Town of Salem
Ranked Season 1 Ending Early and Hot Fixes
Today we are announcing the end of Season 1, the start of Season 2, and a hotfix patch to address an exploit user PeteMailer on Reddit reported.
End of Season 1 and Start of Season 2
As most players know, there was a ranked bug that allowed users to leave the game if they were going to lose and would prevent them from losing Elo when doing so. This took us far too long to find and patch and we would like to sincerely apologize for this. We will be improving our QA pipeline with our newest hire, an experienced QA manager. The issue, however, left long term effects on Elo. We have spent the past month investigating the impact it had, and deciding what to do about it. After looking at the effect it had, talking to community members about potentially resetting elo or talking Elo away from the abusers, we have decided to end Season 1 early and wipe the career high leaderboards. With the start of Season 2, we hope that all of the issues that would effect Elo have been fixed and Season 2 will be a true representation of our communities skill.
Season 1 will be ending December 4th, and Season 2 will be starting shortly there after. Players will be awarded season rewards as Season 1 ends.
Exploit Hotfix
PeteMailer submitted a bug report on 11/25 detailing that the order in which votes where sent down at the end of the voting phase was correlated to the roles in the game. This was due to the votes being sent down based on role priority. This has been fixed and is now completely random. We are thankful that someone posted such a lengthy and detailed guide on the issue and this allowed us to find the bug and fix it quickly.
Other bugs that have been fixed.
Fixed an issue that would cause the Jailor to receive the "You didn't perform your day ability" message when turned into a Vampire.
Fixed an issue that would sometimes show your target's defense value was too high if the player you attacked was jailed and had an a defense value that would have saved them.
Fixed several achievements that would not be granted when the goal was fulfilled.
Fixed an issue when selecting the "No Pet" option that would not save and continue to use the pet that was previously had selected.
Fixed an issue that would cause a Vigilante to die of guilt if the Necromancer had used them to kill a townie, but was later revived.
Town of Salem's The Savior Of Salem is now live on Kickstarter!
Our next card game in the world of Town of Salem is now live on Kickstarter!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blankmediagames/town-of-salems-the-savior-of-salem?ref=user_menu
Disclaimer: The making of this card did not take away from the development of the online version in any capacity.
The Savior of Salem is a simple, easy to learn, multiplayer RPG dungeon crawling game. You fight monsters, grow your mob, work with and backstab other players in order to be the first player to overpower the Coven and become the hero of the Town.
Starting with 3-6 players each player draws their starting hand. Some cards allow you to grow your mob, give your mob bonuses, or mess with other players.
Every turn a player searches a house. If there is a monster in the house the player must fight it. With each monster you defeat you get rewards which can include more mob members, equipment for your mob, identities, items, and more.
Sometimes you will stumble upon a monster you can't beat, and you can ask other players for help in exchange for some of the rewards. Other times you may be able to beat a monster, but the other players can make that monster stronger, or even add more monsters to the fight!
The first player to have 20 mob members will be able to overpower the evil doers, regain control of the town, and be the Savior of Salem!
Town of Salem's The Savior Of Salem!
Soon we will be launching a Kickstarter for our second card game.
Disclaimer: The making of this card did not take away from the development of the online version in any capacity.
The Savior of Salem is a simple, easy to learn, multiplayer RPG dungeon crawling game. You fight monsters, grow your mob, work with and backstab other players in order to be the first player to overpower the Coven and become the hero of the Town.
Starting with 3-6 players each player draws their starting hand. Some cards allow you to grow your mob, give your mob bonuses, or mess with other players.
Every turn a player searches a house. If there is a monster in the house the player must fight it. With each monster you defeat you get rewards which can include more mob members, equipment for your mob, identities, items, and more.
Sometimes you will stumble upon a monster you can't beat, and you can ask other players for help in exchange for some of the rewards. Other times you may be able to beat a monster, but the other players can make that monster stronger, or even add more monsters to the fight!
The first player to have 20 mob members will be able to overpower the evil doers, regain control of the town, and be the Savior of Salem!
Patch 2.1.5 Spanish Localization and New Payment Options!
