Neolithic: To the End
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[Tombstone]New card: Sewer Overgrowth (Cost:4 ATK: 3 HP:4 Taunt, [DeathRattle]Spwan 2 slimes.)
[Tombstone]When you mouse over any minions on the board, their detailed card information will now display at the button-right.
[Pet]New pet: Drone
[Commodity Market]New vendor type: Drone Vendors. (They sell drones.)
[Equipment]Newly generated "Lesser Enhance Modules" and "Advanced Enhance Modules" can now also be equipped on drones. (It does not affect items generated previous to this version.)
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【墓石牌】新卡片：下水道增生物（花费：4 攻击：3 生命：4 嘲讽，【亡语】分裂出两只史莱姆。）
【墓石牌】现在当你用鼠标悬停在任何一个场上的仆从时，其详细的卡牌信息会在右下角显示。
【宠物】新宠物：无人机
【小商品市场】新的商人种类：无人机销售员。（他们贩卖无人机。）
【装备】新生成的此前战斗机器人专用的模块装备现在也可以装备在无人机上。
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[Deset of the Trapped]Shade creatures now appear in the otherworldly version of the Desert of the Trapped. However, they will not go near the pyramid.
[Encounter]New Encounter: You may now find "Stolen Washing Machines" in the forest in Siberia. (West part of that forest, behind some trees, the location is a bit random. The encounter is repeatable.)
For more details of this encounter, here is a wiki page: https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/Stolen_Washing_Machine_(Encounter)
[Environment]Burning effects in the hot environment now cause more damage.
[Environment]Cold environment will no longer cause your fire skill's power dramatically decreases anymore. (Negative impact on fire skills changed from 66% to 20%)
[Effect]New effect: Oiled. (Reduce the target's fire/burn resistance. Increase the burning damage on the target. Also, decrease the target's speed a bit.)
[Item]You can now throw Food Oil on enemies during a battle which may apply the Oiled effect.
[Battle Calculation]Physical/Magical defense can no longer reduce an incoming skill's base power lower than 33%.
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【被困者的沙漠】暗影生物现在会在异世界版本的被困者的沙漠，但是不会靠近金字塔。
【遭遇】新的遭遇：你现在可以在西伯利亚的树林中发现被偷走的洗衣机。（在西面的树林里，那些树的后面，出现地点有一定随机性。这个遭遇是可以重复发生的。）
更多关于这个遭遇的信息可以在维基上找到：https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/Stolen_Washing_Machine_(Encounter)
【环境】燃烧效果现在在高温环境下会造成更多伤害。
【环境】寒冷环境不会再让你的火焰技能变得非常没用。（效果减值从66%改为了20%）
【状态】新状态：油浸。（降低目标的火焰/燃烧抗性。增加对目标造成的燃烧时的伤害。同时，略微降低目标的速度。）
【物品】你现在可以在战斗中对敌人丢食用油，有可能造成其进入油浸状态。
【战斗计算】物理和魔法防御无法将一个技能的基础伤害降低到原先的33%以下。
DD#109 Everyone Deep Down Is Waiting for the World to End
The title is a quote from the famous Japanese writer Haruki Murakami which is also used as the description of a new faith tenet added this week:
Many religions have their own visions of the end of the world scenarios. Thus, we shall not let the followers of Nihilism have all the fun even though they do have a discount to add this tenet. With this tenet, everyone can show visions of doom to cause fear in their enemies.
Of course, Aten Cultists have their own version of how the world shall end in their Prophecy of the Black Sun, an event known as the daybreak. During this week's update, we are getting closer to what exactly it is as we got quite a bit of the progress of our main story this week. However, unlike the story in Queensmouth, the story in Egypt is much darker. After all, it's a potentially world-ending scenario with a mad cult.
Decrypt the book. Go through the portal in a branched ancient tomb. You will reach somewhere else.
Somewhere, the Black Sun reigns in the sky.
