Version 1.7 is Live! (Steam)
Hi everyone,
This is another big update that lots of new features and improvements.
Changelog:
- Perks. After a successful run (escape from the dungeon), the player will be rewarded with a random perk for the next run. Perks bonuses will remain active for the entirety of the run.
- Movement Speed +
- Sword Damage +
- Hand Cannon Damage +
- Shield Health +
- Hand Cannon Juggle + (can hit cannonballs with sword more times before they explode).
- Chest (start with a treasure chest).
- EXP + (the run will reward more exp).
- Companion Upgraded (the Companion Chest will start at level 3).
- Gold Rush (increases the chance of finding a gold dropping wisp).
- Heart Slots (start with 10 available heart slots. Only 5 will contain hearts).
- New status effect: Blind – the player’s vision becomes severely limited to a small circle. Enemies are also susceptible to this effect.
- New ability: Sense – highlights trap pressure pads, making them much easier to spot.
- New ability: Vision – immune to Blind status effect.
- New ability: Attract. The Companion Chest has a much larger treasure attraction range.
- New ability: Reflex (single use) – slows time (for everything apart from the player), allowing the player to easily avoid enemy attacks and potentially deal massive damage.
- New ability: Pierce. Hit cannonballs with the sword to unleash a piercing wave attack.
- All routes in Champion Mode are now hard. The hard routes still respect the player’s rank.
- Diehard minions. Occasionaly the Dungeon Master will spawn a Diehard into the room instead of a spectre of himself. Diehards will be selected from the global leaderboard of players that have attained the rank of Diehard. The higher your rank, the more likely you are to encounter a Diehard. Diehards drop an EXP pickup when defeated.
- Boss health bar. A boss heaslth bar is now visible above the north wall of the room.
- Trap pressure pads will now glint briefly if the Companion Chest’s light shines on them. This will help the player spot pressure pads covered in debris.
- Token Wells now drop 2 tokens instead of 1.
- The Dungeon Master will now only spawn to fight you in the final boss room if you have taken all hard routes.
- New “complete” ending. Escape the dungeon at Diehard rank, in Champion Mode, and defeat the Dungeon Master to view the new ending.
- The previous “best” ending has been modified to account for the “complete” ending.
- Champion Mode trigger distance has been increased for the Champions that wander along the tops of the walls.
- Blind status effect has been added to the possible Pyramid attacks.
- 5 new achievements for the new abilities.
- 1 new achievement for the “complete” ending.
Version 1.6.5 is Live! (Steam & DRM-Free)
Hi everyone,
This update brings many changes and additions, so the version number has jumped straight to 1.6.5.
Changelog:
- Day/night cycle, rain and dust/spores. Adds to the game’s atsmosphere dramatically, making each environment feel slighlty different depending on the time of day.
An option has been added to the options menu to toggle these on/off. - Champion mode updated. Evil champions can now also spawn directly in the room to fight you.
Champion mode has been re-balanced. I underestimated the amount of players that would choose to be good, making the mode too easy. It’s now much more challenging. - If the player’s shield is hit, the player will now be knocked back enough to avoid further attacks.
- Chests now drop a heart or token if you don’t win anything from spinning the reels.
- Many sprites have been updated.
- Lots of tweaks made to enemies.
- Lots of tweaks made to game balance (frequency of hearts etc).
- Gold key acquired splash no longer shows every time you restart.
Version 1.6 is Live! (Steam)
Hi everyone!
This is a fairly substantial update. I hope you like the new additions.
Changelog:
- New feature: Shields. There are two shields that the player can pick up and use: a standard shield and a fear shield. Shields can only take a certain amount of damage before they break, as indicated by a HUD meter. Shields are obtained by defeating shield wielding enemies. Defeat the enemy without destroying its shield, and the shield will drop. Collecting a shield whilst you already have one equipped will replenish the shield’s health.
- New enemy: Witch Doctor. Wields a fear shield
- New enemy: Goblin. Hops around on a pogo stick, dropping mines that detonate damaging anything within their explosion radius.
- Some changes have been made to the way Chests work. A small amount of situational bias has been added to the way items that are chosen, whilst still retaining as much randomness as possible. So you will be more likely to receive an ability as opposed to treasure, if you currently have no abilities etc.
- Chest 0 spins message changed from “Empty” to “Failed”.
- Destroying a chest, or stopping on 0 spins will drop either a heart or a token. This means you always receive something from a chest.
