Hi folks, We just released a new version of DemonCrawl! v1.95 focuses on balance changes and stability. Perhaps the most significant change is a buff to all Mastery Dolls. With a pricetag of 30 coins, we found that most Dolls were not paying off as quickly as we would have liked. Now, these items will activate at the start of every stage, and their effects scale based on your current number of mastery charges as opposed to your max charge count. This should create some interesting opportunities where you have to decide between keeping your charges for empowered Doll effects, or spending them on a clutch ultimate ability. Additionally, v1.95 allows us to start and end holiday events without needing to push a client update. This change was motivated by a recent hardware failure that caused the Easter event to last a lot longer than intended. Here is the new schedule for DemonCrawl holidays going forward:

• Easter: In real life, this holiday can take place anywhere between March to May, depending on the year. The in-game event will take place on either the first two or last two weeks of the month of Easter.
• Summer: July 1st - July 14th
• Halloween: October 15th - October 31st
• Birthday: November 1st - November 7th
• Christmas: December 15th - December 31st

New Features

• New passive item: Varnish - "Favor all armor items. Whenever you equip armor, fortify it by 3."
• New passive item: Whittling Knife - "Favor all Doll items. Whenever you gain a Doll, gain a mastery charge."
• New passive item: Birthright - "Gain a random favored item at the start of each stage. You are even more likely to find favored items."

Quality of Life

• Added dictionary definition for "evasion"
• Replaced hacky Borderless Windowed method in favor of native GameMaker functions
• Special Events can now be applied without requiring a client patch
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version

Balance Changes

• Mastery Dolls buffed: all Mastery Dolls now activate at the start of each stage, in addition to whenever you activate your mastery
• Related to the above change, Dolls now consider your current number of mastery charges instead of max mastery charges
• Altar of Blood buffed: "Automatically discharges whenever you take less damage than the max stage power. The max stage power becomes the amount of damage taken."
• Apple Bonsai buffed: status duration reduced from 40 turns to 10 turns
• Grappling Hook buffed: "Reveal the corner cells."
• Mud buffed: "For the next 100 turns, gain a Minion whenever you use a magic item."
• Divine Mud reworked: "For the next 500 turns, gain a Minion whenever you use a magic item. The next time this activates, get an additional Minion."
• Scrap Hopper buffed: "Destroy target chest. The next time you open a chest, gain souls equal to your number of Scrap Hopper status effects."
• Horoscope price reduced from 10 to 7 coins
• The Gambler now has a several-turn "buffer" when he spawns to prevent him from immediately losing coins
• Guild cost of Scientist increased slightly
• Negative evasion now gives monsters a chance to strike repeatedly

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the "Confine Mouse Cursor" option
• Fixed an issue with the "Auto" aspect ratio button
• Fixed an issue with Sundrop and Lumberjack Doll that would allow them to affect cells without monsters if all monsters were already revealed
• Fixed a minor visual issue with the HUD's XP bar
• Fixed several avatars that were incorrectly sized
• Fixed Lead Balloon duplicate toast alert
• Fixed a couple visual issues with particles being removed prematurely
• Fixed a crash related to the Item Tree

Hi folks, We have just released a small stability patch for DemonCrawl. We are catching up on some older bug reports and should have additional fixes ready soon. Thank you for your patience! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash related to Altar
• Fixed a rare crash related to Ghost mastery and Flawless
• Fixed typo in Holy Totem description
• Fixed evasion stat not showing up in player avatar tooltip
• Fixed Recycle Bin missing string
• Updated Steamworks extension, may resolve issues with some save files

Hi folks, We have just released Springtime Scramble, a brand new mini-expansion for DemonCrawl!
This update includes the following content:

• A whopping 40 new items
• New special stage: the Item Tree
• New stranger: the Scientist
• A new mechanic that allows you to enchant cells
• The Evasion stat which gives you a chance to dodge monsters as well as "on reveal" effects
• 5 new stage mods
• 2 new Mythic Emblems
• A handful of reworked items
• New original music

Easter Event

• 10 new holiday avatars
• New final holiday mission: Scrambled Egghead
• New holiday mythic emblem: Shell Shocked
• Last year's Easter avatars are now available in prizeboxes
• New secret boss music
• New seasonal options menu music