Release 2.1.5 is coming today! This patch we are happy to announce that we are branching out and starting to fully localize the game to other languages. With this patch we are starting with Spanish. Branching out into other languages means that we will also want to expand our payment options and we are releasing that this patch too! Check out more details on these and more below!:
NEW FEATURES:
New Items! - We’ve added new Character skins for Plaguebearer, Poisoner, and Medusa, as well as a new Necronomicon pet skin.
Plaguebearer
Poisoner
Medusa
Necronomicon
Now Available with Merit Points! - The Knight and Archer characters are both now purchasable with Merit Points.
Spanish Localization! - Town of Salem is now available in Spanish! You can select your UI language only on the login screen. You can also select the Spanish language game queue in the Settings dialog box (the Gear button on the Home Screen) if you want to play only with other Spanish speakers. The UI language setting and the game chat language queue are independent of each other, so if you’re comfortable with having your UI display in Spanish but want to chat with other players in English, you can do so, and vice-versa. Be aware that Tutorial Tips are currently disabled when using the Spanish UI. Tutorial Tips for Spanish will be coming soon. So to summarize:
- Select your UI language from the Login screen.
- Select your chat language from the Settings dialog.
- Note: brand new players to Town of Salem are always prompted to select a chat language the first time they try to play a game. Existing players must use the Settings dialog box because they have been defaulted to the English chat queues based on their existing play.
IMPROVEMENTS:
We have expanded our payment options to support a large number of alternative payment options other than just PayPal.
Login Screen visual improvements. The sound, story, and patch notes buttons have been better integrated visually into the login screen.
Dropdown arrows added to the Player Stats to visually indicate that clicking on a stat will show a leaderboard for that statistic.
Added an Add Friend option in the post game lobby.
Added the new Neutral roles to our website and updated the Arsonist description.
Guardian Angel is no longer considered a unique role when building custom role lists.
Whispers are now a grey blue color instead of green.
BUG FIXES:
Fixed an issue where players could leave a ranked game and join a new one before the previous one had ended and wouldn't lose any rating.
Ranked Placement games are now being accurately counted and displayed.
The Popup message stating that you are unable to join a ranked game no longer auto-closes after ten seconds.
Fixed the You Win dialog box so that the “You Win” text does not appear twice.
Fixed a brief render flickering issue on the Shop tabs that sometimes appeared when the shop is first opened.
Improved the feedback message when entering an incorrect or previously used Redeem Code.
Fixed an issue where newly earned Achievements were not reflected in the Achievement Browser until after relogging.
Fixed a navigation issue to the Player Stats screen after the Ranked Game Back In Queue popup appeared.
Fixed an issue with the Jailor Death Note reappearing after a previously executed player is resurrected then dies again.
Some Achievement bug fixes.
Various death animation bug fixes.
If you find any bugs that you would like to report be sure to grab any relevant screenshots and make a bug report here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=7b5ca19f08f3235b12f4c65e81187e30
If you have any feedback about the patch post that here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=7b5ca19f08f3235b12f4c65e81187e30
If you have any suggestions post those here: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=7b5ca19f08f3235b12f4c65e81187e30
Happy Hanging Everyone!
Edit: Added the line about the Knight and Archer now being purchasable with Merit Points.
Edit2: Added whisper color change.
Patch 2.1.0 Ranked Season One Begins!
The patch 2.1.0 is coming today! This patch will include the following:
Ranked Season 1 Starts!
With Ranked Season 1 we will start doing placement matches. You will play 10 matches before you are placed and told what your rating is. Rewards for this season will be based on your Season High Rating so if you happen to go on a losing streak you won't drop into a lower tier of rewards. We will still keep track of your Current Rating though. On top of tracking Season High and Current Rating we will be keeping track of your Career High Rating for the future.
Ranked/Ranked Practice role list changes!
One of the Random Town slots was changed to be a Town Investigative. We hope this change will make games feel a little less swingy while still leaving open enough claim space so the evil roles feel that they have the ability to claim a role without being immediately caught.
The new list is as follows:
Jailor
Town Investigative
Town Investigative
Town Protective
Town Killing
Town Support
Random Town
Random Town
Random Town
Godfather/Coven Leader
Mafioso/Medusa
Random Mafia/Coven
Random Mafia/Coven
Neutral Killing
Neutral Evil
Spy Changes!