- 4 new colours have been added to the customisation list (Black, Camo 1, Camo 2 & Camo 3).
- Alt-Tab player visibility bug fixed.
- Hit Wisps (the things that leave trails of gold) with an attack for 50% chance to receive a token.
- Some balance changes have been made to shield wielding enemies.
Tip for shield usage:
The direction that the shield is facing will be the direction that the shield will block attacks from. Aiming the hand cannon or carrying a key will place the shield on the character’s back, blocking attacks from behind. Attacking with the sword will leave you open to attacks from the front, but will block attacks from the side the shield is facing.Thank you to everyone that has posted feedback and suggestions. Any changes/additions that didn’t make it into this release will be included in the next.
Version 1.5 is Live! (DRM-free)
The DRM-free version of Diehard Dungeon has been updated to version 1.5.
Version 1.5 is Live! (Steam)
Hi everyone,
I’m pleased to announce that the Steam version of the game has been updated to version 1.5.
It’s been a while since the last update. The Steam release has kept me really busy, with lots of new additions and improvements since March. Taking full advantage of the Steamworks SDK has been really great, and has allowed me to add a lot of extra functionality and features to the Steam version that would have been very difficult, or near impossible to implement without it. Achievements, trading cards, global leaderboards and stats have been included.
A quick reminder: If you have purchased the game from either Desura, IndieGameStand or as part of a bundle (Indie Royale, Groupees) then you have a free Steam key waiting for you. For purchases made on GamersGate, please contact me at: tricktale@live.co.uk.
Now that version 1.5 has been released on Steam, I can concentrate on getting the DRM-Free versions updated.
For the full list of changes since the Steam release, please visit the game’s announcements page on Steam.
Steam Release: 5th March
The Steam release date has been set: Wednesday 5th March.
Steam keys are available for owners of Diehard Dungeon from Indie Royale, Groupees, Desura and IndieGameStand.
Lots of extra Steam functionality has been included: Achievements (61 total), Trading Cards, Global Leaderboards and Stats. I’ve also tweaked many, many things… I’ve been very busy! 😉
Click HERE to visit the game’s Steam store page.
Download The Diehard Dungeon OST For Free!
The Diehard Dungeon original soundtrack, created by Case Portman can be downloaded for free HERE
Case can found on Twitter @Case_Portman or at his website
Diehard Dungeon Has Been Greenlit!
It’s taken a long time, but I’m pleased to announce that Diehard Dungeon will soon be available on Steam.
Thank you to everyone that has voted on Greenlight.
Version 1.5 of the game is currently in development, which will include some new content as well as many refinements to existing content. This is the version that will launch on Steam. I’ll post the patch feature list very soon.
Version 1.4.2 Is Live!
Diehard Dungeon has been updated to version 1.4.2 on IndieGameStand and GamersGate (Desura release is awaiting approval).
Version 1.4.1 was released silently a few days ago, which fixed an issue with the difficulty scaling incorrectly.
Version 1.4.2 changelog:
- All projectiles now collide with Chests.
- Containers that are on top of Spike Trap pressure plates, no longer spawn Imps.
- Dungeon Master Spectre no longer spawns in starting area.
- Modified Shield Runner enemy bahavior.
- Companion Chest Token drop rate resets correctly on retry.
- Enemy hit boxes tweaked.
Happy dungeoneering!
Diehard Dungeon Is Available To Purchase From IndieGameStand
Diehard Dungeon can now be purchased DRM-Free from IndieGameStand, at 50% off for the next week.
Version 1.4 Is Live!
I’m very pleased to announce that Diehard Dungeon version 1.4 is now available. To celebrate, the game can be purchased from Desura at 50% off for the next week.
This is a very substantial patch, with many new additions and changes.
Thank you to everyone that has supported me by purchasing Diehard Dungeon. You have enabled me to continue doing what I love to do.
Diehard Dungeon Demo Released
The newly released demo features the first 2 areas of the game and a boss fight.
The demo can be download from Desura, or directly from GameFront.
The demo will also be available to download from GamersGate within the next few days.
As always, stay tuned for updates on the upcoming major content patch, version 1.4 “Evolving the Formula”.
PC Trailer (at long last)
Here’s a trailer showcasing the current state of the game (version 1.3.5)
Version 1.3.5 Is Live!
List of changes:
- Diehard Dungeon gets an OST! – an all new original soundtrack will replace the existing one. If requested, the current soundtrack will be made available to download.
- The player and enemies now flash white when they take damage.
