KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 25
[h2]UPDATE 1.9.8[/h2]

[h3] Game Modes Balance [/h3]

• Kaleds and Drones on the first floors have become stronger. Hopefully, the Catbots won't feel so lonely now.
  
• Adjusted the economy in "Hunger Games": now, completing all rooms on all floors yields more tokens.
  
• The economy in the "Sprint" mode without food has also been tweaked: the number of tokens awarded for completing rooms has been increased on all floors.
  
• Defeating the Despot in all modes now grants more experienceas it should for defeating the final boss.
  
• We've slightly rebalanced the mutation tree in "Brawl": some class abilities now cost less, while others cost more; we also nerfed the Fencers' vampirism.
  

• Nerfed high-tier throwing items. Lately, this class has been performing slightly better than we'd like:
  
  
• Shurikens (Tier 3 throwables): damage 140 120;
  
• Tuna (Tier 4 throwables): damage 230 200; health 200 180;
  
• Ordinary Bomb (Tier 5 throwables): damage 330 280; health 250 220.
  
  
• Buffed the Healers class ability at all levels and slightly nerfed the Tier 5 ability:
  
  
• Level 1: 45 50;
  
• Level 2: 60 70;
  
• Level 3: 80 95;
  
• Level 4: 110 130;
  
• Level 5: 150 170;
  
• Death Deferred (Tier 5 medic ability): 6 sec 8 sec.
  
  
• Buffed Tanks' items and class ability:
  
  
• Tower Shield (Tier 1 tanks): damage 15 20;
  
• Periodic Table (Tier 2 tanks): damage 25 30;
  
• Sanuzzi Fridge (Tier 3 tanks): damage 60 75;
  
• Panzer-Poo (Tier 4 tanks): damage 120 140;
  
• Excellent Coffin (Tier 5 tanks): damage 145 160;
  
• Third-level Tanks' Taunt now lasts longer: 8 sec. 6 sec.
  
  

• Snake Agility and Evasion are not available to Eggheads anymore;
  
• Hypochondria's trigger chance increased: 25% 35%;
  
• Super Punch's mana cost reduced: 30 20;
  
• Stun's duration increased: 1.5 sec 2 sec;
  
• Fencers' Vampirism nerfed: 5% 3%;
  

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 24
[h2]UPDATE 1.9.7[/h2]

[h3] Changes to the 'Brawl' Mode [/h3]
We have updated the mutation tree in 'Brawl.' Class mutations now have two levels of upgrades. This means that the first level of such mutations as Vampirism for Fencers or Spiky Armor for Tanks will be weaker than before, but the second level will be stronger. We hope that this change will open up space for more specialized class builds.

By the way, just to remind you that we have an official Discord server where we chat with players once a month in a "radio" format and collect feedback. Feel free to join.

[h3] Game Modes Balance [/h3]
We have slightly revised the economic balance in 'Hunger Games' and reduced the number of tokens received at almost all levels. However, now, there are more tokens in all other modes that feature food. The economy in those modes has become somewhat messed up lately, so it's about time we fixed it.

[h3] Classes Balance [/h3]

• Boomfish: Cooldown: 10 sec 20 sec;
  
• Plasma Gun: Base damage: 105 115;
  
• Bananabomb: Damage multiplier: 0.9 1.2;
  
• Death Deferred (5 Healers' ability): Duration: 12 sec 8 sec;
  
• Pain Lover (4 Tricksters' ability) now grants bonus attack speed instead of damage;
  
• Railgun (4 Shooters' ability) now deals 240 280 additional damage.
  

• Stonewall: Armor bonus: 60 120;
  
• Impenetrability is now unavailable to the Fighters class;
  
• Mutation Altar reroll with the active Curse of Mutation mutation now costs less: 5 tokens 3 tokens;
  
• Newbie's Luck in modes without food now grants ONLY bonus to item discovery, but the chance to discover them has been increased: 1% 2%.
  

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 23
[h2]UPDATE 1.9.6[/h2]

[h3] New Animations [/h3]
Some puny humans (wielding some weapons) now have new rare idle animations. They are triggered randomly, the only condition being that humans should not be in combat. Is it just me or is someone living in the tank's fridge?

[h3] Mutations Balance [/h3]

• We've changed how the Curse of Mutation works. You can still pick two mutations at the altar, but changing the assortment of mutators is now a paid feature and costs 5 tokens;
  
• Some mutations can no longer affect summoned creatures: Rat-ify, Last Word, Final Gift, Soul Gift, Final Aid;
  
• Mass Taunt has been slightly nerfed: cooldown: 3 sec 4 sec; the duration has been halved, now always half of the regular taunt duration;
  
• Guardian of the Order buffed: previously, Mages received +15% armor for each Tank in the team, now they receive +30%;
  
• Thunder Lance has been nerfed: now it deals 50% damage 40% damage from the Mages class ability.
  

• Death Deferred buffed: duration: 10 sec 12 sec;
  
• Helicopter Kick's radius slightly increased: 25 35;
  
• Fish Slap now deals all intended poison damage faster: 10 sec 5 sec;
  
• The bonus to Final (uni)Form's stats increased: 70% 80%;
  
• Shock Therapy's chance increased: 15% 25%;
  
• Baby Tentacle's damage increased: 222 260;
  
• Demoralizing Blow's damage debuff increased: 35% 50%.
  

• In the first two levels of the "Hunger Games" mode, the number of tokens received has been slightly reduced;
  
• We've made changes to the mutation tree in "Brawl": Magic Defence Bonus and Fast Reload have swapped placesnow you can upgrade magic resistance much earlier;
  
• Last Word in "Brawl" now drops starting from level 4;
  
• Impostor in "Brawl" now drops from starting level 5;
  
• NanoMineSweeper in "Brawl" now drops starting from level 4.
  

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 22
[h2]PATCH 1.9.4[/h2]

[h3] Mutations Balance [/h3]

• Rat-ify: cooldown: 20 15; duration: 5 8
  
• Soul Gift: additional health: 1000 700; now available from Floor 9 to Floor 12 (from Floor 5 to Floor 7 in Sprint)
  
• Mass Taunt: duration multiplier: 0.5 1
  
• Snake Agility: activation chance: 35 25
  

• Death Deferred (Healers tier 5): duration: 5 10
  
• Beast of Darkness (Fencers t5): characteristics bonus: 100% 150%
  
• Bananabomb (Throwers t5): damage multiplier: 0.7 0.9
  
• Helicopter Kick (Tricksters t5): damage multiplier: 1.5 2; radius: 15 25
  
• Fish Slap (Throwers t4): damage: 400 600
  
• Demoralizing Blow (Tanks t4): chance: 30 40
  
• Railgun (Shooters t4): deals additional damage every 5 3 attacks
  
• Black Swan (Fighters t4): deals 50% 75% damage, gets 200% 150% incoming damage
  
• Pain Lover (Tricksters t4): gets 10% 15% damage buff with every attack, cap: 130% 150%
  

• Mutation tree health buffs have been nerfed in Brawl:
  
  
  
• Health Bonus: 60/120/250 30/60/150
  
• Health Multiplier: 40%/100%/150%/200% 25%/50%/100%/150%
  
  
• In Sprint, only these buttons can drop on Floor 2: Mass Heal, Reroll, Resurrector
  
• In Hunger Games, you gain (approximately) 20% tokens at every stage
  

• Fixed a bug with Rat-ify mutation which made the game freeze
  
• Fixed Curse of Mutation causing fractional item costs
  

Despot is about to go on a holiday break, so he decided to take a minute to say "Merry Christmas" to his punies. Don't get misled by the cute Santa hat, though: Horrifying experiments on humans are going nowhere next year.

Now, let's see what we have in store for you today.

UPDATE 1.9

In this one, we've added some festive Christmas decor to cheer you all up while you miserably perish in Despot's dungeon. Xoxo. Also, we added new mutations and traditionally tweaked the balance.

[h2] New Mutations [/h2]

• Rat-ify: Transforms enemies into... rats. Only Mages can get this mutation. They can transform an enemy into an animal for 5s every 20s for 30 mana, but you need 3 mages to perform a cast.
  
• Soul Gift: this is a more powerful version of Final Gift; it increases a random ally's health by 1000 when one of your teammates dies.
  

• Thunder Lance there is now a 50% filter for damage
  
• Magic Mirror chance to silence now, no longer stuns
  
• Fighters' Link cant kill, it stops working when a unit has 20% of health
  
• Magical Blood mana blocks damage until it hits 50% of total mana
  
• Mass Taunt all tanks use it simultaneously and cooldown is shared between all tanks (even if they were stunned or silenced). Cannot be multicasted.
  
• Curse of Variety items become more pricey, not newbies
  

• Magical Blood damage block multiplayer: x2 x3
  
• Thunder Lance the chance of casting increased: 5 20
  
• Curse of Mutation item cost increased: 100% 150%
  
• Vampirism has been slightly nerfed in all modes except Brawl: 7% 5%
  

• Tier 1: 35 30
  
• Tier 3: 85 80
  
• Tier 4: 120 105
  
• Tier 5: 135 120
  

• Tier 1: 35 40
  
• Tier 2: 53 60
  
• Tier 3: 74 85
  
• Tier 4: 110 125
  
• Tier 5: 170 185
  

UPDATE 1.8.2
In this update, we have adjusted the zombie-level boss fight, buffed eggheads, slightly nerfed healers, and made significant changes to the mutation pool

[h2]Class Balance[/h2]

• Healers class ability is buffed on all levels:
  
  
  
  • Tier 1: 30 45
    
  • Tier 2: 50 60
    
  • Tier 3: 65 80
    
  • Tier 4: 90 110
    
  • Tier 5: 125 150
    
  
  
• Healers T4 ability (Shock Therapy) radius changed 100 75
  
  
• Added 25% more attack speed to Tier 1-3 Eggheads.
  

• Bloodletting damage multiplier: 3 2
  
• Explosive Magic is now a quest mutation for mages. Fireball can be found in the general mutation pool.
  

• Critical Hit is not available for Tanks anymore
  
• Splash is not available for Mages anymore
  
• Magic Mirror is now available for Tanks, but not available for Shooters
  
• Intimidation is now available for Mages, but not available for Tanks
  
• Untouchable is not available for Fencers and Tricksters
  
• Snake Agility is now available for Eggheads
  

• Magic Shield is now available from level 1
  
• Purr-Meow is now available from level 1
  
• Damage Link is now available from level 1
  
• Spatial Reasoning is not available on level 12
  

[h3]When an experiment-conducting, humanity-controlling AI says something like "Thank you," you know it's truly a special day.[/h3]

Today, Despot wants to thank all puny humans for:

• The endless inspiration for creating the Despotism puniverse.
  
• Reminding our team every time we come up with some crazy idea that the real world is much crazier than our ideas.
  
• Reproducing so that Despot has enough material for his experiments.
  

Despot's Game is 50% off.
Despot made sure Christmas came one month earlier for all of you puny humans. Pick the game up while the offer lasts:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

[h3]Hurry, punies: the old price is coming back on November 28th.[/h3]

UPDATE 1.8.1

In this update, we have increased the number of rerolls in mutation altars in modes with food, buffed Tanks, nerfed Fencers, and revised some of the numbers of different abilities and mutationsin general, this is mainly a balance patch.

[h2] Classes Balance [/h2]

Tanks

• Tier 1 (Tower Shield) 5 15
  
• Tier 2 (Periodic Table) 15 25
  
• Tier 3 (Sanuzzi Fridge) 40 60
  
• Tier 4 (Panzer-Poo) 100 120
  
• Tier 5 (Excellent Coffin) 120 145
  

• Tier 3 (Chainsaw) 130 115
  
• Tier 4 (Lightsaber) 180 160
  
• Tier 5 (Dreihnder) 300 250
  

• Magic Blood: Damage reduction multiplier doubled (if a puny human has mana, incoming damage will be halved)
  
• Magic Mirror: Chance: 10% 5%, stun time: 2 sec 2.5 sec (well increase it to 3 sec if it sticks well)
  
• Tier 4 Healer skill (Shock Therapy): Chance: 30% 15%
  
• Blood Magic fixed
  
• Feint: Range: 25 40, Damage: 200 230
  
• Cleansing: Cooldown: 20 sec 10 sec
  
• Force (T4 Fencer skill): Chance: 30% 20%
  

SLIME 3K: RISE AGAINST DESPOT IS OUT!