New Features

• New special stage: Item Tree - "Pluck ripe items before they fall."
• New stranger: Scientist - "Perform science experiments on nearby objects and teleport colliding projectiles."
• New mechanic: Enchanted Cells - "Targeted item effects that persist on specific cells."
• New mechanic: Evasion - "A stat that gives you a chance to dodge monster damage and negate reveal effects."
• New stage mod: Glacial - "Stage contains a quadrant of frozen cells. After you open half of all empty cells, remove all auras."
• New stage mod: Chummy - "Whenever a monster is revealed, spawn a monster."
• New stage mod: Forgotten - "Whenever you chord or directly open a cell, obscure it."
• New stage mod: Horizontal - "Stage is twice as wide."
• New stage mod: Vertical - "Stage is twice as tall."
• New Library research subject: "Enchant"
• New Hero Trial mod: Enchanted - "Whenever you enchant a cell..."
• New mythic emblem: ???
• 2 new divine items (via new mythic emblems)
• 1 new legendary item
• 11 new passive items
• 16 new magic items
• 8 new consumable items
• 4 new omens

Quality of Life

• Improved performance of explosion effects
• Optimized performance of omen negation checks
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
• Updated Google Play extensions
• Added toast alert for Frothy life loss
• Added toast alerts when trying to use Fiber items outside of a stage

Balance Changes

• Directly spawning monsters with effects such as Pentagram will no longer trigger "on reveal" effects
• Drill reworked into an enchantment item: "Enchant target visible cell: each turn, increase this cell's value by 1. If it's 10 or greater, upgrade the loot in this cell or spawn a coin here, then reset the cell value."
• Clay Figurine reworked into a magic item: "[100 Mana] While charged, all chests contain Soft Clay."
• Ritual Chalk has been converted into an enchantment item
• Millstone price reduced from 32 to 19 coins
• Silver Bullet price reduced from 24 to 21 coins
• Tithing Plate price reduced from 15 to 13 coins
• Clusterbang price reduced from 19 to 14 coins
• Parting Gift price reduced from 9 to 7 coins
• Pillow price reduced from 14 to 10 coins
• Shoulder Angel price reduced from 25 to 20 coins
• Shoulder Devil price reduced from 25 to 20 coins
• Dove price reduced from 31 to 15 coins
• Travelog price increased from 10 to 12 coins
• Urn price increased from 14 to 17 coins
• Brooding stage mod difficulty rating increased from 1 to 2
• Parrot Token Shop price reduced from 20 Tokens to 10 Tokens

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "stranger enhancing" items such as Bindle ignoring passive negation effects
• Fixed visual issue with explosion effects
• Fixed an issue related to status turn adjustment and realtime status effects
• Resolved many non-critical compiler warnings

Hi folks, We just released an update for DemonCrawl! v1.93 is a small-but-important stability patch that implements a new version of the GameMaker Steamworks extension, which was released just a few hours ago. It purportedly resolves issues with games not launching on Steam. Please note that the GameMaker updates have required us to refactor our UI code, so if you run into any strange issues with the interface, we ask that you file a bug report. Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

Quality of Life

• Added "Pass" to the dictionary
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
• Refactored code related to UI, may improve performance slightly

Balance Changes

• Reworked the drop conditions for the following mythic emblems: Dread Harvest, Original Sin, The Boneyard

Bug Fixes

• Updated Steamworks extension which purpotedly resolves issues with games not launching on Steam
• Having a full inventory no longer prevents Nomads from trading or spawning chests
• Fixed Overwhelming stage mod difficulty rating
• Fixed an issue related to Prism of Chaos and some other aura-related items like Fireplace
• Fixed a few issues related to the Stable mod and monster reveal effects
• Sleeping Powder should now stack correctly

