics For Keeps

Each character has a factional allegiance and an opinion of you. Play politics between rivals, and try to capture the most powerful social boons. But watch out -- doublecross the wrong person, and you'll be subject to their bane!

Outwit or Overpower

Overcome obstacles with the power of your fists - or your words. You'll need to pick your cards and play them right if you're going to survive. Build two decks simultaneously, balancing the tradeoffs of each.
Learn from each attempted run through the various stories of the Griftlands. Encounter different combinations of enemies, quests, and events every time you play. Your fate is determined by your choices, and by fate.

[ 2021-06-01 17:06:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Griftlands. TehDomicus - June 1st - 10am to 2pm PDT Voyix- June 2nd - 7am to 9am PDT MarkMcKz - June 2nd - 10am to 12pm PDT

[ 2021-05-31 21:41:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, Griftlands launched into Alpha almost two years ago. At that time, Sal was the only playable character, and her story wasn't even complete. We've added two additional player characters, dozens of new npcs and bosses, and hundreds of cards since then, all with the help of our community. I'm very proud of how this game turned out, and Im very excited to share it with the world! So, without further delay, we are launching Griftlands 1.0 on June 1st. This will bring the conclusion of Smith's story to all players outside of the experimental branch. The game will be fully playable in English and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) with support for more languages coming post-launch. Windows, macOS, and Linux are all supported, and there is a growing mod scene on the Steam Workshop to explore once youve gotten through all of the official stories. But thats not all - weve also been working on bringing the Griftlands experience to consoles! On June 4th, we'll be launching the game on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PS4. Official translations for some additional languages (Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian) will be released in the weeks that follow launch. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone who played the game before launch and helped us polish, tune and fix bugs. There are way more card and story interactions in this game than our team could ever hope to wrap our heads around on our own - we really do rely on the community to show us what parts were working and which parts needed more work. Every time you hit F8 during the past two years, you've helped to make this game better. Thank you! -Kevin

[ 2021-05-27 17:01:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, Griftlands is now available on Linux on Steam. As with our macOS client, if you have any trouble installing or running the game, please check out our support base. Happy grifting, everyone! We'll be announcing our 1.0 launch this month, so watch this space!

[ 2021-05-06 18:34:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, Griftlands is now available on macOS! You should be able to download it from the Steam client if you own the game. If you have any trouble installing or running the game, please check out our support base. If that doesn't help, or you find any new bugs, please post either here, on our forum, or press F8 in-game. Happy grifting, everyone! We'll be releasing our Linux port in May, and announcing our launch dates soon!

[ 2021-04-15 19:27:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This is a very small update to address a couple of bugs that have come to our attention since the last hotfix. The OSX build is still on track for this Thursday. Thanks for playing! CARDS

• Stone Shill Shot: Calculate modified defend value for card text
• Casings: Fix defend text showing as modified by Reckless Idol.
• Vixmali: Clamp advancement modifier composure index.
• Fix negotiation cards not removing the required money cost from the card text if it is no longer applicable (eg. if you destroy Money Talks)

GAMEPLAY

• Fix for temporary locations moving around on the map
• Fix for missing patrons occasionally during brawl

MISC

• Reset Profile now also clears run history and all save games.

[ 2021-04-13 16:56:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This hotfix brings the cumulative fixes from the experimental branch to the main release branch as of April 7th. We're reading feedback, fixing bugs, and working on ports in preparation for our upcoming 1.0 release. The date for that isn't settled yet, but we should be able to tell you all the details next month. The OSX build of Griftlands will be releasing next week, on April 15th. Linux will follow sometime later in May. Thanks to everyone who's been playing and providing feedback! It really helps us to improve the quality of the game! UI

