Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder

New Cosmetics!

• "One Wolf Moon" added to store pool.
  
• "Storm Rider" added to store pool.
  

Balance Changes

Cards

• "Heating Up" the "Fierce" upgrade now activates on play.
  
• "Relax" replaced "Jacked Up" upgrade with "More"
  
• "Personal Riff" +1 hype and gives 1 more Embarrassed on play, "Practiced" upgrade replaced with "ruthless"
  
• "Production Manager" now costs 1 less energy.
  
• "Instrumental Jam" upgrade "Quickly" replaced with "Protective"
  
• "Cymbal Practice" now gives flat +2 hype to all snares instead of +1 per play.
  
• "Smash The Keys" now has the "Aggressively" upgrade.
  
• "Sick Dig" upgrade "Repeatable" replaced with "Disruptive"
  
• "Chillin' In The Groove" gives +2 hype and +2 protection.
  
• "Hooligan For Hire" now has "Annoying" and "Disruptive" upgrades.
  
• "Charming Lilt" added "Pensive" upgrade.
  
• "Up Beat" now tier 3 instead of tier 4 and gives 3 fewer hype.
  
• "Mock Their Buddies" gives -4 hype for every 2 crew the opponent has instead of -1 for 1.
  
• "Mean" crew upgrade changed to "Annoying" which gives -hype to self in exchange for more max hand size and draw count.
  
• "Video Producer" now has "Annoying" & Protective as its upgrades.
  
• "Perfectly Melodic Lick" costs 1 fewer energy and gives -2 hype.
  
• "Quick Call Back" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Maintain"
  
• "Sick Lick" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Hard"
  
• "Recalling Lessons" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Safe"
  
• "Snare Hits" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Incredible"
  
• "Jumping To The Groove" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "And Inspire" and "Jacked Up" Added.
  
• "Distracting Dancing" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Heavy"
  

Bosses

• "Celebratory Cheers" now adds 1 more dollar to match prize on play.
  
• "Vault Keys" steals $10 instead of $20 and adds $2 more to the prize pool
  
• "Pilfered Phrases" Steal $10 instead of $5, has +1 hype.
  
• Bot bands "Patient Bridge" should not appear until the third round at its earliest.
  

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Changes

• Bot band mates should no longer play starter song sections if the band has something better.
  
• Bots should no longer play cards (Soft Sticks, Muted Keys, etc) that make cards in hand cost less energy if cards are already 0 cost.
  
• Bots now handle crew limit being reached sensibly.
  
• Featured and Daily store algorithm updated to give a wider array of options.
  
• Added some time to card selection and upgrade timer in Royale.
  
• Fixed "Cool Leather Jacket" not working properly.
  

New Cosmetics!

• "Pointed" Hairstyle added to the Store pool.
  
• "Soft Sizzle" Outfit added to the Store pool.
  

Balance Changes

Cards & Gear

• "Calming Bassline" effect now lasts for 2 completed (rather than played) song sections and has +2 capacity.
  
• "Quick Lick" has "Well Timed" upgrade replacing "With Feeling"
  
• "Quick Retry" renamed to "Rapid Retry" and draws 1 fewer card on play.
  
• "Shake It Off" draws on discard no longer includes self.
  
• "Invigorating Beat" +1 hype.
  
• "Crashing Cymbal" costs -1 Energy.
  
• "Groovin' With The Beat" (Drums) gives 1 less hype and +1 Protection, "Too Fast" upgrade replaced with "Disruptive"
  
• "Groovin' With The Beat" (Guitar) gives 1 less hype and +1 Protection. "Well Timed" upgrade added.
  
• "Metronome" now gives hype every 9 performance cards played instead of 10.
  
• "Gold Leaf Stratocaster" costs $15 less.
  
• Band hype is now limited so it can never go below the negative of the hype goal.
  
• Crew is now capped at 50 per side as to follow fire codes of the different venues.
  

Bosses

• Scrap Titan: Tour Level 1 -1 card draw. Tour Level 5 +1 card draw. Tour level 7 +1 energy, +1 "Scrapyard Dog" Tour Level 8 +1 Max hand size, ,+1 energy, +1 "Heavy Smash"
  
• Riff Rats: Tour Level 2 -1 card draw. Tour Level 7 -1 "Family"
  
• Caper Crew: Tour Level 2 +1 Max hand size and Card draw. Tour Level 4 +1 energy.
  
• Bardbarians: Tour Level 3 +1 card draw. Tour Level 4 +1 Energy. Tour Level 5 +1 Card draw and max hand size. Tour level 6 +1 card draw.
  
• Jackal Brothers: Tour Level 4 -1 "Spooky Sifflet" & "Varmint Shuffle" Tour Level 5 -1 "Varmint Shuffle" -1 Energy.
  
