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title: Brainstorm Trailer
date: 2026-02-02
author: Calamity Team
tags: [announcement, news]
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# Update 2.1: Brainstorm is releasing on February 6th!

<cite>Written by LordMetarex and the Calamity Team, edited by Ozzatron + jasper</cite>

<h2 class="text-center">We have a release date!</h2>

<div class="text-center">Hiya folks!</div>



<div class="text-center">Surprise surprise, <b>Brainstorm</b> is only 4 days away from being at your doorstep! </br><b>In case you missed it</b>, you can watch the trailer here:</div>
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    <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQ74IZaj5Q8" title="YouTube Video" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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  <figcaption>Not even a week away!</figcaption>
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We hope you enjoyed our latest trailer. We worked hard over the past month to bring you our most ambitious production to date - a huge thank you to all team members who helped bring this to life.

A big thank you goes out to <i>moonburn and Bravioli</i> for the editing, <i>moonburn and <span class="musician-entry musician-entry-inline">
  <img
    src="/img/musicians/TYESKI.png"
    alt="Tyeski"
    class="musician-avatar"
  />
</span> <a href="https://linktr.ee/tyeski" class="musician-name">TYESKI</a>,</i> for the trailer score, <i>LordMetarex and the Calamity Team</i> for the script writing, and all the devs who helped capture the footage featured throughout - not to go without mentioning the incredible art created by <i>carnymassacre and _tofuupudding.</i>

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    <img src="\posts\brainstormtrailer_assets\brainstormartwork.png" alt="Wide Image" />
    <figcaption>Thank you to carnymassacre and _tofuupudding for this amazing artwork for the trailer!</figcaption>
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</div>

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# To answer some last minute questions... 

<span class="badge badge-primary">Question:</span> <i>Will Brainstorm be on 1.4.5?</i>
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<span class="badge badge-danger">Answer:</span> <b>No.</b> Brainstorm will be on the <b>1.4.4 version of tModLoader</b>. We will be porting to 1.4.5 at a later date in a <i>separate update</i> after tModLoader itself has finished porting over to Bigger & Boulder..

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<span class="badge badge-primary">Question:</span> <i>Is the giant DoG re-sprite coming in Brainstorm?</i>
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<span class="badge badge-danger">Answer:</span> <b>No.</b> After extensive team discussions, we made the decision to <b>not</b> move ahead with the sprite created by <span class="musician-entry musician-entry-inline">
  <img
    src="/img/musicians/HPU.png"
    alt="Tyeski"
    class="musician-avatar"
  />
</span> <a href="https://youtube.com/@heartplusup" class="musician-name">Heart Plus Up!</a>. While this may come as a <i>huge</i> disappointment, we determined that designing a high-quality fight around a sprite that large would simply not be feasible. <i>The team vastly preferred releasing a good, regular-sized Devourer of Gods rather than a colossal, mediocre one.</i>


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<span class="badge badge-primary">Question:</span> <i>Will I have to create a new world for a Brainstorm playthrough?</i>
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<span class="badge badge-warning">Answer:</span> <b>Not necessarily.</b> Old worlds will be playable without issues, but you will be missing out on the revamped Draedon Lab generation and some lovely additions and reworks to earlier parts of the game.



<h2> That's all! </h2>

That’s all for this very brief installment of the Calamity Dev Newsletter. We appreciate you taking your time to read this regardless! The next issue will be posted on <b>Brainstorm’s release day</b> and will contain developer insights on the Revengeance mode Brain of Cthulhu rework from Big E.

Here's some trailer builds, not all of them got showcased.

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    <img src="/posts/brainstormtrailer_assets/harbor.png" alt="Abandoned Oil Rig" />
    <figcaption>Abandoned Oil Rig by LordMetarex</a></figcaption>
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    <img src="/posts/brainstormtrailer_assets/guidesacrifice.png" alt="Guide Sacrifice Chamber" />
    <figcaption>Occult Sacrifice Chamber by Jasper and LordMetarex</a></figcaption>
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    <img src="/posts/brainstormtrailer_assets/arena1.png" alt="DoG Rematch Arena" />
    <figcaption>Orbital Station (DoG Rematch Arena) by LordMetarex</figcaption>
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    <img src="/posts/brainstormtrailer_assets/hideout.png" alt="Dealer's Den" />
    <figcaption>Dealer's Den by Jasper and LordMetarex</a></figcaption>
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    <img src="/posts/brainstormtrailer_assets/arena2.png" alt="Ritual Grounds" />
    <figcaption>Ritual Grounds (Calclone Arena) by LordMetarex</figcaption>
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See you on Friday, and expect more communication!

_- LordMetarex, Ozzatron and the Calamity Mod Team_