September 21

Dungeon Souls Update #15.2

Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.

Patch 15.2 introduces several bug fixes. It also introduces a revamped passive system, as well as some minor refinements to the User Interface.



Revamped

The passives mechanism has been changed. Previously, the passives bonuses would only apply at the starting stats of the hero. Here follow the changes:
-When the maximum health, attack damage, magical damage, magical resist or defense stats increase, the passive bonus is also applied.
-Speed passive will only be based off of the hero's initial speed.
-Critical effect adds to the hero's critical effect.
-Hp regen is now based off of a flat amount, instead of the player's percentage health.
-(CHANGED)Greed now increases all gold gained by 4% per level, up to a total of 40% increase.

Thanks to Steam user Dynatriel for the suggestion!

-Changed the "Press [Tab]" key text to "[Tab] to assign stats".
-The stats level up text indicator now blinks to call the player's attention.
-The skill-up icons now glow to call the player's attention.
-The walls on the mini-map are now represented by solid-white blocks instead of wireframe squares.
-The hero emits small particles when holding an Angel Feather.

[h3]Flavour Text[/h3]
-Added flavour text option for Speed Up
-Added flavour text option for Experience
-Added flavour text for damage dealt to enemies

(NEW)Gamepad Reticule Aid: when using a gamepad, the aiming reticule will go along with the player's movement when the right stick is on rest. This should make it easier to attack incoming enemies.
Thanks to a Steam user who suggested this idea! Unfortunately, we haven't been able to find your account, but you shall not be unrecognized!


We've added a story-sensitive item, hence the spoiler!


(NEW)Murderer's Ring

Item Effect: Adds +10 to physical damage, magic damage, magic resist and defense. Every 5 seconds, spawns lasers to damage nearby enemies.
Item Class: Equipable (Evil)
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user Dynatriel for suggesting that the players who kill the owl should also be rewarded (evily)!

If you want to suggest more items, please visit the item suggestion thread and share your ideas!


NOTE: We know we haven't been implementing any new enemies, but we are keeping a close look at the suggestions! We're going to implement a few in the future, so don't worry if you think your suggestion isn't being read - we can assure you it is!

If you want to suggest more enemies, please visit the enemy suggestion thread and share your ideas!



The arcane forge is a place where you can forge items and weapons to use in future runs for your heroes. You do so by using recipes collected in the Forbidden Library (random drop from monsters) and
by collecting materials from your runs. Whenever an item reaches full stack, it will drop ingredients to be used on the arcane forge! Thanks to everyone who contributed, specially to Steam user Herbrek for the suggestion!

We've added story-sensitive ingredients, hence the spoiler!



(NEW)Wizard Remenant - Used to craft Murderer's Ring.
(NEW)Owl Remenants - Used to craft Murderer's Ring.



(NEW)Murderer's Ring Recipe
Recipe Rarity: Evil.


Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.

-Fixed a bug where Selene would stop attacking if the player stood at a great distance.
-Fixed a bug where Angel Feather would not get picked up, failing to revive the player.
-Fixed a bug where Arcane Forge ingredients were not getting consumed if their stack count was 1.
-Fixed a bug where you could use activable items during cutscenes.
-Fixed a bug where Skeleton King would sometimes cause the game to crash.
-Fixed a bug where disabling the critical flavour text would not really disable it.
-Fixed a bug where pressing the Q key would cause the game to take a screenshot and make it lag. This key is now configurable in the controls menu.
-Fixed a bug where Vital Armour would not heal you.
-Fixed a bug where Selene's Knives could cause the game to crash under certain conditions.
-Increased FPS by a small amount.


Here follows a list of all the known issues and/or suggestions that we've taken a look into but were unable to fix for this patch. Hopefully, this list gets shorter with each patch :)

Known Issues
-Due to the way the engineer behaves, his spider are dealing more damage than anticipated (each spider is dealing the displayed tooltip damage). We'll try to balance this issue out.
-Some dungeons can spawn without any marks. We have special plans for this situation ;)
-A new mechanic to cap the movement speed of heroes is needed, due to some of them still going sonic-like when using certain movement speed objects.
-The game has performance issues on some areas.


