- Version 2.5: Black Phantom - 15 August 2026
VERSION 2.5: NEW CHARACTER:Added Black Phantom as an unlockable character. Black Phantom, the western train bandit, loads her revolver with bullets over time. During her ability, she spins the chamber and shoots at the Enemy Book, instantly completing the round if the gun fires! GAMEPLAY CHANGES:Hidden Word now only uses 5-letter words.The Emerald Gem now restores your character's ability instead of increasing your health.If you get hit 3 times in one round, you deserve the loss. UI CHANGES:Your selected perks will now flash if you try to equip a 4th perk. BUG FIXES:Possibly fixed a bug that caused status effects to remain even after completing the round.Fixed a bug that caused the character icon to darken even if you had an ability available.
- Version 2.4.1 - 5 August 2026
VERSION 2.4.1: CHANGES: Set max health to 3 (down from 5) and replaced the health icons. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that made the Citrine gem not give any points when used. Fixed a bug that caused music to not stop when unchecking it in the options. COMING SOON: Added the Black Phantom character icon to the Loadout menu. She will be available to play soon. Black Phantom, the western train bandit, loads her revolver with bullets over time. During her ability, she spins the chamber and shoots at the Enemy Book, instantly completing the round if the gun fires!
- Version 2.4: Hidden Word! - 4 August 2026
VERSION 2.4: NEW GAME MODE:Added “Hidden Word” as a game mode.Try to guess the hidden word before time runs out to open a Chest. Chests contain Perks which will unlock after you find them. NEW FEATURES:Added a “Longest word” bonus.Added icons for each game mode in the menu.Hovering over something locked now shows you how to unlock it.Added the “Locksmith” achievement. BUG FIXES:Fixed a bug that caused the points to cap at a certain amount after completing the game.Fixed a visual bug with the multiplayer animations.Fixed a bug that caused Character and Perk descriptions to show during the Credits.Fixed a bug that caused Frictionless to not work properly.Fixed a bug that caused Scatterbrained to not work properly.Fixed a bug that caused Final Act to not work properly.
- Version 2.3 - 21 June 2026
VERSION 2.3: PERK CHANGES: Removed the bonuses for words related to “kindness” for Benevolent, words related to “Death” for Gravemarked, and words related to “Music” for Harmonic. Benevolent now gives you an extra Gem every time an Enemy Book attacks you. Gravemarked now gives you 3x points for words containing “DIE” in them. Harmonic is now Headstrong, and starts you off at 1 health, but makes every word worth 2x more points. NEW FEATURES: Points now have a tick increase animation. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that caused Juvenescent to only give 2x points instead of 3x. Fixed a visual bug with the point number. Fixed a visual bug with the keyboard sprites. The perks Benevolent, Gravemarked, and Harmonic were just not good and hardly gave any use. This is a much needed rework.
- Version 2.2 - 16 May 2026
VERSION 2.2: NEW FEATURES: The selected timer color now saves. PERK CHANGES: Unpredictable now makes each vowel in a submitted word worth 0-5 points, up from 0-3. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: Fresh words now give a 2x bonus, up from 1.5x. Instantly completing a round, or “round skipping,” no longer increases prices in the Shop. Instead, prices remain at what they would have been if there was no round skip. The prices in the Shop used to be determined on which round you most recently completed. This made earning so many points that you skip one or multiple rounds entirely a detriment. For example, if you were on Round 3 and submitted a word worth enough points to instantly beat both Round 3 and Round 4, the Shop would increase its prices as though you had completed Round 4 normally. Now, it doesn’t matter how many rounds you instantly beat, the Shop prices increase as if you’ve only completed one r…
- Version 2.1 - 3 April 2026
VERSION 2.1: NEW FEATURES: English, French, Spanish, and Italian dictionaries are now available in Options. This does not translate the entire game, it only changes the language of words you can use during a run. The perks Benevolent, Gravemarked, Harmonic, and Kaleidoscopic have not yet been adjusted to this change and continue to only work with English words. Additionally, while letter frequency in English differs from that of other languages, point values have not changed, nor has the perk Catastrophic. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that caused controllers to not work properly.