- Triple-Shot and Trigger Happy re-balanced and altered the way they behave.
- Different container types used depending on if the floor is wet or dry.
- Overall game difficulty re-balanced. Stages become slightly harder as the game progresses, and there is a bigger difference between easy and hard routes.
- Many more minor changes.
I hope you enjoy the new additions and changes. The next release will likely be version 1.4, which will be a very significant patch that will add a whole host of new features and content.
Diehard Dungeon Is Available To Purchase From GamersGate
Version 1.3.5 is finished, and can now be purchased DRM-Free from GamersGate by clicking the image below.
Version 1.3.5 – Diehard Dungeon Gets An OST!
I have some exciting news…
Diehard Dungeon is now the proud owner of its own OST (original soundtrack). It may come as some surprise to many of you, but Diehard Dungeon as it is at the moment uses music that is provided free under the Creative Commons Attribution License. This is something I have wanted to change for a while, but did not have the necessary funds to do so. There are many reasons for me wanting to change the soundtrack, but non-looping tracks and using music that is not exclusive to Diehard Dungeon being the biggest.
The soundtrack, created by Case Portman (web: www.caseportman.com twitter: twitter.com/Case_Portman), will be included as part of Diehard Dungeon version 1.3.5, which will be released very soon!
Best of all, you can listen to the complete soundtrack now on Case’s SoundCloud by clicking the image below.
Version 1.3.4 Is Live!
Both the Desura client and DRM-Free versions of Diehard Dungeon have been updated to version 1.3.4
Full list of changes HERE
Version 1.3.4 Update
Version 1.3.4 will be released in a few days time, and will contain the following:
- Music engine changed completely to use .ogg files. This means that Diehard Dungeon will no longer be reliant on Windows Media Player for music playback.
- Added the equivalent key functionality if the player is not using a QWERTY keyboard (i.e. AZERTY, DVORAK). Full key-binding support is still being looked into.
- Improved a few enemy sprites. Some sprites still look a bit out of place due to the scaling applied to them, but I’m fixing them one by one.
- Improved area randomisation, making areas feel more spacious and interesting.
- Added dry/water patches to areas. These will be used in the future to introduce some new gameplay mechanics.
- Running over water will put fire out quicker.
Diehard Dungeon for XBLIG
Unfortunately, the XBLIG version of Diehard Dungeon will no longer be updated. Due, in most part, to the way that I have been treated by Microsoft regarding payments, I have made the tough decision to not renew my XBLIG developer subscription. The game is simply not making anywhere near enough money there for it to be worthwhile, and threatening Microsoft with legal action is not something I ever thought I would be doing.
To those of you waiting patiently for v1.3 to appear on XBLIG, I apologise.
I’ve made a lot of friends, from fellow developers and dedicated fans of my games during the last few years of developing games for the Xbox 360. I would like to thank each and every one you for your support.
Diehard Dungeon PC – Available Now! + 30% Discount!
Diehard Dungeon is now available to purchase for the PC from Desura
As a special launch week promotion, the game can be purchased at 30% off of the normal price for 1 week only!
Indie Royale Debut 2 Bundle!
The PC release of Diehard Dungeon is available to purchase as part of the Indie Royale Debut 2 Bundle.
This is an exclusive launch deal!
Go grab the bundle for an insanely cheap price! HERE
PC release incoming! + v1.3 update
The PC/Windows port of Diehard Dungeon is done! I’ll have more information to share VERY soon!
v1.3 for the Xbox 360 is finished and will be uploaded for testing within the next few days. As usual, I will update this blog as soon as it becomes available to download.
v1.3 Changes:
- Three new abilities: Heavy Duty, Triple Shot and Repel.
- Mayhem mode is now finished!
- Improved hand cannon ball physics.
- Improved difficulty balancing.
- Many graphical changes and tweaks!
With the release of v1.3 for the Xbox 360, the price will be increasing to 240 MSP.
Version 1.2 is Live!
v1.2 is now available to download.
Here’s a short trailer that features a few of the new additions:
I hope you enjoy the update!
Stay tuned for v1.3. It will be released much quicker as it will contain mostly game balance changes and optimizations ( a couple of new additions will probably sneak their way in to 😉 )
v1.2 Update
v1.2 Is finished and will be uploaded for testing tomorrow and then hopefully into review by the weekend. Which will mean, hopefully, that the update will be live within a couple of weeks.
Apologies… again, for the delays. Hopefully it will have been worth the wait! 🙂
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