• Goo Fighters: Tour Level 4 +1 Energy. Tour Level 5 +1 Draw count. Tour Level 6 +1 Draw count & Energy. Tour Level 8 +1 "Kerplunk"
  
• Skidmarks: Tour Level 6 -1 Energy Tour Level 8 -1 Energy.
  

Bugs

• "Jump Up And Down" now works as intended when used multiple turns in a row.
  
• "Well Practiced Chorus" bot weight adjusted slightly to make it more likely the bots play it later in a turn.
  
• "Well Thrown Sticks" bot weights adjusted to take both opponent protection and number of crew into account.
  
• "Wreck and Repeat" & "Crowd Surf" bot weight adjusted to take how much hype they would generate into account.
  
• "Mimicking Hook" no longer creates a doubled Song Section when ended with "Confusing Intimidation"
  
• Issue when removing all of a deck replacing it with starter deck fixed so now a deck can not be smaller than 1 card.
  
• Randomizing character on the customization screen now properly randomizes instrument colors.
  
• Gear properly disappears when sacrificed at a moment.
  
• Final Boss defeat screen no longer shows -morale as it is redundant.
  
• Going Second in Royale now gives double protection from previous values.
  

New Engine Version

New Cosmetics!

Balance Changes

Cards & Gear

• "Cymbal of Speed" needs 1 fewer Quick played to activate and give energy.
  
• "Crowd Surf" and "Well Practiced Chorus" weights shifted so bots play them at better times.
  
• "Rousing Melody" give +2 hype.
  
• "Leadership Riff" costs 1 more energy and gives +2 Hype.
  
• "Killer Jam" -3 Hype and -1 energy cost.
  
• "Well Prepared Interlude" Gives +1 Hype.
  
• "Groovin With The Beat" (Bass) gives -1 hype and +1 Protection.
  
• "Quick Bridge" is now tier 1 instead of tier 2.
  
• "Interpretive Interlude" give +1 protection on complete.
  

Bugs

General

• "Rev Up" (Scrap Titan) no longer gets upgrades.
  
• Moments now show player votes as they happen.
  
• "Cymbal Technician" now works as intended.
  
• "Legendary Instructor" now works as intended.
  
• Instrument Icon Displays correctly on Royale outcome screen.
  
• Join game through steam no longer causes issues.
  <*> We also added a "Gotta Go, Thanks!" Chat option to the band setup screen so more polite in game goodbyes are available.
  

Cosmetic

• "Two Cut Inspiration" Guitar now has a secondary color choice.
  
• "Wicked Lows" Bass now has a secondary color choice.
  
• "Pot Head" Mask now displays correctly in the Store view.
  
• "Thorns N' Roses" Mask now displays correctly in the Store view.
  

Quick Fixes:

• "Awesome Cymbal Tricks" no longer exhausts.
  
• Bot card priority for "Blistering Finale" and "Starting Taps" updated.
  
• "Play Hardest" now gives +3 Hype and +1 Capacity instead of +2 and +3.
  
• "Dramatic Break" now gives -1 "Snare Hit" Modifies Snare hits with +1 more hype.
  
• "Cymbal Technician" gives -1 "Snare Hit"
  
• "Crashing Cymbal" gives -1 "Snare Hit"
  
• "Expecting Taps" Upgrade "Better" replaced with "Burning"
  
• "Open Ended Interlude" +1 capacity, now gives +1 energy to random bandmate on complete, has "Burning" upgrade.
  
• "Coin Ops" Tour Level 2 +1 Energy.
  
• Fixed bug in which upgrades selected at the beginning of a match did not apply modifications.
  
• Fixed bug in which royale bot bands upgrades did not show modifications.
  
• Improved bot behavior for when to sit on energy and wait for others to play and when to start passing energy out when all the bots own cards are bad.
  
• "Patchy" mask had its color mask fixed.
  

New Features

Quality of Life Changes

New Cosmetics!

• "Chomp!" Hairstyle added to store pool.
  
• "Mutt of Love and Depth" Outfit added to store pool.
  

Balance Changes

Bosses

• Caper Crew: Tour level 1 -1 "Retreat Beat" Tour Level 4 +2 Card Draw and +2 Max hand size.
  
• Riff Rats: Tour Level 2 +1 Card Draw and Max hand size, Tour Level 6 -1 Energy.
  
• Jackal Brothers: Tour Level 3 +1Card draw and Max hand size. Tour Level 7 -1 energy.
  
• Scrap Titan: Tour Level 3 +1 "Oil The Gears" Tour Level 6 +1 "Scrapyard Dog" Tour Level 7 +1 Energy Tour Level 8 +1 Card draw and max hand size.
  
• Real Good Boys: Tour Level 7 +1 Energy & +1 "Howl" Tour level 9 +1 Energy.
  