Hi folks, The first DemonCrawl patch of 2023 is now live! This update includes 10 new items, a new stage mod, several balance changes, and substantially expanded monster drop tables. Among the new items are 3 unique types of minions. In addition to Minions and Magic Minions, you can now acquire Big Minions, Rabid Minions and Shiny Minions. Each one corresponds to a different item category and has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Many of the remaining items are also minion-oriented. For example, Pact of Nature is a powerful lategame item that rewards you for having a variety of different minion types. We hope these additions will breathe fresh air into Hunter comps, which haven't received many exciting tools in a while. Actually, Big Minion was planned for inclusion in DemonCrawl's original release, but we hadn't figured out the right niche for him until now. Speaking of things that haven't changed in a while, there's finally a new stage mod! It's called Stable and it's fairly straightforward: any effect that would modify a cell has a 50% chance to fizzle. That means gleans, reveals, solves, conceals, explosions, and auras may or may not succeed. There are certainly ways this could work in your favor, which is how we like to design negative effects in DemonCrawl. Finally, the list of monster item drops is quite lengthy now. In fact, we went through the game's 900+ items and tried to assign anything that made sense flavor-wise. It may be a while before some of the rarest drops are discovered by the community, so if you find anything cool or unexpected, we encourage you to share it on our Discord server! The full patch notes for v1.92 are below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New stage mod: Stable - "50% chance to negate effects that would modify a cell."
• New legendary item: Shiny Minion - "Each turn you must guess, this will solve a random cell. This Minion will sacrifice itself to deflect fatal damage."
• New magic item: Pact of Nature - "[100 Mana] Solve a random cell for each of your Minions. If you don't have any, gain a Minion instead. Different minion types will cause different effects."
• New passive item: Big Minion - "Whenever you discover a 5 or greater, reveal a random nearby 3x3 area and kill any monsters within. If you're about to take damage, this Minion will sacrifice itself to deflect 10 damage."
• New passive item: Chew Toy - "Every 60 turns, transform a Minion into a Big Minion or gain a Minion if you don't have any."
• New passive item: Book of Husbandry - "Pick up hearts at full life to gain a Minion."
• New consumable item: Dog Food - "Upgrade your Minions, or gain a Minion if you don't have any."
• New consumable item: Knuckle Wraps - "Your next chord becomes a powerchord."
• New omen: Rabid Minion - "When you gain this as well as every 10 turns, reveal and kill a random monster. If you're about to take damage, this Minion will sacrifice itself to increase the damage by 1."
• New omen: Bagman Medal - "Stages have an additional Bagman."
• New omen: Harbinger Medal - "Stages have an additional Harbinger."
• Added some terms to the monster name generator

Balance Changes

• Massively expanded monster drop tables
• A few items that generate Minions can now choose from special minion types
• Effects that depend on your number of Minions, such as Dog Tag, now account for all minion types
• Dove and Raven status duration lowered from 200 to 100 cells
• Bust rework: "Spawners are more common. Strangers are no longer killed when a Spawner breaks."
• Leather Vest change: "[3 Armor] Fortify by 2 whenever a Minion dies."
• Doomcall change: "When you open half of all empty cells, spawn a Harbinger. Harbingers activate an additional time."
• Fake stage mod nerf: a notification will appear above the cells with fake values
• Lofty stage mod nerf: "When you open half of all empty cells, increase the value of all cells by 1 except those with a value of 0."
• Haunted stage mod difficulty increased from 1 to 2
• Educational stage mod difficulty increased from 2 to 3
• Flawless stage mod difficulty increased from 2 to 3
• Overwhelming stage mod difficulty increased from 2 to 3
• Unchained stage mod difficulty increased from 3 to 4

Bug Fixes

• Updated to latest GameMaker runtime
• Fixed missing drop tables for several monsters
• Fixed issue with powerchording

Hi all, The full patch notes for our 2022 Christmas patch are available below. Enjoy! ---

Christmas Event

• 13 new holiday avatars
• New holiday paint: Peppermint
• Last year's avatars are now available in prizeboxes for a limited time

New Features

• New passive item: Book of Espionage - "Pick up hearts at full life to glean a random hidden cell."(Suggested by community member Pinballwiz45b - thank you!)

Quality of Life

• Updated Gamemaker runtime to the latest version
• Updated Steamworks extension

Balance Changes

• Added "weapon" tag to Mortar

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to Comforter removing the Tunnel mod
• Fixed an issue with the end stage button disappearing after swapping your mastery
• Fixed item error related to Powder Keg
• Fixed an issue related to powerchording and the final Quest V stage

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's annual Christmas event is back! We have added over a dozen new avatars to collect as well as a new, limited-time paint. For the next two weeks, you can unlock new cosmetics by completing challenging holiday missions.
If this is your first time playing DemonCrawl during the winter season, you'll be pleased to know that you can enjoy all of our Christmas content from years' past:

• 2021 Event
• 2020 Event
• 2019 Event

Hi folks, We have just deployed a second round of stability fixes for DemonCrawl! A larger content patch is scheduled for December. ---

