The Monster Within Steam news

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• Release dateOct 22, 2022
• DeveloperGMO Free Games
• PublisherGMO Free Games

Genres: Indie, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: GMO Free GamesPublisher: GMO Free Games

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The Monster Within Steam news

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• Update to 2.1 - 28 October 2024

  Surprise update, happy Halloween! New content: Added blood level 10. Added super boss battles unlocked on blood level 10. Balance fixes: Reworked the Mad Scientist enemy ability. Bug fixes: Quite a few, I didn't really keep track. It's been a while.

• Update to 2.01 - 23 October 2022

  Changed the Shapeshifter enemy ability to reduce class cards by 2 instead of 1 Fixed the unlock condition for Amnesia not showing properly Fixed Doppelganger points not resetting between rounds and cards not respawning Fixed Speak Softly wrongly showing x4 Night when it was nerfed to x2 Fixed Diversification only working once per round Fixed cards that cost more then normal showing up as green instead of red Fixed Any Means Necessary only drawing one card Fixed mashup shapeshifter cards showing up for other shapeshifter variations Fixed Defile's non-spell half happening again during the spell cast Fixed the various Shapeshifter X's proliferation cards not working with each other

• Out of Early Access - 22 October 2022

  It's the one year anniversery of The Monster Within releasing into early access! And we're celebrating that with the gaming coming out of early access! Yes, this is the full release! All ten monsters, all ten mashups, almost 400 cards, almost 50 afflictions, less bugs (hopefully), it's all here. Thank you so much to everyone who's bought and played the game so far. None of this would be possible without you. This game has been a labor of love from both the artist and I, and we've done out best to make it as enjoyable and fun as possible. In the end, it's up to you to decide if we succeeded. 2.0: New Content: Added new monster, Cultist Added monster new theme pack, CultistEX Added new Cultist-Warlock monster, Mummy Added new Cultist-Werewolf monster, Lunatic Added new Shapeshifter-Parasite monster, Doppleganger Added new Mad Scientist-Wraith monster, Homunclus 5 new Afflictions, 1 generi…

• Update to 1.402 - 6 October 2022

  Content Additions: Add Shapeshifter skits Balance Changes: If you play as Shapeshifter, the Sociopath Affliction is unselectable (because it's way too OP with her)\ Devoted Lackey now costs 5 Put on the charm now costs 6 Ghoul School now costs 8 Speak Softly nerfed to only double Night Lowered the spawn rate of shapeshifter cards (about 1/3 less)

• Out of the Shadows - 3 October 2022

  It's been a month since Shapeshifter came out and we've been hard at work to keep up the momentum and finish the game. We've been in early access for a year, but the light at the end of the tunnel is almost here! Just a few more weeks and that tag will be gone from the game. We're talking full release! The final monster for The Monster Within is almost here, the Cultist! This won't be the final update, but it will be the last big content release. Maybe. We'll see what the future holds but we here at GMO Free Games are kind of monster'd out after working on this project for almost three years at this point. So who is the Cultist? She's a character we've saved for the end because she's kind of complex. Like Werewolf she has two forms, pure and corrupted. But unlike Werewolf, you don't choose when you switch back and forth. Instead, each turn you'll gain corruption. You have cards that red…

• Update to 1.401 - 8 September 2022

  UI Changes: Updated and improved graphics in some menus Changed the Warlock spell banner to look good and less like a stretched piece of art the programmer made Improved Shapeshifter form icons to be more distinct from each other Bug Fixes: Fixed the game over animation playing when in the character select screen Fixed Contraction saying it gained form points, rather than losing them. Fixed Serpent Coil saying it added shield equal to monster, rather then shield equal to attack Fixed cards that depend on the last damage taken not working against bosses. Fixed Grin and Bear It coasting 3 instead of 4 Fixed Serpent coil having misaligned icons Fixed monsters having misaligned text in their unique resource icons Fixed the first and third Blob-Werewolf skits not advancing to the next scene until extra clicks had been performed

• The Shapeshifter Update - 4 September 2022

  After a two month delay, she's finally here! The Shapeshifter! The Shapeshifter works differently from any other monster in the game. Your health level doesn't matter for seeing her cards. All that matters is how many form points you buy. Ghoul points seed cards that generate Night. Bear points seed cards that generate Shield. Snake points seed cards that generate Attack. Put it all together and you can build your Shapeshifter anyway you like! Also in this update is the Blob-Shapeshifter mashup monster, the Morphling! This adds a fourth form, Goop. Goop cards generate Monster points. 1.4: New Content: Added new monster, Shapeshifter Added monster new theme pack, ShapeshifterEX Added new Blob-Shapeshifter monster, Morphling Changes and Bug Fixes: The game now auto generates backup saves at the start of your play session. If losing power causes your save to be corrupted, you can manually…