• Skidmarks: Tour Level 7 -1 Energy.
  
• Goo Fighters: Tour Level 9 +1 Energy and Card Draw.
  

Cards

• "Sad Melody" gives 2 fewer hype and requires 1 more play to upgrade.
  
• "Distracting Glare" gives 1 fewer hype.
  
• "Truck Driver" now exhausts.
  
• "Relax!" no longer has "Ruthless" upgrade now has "Mean" upgrade.
  
• "Common Sting" gives 1 more hype, "With Feeling" upgrade replaced with "Burning"
  
• "Lick That Is Stuck In Your Head" puts "Well Forgotten Lick" directly into hand on discard instead of into graveyard.
  
• "Personal Riff" tier lowered from 3 to 2.
  
• "Hot Hook" gives 2 more hype on complete.
  
• "Rolling Bridge" Gives 1 protection on complete, "Intense" upgrade replaced with "Defensive"
  
• "Heavy" Upgrade gives +6 hype instead of +4 hype now.
  

• "Pretty Motif" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "Insulting"
  
• "Up Beat" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "With Feeling"
  
• "Jazzy Motif" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "Patiently"
  
• "Loud Beat" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "Extra"
  
• "Sick Beat" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "Heavy"
  
• "Sick Riff" - "Happy" upgrade replaced with "Burning"
  
• "Cool Quick Noodlin" - "Branded" replaced with "Safe"
  
• "Hurl Insults" no longer has "Branded" upgrade.
  
• "High Pitch Wail" - "Branded" replaced with "Hard"
  
• "Sad Notes" - "Branded" replaced with "Speedy"
  
• "Signal The Bouncer" - "Branded" replaced with "Patiently"
  
• "Hinting Keys" - "Branded" replaced with "Mean"
  
• "Heart Rending Piece" - "Well Branded" replaced with "Aggressively"
  
• "Chillin In The Groove" - "Well Branded" replaced with "Pensive"
  
• "Jazzy Hook" (Drums) - "Well Branded" replaced with "Informative"
  
• "Pause For Beer" - "Well Branded" replaced with "Branded"
  

• "Snare Hit" no longer gives energy on play.
  
• "Snare Hit" now gains +1 Hype on play so it gets stronger for every play during a match.
  
• "Drum Roll" now gains hype per performance cards in song section on sweep and makes band draw 1 on play. No longer effected by number of "Snare Hits" in song section.
  
• "Soft Sticks" Applies to all cards in hand instead of 'All' "Snare Hits"
  
• "Awesome Cymbal Tricks" no longer modifies Snare hits, now Exhausts 1 card from each Opponent and adds 1 "Star Struck" bummer to one opponents draw pile. Exhausts.
  
• "Expecting Taps" now gives +1 hype.
  
• "Focus On Cymbalism" now gives +1 hype.
  
• "Open Ended Interlude" now gives +2 hype on complete.
  
• "Cymbal Practice" now makes all "Snare Hit" gain +1 hype per play on play.
  
• "Snare Hit" card art updated.
  

Bugs

• Fixed an issue where reconnecting to a match removed the 'Leave Game" option from the menu.
  
• Fixed an issue when reconnecting during picking cards led to the moment breaking.
  
• Fixed an issue that had upgrades not showing correctly after loading a saved tour.
  
• Fixed an issue where upgrades would not show up correctly on the Royale Vendor Remove card screen.
  
• Fixed an issue in which cards linked in match chat would not show upgrades.
  
• Fixed an issue in which loading would not properly display last saved preset.
  
• Van skin no longer resets to default after a tour.
  
• Van skin no longer resets to default on game relaunch.
  
• "Grooving With The Beat" now bolts correctly.
  
• "Cymbal Of Speed" gear now updates correctly as quicks are played.
  
• "Little Mallets" now will appear during runs.
  
• Players no longer receive "Void Drums" multiple times.
  
• Improved Royale server stability
  

Bugs

Gameplay

• Royale bots no longer get "Patient Bridge" as often.
  
• "Roasting Their Past" now bolts correctly.
  
• "Comedic Lick" now bolts correctly.
  
• "Classic Joke Book" gear now counts to proper target and then activates instead of going up infinitely.
  
• Default Band name now remembers last band name entered always.
  
• Loading a saved game should properly retain upgrades (some upgrade text descriptions may be missing from the deck view, this is a purely visual bug)
  
• Card Removal purchase count is now saved so it will no longer reset with every load.
  
• Fixed issue with opening moment card removals not being saved.
  
• Fixed issue with reconnecting making it impossible to drive.
  
• Fixed issue when band owner disconnects during vendor so players no longer get stranded.
  
• Fixed issue when reconnecting where waiting for players screen is not cleared when on campaign map.
  