• Gamepad: Fix incorrect layout for convo option when entering Boss Rush Daily Challenge. The 'scroll_override' being applied in ConversationScreen:OnGainTop was being applied even though new elements were added since OnLoseTop was called, causing the saved scroll point to be invalid. LayoutBubbles itself should not scroll-to-end, only relevant functions which call it LayoutBubbles.
• Fix for re-using a map plax slot that has been taken by another location since a location was last shown.
• When upgrading items, the upgraded card should show the same charges as the base card.
• Fix negotiation text bubbles from stacking if NegotiationPanel:Dialog was used, as it is with whispered_rumours.
• Improve controller navigation between new game screens, and improve overall flow
• Fix focus issue after unlocking a perk and returning to loadscreen.
• compendium: disable Rstick scrolling
• compendium: Snap focus-scroll in scrollpanels
• compendium: Fix scroll-up animation
• Fix negotiation quips sometimes scrolling to the middle where they are occluded.
• Fix Sal brawl unlocked string.
• Fix missing FadeIn after awarding an unlock in convo.
• Don't count the initial unlocked Outfit towards total progress% in the NewGameScreen.
• Prune card tooltip UI from FlourishScreen to reduce occlusion.
• DayOverScreen: (A) now continues after the animation completes, instead of (B)
• DayOverScreen: Scissor the PeopleListBlockAgent widget so that nav focus works (otherwise the widget has a giant bounding DayOverScreen: box which messes up nav)
• DayOverScreen: Permit right-click on graft and people to open their Inspection screens.
• DayOverScreen: On gamepad, bind inspection to people, cards, and grafts to the standard (RT)
• DayOverScreen: Fix left-clicking anywhere on the screen triggering OnClickContinue.
• DayOverScreen: Restore your last focused widget when returning from an inspection screen
• DayOverScreen: Fix Clickable eating MENU_ACCEPT inputs if a right-click callback was assigned, but not a left-click callback.
• DayOverScreen: Fix card layout not rotating cards if there is just a single card.
• Gamepad: Fix right-analog scrolling controlling both sidebar and cardgrid scroll panels while in the Cards compendium.
• Clean up focus handling in compendium navigation
• Preserve sort order when upgrading cards in the DeckScreen.
• screens can restrict reticule bounds (used by the location and travel screens to keep the reticule out of the menu)
• Gamepad: Add binding to delete focussed save slot.
• Hide notification button in gamepad/touch mode.
• Gamepad: While in Big/Bigger mode, inspecting fighters/arguments will lower the cards in hand for better visibility.
• Suppress tooltips showing referenced cards while in Big / Bigger UI mode, as they can occlude the UI.
• Fade transition when continuing a game from the NewGameScreen.
• Fix sliders in the option screen not sinking left/right inputs.
• Fix card prepared status being cached in PreReq, which is a no-no because that is called from the UI.
• Suppress card tooltips on focus in CardListBlocks (choose flourish, etc.)
• Fade out when beginning a standard campaign. Load during the blackout.
• Fade out when beginning a daily. Load during the blackout.
• restore (A) Select in the CardCompendium to be consistent with the other tabs.

GAMEPLAY

• Be the Heavy: Remove superfluous end option after intimidation negotiation
• Rare Imports: fix 'mugged_yet' quest parameter not being saved in the right place, allowing the confront to repeat upon saving and returning.
• Suppress all brawl rewards after the final boss.
• Fix bad credit not applying to Moreef's rare wares.

CARDS

• Juicer: Highlight should occur when you have recoverable health, not adrenaline
• Legacy Blade: Fix potential crash if it is played without a valid target
• Fix Shredded not diminishing bleed damage if discarded by an effect.
• Fix text on Regimented.
• Spare Magazine: Fix superfluous text
• Boulder Stance: don't trigger when playing toolbox cards.
• On Your Toes: Fix typo
• Fixed bug where "shunned" lasted the entire negotiation instead of just the first turn
• Fix card text on Boosted Final Favor
• Fix description on Boosted Powder Keg
• Fixed incorrect value in desc of Visionary Rubble
• Beast of the Bog: use condition name instead of unlocalized text
• Distresser is now a Sal-only graft.