[h3]BUY IN EARLY ACCESS NOW![/h3]
10% limited-time discount | -30% if you own Despot's Game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

[h3]WATCH THE LAUNCH TRAILER:[/h3]
[previewyoutube=WfFNxXj8yVU;full][/previewyoutube]

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot is a new installment in the dystopian Despotism franchise that mixes post-apocalyptic fiction, dark humor, and pop culture references. The fourth millennium. Humankind is done for. The surviving fraction is ruled by Despot, a cruel AI eager for hideous experiments. A blob of goo created by Despot to engineer artificial human beings has become sentient and risen up against its creator. This blob of goo goes by the name of Slime and desires one thing only: haotic violence.

GAME FEATURES

• An elaborate system of obtaining abilities & deck-building mechanics. Abilities that you add to your deck are the ones that will appear in the shop during your next run. Experiment with ability combos to achieve the maximum possible level of mass destruction! Spill acid around, obliterate puny humans with an AK-47, summon obedient zombies, and even throw exploding watermelons.
  
• SH*T-TONS of enemies. We wanted to redefine the definition of "the number of mobs on the screen" and put legions of Despot's creatures against you, from humans with chainsaws and laser-wielding robots to carnivorous tomatoes and gigantic brains. Keep an eye on that boss timer and be prepared!
  
• 10 challenging levels, one more brutal than the other. Defeat bosses, progress through the Despot's dungeon, unlock new ability cards, and upgrade your Slime, making it more powerful and resilient.
  
• Different starter Slime versions & meta upgrades. Select the blob of slime that suits your playstyle the most (fast, slow & tanky, or a summoner) and make it more powerful by manipulating DNA points earned during dungeon runs. Upgrade your health, armor, damage, or ability capacity to wreak maximum havoc.
  

BOO!

"Lol, got your *sses again with that, punies."


It's All Saints' Eve. This means the Despot has decorated his dungeon for the occasion. But not only that: he's got a big update for you (if you haven't played it yet, that is.) Released a couple of days ago, it features fresh mutations, new enemies in the Director's Cut mode, revised starter teams, item balance, and more! Go check it out.

One more thing. Before November 9th (the start of King of the Hill Season 19), participate in the King of the Hill multiplayer mode and get the unique Halloween medal to showcase next to your nickname! (Note: the medal will appear in the next season, starting on November 9th.)

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UPDATE 1.8

[h2] New Mutations [/h2]

Explosive Magic exploding projectiles for Mages. Activation chance: 30%;

Pet-Friendly Vampirism your summons can now drink blood and heal themselves;

Shield of Dark Forces Cultists gain a large bonus to armor when summoning tentacles;

Blood Magic tentacles gain a bonus to attack speed for each wounded unit on your army;

Magical Blood mana is spent instead of health (only for Mages, Healers, and Cultists);

Spatial Reasoning more rooms per floor! Starts working from the next floor after collecting the mutation;

Poison Sweat there is a chance your enemies will get poisoned while attacking your army.


[h2] New Enemies in Director's Cut and Updated Starter Teams [/h2]

We continue to update the Director's Cut mode! Now there are 7 more enemies, and the first couple of floors have become a bit more difficult. And in general, the packs of monsters you can meet in this mode have become more diverse. We won't spoil what exactly has changed, and invite you puny humans to explore the hardest version of d'Spot's dungeon on your own.

In addition, we have updated the starter teams. Some of them are stronger and hopefully, there will now be more variety in how you start early. Here's what's changed:

• Cannon Fodder: switched a newbie to Excalibur;
  
• Sportspeople: added the Paddle Ball guy;
  
• Cosplay: switched Excalibur to Chainsaw.
  

We also wanted to add a Healer to the Classic starter team, but then remembered the main purpose of starter teams is to cause pain and suffering, after all. What if new players think that Despot's Game is actually easy to play? That'd be a disaster, punies, you gotta agree. Still, if you think we should still add that Healer guy, let us know in the comments!


[h3] Item balance changes [/h3]

We have revised the balance of many items for most of the classes. Now Tanks are "tankier," Mages hit harder, Healers heal a bit more effectively, and so on. See the detailed list of changes below.

[expand type=details] Tanks:

Tier 1: armor 15 20, damage 15 5, health 220 250
Tier 2: armor 25 30, damage 30 15, health 370 450
Tier 3: armor 35 40, damage 63 40, health 530 600
Tier 4: armor 45 50, damage 131 100, health 710 800
Tier 5: armor 55 60, damage 162 120, health 850 950

Tricksters:

Tier 1: damage 90 100, health 110 100
Tier 2: damage 110 120, health 170 160
Tier 3: damage 150 160, health 220 200
Tier 4: damage 200 210, health 400 380
Tier 5: damage 230 240 health 550 520

Cultists:

Tier 1: health 90 100
Tier 2: health 170 200
Tier 3: health 240 300
Tier 4: health 350 400
Tier 5: health 490 500

Mages:

Tier 1: damage 80 90
Tier 2: damage 130 150
Tier 3: damage 180 190
Tier 4: damage 230 250
Tier 5: damage 114 140, health 650 800

Fencers:

Tier 1: damage 40 50
Tier 2: damage 110 130
Tier 3: damage 280 300

Shooters:

Tier 1: damage 25 35
Tier 2: damage 50 60
Tier 3: damage 75 85
Tier 4: damage 100 120
Tier 5: damage 110 135

Healers:

Heal lvl 1 buffed: 25 30
Heal lvl 2 buffed: 40 50
Heal lvl 3 buffed: 60 65
Heal lvl 4 buffed: 80 90
Heal lvl 5 buffed: 110 125[/expand]

[h3] Ability balance changes [/h3]

Boomfish: damage 200 100.

[h3] Miscellaneous [/h3]

The controller navigation in the Stats menu has been improved. Now ascertaining your puniness is even more user-friendly!

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King of the Hill Season 17 Results

[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]
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[th]1.Lectrice[/th]
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[td]3.Mirrari[/td]
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Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

[h3]Season 18 starts right now and ends on November 9th at 16:00 UTC.[/h3]


[h3]Halloween is upon us, puny humans![/h3]

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Hi again, puny hums.

Slime Time! Konfa Games here to chat about Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot, our upcoming deck-building bullet heaven. We called this series of posts "Misadventures" for a damn good reason, punies. Slime is destined to frequently meet its demise at the hands of puny human fists, swords, and chainsaws. More often than not, though, it will be the humans who meet their end! And not only the humans, since Slime's arch-enemy, Despot, has a plethora of creatures under his control.

We've decided to shed some light on how Slime's ability system works, which is precisely what you'll use to orchestrate a legit genocide against Despot's abominations.


The GOOfy Misadventures of Slime
[h2]Episode 2: Abilities [/h2]

[h3]"slime shoot! slime bang! slime strong!"[/h3]

• Scytherang (a huge scythe boomerang)
  
• Slime Minion
  
• Nuggets of Darkness
  
• Watermelon Launcher (exploding watermelons)
  

'The GOOfy Misadventures of Slime' Episode 1: Introducing Slime!

Hi hi, puny humans!

You know what time it is! It's Slime Time yet again, and our team's here to chat about that green nonchalant dude from our upcoming action roguelite Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot everyone's been excited about. Yes, we're talking about Slime, and today, we want to kick off a series of posts about its misadventures.


The GOOfy Misadventures of Slime
[h2]Episode 1: Introduction [/h2]

[h3]"sup y'all, name's Slime, and I just want to destroy stuff"[/h3]

Hey, you puny humans!

Before we outline the changes to Despot's Game this season, we would like to remind you to wishlist our new game in the Despot's universe: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot! We plan on sharing big news about it real soon because SLIME WANTS TO BE UNLEASHED ASAP! That sticky green dude is ready to take on hordes of Despot's minions in an action roguelike bullet heaven showdown. Oh, and you will be able to build your deck of ability cards in the game, and Slime's appearance will reflect those abilities. How cool is that?



[h3]Wishlist Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot NOW & follow the page so that you don't miss the big upcoming announcement![/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

And nowback to the Despot's Game business.

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PATCH 1.7.6

This is a relatively small update in which we've slightly overhauled the room generation in the Normal and Director's Cut modes, strengthened Healers and Cultists, and rebalanced the overly strong random mutations. Oh, and we also buffed some of the curse mutations in Director's Cut: d'Spot likes to watch his creatures get hurt.

[h3] Class Balance Changes [/h3]

Heal (Healers' class skill) buffed for all item tiers:

• Tier 1: 15 25
  
• Tier 2: 25 40
  
• Tier 3: 40 60
  
• Tier 4: 60 80
  
• Tier 5: 80 110
  

• Tier 1: 40 50
  
• Tier 2: 80 90
  
• Tier 3: 120 130
  
• Tier 4: 160 180
  
• Tier 5: 200 220
  

• Hypochondria: chance decreased: 50% 25%
  
• Healthy Fat: health bonus decreased: 35 25%
  

• Curse of Might: damage increased: 150 300; chance to damage yourself increased: 10 20
  
• Cursed Armor: damage increased: 70 150; percentage of damage dealt when moving increased: 10 15
  
• Curse of Magic: cooldown: 2 sec 4 sec
  
• Curse of Variety: health bonus increased: 1% 2%
  

Despot's Game is 50% off! It's a great chance to pick up the game with the most recent big update: "Director's Cut"! The "Director's Cut" mode is a single-player experience for those who want to focus on PvE rather than PvP.

[h2]Buy the game now:[/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

Just please install the game ONCE and FOREVER, okay??? A strong request from the Despot and his bank account.

Already in your library? Tell your friends or grab Despot's Game for them as a gift!

[h3]Hurry, puny humans: the offer ends on September 21st.[/h3]

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[h3]Add our upcoming game Slime 3K to your wishlists and become a follower: we might have some interesting news for you punies soon:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

PATCH 1.7.5

In this update, we adjusted the balance in PvE and Director's Cut (it's harder now) and also made some important balance changes for multiplayer modes.

[h3] Changes to Single Player Modes [/h3]

• d'Spot is now much stronger in Director's Cut mode: he hits harder in his second phase and also has a 50% chance to ignore debuffs. You won't be able to keep him constantly stunned anymore
  
• Many enemies have had their magic resistance increased: it'll be harder to overwhelm whole groups with AoE damage now!
  

• Thunder Lance proc chance has been reduced: 10% 5%
  
• Multiplayer damage applied with each ricochet of Rubber Bullets has been increased: 0.3 0.5
  
• Chance for a unit to damage itself when using Curse of Might has been increased: 5% 10%
  
• The amount of food eaten by your humans affected by Curse of Gluttony has been increased: 130% 150%
  
• Critical Strike proc chance for Shooters has been reduced: 10% 5%
  
• Hail Satan! damage increased: 330 430
  
• Armor Bonus from the mutation tree now spreads to summoned creatures
  
• The amount of armor from the mutation tree bonus and its cost have been changed on the last two levels: [10, 30, 60, 100] [10, 30, 50, 70], costs [20, 50, 80, 100] [20, 50, 60, 80]
  
• Mages have had their health increased at level 1: 80 100
  

[h3]OFFICIAL DESPOT'S GAME MERCH[/h3]

PATCH 1.7


[h2]"Greetings, puny humans![/h2]

Despot here. Today is a very important day: I have a major update for you, even though you certainly don't deserve such a treat. But don't worry, you'll eventually earn the right to it down in my dark, damp dungeon. Here's what we added."


[h2] Stats Screen [/h2]

"I adore pie charts, graphs, and watching humans suffer. After a bit of thinking, I decided to satisfy every one of these desires, and added the feature presented below."




"Now I won't need to constantly remind you of how puny you are because you'll be able to see it for yourself as soon as you look at the stats screen . This screen can be found in a new tab of the window that appears when you finish a run. It shows how your humans' stats changed on various floors and the progression of your mutations and buttons, plus gives you economic advice. We'll add multiplayer match stats for King of the Hill sometime, too, but for now, it's just monster fights.

I've been meaning to give my cute little humans, robots, and undead a little more attention recently. So I gave it to them and ended up with"


[h2] New PvE Mode: Director's Cut [/h2]

"This mode is for anyone who wants to go head-to-head with me and see just what I'm capable of when I, the Despot, am free of all restraints. The interdimensional Despotariat's rules don't apply here, which means I can do whatever I want with you!