Details of this section:
This section describes the suggestion that are being taken into account during the next patches. It does not mean that they will be implemented fully (or even at all). However, it does mean that we liked the idea and will try to implement it! :)

-A GUI that displays buffs/debuffs and extra information about what's going on in the game. Thanks to Steam user Herbrek and Xerxes Asuras for the suggestion!

-Quick save and quick load feature. Thanks to Steam user kierasam for the suggestion!

-Multiplayer functionality. This feature is an end-development feature but we intend to make it happen!

-A page on the main menu that allows you to view all the items you obtained during previous runs, as well as their descriptions. Thanks to Steam users QwiK and Zior for the suggestion!

September 12

Dungeon Souls Update #15

Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.

Patch 15 introduces the final boss area where the player will fight with Selene. We've also tweaked arcane forge's user interface and added new features to it.



(NEW) Life steal mechanism has changed. It now displays a text informing how much the player has healed with the enemy's damage. Also, life steal will benefit from ALL damage dealt to an enemy,
whether it was from the player or not.


(NEW)The End
A new area has been added! "The End" is the game's final area and the area where you get to fight Selene, the Dungeon Master. This area is currently a Work In Progress (W.I.P.) and as such, it may have a few bugs
and missing art assets. However, it should be playable and enjoyable too! It is still missing final cutscenes, but those will come later

Unlike other areas, this area does not randomly generate itself. It is a final challenge for the player and will always have the same shape and monsters in it.


We've changed the way currency is drawn in the game. Every currency drawn will now have marks seperating each three pairs of digits. For example, the number 123456 will be drawn as 123.456


(NEW)Bloodletting Sword

Item Effect: Constantly drains 3 hp every second, but gives 100% life steal.
Item Class: Cursed
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user TBYK101 for the item suggestion!

(NEW)Redprint

Item Effect: Traps deal higher damage and can damage enemies.
Item Class: Cursed
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user Drybones08 for the item suggestion!

(NEW)Glass Cannon

Item Effect: All defense stats (defense and bonus defense) are converted into physical damage. All resists stats (magic resists and bonus magic resist) are converted into magical damage. Any stats gained from other items will also be converted.
Item Class: Cursed
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user The Long Hard Dick Of The Law for the item suggestion!

(NEW)Pet Potato

Item Effect: Increases gold and experience gained by 10%.
Item Class: Uncommon
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user Speggi for the item suggestion!


(NEW)Ninby's Grace

Item Effect: Provides the player with a shield whose strength is equal to 10% of the player's maximum health. This shield regenerates every 10 seconds.
Item Class: Equipable
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user Ninby for their participation on the forums and the game. This is our way of thanking you! (and we're sorry we couldn't find your steam profile)

(NEW)Herberk's Pendant

Item Effect: Has a 50% chance of redirecting incoming enemy projectiles. This effect occurs every second.
Item Class: Equipable
Special Thanks: Thanks to Steam user Herberk for their participation on the forums and the game, specially with the suggestion of arcane forge. This is our way of thanking you!


If you want to suggest more items, please visit the item suggestion thread and share your ideas!



(NEW)Shadow ???

- A new enemy approaches with the identity of a known nemesis.

(NEW)Selene

-The dungeon master awaits you.

NOTE: We know we haven't been implementing any new enemies, but we are keeping a close look at the suggestions! We're going to implement a few in the future, so don't worry if you think your suggestion isn't being read - we can assure you it is!

If you want to suggest more enemies, please visit the enemy suggestion thread and share your ideas!



The arcane forge is a place where you can forge items and weapons to use in future runs for your heroes. You do so by using recipes collected in the Forbidden Library (random drop from monsters) and
by collecting materials from your runs. Whenever an item reaches full stack, it will drop ingredients to be used on the arcane forge! Thanks to everyone who contributed, specially to Steam user Herbrek for the suggestion!