• Fixed issue when reconnecting during a match not correctly showing cards in hand until next turn.
  
• Fixed issue with moment after reconnecting with a bandmate who does not reconnect.
  

Cosmetic

• "Barely Beanie" hairstyle fixed bone weights.
  
• "Shirley Temple" hairstyle less jiggly.
  
• "The Riveter" hairstyle less jiggly.
  
• "Patchy" mask now has shine on the nose, and white teeth.
  
• "Perdy" glasses fixed color masking.
  
• "Pony Up" hairstyle mesh fixed.
  

Balance Changes

Bosses

• Goo Fighters: Tour Level 2, -1 "Viscous Verse" and -1 Max hand size. Tour Level 4, -1 Card Draw, -1 Energy, -1 Max Hand Size. Tour Level 5, -1 Energy, -1 Max hand size. Tour Level 6, -1 "Belch" -1 Energy, -2 Max hand Size.
  
• Scrap Titan: Tour Level 2, -2 Max Hand Size.
  
• Riff Rats: Tour Level 3, -1 "Family" Tour Level 7, -1 "Family"
  
• Bardbarians: Tour Level 3, -1 card draw.
  
• Coin Ops: Tour Level 4, -2 Max hand size.
  
• Caper Crew: Tour Level 4, -1 "Big Boss"
  
• Real Good Boys: Tour Level 7, -1 Energy.
  

Cards & Gear

• "Pensive" upgrade now gives +1 extra hype on muck.
  
• "Pleasant" upgrade now gives +1 more hype on draw.
  
• "Repeat The Beat" now has a second upgrade "Aggressively"
  
• "Well Thrown Sticks" no longer exhausts, "Speedy" upgrade replaced with "Burning"
  
• "Tell The Crowd They Are The Best" now only gives 3 Protection total.
  
• All "Loud" cards (Keys, beat, Riff, and Lick) now only require 4 plays to upgrade.
  
• "Defensive" upgrade now gives 2 Protection and no longer lowers energy cost.
  
• "Distracting Bass Lick" now only has 6 capacity.
  
• "Cymbal Practice" gives 1 more hype to all "Snare Hits"
  
• "Muse" now gives -1 extra Protection every turn.
  
• "Stretching Break" now tier 3 instead of tier 2.
  
• "Beautiful Memory" now only gives 1 energy to self on play.
  
• "Reverb Pedal" requires only 3 quicks to cause draws.
  
• "Magical Headphones" now have band draw 2 for every 4 louds.
  

New Features

New Cosmetics!

• "Finga" hairstyle added to store pool.
  
• "Blacklight" van skin added to store pool.
  

Quality of Life Changes

• Moments only count human players for votes resolving disconnecting moment issues and removing band leader vote advantage.
  
• Weekly Store only has Legendary and Rare Items.
  
• Added an Information Button during battles that shows useful information!
  

New Features

Save System!

New Cosmetics!

• "Frosted Top" Hairstyle added to the store pool.
  
• "Heart U" Makeup added to the store pool.
  

Bugs

• Bass player can receive energy from non bots again!
  
• Royale vendor Fixed to now show correct gear.
  

Balance Changes

Bosses

• Skidmarks Tour Level 8 -1 Energy.
  
• Goo Fighters Tour level 1 has +1 "Grimy Riff". Tour level 2 -1 card draw. Tour level 3 -1 max hand size. Tour level 4 -1 Energy. Tour level 5 -1 Energy.
  
• Bardbarians Tour level 1 no longer has "Battle march" and -1 card draw. Tour Level 4 -1 Energy. Tour Level 7 -1 Energy. Tour Level 8 -1 Energy, and -1 Card draw.
  
• Jackal Brothers Tour level 3 -1 Energy. Tour Level 5 +1 Energy, +1 Card draw.
  
• Riff Rats Tour Level 4 -1 Card draw. Tour Level 5 -1 Card draw. Tour level 6 -1 Card draw. Tour level 7 -1 Card draw.
  
• Coin Ops Tour Level 4 -1 "Xtreme GPU" Tour Level 5 -1 Card draw. Tour Level 7 -1 "Overclocked CPU"
  
• Caper Crew Your Level 5 -1 Energy.
  

Cards

• "Loud Riff" "Loud Beat" "Loud Keys" and "Loud Lick" no longer offered as a card reward.
  
• "Brilliant Bridge" "Catchy Chorus" and "Spicy Verse" no longer offered as card rewards.
  
• "Soft Sticks" costs one more energy.
  
• "Star Power Chord" Now gives 1 random opposing bandmember 2 Star struck instead of all opposing band members 1, also 1 fewer hype.
  
• "Celebratory Verse" no longer has "Speedy" upgrade, now has "Welcoming" upgrade.
  
• "Head Slam" now has "Mean" as a possible option.