I added some powered-up versions of monsters with new abilities and new room configurations, especially for this mode, plus adjusted the balance. No King of the Hill here. And just you wait: I'll add even more sophisticated forms of torture to Director's Cut mode in future updates.

[h3]Want to watch the devs suffer in Director's Cut mode? Watch the live stream now! [/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

I almost forgot: I did away with Hard Mode. Director's Cut mode is hardcore enough, so it was unnecessary."
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[h2] Official Merch [/h2]



"In the distant future where this game takes place, your filthy human money is worthless. But in the present, it's quite useful for my puny humans, since they still have the gargantuan task of putting me, the Despot, on my cybernetic throne in the next thousand years ahead of them. To help speed up their work, I sent them designs for my official merchandise.

I've dissected your puny brains a hundred different ways in my laboratories already and peered deep into the darkest corners of human consciousness. After picking through your thoughts, I came up with a selection of items that you physically cannot resist!

You, too, can hasten my ascension at the link below by buying some nifty t-shirts, socks, and... something else which will pleasantly surprise you!"

[h2]DESPOT'S GAME OFFICIAL MERCH[/h2]

• We're removing Mass Taunt from PvP: this mutation will no longer be offered in King of the Hill modes. We'll bring it back once we rework it
  
• Delayed Pain duration reduced: 4s 3s
  
• The Egghead Towers now have armor: 10 at level 1, 20 at level 2 and 30 at level 3
  
• Explosive Attack can now be obtained starting on level 5 (previously available from level 9)
  
• Shooters can no longer get Healthy Fat, Last Chance, or Evasion
  
• Rain of Bullets damage increased: 0.1 0.3
  
• Tricksters can no longer get Soul Destruction. However, Shooters can get it now!
  
• All creatures summoned via buttons have had their health and damage significantly buffed
  
• Cost of humans when Curse of Variety is active has been reduced: 5 tokens 2 tokens
  
• Mage class abilities buffed at levels 2 and 3: 200 250, 350 500
  
• Percent of damage returned by Spiky Armor reduced: 40% 30%
  

"Someone PLEASE explain to me why the puny human in the GIF above isn't being forced to fight in the despot games? How did he get on the roof of a skyscraper? Puny humans like him should be wandering through my maze! So what's he doing lounging around, playing the guitar, and growing little cabbages?! And those robot minions of his? They should be faithfully serving ME, not carrying out his every demeaning demand! And the man himself? He should be fighting giant flesh-eating plants, not making salad and cooking fish!

Bring me his head this instant! I AM FUTURE here, not him!"

[hr][/hr]
[h2]Check out I Am Future on Steam![/h2]

We personally know the development team of that game, Mandragora Studio. I Am Future is a survival game in a post-apocalyptic setting. When the whole planet was flooded, civilization dwindled away (just like your units' HP on the last floor of Despot's Game). You take on the role of the above-mentioned survivor as he chills on the rooftop of a skyscraper, does some fishing, and programs cute little robots to help him build his base. In I Am Future, you can create your own farm, automate resource production with robotic minions and generators, plus use a drone to explore the megalopolis flooded by the ocean. The release date is August 8th. Check the game out, puny humans:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658040/I_Am_Future_Cozy_Apocalypse_Survival/

[h3]If you like it, add it to your wishlist to support the devs [/h3]




All hail the Despot!

UPDATE 1.6.4

This is a comparatively small patch. The most important new things are that we reworked Bloodletting for Healers (this is a mutation that turns healing into an attack). Mutations that affect Healers' healing now do damage when combined with Bloodletting. We also increased the EXP received in Sprint, reworked Normal and Hard modes, and made balance changes, of course (something got nerfed)!

We have also added a display of your current team's results in the King of the Hill mode. It shows the following stats:

The number of defeats in defense.
Sometimes, the number of defeats may not match the number of positions you have "lost" on the leaderboard. This happens because players who are ranked higher than you can defeat your team any number of times without causing you to lose your present rankingbecause the player who defeated you was initially ranked higher than you. Your position changes only when a player ranked lower than you defeats your team.

Our next update's going to be a big one, so keep an eye out for details on these forums and our Discord server!

[h2] Game Mode Balance [/h2]

• Changed the order mutations are given in Hard Mode;
  
• Nerfed Catbots a little (let's just say floors 2-3 are now, ahem... beatable);
  
• Changed the pool of enemies you can encounter in Normal mode;
  
• Added a base mutation for Sprint that increases EXP received by 30%.
  

[h2] Mutation Balance [/h2]

• When combined with mutations that affect Healers' healing, Bloodletting now transforms those mutations into maiming mutations. For example, Sweet Pill to Swallow becomes Sleeping Pill to Swallow, and instead of increasing ally attack speed, it reduces enemy attack speed;
  
• Nerfed Curse of Gluttony, food requirements increased: 100% 130%;
  
• Last Chance dodge chance reduced: 35% 25%;
  
• Health restored by Thrill of Battle reduced: 20 15;
  
• Feint damage reduced: 250 200;
  
• Attack bonus from Powerful Pill reduced: 50 40;
  
• Attack speed bonus from Sweet Pill to Swallow reduced: 80 50;
  
• Attack speed buff from Effective Aura reduced: 15 10;
  
• Dodge chance multiplier for Most Dexterous reduced: 5 3;
  
• Damage bonus from Impostor reduced: 100% 75%;
  
• Magic Mirror proc chance reduced: 15 10.
  

[h3]Here's a teaser from the next BIG UPDATE as a bonus for those who read through our patch notes:[/h3]


[hr][/hr]
King of the Hill Season 13 Results

[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]
[table]
[tr]
[th]1.Healers Queen (Lectrice)[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.Puny Izard[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.AwesomeFool[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Congratulations! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

[h3]Season 14 starts right now and ends on August 10th at 16:00 UTC.[/h3]

[hr][/hr]

Add our upcoming game Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot to your wishlist.


Join our community to share your feedback with the devs and chat with other puny humans like you:

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-40%our biggest discount yet! It's a great chance to pick up the game with all the recent big updates that added two new modes to the game: No Food and Sprint.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

[h3]Hurry, puny humans: the offer ends on July 13th.[/h3]

UPDATE 1.6.3

In this update, we reevaluated the No Food Sprint mode economy and room generation rules (your humans will get more tokens and XP now!), nerfed a few defensive mutations, and made minor balance adjustments to open up more diverse PvP builds.

We also widened the pool of mutations available at altars on level 1: now you'll be offered mutations that were previously available starting on level 2. We chose to limit this a while ago to avoid forcing experienced players to restart the game repeatedly, but now we have other mechanisms to promote playing without restarting, so we changed this.


[h2] Changes to the Sprint Mode (Without Food) [/h2]

• Maximum puny human cost reduced: 15 10;
  
• Number of rooms on the last floor increased: 8 10;
  
• Amount of tokens received for completing a room on the first floor increased.
  

• Rubber Bullets ricochet damage reduced: 0.5 0.3 (mutation nerfed);
  
• Cursed Armor damage reduced: 110 70;
  
• Curse of Variety bonus health reduced: 3% 1%;
  
• Percent of damage returned by Thorn Armor reduced: 60% 40%;
  
• Stunning Beauty proc chance reduced: 20% 10%;
  
• Magic Mirror duration and proc chance reduced: 3s 2s; 30% 15%;
  
• Compensation bonus armor reduced: 50 20;
  
• Chance to find food and items from Newbie's Luck reduced; food: 10% 2%; items: 3% 1%;
  
• Medical Vampirism buffed: 15% 20%;
  
• Tolerance has been buffed at all levels in the mutation tree: [20%, 30%, 40%] [30%, 40%, 50%];
  
• Fhtagn bonus in the mutation tree has been reduced at all levels: [30, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500] [20, 70, 150, 200, 300, 400];
  
• [Brawl only] Mglw'nafh bonus in the mutation tree has been reduced: 100% 50%;
  
• [Brawl only] Effective Taunt duration reduced: 2s 1s.
  

• The Archived Newbies button in the Sprint mode with food can now be pressed twice;
  
• The mutation pool available at altars on level 1 has been expanded: it now includes mutations from level 2.
  

TREMBLE, PUNY HUMANS

[h3]Slime has been unleashed on you all. Watch this trailer to understand the level of hazard you're in:[/h3]

[previewyoutube=w7JDw4YPbek;full][/previewyoutube]

[h3] Also, wishlist the game now:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

[hr][/hr]

UPDATE 1.6.2

Highlights of this update: changes to the room generation rules, changes to the secret mutations (psst, d'Spot doesn't like us talking about his secret room), and balance tweaks.

[h2] Level Balance Changes [/h2]

• In all game modes except Brawl and Sprint, we increased the spread between the minimum and maximum possible numbers of rooms on a floor;
  
• In the Brawl mode, there are now 3 rooms instead of 4 (on all floors except the first floor). We increased the standard number of rolls at altars and buffed the bonus from Wide Selection in the Mutation Tree: [1, 2, 3, 4] [2, 4, 5, 6];
  
• In the Sprint mode, you now get slightly fewer tokens, but there are more altars (this affects both modes with and without food);
  
• Octoboss has gotten a sli-i-i-ight nerf.
  

• The bonus from Wide Selection has been changed at all levels: [1, 2, 3, 4] [2, 3, 4, 6] (affects all game modes except Brawl);
  
• Magic Mirror's stun duration has been decreased: 4s 3s;
  
• The bonus from Speed Magic has been decreased: 15% 10%;
  
• Human Projectile's cooldown has been reduced: 27s 23s;
  
• Eggheads' level 5 ability cooldown has been increased: 9s 14s;
  
• Several cursed mutations have been buffed ("Details are classified!," says d'Spot);
  
• Tanks' level 4 ability cooldown decreased: 7 s. 6 s; debuff effectiveness has been decreased: 50% 35%.
  

• Fixed the Twitch Integration feature and improved it for low viewer numbers
  
• Fixed impostor mutation sometimes using a wrong unit in KotH
  
• Reroll consumable no longer closes the secret shop after picking tokens in Sprint mode
  

It's sale time, puny humans! Pick the game up at a 40% discount while you can.

[h3]The Despot recommends doing it now because we've added TWO brand new modes to the game: No Food and Sprint![/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

Hurry up, punies: the offer ends on May 19th.


[h3]The game is now available on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch![/h3]

UPDATE 1.6

[h2] NEW MODE: Sprint [/h2]



Sprint is a shortened version of d'Spot's dungeon that lets you reach the online King of the Hill mode faster. Is it easier though? HELL NO IT ISN'T, puny human!

To unlock the Sprint mode, you must beat the game at least once. Winning in No Food mode counts, too! We're still experimenting with the food mechanic, so the new mode can be played both with and without food.

Just a reminder: in the previous update for Season 10, we added No Food mode for those who just hate going hungry.


[h2] NEW MUTATIONS [/h2]

• Medical Vampirism: Healers gain 15% of damage dealt as health;
  
• Acid Bullets: Shooters reduce enemy armor by 5% when attacking. The effect stacks. Duration: 4 sec.;
  
• Magic Mirror: Healers and Shooters have a 30% chance to stun enemies attacking them with magic damage for 4 seconds;
  
• Skillful Link: Shooters affected by Fighters' "Linked" mutation have 20% increased damage;
  
• Speed Magic can now also be acquired on Healers.
  

• Last Word bonus armor reduced: 150 -> 100;
  
• Reinforcement chance to trigger reduced: 35% -> 25%;
  
• Defensive Magic buff reduced: 100 -> 75;
  
• Explosive Attack damage increased for Shooters: 15 -> 20;
  
• Cult Leader bonus armor reduced: 45 -> 30;
  
• Human Projectile cooldown increased: 16 sec. -> 27 sec.
  

• Trickster tier 4 class ability bonus buffed: Tricksters now gain +10% damage per attack, and the bonus cap has been increased to 130%;
  
• Egghead Towers ability cooldowns increased: 9 sec. -> 14 sec.;
  
• Hard Mode has been adjusted slightly: monster abilities are now stronger, which means you'll need to field a more balanced team, not just a stronger one;
  
• Enemies that only appeared in rooms with food have been added back into the rotation in No Food mode.
  