Quality of Life

• Added visual feedback when attempting to open or flag a frozen cell
• Implemented error catching for the stage_power script

Bug Fixes

• Updated Steamworks extension, which should resolve a crash related to inviting friends to your Arena party
• Fixed an issue related to the cursor offset after changing the window size or position in Controller Mode
• The Dumb stage mod no longer swaps your mastery if you manage to gain a new one during the stage, e.g. with Jack of Clubs
• Fixed a crash that could occur when completing status effects outside of a stage
• Fixed a rare crash related to the Abstract stage mod
• Fixed ambient sound effects on Desert stage
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to Occultic Pendant
• (Server side) Fixed an issue related to daily Arena server restart

Hi folks, We just released a new update for DemonCrawl! v1.90 is a stability patch that introduces a new system for catching errors, which should help with preventing crashes in the face of non-critical problems. We also added a cool new avatar designed by community member rotten_toto:
Don't forget that you can submit your own artwork in our Discord server - we love seeing what you guys come up with! Finally, we are working to resolve ongoing issues with DemonCrawl on Android and iOS. Google and Apple have updated their deployment pipelines in recent months, which have made it difficult for us to publish new mobile versions of the game. To our mobile players: we are very sorry for the inconvenience and hope to resolve the situation sooner rather than later. Full patch notes are below. Mac and Linux builds will follow within 24 hours. ---

New Features

• New community avatar: TOTO DRAGON by rotten_toto

Quality of Life

• Implemented foundation of new error-catching system which should help the game continue when faced with non-critical errors instead of outright crashing
• Notably, the above feature now applies to "item use" effects (by far the most common source of crashes)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Barrel explosions
• Fixed Demolitionist II still applying its old effect
• Updated "error while loading profile" message for clarity
• Fixed incorrect sprite shown on Boom Bow toast
• Fixed pluralization on Secret Decoder sign messages
• Fixed Spooky Key incorrectly activating when received via item transformation, i.e. from opening a Present
• Speculative fix for a crash related to centering the camera when the cell object no longer exists
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to Canker Harbingers and Divine Doomcall

Hi folks, DemonCrawl turned three years old on November 5th! On its previous two birthdays, we gave away exclusive cake-themed avatars. This time, we're ramping up the festivities a bit. v1.89 adds a special Birthday stage that can be accessed by finding Cake artifacts in Hard Mode.
Additionally, you can earn 4 avatars and a new inventory skin by opening Presents. This Mini Event will only last a week - it is scheduled to end on November 17th. Oh, and you will definitely receive a new avatar just for launching DemonCrawl this week, as per tradition.
We're also bringing back our Birthday Bash rewards for Patreon backers. It includes 11 exclusive avatars and 2 festive inventory skins. Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

Birthday Mini Event

• Receive the "Year Three Cake" avatar by launching DemonCrawl
• Open Presents to earn 4 additional avatars and a new inventory skin
• Access the special Birthday stage by collecting Cake artifacts in Hard Mode
• Chests in the Birthday stage have a 1-in-3 chance to contain a Present
• Earn Divine Regift by completing Birthday in Beyond Mode

Bug Fixes

• Fixed minimap overlapping with the Arena UI

Hi folks, We have just deployed a hotfix for DemonCrawl that will hopefully resolve a loading issue affecting some save files. It appears this issue was caused by a bug in the GameMaker runtime. We apologize for the inconvenience. If the problem persists (i.e. you still can't get your save file to load) please let us know and we will continue to investigate. Thank you! Note: we will update this post with any additional fixes over the next several days, rather than creating new announcements. ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a few Arena server crashes
• Fixed missing string related to Evil Container
• Applied GameMaker runtime hotfix that should resolve issue affecting some save files

Hi folks, We just deployed a new version of DemonCrawl! This update includes the 2022 Halloween event, a ton mastery balance changes, several new items and more. Full patch notes are available below. Enjoy! ---

Halloween Event

• Expanded holiday questline with new avatar rewards - 11 missions in total
• Questline avatars from previous Halloween events have been moved to prizeboxes
• 2 additional avatars have been added to Halloween prizeboxes
• When you donate the maximum amount of candy to a stranger, you will receive 10 Tokens instead of 1 for the final donation
• New consumable item: Big Candy - "50% chance to spawn a heart during the next 100 turns."
• New magic item: [TOP SECRET]
• New holiday paint: [CLASSIFIED]
• New mythic emblem: [REDACTED]
• Replaced Options screen music