The Spy will be keeping his current ability which allows him to see who the Mafia and Coven visit, but we will be adding on a new ability to the Spy. The Spy is now able to "bug" a players house. This will cause the spy to see all of the actions that player would normally see done to them. This would include messages such as being attacked but healed, being roleblocked, being transported, and more. The role card has been updated to reflect these changes.
The Spy will see the following messages when bugging a player:
Your target was transported to another location.
Someone occupied your target's night. They were role blocked!
Someone threatened to reveal your target's secrets. They were blackmailed!
Your target was attacked but someone fought off their attacker!
Your target was attacked but someone nursed them back to health!
Your target was attacked by a member of the Mafia!
Your target was attacked by a Serial Killer!
Your target was shot by a Vigilante!
Your target was set on fire by an Arsonist!
Your target was shot by the Veteran they visited!
Your target was killed protecting someone!
Your target's target was attacked last night!
An Arsonist tried to douse your target but a Bodyguard fought off the attack!
Your target was murdered by the Serial Killer they visited!
A Bodyguard attacked your target but someone nursed them back to health!
A Bodyguard attacked your target but someone fought them off!
Your target was killed by a Bodyguard!
Someone attacked your target but their defense was too strong!
Someone tried to role block your target but they were immune!
Your target was controlled by a Witch!
A Witch tried to control your target but they were immune.
Your target was haunted by the Jester and committed suicide!
Your target was attacked but their bulletproof vest saved them!
Someone tried to attack your alert target and failed!
Your target shot themselves over the guilt of killing a town member!
Someone role blocked your target, so your target attacked them!
Your target has cleaned the gasoline off of themself.
Your target was killed by the Serial Killer they jailed.
Your target was attacked by a Werewolf!
Someone role blocked your target so they stayed at home.
Your target was staked by a Vampire Hunter!
Your target was staked by the Vampire Hunter they visited!
Your target staked the Vampire that attacked them!
Your target was attacked by a Vampire!
Your target was attacked but someone protected them!
Your target was attacked by a Crusader!
Your target was attacked by Pestilence!
Your target was attacked by the Juggernaut!
Your target was attacked but their Guardian Angel saved them!
Your target was attacked by a Pirate!
Your target's life force was drained by the Coven Leader!
Your target was attacked by a Hex Master!
Your target was attacked by a Necromancer!
Someone tried to poison your target but someone fought them off!
Your target was poisoned but someone nursed them back to health!
Your target was poisoned. They will die tomorrow unless cured!
Your target died to poison!
Your target was cured of poison!
Your target was poisoned. They will die tomorrow!
Your target was turned to stone.
Your target was attacked but a trap saved them!
Your target was attacked by a Potion Master!
Your target jailed Pestilence and was obliterated.
A trap attacked your target but someone nursed them back to health!
New Death Animation!
With this patch we will be adding a new death animation called Blast Off. This death animation will cause your character to power up, spewing energy, and then fly off the screen leaving a crater behind. With the addition of this new death animation we will be making the "Splat!" death animation purchasable with Merit Points now.
Blast Off: http://imgur.com/oZvzXMp
Jailor Deathnote!
The Jailor will now be able to select from a list of reason why they executed their target instead of writing their own deathnote.
General changes!
New end game lobby screen.
If you own the max amount of a certain scroll the button to purchase more will disappear.
We made some improvements to password security.
Bug Fixes!
Fixed some issues with how draws are displayed.
Happy Hanging Everyone!
If you find any bugs be sure to screenshot what the issue is and make a post here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=10
If you have any suggestion about this patch post them here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=14
If you have any feedback about this patch post them here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=7
EDIT: Changed live now to coming today to avoid confusion while we patch.
EDIT: Added full role list for Ranked and Ranked Practice
The PTR is open!
The PTR is now open for our next patch! This patch will include the following:
Spy Changes!
