5000 :D

Posted by Herbie on January 2, 2016

As of a bit earlier today, Demon reached 5000 games played. 2500 was hit back on October 17th, so that’s roughly 33 games a day on average since then. Not a huge number in the scheme of things, but for little still-semi-hidden Demon, it’s more than enough to make me happy for now.

Thank you everyone, and I hope you continue to enjoy playing.

I’d also like to thank Geminimax for the character art he has provided, and continues to make as new content is added. I’m sure it has been helpful for getting people interested. Thanks Geminimax!

1/2: Heavy Guard Was Broken

Posted by Herbie on January 2, 2016

But now it’s not. Well, it’s not once you’re playing on the 1/2 build I just uploaded anyway. Thanks to wizzzargh for the bug report.

1/1: Happy New Year!

Posted by Herbie on January 1, 2016

The build that adds the 3 floor Anomaly branch to the game is posted! You can download it now from the build links to your right.

However, this build did quite a bit more than just add the Anomaly: several interesting and important balance and system changes also took place. The change log is quite extensive, you can read all about it in the change log I include with each build, or here at this link I’ve pasted to make it easier since they’re more extensive than normal.

What awaits you on the other side of such a strange portal? Only one way to find out! The Anomaly appears in every game: 50% chance of it appearing on Tower:5, 50% chance of it being on Tower:6 instead. Remember you can’t backtrack in the Tower: once you’ve found the floor it appears on, you must enter before leaving that floor, or give up the chance for that game.

Finally, as mentioned in previous posts, the scoreboard has been reset. It’s a brand new world out there, go see how far you can get! Good luck, and please enjoy your time in the Tower in 2016.

Testing Almost Complete

Posted by Herbie on January 1, 2016

The dreaded snowlich and his evil forest(?) friends approach the entrance to the mysterious Anomaly… what will they find inside? Hopefully no bugs, so I can release this soon.

Soon…

Posted by Herbie on December 30, 2015

The checklist for the next full build had 126 items on it. (I get a bit detailed in these things sometimes.) Only 6 are left. Going to try to finish these up today and tomorrow, test most of tomorrow, and mmaaayybe release Friday if nothing weird happens? Stay tuned.

12/26: Neither Is This One

Posted by Herbie on December 26, 2015

Sorry, still not the Anomaly build, but that’s getting very close. This is an interim build that fixes two bugs (one a nasty one) with capture mechanics that ask you to kill X demons over Y turns. Thanks go to Geminimax for the bug report.

Not much else to say, so go grab it. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas or other chosen flavor of winter holiday.

Anomaly Preview: Character and Ability Art

Posted by Herbie on December 22, 2015

Work continues apace on the new side-dungeon, the Anomaly.

Here’s a quick preview of the 12 new characters and 14 new abilities being added as part of this content addition. And yes, that is another enemy summoner you see there.

Spamming the Reset Scores Key

Posted by Herbie on December 16, 2015

One thing worth mentioning before the first content push build comes out:

Score resets will probably become much more frequent during this period, since significant content pushes greatly change how many points are available in a given run, and how easy/difficult it is to get a given number of points.

There will be a score reset with the build containing the new Anomaly dungeon branch, which, barring any more awful AI bugs coming up, will be the next build released. Most other builds that add content will also be score reset occasions, which could mean it happens often.

Strive for victory, but records will be fleeting.

Of course: older versions retain the ability to see older scores, so if you have one you’re really proud of, you can keep an old version around to see your name in lights whenever you like.

12/15: This Is Not The Build You Were Looking For

Posted by Herbie on December 15, 2015

Well, probably not. This is NOT, I repeat, NOT the content build yet: instead, it is a fix for an recently discovered and quite annoying AI quirk that was unfortunately high enough priority to interrupt the content push to stop and fix.

However, as a bonus, it also includes the drop shadows I had already added to Demon’s fonts, which should improve readability of in-game text, particularly in smaller resolutions.

That’s really all this build does, most of the other work since the 12/3 build has been on the new content, which isn’t ready to release yet, but it’s coming along nicely.

Builds are over at the usual links on the right, like always. Have fun, and good luck in the tower!

AI Fix Build In Progress

Posted by Herbie on December 14, 2015

Hey guys Just wanted to let everyone know I’m taking a hopefully short break from work on the Anomaly (the new multi-floor side dungeon being added) to fix a significant AI bug that has come up. ETA is hopefully 12/15 or 12/16, and then I’ll be back on the content work. Cheers!