Honey, I Joined a Cult

• Quirks system added:
  
• Approximately 65 quirks have been added.
  
• Quirks are a new form of trait added to NPCs.
  
• NPCs start with some quirks and gain more every 5 levels.
  
• Quirks have conditions that need to be met or the NPC will receive a mood debuff.
  
• Mood debuffs for quirks stack slowly over time.
  
• Quirks may be removed in the same manner as traits with the correct ministry of alteration tech unlock.
  
• Mission assign cultist menu shows relevant quirks.
  
• Cultist overview job assign menu shows relevant quirks.
  

• Random Events system added:
  
• Approximately 50 random events have been added so far.
  
• We plan to add many more random events throughout early access development.
  
• Random events can now occur during a playthrough.
  
• A paperboy and newspaper popup will alert the player to a random event.
  
• Random events can give various positive and negative outcomes.
  
• Many new effects have been added to NPCs to reflect these random events.
  

• Mission Events system added:
  
• Approximately 20 mission events have been added so far.
  
• We plan to add many more mission events throughout early access development.
  
• Some missions may now have an event occur.
  
• Options presented during a mission event are determined by the skills of cultists attending the mission.
  
• Cultist skills have been divided into 3 category types for the purposes of determining skills on mission events. They are: ‘people’, ‘logical’ and ‘practical’ skill categories.
  
• Interacting with a mission event can give multiple positive and negative rewards.
  
• Players will usually have the option to dismiss them and not interact with them.
  

• Added new stats menu:
  
• New stats menu has been added to the HUD.
  
• It can be opened by pressing any of the stats.
  
• Tracks a variety of information for stats, resources, and NPCs.
  
• Added new hats and outfits related to Christmas.
  
• Added new object rewards for missions related to Christmas.
  
• Added new relics related to Christmas.
  
• Added new cultist Symbol.
  
• Added 7 new dynamic tutorials.
  

• Mission difficulty has changed how it scales. Players should now see a more consistent increase to mission success chance as more cultist skill points are added to a mission.
  
• Mission assign cultist menu now shows the minimum number of skill points needed to affect a mission outcome.
  
• Mission assign cultist menu now shows the maximum number of skill points needed to complete a mission with 100% chance of success.
  
• Mission assign cultist menu changes the minimum and maximum skill points needed mentioned above if covert ops planning is carried out.
  
• Time to research research tree techs slightly reduced.
  
• Cost of research tree techs slightly reduced.
  
• The research menu now remembers its scroll position.
  
• Faith cost of cultists will now increase at lower moods. This is reflected on mood bar tooltips.
  
• Randall Innsmouth special character now has scary new face.
  
• Customisation screen leader facial features is now its own separate button.
  
• Added close button to sermon menu.
  
• Credits updated.
  
• Mouse cursor is no longer displayed during the end game screens.
  
• Vending machine food information has been added to the canteen serve menu.
  
• New tab added to cultist sidebar menu to show quirks and traits.
  
• New tab added to the follower sidebar menu to show quirks and traits.
  
• Cultist and follower sidebars now remember the last tab opened.
  
• Ministry of alteration ‘joyful alteration’ has now been replaced by ‘quirky alteration’. It no longer gives a mood buff when removing traits. It means quirks can now be removed in addition to traits.
  

• Fixed a cultist behaviour issue where they would sometimes not wash their hands after using a toilet because they had a job to attend to.
  
• Missions that can scale in difficulty were not scaling their duration correctly.
  
• HUD alerts mood break tooltips would sometimes report mood breaks occurring when there was none.
  
• Fixed bug where cultists with injuries requiring treatment could be sent on missions.
  
• Sermon outcome menu now matches the sermon menu predicted results more accurately.
  
• Mission types will no longer stop appearing if one of those types had previously expired or failed.
  
• Cultist overview menu will now correctly toggle the leader sidebar open and closed when clicking their name.
  