New Features

• New legendary item: Mana Signet - "Stages have additional Ethereal cells equal to the minimum power. When you complete a stage, gain 50 mana for each visible Ethereal cell." (Designed by Mythic Patron Emberflame )
• New consumable item: Instant Familiar - "Spawn a familiar on target empty cell and pass a turn."
• New consumable item: Evil Container - "Lose all of your omens. Get them back at the start of the next stage."
• Added blueprints for Caliper and Liquid Gold
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
• Added some easter eggs that most players will never notice :)

Balance Changes

• Commander III rework: "Convert your familiars into Instant Familiars."
• Undertaker II rework: "When using Bones, you can target any visible cell without an aura."
• Firefly I rework: "Burning cells do not hurt you. Each stage has burning cells equal to the minimum power."
• Firefly II rework: "Whenever you fully and correctly chord a 2 or greater, burn and reveal a random nearby cell."
• Ghost I nerf: "Whenever you die, activate Ectodrop."
• Ghost II rework: "Whenever you complete a stage in ghost form, revive with 1 life."
• Ghost III rework: "Activate Ectoplasm and increase the amount of life you revive with."
• Demolitionist II rework: "Increase the radius of all explosion effects."
• Barbarian II buff: "Whenever a stranger dies, activate Rotting Head. Whenever a Rotting Head expires, kill all visible monsters."
• Barbarian III rework: "Activate Rotting Heads equal to the number of strangers you have killed."
• Survivor II buff: "At the end of each stage, gain max life equal to the minimum power if you are injured."
• Knight III buff: "Fortify all of your armor by 5."
• Mutant III buff: Charge cost reduced from 3 to 2
• Poisoner III buff: "Consume all of your Poisons, activate an equal number of Spider Fangs, then gain Poison."
• Detective III buff: "Remove all visible monsters from the board and gain coins equal to their cell values."
• Prophet I buff: "Increase your XP gain by 35%."
• Bookworm I nerf: Book of Love research subject changed from "heart" to "life"
• Bookworm III nerf: "Gain an item related to your research subject."

Bug Fixes

• Undertaker III and Commander III can no longer activate before monsters have spawned
• Fixed Sphere of Influence not affecting targeted consumable items
• Fixed Plum not affecting targeted consumable items
• Fixed Ectodrop status effect lingering after reviving
• Re-coded Mortar and Divine Mortar to avoid crashes with large chains of explosions
• Mrs. Claus Spawners can no longer appear out of season
• Fixed an issue with old special event progress interfering with new special events

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's third annual Halloween event is here! We have new holiday avatars, items, and more. Read on to find out more! This event will run through November 7th. Have fun!
Huh, that was weird. It was almost like... ...Nevermind. It's probably nothing. Go get some Halloween candy in DemonCrawl! And don't forget - you can still earn rewards from previous Halloween events if you missed those the first time around.

Hi folks, The Mastery Balance Survey has concluded! Thank you to those 289 players who participated - it really does help us get a better idea of where DemonCrawl needs the most work. We can analyze the data in a lot of ways, but for now let's just look at the Top 5 Strongest, Weakest, and Most Balanced masteries as determined by the number of votes in each category, minus the votes from the other two categories. For example, a Mastery's "balance score" would be its number of "Don't Change" votes minus the number of "Buff" and "Nerf" votes. This isn't a flawless metric, but it's simple and fairly informative. -----

MOST BALANCED MASTERIES

• #1: Spy (90)
• #2: Novice (84)
• #3: Guardian (81)
• #4: Ninja (65)
• #5: Spark (59)

WEAKEST MASTERIES

• #1: Barbarian (56)
• #2: Demolitionist (50)
• #3: Poisoner (22)
• #4: Ghost (21)
• #5: Snowflake (21)

STRONGEST MASTERIES

• #1: Bookworm (-29)
• #2: Auramancer (-73)
• #3: Bubbler (-96)
• #4: Warlock (-105)
• #5: Spark (-125)

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1V8k1nUvHPq33D_QIh7itAXAdU7HzKKR7CXoMA1FAotI/viewanalytics