MISC

• Save profile less often, to reduce redundant saves at startup
• do frustum culling per-node in UI mode, to improve performance

[ 2021-04-07 18:58:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, We've been fixing lots of bugs over on the experimental branch since the last update. This hotfix brings those fixes to release: GAMEPLAY

• add more location restrictions to smith_story_beach_party.lua to fix travel bug if you click relly fast
• Added a nil-check in the "Smashing" daily feat
• Added an IsActive check in disruptor_field to prevent an infinite loop if the automech dies while the buff is active
• Added death loot for the Deltrean Diplomat
• Added Shredmaw and Droad to Rook and Sal brawls
• Added the mutation card to smith_story_take_a_sample.lua
• Added the Shredmaw and Droad to daily_boss_rush.lua
• Adjusted the scaling of all flourish related mettle upgrades so they scale to 1x instead of 1.5x
• Comedy Club: Fix text showing which cards were upgraded
• Deltrean Dignitary now gains Counter from their taunt
• Don't give saved life opinion event if your partner is dead on smith day 3.
• Exclude Luminari from being targets for side quest: Bounty Hunt.
• fix bad transition out of smith event if you decline to lick any goo
• Fix followup quest crash if target is dead in side_smith_sponsorship_deal.lua
• Fix gaining full flourish amount for attack damage that was partially defended.
• Fix Oolo hating you for killing his brother even if you left Foolo alive.
• fix timing of fssh askabouts on day 4
• Fix tracking of boss defeats on prestige not occurring for certain paired bosses like the Drusk, or the Twins.
• Fix warning about redundant ambush_Site casting. Fix a random roll that was locked from a previous debug checkin.
• Fixed bug caused by passing a difficulty level higher than 5 to the MONSTER_MASH combat party
• Fixed bug where Nadan could summon goons despite being stunned
• Fixed bug where reloading could change the boss in smith_story_marriage_contract.lua
• Fixed bug where reloading could change the boss in smith_story_tei_day_3.lua
• Fixed crash in smith_story_beach_party.lua
• Fixed incorrect cast member references in smith_story_beach_party.lua when asking Moreef about certain friends
• Fixed missing battle flags in experiment_smith_final_fight.lua
• Fixed smith being on the wrong side in side_smith_three_is_a_party.lua
• give palamborat the plot armour tag, so that he'll only show up at the end
• Mark the oshnu as wanted_alive in sidejobs/SMITH/side_smith_three_is_a_party
• minor balance change to the flead queen
• Muliffee has a better range of opinion events in her final quest
• Mullifee and theroux will help you against vix if they are at least neutral towards you.
• Mutant Vix is now mute
• Oolo and foolo hate you for killing their sibling
• Reassign pre-determined battlefield graft if it is already owned or otherwise invalid.
• Regular Vix no longer surrenders after a set number of turns. Increased Vix's panic
• Revised Rook slide art
• Slightly reduced Mutant Vix's maximum health
• The "terror" perk now applies 5 flat morale damage rather than a percentage
• the zealots now only incept kunais if their zealot_throw attack is not evaded
• Updated behaviour for Regular Vixmalli fight
• Updated the boss options in Smith's Brawl since they did not include some of his bosses
• Validate OnWin/OnSuccess usage. Unfortunately runtime is the best we can do.
• Vix's lumicytes are now slightly weaker
• You gain Flourish now for receiving damage, instead of defending damage (which didn't work anyway).
• your comrades hate you and leave you if you abandon them in side_smith_seemli_triangular_firing_squad