• If a cultist has a bed assigned to them the cultist sidebar menu now shows the beds correct room.
  
• Fixed rooms sometimes reporting restricted space when there was none.
  
• Dismissing a Follower now decreases PR instead of increasing it.
  
• FPS no longer drops in contracts room assign menu.
  
• Cultists no longer temporarily appear back in the game world when they are at hospital and are dismissed.
  
• Changing a cultists outfit whilst they are in the shower no longer results in flashing outfit colours.
  
• Fixed cultists sometimes reporting skill modifiers from traits they do not possess.
  
• Mission difficulty colours now match between the mission list and mission detail menus.
  
• Cultist eyes can no longer be seen on the top of full face hats in certain conditions.
  
• Cultists will no longer become stuck on pews.
  
• The most relevant sidebar menus now open when clicking certain aspects of the cultist and follower overview menus.
  
• Demolish tool could sometimes not be used when the cultists money was low.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a cultist leaves with certain menus open.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when moving certain objects around rooms.
  
• Fixed FPS drop on follower overview menu when followers would enter or leave the street.
  
• Follower recruit progress in the follower overview menu is now sorted better.
  
• It is no longer possible to recruit multiple followers during the recruit follower tutorial.
  
• It is no longer possible to interact with the divine inspirations menu during the tutorial.
  
• It is no longer possible to assign rooms other than a bedroom during the bedroom tutorial.
  
• It is no longer possible to change the walls during the foundation tutorial.
  
• Moving a door will no longer sometimes make part of a room unusable.
  

• Fixed many typos.
  
• Fixed many missing references.
  
• Fixed many incorrect references.
  
• Fixed many incorrect translations.
  

• Mission choices - Occasionally during missions, your cultists will encounter special events which put you in the spotlight with specific mission choices which can either help... or hinder the mission progress or your cultists while out in the big bad world!
  

• Random events - During the regular day-to-day running of your compound, random events can occur which can affect the world and all those who inhabit it, including everything from rising blood moons to defective underwear... All of which can affect the way you manage your cultists, compound, and followers.
  

• Cultist Quirks - Your cultists will now gain quirks as they develop! They can now get a variety of unique character traits that you will have to reckon with as you manage your compound, such as a penchant for night-time work only, only wanting to work in rooms of a certain prestige, or developing a strong admiration for gruel!
  

• Christmas cosmetics - It's the most wonderful time of year! What better way to reflect that than by getting your cultists to wear their finest Christmas jumpers and party hats, as well as the addition of new decor items, ranging from presents, Christmas trees, and candy canes, plus brand new Relic statues for your followers to worship!
  

• Random events!
  
• Mission Choices!
  
• Christmas outfits and Cult decorations!
  

• Pool of Revelations tech has been switched with Influence Cap 1 resulting in the Pool of Revelations being unlocked much earlier (does not affect old saves).
  
• Pool of Revelation object costs have been reduced.
  
• Toilet - Insta-Flush max bladder rating changed from 85% to 90%.
  
• Shower - Insta-Power dirty hands removal chance changed from 15% to 20%.
  
• Toilet - Golden max hygiene rating changed from 85% to 90%.
  
• Shower - Golden dirty hands removal chance changed from 20% to 15%.
  
• Toilet - Golden Prestige rating changed from 5 to 7.
  
• Shower - Golden Prestige rating changed from 5 to 7.
  
• Sink - Golden Prestige rating changed from 5 to 7.
  
• Maintenance Room Step Ladder upgrade now increases both repair and cleaning speed instead of patrol speed.
  
• Followers will now choose to use Module rooms more frequently. Previously they prioritized any available Therapy rooms.
  
• Poorer Quality followers now have a chance to start with positive traits instead of only negative.
  
• Added tooltips to Kitchen production pause buttons to clarify their state.
  
• Cult Sign is now able to be moved, deleted, and built from the build menu.
  
• Updated the costs of outdoor objects. Previously everything cost $200.
  
