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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

[Notice] Date of Chinese Translation Update has been changed.

Hello everyone, this is Troubleshooter development team.

Currently, the simplified Chinese translation has not been completed, and the development team has promised to complete the translation by December 16th.

However, the Corona virus has caused a change in the translator's working environment, which overlaps with the translator's personal schedule, so it is unlikely that the translation will be applied on the date promised by the development team.

The scheduled completion date of the translation has been changed to 7 p.m.(GMT+9) on Friday, December 18.

Once the translation is complete, even before the promised date, the development team will update it immediately.

We apologize again for the inconvenience to the users of the game in Chinese.

Thank you.

[Notice] Maintenance extension

( This text is written with the help of machine translation service. )

Hello everyone, this is the Troubleshooter development team.

In the process of maintenance, we found the critical system error and we need about 30 minutes more to fix this issue.

Server will be open at the time below.
- 18:30 CET
- 02:30 JST
- 09:30 PST
- 17:30 UTC

All the update files have been uploaded.

If your Troubleshooter client has no response to update, please refer to below link and do CLEAR DOWNLOAD CACHE.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638&l=english

We'll do our best to open the server as possible as we can.

** We found some translation error and we fixed it for now. Once you update the Troubleshooter client again, the issue will be solved. I'm sorry for the inconveniences. **

Thank you.

[Notice] Update and Server Maintenance Announcement



( This notice was written with the help of machine translation. )

Hello everyone, this is Troubleshooter development team.

First of all, Thank you for waiting for the update for a long time.

And we're sorry to disappoint you due to frequent schedule delays.


Currently, Corona virus is spreading again in Korea, and Social Distancing is strengthening again.

In order to join the quarantine efforts, the development team will shorten the work during this period.

This will likely result in the next update being prepared later than the development team promised.

We also expect the next update to be available in the last week of December as Christmas and the end of the year continue.

We'll reschedule our work in a hurry to let you know the exact date and time.


We'll do our best to prepare good updates for you who continue to support immature development team.

I'm really sorry for the small amount of updates you've been waiting for so long.

Thank you very much.


We beg to inform you that game server maintenance and update details.


  • During the maintenance, all servers will be unavailable.
  • Please finish the missions completely before server shutdown.
  • Update Detail will be release after maintenance is started.


Maintenance Schedule



  • Daylight saving time is not applied.
  • Date: Dec 9th, 2020
  • Wednesday 17:00 ~ 19:00 CET
  • Wednesday 24:00 ~ 02:00 JST
  • Wednesday 08:00 ~ 10:00 PST
  • Wednesday 15:00 ~ 17:00 UTC


Update Details:



  • Added the partial game pad support.
    - Currently, we mainly support functions for in-game battles. The development team has been developing it for a long time, but there are still many features that are lacking.
    - Please tell us what needs to be improved from the current version, the development team will reflect as much as possible.
    - If the controller is connected before the game starts, the client automatically recognizes the controller.
    - Before you start the game, please check the controller configuration of Steam.

  • Added [ If it must be done... ] scenario mission of [ White Lion and Black Witch ] DLC.

  • Added new Steam Achievements.
    - If it must be done...
    - No one won't be left alone.


  • Changed the effect of [ Outrage ] mastery.

  • Changed the effect range of [ Anger Strike ] from 'four tiles adjacent' to 'adjacent'.
  • Changed the mastery effect that is activated when a unit gets hit (like [ Skull Seal ]) not to be activated when it encounters an effect that cancels the damage.
  • In mission, added the distance information to the tooltip of the target icon.
  • Changed the game mode can be changed from Challenge Mode to Normal Mode in Mission Control even though you are using [ Always activate challenge mode ].