UI

• Add character music system to support multi theme character convos
• Add scroll bar if needed to the cards tab of the Compendium
• Added missing graft icons to the "Buy Graft" options in sal_story_merchants.lua and smith_party_store.lua
• Adjusted the fighter formation in mutant_vix.lua to prevent overlapping
• Allow you to preview voices in the compendium using a controller
• arrange night quips by character / day ( placeholders for now )
• Avoid superfluous calls to UnitFrame:DoLayout. It is called from FightScreen:DoRender once a frame anyways.
• Batch NegotiationPanel:RefreshDamagePreview calls
• Blacklist will have its pre-requisite hilight if the opponent negotiator's name isn't already on the list.
• Buttons with no right-click functionality shouldn't make sounds when you right click them
• clear text history and add a little pause after accepting/declining a quest, to improve readability
• Disable the lore tab in the compendium (at least for now)
• Don't auto-advance selected advancement when a game is won, it will remain at the last level you selected until you manually change it.
• Don't show 'playable cards left' warning for Toolbox cards, even if the option is enabled.
• don't show agents in plaxes that shouldn't show agents, even when doing a force refresh
• Don't upscale card packs in Big/Bigger UI mode, as they don't fit onscreen.
• Fade directly from combat to GameOver presentation when completing brawl.
• fix (??) for character music resuming after being interrupted by other, noncharacter music
• Fix a crash if the deckscreen filter sidebar is open when the deckscreen is closed (eg. due to upgrading a card)
• Fix brawl boss icons not showing a tooltip if it is your current node.
• Fix cards without hit anims from being cleared from the player preview in combat. (This could result in a lingering incorrect previews, such as playing Portable Bunker followed by RPG, which would indicate you are attacking your ally)
• Fix character mettle tooltip in compendium always stating 0/0.
• Fix chemist lipsynch
• Fix damage arrow previews from being rendered beneath core arguments.
• Fix for bad quest layout, if the todo list has already started updated when its contents is changed. (can happen if multiple quests change at a time)
• Fix HUD positioning for Mutated Lumicytes.
• Fix inaccurate Daily Mode tooltip
• Fix redundant hints in Card Compendium to view card info. Only show (RT).
• Fix repeating hover sound being triggered when calling TargetArrow:AttachToPosition each frame.
• Fix restoring default focus to argument if viewing draw/discard deck from Argument Inspection mode.
• fix robotBoss voice actor
• Fix string in the compendium when you have beaten a boss as max prestige
• Fix the gamepad control hints mentioning shills instead of points for various draft options.
• Fix top screen not refreshing in the FE after ChooseCardsPopup changes overlay status on itself.
• Fix vix lipsynch
• Fix y-offset for ChooseCardsInHand panel.
• Fixed incorrect loc key in smith_story_take_a_sample.lua
• Fixed innate_instinct using an invalid anim
• Fixed missing brawl/daily icons for certain bosses
• Fixed missing celebration anim for Lumin Turrets
• Fixed missing stage direction in smith_story_take_a_sample.lua
• Gamepad: Bind (RT) to Fighter Details, instead of (A) to be consistent with viewing card details.
• Gamepad: CardArrangement, ChooseCardsPanel: Don't show tooltips on focus because they are too opaque. This could be overriden on pc using the [gameplay] card_tooltip_on_focus ini setting.
• Gamepad: Disable normal menu accept (A) option to draft cards and grafts, to fix accidental picks.
• Gamepad: Disallow (A) for drafting card packs, as no such hint is shown.
• Gamepad: Don't show Flourishes hint during enemy turn.
• Gamepad: Fix targetting arrow sometimes not following focus widget in battle.
• Gamepad: Handle but don't show (B) Cancel hint when selecting cards in negotiation.
• Gamepad: Handle but don't show (B) Cancel hint when selecting cards.
• Gamepad: Map graft draft to (X) so it's consistent with card drafting. Fix 'click' sound playing when pressing (A) even though nothing happens.
• Gamepad: move Change Wheel to (RT); (LT) toggles between Inspecting arguments and cards, to be symmetric with battle.
• Gamepad: Remap view draws/discards to LB/RB, inspect to LT/RT, Flourish to RS.
• Gamepad: Suppress card details hint for CardArrangements, since it conflicts with viewing Discards.
• Gamepad: Suppress End Turn / Run while inspecting fighters or arguments.
• Gamepad: suppress show focus on cards in general.
• Give moreef a sad bonus string in smith's brawl
• GraftsCompendiumDetailsPopup now shows whether you have seen and installed the graft
• Hook up happy_call_pet quips
• hook up new music for mullifee
• In Bigger ui mode, set focus dir on the small_screen_focus_card so that left/right navigation always works.
• Initialize gamepad reticule when showing the TravelScreen to the player location.
• Loadout screen no longer indicates you have perk points to spend if you've unlocked all perks.
• make question go away after it is asked in dangerous_goods_seller.lua
• mettle upgrades are presented in a sorted order
• nil-check source_widget when updating targetting arrows. Not sure how this can happen however, but it seems to be a rare potential crash.
• only assign default focus when restoring the ChooseCardsPopup in gamepad mode.
• Only emote "injured" when being removed from an encounter at the end of combat if you are an active speaker (prevents talking animals in rare cases)
• Play acquired_flourish sound when choosing a Flourish from the popup.
• play character flourish sounds when you unlock flourish in negotiation
• play notification sfx with panning
• Pressing (B) while previewing a card in battle or negotiation will unfocus any currently selected card for easier viewing of the battlefield.
• refresh music when starting a negotiation, and favour the negotiation music over character music
• Remove an extra transition to the location screen between negotiating for a boss ally and fighting the boss.
• Restore last focus when viewing details on card/graft from DraftChoicePopup, PickGraftScreen, and CardShopScreen
• Roaloch: Fix spelling.
• Selecting combat/negotiation using gamepad will first invoke the preview panel, and only then engage. This prevents the preview panel from automatically showing up and obscuring dialog.
• Show cosmic grafts in the compendium
• ShowToolTipOnFocus for cards in the ChooseCardsPopup and ChooseFlourishPopup.
• Skip mouse-only hit testing in combat while using gamepad that was causing occasional fighter info popups to appear.
• Smooth over transitions to the bar after completing brawl side jobs.
• So. Many. Typos.
• Suppress (Y) View Hand hint when choosing a card from your hand. On M&B this is the "Hide Panel" button, which still exists, but in M&B you can still tooltip fighters etc. so it has some use. Not so on gamepad.
• The new game progress widget can be focused via gamepad to show the details tooltip indicating various contributions to character progress.
• timing fix for opinion event when you betray foolo
• Triangular Firing Squad: Fix typo, premature stage exit.
• Unlock the neural_braid in the compendium when you get the upgraded version in event_merchant_startup
• Use Bloom instead of Tint to indicate Turbo Cursor is activated.

