Hello everyone!

One piece of feedback we have been receiving is that the game is too difficult for beginners. That is due to a combination of not-so-great tutorials and a quite harsh balance of the possession mechanics. The first step to try to improve on that front is a small revamp of the possession system. In this update the following changes were implemented:

• Possession doesn't increase during minigames - possession only increases when a demonic sign is active and before you select the counter relic. Once the relic minigame has started, possession will stop increasing.
• New values for possession increase on minigame failure - failing minigames is now the main way of increasing possession, so the numbers were updated to take that into account. It's easier than before on easy, and harder on hard.
• Failing 3 times doesn't end the exorcism - this was a way of "cancelling" the exorcism and returning to it later, but it was not clear and we now think this is not necessary. Once the exorcism starts, it will only end when you exorcise the demon or when the afflicted become 100% possessed.
• Consecutive failures make possession increase faster - we repurposed the 3 strikes mentioned above to create a snowball effect. Every time you fail, one cross will turn, and the amount of possession increased gets bigger the more upside down crosses you have. When you complete a minigame, you gain one cross back and possession goes back to lower rates.

We hope these changes make the game more approachable and encourage people to try the harder difficulties after getting familiar with the game!

On the other topic - not-so-great tutorials - we already have drafted a "training exorcism" environment where players will be able to learn the signs and the minigames without the pressure of demonic possession increasing. This will also remove the intrusive tutorial popups during the exorcism. We'll try to release the new tutorial as soon as possible.

Thanks for trying Blood Of The Lamb, see you next time!