Broadside Bets

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• Announcements·12 Aug 2026Official

  Demo Patchnotes 5

  Game Changes:Booty with variable effect now display the effect result, instead of the amount of stacksMinor Tutorial explanation updatesMore Impact effects on hitting the enemy ship (fading decals, shakes depending on damage)The Pot boss now shows which Booty has been stolen during the fight4 new Booty affecting or being affected by the ship's handThe main menu was updated to avoid water clippingRemoved legendary Booty Devil's FlaskUpdate the Demo screen to show the actual release date of Broadside BetsBugfixes:Fixed a bug leading to false displayed prices when selling rare BootyFixed a bug Booty that affect Booty prices still affected themselves when being soldFixed a bug, where the cards in the enemy ship's hand would not correctly display BadgesFixed a bug, where Coin Badges in combination with the Torn Letter Booty applied the Pot value too oftenFixed a bug that made it so cards shuffled back into the deck by Pickle's ability could not be drawn again during the same handFixed a bug, where the loot view would sometimes display the default view instead of the first available entryFixed a bug, where the first available loot entry wasn't selected on spawning lootBalance Adjustments:Buffed Cobalt Material to gain 2 Coin Badges on winning the Pot (up from 1)
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• Announcements·17 Jul 2026Official

  Demo Patchnotes 4

  Gameplay Changes:A lot of Booty was adjusted for better game balanceCrewmates now require to be paid after each battleSpeed Up toggle for faster combatFully integrated the tutorial into your first runAround 20 new types of BootyNew encountersBugfixes:Too many to be listed here, enjoy!Full Game:The development and balancing of the full version of Broadside Bets was finished.Be ready for news!
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• Announcements·1 Jun 2026Official

  Demo Patchnotes 3

  UI Update:The font was updated across the entire game to allow for better readability.Font sizes were increased and many UI elements were also increased in size.The camera was adjusted to allow for much better scaling across different resolutions. This might even make the text barely readable on the Steam Deck.Gameplay Changes:The game was compressed to 4 (instead of 5) stages to improve the gameplay.Upscaled Tier 1 enemies were removed in Stage 2, so players can now encounter more enemies in the Demo.Crewmates of the same type now share ability usages. E.g. the player cannot use Peg-Leg's ability more than once per battle by having multiple Peg-LegsPrevent multiple ghost ship encounters in a rowBalancing:The Crimson Tide's cannons now have stronger cardsThe Crimson Tide has improved healing (100 -> 250 per phase)Thunder Toad now also uses the "Frenzy" abilityBugfixes:Fixed a bug where copied Booty would incorrectly show its activation on the original BootyFixed a rounding error for hit rate against specific targets (cannons). E.g. 42.5 now gets correctly rounded to 43 (instead of 42)
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• Announcements·23 May 2026Official

  Demo Patchnotes 2 - Big Changes

  Deckbuilder ModeAt the start of each run, players can now choose between Poker Mode and Deckbuilder Mode.Deckbuilder Mode removes some of the game's traditional Hold'em mechanics, such as the Pot, betting/raising and the ship's hand. All related booties, tonics and badges are not obtainable.It's designed for players who want to focus on the deckbuilding aspect of Broadside Bets... rather than actually playing poker.Deckbuilder Mode does not make the game easier in any way, so definitely give it a try if you enjoy a more classic roguelike deckbuilding experience.Gameplay Changes:Crewmates are no longer limited to 1 movement per phase. They can now be moved freely until they attackPot attacks can now miss, same as normal cannon attacksAdded a different version of the Crusader boss for Deckbuilder ModeImprovements:Improved visibility of betting and popup buttonsThe End-Turn button is now highlighted, once all Crewmates have attackedRemoved target markers for untargetable enemiesMore hover tooltips for many UI elements like the betting buttonsAdded a currency gain effect on selling bootyImproved the card wiggle animation on selection and activationHover small cards to see the larger versionRemoved constantly changing card on the sail hand viewFixed some typosSFX and VFX for enemy reflection damageAdded a hover tooltip for the Wounded Dragon explosive barrelsBalance Changes:King's Skull: attacks x3 -> x2Honey pot: pot +2 -> +1Captain's Pot: default pot 10 -> 6King's Horn: attacks +7 -> +5King's Ribcage: adjusted to match the new pot mechanicsBugfixes:Vanishing Draught can't lock the game after escaping a battle anymoreTutorial:Added an aditional tutorial step for managing multiple crewmatesAdded an additional tutorial step to explain the game modes (Poker/Deckbuilder)
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• Patch Notes·16 May 2026Official

  Demo Patchnotes 1

  Improvements:Selling Booty no longer happens on a single click, instead players have to hold the sell button downAdded highlights to all possible enemy targets, including the ship itselfMelee attacks are now only possible when standing next to the enemy crewmate. Upward and downward attacks removed to prevent confusionImproved the target cursor handlingPlayers were forgetting about the Pot mechanics -> Made the buttons more noticeableImproved the Pot-Turn view and made it clear, what actually happens in thereImproved the tooltip readability/resolutionHighlighted ship cards when hovering the Pot boxRenamed "Reflection" to "Counter", to make it clear that incoming damage is not reducedSilhouettes do not get removed from islands when canceling the event, giving the player time to convert their currencyAdded hover tooltips to the current phase boxAdded hover tooltips to booty activation types in the chestAdded hover tooltips for abilitiesAdded hover tooltips for pot buttonsAdded hover tooltips for enemy abilitiesAdded hover tooltips for the active weatherTutorial Improvements:Improved explanations on the pot mechanicsImproved explanations on the 3 phases (Flop, Turn, River)Clarified that each crewmate can act during each phaseClarified that all hand values can be checked in the info panelAdded some highlights on important tutorial messagesBalance Changes:Buffed the explosive barrels on the Wounded Dragon (150hp -> 200hp)Smuggler's Coat now triggers on the Flop instead of Pre-FlopSmuggler's Coat damage nerfed from +30 to +20Unlucky Coat now triggers Pre-Flop instead of on the FlopBugfixes:Fixed a bug where the Merchant's Gloves could create an infinite amount of Doubloons with some specific Booty
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