• Fashionably Late - 27 June 2022

  Where's Shapeshifter? Yes, Shapeshifter should have been out already. But unfortunately, the game's amazing and talented artist has been sick and unable to make said amazing art lately. Unless people are okay with a shift in artistic direction to the drawing above, it'll still be a little bit. Shapeshifter as a monster has more art needs than any before with her unique mechanics, so until that cool art is done, she'll remain lurking behind the scenes. She could be anywhere, anyone... So let's talk about what the Shapeshifter actually is as a character. As the shapeshifter, you can spend your Day/Night/Monster on form points. How many of the form points you have represents what shape you're shifting into. Cards for that form will only show up as you buy form points, the more you buy the more and better cards you'll see. There's three forms; Serpent, Bear, and Ghoul. Serpent form is all a…

• Update to 1.301 - 11 May 2022

  Balance Changes: Lowered base damage scaling one stage UI Changes: Small prettification changes and polish Bug Fixes: Fixed Inner Darkness having a giant monster icon Fixed Epiphany showing alternate art if you have any night cards in your deck. Fixed some elements of mashup mode persisting on a new run after winning/losing Fixed Warlock and Swampkin being called "Werewolf" on the win round screen Fixed the Warlock -> Swampkin skit not playing Fixed the Werewolf player death animation showing Werepire art Fixed some typos

• The WarlockUpdate - 3 May 2022

  Sinister whispers, dark patrons, unleash powers from beyond this world with the next monster for The Monster Within! It's the Warlock! The Warlock is a monster all about string together spells to form combos. Can you master his cards to smite your enemy with righteous fury? Also in this update is the Warlock-Plant mashup monster, the Swampkin! Letting you use Warlock's spells as a Day focused strategy as well! Lastly, there's a new theme packs in this update, unlocked by winning on blood level seven or higher. Here's a full list of the changes: 1.2: New Content: Added new monster, Warlock Added monster new theme pack, WarlockEX Added new monster theme pack, Harmony Added new day theme pack, Darkness Added new Warlock-Plantmashup monster, Swampkin Added two new Warlock specific afflictions Added new skits for Warlock Changes and Bug Fixes: Increased base paper to 50 Politics is now a def…

• Dark Omens - 7 April 2022

  I hope everyone has been enjoying the Werewolf . But people who turn into wolves is so 17th century. It's time for a new, hip monster who all the kids will love. The Warlock! Look at him in his priest robes, the 12-16 demographic are going to love him. The Warlock is all about drawing power from your demonic benefactors and casting spells. Spells are a special kind of effect that don't trigger until the start of your next turn. If a card says Spell: 2 Attack, that means you gain that attack next turn. And spells happen in the order you played them. So if you play a spell that gives you double attack this turn, then play one that gives you 2 attack, you end up with 4 attack! And then if you have an effect that recasts your spells... well you can get up to all kinds of combos. Warlock is a fairly standard monster in terms of what health his cards show up at. Some Night cards, some Monster…

• Update to 1.203 - 2 April 2022

  Balance Changes: Buffed The Forsaken God to 99 attack Changed Yellow Journalism to "If you're out of paper: 10 attack" Changed Headshot to do 2 attack per card discarded Changed Darkest Before the Dawn to "All cards can be bought with day this turn" Bug Fixes: Fixed the Werewolf not transforming properly when used as a basic enemy Fixed Inner Darkness not working as a mashup monster Fixed the Werewolf transform card not changing when using Topsy-Turvy Fixed Werewolf showing up as Parasite on the TV in the afflictions scene Fixed the receipt in the affliction scene not working Fixed Child of Darkness saying it gives attack and monster, instead of night and monster Fixed Tachypsychia not using the same deckbuilding restrictions as normal mashup mode Fixed Darkness/Light not being added to upgrade pool Changed text of Read All About It to be make it more obvious how the card works Art by h…