Hi folks, We just released a new version of DemonCrawl! This brings us to the conclusion of the Summer event. v1.87 introduces 5 new items and several bug fixes. We are also working on a larger balance patch due mid-October that will see changes based on the excellent feedback from the mastery survey. The survey will close on October 10th, so please make sure to submit your responses before then! Full patch notes are available below. Enjoy. ---

New Features

• The Summer Event has concluded
• New magic item: Sunken Soul - "[50 Mana] Gain a soul and dangerously open a random cell. If it doesn't have a monster, this item remains charged."
• New magic item: Sunken Shield - "[50 Mana] Gain 1 defense and dangerously open a random cell. If it doesn't have a monster, this item remains charged."
• New magic item: Sunken Coin - "[50 Mana] Gain 10 coins and dangerously open a random cell. If it doesn't have a monster, this item remains charged."
• New passive item: Liquid Gold - "When you spend coins, this transforms into an item worth the amount spent."
• New consumable item: Antipoison - "Destroy all of your status effect omens. For the next 10 turns, you are immune to omens."

Bug Fixes

• Fixed typo in Snowman dialog
• Fixed typo related to Auramancer's Toxic effect
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to Mosquito

Hi folks, We want to know how you feel about the state of DemonCrawl Mastery balance - what changes should we prioritize? Which Masteries should be left as they are? Let us know! Survey here: https://forms.gle/Vrc3Cgjjrup4ryQB9 Feel free to skip any Masteries you do not have experience with. We will publish the results of the survey in 2-3 weeks. Thank you for helping us make DemonCrawl a better game!

Hi folks, A new update is now available for DemonCrawl! This one includes our Summer Sunset event, the Auramancer mastery, 7 new items, an optional minimap setting, and doggo-themed cosmetics for our Patreon supporters.
At the moment, this update is only available on Windows - we intend to deploy it to the remaining platforms very soon, assuming GameMaker build tool shenanigans have been resolved in the few months since DemonCrawl's previous update. Full patch notes are available below. Enjoy! ---

Summer Sunset Event

• Expanded holiday questline - 10 missions in total
• New substage: Getaway - "This hot spot is full of summer activities, but it's REALLY HOT! You're bound to get burned unless you come prepared."
• Lightning bugs are out and about
• New summer game: Bugcatching Tournament - "Complete the quest with the best collection of bugs!"
• New summer affliction (omen): Mosquito - "Lose 1 life every 40 turns. Reset this status counter when you leave a stage."
• New summer affliction (omen): Ripped Pants - "Whenever you make a mistake, all visible strangers and familiars flee."
• 5 new summer avatars available in Prizeboxes
• New holiday paint: Sundown

New Features

• New patreon rewards: Pugchamp
• New mastery: Auramancer - "Become a master of the elements and bend the earthly realm to your will."
• New magic item: Bank Roll - "[200 Mana] Automatically discharges when you spend coins. Gain the amount of coins spent."
• New passive item: Caliper - "You can see information about locked stages."
• New passive item: Parting Gift - "Whenever a stranger would die, activate his or her effect first."
• New passive item: Auramancer Doll - "Apply random auras to a number of cells equal to triple your mastery charge cost when your mastery ability is activated."
• New consumable item: Pipe Bomb - "Explode target cell. Increase the radius of this item by the number of special stages you have completed."
• Added optional minimap: A new HUD element that displays your position on the game board along with on-screen arrow controls. Particularly useful for mobile players who don't like the standard panning controls. Disabled on desktop by default.
• New setting: Allow Standard Panning - "Determines whether you can move the stage using middle mouse button on desktop or touch-and-drag on mobile."
• Mobile: updated a number of extensions related to Google Services and refactored code accordingly

Quality of Life

• Mobile: Updated cloud loading message for clarity

Bug Fixes

• Removed old code that may have caused issues with auras in some cases
• Fixed Detective III requiring 101 visible monsters to unlock instead of 100

Hi folks, Who's ready for an almost-out-of-season Summer event??? That's right - from now until October 1st, you can unlock a bunch of new holiday content in DemonCrawl! More details below:
And don't forget that last year's Summer rewards are back too!

