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This is a history of updates to the news item "A Beauty Cold and Austere Release 2", originally posted by Spike on December 18, 2017 3:34 PM. (This item is for A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey.)

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A Beauty Cold and Austere Release 2
Edited by Spike, January 11, 2018 10:53 PM - Edit
Release 2 of A Beauty Cold and Austere is now available, along with an updated detailed solution.

Release 2 includes the following:
- implementation of one of the IFComp 2017 reviewers' contest prizes,
- restructuring of an early puzzle in order to (Spoiler - click to show)make it easier to acquire the game's carryall,
- improved hinting on a few puzzles,
- cleaner text formatting in certain places,
- more end-game suggestions for amusing the player,
- multiple new synonyms,
- several bug fixes, ranging from minor to game-breaking,
- many spelling and punctuation corrections,
- a slight update to the scoring,
- and a few other things as well.

A Beauty Cold and Austere Release 2
Posted by Spike, December 18, 2017 3:34 PM - Reinstate
Release 2 of A Beauty Cold and Austere is now available, along with an updated detailed solution.

Release 2 includes the following:
- implementation of one of the IFComp 2017 reviewers' contest prizes,
- restructuring of an early puzzle in order to (Spoiler - click to show)make it easier to acquire the game's carryall,
- improved hinting on a few puzzles,
- cleaner text formatting in certain places,
- more end-game suggestions for amusing the player,
- multiple new synonyms,
- several bug fixes, ranging from minor to game-breaking,
- many spelling and punctuation corrections,
- a slight update to the scoring and the status line,
- and a few other things as well.

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