That marks the end of the first part of the main story in Egypt.
Yet, the journey ahead will be even more exciting.
However, that's not everything. When you step into the portal for the first time, you will appear in Somewhere in Between, where you can see echoes of others. If you search that location thoroughly, you may find something disturbing enough to cause you to lose some sanity. As you may start to question your main character's true identity, knowledge may come with a price.
Now, let's talk about sanity. We get a bit of rework of this system this week as well. Previously, some characters may intentionally just reduce their sanity to gain more magic power. Now, we got some negative effects if your character's sanity is low. In the most extreme case, when your main character's sanity reaches 0, it's now a game-over scenario. They may still be alive while they are no longer themselves. (Just like when they lose all their souls.) A character with 1/3 of their max sanity may now also start to experience temporary insanity during battle, causing quite a bit of inconvenience. Thus, it may be important to keep your character and your allies with a healthy mind unless you really enjoy a mad Nihilism magic user build whose magic power grows when more and more of their sanity was lost.
On the good side, a good rest may now sometimes recover 1 sanity. However, the chance is quite low. More methods to restore sanity will be added in the future. But, they will not be cheap.
Although it has not been decided yet, certain food may potentially be a way to restore sanity in the future. Thus, our cooking system also received more content this week. Sunflowers can now produce Food Oil. Food Oil can then be used to cook French Fries, British Fish&Chips or make Molotov Cocktails. (Historical fact: the name Molotov came from Finland soldiers who fought the Soviet invasion about 80 years ago to mock the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov back then. Although previously we have other liquid materials that can also be used to make Molotov Cocktails, sunflowers are a symbol of Ukraine which is now also bravely fighting an invasion from Russia for almost a year. So, Слава Украине!)
Next week will be the one-year anniversary of this war. Thus, I may add more related content about it in the game. But, this week, we also got a "Records of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine" button added to our title screen.
A side project that I have been working on for about 11 months now, fully integrated within the game's files to combat censorship, to bring the latest news of what is happening to people in China and other censored nations. The change just makes it much easier to be found.
The world as we know it has many flaws. There are tyrants, dictators, and madmen waging wars still around. It will end one day eventually. It's upon us to make sure a new world reborn afterward will be something better. I thank everyone who is working on that goal at this very moment.
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[Furniture]New furniture: Statue of the Sphinx (1x3 size. It's sold by Saad)
[Setting]When starting a new game, you can now select a preferred combat difficulty at the very beginning of the game. (You can always change it later.)
[Setting]Added voice-over for this new dialog.
[Lost in the Sand]New location: Desert of the Trapped (The otherworldly version where you can see the pyramid and the black sun in the sky.)
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[Lost in the Sand]Story continues. (Variable 800 -> 815)
[Lost in the Sand]New location: Somewhere in Between.
[Somewhere in Between]There is a prisoner in this location behind a highly secured locked door. The contact will not be pleasant.
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【迷失于沙粒中】故事继续（变量800 -> 815）
【迷失于沙粒中】新地点：世界之间的某处。
【世界之间的某处】这里有一个被囚禁在一道高难度的上锁的门后面的囚犯。与之接触并非令人愉悦的体验。
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[Faith]Most of the non-atheism beliefs now grant "pray" skills to their followers for free so that learning this skill from other sources may no longer be necessary.
[Faith]The tenet "The Prephecy of The Black Sun" now grants +25% fear resistance.
[Lost in the Sand]Added a short animation when traversing the portal in the Branched Ancient Tomb. (I am still working on the content for the other side. Thus, actually getting through the portal is not achievable right now.)
[Cooking]New recipe: Fish & Chips (Fish + Potato + Oil with a cooking device that can heat.)