Hi folks, We are currently looking into issues affecting DemonCrawl on a few platforms - most notably, there appears to be a bug in the latest version of the Steamworks extension for GameMaker that prevents our game from launching on Ubuntu. We filed a bug report with GameMaker on Monday but have not yet received a response. While Linux represents a small fraction of DemonCrawl's playerbase, we are nonetheless troubled by the serious nature of this issue. Having depended on GameMaker for many years, we have learned *not* to update our runtimes and extensions right away. We have seen serious bugs crop up even on GameMaker's stable branch. In this case, however, we had an obligation to update our pipeline in order to satisfy new requirements from Apple. Given that we compile DemonCrawl to 5 different platforms using the same codebase, this puts us between a rock and a hard place. We don't have a simple way to make use of different GameMaker runtimes per OS. Therefore, we have decided the best course of action is to rollback DemonCrawl on Linux to a build from April 14th - this is something we haven't had to do before, but it is working correctly in our test environment. One upshot is that Linux players will get to enjoy/suffer an extended Easter event... On a better note, the latest version of GameMaker appears to have fixed launch issues on macOS. We are now able to run the game through Steam on Monterey v12.3.1. If DemonCrawl is still giving you trouble on Mac, please make sure your operating system is up to date and leave a reply here with your system specs so we can investigate further. One last thing: GameMaker has also replaced a number of important Android features with new extensions (namely AdMob, Google Play Cloud and Achievements). We are in the process of updating our code in accordance with GameMaker's documentation, but we have already identified an issue related to AdMob on iOS that will require GameMaker's attention. --- I realize this was kind of a bummer post, but game dev ain't always sunshine and rainbows, folks. It's important to be transparent about these kinds of problems. If you want to follow the situation as it unfolds, consider joining us on Discord where we'll post updates as we have them. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your continued patience and support. - Eric from Therefore Games

Hi folks, We have just released our annual Easter update for DemonCrawl! This update includes new holiday missions, over 20 new avatars, a rework for the Lumberjack mastery, and even some content created by talented members of our community. (Consider joining us on Discord if you want to get your own art/ideas into DemonCrawl!)
The full patch notes are available below. Hope you're having a great holiday! ---

Easter Event

• Expanded holiday questline - 10 missions in total
• 20 new holiday avatars and a new inventory skin to collect
• Every quest now has a Chicken Coop substage
• New rare egg with a unique set of rewards: Rainbow Egg
• Rabbit stranger rework: the rabbit will move whenever you interact with it, and then flee shortly thereafter. Keep interacting with it in rapid succession to prevent it from getting away!
• New passive item: Tablet of Yunnub - "Gain an Egg at the end of each stage, and open 10 Eggs at the end of the quest."
• Added alternate Easter stage: Wester
• New mythic emblem: Wester Side Story
• New seasonal holograph: Eggfall
• New holiday music for the Main Menu, Item Shop, Easter stage and Egghead boss

New Features

• New legendary item: Book of Mastery - "Collect hearts at full life to gain a mastery charge." (Suggested by community member ElectroTerra)
• New passive item: Spatula - "Whenever you gain a consumable item, you will lose it in 30 turns and gain a more valuable consumable item."
• Added blueprints for around a dozen items
• New community avatar: The Glizzy Gangster by ut2004frk
• New community avatar: Parakeet by ut2004frk
• New community avatar: Demonic Eye by Mrrp
• New community avatar: Rat? by Mrrp
• New community avatar: Cat With Fish by Polybius1201
• New community avatar: Idle Goose by Cubear
• New community paint: Pocket Crawl by Cubear
• New community paint: NegaBlue by Matthias720

Balance Changes

• Lumberjack II buff: "You can damage your Sawblades at will. Whenever a Sawblade explodes, gain Broken Sawblade."
• Lumberjack III rework: "Spawn a Sawblade, then fully repair your Broken Sawblades."
• Sawblade phasing is now managed with right-click
• Rabbit strangers are twice as common as they were last year
• Strangers can now drop their respective Medals
• Adjusted several item blueprints to make use of the Wire artifact

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to Mind Gut and Burnt Marshmallow
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to Philosopher's Stone

Hi folks, Easter is upon us! For the next two weeks, you can earn a bunch of new holiday rewards in DemonCrawl: unlock avatars, paints, holographs, secret stages and more. There's even a brand new Rabbit minigame. Better get hopping!