  • Fixed a bug that [ Shaking ] effect had not been removed when a unit attacks land that has no enemies in its surround.
  • Fixed a bug that the amount of HP recovery had not been applied properly when your unit attacks multiple enemies using [ Blood Absorbing Sword ].
  • Fixed a bug that [ Encouraged Warrior ] and [ Frenzied Charge ] had not included [ Passion ] when they count Excitement type buffs.
  • Fixed a bug that Hit Chance had displayed the wrong value when a unit equips [ Ruthless Shot ] mastery.
  • Fixed a bug that mission had not been ended when a beast in [ Vindictive Spirit ] state and is returned automatically.
  • Fixed a bug that the chance of getting [ Lunacy ] mastery from [ White Clown Mask ] and [ Black Clown Mask ] was 0%.
  • Fixed a bug that you could start the mission that was displayed '???' using 'Alt + click' in the [ Troublemaker List ].
  • Fixed a bug that some mastery set that cannot be equipped to the unit was shown in the [ Mastery Set ].
  • Fixed a bug that Negoori had attacked through the wall that screens line of sight.
  • Fixed a bug that some battle voice hadn't been played in a specific condition.


Thank you very much.

[Urgent][Notice] Update Schedule Changed Announcement



Hello, everyone, this is the Troubleshooter dev team.

We are deeply sorry to tell you that the update is delayed once again.

Only 3 days ago, we have pushed back the update schedule before for we thought the content which we had been working on lacked in many aspects. The dev team tried to complete the tasks for the last three days but we were unable to finish them due to our lack of capability. The content is still incomplete at the moment.

For the above reason, we would like to ask for your apologies and change the update date to December 9th.

The delay of schedule which you are experiencing is due to our lack of capability and lazy time management. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience since the delay is fully due to our problems.

We'll do our best for the rest of time not to disappoint you in this update.

We would like to apologize once again to those who have been waiting for the update this weekend and supporting us.

Thank you.

Team, Dandylion

[Notice] Update Schedule Change Announcement



Hello everyone, this is Troubleshooter development team.

During thanksgiving, the dev team gained a lot of courage and strength from you.

The team is concentrating on the development itself without anxiety about the uncertain future.

Nevertheless, we would like to ask for your understanding.

Building a new scenario mission is still under development and we don't think we can make it by the day we promised.

Please blame the development team and give the team two more days. We will make sure to update it on December 4th.

The development team will pay more attention to the details so that the contents of DLC can be updated smoothly.

Despite your support for the development team, I'm sorry to bring you this bad news.

Thank you very much.

From DandyLion development team.

Steam Award Nomination is coming again this year



Hello, everyone! This is the Troubleshooter dev team.

The dev team has received a notice from Steam to make an announcement about "Steam Award."

"Steam Award" is an annual event that takes place during Thanksgiving day.

Troubleshooter was open for recommendation in only the "Labor of Love" section last year since the game was on its early access. However, Troubleshooter is now fully released, and therefore, you can recommend the game in any section.

Many dev teams and gamers are having a hard time due to the Coronavirus this year. However, despite the predicaments, dozens of fantastic games have been released and been loved by many gamers.

Thanks to your love and support, our dev team was also able to fully release Troubleshooter and now is headed toward completing the first DLC of the game.

We understand that this ascribes to your support.

The dev team wishes you to participate in the "Steam Award." We are not expecting you to pick Troubleshooter in the upcoming award by giving out such an announcement. We are asking for your participation only because we believe that enthusiasm towards the award and other video games will eventually foster the market even bigger.

Dev teams that have been loved and supported by gamers will give back quality games in return.

Our dev team is no different as well.

Once again, we would like to address our gratitude towards all of you for supporting our game.

"Thank you!!"

We will do our best and continuously work on developing situations to provide you with satisfying stories next year.


From DandyLion development team

[Notice] Update announcement

Hello everyone, this is Troubleshooter development team.

We are getting feedback about Alisa and Bianca that are added through DLC.

The original plan was to apply feedback with the next content update but we decided to update the Barbarian class urgently because many players have pointed it out.

The character balance issue of new characters will be adjusted continuously during the DLC update period.

We'll do our best Alisa and Bianca to be another motivation for your gameplay.