CARDS

• Added a mutator that lets you draft two Cosmic grafts at the start of the game
• Added missing debuff flag for the drone goon's rifle butt attack
• Added missing upgrade highlight on Boosted Blood Flow
• Added the Duck! and Center of Attention cards
• Added unique icon and text colour for the Cosmic grafts
• Clarified desc of Double Down
• Fix card text consistency for upgrades to Fan the Hammer.
• Fix potential crash negotiating vs. Oshnus
• Fix the Handy perk restoring charges to negotiation item cards.
• Fixed bug where brain_harp was reducing, not increasing, overflow damage
• Fixed bug where declining boss grafts didn't grant the correct amount of shills
• Fixed bug where Doubt could target Levy
• Fixed bug where Greedy could be targeted by Doubt
• Fixed bug where pursue was increasing the damage of cards by 4 instead of 2
• Fixed bug where Sapping Bile blocked its own power removal
• Fixed bug where Vix's Prickly applied a non-int amount of composure
• Fixed crash caused by Vix not having any targets to shield
• Fixed desc of Battle Stein (amount of adrenaline was missing)
• Fixed missing upgrade highlight for Boosted Refusal
• Fixed missing upgrade highlight on Wide Do Over
• Flame Cannon: hilight Burn keyword.
• Gave the old brawl grafts their own rarity, Cosmic
• Increased cost of Overdrive and gave it Burnout. Enduring upgrade replaced by Stable.
• Klipper no longer shows a condition icon
• Mark Hanbi's Hilt Slam as a debuff.
• Protect against nil card.threshold value in Card:CalculateThresholdText. This should never be the case (only cards with defined thresholds ever make this call), but mods may tinker with a card's values.
• Rescind can now be played without renown
• Shifting Mutation: Fix infinite loop in confront.
• Shifting Mutation: Fix wrong combat patrol and OnWin specifier when failing negotiation.
• Weezil's Conditioning now uses its own stacks to show how much more power can be removed

PERFORMANCE

• Avoid full hand refresh when processing DELTA_ACTION_COUNT, CONDITION_ADDED, CONDITION_REMOVED. It's only necessary for debug commands which modify state outside the normal course of the card sim.
• clean up cardwidget:SetOutline to do less redundant work
• don't double-layout tooltip widgets
• don't refresh new card widgets twice when adding to hand
• fightscreen can preload defs, which can preload defs
• Keep fightarrow.tex, negotiationarrow.tex loaded
• make cardwidget:refreshcard cheaper by not recalculating everything every time
• Remove potentially superfluous Refresh cards.
• void_chain preloads the anims for the monster it wants to spawn

Thanks for playing! You can see our most recent roadmap here.