The Spy will be keeping his current ability which allows him to see who the Mafia and Coven visit, but we will be adding on a new ability to the Spy. The Spy is now able to "bug" a players house. This will cause the spy to see all of the actions that player would normally see done to them. This would include messages such as being attacked but healed, being roleblocked, being transporter, and more. The role card has been updated to reflect these changes.
New Death Animation!
With this patch we will be adding a new death animation called Blast Off. This death animation will cause your character to power up, spewing energy, and then fly off the screen leaving a crater behind. With the addition of this new death animation we will be making the "Splat!" death animation purchasable with Merit Points now.
Blast Off: http://imgur.com/oZvzXMp
Jailor Deathnote!
The Jailor will now be able to select from a list of reason why they executed their target instead of writing their own deathnote.
General changes!
New end game lobby screen
Ranked/Ranked Practice role list changes
If you own the max amount of a certain scroll the button to purchase more will dissapear.
We made some improvements to password security.
Bug Fixes!
Fixed some issues with how draws are displayed.
Known Issues!
Leaderboards for some of the new stats won't be working currently.
If you want to try out the new stuff just login here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/TownOfSalem/PublicTestRealm/
Happy Hanging Everyone!
If you find any bugs be sure to screenshot what the issue is and make a post here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=20
If you have any feedback/suggestions about this patch post them here!: http://www.blankmediagames.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=21
Legacy Season Ranked Rewards
The Legacy season ranked rewards are now out! Depending on what your Elo was you will be getting a special lobby icon that will be exclusive to this season of ranked. Check out the brackets below!
0-999 Elo Bronze
1000-1399 Elo Silver
1400-1599 Elo Gold
1600-1799 Elo Platinum
1800-1999 Elo Diamond
2000+ Elo Master
We are working to get some changes we have planned for Spy, and some tweaks to the ranked role list in currently. We will let those sit on live for a bit to see how they do, and then we will be starting Ranked Season 1 officially! There is not a set date on this just yet though.
Patch 2.0.3 The Coven Comes to Web!
We promised that The Coven would eventually be purchasable for browser users and that time is soon! We will be launching this patch tomorrow. We have split the purchase to be more like the path you take when buying it on Steam. We have a premium Web version that comes with an exclusive pet, 2000 Town Points, and 100% bonus Merit Points for life for $5 USD. Owning this allows you to purchase The Coven for $5 USD getting you all the perks that come with The Coven including access to all of the new roles in Coven games, exclusive queues that only Coven players can play in, and the rotating game modes VIP, Lovers, and Rivals. There is also an option to purchase both at once for a total of $10 USD. If you already own Steam and The Coven through Steam you can still purchase the Web premium bundle to pick up the new pet, the 2,000 Town Points at a discounted rate and the Merit Point bonus stacks! This will mean that you are getting 300% Merit Point gains. A win that normally would give 40 Merit Points will give 120 Merit Points if you own Steam and Web premium! Here is a picture of the adorable new Webby pet that comes from purchasing the premium Web version!
We are not sure whether to burn it with fire, or give this little cutie some pats.
New Character!
This patch also comes with a new purchasable skin based on the role the Crusader. We know what you are thinking, but we will refrain from memeing on you too hard.
Price Reductions!
Steam and Web premium grant 2000 Town Points, so we have decided to drop the price of Beelzebub and Uriel to match that. This means anyone buying either premium purchase can buy a legendary skin with their Town Points.
Bug Fixes/Improvements
Fixed a bug that would allow players to leave Original Town of Salem games in the lobby and go join Coven lobbies without being affected by the timeout.
Fixed a few instances of overlapping text on certain resolutions.
Fixed a display issue with Coven scrolls showing them as giving 2x odds instead of 10x odds. This was only a visual issue and did not affect how they worked during this time.
Fixed a few instances of misspelled words, or duplicated sentences.
The graphics settings should now save when they are changed.
If you don't own The Coven those scrolls won't show in the shop to help keep the clutter down for those users.
There was some confusion about the rotating game modes. People thought that VIP, Lovers, and Rivals were the "Exclusive Queues" with The Coven. We have made this more clear that these are the Rotating Game Modes, and that all of The Coven game modes are the "Exclusive Queues". This means that any Coven game mode can only be played by players who own The Coven.
