NEW OPTIONS Gold/Gem Glow: • Although glowing gems are cool, too many gems in one spot can look a bit weird, especially late-game. You can now disable their glow if desired. (they will still sparkle) • Enabled by default. Located under Options > Effects. Physics Multithreading: • Previously, physics multithreading was always enabled. Now, the option can be toggled. • Enabled by default. Located under Options > Advanced. GAME ENGINE Unity: • Updated Unity to 6000.2.7f2. • Resolved particle system crashing issues. • Resolved a Unity security issue. Fixes: • Fixed a couple possible memory leaks regarding HTTPS requests for player statuses and leaderboard entries.

Sprites: • Fixed an error with the UI background. • Fixed a shadow issue with the Japanese title logo.

Internal: • Updated game engine to Unity 6000.2.1f1 to address stability issues.

Languages: • Added Japanese. Translated by Digital Bards. Online Co-op: • Added a "Leaderboards" checkbox when creating an online game. • Online game info now says if leaderboards are enabled or disabled.

Core Supporter Pack: • Fixed an issue where the Core Supporter Pack would not be activated if the customer purchased, refunded, then purchased the pack a second time.

Options: • Fixed an error that could prevent options from being read or written. Menus: • Fixed an issue in the menus regarding the Core Supporter Pack.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Leaderboards: • Fixed an issue where leaderboard scores could be submitted with a score of zero, or not submitted at all, if the game over screen was skipped too quickly. Leaderboard scores are now submitted faster after dying. • Fixed an issue where leaderboard menus would sometimes not be visible. Menus: • The Feedback form has been moved to Options > Advanced > Feedback. • Fixed menu panels not resizing correctly with UI Scaling options. • Fixed various errors.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Couch Co-op: • Improved camera zooming performance. • Improved particle sizes with UI scaling options. • Player name labels now resize with UI scale. • Fixed camera zooming issues when inspecting treasure chests. • Fixed positioning issues with weapon info panels. Leaderboards: • Added option under Account tab: "Send Leaderboard Scores". Enabled by default. • Fixed an issue after submitting a score where the system message would parse a wrong number. Weapon Selector: • Weapon slots now scale smaller if needed, to ensure the slots are not hidden behind other UI elements. • Fixed overlapping weapon slots for Radial layout if UI scale is greater than 100%. Miscellaneous: • Increased Online Co-op initial connection timeout from 5 seconds to 10 seconds. • Fixed a camera issue when inspecting treasure chests. • Fixed a crash that could happen after selling potions. • Fixed a crash that could happen after submitting a bug report. • Fixed a hang that could happen when importing invalid options during startup. • Fixed a padding issue when inspecting high tier shields. • Fixed an error with scrollbars. • Fixed spacing issues with room modifier info. • Fixed UI position issues when inspecting treasure chests. • Fixed various menu issues. • Reduced frequency of writing to Account file when incrementing achievement progress. • Updated engine to Unity 2021.3.22f1.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS • Fixed an error preventing the Kitten Backer Sign from being used. • Fixed an error with achievements checking difficulty settings when not in a dungeon. • Fixed an error with Weapon Challenge modes when playing online. • Fixed issues with achievement progress bar positions. • Fixed issues with lightning bolts. • Fixed issues with the Attributes and Journal tabs when dying. • Fixed rare errors when blocking damage with shield. • Fixed rare errors with creatures flipping. • Fixed UI menu glitches when using the Game Mode portal. • Translation fixes.

NEW GAME MODES A new Game Mode portal has been added to the home room. Access the portal to play new game modes. New achievements have been added for each special game mode. KITTEN COLLECT-A-THON • 99 kittens have been scattered across the dungeon. Can you collect them all? • This game mode has a limit of 20 rooms. ENEMY CHALLENGES • Select an enemy — the dungeon will be filled with only that type of enemy. WEAPON CHALLENGES • Select a weapon — you will only be able to use that weapon type throughout the dungeon. STANDARD DUNGEON • To play the classic endless standard dungeon, please ignore the portal and insert the key into the home room door as normal. – Other changes – ACHIEVEMENTS: • New achievements have been added for the new game modes. • Achievement descriptions now specify the required game mode and difficulty. DIFFICULTY: • A new Difficulty Panel has been added to the home room. • Feral is the regular default permadeath difficulty (orange). • Cuddly is a new "easy" difficulty (green), giving players extra health and the ability to respawn. • Neither achievements nor leaderboards will be available if Cuddly is active. • Cuddly imposes a limit of 60 rooms. KITTENS: • Increased health by 400% to help prevent accidental deaths. UI: • Added pagination buttons for filter drop-down menus. FIXES: • Fixed an issue where button glyphs could sometimes be null in the menus. • Fixed an issue where servers could become unstable if a client connected then disconnected quickly.

Saved Games: • Tallowmere 2 uses a plugin called CloudOnce that utilises iCloud's key-value storage system, with the intent of allowing file syncing between iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. • Post-launch, it was discovered that iCloud's key-value system has a 1 MB storage limit per app. • This is fine for one or two typical saved game files, but the 1 MB limit causes storage errors once file sizes exceed this limit, which does happen. • There currently aren't any suitable plugins for the Unity game engine that allow access to iCloud's CloudKit or Documents systems, which do not have such storage limits. • As such, for the interim, iCloud key-value support will be phased out for saved games. Existing saved games in the key-value system will be downloaded and stored locally if possible. Going forward, new saved games will be stored locally until further notice.