• Follower Overview menu now shows each Module Rooms progress.
  
• Protests and Raids can now occur at more points throughout the day.
  
• Darkness Divine Inspirations tier thresholds have been changed. Lower tiers are unlocked sooner.
  
• PR Missions PR gain has been reduced.
  
• Heat gains from all sources have been increased.
  
• Initial Faith upkeep of Cultists has been greatly increased.
  
• Skill Point Faith upkeep of Cultists has been reduced slightly.
  
• Mission difficulty slightly increased.
  
• Prestige diminishing returns after 6th object is placed in a room has been reduced.
  
• Prestige restricted space penalties have changed from 20% increments to 10% increments.
  
• Theme rating gained from Spread missions has been increased.
  
• Theme rating gained from Sacrificial Pit has been increased.
  
• Theme rating gained from Contracts Room has been increased.
  
• Influence rating gained from Sacrificial Pit has been increased.
  
• Spirit Chamber Demon Projector now has 4 rotation sprites.
  
• Cultist Overview, Follower Overview and Compound menus can now be sorted by their headers.
  
• Options to toggle hit points and indoor lights are now saved.
  
• Added new dynamic tutorials for Missed Sermons, Gaining Influence, Compound Growth, Skill Points, Prestige, Preparing Meals, and Divine Inspirations Reminder.
  
• Reduced the Money output of the Infernal Heat room slightly.
  
• Follower Unknown Traits are now colour coded.
  
• Added additional details to the Contracts Room and Sacrificial Pit Follower assign menus.
  
• The cost of deleting walls and foundation has been removed.
  

• Fixed Steam not taking screenshots with the F12 key.
  
• Fixed Skill tooltips showing two sets of data that contradicted each other.
  
• Fixed right clicking Cultists to perform actions when they are scheduled to sleep to no longer result in Cultists ignoring the order and going to bed.
  
• Fixed Cultist Sidebar Menu schedule bug where their schedule could be set to 'Paste', 'Copy' etc instead of 'Work', 'Sleep' etc.
  
• Fixed zoom levels of the game in resolutions above 1080p.
  
• Fixed Cultist Overview menu not showing Intelligence skill values.
  
• Holy Room can no longer contain certain strings that would result in the game being coming unstable.
  
• Fixed bug where Cultists would almost always mention having a dream after sleeping.
  
• Fixed Injuries tooltip spacing issues.
  
• Fixed Build menu filter scroll bar not scrolling correctly.
  
• Fixed Protesters sometimes appearing with red, blue, green, or grey skin tones.
  
• Fixed a crash when a Protest notification was not read until after saving and loading.
  
• Fixed objects that were being moved from being deleted when clicking the same object in the build menu.
  
• Fixed Police Raids from confiscating pictures they could not reach.
  
• Added more checks to stop Cultists becoming stuck on missions.
  
• Fixed Cooking success and failure particles sometimes not triggering.
  
• Fixed Mission duration timers sometimes behaving oddly during a Police Raid or Protest.
  
• Fixed recommended room size text being cut off.
  
• Fixed the Sermon Completed popup not appearing if Assign Cultists mission menu was open.
  
• Fixed Research becoming permanently blocked if the player opened another tech before the current tech was confirmed as completed.
  
• Fixed Altar of the Anathematised dynamic tutorial from deleting a random Cultist when read.
  
• Fixed Cultist Faith drain sometimes stopping completely.
  
• Fixed some Research menu techs not linking together properly.
  
• Fixed Cultist Overview menu job priorities tooltips showing incorrect room information.
  
• Fixed Divine Inspiration exploit where missions that should go on cooldown did not.
  
• Fixed Sermon exploit where all upgrades could be used for free.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes appearing with different hair when facing backwards.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes appearing with incorrect hand colours.
  
• Stopped Amy Leaf Cultist from sometimes starting the game with the 'Bad Memory' trait completely cancelling out the 'All Star' trait.
  