• Update to 1.202 - 16 March 2022

  New content: Added new affliction: Tachypsychia. Lets you start as a mashup monster. Added Cultist as the boss for mashup round werewolf. Bug fixes: Fixed Fangs of Steel and Claws of Silver working even if you hadn't fed yet this round. Fixed Greedy showing up as Over sized Appetite during gameplay. Fixed Greedy being shown as costing 20 health instead of five on the unlocks and afflictions selector screen. When playing as a monster that has two mashups, the deckbuilding screen is now shown after the mashup select. Fixed mashup monsters not showing the correct portrait on the win round screen. Shifted some of the blood effects in the boss death animation to make them less crotch centered. Art by https://www.instagram.com/duke.vitoria/

• Update to 1.201 - 10 March 2022

  Bug Fixes: Fixed the Werewolf only unlocking on a win as Wraith Fixed the Werewolf EX set unlocking as a day theme Fixed the paper icons on cards turning into the werewolf symbol Fixed Werewolf not saving rounds won correctly, making unlocking the afflictions pretty hard Fixes Corrosive Touch's upgrade not showing on the card Fixed the new theme packs not telling you how to unlock them on the unlocks screen Fixed clicking Immaterial on the affliction selector screen applying a chromatic abberation effect to everything Fixed some Werepire cards having the wrong man/wolf symbol on them Art by https://www.instagram.com/twisted_mertix/

• The Werewolf Update - 7 March 2022

  As the full moon rises over the city, a new terror joins the fray. It's the Werewolf! The Werewolf is a monster all about changing back between his human and wolf form. Can you master his unique mechanics and hunt down your prey? Also in this update is the werewolf-vampire mashup monster, the Werepire! (We're very creative at naming things here at GMO Free Games). But that's not all, there's also two new theme packs in this update, unlocked by winning on blood level six or higher. Here's a full list of the changes: 1.2: New Content: Added new monster, Werewolf Added monster new theme pack, Werewolf EX Added new night theme pack, Light Added new day theme pack, Darkness Added new Vampire-Werewolf mashup monster, Werepire Added new skits for werewolf Added selection screen for mashup round. (Right now this is only for Vampire choosing to play as Lich or Werepire) Changes and Bug Fixes: Lo…

• New Moon Rising - 1 February 2022

  Happy Lunar New Year from everyone here at GMO Free Games (all two of us)! With the rising of a new moon, comes a new monster. One who lives and dies by the phase of the moon... It's the Werewolf! The Werewolf is a monster who's mechanic is based on forms. When the full moon is out, he transforms into a vicious beast, when it's not, he walks the streets in as a seemingly normal man. In game, this is represented by most of his cards working in one state or another. You can pull off powerful and under costed effects, but you have to balance having enough cards that change the phase of the moon to be able to use them all consistently. Werewolf is also the opposite of the Parasite in a way, in that he loves having lots of monster cards and being at very low health. In fact, Werewolf can actually increase his minimum health to survive at monstrous states that would be impossible for any othe…

• Update to 1.104 - 14 January 2022

  Gameplay Changes: Adjusted round 4 bosses difficulty to make them a little easier. UI Changes: Added chromatic aberration effect on character select screen. Added some effects to the start screen. In the Affliction scene, made the TV more period accurate. Added a slight animation effect to the sprites in skits.

• Update to 1.103 - 8 January 2022

  Gameplay changes: Inner Darkness now features the monster's unique mechanics on it. This should make playing monsters with specific mechanics easier at low health. Right clicking now plays/buys cards with only one click. Bug Fixes: Fixed some typos. Notes: We're working on getting the Werewolf up and running but we felt the Inner Darkness change was a big enough balancing change that it warrened such a small update.

• Update to 1.102 - 1 January 2022

  Gameplay changes: On the first round you can pick your affliction from a list of all afflictions you've unlocked. The rounds after are the standard random four. Paper re-reduced to 45. We'll get to the right balance eventually. Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug that caused the Parasite to re-lock itself after unlocking. Fixed Good Thinking Juice only adding day. Fixed the single click gameplay setting not saving your preference properly. Fixed the Ruthless theme not showing it's upgraded cards properly. Added more checks to the deck builder to prevent duplicate themes/themes being in the wrong place.

• Update to 1.101 - 28 December 2021

  Bug fixes: Fixed upgrades being reset when continuing a game Fixed all new theme packs being added as day themes in the verifier Fixed winning the mash-up round not displaying your character on the win round screen correctly Fixed the monster mash-up round deck building screen not allowing you to select the night/monster themes that were in the last two slots Fixed some minor typos We hope everyone is enjoying the update. If you're encountering any bugs or issues please tell us and we'll do our best to fix them right away!

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