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【信仰】大部分的非无神论信仰现在自动提供祈祷技能，一般来说无需再从其它的来源去学习这个技能。
【信仰】信条：【黑日的预言】现在提供25%的恐惧抗性。
【迷失于沙粒中】加入了穿越被闯入的古墓中的传送门时的动画。（传送门的另外一边还在施工中。所以目前还无法抵达。）
【料理】新的菜肴：炸鱼薯条（鱼+土豆+油，以及一个能加热的厨具。）
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[Ukraine]Added a button on the title screen that goes directly to the folder where all the records of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are stored. (Contents are localized to Chinese. All the links to the news sources are mostly in English. Thanks to Mrtn's feedback.)
[Tombstone]New Card: Slime (Cost:1 HP:2 ATK:1）
[Faith]New tenet: Doom Sayer (Always available. 50% discount if Nihilism.)
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Added a new button class UI. (To be used for the Ukraine Button.)
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【乌克兰】在标题界面上加入了一个按钮可以直接打开乌克兰小剧场的文件夹。（内容是简体中文，但是新闻来源的链接大部分是英文。感谢Mrtn关于小剧场很难找的反馈。）
【墓石牌】新卡片：史莱姆（花费：1 生命：2 攻击：1）
【信仰】新信条：末日预言者（总是可用。如果是虚无主义者，则有50%的折扣。）
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加入了一个新的界面按钮类。（用于乌克兰小剧场的按钮。）
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[Character]Added one more non-playable female character. (To appear in the story. Also, I can assure you, she does not work for Exit International at this moment.)
[Lost in the Sand]You can now perform the ritual with the book if it has been decrypted.
[Lost in the Sand]The story continues. (Variable ??? -> 800, it's non-linear. Thus, if you decided to decrypt that book by yourself at the cost of sanity, you may directly jump forward without even talking to Harold.)
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【角色】加入了一个新的不可使用的女性角色。（将在剧情中出现。另外，我向你们保证她至少现在还不为【解脱国际】工作。）
【迷失于沙粒中】当那本书已经被解密之后，你现在可以用其进行其中的那项法术仪式。
【迷失于沙粒中】剧情继续。（变量：？？？-> 800, 因为剧情并非线性的缘故。如果，你此前决定独自消耗大量San值去解谜那本书，可以有较大的跳跃，你甚至可以不和哈罗德说任何话。）
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[Sanity]A good sleep has a small chance to restore 1 point of sanity. (10%, calculated per character.)
[Sanity]Characters with lower than 1/3 of their max sanity will have a chance to go temporarily insane during a battle every turn.
[Sanity]Added a wiki page about the Sanity: https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/Sanity
[Cooking] Sunflowers can now be used in cooking.
[Cooking]New ingredient: Food Oil
[Cooking]You can now make Food Oil from Sunflowers.
[Cooking]You can now make fries from Food Oil and Potatoes. (Cooking skills do not affect the quality of fries. Instead, they affect the number you can get.)
[Commodity Market]Random food ingredient vendors now sell Food Oil.
[Crafting]Food Oil can be used to make Molotov
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[Sanity]Added 3 more functions in the Sanity Manager.
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【San值】一段不受干扰的良好睡眠可能有小概率恢复1点San值。（10%，每个角色分别计算。）
【San值】战斗中每个回合，如果一个角色当前San值低于其最大San值的1/3会有一定概率陷入临时性的发狂状态。
【San值】加入了一个关于San值的维基页面：https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/Sanity
【料理】向日葵现在可以用于料理。
【料理】新食材：食用油
【料理】你现在可以用向日葵制作食用油。
【料理】你现在可以用土豆和食用油制作薯条。（你的料理技能等级不影响制作的薯条的品质。但是会影响获得的数量。）
【小商品市场】随机出现的食材商人现在会贩卖食用油。
【物品制造】食用油可以用于制作莫洛托夫
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【San值】在San值控制类中加入了三个新的函数。
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[Lost in the Sand]Story continues. (Variable 780 -> 785)
[Lost in the Sand]Your allies can now finish their decryption.
[Lost in the Sand]The book you found in the library is now a usable item.
