Today's the day! The closed beta for Decks Out is now available for sign-ups and will be going out shortly to the first round of testers. You can sign up here to playtest the game before its release: https://forms.gle/PMCTsUvAvyxeKWBJ6

For the alpha testing group, here are the changes coming with 0.5.0:

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an off-by-one error when showing the "Encounter?" button text
• The (Twink) Death Defiance indicator will now hide if all of them are used up
• Fixed a bug where Mini Cannon sometimes wouldn't trigger twice
• Fixed a bug where it would sometimes appear like Looking For properties completed multiple times

New/Updated Features:

• Added portraits for all the cards (except Blanks, of course)
• Updated the UI for encounters and the main game scene
• No more panel semi-transparency! Everything is opaque.
• Added background music and a number of sound effects!
• Improved keyword descriptions to help people learn the game
• Added a new feedback option (Dumb Joke) because it felt necessary
• Added a new setting to enable moving the hand higher up
• Added a new setting to show properties a card will complete when hovered
• Added a new setting for showing a subtitle on sticker tooltips to indicate when they might trigger
• Selecting multiple cards on the Grid has been removed as a metagame upgrade
• Added a new metagame upgrade that lets you reroll encounters
• Encounters are now better distributed
• Added animations to the Grid when hovering cards and buttons

Sticker Changes:

• Improved Twunk sticker bonus indicators
• Lucky Horseshoe now has a 20% chance (up from 10%) to trigger when playing a Blank
• Chance Encounter now has a 40% chance (up from 20%) to trigger when playing a Blank
• Mood Ring is now a Spicy sticker