[ 2021-03-18 23:45:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update focuses on bugs and balance. You can see a list of changes on our forum here. We launched the Griftlands Alpha build in July 2019, and entered Early Access in June 2020. We've released regular updates once or twice per month during development, and used your feedback to make the game better each time. This update will be the last regularly scheduled one until the launch release this summer. We need to freeze things for a couple of months in order to stabilize the game and finish our ports and translations. You may see the odd hotfix here or there to address critical issues during this time, but there wont be any new content. Griftlands will launch this summer, and will include the conclusion of Smith's story. We haven't nailed down an exact release date yet, but will announce one in May. If you are curious and want a sneak-peek, Smith's complete story is available on the experimental branch as we finish it - we'd love to hear your thoughts! Thank you very much to all of our players, and especially to anyone who's ever submitted feedback, a bug report, or a suggestion. Griftlands is the game it is today because of the enthusiasm and support of the community. We're looking forward to everyone getting to experience the full release this summer. Roadmap: March 4th:

• Last update of Early Access

April:

• OSX support

May:

• Linux support
• Launch Date Announcement

Summer 2021:

• Full launch on PC!
• Nintendo Switch launch!

[ 2021-03-04 18:10:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Grifters, This is a quick hotfix that addresses some issues that were brought up in crash reports and feedback today. Thanks for playing!

• Don't use location popup mode for big/bigger UI mode on the TravelScreen.
• Fixed bug where persuasion labels on your arguments were not updated in the same way as your opponent's
• Add gamepad button to inspect the conversation agent.
• Fixed bug where the informant boon applied to the wrong person
• Update Muddler description to reflect it only applies to enemy targets
• Fix 0 stacks showing up sometimes in combat keyword tooltips.
• Fix hatched cards not having the correct owner.
• Hatch-ready cards don't show up in upgrade remainders, and shouldn't be upgradeable from the DeckScreen.
• Fix potential crash with Truncheon if a Bleed condition has no specific applicator.
• Boosting the infinite loop op threshold to avoid potential false positives
• Add post_load handler to battlefield oppo in case no items/grafts were assigned to params (compatability for old save games)
• Call SetStacks only after ApplyCondition, as some handlers require battle to be assigned first.
• * Fix crash removing card widget after HandleChooseCardsFromDeck

[ 2021-02-20 00:21:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update adds two new character types: The Rise Valet, and the Admiralty Investigator.

We have been busy fixing bugs and balancing. Smith's negotiation and battle cards both got a full balance pass, and a lot of the item cards were re-worked. We also added a bunch more boss grafts, and now give them out to all three characters during their campaigns.




You can see full changelist over in the forums, Our next update will be on March 4th. This will be a smaller update, which also focuses on stability and balance as we work towards releasing version 1.0. We don't have an official date for that yet, but it will include the official release of Smith's finale. Happy Grifting, everyone! As always, you can get more frequent updates on the experimental branch, and see what we are working on day-to-day. A beta version of Smith's finale will be playable there in the coming weeks, if you don't mind the spoilers! Please keep that feedback coming! Every f8 helps, especially as we get closer to release!

[ 2021-02-18 18:43:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update adds a third day to Smith's campaign! In day three, your sister Mulifee has you working for Eden, an ambitious Admiralty officer, or Seemli, the leader of the the Pearl's small Rise contingent. Choose your alliances carefully - the choices you make will impact the finale that you will eventually face!


Day three also wraps up Tei the Luminari's arc. Depending upon how you play your cards you'll end up going toe-to-toe with one or more of these characters:



Based on playtesting and user feedback, we've done a broad pass on both Sal and Rook's combat and negotiation cards. We've also added a bunch of new cards and grafts to Smith's arsenal. We've also fixed a lot of bugs, improved the UI, and generally brightened the corners. You can read the full details here on the forum, or you can just jump in and play! Happy Grifting, everyone! Smith's story is almost complete - all that's left is the climactic confrontation with his brother, Vixmalli. There will be a couple more balancing and quality-of-life updates to go before we get there, but you'll be able to see previews soon on the experimental branch. Please keep that feedback coming! We read and appreciate every piece of feedback that you F8 our way, and it really does help us improve the game.

