Additions:

• In the spirit of the season of giving, players can log in and receive a special daily gift from Vendy!
  
• Daily gifts begin on Dec. 14th and continue through Christmas Day.
  
• Be sure to check in with Vendy every day to ensure you don’t miss a gift!
  
• Warning: We do not endorse shaking Vendy’s gifts. Contents may be (are) hazardous. You’ll like what’s inside, we promise.
  

• Nobody enjoys a good time quite like Jack… which is why you’ll have a chance to find a special Electricat portrait this December!
  
• Try your luck at getting this limited-time portrait while opening Jacks until Jan. 3rd, 2023.
  
• Don’t feel like leaving things to chance? You can also pick up the Holiday Brony or Holiday Jeeves portraits in the in-game store.
  

• Jack’s still in a giving mood - players can expect increased odds for better rewards while opening Jacks throughout December!
  

• Vendy is decked out in his holiday best.
  
• Jacks are getting in on the festive fun as well.
  
• Enjoy the chilly weather and decorative lights on the home screen.
  

• Have you ever longed to see one of your best Frenemies get obliterated by a top Phobies player? Have we got a gift for you!
  
• Players can now watch Frenemies Arena games by joining as spectators.
  
• Look for the “eye” icon over the More menu to find out when your friends are lined up for a battle, then follow the prompts in order to watch the game play out.
  

• Special delivery - three new maps have entered the weekly rotation!
  
• Flex your strategic muscles on Teen Spirit, Mount Blight, and Hold Still.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a few issues that could cause players to get incorrect end-of-game messages relative to the actual game resolution.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera to react when an opponent placed traps during Arena games.
  

• Fixed an issue where Gargles was doing more damage upon death than stated on its card.
  

• Fixed an issue where players where shown a “Defeat” message on battle log replays whether they won or lost the match.
  
• Fixed a soft lock that could occur due to memory shortages when tapping a Frenemies icon and a match replay in short succession.
  

• Fixed a network desync that could occur if a player suspended/resumed the game for more than one minute.
  
• Fixed assorted potential network desync and crash causes.
  

Additions:

Audio

• By popular demand, players can now adjust the volume of Lippy’s voice independent of SFX and music.
  
• Find the new Voice volume slider in the Options menu.
  

Challenges

• Players can now select ‘Next’ after completing a Challenge.
  
• This will allow players to play the next Challenge without returning to the main Challenges list.
  

Localization

• Brazilian Portuguese has been added to the game for in-game text.
  
• Users can switch to this language from the Options menu.
  
• Please note that in-game audio remains English-only.
  

Phobies - Game Balancing

• In the interest of providing a better gameplay experience and ensuring competitive matches, players will see some slight changes to a number of Phobies in the near future.
  
• The following Phobies will be affected:
  
• Beauty
  
• Decreased base HP from 2,000 to 1,800.
  
• Decreased base attack from 450 to 425.
  
  
• Russell
  
• Increased base HP from 1,400 to 1,600.
  
• Increased base attack from 450 to 500.
  
  
• Smiley
  
• Increased base HP from 1,600 to 1,800.
  
  
• Bad Sushi
  
• Increased base HP from 1,400 to 1,600.
  
  
• Charon
  
• Increased base attack from 300 to 325.
  

Phobies - Descriptions

• Updated the card text for the Invisibility ability to more accurately convey the ability’s effect.
  

Bug Fixes:

Account

• Fixed an issue in which game notifications were no longer being sent if a player reinstalled the game and used a previous account.
  

General

• Fixed an issue in which the game turn timer was mistakenly capping at 99 turns.
  

Localization

• Fixed an issue that caused ‘Next’ and ‘Retry’ buttons to appear blank when playing in non-English languages.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the email mismatch error messaging to appear in English-only when playing in non-English languages during email binding.
  

Phobies

• Boomer’s card text has been updated to accurately reflect that it has no attack.
  

Stability

• Fixed assorted game crash causes related to game AI.
  
• Fixed assorted game crashes related to account switching.
  
• Introduced improvements to help server stability.
  

It’s your Phobies favorite time of year!

Watch your fears come to life in this whimsical world by playing Phobies today!

Additions:

• Bad Omen is the bringer of unwanted fortune to your foes. This 2-key unit has the ability to lower the threat of an enemy Phobie with its debuff special ability.
  
• Edgar Allen knows that there is strength in numbers and is happy to increase that strength with the ability to buff all allies anywhere on the map.
  
• Tag me in! Pair Blue Speedola with its partner and watch its movement range and attack power grow.
  
• Make the hot tag to Red Speedola to boost the movement range and attack power of its partner.
  
• Daisy is one unit that refuses to stay extinct! This 4-key unit will resurrect with 200 HP.
  
• With 1000 HP, Numbskull is the toughest 1-key Phobie around! It can take punishment but also deliver it with its AoE-style attack.
  
