Hello everyone,
Thank you for following the updates of Neurodeck! Gostique and Nemrod joined us last month to help with Neurodeck updates and did great work for this new patch. Victoria has also created new great art with a dozen new illustrations.
We added around 15 cards, a new preview system, new unique effects and globally new content that add a lot of replayability to the game. Next month will bring new phobias and we hope you’ll enjoy these new features as much as we do!
Hospital Visit, Hiking & Drawing cards illustrations from the Balcony room made by Victoria Guareschi.
Here are the features of this update:
Balancing
Some cards have been boosted, some phobias have been nerfed and boosted!
Damage preview system
This new preview system gives you a better overview of the situation in-game as well as an additional piece of information. We hope it’ll help you to better understand the different game systems and that you’ll manage to make decisions in better conditions!
14 more cards that belong to the "Balcony" room
Here are the cards that you can find inside:
- Acting
- Beach Nap
- Broken Mirror
- Couple Counseling
- Drawing
- EMDR
- Hiking
- Hospital Visit
- Masking
- Wheel of emotions
- Rorschach Test
- Snowy Day
- Therapist
- Workout
Those cards are inspired by psychology to strengthen the link to mental health (EMDR which is a sensory stimulation therapy, Plutchik's wheel of emotions describing the 8 basic emotions, the broken mirror referring to the syndrome related to psychological and emotional trauma, etc.).
It adds another room so gives more replayability and more possibilities to your strategy.
Couple Counseling, Rorschach Test & Masking cards illustrations
New card effect "Discover"
Inspired by Hearthstone, this effect allows you to discover a random card or can be a last-minute escape from a situation. These apply to Balcony cards only.
New modifier "Weakness"
Phobia or player will deal less damage and you have a preview of these damage on the cards. This modifier is available in Balcony cards too.
Player can gain Block
Gaining Block will help you to build more defense and adds a little extra to your strategy. You will find this feature in Balcony cards only.
New traits
Those traits are available in the Nursery room. At the beginning of the game, you'll have to choose one of three traits proposed that will follow you for the rest of your session. Here are the traits you will encounter:
- Lucky
- Tenacious
- Laid back
- Funny
- Messy
- Shy
- Honest
- Dare-devil
- Improviser
- Frugal
- Contemplative
- Calming
Two additional resilience level
In addition to the previous 1 to 5 resilience levels, levels 6 & 7 have been added.
- Level 6: Nightmares: every phobia met is in nightmare mode.
- Level 7: Mental Exhaustion: when you draw a card you lose 1 Sanity.
New achievements
Do you want to get more challenges in Neurodeck? With those new achievements, you’ll be able to make modifiers a strong weapon and to use resilience levels!
- Resilient level X: Achieve a run with a resilient level. (1 à 7)
- Passive-aggressive: Kill a phobia with a trait
- Fast Forward: End a run with less than 10 cards in the deck.
- Kill anxiety: Kill a phobia with the anxiety modifier
Bugfixes
Some bugs may have been added while others may have been fixed! It’s hard to track everything and provide a complete bug list...
Official game guide
Check out this complete guide explaining a lot of game mechanics. Useful when blocked on a phobia or wondering about a specific mechanic. Feel free to ask for more details! A big thank you to Chloé for creating this complete guide.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2462195327
Modding in the beta branch for now
Modding is WIP so locked in beta branch; still checking how it should be working for the best use. Thanks for waiting!
Here is how to access Neurodeck beta:
- Right-click on Neurodeck app, then click on "Properties"
- Go to the "Betas" tab, then under "Select the Beta you want to opt into," select "beta - beta tests at your own risk"
- Finally, the Beta version will be uploaded automatically.
Switch release reminder
We're still planning to finish the updates in order to have a patched and finalized version for Nintendo Switch.
While waiting for Neurodeck 1.3, here's a little overview of Gnomophobia, which will be part of the new phobias!
Animation made by Jeanne Prigent.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1253860?snr=2_groupannouncements_detail_