[ 2021-01-28 17:57:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update adds new permanent progression mechanics, new content, UI enhancements, and a whole lot of balance changes.

Flourishes

Flourishes are super-powered moves that you can trigger at-will, once you've filled your flourish meter. You fill the meter by playing cards and dealing/mitigating damage in both negotiations and battles. Each of the three player characters starts off with a single battle and negotiation flourish, but you can unlock more in-game by defeating bosses at higher prestige levels and selecting them in a mysterious in-game shop.

Mettle

Mettle is a new meta-currency that you gain in the game by completing quests, winning battles and negotiations, and through various opportunities as the story progresses. Once you've met a special shopkeeper in-game, you can permanently upgrade each character with it.

Achievements

You're going to need all of the advantages you can get to complete a new set of 11 achievements. These were designed to be challenging, and to make you think outside of the your usual grifiting box.

New people to meet (and to grift):

Fralx

Fralx is an alternate boss for Rook's first day. He's Rooks old protg, and he has a score to settle.

Pearlies

Pearlies are the well-off residents of Pearl-on-Foam.

Lumin Turret

The Cult uses Lumin Turrets to enforce their will in the Pearl.

New Promotions

You'll find promoted Luminitiates and Wealthy Merchants in the world, starting at prestige level 1!

Tuning

Sal's campaign got a big tuning pass. Player reports and data were showing us that most of the bosses were too easy, except for Kashio, who was surprising a lot of players with a big difficulty jump. We've adjusted a lot of small things that should work together to smooth out the curve, training players to build better decks before getting to the end of the story:

Bosses:

Most Rook and Sal bosses got specific changes to make them more difficult - more health, more damage, different numbers. The exceptions where the Flead Queen, and Kashio. Kashio was left the same, and the Flead Queen's chitinous levels were dropped at lower prestiges. The goal is to provide a nice, smoothly escalating challenge, rather than a plateau with a brick wall at the end.

Sal's Story:

Sal was getting too many draft opportunities early in her runs, so we reduced the number of encounters on some of her early days. This should push your deck completion out a bit, and force you to make difficult decisions later in your run.

NPC Health / Party Composition:

Previously the game used a bit of auto-balancing to adjust enemy health values depending upon when in a run you meet them. This made reasoning about the difficulty of a given fight quite difficult, and frankly wasn't necessary any more, as we have added many new enemy types since that system was first implemented. NPCs now have consistent HP values, and we've gone through them all and re-assessed their combat strength as seen by the enemy encounter creator. TLDR; health should make more sense now, and you should see more appropriate enemy parties.

Sal Cards:

Finally, we revamped a bunch of Sal's cards, to make them more pickable. Here are some highlights - you can pore over the patch notes for full details.



In addition to all of these changes, there a loads of fixes, balance tweaks, UI improvements, and more. Full details are on the forum, or you can just jump in and play! Happy Grifting, everyone! We're taking a short break for the holidays, and then our next update will be coming out on January 28. This update is scheduled to have the next day of Smith's story, and I'm sure some other fun stuff will make it in there, too. As always, you can follow along in real-time as we develop it in the Experimental build. We read and appreciate every piece of feedback that you F8 our way, so keep them coming!

[ 2020-12-10 18:40:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update adds a third playable story character: Smith! Smith's story takes place on a unique map, with new locations, quests, and characters to interact with. Smith has his own negotiation and combat cards, and uses new exclusive mechanics.

Play The First Two Days

The first two days of Smith's story are currently playable. There are a lot of alternate quests to play in Smith's story, and you'd have to play through at least six times to see them all. Smith's final story will have 4 days, like Rook. You can unlock Smith by beating Rook's first day. You can unlock Smith's Brawl by reaching the end of his story as it exists now.

Run History!

We've also added a Run History screen, so you can look back at past victories and losses.