• Fixed Followers who are being sacrificed from coming back out of the Sacrificial Pit in various strange forms if a Sermon is called at the exact same time they fall in.
  
• Fixed crash that would sometimes occur when Followers fall into the Sacrificial Pit when a Sermon is called.
  
• Fixed Followers happiness not dropping when they are stuck in a room without a door and want to go home.
  
• Made the number of Cultists the player has consistent between various menus and tooltips.
  
• Fixed some Cultist totals and Cultist caps not matching resulting in not being able to recruit as many Cultists as they should be able to.
  
• Fixed various menus appearing empty if opening them when the Divine Inspirations menu was open and a Divine Inspiration is selected but not confirmed.
  
• Fixed Tutorial block when lectern could be repaired before being asked to repair it.
  
• Fixed Tutorial block when forcing a Cultist to repair something other than the lectern.
  
• Fixed Tutorial block when clicking unusable tiles results in the foundations not being able to be built in the correct spot.
  
• Fixed Crash when connecting two rooms when flowers were present on the connecting ground.
  
• Fixed Follower Overview menu stuttering and lagging due to it incorrectly checking unrecruited followers on the street.
  
• Fixed Mission menu tooltips on the Launch Mission / Assign Cultists button not appearing.
  
• Fixed Police sometimes getting stuck during a Police Raid.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes ignored Police Raids.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes ignored right click orders.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes not eating vending machine food and starving.
  
• Fixed Cultist maintenance workers sometimes becoming stuck in one room.
  
• Fixed Sidebar scrollbars sometimes snapping back incorrectly.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes not targeting the closest food source.
  
• Fixed Unique missions sometimes appearing again after being successfully completed.
  
• Fixed Leader Statue only showing the plinth on the mission rewards screen.
  
• Fixed inconsistent cost of Contract signing when room is upgraded.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes targeting the last placed type of object instead of the nearest of that type of object.
  
• Fixed Super Computer not flashing red when broken.
  
• Fixed Cultists assigned to missions that are not launched but expire gaining XP.
  
• Fixed prestige rating a room that has had its type changed and contains objects from its previous type.
  

• Fixed many localisation errors.
  
• Fixed many instances of localised text not fitting into its designated area.
  
• Added new localisation strings to various menus.
  
• Fixed menu missing references in localisation.
  
• Improved language quality of various localised strings.
  

• Maintenance Technicians will now automatically target objects and clutter to repair and clean based on pathing distance
  
  
• Sermons no longer cost influence
  
  
• Minimum Faith value is now capped at -100
  

• Fixed game sometimes crashing when building or moving Rugs and other objects.
  
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes becoming stuck on missions.
  
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes becoming stuck on pews.
  
  
• Fixed Divine Inspirations menu sometimes displaying 'No Divine Inspirations Available' when there was.
  
  
• Fixed Divine Inspirations menu sometimes crashing.
  
  
• Fixed Missions reward unique objects twice.
  
  
• Fixed error message when right clicking a Cultist to a job object when they are starving or sleep deprived.
  

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• Maintenance Technicians will now automatically target objects and clutter to repair and clean based on pathing distance
  
• Sermons no longer cost influence
  
• Minimum Faith value is now capped at -100
  

• Fixed game sometimes crashing when building or moving Rugs and other objects.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes becoming stuck on missions.
  
• Fixed Cultists sometimes becoming stuck on pews.
  
• Fixed Divine Inspirations menu sometimes displaying 'No Divine Inspirations Available' when there was.
  
• Fixed Divine Inspirations menu sometimes crashing.
  
• Fixed Missions reward unique objects twice.
  
• Fixed error message when right clicking a Cultist to a job object when they are starving or sleep deprived.
  

• Techs that boost Sermon Faith generation will be revised in the next full patch to be permanent Faith increases rather than toggles that cost Influence each time.
  
• Upgrades for the Maintenance Room will be revised in the next full patch to be inline with the Maintenance Technician changes.