Hello, this is a bigger update because it includes changes from before the holiday break.

This update includes new content, including the Moonbeam cloud, Stump enemy, and updated Tortoise Shell and Lightning Crystal relics that give special abilities.

Players can now select either Casual Mode or Challenge Mode when starting a run to better match personal playstyles. Casual Mode includes healing after every level and clouds do not reduce income, but does not include additional difficulty modifiers. Challenge Mode is closer to the original difficulty level and allows selecting difficulty modifiers for extra rewards.

Feel free to share feedback or suggestions here or in Discord!

What\'s changed

• Updated Tortoise Shell relic to give shield to all clouds

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• Updated General\'s Arrow relic

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• Updated Lightning Crystal relic to give electric current ability

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• Added walking tree stump enemy with AoE root attack

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• Added Casual and Challenge game modes to select in start menu

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• Reduced cloud income cost to 3 per cloud

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• Updated Run Progress menu layout

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• Fixed input echo issue for gamepad joystick UI navigation

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• Added Moonbeam cloud

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• Updated cloud info panel layout

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• Increased chance for gourds to spawn relics and pearls to 20%

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• Replaced no healing difficulty modifier with enemies deal +1 DMG

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• Fixed issue with damage tracking for Wind cloud

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Hello, in this update, I have reverted traits to give the player special abilities again.

I have also added a Codex menu available during a run in the Pause menu. This displays all available content in the game and whether they are unlocked.

Let me know if you have feedback or suggestions here or in Discord!

What\'s changed

• Added Codex to Pause menu to show discovered clouds, relics, enemies, and visitors

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• Reverted traits to grant abilities instead of stat boosts

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• Added new Meditation trait to spawn meditation circle to pick up items after charging

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• Added new Celestial trait to spawn moon reflection that moves and damages enemies

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• Updated clouds for new traits

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• Removed ability relics to avoid conflicting with traits

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• Fixed boss level text

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Bug fixes and improved the End Game screen to show final build.

What\'s changed

• Fixed issue with lock status on shrine blessings

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• Updated End Game menu to display clouds and relics obtained during run

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• Updated Bomber Fly enemy animation

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• Fixed issue where Bomber Fly does not drop coin after exploding

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Hello, I\'m back after a bit of a break! Besides the changes listed below, I\'ve been doing some backend work to prepare for localization.

Since I received requests for the ability to lock clouds/relics in the shine, this feature is now available!

I\'m always open to feedback, so feel free to share, thanks!

What\'s changed

• Added Nagak relic

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• Added Kimchi Jar relic

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• Added Cicada relic

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• Added Binyeo relic

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• Added lock functionality for blessings in shrine

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• Display Enemy Spawn Multiplier stat in player stats menu

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Hello, this update contains mostly performance and behind-the-scenes improvements, but also some gameplay changes.

I\'ve gotten feedback from a few players wanting more consistent healing, so I\'ve added healing at the end of every level at Difficulty 0 so casual players can still enjoy the game. For players who enjoyed the challenge of no healing, there is now a difficulty modifier to disable this default healing.

I updated the Bat and Horned Bat movement behavior to add more variety among the enemies. I still think there could be more diverse enemies, so I\'ll continue to update and add more!

I\'ve also reverted clouds to target enemies closest to the player.

As always, thank you for playing and feel free to share feedback!

What\'s changed

• Improved enemy and cloud physics performance

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• Updated pearl pickup item to fly to player at end of level

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• Added and updated various relics

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• Fixed issue where coin count could go negative

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• Display more stats in menu

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• Heal player at end of level by default

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• Replaced -1 max health difficulty modifier with no healing at end of level

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• Updated difficulty rewards

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• Updated Bat enemy with new movement pattern

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• Updated Horned Bat enemy with higher move speed but lower turn speed

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• Reverted clouds to target enemy closest to player

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Hello, this update contains several changes for balancing and a redesign of the cloud traits system. Traits now grant stat boots instead of abilities and the player can obtain abilities through relics instead.

Prices and character passives have been updated for balancing, including Basket Head and Aristocrat.

Each cloud now gives -5 Income, but clouds have a more consistent chance to appear in the shrine.

Feel free to share any feedback on Discord or Steam!

What\'s changed

• Updated price scaling for better balancing

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• Adjusted base prices of relics

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• Shortened level times

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• Guarantee 2 clouds to spawn in level 2

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• Updated blessing generation to spawn by cloud vs relic then rarity, then type based on current level and pool type

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• Increased health for Gwishin and Gourd Mimic enemies

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• Updated Basket Head character passive to lose -5% DMG every 5 seconds

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• Redesigned cloud traits

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• Updated cloud traits to give stat buff instead of ability

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• Updated cloud spawn chance to be static

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• Updated Income stat to decrease by -5 for every cloud in team

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• Added new relics to grant unique abilities formerly from traits

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• Updated gourds to spawn at least 10 seconds from end of wave

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• Removed trait level up notifications

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• Updated Ascension achievement icon

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• Updated Random Orb to replace lowest matching cloud with new random type

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• Added new relics (Teapot, Windchime, Quiver)

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• Updated clouds to target enemy nearest to cloud instead of nearest to player

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• Updated Aristocrat character passive

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• Updated Warrior character to start with Flag of Morale relic

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• Updated Monk character to scale with Melee DMG and Spirit DMG

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• Improved chain lightning performance

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• Fixed issue where enemies sometimes did not exit at level end

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• Improved enemy physics performance

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Hello! I have decided to postpone Cloud Keeper\'s entry into Steam Next Fest. While the original plan was to participate in October\'s Next Fest this coming week and the demo has received a lot of positive feedback, the game still has a lot of room for improvement. Therefore, I plan to attend Next Fest in February 2026 instead with a more polished demo of Cloud Keeper.