New NPCs

Without spoiling too much, here's a teaser of the things that you'll find in Smith's story:

Visit Us On the Forums

As always, there have been a whole slew of general fixes and balance changes. The patch notes are available at on our forum here: <Please see the patch notes on our forum for the full details.> Have fun Smithing about in Pearl-On-Foam, everyone! Our next update will be on Dec 10. The next day of Smith's story is projected to come out in late January. As always, you can get a sneak peek at the upcoming content and follow along with our day-to-day development by opting in to the Experimental build. You'll see the changes that we make as we make them, and be able to give immediate feedback.

[ 2020-11-05 19:32:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update adds Mod support, and a batch of new content!

Mod Support

Players can now add their own content to the game! Everything from cards to quests to whole new mechanics are open to modding. Check out instructions here, and check out the example mods on the workshop.

New Day 1 Boss

Meet Buleet, the Rise Turncoat. Sal can face this new challenger at the end of her first day. He's also been added to boss rush and brawl.

New NPCS

Luminitiates - These are low-level inductees to the Cult of Hesh. They are rare outside of the Pearl, but can be occasionally found supporting the Cult's operations throughout Havaria.
Promoted Priests - The standard-bearers of the Cult get a boost when playing in prestige mode. They'll ready the world for Hesh's awakening with their luminized scythes.
Horned Yotes - They're yotes, but meaner, and with new death loot.

New Daily: Negotiation Boss Rush

Ever wanted to convince a Shroog not to eat you? Now you can! This new negotiation-based daily has been entered into the regular rotation, and has also been set to repeat for the next few days.

(a bit of) Smith:

Speaking of dailies, Smith will now be appearing in the daily runs. You can get some practice in with his cards before his story debut. In addition to these changes, there are lot of general fixes and balance changes. Please see the patch notes on our forum for the full details. Happy Grifting, everyone! The next update will be on Nov 5th. We're taking a little longer with this one, because it will be a big one - the first two day's of Smith's story! As always, you can get a sneak peek at the upcoming content and follow along with our day-to-day development by opting in to the Experimental build. You'll see the changes that we make as we make them, and be able to give immediate feedback.

[ 2020-09-17 17:23:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

This hotfix addresses some issues that we found with yesterday's update. View full information on our forum, here: https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/121122-hotfix-427310/

[ 2020-08-21 21:53:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update brings big changes to the game's difficulty curve, and a bunch of new systems and content. Difficulty overhaul:

• The default prestige level has been made more difficult, both in combat and negotiations. The prestige track has been made shorter and steeper. We combined a lot of the old prestige levels to make going up a level in prestige feel more impactful. Each step up the ladder should feel meaningfully harder than the last!
• Mutators and custom card pool selections have been moved to a custom game mode, to provide a consistent challenge.
• We've also added a new low-difficulty story mode, for when you just want to explore the choices in the characters' stories.

Perks and Grifts:

• Perks are special unlockable skills that you can equip at the start of a run. You unlock perks by spending points that you earn by completing Grifts as you play the game. You can unlock up to 3 perk slots to use at a time, and there are 34 perks to unlock, split over 5 tiers.

Defensive Cards:

• We've added a bunch of new defensive cards for Rook and Sal, rounding out their capabilities and supporting more cautious playing styles.

New Characters:

• New promoted variants of the Laborer and Jakes Runner are waiting for you in prestige level 1.

New Daily Run Type:

• A new daily run type has been added to the pool: Protection. See if you can help a wounded ally survive a series of tough fights. This daily will be available every three days.

Main UI Revamp:

• The main UI bar has been redesigned to give you easier access to all of the information about your current run. You can see your perks, grafts, boons, banes, mutators, and relationships all in one place.

In addition, there are a lot of general fixes and balance changes. [url=https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/121075-perks-available-now/]Please see the patch notes on our forum for full details. Happy grifting, everyone! We'll see you for our next scheduled update on September 17th. As always, you can follow along with our day-to-day development by opting in to the Experimental build. You'll see the changes that we make as we make them, and be able to give immediate feedback.

[ 2020-08-20 17:28:42 CET ] [ Original post ]