Touchscreen: • Added positioning options for the Interact button and bottom buttons. • Added "hold to activate" options for many buttons. • The Chat button now has "hold to activate" enabled by default. Text: • Added text advising that saved games are deleted upon death. Fixes: • Fixed an error that could happen during death sequence with inventory open.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS iCloud: • Fixed and improved many cloud sync issues with saved games and achievement progress, especially at startup. Touchscreen: • Fixed an issue where the Core Supporter splash screen could appear at incorrect times.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS • Fixed an issue where a short freeze could happen every minute if the device was offline or unable to resolve a DNS address. • Fixed an issue where menu content could scroll accidentally for a few frames when using a gamepad. • Glyphs on menu buttons now update better when switching input modes. • Alert box now resizes to fit properly on small screen resolutions if needed. • Various other fixes and performance improvements.

Enemies: • Further fixes to address crashes after slaying an enemy.

Blessings: • Fixed an error on the Blessings tab.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Gameplay: • The "Auto-equip Loot" option is now disabled by default. You can still manually equip loot using Quick Swap, Weapon Selector, or Inventory menus. • Fixed a bug with Bloat explosions and "From the Grave" grenades. Online Co-op: • Fixed and improved various health-related number issues. Healthbar numbers and health syncing should now be more robust. • Fixed an issue with the Magic Mirror where health would become out of sync after changing characters. • Fixed a memory error crash that would occur after a party died and returned to Tallowmere's Keep. • Fixed a memory error crash that could occur if the game disconnected unexpectedly. • Fixed an issue where players could not reconnect to a game. • Fixed an issue where players could not resume a game when utilizing iOS Family Sharing. UI: • Added an effects option: "Menu Animations". Enabled by default. Disabling this option will reduce certain animations when using the menus, such as tab animations and text animations. • When using touchscreen, added a tooltip with instructions to use the side arrows to navigate between pages. • The Blessings, Core Attributes, and Journal categories now resize their content to fit horizontally if needed. • Improved handling when using the Grid layout for the Weapon Selector. • Refactored some of the UI pooling systems to improve performance on low-end devices. Some single-frame quirks may be present. • Fixed an issue when viewing Achievements where the right panel would not scroll enough. • Fixed an issue in the Advanced Options category where the cursor would reset to the first item after toggling an option. • Fixed an issue where menu tabs could become clipped. Tabs now resize to fit. Miscellaneous: • Added a frame rate option for 120 FPS. • Added an advanced option: "Delete Cloud Data". This will remove and reset all cloud data that is stored for the game. • Adjusted startup loading sequence to reduce amount of time spent looking at a blank screen on low-end devices. • Adjusted how audio files are loaded to resolve performance hiccups on low-end devices. • Fixed an issue where the Core Supporter Pack was not always being checked thoroughly at startup. • Fixed various errors and crashes with the mobile store. • Fixed an error when dying with the Inventory menu open. • Fixed various transaction bugs related to integer integrity.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Leaderboards: • Fixed an issue that could prevent scores from being uploaded to the leaderboard server. Online Co-op: • Added a flag for the new server in Ukraine. Miscellaneous: • Fixed a memory error regarding character levels.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Cloud Sync: • Fixed an issue where saved games, achievement progress, and account info was not syncing properly on startup. Files should now sync properly. • Added a "Cloud Sync" item on the Account tab, allowing you to manually synchronize your saved games and achievement progress. Touchscreen: • Fixed an issue where unpausing the game would lower your shield. Core Supporter Pack: • Improved handling if in-app purchases are disabled on the device. • Improved handling if the mobile store system failed to initialize. • Improved performance for receipt verification. • Fixed and handled various errors and crashes regarding the in-app purchase system. Miscellaneous: • Added checks to the Inventory and Merchant menus to ensure items are refreshed properly. • Enabled Unity's "incremental garbage collection" setting to try and resolve stuttering issues. • Improved handling if the leaderboard overlay can't be opened due to an error. • Improved integrity of certain integers. • When using the main menu, corner info is now hidden if post-processing effects are disabled.

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Screen resolutions: • Fixed an issue where the initial screen resolution could be set too small. • Fixed an issue where screen resolution options were not being populated correctly. If text looks too large, please try choosing a higher resolution within: • Options > Screen > Screen Resolution

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS Gameplay: • Fixed an issue where the Stone of Diashan could appear multiple times in a room. Loadout tab: • Fixed an issue where weapon slots would not appear. Online Co-op: • Improved flow when loading a saved game that is already running on a server. The client now gracefully connects to the game automatically, rather than being disconnected. • Improved handling of errors and alerts if network connections fail. iCloud: • Addressed an issue where the game's Account file could become too large. • There is a known issue where saving to iCloud can fail if files exceed a certain size. This will be addressed further in an upcoming patch.