Thank you to everyone who has played the demo and supported the game!

If you haven\'t already, feel free to wishlist, review, and give feedback through Steam or Discord!

Will the demo still be available?

Yes! The demo will still be available through Steam and Itch and will continue to be updated.

When will the full game release?

Cloud Keeper is still scheduled to release into Early Access in 2026. More exact dates will be announced in the future.

What\'s changed

• Updated magpie to fly from either left or right

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• Updated stats icons

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• Added more stats to Player menu

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• Prevent Cloud Plushie relic from spawning for Basket Head character

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• Allow player to view traits tooltip when in shrine by hovering with mouse or with keyboard/controller input

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• Fixed focus issue in Pause menu

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• Removed traits description popups that appeared when near cloud

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• Updated Starter Tokens menu to better indicate selection is 1 out of 3

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• Fixed issue where Difficulty menu was not refreshing after completing run

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• Reduced difficulty modifier rewards

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• Updated Difficulty menu layout and text

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• Fixed issue with projectile pierce

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• Added achievement for beating Difficulty 10

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More bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

Note

This release will delete currently saved runs due to breaking changes. New runs and existing meta-progression should not be affected. Thank you for your patience!

What\'s changed

• Updated pickup range icon

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• Fixed missing coin count to include coins at end of level

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• Prevent auto pickup for Radish item if player is full health

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• Replace Overheal starter token with Shield token

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• Added instructions to starter relic menu

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• Updated Rush token description

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• Fixed enemy telegraph animation issue

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• Redesigned Work Phone relic

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• Spawn Bunny Ears away from player to avoid unexpected movement speed change

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• Updated credits

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• Changed color of Intimidation ability to blue to be distinct from enemy attacks

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• Refactored stats management system

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• Reduced Warrior character to gain 1 stack per 10 enemies defeated with max 30 stacks

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• Fixed Ox Mask relic

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• Reduced Horned Bat enemy health

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• Reduced Bat enemy health and speed

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• Adjusted spawn rates/limits in early levels for balancing

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• Added Rice Cake Mortar relic

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• Remove saved runs from disk for version v1.4.8-beta and older due to breaking changes

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Hello! This is the first post-release patch for the demo, containing mostly bug fixes and balancing changes.

What\'s Changed

• Rearranged stats in menu to be more intuitive

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• Renamed Move SPD stat in menu

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• Increased stats for Fish Cloud for balancing

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• Increased Rabbit Cloud stats for balancing

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• Increased Shield Cloud base damage for balancing

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• Adjusted Basket price and weight and added stat diff

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• Fixed Basket Head stat calculation

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• Fixed Farmer stat calculation

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• Fixed Mask Dancer stat calculation

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• Fixed Monk stat calculation

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• Fixed Aristocrat stat calculation

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• Increased Focus Orb price

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• Increased Random Orb price

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• Updated Cloud Plushie sprite and increased cloud weight multiplier

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• Increased Radish weight and price and updated description

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• Updated Ramen description

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• Reduced Guardian Totem move speed debuff

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• Increased Heungbu\'s Saw price

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• Updated Magpie Feather description with stat diff

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• Increased Ox Mask price scaling and updated description with stat diff

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• Updated Royal Fan description with stat diff

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• Decreased Hand Cannon attack speed debuff and increased base price

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• Updated Candle to reset every level, reduced price, and updated description

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• Fixed game crashing when loading run with Elixir of Life in inventory

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• Increased Golden Axe price

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• Updated Mirror to not be consumable and increased price

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• Fixed issue where clouds would spawn when Basket Head has Cloud Plushie

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• Updated Pick Up Range stat to display with base 0% for consistency

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• Increased base radish spawn rate from gourds to 20%

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• Updated Aristocrat description

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• Updated coin icon

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• Fixed Dokkaebi Boss fireball fan attack spread

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• Fix memory leak issue with Storm ability

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• Fixed Morale flag buff calculation

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• Fixed memory leak issue with water explosion projectiles

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• Added trail line to falling gourd seed

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• Prefill pool for cloud projectiles to improve frame rate

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• Fixed menu resizing issue when cloud stats wrap

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• Fix issue where stat diff preview sometimes shows \"-0\"

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The demo for Cloud Keeper: Shrine of Dal is out!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this possible! Free feel to wishlist, share feedback, and join the Discord!

Hello! The demo for Cloud Keeper: Shrine of Dal will release on September 23rd!

Thank you to everyone who playtested and gave feedback and encouragement! The game couldn\'t have gotten this far without your help!

Feel free to wishlist and join the Discord to give feedback and stay updated!