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Genre: Strategy, Indie

Bard Idle

New Zones, Dyes, Cookbook, Secrets of the Hand

New zones
From zone 200 heroes' path runs through the orc lands. The thirst for profit makes the heroes visit more and more dangerous places. Monks of soaring Semaran do not welcome visitors, and some treasures of Ar-Bazar ruins have been enchanted and are to be feared.
An additional 10 more marvelous compositions have been written by bards of kingdoms.


Dyes
In factions menu you can now dye various parts of class equipment with available dye. There are 96 dyes in game, each of which you will have to unlock by completing a special task for it.


Cookbook and Mystery of the Hand
Two more books have become available for learning, which will help you automate obtaining of spices and chiromancy hands.


Additions and changes:
- Auto-select filters in jelly dwarf and stone selection menu have been improved. You can now mark selected stones/dwarfs as favorites to prioritize them even higher.
- Description of Flute class item has been clarified.
- Cultists accumulate damage if its fire has killed an enemy.
- While dragging stones/flowers/flags is in progress, squad will not be sorted.
- Race is now listed below hero in rebirth window.
- Fixed bug where an extra shot was not counted for second shooting master.
- Fixed bug with more toads appearing than there should be.
- Abbreviated view in hero hiring menu has appeared.
- Rune now adds 1 blood when killing a rune dragon.
- Amount of blood drop from rune dragons depending on zones has been increased.
- Fixed typos in some words [eng].
- Initiative of allied creatures has been increased.
- Ballad line has been clarified to be a chorus.
- Illustration for doubling choruses now works for chorus .

Dragon obelisk. Double roast. Mechanization.



Recent earthquake near ancient Basilica has revealed a secret passage to a long-forgotten dragon utopia. There dwell rune dragons with incredible and mysterious powers. Some ancient civilization has also left its mark in these lands in form of Dragon obelisk. Obelisk grants great power to whoever can complete it.

Added new quest - Heroes of magic and might


Collect rune dragon blood and basalt to fill Dragon obelisk with magical runes. Each rune path contains its own unique set of bonuses, and all paths converge at top of obelisk.

Added new mode - Double roast


It can be unlocked by reaching the diamond league. In this mode, twice as many enemies appear and they are stronger. There are twice as many Dragons and Toads.

Added new book - Mechanization


It will automate the selection of stones and jelly gnomes, distribution of stones and flowers between heroes and upgrading of jelly gnomes in candy house.

Additions and changes:
- Added option to advanced settings to hide ambrosia receipt messages.
- Fixed the display of multipliers in Arena if there is corresponding multiplier from candy house.
- Fixed bug where blessings timer was not decreasing in a camp with the 'Do not turn on pause' option.

Factions

The High Magi observe unnatural fluctuations of power in all corners of the world. Ancient secrets are slowly coming to light, and with them various factions from distant lands that many have never heard of. Their outfits are made by the best of the best fashion designers and blacksmiths. It's not easy to weave a fireproof cloak or forge a heavy-duty helmet that can support the full weight of a forest toad.

A faction menu has been added to the candy house, where you can select the available faction looks for the respective class.

Additions and changes:

  • Fixed a bug with auto gnomes where selecting auto gnomes only for your favorite heroes would still distribute jelly for everyone.
  • Fixed a bug when you write a line of ballads and while viewing another chapter, you are not thrown to the chapter you are filling, but to the next chapter.
  • The tourmaline description takes into account the effect of the string .
  • Time of boost from silver tree and bloodlust time are not decreased during the pause.

Enchanted Box

Outlaws from around the world have banded together to rob caravans from kingdoms.
The kings are not happy about this, so they enlist the help of outside organizations that optimize routes to make it harder to rob caravans.
Bearded Joe says that the Kings have reached out to the Adepts of Bubic faction and the Mountain Alliance, but few believe him.
Also, Joe tells of a certain

Enchanted Box

that the Goblin King personally sent by secret route to the Elf King. Whoever solves the riddle of the box will be rewarded.
At the same time, the box every 3 days changes the riddle and updates its reward.

Additions and changes:

  • Minimize window option now applies to hiring window as well
  • You can't give a flag to a hero unless the squad can deal damage.

Bard News: Preparing the faction system


Sunset's Birthday!

Dear Bards!