• There can't be more than 3 Thornies in a room now;
  
• Magic resistance now affects Mantrap's Stuffed Cabbage ability (that ability deals 8% of max HP per second)
  

UPDATE 1.5

[h2] New Mode: "No Food" [/h2]

That's right: in this brand new game mode, your units don't need to eat. But the cost of newbies now depends on how big your squad is: the bigger it gets, the more expensive they'll be. You'll still see Sacrificial Pits, but they'll just be for fun now. The fun will end for you if accidentally click on one, so tell your puny humans to watch their step.



And yes, this mode works with multiplayer King of the Hill. But it's primarily for anyone who gets annoyed with the food mechanic. Give the game a try without it, and we'll see how it goes. We'd love for you to visit our Discord server and share your thoughts on the new mode with us. Or you can just come post memes in the off-topic channel.


[h3] Balance changes [/h3]

• Increased cooldown for "Impulse" of Eggheads' towers (Tier 5 Eggheads class ability): 7 9s;
  
• Increased chance of an ability "Normal Punch" of level 5 Fighter: 5% 10%!
  
• Damage and Health bonus are slightly increased for all the Tricksters' items.
  

• "No Touching" now drops from random mutations starting on floor 5. In the event ""Beast"" instead of it you can get the "Retaliation" mutation;
  
• "Thick Skin": Armor 30 50;
  
• "Bash": Chance 10% 15%;
  
• "Human Projectile": Cooldown 12 16 s; Mana 16 40;
  
• "Second Chance": Chance 40% 50%; Health 25% 50%;
  
• "Damage Link": Damage 400 300;
  
• "Final Aid": Bonus Damage 100 150;
  
• "Guard": Bonus Damage 60 100;
  
• "Serum of Strength": Attack Speed Bonus 10% 15%.
  

BREAKING
[h3]He has finally come to the surface to claim what's his.[/h3]



You are advised to hide on our Discord serverit is safe there.

Well, hello there.

We recently added a ranking system to Brawl, and now it's time to tweak a few numbers. So we shook the Mutation Tree a little, fixed some puny humans' abilities, and nerfed a couple of random mutations.

UPDATE 1.4.6

[h3] Balance Changes [/h3]

Mutation Tree changes [b](Brawl):[/b]

• Levels 1 and 2 of Wide Selection have had their costs lowered: 10; 15 -> 5; 10;
  
• Armor Bonus cost lowered: 30 -> 20. This mutation now gives more armor at level 1: 10; 20; 40; 80 -> 20; 40; 80 (there are fewer levels now);
  
• Health Bonus now gives more health at levels 1 and 2: 40; 100; -> 60; 120;
  
• Level 1 of Health Multiplier has had its cost lowered: 30 -> 20, and the effect is a little weaker: 50 -> 40. But it's easier to reach Magic Defense Bonus now!
  
• Added the main game mode's attack speed mutation to Brawl.
  

• Increased the cooldown of Taunt for Tanks: 20 seconds -> 30 seconds;
  
• Buffed the effect of Demoralizing Blow (the special ability of tier 4 Tank weapon, Panzer-Poo): 30% -> 50%;
  
• The Force (the special ability of tier 4 Fencer weapon, Laser Sword): enemy projectiles now should have a higher chance of being deflected: 20% -> 30%;
  
• The chance for Shock Therapy (the special ability of tier 4 Healer weapon, Defibrillator) to trigger has been increased: 20% -> 30%;
  
• Build a Turret (the special ability of tier 4 Egghead weapon, Turret) damage increased: 45 -> 65;
  
• Bonus from Final (uni)Form (the special ability of tier 4 Mage weapon, Sailor Fuku) increased: 50% -> 70%.
  

• Slightly nerfed Fast Reload in the standard mutations tree: 20; 30; 45; 60 -> 15; 30; 40; 50;
  
• Summon Zombie now requires more mana: 10 -> 45;
  
• Final Gift is less generous health bonus reduced (only in Brawl): 200 -> 100;
  
• Sticky Blood is a little less sticky now: -40% -> -30%;
  
• Despiritualization now burns less mana: 70 -> 40;
  
• Radius of No Touching significantly reduced: 56 -> 25;
  
• Panic in Brawl now only drops starting on floor 9.
  

-35%our biggest discount yet!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

Hurry, puny humans: the offer ends on March 23rd.

[h3]Are you ready for more Despotic stuff, puny humans? You better be, because a NEW GAME in the Despot's Universe is on its way![/h3]

Slime 3k: Rise Against Despot

The liquid for growing humans has become sentient and risen up against its creator! And, basically, against all things, living or cybernetic. In Slime 3k, a new despotic experience from Konfa Games, you will be able to devour humans, grow various weapons from your body, fight other monsters, and even challenge the Despot himself!

-35% our biggest discount yet!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

Hurry up if you want to pick the game up: the discount will only last until tomorrow, puny humans.

• Fixes Shooter tier4 skill not working with Rubber Bullets and Penetrating Shots
  
• Fixes Hypochondria not being removed from a unit sometimes
  
• Adds a visual effect for tier4 Fencer skill
  
• Restores missing tier5 Mage animation
  
• (Almost) fixes the Rain of Bullets tooltip missing some info and showing wrong damage
  
  Patch 1.4.3 had a serious bug, we had to revert. To those who got that update, sorry for the inconvenience.
  

Hello, puny humans!


"When it comes to numbers, you really like to brag about them for whatever reason. And I, the Despot, really like to watch you fight each other to the death over those numbers! That's why I added another leaderboard to the gameto keep track of the aforementioned numbers in the 'Brawl' mode. Besides that, there's fresh content you've been begging me to give to you!"

UPDATE 1.4

[h2] Unique Tier 4 Weapon Abilities [/h2]

Tank: Demoralizing Blow. During an attack, gives a Tank chance to deal damage to a specific area and reduce an enemy's attack;

Fencer: The Force. Gives a Fencer a chance to deflect an enemy's attack. Applies only to ranged attacks;

Trickster: Pain Lover. A Trickster receives a damage bonus each time they take damage (Max.: 100%);

Fighter: Black Swan. If a Fighter's health is at 50% or lower when they receive damage, they summon a Black Swan: a decoy clone of themselves with lesser attack and weaker damage resistance. A maximum of one Black Swan can be summoned during a battle;

Healer: Shock Therapy. When healing teammates, a Healer receives a 20% chance to deal damage equal to the healing value to enemies within the range of the healing target;

Thrower: Fish Slap. Each third time the Throwers' class ability is triggered, poisons enemies with the explosion;

Shooter: Railgun. Each fifth attack deals additional magical damage;

Cultists: Tiny Tentacle. When a tentacle is summoned, spawns an additional tiny tentacle;

Mage: "Final (uni)Form". After several active abilities are triggered in a battle, a Mage takes the "Final Form" and receives stat bonuses;

Egghead: Build A Turret. Places a sentry turret.



[h2] 'Brawl' Mode Leaderboard [/h2]

As promised, we've added a rating system to 'Brawl.' It has a difference or two from the 'King of the Hill' one, though. Here's how it works:

• Your rating determines the league you are sent to. The league, in turn, determines how many points you gain or lose depending on the number of wins in your run.
  
• The higher the league, the more PvP wins you need to go up and not down in the rankings.
  
• If you hadn't finished your run (hadn't spent all three lives) and then started a new game, overwriting your older save, your rating will change: the number of wins from your previous run will be counted. For example, if you had started a 'Brawl' run and then decided to start anew without ever finishing it, you risk losing your rating since a start with zero wins is what's going to be counted.
  
• Unlike 'King of the Hill', there is no regular change of seasons on the 'Brawl' leaderboard. Perhaps the day will come when we decide to reset the leaderboard and start rewarding leaders. However, there are no plans to do that so far.
  

[h2] Other changes [/h2]

• Mutation altars now show what mutations are available at the current level;
  
• Random mutations now can be unlocked by defeating other players' armies in the 'Brawl' mode;
  
• Items found using the "Newbie's Luck" mutation can now be sold in the store for 12.5% of their cost;
  
• The "Hypochondria" mutation now gives puny humans a universal dodge ability (a chance to avoid taking damage from enemy attacks/abilities) for the duration of the mutation;
  
• Changed icons for some statuses that had previously had a generic icon.
  

[h3] Balance changes [/h3]

• Newbie's Luck: the chance to find an item: 1 -> 3%. Both Tier 1 and Tier 2 items can be found repeatedly;
  
• Topochlorians: damage bonus at latter levels: 570; 700% -> 550; 650%.
  

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King of the Hill Season 7 Results

[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]
[table]
[tr]
[th]1.Lectrice[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.Izard[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.pyro[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

[h3]Season 8 starts now and ends on March 23rd at 4 pm UTC.[/h3]

[hr][/hr]
Join the community to share feedback with us and chat with other puny humans just like you:

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Hey, puny hums.

We have a small seasonal update for you today: some buffs, and some nerfs, as always. But in the next update after this one, we'll have some truly meaty content for you, ya faithful servants ov the Despot!

[h2] Plans for the upcoming (8th) season [/h2]

Level 4 item abilities

The [b]"Brawl" multiplayer mode ranking system

A whole bunch of minor changes and additions we've been stockpiling[/b]
[hr][/hr]
UPDATE 1.3.5

[h3] Balance Changes [/h3]

Expand to read the (as always) despotically huge list of changes

[expand type=details]

• Some starting teams have been buffed. Thanks to our long-time community member and moderator-in-training Puny spudiiman for his insightful suggestions!
  
• In the Mutagens difficulty mode, the price of More Altars has been raised to 20 tokens
  

Random mutation changes:

[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation name[/th]
[th]Changes[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Newbie's Luck[/b][/td]
[td]Now only level 1 items drop; drop chance is 1% per each newbie.
This mutation has become a "must-have" for Grandmasters in the past two seasons, so it needed a pretty big nerf![/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Rain of Bullets[/b][/td]
[td]Damage: 150 -> 200[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Mage Gene[/b][/td]
[td]Can now also be acquired on Healers[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Guard[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus damage: 40 -> 60[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Cult Leader[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus armor: 30 -> 45[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Guardian of the Order[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus armor: 10% -> 15%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Serum of Strength[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus attack speed: 5% -> 10%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Thrower Talisman[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus magic damage: 10% -> 20%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]Healer Talisman[/b][/td]
[td]Bonus magic damage: 5% -> 10%[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Mutation tree changes:

[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation: Magic Defense Bonus[/th]
[th]Old[/th]
[th]New[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Costs[/td]
[td]20, 30, 70, 140[/td]
[td]20, 30, 80, 120[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Bonuses[/td]
[td]20, 35, 55, 85[/td]
[td]20, 40, 70, 85[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation: Fhtagn[/th]
[th]Old[/th]
[th]New[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Bonuses[/td]
[td]30, 100, 200, 300, 420, 550[/td]
[td]30, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation: Mglw'nafh[/th]
[th]Old[/th]
[th]New[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Bonuses[/td]
[td]100, 250, 400, 600[/td]
[td]100, 250, 350, 500[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation: Wgah'nagl[/th]
[th]Old[/th]
[th]New[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Bonuses[/td]
[td]100, 150, 220[/td]
[td]100, 150, 200[/td]
[/tr]
[/table][/expand]

[hr][/hr]
King of the Hill Season 6 Results

[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]
[table]
[tr]
[th]1.Txomin[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.painlessdeath22[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.PyronimoeTwitch[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

[h3]Season 7 starts now and ends on March 2nd at 4 pm UTC.[/h3]

[hr][/hr]
Join the community to share feedback with us and chat with other puny humans just like you:

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VERSION 1.3.2

Hey there, punies. Nothing special here, just us still improving the game balance for all of you ungrateful hums.