• Zomboni can sacrifice its own HP to heal an ally and leech enemy health to stay in the fight.
  
• Werewolf strikes with doubled attack damage and tripled HP at the turning of the moon - let the transformation begin!

• There’s been a Sasquatch sighting.
  
• Beware of Bad Omen.
  
• Edgar Allen is gently rapping at your chamber door.
  
• Daisy is no delicate flower.
  
• Numbskull takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
  
• Cast a spell with Zomboni.
  
• Werewolf sees a bad moon rising.
  
• Fulfill your wish with Jammy Fish.
  
• Sir Probes-a-Lot has arrived in your galaxy.

• Jill and Ted are celebrating their eerie anniversary - collect them if you can!

• Aliengineer
  
• cha
  
• crusito_21
  
• Nite
  
• PlayrHimself
  
• theandykat

• elfocas
  
• AlphaZero
  
• cha
  
• OmPong
  
• AdriPhobia

Bug Fixes:

Additions:

Lippy Voice Lines

• Lippy can now offer additional dialogue prompted by game events!
  
• Lippy will now periodically comment on your in-game actions, progress, and other events.
  
• These events can include dealing damage, multi-killing enemy Phobies with a single attack, League progress, or even crushing wins.
  

Frenemies Arena Matches

• Players can now challenge other players on their friends' lists to Arena matches.
  
• In addition to this new mode, players can also elect to challenge friends to matches using their actual Phobies levels or default to Level 1 Phobies only.
  
• Level 1 Phobies matches could even allow some enterprising players to organize tournaments…
  

Map Names

• Map names will now appear during the opening sequence for new matches.
  
• This will allow players to be able to better identify maps for sharing ideas and strategies.
  

Quest Re-roll Confirmation

• A confirmation pop-up will now appear if a player attempts to re-roll their available selection of quests.
  
• This is intended to prevent accidental re-rolls and unintentionally losing progress on partially completed quests.
  

Bug Fixes:

Phobies

• Fixed an issue that prevented Sasquatch from dying if he was occupying the same tile as a barrier or ally Phobie while invisible.
  

Quests

• Fixed an issue that prevented progress from tracking on the “Cool Off” quest if enemy Phobies were frozen by Jeeves’s ice trap.
  

Server

• Added additional fixes and backend work to improve server stability.
  

Special Offers

• Fixed some visual issues with the pricing planks for Lippy’s Sweet Deal and the Starter Pack.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented XP boosts from activating until the game was restarted.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the special subscriber Avatar frame from activating until the game was restarted.
  

Stability

• Fixed some one-time issues that could cause Arena game desyncs.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if a player switched accounts while a special offer presentation was active.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause a softlock if a player navigated to Avatars after inspecting Top Phobies in the stats menu.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause a network error when switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data with the game client suspended in the background.
  

• Small Map Dimension: 5x9
  
• Large map Dimension: 9x9
  

• title/name of the map
  
• your In-Game Name
  
• indicate whether it’s a small or large map
  
• theme
  

• In the interest of providing a better gameplay experience and ensuring competitive matches, players will see some slight changes to a number of Phobies in the near future.
  
• Players will be able to view final stats once changes go live later this week.
  

• Charon
  Slight increase to HP
  
• Minotaur
  Slight increase to HP
  
• Paddles
  Slight increase to HP
  
• Bad Sushi
  Slight increase to HP
  
• Beauty
  Slight decrease to HP
  
• Rocketman
  Slight decrease to damage
  
• Scritch
  Slight decrease to damage
  
• Alastor
  Slight decrease to damage
  

• Fixed an issue that prevented some users from being able to delete their account information.
  

• Fixed an issue that was preventing some Steam users from opening the game via the Steam client.
  
• Fixed a desync issue that could create the appearance that a player had surrendered a game without doing so.
  
• Fixed an assortment of potential game desync causes.
  
• Fixed an Auth token issue that could prevent a player from creating a new account if they’d deleted a previous one.
  
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur when “mashing” the avatar displayed on the stress menu screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from selecting Phobies while the Favorite filter in the collection screen was active.
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing counters from ticking down visually on gameplay tiles that were affected by mud, fire or healing pools.
  
• Fixed an issue in which the blank/”safe” area on some screens could appear reversed on some devices, causing strange visuals.
  

• Fixed an issue that could cause a duplicate card to appear as “new” while opening the second pack.
  
• Fixed some visual issues with the pack’s artwork and presentation.
  

• Fixed an issue that was causing subscription reminder pop-ups to appear far more frequently than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to receive daily rewards too frequently when using an account across multiple platforms.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to get stuck in a loading screen if they were subscribed and tapped/clicked on the “You are currently subscribed” pop-up.
  

• Fixed an issue that could cause the indicator arrow to spawn outside of the visible portion of the screen if the inventory was scrolled during a dialogue sequence.