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"New Blood" Update Live!

NEW BLOOD Update
Patch 0.34.1


Introducing Dipid (Pink) and Kir (Yellow) , the newest additions to the Nobles of Sumer!

Audio
  • Six new Harvest tracks have been added to the game, replacing the music during the main phase. As you build up the board the music will now change to reflect the growth of your civilization!
  • Added player specific sounds effects that play when goats hit the score UI.
  • Increased the volume of some of Gugalanna's voice lines.


Balance
  • Golden Ram Update: The Golden Ram now doubles the points you would get from goats at the end of the game: 2 points for every three goats.
  • Staff of Anu Update: The Staff of Anu now grants you an additional resource in each ritual at the start of the year. This adds a dummy resource to both rituals (currently displayed by a clay) that counts only for majority.
  • The Staff of Anu and Golden Ram are now slightly more common in Four and Six year games.
  • Removed the chance for extra clay pits to appear in the Two year game auctions.
  • Breeding Pens may now appear in the 2nd auction of Four year games.
  • Goat Farms now cap out at 99 goats.


Controls
  • Sumer now recognizes Nintendo Switch controllers!
  • Taking over an AI will now show your control type.
  • Tapping the fallthrough input very quickly now lets you fall through the floor.
  • Slightly increased fallthrough input buffer time.
  • Improved precision of landing while falling quickly.
  • Can now control Credits using UP and DOWN.


General
  • Various performance improvements.


Menu
  • Added “Unjoin” control instructions to player homes on character select menu.
  • Removed ability to pause while sun is setting at end of the day.
  • Fixed a typo in the credits.


Visual
  • Favor tablets now explode when Favor hits the score UI.
  • UI discs for sleeping were remastered and are more noticeable and smooth.
  • Favor tablets now scale correctly when hitting Year Update .
  • Auction heads now jiggle when at max overbid.
  • Improved fonts for character names.
  • Widened background and added border to fix screen resolution issues.
  • Fixed borders on bread icons to match others.
  • Fixed font for “return to main menu” text on stats screen.
  • Replaced down joystick icon with a clearer version.
  • Added fix to screen resolution issue that could lead to a black screen under certain fullscreen conditions.
  • Added a “saving” icon.
  • Goat growth will no longer display when pausing.