Halloween is coming and with it nears our first special event. We are releasing our first purchasable puzzle boxes in a special edition format. All such DLCs are and will be made with illustrations by talented modern artists in a variety of styles. As we promised before, we will try to expand our selection of puzzles with images for different tastes. One thing will remain a constant though - you will see only high quality and unique content in Masters of Puzzle.
Halloween 2018 Event
The special event will start on 18th of October with the release of the first puzzle box Pumpkin Garden House and will end on 10th of November. During that time enter the game and play your favorites or any of the new puzzles in order to earn special rewards. In addition, for the first time since we launched, you will be able to play the new 1500 and 2000 tilesets for a greater challenge (available only for purchasable puzzle boxes). For your convenience, there will be a new widget in the game's dashboard that will allow you to keep track of the remaining event time and how many challenges you have completed so far. While currently these are only displayed in Steam, once we roll out the room customization upgrade you will also gain special trophies that you will be able to display there. Start gathering the limited achievements now because you are going to regret missing the opportunity later! ːsteammockingː
For the full list of challenges in this event see the list at the end of this post.
Achievements, Achievements, Achievements
As you've probably noticed, recently we started to roll out the finished achievement icons in Steam. It's been longer than we anticipated, but now we are finally ready with this task and we are also equipped to create icons for the new ones much faster. Apart from new icons, we've also added over 50 new achievements, including an increased number of puzzle box completions in all tileset variations and the full range of completions for the new 1500 and 2000 tile tiers. The locked achievements will always display a closed box with a question mark on it. Once you achieve it, the icon will change to display its actual image. While this is not the traditional approach used by Steam, we feel that it makes for a much more interesting and engaging mini-game while hunting for our achievements.
The achievement icons are divided into 3 types:
- Brown ones are the regular ones which you can get at any time while also knowing what exactly you need to do to unlock them.
- Orange icons signify hidden achievements and while you can also get these at any time, you are not exactly aware of how to unlock them.
- Blue icons represent the new special form of limited time achievements or challenges. These you can get only under special circumstances and usually only inside a limited timeframe (like events). Once the opportunity to get such an achievement passes, it might not come again for a long time or ever! We will announce all such new achievements early on so you have time to prepare your strategy to get as many of them as you can. Keep an eye on the updates and the game news in order to stay informed.
For those of you, who have already completed one or more of the old puzzle boxes which did not have corresponding achievements at the time, don't worry. As long as you keep a saved game from that playthrough, you only need to load it once and the game will reward you with the new achievement.
Event Challenges
These are only obtainable from 18th of October until the 10th of November.
- Play the game during the Halloween 2018 event
- Complete Pumpkin Garden House puzzle box in any tileset configuration before the 10th of November 2018
- Complete Chess on Halloween Eve puzzle box in any tileset configuration before the 10th of November 2018
- Complete Sing Me a Pumpkin puzzle box in any tileset configuration before the 10th of November 2018
- Complete any 3 puzzle boxes during the Halloween 2018 event
- Complete any 5 puzzle boxes during the Halloween 2018 event
- Complete any 10 puzzle boxes during the Halloween 2018 event
We wish you the best of luck in chasing these!
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