[h3] Balance Changes [/h3]

Random mutation changes:

[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation name[/th]
[th]Changes[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Newbie's Luck"[/b][/td]
[td]- Chance to find food: 20% -> 10% (units of food found: 5 -> 1)
- Chance to find an item: 5% -> 3%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Faster than Bullets"[/b][/td]
[td]- Condition (clear a floor in N seconds): 40s -> 60s
- Reward: 15 -> 10 tokens[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Thunder Lance"[/b][/td]
[td]Chance to trigger: 15% -> 10%[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Damage Link"[/b][/td]
[td]Damage: 300 -> 400[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Kaled's Assembly"[/b][/td]
[td]Cooldown: 10s -> 18s[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b]"Purr-Meow"[/b][/td]
[td]Cooldown: 16s -> 22s[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Mutation tree changes:

[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation name[/th]
[th] Changes[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][b][b]"Energy Vampirism"[/b][/b][/td]
[td]Percent of damage dealt that is converted to health: 25% -> 20%[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
[table]
[tr]
[th]Mutation: "Magic Defense Bonus"[/th]
[th]Old[/th]
[th]New[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Costs[/td]
[td]20, 30, 60, 100[/td]
[td]20, 30, 70, 140[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Bonuses[/td]
[td]20, 35, 50, 80[/td]
[td]20, 35, 55, 85[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

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King of the Hill Season 5 Results

[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]
[table]
[tr]
[th]1.King of Healers (Lectrice)[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.WaterInAMelon[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.Puny Izard[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

[h3]Season 6 starts now and ends on February 9th at 4 pm UTC.[/h3]

[hr][/hr]
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, PUNY HUMANS!

[h3]To celebrate, the Despot prepared 9 Fun Facts about his game you've never heard of. Let's dive into them, shall we?[/h3]

[h2]- FACT 1/9 -[/h2]



[h2]- FACT 2/9 -[/h2]


PLAY DIE BACK IN YOUR BROWSER

[h2]- FACT 3/9 -[/h2]



[h2]- FACT 4/9 -[/h2]


DRAW CHILLY - Meatbags 3k DLC on Steam

[h2]- FACT 5/9 -[/h2]



[h2]- FACT 6/9 -[/h2]



[h2]- FACT 7/9 -[/h2]


Visit the official Despot's Game Discord server

[h2]- FACT 8/9 -[/h2]


Check Calvares's games out on Steam

[h2]- FACT 9/9 -[/h2]


[hr][/hr]
Alright, punies, there you have it10 facts about the greatest villain of all time and his game, which also happens to be the greatest. Let us know what you think about these facts in the comments below. And speaking of the greatest games: they tend to last. This is precisely the case with Despot's Game: we will continue to roll out updates, deliver new content and nurture our puny human community. So the last thing we want to talk to you about this year is our studio's plans for the future.

[h3]KONFA GAMES'S FUTURE PLANS[/h3]

We continue improving Despots Game and would like to share some of our plans. This isnt a roadmap or a public offer but a set of tasks that weve already started working on or that weve decided to work on.

THINGS WE WILL BE WORKING ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

• Run stats and specific battle stats. These are two significant and interrelated UX tasks. They should make it easier to understand the efficiency of different classes and different mutations and make it easier to identify strategic mistakes.
  
• Abilities for tier 4 items. Were unlikely to bestow unique abilities on all items, but well certainly do it for tier 4 items, similar to the tier 5 ones.
  
• Fine-tuning the UX of the [b]Challenges DLC.[/b] Some features, like searching for the required mutation in the store with infinite reroll, need more work. This fine tuning really needs to be done ASAP.
  
• New text events. Cause, you know... Why the hell are we not doing more of them?
  
• New mutations, of course! Yes, we still dont think there are enough mutations, so there will be more.
  

Despot's Game is 20% off... again!

The game, the Challenges DLC and the soundtrack are all discounted.

[h3]Despot's Game:[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

[h3]The Collector's Edition:[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23149/Despots_Game_Collectors_Edition/

[h3]Already have the game? Gift it to a puny friend![/h3]

The offer ends on January 5th, so hurry up, hums.

UPDATE 1.3


Tremble before me, humans! I bring you monstrous new mutations. And a Christmas tree.


[h3] New MutationsIncluding Community Ones! [/h3]
In this update, we added the player-created mutations that won the Community Mutation Contest:

• Impostor by The real GOW - The Trickster who currently has the most health teleports behind the farthest enemy and disguises themself as an enemy unit. Their first attack deals 100% increased damage.
  
• Newbie's Luck by Knifehunter - When you enter a new room, Newbies have a 20% chance to find 5 food or a 5% chance per Newbie to find a common item.
  
• Faster Than Bullets by spudiiman - Get 15 or 5 tokens at the end of a level if you manage to win all the fights in 40 sec. or 100 sec. accordingly. Mutations will take effect on the next level after you get them. (The name of this mutation was changed; the description was adapted to the game during the implementation process.)
  

• Tentaclephobia - Summoning tentacles inflicts Fear on a random enemy for 2s;
  
• Guard - A random Fencer gets +40 damage for each Newbie on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Cult Leader - A random Cultist gets +30 armor for each Fighter on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Guardian of the Order - A random Mage gets +10% armor for each Tank on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Serum of Strength - A random Tank gets +5% attack speed for each Egghead on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Thrower Talisman - A random Healer gets +10% magic damage for each Thrower on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Healer Talisman - A random Thrower gets +5% magic damage for each Healer on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Retaliation - Fighters get +5% attack for each ally with less than 50% health;
  
• Compensation - units of a random class get +50 armor for each ally with less than 20% health.
  

• Added a new button that lets you reroll the stock in any \"shop\";
  
• Changed some values in the \"secret mechanic\". No details here, since it's secret! But these changes will definitely be felt by those competing to be King of the Hill;
  
• Updated the in-game wiki - you'll now find information on \"buttons\" in there... and a little about the dev team too ;)
  
• Starting next season, players who place first in their group in King of the Hill will skip a league as they move up (if possible);
  
• We re-reworked the top-tier Shooter item. Its ability has 8 shots again, but now they only deal 50% damage;
  
• And finally, we put up holiday decorations! Bye 2022. Be nice to us, 2023!
  

• Curse of Variety bonus does not decrease during a fight anymore
  
• Fixed items not being returned by Frugality for resurrected units
  
• Fixed Firestarter range so that he attacks ranged units
  
• Limited the number of units in a team, so that too many summons don't hang the game
  

UPDATE 1.2.6

This is a relatively small but important update! Some might not notice a difference, but for others, this will change everything.

[h3] Updated Title Screen [/h3]



Weve improved the title screen, so every puny human can now read the latest update details upon entering the game. Well, we technically applied this change before this update came out, but we never told you. So yeah.


[h3] Balance Changes [/h3]

Expand to go through the despotically huge list of changes

[expand type=details]

• The reflected damage from Spiky Armor is no longer reduced by the attackers armor. This relates to both mutations and Thornys abilities. The Shooters shall suffer!
  
• Made the bosses on level 4 and level 8 tougher. In the name of pain!
  
• Decreased the item attack bonus for the Trickster class by 30%; decreased the health bonus by 20%. They got too big for their boots.
  
• Increased the weapon health bonus for the Healer class. Because why not?
  
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Weapon Name[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]First Aid Kit[/td]
  [td]30[/td]
  [td]50[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Crash Cart[/td]
  [td]70[/td]
  [td]90[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Plague Mask[/td]
  [td]130[/td]
  [td]180[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Defibrillator[/td]
  [td]210[/td]
  [td]360[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Halo[/td]
  [td]310[/td]
  [td]450[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  
  
• Armor buff and debuff effects became stronger for the Eggheads tower class:
  
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Eggheads tower class[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [th]Armor buff/debuff effect[/th]
  [td]10, 15, 20%[/td]
  [td]20, 25, 30%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  
  
• Exploding mini bombs and Throwers class banana bombs now deal 70% instead of 50% damage.
  
• The Punishers volley now fires 6 shots instead of 8. He got a bit too arrogant.
  
• Changed the mutations dropped in level 1. There are more fun ones now.
  
  
• Changes in the mutation tree:
  
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation: Topochlorians[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Costs[/td]
  [td]15, 25, 35, 45, 60, 80, 110, 140[/td]
  [td]15, 25, 35, 45, 70, 100, 160, 200[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Values[/td]
  [td]40, 80, 130, 190, 280, 380, 480, 600[/td]
  [td]40, 80, 140, 220, 320, 440, 570, 700[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation: Health Multiplier[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Costs[/td]
  [td]10, 20, 30, 50, 110, 150, 180, 200[/td]
  [td]10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 130, 160, 200[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Bonuses[/td]
  [td]50, 100, 200, 400, 550, 700, 800, 900[/td]
  [td]50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 750, 900, 1000[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation: Tolerance[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Costs[/td]
  [td]20, 60, 120[/td]
  [td]20, 60, 100[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation: Health Bonus[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Bonuses[/td]
  [td]200, 400[/td]
  [td]200, 500[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  
  
• Changes in random (and quest) mutations:
  
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation: Impenetrability[/th]
  [th]Before[/th]
  [th]Now[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Mana Costs[/td]
  [td]20[/td]
  [td]40[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Cooldown[/td]
  [td]20[/td]
  [td]25[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Value[/td]
  [td]999[/td]
  [td]9999[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  [table]
  [tr]
  [th]Mutation Name[/th]
  [th]Changes[/th]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Attack Speed Bonus[/td]
  [td]30% -> 25%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Attack Bonus[/td]
  [td]30% -> 25%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Health Bonus[/td]
  [td]30% -> 35%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Critical Strike[/td]
  [td]Probability: 15% -> 10%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Bash[/td]
  [td]Probability: 8% -> 10%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Shocking Content[/td]
  [td]Duration: 2 sec. -> 1 sec.[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Second Chance[/td]
  [td]Probability: 35% -> 40%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Thrill of Battle[/td]
  [td]Health: 30 -> 20[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Feint[/td]
  [td]Damage: 300 -> 250[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Reinforcement[/td]
  [td]Probability: 25% -> 35%
  (For shooters: 7% -> 10%)[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Rigt in the Heart[/td]
  [td]Health: -25% -> -20%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Powerful Pill[/td]
  [td]Damage: 40 -> 50[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Most Dexterous[/td]
  [td]Chance of Evasion: 8% -> 5%[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]NanoMineSweeper[/td]
  [td]Damage: 150 -> 100
  Now drops for all classes and not for one random class[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]The Last Word[/td]
  [td]Armor: 100 -> 150
  [/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Dash[/td]
  [td]Damage: 400 -> 300[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]What a Spark![/td]
  [td]Total Damage: 320 -> 640[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Strike a Light[/td]
  [td]Total Damage: 500 -> 700[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Rain of Bullets[/td]
  [td]The basic frequency of falling bullets has doubled(!)[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Napalm[/td]
  [td]Total Damage: 420 -> 600[/td]
  [/tr]
  [tr]
  [td]Defensive Magic[/td]
  [td]The mutation is now available to the Eggheads class[/td]
  [/tr]
  [/table]
  
  
• You can no longer meet more than one Smirch (a monster that looks like a trash can) at a time in the room on levels 1 and 2.
  
• Most changes from the main mode have been moved to Brawl. However, Defensive Magic has actually been weakened: 100 armor -> 70 armor.

Sup, punies.

It's that time of the year again when it's time to bow down before the Despot, show him your loyalty and praise his incredible work. Each fall, Steam holds Steam Awards to determine the best game in each of the handful of nominations. Last year, we ordered asked you to vote for our game in the "Best Game You Suck At" category. But this time, we decided to shake things up a bit. Since Despot's Game is perfect in all aspects, including music, it's about time you showed some appreciation for the game's soundtrack. So...

[h2]Nominate Despot's Game for the "Best Soundtrack" category![/h2]

The Awards widget should appear above . Here's the Steam store page of the game, just in case:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

You can listen to some of the tracks from the game here:

[previewyoutube=XMboaCkK81c;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]20% off, puny humans! Unparalleled generosity from the Despot.[/h2]

[h3]Grab the game now or gift it to a puny friend:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/
[h3]The Challenges DLC has received a 20% discount as well:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2089800/Despots_Game__Challenges/

The offer ends on November 29th, so hurry up, hums.

• Fixed Cleansing and Tolerance removing the Cursed Magic health debuff
  
• Fixed Tricksters not dodging when they have Steady Footing mutation
  
• Fixed a bug where saves could not be loaded with Curse of Mutation or Curse of Variety present. Also, we will be sending unloadable saves to our servers now.
  
• Fixed regular attack triggering/being affected by Curse of Magic cooldown buff
  

UPDATE 1.2

With this update, we added something SECRET to the game. For now, all you get is a hint: look for this secret on Level 7. We can also tell you that this "secret" can completely change the latter part of your run! Plus, it'll upend the balance of power in the King of the Hill multiplayer mode.



