We didn't talk much about upcoming changes after the past release, and there is a good reason: a handful of big things were being cooked.

Nah, that's a lie. We've been talking about everything we're working on in every newsletter submission.

But before throwing all details about what's in this time, let's get to something important:

No more downloads for now

To focus on pushing our game to app stores, starting from this release and until further notice, only the web version of our game will be uploaded.

No desktop packages will be built from now on, so we can focus on the specifics of each platform we aim to jump in, including:

• Steam ~ for Windows and Linux.
• Apple ~ for MacOS, iPhone and iPad.
• Google ~ the PWA will be kept. It wraps our webapp, it is signed, and it works fine.

While we loved building packages for Windows, Linux and Mac, Linux wasn't an issue because you don't need to sign binaries.

For Mac we have a developer cert, but it wasn't used at its maximum due to issues inherent to the package type.

For Windows, we don't have a developer cert, and it is a bureaucracy nightmare and a pain in the wallet to get one.

So, we'll stick to the browser-ready client and the Android PWA we built some time ago and that is basically a shortcut for the game on your phone screen.

That being said, let's move on to the next topic:

Fixes and small additions

On the client side:

• Removed unneeded API calls. They didn't hurt, but we aren't using them for now.
• Added workaround to an error thrown when comparing card XPs against empty values. Yeah, because zero and undefined are different animals.
• Replaced "mixing" checkbox for a switch in the card planting modal at the farm.
• Tuned CSS styles.

On the server side:

• Fixed issue on the depot that didn't set the proper level to purchased cards from cardspecs without level constraints.
• The same fix was applied to cards given as compliment for the first time entering a universe - 2 cards from that universe are given away for free.
• Excluded broken pots from the user's farm inventory.

Now let's add some spice!

New stuff

Added support for comics in storybooks

Cariñoland's storybook is the only one available at the moment. If you haven't played it, you'll see video intros, dialogs in a developing story and battles. Lots of them.

For the Tavin|DAX universe, our writing mastermind thought on bringing comics to the formula, replacing some parts of the story with flipbooks.

We implemented the formula and started with Cariñoland Chapter 7: "The Blobympics Happening".

Yes, as promised, we're making a stand-alone chapter for the coverage of the past Olympic Games, but not those here on Earth, but those that happened in Cariñoland.

Damn, we made a series of posts in our blog! Click here to read them.

The chapter will have 5 parts. One is finished and tested in our staging environment, the other two are halfway done and the rest are almost finished.

We could have included the first part, but we preferred to take a few more days and have the entire chapter done before releasing it.

GPs wallet implemented

A few days ago we added a new virtual token to the PoliCromix economic system: GPs, or "Gold Pieces".

They are similar to SPs: digital, non-crypto, transactional tokens.

They have been created for two specific purposes:

• Help reducing fees when paying in our retail shop.
  
  Paying with credit cards and popular crypto leads to high commissions and fees. So, if you want to buy one single item that costs less than $5, sometimes you had to add more to the basket so you were able to pay for the whole order.
  
  So, now you can buy a bag with a few GPs and use them to pay whenever you want and without delays.
  
  GPs are 1:1 with USD. You could say that GPs are our own "Stablecoin", but they aren't crypto. They're just a kind of in-house debit system.
  
  
• Allow us to have real micro-payments.
  
  There are plans for a blockchain implementation in the near future, and GPs will be key to that. We can't say more at the moment.

There will be two ways to get your hands on them:

1. Buy them in Pandora's Box, paying with cash or crypto.
   
   Check available bags
   
   
2. Earn them! Do some tasks and you'll get GPs without buying them from the shop!
   
   Learn more

A cosmetic addition to the farm

One of our ambassadors said he was finding difficult to recognize cards spawned by mixing others using silver and golden pots. These cards can't be remixed. So we added an overlay to easily identify in the farm's inventory:

And, the best of all additions: a new universe!

The Stars Court released

The Stars Court is a universe with a strong storyline that took months to be written, but you'll have to wait to see it.

For now, you'll be able to use the boards in PvP and training mode fights. And cards will be included in packs with assorted cards at all the shops.

If all that wasn't enough for you... then wait for news within the next days. We're working really hard on various things, and they're going to be out really soon.

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