(NEW)UI Re-vamp

We've changed the arcane forge's User Interface and made it a bit more intuitive. It now has two sections: armory and crafting. Please tell us if you like this UI!

(NEW)Equipables

Arcane forge now has a new type of item: equipables. Equipables are items that you can carry between runs and that are crafted with recipes. Equipables are common to all classes.


(NEW)Broken Shell - Used to craft Shell. This item has a rare chance of being dropped by Hives on the Sewers level.
(NEW)Shell - Used to craft several items.
(NEW)Magic Core - Used to craft Herberk's Pendant.
(NEW)Ninby's Essence/b] - Used to craft Ninby's Grace.
(NEW)Herberk's Jewel - Used to craft Herberk's Pendant. This item has a rare chance of being drop by Skeletal Mages(Necromancers) and Hydras.

Recipes

(NEW)Shell Recipe
Recipe Rarity: Common.

(NEW)Herberk's Pendant Recipe
Recipe Rarity: Legendary.

(NEW)Ninby's Essence Recipe
Recipe Rarity: Rare.

(NEW)Ninby's Grace Recipe
Recipe Rarity: Legendary.

(NEW)Magic Core
Recipe Rarity: Uncommon.

Bug Fixes

Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.


-Collision Systems, huh? - Fixed a bug where the player would go outside of the boundaries of the dungeon. (We're still figuring out why players get stuck on walls, sorry!)
-Look Mom! I Just Crafted an Error! - Fixed a bug where arcane forge would crash upon any item crafting.
-Arcane what? I just want to play the game... - Fixed a bug where arcane forge would crash upon starting the game (a.k.a. the old system to upgrade the save file has been re-introduced).

Known Issues

Here follows a list of all the known

HOT-Fix v1 Details

-(TEMPORARY) Added a mechanism that automatically teleports the player out of a wall in case the player gets stuck. This mechanism is temporary and only exists to make the game playable whilst we fix the bug.
-Fixed a bug where the Thief's Bombs where passing through enemies when the poltergeist dagger was equipped.
-Fixed a bug where orbital items such as Vanguard, SpikeBall and EyeBall where disappearing when colliding with certain props.
-Fixed a bug where the player would fail to teleport to the center of the room in The End.
-Fixed a bug where the game would display an "Out of Memory" after a certain amount of time.

HOT-FIX v2 Details

-Fixed a bug where the player would fail to teleport to the center of the room in an "The End" dungeon;
-Fixed a bug where the texture of previous levels would carry over to other levels and fail to refresh;
-Fixed a bug where the Slime Boss would spawn slimes outside of the boundaries (on the walls);
-Fixed a bug where a player could activate a special developer-tool by pressing a function key;
-(NEW) Added an option to configure flavour text such as critical and life steal effects. You can toggle between "All", "Minimal" and "None" as options to show the texts. game would display an "Out of Memory" after a certain amount of time. issues and/or suggestions that we've taken a look into but were unable to fix for this patch. Hopefully, this list gets shorter with each patch :)


Known Issues
-Due to the way the engineer behaves, his spider are dealing more damage than anticipated (each spider is dealing the displayed tooltip damage). We'll try to balance this issue out.
-Some dungeons can spawn without any marks. We have special plans for this situation ;)
-A new mechanic to cap the movement speed of heroes is needed, due to some of them still going sonic-like when using certain movement speed objects.
-The game has performance issues on some areas.

Considerations In Up-Comming Patches

Details of this section:
This section describes the suggestion that are being taken into account during the next patches. It does not mean that they will be implemented fully (or even at all). However, it does mean that we liked the idea and will try to implement it! :)

-A GUI that displays buffs/debuffs and extra information about what's going on in the game. Thanks to Steam user Herbrek and Xerxes Asuras for the suggestion!

-Quick save and quick load feature. Thanks to Steam user kierasam for the suggestion!

-Multiplayer functionality. This feature is an end-development feature but we intend to make it happen!

-A page on the main menu that allows you to view all the items you obtained during previous runs, as well as their descriptions. Thanks to Steam users QwiK and Zior for the suggestion!