Its MidBoss' 2nd release anniversary, happy birthday MidBoss! Over the past two years MidBoss has had over 11 thousand players, which just blows my mind. Its been a hell of a journey, but were here to tell you that journey isnt quite over yet. Were excited to announce that were working on an upcoming aesthetics and randomizer DLC for MidBoss! This DLC will feature all new pixel art for all the monsters in the game, including idle animations. Itll also add a randomizer mode which should address one of the most common pieces of feedback we receive; that MidBoss isnt as replayable as other roguelikes. The randomizer mode will mix up the order of enemies in the game by randomizing their sprites, stats, and abilities. Therell be two ways to play the randomizer. One will add some sense of order to the randomness: you wont see late game abilities on early game monsters, and monster stats make sense thematically. The other mode throws all sense out of the window; the first monster you encounter could have skills like Bone Spear, Fireball, or Stomp. We dont yet have a fixed timeframe for when the DLC will be done, but it is currently in development. Were also planning to add two new features for everyone, including players who dont pick up the DLC. The first is special monsters, like the champion monsters in Diablo 2 and 3. These will have the same abilities and base stats as their kin, but will have special unique buffs that make them stronger and gives them access to unique powers. These buffs will transfer to you when possessing the creature, although they cannot be unlocked permanently.
The second is rank badges to incentivize playing New Game+ at higher difficulty through increasing the hazard boost option. Beating New Game+ at +20, +40, +60, +80, and +100 hazard boost will unlock a rank achievement and badge. These are bronze, silver, gold, master, and grandmaster respectively. Badges can be displayed on your death and victory cards to show the world what rank youve earned. To unlock master rank the game must be beaten on 1UP mode, and to unlock grandmaster the game must be beaten on hardcore mode. We also intend to add some more seasonal events thatll happen every year, and expand on the event system. We feel these changes will take MidBoss to a place where players can keep enjoying the game for years to come.