[DEVBLOG#118] April's Fools 2021 spoilers below. Don't read if you want a surprise. (Patreon)

As stated in the title, what follows is a spoiler for our plans for April's Fools. Do not read if you want a nice surprise!---------------Okay, what's up folks. I spent some time working on a cool little module for Storytellers Expanded, bound to release on April 1st. Vanilla Storytellers Expanded - Tynan Tyrannical

Vanilla Storytellers Expanded is a new mod series featuring standalone storytellers, bringing new, unique mechanics to the game. Tynan Tyrannical is what we have planned for April’s Fools.

Tynan Tyrannical is a parody of how Tynan Sylvester release patches that turn the game around, sometimes completely removing beloved features, sometimes changing them so hard noone is interested in them anymore.

This storyteller changed the game every day (I reckon this can be adjusted in mod options). A new letter pops up for the player to read called ‘Patch notes’.

So what are patch notes you wonder? This even changes one random numerical value within a random thingDef, into a random number, and informs the player in the following way:

Patch notes (Date here):ThingDef Name:<xmltag> changed from <previous value> to <new value>

Eg.

Patch notes (11 Aprimay, 5020):Bullet_Revolver:<damageAmountBase> changed from 12 to 36

Such patchnotes can release every 5 days, but we are also looking into making it release patch notes with every raid for extra carnage. Patchnotes can affect many different items, sometimes even 20 different things can change with patch notes.

I won't go on explaining what exactly can be affected, but think of it this way: Any number in the game can be changed. ANY NUMBER.

I'd appreciate if you guys didn't share it anywhere outside of this Patreon. Let's keep it as a nice surprise!