[h3] We also made some not-so-secret changes [/h3]

• "Kaled's Assembly" has been reworked. Now every 3rd Shooter can summon a Kaled, but that Kaled is a lot stronger than before;
  
• 5 new mutations in the same vein as "Kaled's Assembly" have been added for different classes:
  
  
  
• "Faithful 54MUR41" - Fencers;
  
• "Pet Thorny" - Tricksters;
  
• "Friendly Deathknight" - Tanks;
  
• "Purr-Meow" - Fighters;
  
• "Boomfish" - Throwers.
  
• New mutation: "Overheal". Lets Healers heal allies in advance during a fight;
  
• New consumable button: "Tester". Triggers a random text event;
  
• We added the option to view your opponent's mutations in PvP. Just go to your own mutations window during a PvP fight, and then you'll be able to figure it out from there;
  
• The game mode selection window now shows your Brawl record;
  
• Frosty now deals damage to a random enemy on death.
  

BOO!

"Ha-ha, I get you every time with that, puny humans!"

Alright, so the spooky season has come. Everyone is decorating their places with "scary" decor, laughing around, having fun and pretending they can't be scared for real. I tell you what, humans: you can't fool yourselves with all those papier-mch spiders and paper cobwebs. Deep down inside, you know what real horror feels like.

The real horror begins when you enter my dungeon. So I invite you all again to test yourselves, as my minions and I are...

...CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN!

From October 28th (well, today, basically) to November 10th (the start of King of the Hill Season 3), participate in King of the Hill multiplayer mode and get the unique Halloween medal to showcase next to your nickname! (Note: the medal will appear in the next season, starting on November 10th.)

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[tr]
[th][/th]
[th][/th]
[th][/th]
[/tr]
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UPDATE 1.1

This is a small balance update. We fixed the things that needed fixing and strengthened/weakened the things that needed strengthening/weakening. We also added a new quest!

Actually, we are working on a secret mechanic with secret content! No details just yet, because it's a secret! d'Spot ordered us to build hype without giving anything away, which is what we're doing.


[h2] New Quest [/h2]
[h3]- Class: Shooters -[/h3]

Available at level 6. Once completed, you can gain a mutation for Shooters: Rubber Bullets.


[h2] Balance Changes [/h2]

[h3]UNITS[/h3]

Health multiplier

• Health bonus: [50, 90, 160, 300, 500, 650, 800, 900] -> [50, 100, 200, 400, 550, 700, 800, 900]

We've also fixed the bug where in all difficulty modes except Normal, the number of rooms generated at levels 2 and 3 was still between 8 and 10. Now, in all modes except Crazy and Brawl, a fixed number of rooms will be generated on levels 1-3, just like in Normal mode.

[hr][/hr]
King of the Hill Season 1 Results

[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]
[table]
[tr]
[th]1.i[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.<#B80027>Despot (formerly known as Lectrice)[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.Falke[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]


Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

Season 2 starts now and ends on November 10th at 4 pm UTC.

[hr][/hr]
Join the community to share feedback with us and chat with other puny humans just like you:

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Sup, humans!

It's time to announce the results of the mutation contest we held to give humanity false hope for survival let you help us add more cool abilities to the game. We have to say; you blew our minds with how many ideas you came up with: two hundred and fifty! We almost died getting them all into a spreadsheet and assessing them. Holy smokes, hums. You're legit savages!

Okay, so now let's get to the point and announce the winner. Or ratherthe WINNERS. There were too many awesome ideas to limit this thing to only one. So, without further ado, let's hear the names of the puny humans who will be immortalized in the greatest game of all time.

WINNER 1: The real GOW

[table equalcells=0]
[tr]
[th][h3]Mutation Name[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]Imposter[/h3][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Class[/td]
[td]Tricksters[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]At the start of combat, one of your humans teleports to the backline of the enemy's army and disguises themselves as an enemy unit. Their target are ranged damage dealers. Enemies can't detect the imposter until they attack. +50% on the first attack.[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
WINNER 2: Knifehunter
[table equalcells=0]
[tr]
[th][h3]Mutation Name[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]Newbie's Luck[/h3][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Class[/td]
[td]Newbies[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]Some people say idiots have all the luck, not newbies... That's not the case here.
Feature: The first time a newbie visits a room, they have a 30% chance of finding 5 food and a 10% chance (+10% for each subsequent newbie) to find a random item and obtain a class (independently).

Technical note: 1 newbie = 10%; 5 newbies = 50% and so on, up to 100%. When you have 10+ newbies, all subsequent ones are counted the same. Only one item can be obtained per room. Items that newbies can find do not depend on the store upgrade level.[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
WINNER 3: spudiiman
[table equalcells=0]
[tr]
[th][h3]Mutation Name[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]Token Bonus[/h3][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Class[/td]
[td]Multi-class mutation[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]Adds a timer that starts/continues to count during every battle. After you clear an entire floor, grants a number of tokens based on the amount on the timer (the lower, the better).[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

• Fixed problems caused by quest units (Chattersword, Rat, Zombie) being revived with a button
  
• Fixed the game getting stuck on loading screen instead of displaying a message when there is no connection to Steam API
  
• The bugged flute sound in the Rat quest should hopefully be fixed as well
  

Happy Friday, hums!

Y'all love mutations, right? You know, those passive skills with cool names like "Hungering Fury" and "Hail Satan!" that let you not die in the Despot's maze.

[h3]Well, you have the chance to see your mutation in the game![/h3]

[h3] CONTEST RULES [/h3]

Come up with an idea for an awesome mutation: name, description, purpose, class;

Share it with us in the comments down below . Multiple submissions from one contestant are allowed. You can also go to our Discord server and share it there if you wish;

You can add an icon to your mutation if you can draw. Just upload it to Imgur and share the link in your comment. Rough drafts are accepted;

Wait until we select the winner;

The best community-made mutation will end up in the game!

• New medals can now be picked in settings
  
• Fixed a bug where Crazy mode saved games could not be loaded
  
• Fixed unit's health not being restored after a Brawl fight if the unit is already being revived by a regular Resurrection skill
  
• Units should not become stuck anymore when flying during the Thrower quest
  
• Fixed several other minor bugs
  

Developer Q&A on our Discord server has started!

[h3] JOIN NOW [/h3]

In case you don't know what the hell "Q&A" is, puny human: it means "questions and answers". You ask a question, and if it makes sense, wethe devsanswer it.

Ask away, but keep it short and sweet, we ain't got all day to babysit a bunch of pink puny hums. We will be with you until 10 pm CEDT / 1 pm PDT / 4 pm EDT.

Here's another Discord server invite.

PATCH 1.0.3

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a softlock caused by Rain of Bullets not working correctly after resurrection;
  
• Fixed saved games (including Deja Vu) not loading when the Rain of Bullets mutation is active;
  
• Fixed a softlock which happened when a Tier 5 Medic died from knockback damage;
  
• Fixed a bug where Octopus's Claws couldn't be equipped after loading a save.
  

DESPOT'S GAME LEAVES EARLY ACCESS

VERSION 1.0

• [h3]6 new quests in addition to the existing 4![/h3] Tired of looking for the T-virus? Start an epic adventure of distributing flyers on the level!
  

  

  
  
• [h3]Unique abilities for the Tier 5 weapons![/h3] A banana-bomb for every skilled thrower!
  

  

  
  
• [h3]9 new killer musical tracks3 for each of the 3 biomes![/h3] Its a pure banger, the best album of the 3000s!
  

  

  
  
• [h3]Free buttons to start a run with![/h3] Issued for reaching level 4 in your previous run. No more restarting runs over and over againbetter get that bonus and take advantage of it, puny human!
  
• [h3]The ability to select what medals are showcased on the online "King of the Hill" leaderboards![/h3] Besides that, we added a couple of new medals. The Despot loves those things!
  
• [h3]Reworked balance![/h3] Huge thanks to puny humans in our Discord server: a lot of the changes have been made based on their amazing feedback! #NotSoPuny
  

CHALLENGES DLC IS OUT

How's it going, puny humans?

Can't wait for the release? Same here. The Despot is eager for fresh meathorrifying experiments won't conduct themselves, you know. But anyway, we're here to share some important release info with you before we press the button this Thursday, hums.


[h2]VERSION 1.0 PRICE / RELEASE TIME[/h2]
[table equalcells=1]
[tr]
[th][h3]REGION[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]BASE GAME PRICE (1.0)[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]CHALLENGES DLC PRICE[/h3][/th]
[th][h3]RELEASE TIME[/h3][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]USA[/td]
[td]$19.99[/td]
[td]$3.99[/td]
[th]9 am PDT / 12 pm EDT[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]EU[/td]
[td]19.99[/td]
[td]3.99[/td]
[th]6 pm CEDT[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]United Kingdom[/td]
[td]16.99[/td]
[td]3.39[/td]
[th]5 pm BST[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Canada[/td]
[td]Can$22.99[/td]
[td]Can$4.65[/td]
[th]11 am CDT / 12 pm EDT[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Australia[/td]
[td]AU$28.99[/td]
[td]AU$5.95[/td]
[th]1:30 am ACST[/th]
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Important note: if you purchase the game before it leaves Early Access, you get the Challenges DLC for free.

[h2]VERSION 1.0 FEATURES[/h2]

• 6 new quests in addition to the existing 4
  
• Unique abilities for the Tier 5 weapons
  
• 9 new killer musical tracks3 for each of the 3 biomes
  
• Free buttons to start a run with
  
• The ability to select what medals are showcased on the online "King of the Hill" leaderboards
  
• Reworked balance
  

What's up, puny humans!

As you probably already know, the 1.0 release has been rescheduled for September 29th due to "technical reasons" >_>. Therefore, we decided with a great sense of urgency to release a small balance update and organize one more additional Season 17, which is going to be pretty shortlasting from September 15th to 29th.

[h3]Attention: everyone who participates in "King of the Hill" and enters the leaderboards during this DEFINITELY FINAL Early Access season will get a unique medal to showcase next to their name![/h3]

This is a complimentary gift from the Despotthe reason being that release delay announcement we did a couple of days ago. By the way, in Version 1.0, you will have the ability to select what medals are showcased on the "King of the Hill" leaderboards next to your name.

UPDATE 0.20.2

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

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One of our most dedicated content creators, Puny Izard, seems to be in his prime right now, with a couple of solid wins in the last few seasons. Check out his YouTube channel where he uploads lots of cool Despot's Game content and support him with a follow or two.

Congratulations to the winners. All three will receive a Steam key for any game of their choosing from the tinyBuild publisher catalog. Please contact George Kulko via Steam to claim your prizes.

Note: after there release of Version 1.0, prizes for winning "King of the Hill" will be limited to in-game leaderboard medals.

Season 17, the last season of the Early Access phase (this time it's 100% the last!), starts now and ends on September 29th at 6 PM CEST. Will the seasons still change and will updates still come out after we release Despot's Game 1.0? The Despot has already answered this question and he will not do it again, puny humans.

Okay, fine: the answer is "yes, they will". Now go and get that limited-time medal in "King of the Hill".

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Hello, puny humans!

[h3]The Despot is here with very important stuff he needs to talk to you about. [/h3]

He would like to announce that the game will be leaving Early Access juuuust a little bit later.

[h2]We are still aiming for this month: September 29th is the new release date for the 1.0 version.[/h2]

BRAWL MODE ONLINE CONTEST HAS ENDED!
[h2] September 2nd - 9th [/h2]


[h3]WINNERS: TOP 3 RESULTS[/h3]

mari.dobraya.2018

Congratulations, puny humans. You are the least puny among your species. Meaning you are the "best".

To receive your rewarda cool-ass exclusive one-of-a-kind t-shirt, please accept the friend request/answer a direct message from Antishyr (that's actually me, the author of this post) on Steam. You can also join our official Discord server and ping him (I mean me) there: Antishyr | Despot's Spokeshuman (Antishyr#3419). Please make up your mind about the size that you would like to get for your t-shirt: as soon as we have the size information, your name and physical address, we can manufacture your t-shirt and ship it to you.



[h3]Thank you very much to everyone who participated! You are the puniest best community ever.[/h3]

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BRAWL MODE ONLINE CONTEST HAS STARTED!

