- Remaining AI placeholder music has been removed - 21 September 2026
v0.8.391 • Replaced a bunch of AI music with human recordings. • Removed all remaining AI music.
- Fixed a dumb bug I created for new players in the previous update - 8 September 2026
v0.8.389 • Fixed a bug that prevented the "Learn to Play" button from working upon first launch of the game for new players.
- Ongoing polish... - 3 September 2026
v0.8.388 • Fixed bugs that were applying meta-collectibles effects to the tutorial. • Refactored pre-defined song data (starting decks and bosses) to be less redundant and easier to manage. • Fixed a minor localization bug on the new game screen. • Replaced the final Ticketbastard AI song "Why Do We Do It?" with the human recording.
- Win counts per deck & difficulty now shown - 3 September 2026
v0.8.387 • Track win count per starting deck and difficulty, and show the win count for reach difficulty on the new game screen. • Replaced several AI-based boss songs with human recordings.
- Minor patch, and status update - 24 August 2026
v0.8.386 • Fixed bug that would prevent tour progress meter from appearing when beating a boss after loading a save game straight into the boss fight. • Fixed displayed lyrics for the boss song "Frisk Your Girlfriend". • Added the word "Demo" to the "Tour Completed" message for demo version. In other news, I've gotten back to recording soundtrack music, and I have 6 new songs all finished up, and a handful just waiting for vocals to get recorded. I'm waiting for vocals from a couple of different singers so there's more variety in the next youtube video series instead of 5 songs from a single singer. Hoping to have that out in the next week or two.
- Jazz Odyssey!!! - 2 August 2026
Version 0.8.381 • Show attitude-based score bonuses on the song's performance opportunity boxes. • Added "Jazz Odyssey" consumable buff.
- Interesting ways to break strings & drum heads (and prevent it) - 31 July 2026
• Added progress meters toward breaking a bass string, guitar string, and drum head. Increases with each matching instrument card played. When at 100%, a technical problem card is shuffled into the player's deck. • Added Meta-Collectibles for instrument techs to reduce the frequency of a broken bass string, guitar string, and drum head. • Added "Stabilize Equipment" consumable buff to reset progress toward a broken bass string, guitar string, and drum head.
- v0.8.373 - Improve existing songs - 17 July 2026
• Added an option to "Friends of the Band" to improve an existing song by replacing a non-instrument performance opportunity with an instrument-based one. • Added new icons to the Karma dialog. • Updated the Mojo and Hell shops icons.
- Karma display added - 15 July 2026
• Added "Karma" dialog to display stats related to narrative event choices. • Fixed minor timing bug that could end the gig prematurely if certain cards are played too quickly in succession. • Fixed "Fire on All Cylinders" to actually be +2X instead of +1X song multiplier.
- More Meta-Collectibles and game balance - 15 July 2026
v0.8.371 - July 15, 2026 • Changed "Fire on All Cylinders" to add +2X song multiplier for the current song, instead of +1X multiplier for all Tech Support cards. • Changed meta-collectible "Music Lesson" to "Advanced Theory" and increased cost to 6. • Added meta-collectibles for each instrument to add +1 entertain points for each level unlocked. • The cost of unlocking a particular meta-collectible rises as you unlock more of that collectible.
- Another balancing update v0.8.370 - 14 July 2026
Also includes a bug fix. • No longer allow copying "Whenever It Feels Right" and "Don't Worry, It's Coming" cards. • "Whenever It Feels Right" can no longer be found randomly, and can only be upgraded to from "Don't Worry, It's Coming". • Set a max limit of 3 for "Don't Worry, It's Coming". • Increased cost and reduced random chance of finding "Fire on All Cylinders". • Meta-collectibles are now taken into account when calculating the player band's strength rating. • Fixed bug that prevented a key narrative event from happening.
- Meta-Collectibles & more consumable buffs - 14 July 2026
I'm happy to introduce the first iteration of "meta-collectibles", which allow you to unlock collectibles that operate at the meta-level, affecting every tour you play.Having a hard time beating a specific boss? Keep earning Mojo by beating easier bosses, then spend it to unlock meta-collectibles to give you a permanent advantage.Meta-collectibles will be continually improved and balanced throughout Early Access. I'd love to hear your ideas for some meta-collectibles.
- v0.8.365 More boss balancing - 10 July 2026
• Improved scoring ranges for a few bosses. • Fixed one of the narrative events to actually the deduct money it's supposed to, based on a player choice.
- Update v0.8.364 balance changes and more - 9 July 2026
• Reduced "Epic Intro" bonus from 300 to 100. • Reduced "Big Finish" bonus from 100 to 50 per performance opportunity of the song. • Reduced "Hype Master" collectible's Epic Intro bonus from 100 to 50. • Reduced "Tension Release" collectible's Big Finish bonus from 50 to 25. • Increased "Squeaky Clean" collectible's Bubbles bonus from 15 to 25. • Increased "Tinderbox" collectible's Fireworks bonus from 25 to 50. • Increased "Firestarter" collectible's Pyromania bonus from 50 to 100. • Added "Total Attitudes" count to the song list, to easily see the total count of each attitude your songs have. • Added a new store type that only sells consumable buffs, which start to appear in boss area 3. • Fixed bug that prevented the next card multiplier text from being displayed when choosing the next song to play.
- Update 0.8.358 fixes e-mail input length - 7 July 2026
This is definitely my bad for not catching this sooner. • Increased length of Discord name and e-mail address input fields on the bug reporter dialog from 20 to 50.
- Update version 0.8.354 - 7 July 2026
Changed gig buffs to be inventory-based, and are acquired the same way as other collectible items. Used inventory slots must be re-filled by acquiring new consumables between gigs. Starting inventory size is 3, but can be increased with the "A Friend in Need" collectible. Added some consumable gig buffs shops to Hell, since they are no longer offered to buy during gigs. Increased chance of finding "Blister in the Sun" and "A Friend in Need" collectibles. Reduced base entertainment value of "Unexpected Climax" from 50 to 10.
- Update version 0.8.351 - 3 July 2026
Adjusted boss scoring so they are much less volatile and more consistent with their scores. Fixed minor bug in battle gigs that could cause weird UI timing when finishing your last song and the opponent still has a song to play but is already winning and wants to end the gig without playing the last song.
- Several more AI songs replaced with human recordings - 17 June 2026
As documented in the video series on youtube... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2CpnBbm69OE26hD4vEGYnuqdEmu5j9Jk
- Score Log added - 27 May 2026
v0.8.348 has added a score log, so you can see how scores are calculated after songs have already finished.
- Bug fix - 23 May 2026
Fixed bug with opponent choosing card to play on last song when in a technical difficulty situation and has nothing but technical difficulty cards in hand.