- Version 2.0 - 29 March 2026
VERSION 2.0: NEW FEATURES:Dimensions are now 800x500 pixels.Added menu and in-game designs to fill the extra space.Timer bar color is now customizable in Options.People have been asking for the game to not be a square. GAMEPLAY CHANGES:Shuffle mode is now easier, with each word being 3-8 letters in length instead of 3-10.Perfectionist now unlocks when you defeat one Enemy Book.All status effects (except Locked) go away after using it in a word.Broken status effect now only removes 1, 10, or 100 points depending on the tier of the letter instead of 10, 50, or 100.Verbal Beatdown is meant to be a challenge for both new and experienced players. The long words in shuffle mode and damaging effects of Broken only seemed to hurt new players. Also, Perfectionist seemed like the perfect perk to unlock very early! BUG FIXES:Fixed a bug which caused the timer in Shuffle Mode to go down during the…
- Version 1.9 - Lovesick Tragedy - 14 March 2026
VERSION 1.9: NEW FEATURES:Added the Lovesick Tragedy DLC.Added icons for exiting the game and visiting the Steam page.Added a new Steam achievement. BUG FIXES:Fixed a bug that caused the word length to be set to 2 letters in a Local Battle. OTHER:Replaced the Main Menu song.Local Battles will now play one of the random song variations.Added an additional 0.01 second between each frame during ability animations.UI changes.
- Version 1.8: Multiplayer! - 15 February 2026
VERSION 1.8: NEW FEATURES:Added Local Battle as a gamemode! Play 1v1 against a friend locally. This mode supports the use of controllers.Added the Romeo Montague character icon, Juliet Capulet character icon, and Final Act perk icon to the Loadout screen. These are locked and will be available in the upcoming “Lovesick Tragedy” DLC! BUG FIXES:Fixed a bug that caused gold letters to upgrade and turn into an entirely different letter.Fixed a visual bug with the flags. OTHER:Removed the ability to use the mouse to type letters and submit words.The “switch gamemode” button is now locked until you complete the tutorial.
- Version 1.7.1 - 24 January 2026
Bug fixes.
- Version 1.7 - 18 January 2026
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS: Verbal Beast: Reach round 9 with Cthulhu. Using Your Head: Reach round 9 with Headless Horseman. All Luck, No Skill: Reach round 7 in Shuffle mode. Sweet 15: Submit a 15-letter word. NEW FEATURES: Added Citrine gem. This gem resets the word length to 3. You can now left-click on a letter to type it, right-click to delete, and use the middle mouse button to submit a word. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that caused character and perk icons to show up in the Local Battle menu. OTHER: Turned game volume down 50%.
- Version 1.6 - 4 January 2026
PERK CHANGES: Venturesome now gives a 1 / 10,000 chance to complete all 9 rounds instantly, instead of just completing the current round. UI CHANGES: Replaced the Discord button with a Credits button. Added “Local Battle” to gamemodes. Local multiplayer is not available yet, but is being worked on! BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that made 2 different level music play simultaneously.
- VERSION 1.5.1 - 26 October 2025
Bug fixes.
- VERSION 1.5 - 25 October 2025
Happy Halloween! NEW CHARACTER: Added Headless Horseman as a playable character. The Headless Horseman turns disabled letters into Flaming letters. With certain perks and a good strategy, this power has incredible potential. PERK CHANGES: Incombustible now prevents any harm from Flaming letters instead of stopping fire from spreading.
- Version 1.4.1 - 8 October 2025
Bug fixes.
- Version 1.4 - 6 October 2025
PERK CHANGES: Xerothermic now gives 500 points (up from 50). Kaleiscopic now gives 9x points (up from 4x). Yeah, this might be overkill, but at least these perks aren’t completely useless anymore! BUG FIXES: Fixed an issue that caused the Spinel gem to upgrade gold letters. Fixed a visual issue with status-effected letters.
- Version 1.3 - 27 September 2025
NEW FEATURES: Added “Poisoned” status effect. With only 5 status effects (and most of them only appearing after round 3), some early-round books did the same things, and the late-round books felt repetitive. The addition of Poisoned brings new challenges and makes every book unique. BALANCE CHANGES: Cthulhu now increases current points by 10% during its ability. Words in Shuffle mode are now worth 2x points. After submitting a word in Shuffle mode, the timer increases 4x more than it previously did. Cthulhu sucked, plain and simple. Also, Shuffle mode is meant to be challenging and fun, not stressful. BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug that caused the Spinel gem to only upgrade 1 letter. Fixed a bug that caused the music to speed up in the main menu. OTHER: Added a small wait period before an ability can be activated after submitting a word.
- Version 1.2 - 14 September 2025
BALANCE CHANGES: - Added "Repetitive word" and "Overused word" penalties for using a word too often. BUG FIXES: - Fixed a bug where the music wouldn't turn off after deselecting it in Options.
- VERSION 1.1 - 3 September 2025
UPDATE 1.1: - Added Gems! - Added new "Shuffle" gamemode. - Slightly reworked the Tutorial. - Steam Achievements should work now.