** The next update will be on Wednesday, December 2nd. The number of bugs and improvements have been received more than our prediction and the team is thinking this has to our first priority. We hope for your understanding. **

** The below update has already been applied and there'll be no additional server maintenance. **


  • Mastery

    • Wrath of Berserker
      - When [ Berserker ] is activated, the amount of increase Rage has changed from 5 to 10.
    • Tenacious Barbarian
      - The amount of increase HP has changed from 200 to 300.
      - Added the effect 'Gains immune to physical debuff'.
    • Encourage
      - Required TP has changed from 2 to 1.
    • Cry of the Wrath
      - Added the effect [ Bravery effect changes to Rage. ] to [ Encourage ].
    • Heart of Lunacy
      - The recovery amount of HP has changed from 1% to 30% when the unit has revived.
    • Wildcat Engine


  • Buff

    • The Gazing Eyes
      - An enemy who is in the [ The Gazing Eyes ] state gains [ Position Exposed ] debuff.
    • Rampage
      - A unit that is in [ Rampage ] state acts more aggressively.

  • Changed that Bianca and Alisa' bond mastery allowed to be changed.

  • Bug

    • Fixed a bug that bonus stat of [ Gem Crafting Machine ] has not been disaplyed on the stat window of units.
    • Fixed a bug that [ Archmage Staff ] hasn't affected to some abilities.
    • Fixed a bug that the 'damage increase' option of [ Magic Optimization ] has not been affected by [ Release Magic ].
    • Fixed a bug that [ Spirit of Warrior ] and [ White Lion ] has not detected [ Passion ] buff.
    • Fixed a bug that [ Anger Strike ] has not been activated under a specific condition.
    • Fixed a bug that [ Witch's Jealousy ] has not activated when a unit equips [ Soul Reaper ] mastery.
    • Fixed a bug that amount of friendship increase in [ Customer Satisfaction ] has not affected all the situation.



Thank you.

[Notice] Temporary Server Maintenance and Update Announcement

Hello everyone, this is Troubleshooter development team.

We are going to have a temporary maintenance and update to fix the issue that is happened after the update.

Please note below about the schedule of the maintenance and the update detail.

Maintenance Schedule



  • Daylight saving time is not applied.
  • Date: Nov 18th, 2020
  • Wednesday 10:30 ~ 11:00 CET
  • Wednesday 18:30 ~ 19:00 JST
  • Wednesday 01:30 ~ 02:00 PST
  • Wednesday 09:30 ~ 10:00 UTC


Update Detail

  • Fixed a bug that only one character is hired when you hired Alisa and Bianca in a specific condition.
  • Fixed a bug that below masteries and mastery sets don't work properly.
    - Black Witch
    - Forced Duel
    - Riposte
    - Overpower
  • Fixed a bug that [ Armorbreak ] had not been stacked.
  • Fixed a bug that the usage count of [ Wind Chain ] had been decreased when [ Arresting Force ] has been activated.
  • Fixed a bug that [ Arresting Force ] had been activated as [ Item Ability ].
  • Fixed a bug that [ Dogfight ] mastery needed a [ Blueprint ] for unequip.
  • Fixed a bug that [ Wood Chop ] had not been displayed in the ability edit window.
  • Fixed a bug that Heixing and Kylie's SP ability works improperly.
  • Fixed a bug that images in the Jukebox and Gallery had been displayed improperly.
  • Fixed a bug that wrong messages had been displayed when Alisa and Bianca had food.
  • Fixed a bug that [ The Shadow of Truth ] Steam achievement cannot be achieved.

  • Mastery search function has been improved.


Thank you.

[Notice] Maintenance and Update Announcement

Greetings, this is Troubleshooter development team.

We beg to inform you that game server maintenance and update details.


  • During the maintenance, all servers will be unavailable.
  • Please finish the missions completely before server shutdown.
  • Update Detail will be release after maintenance is started.


