Build 26507402

Career events

Careers no longer run in a straight line. Somewhere along the way, things happen: a podcast wants you, the van gets stolen, a clip goes viral for the wrong reason. There are 18 events, half open to any band and half tied to how big you have become. Expect two or three per career.

• Events never cost you a turn.
• Every choice shows its exact effect before you pick it, and there is always a safe option.
• Outcomes include stat swings, 8 new event-only cards, a free cut, and named crew joining or leaving. Some events offer a 25% shot at a crew member you have not unlocked yet, for that career only.
• 26 new illustrations.

Momentum

Every card now sets up the next category in the cycle: Practice, Perform, Media, Social, Write. Play into what you set up and the card is primed, paying x1.15, then x1.30, then x1.45 as the streak builds. Primed cards glow, every card tells you what it sets up, and a Momentum panel tracks the streak.

Crew, reworked

The 12 crew no longer just multiply a number. Each one changes a rule. A few examples:

• The Manager: you draw four cards a turn instead of three.
• The Producer: Write cards always count as primed.
• The Critic: each checkpoint reveals its exact test as soon as the stretch begins.

Genre crew works the same way as before.

Hand reroll

Bad hand? Reroll it, once per turn.

You see what changed

Every play, reward, cut and event outcome now gets a short notice at the top of the screen. Audience numbers count up with +/- tags, and purity changes are tagged on the ring.

Redesigned screens

The event screen and the career-end screen are new, and the end screen now recaps your career's events.

Balance

• Crises bite harder: their costs are up 35%.
• Overall, careers are slightly easier if you play well, and careful play pays off more than before.

Small things

• The game version now shows beside the seed on the end screen and in Settings.
• A career saved before this update finishes the way it started, without events. Your next career gets everything.