[Lost in the Sand]If you decided to decrypt the book by yourself, you can now do so by reading it at the cost of a lot of sanities. (But, you may be able to find more insides.)
[Sanity]New way to cause a game over: When your main character's sanity is reduced to 0 or lower, it triggers a game over.
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【迷失于沙粒中】剧情继续。（变量780->785）
【迷失于沙粒中】你的盟友现在可以完成那本书的解密工作了。
【迷失于沙粒中】那本书现在是一件可以使用的物品。
【迷失于沙粒中】如果你决定不依靠任何其它组织，而自行解密那本书，你现在可以通过阅读和损失大量的San值来完成这项工作。（但是，你可以知道更多故事的内容。）
【San值】新的导致游戏结束的可能性：如果你的主角的San值下降到0或以下，会触发游戏结束。
DD#108 A Plot Twist
So, here is what we get this week:
1, The development of the main story. (May have some minor spoilers)
So, someone invited you to meet him alone in an abandoned house, claiming he would tell you the truth. That certainly sounds fishy. Depending on whether you go alone, and your previous actions and choices, some dialogs and options may differ during this encounter. The conversation quickly became a disaster when another group came to interfere. You will learn what Aten Cultists took from the Grand Library and its anomalous effect by witnessing an unfortunate ally get a direct hit by it. The story will continue in the Branched Ancient Tomb where a signal is lost.
2, Potato
As one of the most consumed foods in the world, it's now added to the game. You can purchase them from stores and make your own dishes with them. Or smash them into flour and use them for some other purpose. They can also be used in alchemy.
3, More Interacts With a Succubus
In addition to having sex with Andarufira and getting murdered during the process with a cut scene, you now have more meaningful interactions with her. You can now send her gifts to improve your relationship with her, even though a better relationship still cannot stop her from killing when you try to lay with her. But, she may give you something in return. The Profane of Succubus may make your enemies suddenly fail in love with you and start to hit themselves rather than attack you.
Moreover, she may agree to teach you some spells if you have a very positive relationship with her.
Also, she is very kind to take away some of your money during the process. For the love of money is the root of all evil, according to the Bible.
4, Pray for Healing (or Other Weird Things)
The prayer skill in the faith system received some improvements. In addition to previously praying to show your devotion, you can now pray to receive healing and cleansing at the cost of devotion. The more devotion you have, the better the effects will be. Those two new prayers are accessible by most non-atheism beliefs by default. Fun fact, I came up with this idea when I was in the hospital, taking Intravenous therapies this week.
5, What About the Atheists?
Followers of Nihilism do not pray for healing, they pray for the end of the world. Striking fears against their enemies. The more devoted they are, the more vivid their doom speak would be. Thus, their devotion value in a Nihilism belief affects the chance of such an action's success.
Although there is no special prayer for Followers of Atheism Science belief. They can now gain devotion by crafting items as a source to gain their devotion.
6, Valentine’s Day Will Be a Good Day for a Discount.
The game will automatically detect your local system time and add a Valentine's Day vendor in the Bazaar to sell various themed items just like last year.
In addition to that, our game will participate this year's RPG Maker Feastive along with more than 300 other RPG Maker Games on Steam. (Our game is still the most unique one among them all, I guess. :D) The start date of the festive is coincidentally set on Valentine's Day. Thus, we will start the sale on that day.
I guess I may already be in the Valentine's Day mood. So, I decided to quickly sneak in something for someone special.
In all iterations of this game in our long history, there shall always be a certain Goddess.
That's for this week. You didn't expect all those mentioned above would happen this week, right? If someone does anticipate everything. Well, that's tough. I guess I will try again later. Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day!
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[Faith]New belief: Una, The Goddess of Time
[Faith]New religious book: The Myth of the Goddess Hiding in Time
[The Grand Library]Added a copy of "The Myth of the Goddess Hiding in Time" on the Floor of Religion.
[Faith]The follower of the Science belief can now gain devotion by crafting items.