Maintenance Schedule



  • Daylight saving time is not applied.
  • Date: Nov 16th, 2020
  • Monday 16:00 ~ 19:00 CET
  • Monday 23:00 ~ 02:00 JST
  • Monday 07:00 ~ 10:00 PST
  • Monday 14:00 ~ 17:00 UTC


Update Details:



  • Added [ White Lion and Black Witch ] DLC.
    - The DLC is a continuation of [ Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children ].
    - The DLC will be started when you click [ Extra Story ] on the right side of [ Silverlining ] after you completed the whole scenario of [ Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children ].
    - The DLC is free of charge and if you have already installed the game, the DLC will be downloaded automatically.
    - The DLC will have its updates every one to two weeks. It will have total 8 scenario missions and one violent case.
  • Added the first scenario mission of [ White Lion and Black Witch ].
  • Added level 50 weapons crafting.

  • Every player who has finished all the scenario missions will be given costumes of Angry Bull, White Tiger and Black Tiger.


Thank you very much.

[Notice] The Announcement of the Next Update Schedule




Hello everyone, this is the Troubleshooter dev team.

First of all, we would like to thank you all for enjoying our game.

Today, we would like to announce the situation of the dev team ask for your understanding.

Last summer, the dev team tried to focus on developing the game, but the result was far from what we have planned. As a result, Troubleshooter has not had an update for about two months. However, we are planning to update our first DLC Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children – White Lion and Black Witch on November 16, P.M 11(GMT + 9).

We are going to release the DLC for free hence there will be no extra charges. We originally planned for Bianca and Alisa to join Albus in the main episode, but due to the development schedule, we were unable to do so. White Lion and Black Witch is a story about Bianca and Alisa. The episode will be playable after you finish the main episode: Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children.





1. Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children – White Lion and Black Witch DLC update schedule



We have been planning to release the DLC earlier but have kept you waiting for a long time due to our lack of ability. We are deeply sorry about that. Currently, we have completed the base work, but we still have scenario missions and translations to do.

For the above reason, on November 16, we will be going to update the first mission of DLC, which will be a story about how Bianca and Alisa join Albus. After then, for every one to two weeks, we will be going to update the scenario mission. There will be a total of 8 scenario missions and one violent case.
We understand that you have been waiting for an update for a long time. The dev team has failed to meet the deadline. We are deeply sorry about it. However, we thought releasing playable content that is not fully prepared is the worst choice we can make. The dev team concluded to choose quality over quantity.

After we finish updating the DLC, new illustrations and BGM will be updated to the art book and the soundtrack.

We apologize for the inconvenience we brought despite all your support.

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children – White Lion and Black Witch DLC content guide
- 9 scenario missions (Last scenario mission of chapter 6 + all scenario missions of chapter 7)
- 1 violent case
- Level 50 items
- New mastery and systems





2. Troubleshooter: Banished Children update schedule



There is no project running at the moment. Thanks to your support, we have been able to develop our Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children this year. However, developing Troubleshooter: Banished Children will take at least a year, judging by the dev team’s capability.

For us, a year is a very long time. There are too many factors to consider; including the fact that we might not be able to maintain the dev team. Therefore, we cannot promise you when we will start the project. To resolve anxiety factors, we are going to mainly focus on improving Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children. We are going to improve the content and add more quests and additional elements to make the game richer.

We are sorry to let you down with the news. We will find a way to start the project Troubleshooter: Banished Children as soon as we finish updating the DLC.





3. About online content



The dev team was planning to make Troubleshooter an online game with a short story. However, going through early access, a lot of you wanted us to work on the level of completion of the game as a single play game. The dev team agreed on the idea and thus worked on improving the quality. This, however, turned out to be the reason for the failure of the dev team to provide the majority of the promised online content.

On one thought, we thought of giving up the online content. However, we believe that co-op and PVP can provide extra playable content to those who have completed the game. Therefore, we are going to work on the online part when we have the time and capacity to do it. Nonetheless, we are going to primarily focus on the DLC and online content will come after we finish updating the DLC.

We apologize to those who had been waiting for the online content.

Thank you very much.