Today, May 10, is the birthday of the composer of Bard Idle and Sunset Survival Station, Mark.
And on this occasion we decided to release Sunset Survival Station game from Early Access!
We've done a lot of work trying to keep you happy with new Bard updates, and not forgetting to work on Sunset.
Sunset Survival Station is a teeth-grinding RPG in the vein of Vampire Survivors.
We've expanded the genre and added a lot of RPG elements to it - deep machine upgrades, story and different tactics that won't let you get bored!
The release of Sunset, as we think, went unnoticed, and we need your support!
If you like Illegal Turtle games, we will be grateful if you buy Sunset Survival Station and support our little team and become a part of our story.
In return, we promise you won't be cheated and a good game awaits you.
In addition, we have tried our best and translated the game into 5 languages (as well as created a system of external translation files).
translation system). This system will probably be used in the translation of the bard!
Thank you for your attention!
Stanislav Belyaev
Gleb Latyev
Illegal Turtle.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2414740/SUNSET_SURVIVAL_STATION/?l=russian&ref=gamehypes

0.52b


  • Automatic use of soup works with line "The power in food!".
  • Drawing an illustration does not overwrite lines from previous chapter if they were printed by press in either mode.
  • In tarot card THE WORLD, cheese is changed to carrots if there is a line "A world without cheese we will build".
  • Line "Line up in the turtle!" will trigger if a free legionnaire appears after it.
  • Fixed description of hints in arena menu. For maximum upgrade, it is now written to hold [ctrl] instead of [shift].
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect upgrading of hero characteristics for jelly, if player himself chose what to upgrade.
  • Fixed a bug with old saves not being able to hire base classes in new versions.
  • Name of printing press template is now deleted along with template.

Chapter 9, Magic of inspiration, Monk's diet


Chapter 9 of ballad is available!


Discover useful world of carrots or put knights on horses. Caravans will fear you, because you can become even more ruthless.

Added a new quest - Magic of inspiration


Mages inspire bards with their magical abilities to new poetic achievements. The longer bard travels with mages, the more he can come up with new things. Go on a quest and unlock new lines for old chapters and all lines of chapter 9.

A new quest has been added - Monk's diet


Monks spend a lot of time in their monastery enjoying fermented grape juice and pork ribs. The king sees decay in monastery and demands leaders of religious community to clean up their wards. Proceed through quest, playing only cheerful monks, and increase limit of Carrot grace blessing. The more you eat carrots, the more gold you will receive.
A new book has been added, Ballad for Dummies. It allows you to replace starting line of a ballad with any other line you can write.

Additions and changes:
- Fixed a bug with Butterfly mages hanging if they have a flag and katana in their hand.
- Removed bubble sound during an Archmagister attack.
- Added an option to minimize window when transforming into a flower (enabled by default).
- In squad menu, hero states are displayed, and when hovering you can see their descriptions.
- Information about Monarch has been moved under hero's characteristics.
- Fixed a bug where THE HANGED MAN could not select a line in a ballad if a message about defeating a boss was displayed.
- Blessings are now saved when exiting the game.

Caravans


Silverguard's diplomats believe that the golden age of trade between kingdoms is upon us. More and more caravans begin to bring goods from different countries, enriching the treasury with ringing coin.
At same time in every alley appeared and more dubious personalities who want to take all most valuable caravans to themselves.

Collect squads of brigands, mug caravans to get class items, not forgetting to fill your wallets with gold, and inventory of various useful things.


The Platinum League gives you access to Phantom shelf, which is already stocked with learned books from all base classes. Forgetting these books will cause base classes to disappear from hero hiring list.


Additions and changes:
- Fixed a bug with creating a save file in game folder.
- Fixed a bug with giving out another collection item when loading a save.
- Fixed a bug where when turning a hero into a flower, other heroes could move to someone else's position before action.
- Butterfly mages have Monarch damage and health displayed.

0.50c fixes


  • Fixed a bug with army freezing caused by Cheese mage's actions.
  • Fixed a bug with mouse freezing when saving game and minimizing window.
  • Fixed a bug where default Printing Machine template was incorrectly changed when other template was deleted.
  • Now when Undead Archmage rebirths into an elf, butterfly mages get a katana if the right skill is available.
  • Fixed description for flowers in army window, if line "Roses on our shields!" is written.