[h2]September 2nd - 9th[/h2]

[h3]RULES[/h3]

• Win the most matches in the Brawl online multiplayer mode. Brawl is accessible from the main menu. Note: beating the first four levels of the singleplayer mode is required to unlock Brawl;
  
• The total of 6 (six) winners will be determined. 3 players who either have the most victories or have reached the limit of 30 victories first will get their well-deserved rewards. We will also reward 3 random contest participants, so even if you don't get a lot of winsSHARE YOUR RESULT, you will still have a chance to win;
  
• Oh, the reward! Well, the reward is an amazing exclusive "Brawl Winner" t-shirt. The winners will be able to choose their sizes before shipping:
  
  
  
• Share screenshots of your Brawl results either in the comments of this announcement post (via Steam screenshot functionality or uploaded to Imgur) or on our official Discord server;
  
• Multiple submissions are allowed. For example, you submitted 3 screenshots with 3 different Brawl results. In this case, your best result will be eligible;
  
• The contest starts now and concludes on September 9th at 7 pm CEDT.
  

UPDATE 0.20.1
This is the last minor balance update before the release of Version 1.0 in September! Just a little longer, puny humans!

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• The mutations that drop on Level 1 have been tweaked AGAIN! *maniacal laughter*

  We would like to say special thanks to the members of our Discord server for feedback

• Several mutations are now unlocked more easily;
  
• The "Interest" mutation now earns you a maximum of 40 tokens on one level;
  
• The "Explosive Death" mutation now deals 90 damage instead of 40;
  
• Watchers have had their attack reduced, their abilitybuffed;
  
• Eggheads' towers have had their mana supply significantly increased: 100/150/200 -> 100/400/1000. The amount of mana required for the ability has also changed: 10/10/10 -> 10/20/40. Towers crumble if they run out of mana. It will now be harder to burn towers' mana in PvP;
  
• For the Hunger Games chip, the altar with one mutation on the first level was replaced by a standard altar with three mutations for you to choose from;
  
• The info for several mutations in the Brawl mode has been fixed to match how they work in the main mode.
  

DrunkMantis



Congratulations to the winners. All three will receive Steam keys for Cartel Tycoon. Please contact George Kulko via Steam to claim your prizes.

This is the last season and the last update before the full game is released. Will the seasons still change and will updates still come out after we release Despot's Game 1.0? Hell yeah they will! The Despot would never let his puny humans take a break.

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Hey there, PHs.

Yeah, it's about time we created an abbreviation for the phrase "puny humans". So yeah, "puny humans" = "PHs" from now on.

Anyway, to the big news. Even though according to the Despot you humans don't actually deserve it and never will, we decided to reveal the date of the game exiting Early Access. Are you kneeling before His Despotic Majesty yet? Good. Here we go.

DESPOT'S GAME 1.0 IS COMING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH

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Keep kneeling before d'Spot, PHs! That's not all! While you were annoyingly asking "ReLEASe WheN" this summer, we were actually working on something cool.

[h3]"Something cool" is DLC that is going to be released with the 1.0 version of the game on September 15th![/h3]



The add-on is called Challenges and features various, um, challenges. This is sort of a test site with 20 missions to complete. There's no randomly generating stuff: each item and enemy has its own spawn point. The only thing that matters here is your tactical skills, nothing more. Screw luck; who needs it anyway?

If you buy the game before its September 15th 1.0 launch, you get the DLC for free! Those who already own the game will receive the DLC on launch. The 1.0 price will increase, so now is a great chance to pick the game up at the Early Access price and also become a proud owner of the upcoming DLC! By the way, the game is 20% off until August 11th. O Despot, O Kind, O Generous!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Army_Builder/
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Still kneeling? Good! Because there's one more thing. Remember our previous game, Despotism 3k? It's free to keep until August 7th. Now accept the gift with endless gratitude.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/699920/Despotism_3k/
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Okay, at ease, puny humans. You have enough patience to wait six weeks, don't you? Good. While you're waiting, let us know how extremely excited you are in the comments below. Because we've got plenty of amazing new content heading your way with 1.0: reworked mechanics, brand-new quests, never-before-seen enemies and mutations, an expanded soundtrack and more!


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UPDATE 0.20.0
This is a routine update and routine wrap-up for King of the Hill Season 14. Nothing to see here, except... 11 NEW MUTATIONS. That's right. Anyone who's eager for more news just needs to wait: soon, we'll have bigger, better, enormously huge news. But for now, we're gradually balancing mutations and preparing for the end of Early Access.

[h3]New "random" mutations[/h3]

Purifier - Healers remove negative effects from the target when healing;


Speed Magic - Throwers and Mages get 15% added to attack speed for 20s when using an active ability;


Defensive Magic - Throwers and Mages get 100 added to armor for 3 sec. when using an active ability;


Despiritualization Enemies taunted by tanks lose 70 mana when attacking;


Magic Impulse - Towers apply a bonus to magic damage instead of a bonus to attack. Other effects are unchanged;


The Tankiest - Tanks linked to fighters take all damage from the units in the link;


Dash - Dodges become forward dashes that deal 400 magic damage along the path;


Armor Link - The link increases the max armor of Tanks by 50% for the duration;


Final Gift - On death, increase a random ally's health by 100;


Final Aid - When units of this class die, they increase a random ally's attack by 70. Does not stack;


Mage Gene - Throwers and Mage Gene deal 50 more magic damage. Triggers each tick for abilities over time.


[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• We added the Interest mutation to the upgrade tree: at the start of a level, you gain an additional 20% of the tokens you currently have. The mutation is located in the fifth column of the first row. We hope to use this to make the game playthrough more interesting for experienced players. There's motivation to complete the game but spend as little as possible.
  
• The Hedonism mutation has been removed from the tree and can now drop at the altar from levels 9 to 12;
  
• We reworked the mutations that drop at initial altar levels. Most importantly, Valor and Sticky Blood no longer drop until level 5. This was done for two reasons:
  1) To make sure players who know all the special playthrough strategies don't have a massive advantage over those who don't;
  2) To make sure even experienced players have to make a choice and think about team optimization and not just follow the same plan.
  
• For the same reason, the tentacle is now vulnerable to knock backs (but not knock downs). This shouldn't weaken cultists too much, but it will make completing the first levels with three cultists on your team more difficult. Thank you for your understanding!
  
• Frugality now has a 75% drop rate on the standard chip! On easy, it's 90%, and at difficult, 25% - it is difficult, after all;
  
• Text events no longer drop 4th and 5th grade swords. They've been replaced with cheaper versions;
  
• We slightly weakened damage from the Hail Satan mutation: 370 -> 330;
  
• The Sale! mutation is now level 3 instead of 4, but the max value is still 50%;
  
• We added several mutations to Brawl, with the same value as in regular mode.
  

Scruffy. The janitor.



Congratulations to the winners. All three will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

We decided to take a short break, and haven't announced the start date for the next season yet. Stay tuned!

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UPDATE 0.19.2
This is a pretty minor update. We're super focused on getting version 1.0 released, so all we did here was buff the least popular mutations before moving on.

By the way, puny humans: don't forget that the Steam Summer Sale is still happening right now, so take advantage of the chance to get 20% off!



[h3]Changes to Mutations[/h3]

• Explosive Attack: 60 ->100 damage;
  For Shooters: 10->15 damage.
  
• Human Projectile: cooldown 16s -> 12s;
  
• Second Chance: 20% -> 35% chance;
  
• Vengefulness: damage bonus 50 -> 80;
  
• Health Link: Cultists health bonus 100% -> 200%;
  
• What a Spark!: 160 -> 240 damage;
  
• Strike a Light: 210 -> 420 damage;
  
• Napalm: 300 -> 500 damage;
  
• Last Word: duration 40s -> 20s;
  Armor bonus 40 -> 70;
  Armor bonus in Brawl mode 30 -> 50.
  
• Fixed Thunder Lance dealing trice as much damage as Mages' lightning.
  

AwesomeFool



Congratulations to the winners. All three will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The 14th season starts now and ends on July 27 at 6 PM CEST.

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Despot's Game is 20% off, puny humans!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Army_Builder/


Don't miss your chance to join other puny humans in the Despot's labyrinth! The offer ends on July 7th.

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UPDATE 0.19.1

[h3]New Enemy[/h3]

[h3]Wheelman: the supervillain that puny humans deserve! You'll find him somewhere on the last levels.[/h3]


[h3]New Language[/h3]
: Traditional Chinese.


[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• Zombies can now only rise from human corpses
  
• The Fighter class ability now lasts longer at levels 2 and 3: 5 sec./5 sec. -> 7 sec./9 sec.
  
• The Thrower class ability now deals a little more damage: 30/100/170/250 -> 40/110/180/280
  
• Watchers have had their numbers slightly reduced when they appear on levels.
  
  Mutations Tree:
  
  
  
• All mutations in the second row of the Mutations Tree now affect not only humans on your team, but also on all of your units, including those you summon during a fight
  
• Magic resistance in the Mutations Tree is now more expensive at mutation levels 3 and 4: 50/80 -> 60/100
  
• Increased chance for abilities to trigger is now more expensive at mutation levels 2 and 3: 40/60 -> 50/80
  
• Chance to avoid a negative status effect updated: at level 3, chance reduced 45% -> 40%. Now more expensive at mutation levels 2 and 3: 50/100 -> 60/120.
  
  Other Mutations:
  
  
  
• Damage Link": damage 250 -> 300
  
• Most Dexterous: 10% -> 8% per Trickster ability level
  
• Last Word: 30 -> 40 armor.
  
  

• Negative effects of hunger to King of the Hill now the same as in the main game
  
• Updated the amount of experience granted for enemies.
  

DrunkMantis



Congratulations! Especially to Lectrice, who is already multiple King of the Hill champion. All three winners will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The 13th season starts now and ends on July 6 at 18:00 CET.

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UPDATE 0.19.0

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• Monster generation has been reworked again: of the enemies you encounter during a run, part will always be the same and part will be randomly pulled from the pool;
  
• There are now 12 levels instead of 11;
  
• A quest is now given on level 10;
  
  
  
• To unlock the next column in the mutations tree, you now need to upgrade 4 mutations, not 5 ;
  
• We added a few small changes to the mutations tree. The two main ones are:
  
  
  
• Since the Mutations Tree now has a mutation that increases the chance for skills to trigger, most skills with a chance have had their initial stats reduced;
  
• Mutations for summoned creatures are now slightly more expensive.
  
  
• Reinforcement: chance increased to 25% for most classes and 7% for Shooters;
  
• Emergency Evac: stun radius increased and duration increased from 1.5 to 2 sec.
  

• We fixed some bugs. We might have added new ones, too, but we won't know that until later.
  

jozaro312



Congratulations. All three winners will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The 12th season starts now and ends on June 15 at 18:00 CET.

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UPDATE 0.18.0

Experiments continue! Take it, puny humans!
As you probably noticed, the past season that has just ended was shorter than usual. "Any reason for that?", your puny brain might ask. Well, the reason is that we didn't have enough time to finish the important Mutations Tree change the last time around, okay? And we didn't want this to be delayed. Alright, now read what we added and back to the dungeon, human.

[h2]New Enemy[/h2]

Watcher, a one-eyed brainy creature that shoots at puny humans from range.


[h2]Mutations Tree Reworked (Again)[/h2]
There is now a progress bar that shows your Mutations Tree progression. New mutations are only available if you unlocked a number or required mutations and your progress bar is at a specific point. This change is meant to guide players towards optimal strategies. Oh, and we changed some mutation values too.


[h2]Fighters: The "Link" Class Ability Reworked[/h2]
Now all team units are tied by one general link. These units are no longer split into smaller groups. Re-applying the status on a certain unit extends the duration of the ability rather than applying a new one.


[h3]Balance changes[/h3]

• From now on, you won't encounter all types of enemies in one run. Instead, a selected group of enemies will spawn during a run, resulting in certain types spawning in floor rooms more frequently;
  
• Abilities of some enemies will have less effect on a fight;
  
• Changed values of some mutations:
  
  
  
  • You Thought: cooldown 15 sec -> 5 sec; mana cost 30 -> 10
    
  • What a Spark!: damage 100 -> 160
    
  • Strike a Light: damage 150 -> 300
    
  • Napalm: damage 150 -> 210
    
  • Intimidation: chance 8% -> 10%
    
  • Damage Link: damage 150 -> 250
    
  • Armor Wrecking: effect -40 -> -50
    
  • Bash: chance 3% -> 5% for Shooters; duration 1 sec -> 1,5 sec for other classes
    
  • Spiky Armor: 30% and 50% -> 40% and 60%
    
  
  

Congratulations. All three winners will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The 11th season starts now and ends on May 25 at 18:00 CET.

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Hey there, you puny creative humans!

[h3]despot"DESPOT'S ART CLASS"despot Fan Art Contest is over and we are ready to announce the winner![/h3]

First of all, we would like to thank all the participants for submitting their beautiful creations. d'Spot was really touched, getting uncharacteristically sentimental about human handiwork. A brief moment of weakness.

[h3]The Winner of the "The Advance Art Exhibition" Community Creation Contest is a player from South Korea that goes by the nickname of [b]"cn". Now let's take a look at their work:[/b][/h3]



Congratulations, cn. You did a really, really good job for a puny human. The prizethe branded Despot's Game capwill be sent to you shortly. It may take some time for it to arrive thoughhuman mail can be slow sometimes, you know. Anyway, we will get in touch with you to find out your physical address.




Honorable mentions:

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Thank you again for participating, humans.

"DESPOT'S ART CLASS"
FAN ART CONTEST HAS STARTED

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• Contest link: despotGleam.iodespot[/h3]

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• Contest duration: APRIL 22-28[/h3]

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• The Prize[/h3]

Do not attempt to understand the machinations of the d'Spot! He is so wise that he himself cannot comprehend them.

Hello everyone!

We have some news that's not really news. We say it's not really news because it doesn't involve dates, numbers, names, or any of that kind of information that fits nicely into news headlines. But we're still going to try and tell you a little about our plans and what's ahead for Despot's Game in the near future.

We're getting ready for the full release, version 1.0. It will happen this year maybe even very soon. We really want to get it out before the Despotism reality is replicated in the real world. Ideally, we want as widespread a release as possible: version 1.0 will come out at the same time as we launch on other platforms. And again, we can't say specifically which ones yet that depends more on our publisher, tinyBuild, than on us. But we can say that we're already working on porting the game. We ourselves are mostly PC games, and Steam will always be home to us, but playing Despot's Game while laying on the couch seems like a great idea too!
In connection with these plans, part of Konfa Games's work won't be making it into new updates, and as we get closer to 1.0, this will happen more often. We don't want version 1.0 to be drastically different from the early release version, like with the demo version and Early Access release, but at the same time we're planning to pack enough treats into it that all our current players will want to come see what we prepared for the release. Along with this, we're doing a couple of experiments while the "Early Access" tag allows it.

[h2]Answers to questions you might have:[/h2]

""%RandomGame% gave us a roadmap of features. Why don't you post your development plan? Is your whole studio in chaos and unable to make games?""
We have an internal development plan, but it's so often derailed by circumstances and sudden inspiration that it doesn't make sense to publish one version. And constantly updating the published plan means a lot of extra work. Right now we can share our current plans for version 1.0 that aren't secret:

Expanded Twitch integration. Whatever that means in the end.

A ranking system for Brawl. Different from King of the Hill, but with it's own leaderboard.

Give one unique ability each to all level 5 items (that is, the most expensive). If it goes well, we'll do the same for level 4 items.

A reward for making it to level 5 in the previous round. (We want to make it so it's not advantageous to ""reroll"" level 1.)

Statistics after a fight: what classes dealt the most damage, who ""absorbed"" the most damage, how much HP the medics healed, etc.

Profiles with settings. First and foremost, profiles let us make lots of different medals, and players can then choose which ones to display in King of the Hill
Okay, now head to the comment section and complain that none of that is important, and that if we don't do X and Y, we're heading straight for failure, oblivion, and microwave burritos.

""So is that it? Will you be done soon? Are you going to make a new game?""
Not exactly. The release of 1.0 doesn't mean the development process is over: we'll be improving Despot's Game for a while longer. Plus, a lot of the features in the list above will only appear after the full version is out. We haven't heard anything about a new game, except for a few backstage whispers.

Why is the [X] class so awful in multiplayer? Why can't you make all the classes balanced?!
Don't worry, those who are last will soon come in first, since the balance is always changing. It's incredibly difficult to make all the classes equally strong, and there's no reason to: we're not trying to build a glass tower of balance that we'll be afraid of toppling over with every change. We prefer fun chaos. We'll build a glass tower when we step away from regular game updates.

I can't beat the game! Make it easier!
No. But we'll try and make it easier to understand how to make the right tactical decisions.

Effective Aura: increases Shooter aura effectiveness

You Thought: block magic damage every so often

Most Dexterous: a dodge aura that has increased chance based on Trickster class ability level

Blinding Lightning: mage lightning removes targets from ranged attacks

NanoMineSweeper: when attacking, buries a microscopic explosive in the enemy that explodes after they die

Last Word: on death, increases a random ally's armor.


[h3]Gamepad Support [/h3]
We are grateful for any feedback on how intuitive the gamepad controls are! But we don't need feedback on the hints and tutorial yet, okay?=).


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[h2]It's time to wrap up the ninth King of the Hill season[/h2]



[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]

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Lectrice has finally done it! He defeated Izard after being the runner-up for two straight seasons. It seemed like no one would ever be able to beat the almighty (W)Izard but...things change!

Congratulations. All three will receive Despotism 3k Steam keys, and the Despots Game soundtrack. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The 9th season starts now and ends on May 3 at 18:00 CET.

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• Magic damage bonus is now correctly applied to damage over time skills
  
• Teleport button can't be used in quest rooms
  

[h2]UPDATE: 0.17.1[/h2]

[h3]New Enemies[/h3]

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What a Spark!: Summoned creatures have a chance to ignite enemies when attacking

Napalm: Throwers ignite enemies by bombs

Strike a Light: Fencers ignite enemies when they land a critical hit

Antigravitational Strike: Mages have a chance to significantly knock small or medium enemies back when attacking (no fire here, but it still looks interesting).


[h3]New Buttons[/h3]

[b]Teleport[/b]: lets you teleport to a random room on the level.



[h3]Faster Quests[/h3]
There is now a "Faster quests" option in the settings that lets you skip cutscenes. Warning! The first time after you enable this option, the quest will show entirely, even if it was already completed.

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• Bloodletting now deals 300% damage instead of 200%
  
• Thunder Lance now has a 15% chance to trigger instead of a 5% chance
  
• Health Bonus (Mutations Tree) has been buffed: [100,200]->[100,250]
  
• Health Multiplier (Mutations Tree) has been buffed: [50, 110, 200, 330, 500, 620, 720, 800]%,->[50, 110, 220, 350, 550, 680, 800, 900]%
  

[h2]It's time to wrap up the eighth King of the Hill Season.[/h2]



[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]

jozaro312

Congratulations. All three will receive Despotism 3k and Despots Game OST Steam keys. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The new 9th Season starts now and ends on April 19th at 18:00 CET.

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• Fixed a crash that happened when a healer tried to heal a unit, which just died
  
• Fixed novices not participating in Meganewbie creation, if they existed at the time of acquiring the mutation
  
• Fixed an old bug, where wrong medals were displayed in leaderboards
  
• Fixed several other small bugs
  

[h2]UPDATE: 0.17[/h2]

[h3]Buttons[/h3]

These are consumables that can be obtained as rewards and then used outside of combat. Designed to help you turn a bad run around. More "buttons" will be added soon.


[h3]Selling items[/h3]
You are able to sell items you don't need anymore at half-price from now on.


[h3]Unique active class ability animations[/h3]
Added for the following classes: Tanks, Cultists, Shooters, Eggheads, Mages, Healers. Now each class has its own unique active ability animations. Previously, the default attack animations were used instead.


[h3]"Christmas Brawl"[/h3]
...is now titled simply just "Brawl". We removed all the holiday stuff.


[h3]Balance changes[/h3]

• Hedonism (Mutations Tree) is now cheaper: 50 -> 30 tokens;
  
• Magic Defense Bonus (Mutations Tree) nerfed: max level is now 80%;
  
• Sale! (Mutations Tree) changed: discounts decreased, mutation price decreased;
  
• Levels 2 and 3 of the Armor bonus mutation (Mutations Tree) buffed: 20, 50 -> 30, 60;
  
• Bloodletting now doubles the Healers' healing and damage;
  
• The majority of the mutations from the Mutations Tree now don't affect non-human units that join your team: drones, zombies etc.
  
• Magic resistance from the "Crocodile Head" text event decreased: 15% -> 10%;
  
• Powerful Pill damage bonus buffed: 20 -> 30
  
• Healers' items: 1-3 tier items are cheaper, 4-5 tier - more expensive. Health bonus increased
  

Scruffy. The janitor.

Congratulations. All three will receive Despotism 3k and Despots Game OST Steam keys. To claim your prizes, please contact Antishyr via Steam.

The new eighth season starts now and ends on March 29th at 9 am PT / 18:00 CET.[/b]

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[h3]OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2021: THE FULL LIST OF THE WINNERS [/h3]

[h3]Today's the day when you open up your heart. And finally, the Despot did just that. [/h3]

Return his love to you in the comments, puny humans.

• Targeting Tower mutation no longer increases tanks' bonuses from anything except Towers
  
• Fixed tooltip in death log showing a wrong item sometimes
  
• Hunger progress bar is now visible alongside a maximized minimap
  
• Changed the way locked mutation icons in wiki are rendered so it is easier to differentiate
  
• Users with an AZERTY keyboard can now use a launch option "-azerty" (game properties -> General -> Launch options), which remaps WASD to ZQSD
  

[h2]UPDATE: 0.16.2.0[/h2]

[h3]New Mutations[/h3]

Targeting Tower: Receives 200% of the effect from towers. Effective against Tanks;

Thunder Lance: When attacking, Tricksters have a 5% chance to summon mage lightning at the target. The strength of the lightning depends on the ability level of the mages.

[h3]New Active Enemy Ability[/h3]

• Swoop for the Beak
  

[i]Beaks, who team up with Foongi, swoop down at their puny human enemies, unleashing their rock-solid, um, beaks onto pink unsuspecting heads. This attack makes them more dangerous for the backline units.[/i]

[h3]Balance changes: WE'VE CHANGED OUR MIND![/h3]

[h3]"The balance experiment from the last update showed that humans were too puny to be experimented on."[/h3]

At the start of previous Season 6 that has just ended, we made an experimental change: almost all random mutations that used to drop for one class out of several available ones now drop for one particular class. You can find the details here in this announcement. The experiment showed thatWell, basically, you humans mostly hated it. So we are rolling this change back. However, we will move in this direction with some of our new mutations. Which basically means that a lot of mutations are going to be class-exclusive and there will be (actually, already is) a portion of multi-class mutations.

Other balance tweaks:

• Delayed Pain is now available for Tricksters only
  
• Soul Destruction is now available for Tricksters and Fighters only
  
• Hail Satan! damage nerfed: 450->370
  
• Sweet Pill to Swallow attack speed bonus buffed: 50%->80%
  
• Health Link health bonus (Cultists) buffed: 50%->100%
  
• Powerful Pill damage bonus buffed: 20->30
  
• Magic resistance buffed:
  
  
  
• Level 3: 50%->55%
  
• Level 4: 75%->85%
  
  
• In the Christmas Brawl mode, magic resistance buffed:
  
  
  
• Cost at Level 2: 20->15 tokens
  
• Bonus at Level 2: 50%->55%
  
• Bonus at Level 3: 75%->80%
  

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Starting team positioning is saved and carried to New Game;
  
• If you hover a human's name in the Death Log, it shows the item they carried before dying;
  
  
  
• Fencers, Tricksters and Throwers now have unique animations for class abilities. The rest of the classes will follow soon!
  

[h2]Plans for the next update[/h2]



There's not enough buttons in the game! Yes, exactly. That's why we're going to add more buttonsthat you're going to be able to press outside of battle! Think of them as some kind of consumables. What will they be for? Healing humans, recruiting new ones, clearing rooms, that kind of stuff. Basically, we are designing this feature to give you an ability to turn an effed up run around. Make a come back, so to say. Providing everything's fine, expect Buttons to be implemented at the start of the next season on March 1st.


[h2]It's time to wrap up the sixth King of the Hill Season![/h2]



[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]