Hi folks, We have released a new set of cosmetic rewards for DemonCrawl's Patreon backers! This month's theme is TREEFOLK. Yep, the environment has had enough nonsense and has finally decided to fight back. Game on.
Receive your unlock code today by supporting us on Patreon:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, A new update for DemonCrawl is now available! Kept you waiting long enough, huh? This patch introduces the Bookworm mastery, 22 new items, a new boss, and many other goodies.
As the Bookworm, you will generate a steady supply of reading materials by visiting special stages. You can stack book effects together for powerful synergies and study them to influence the items you'll find throughout your quest!
Introducing Hellwether - this new boss can summon monsters in his quadrant and has the ability to jump around the board whenever you make a mistake. Keep your distance!
Among the new items in v1.84 are a collection of passives called "Medals." These simple yet tremendously useful items allow you to encounter certain strangers in every stage. There's a Medal for each basic stranger type, and you can obtain them as early as the first stage. They're very good for setting up specific strategies. ---

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New Features

• New Patreon rewards: Treefolk
• New mastery: Bookworm - "Collect and study books to influence the items you will encounter throughout your quest."
• New boss: Hellwether - "Rallies nearby monsters, substantially increasing their damage output."
• New boss mod: Twitchy - "The boss moves whenever you collect loot."
• New magic item: Blood Compass - "[60 Mana] Solve a cell and lose 1 life. This item has a 90% chance to remain charged after use."
• New magic item: Spike Collar - "[300 Mana] Automatically discharges when you would lose life. Gain the same amount of souls instead."
• New passive item: Urn - "Gain a soul whenever you lose an item."
• New passive item: Dark Cloud - "Solve 10 cells whenever you gain or lose an omen."
• New passive item: Healthy Heart - "Whenever you restore life, restore the same amount of life after 50 turns."
• New passive item: Flavor Enhancer - "Whenever you consume an item, activate its effect again."
• New passive item: Book of Rage - "Pick up hearts at full life to gain 1% powerchording."
• New passive item: Book of Love - "Pick up hearts at full life to gain a soul."
• New passive item: Ectodrop - "You can become a ghost. After 20 turns as a ghost, you lose."
• New passive item: Bookworm Doll - "Gain a random Book item for every 3 max mastery charges when your ultimate ability is activated."
• New passive item: Nomad Medal - "Stages have an additional Nomad."
• New passive item: Blacksmith Medal - "Stages have an additional Blacksmith."
• New passive item: Hungry Plant Medal - "Stages have an additional Hungry Plant."
• New passive item: Mercenary Medal - "Stages have an additional Mercenary."
• New passive item: Priest Medal - "Stages have an additional Priest."
• New passive item: Pyro Medal - "Stages have an additional Pyro."
• New passive item: Waterboy Medal - "Stages have an additional Waterboy."
• New passive item: Doctor Medal - "Stages have an additional Doctor."
• New passive item: Gambler Medal - "Stages have an additional Gambler."
• New passive item: Mage Medal - "Stages have an additional Mage."
• New consumable item: Salt - "The next time an omen effect would activate, negate it and lose the omen."
• New consumable item: Sherbet - "Gain souls equal to the different types of items you have."
• New daily mission: Chord Progression - "Powerchord 100 times."
• New holograph: Explosions
• New holograph: Spotlights
• New holograph: Camera Shutter

Quality of Life

• Powerchording can now be given as a player stat, similar to pathfinding
• Updated to a newer GameMaker runtime
• Various backend changes (nothing to see here - we're definitely not working on a massive expansion behind the scenes or anything)

Balance Changes

• Pendulum rework: "[150 Mana] Solve 3 cells. Recharge this item whenever an orb is destroyed."
• Blissful Ring buffed: "20% chance to spawn a heart whenever you pick up a coin."
• Blissful Amulet buffed: "40% chance to spawn a heart whenever you pick up a coin."
• Dark Amulet buffed: collecting a Dark Heart will restore 3 lives instead of 1
• Sledgehammer, Bindle, Toad, Stethoscope, Gospel, Brotherhood Crest, Poker Chip, Matchbook, and Drinking Straw buffed: they now reduce the cost of their respective strangers by half
• Mucilage buffed: gain 1 coin whenever you activate a Hungry Plant
• Lightning Bug buffed: "Every 5 turns, apply electric to a random visible cell."
• Lightning Bug price increased from 9 to 12 coins
• Millstone price decreased from 37 to 32 coins
• Neoplasm price decreased from 19 to 12 coins
• Metal Detector price decreased from 29 to 22 coins
• Heart of Steel price decreased from 30 to 25
• Nuclear Waste change to prevent infinites: "Whenever you lose an item that isn't Poison, gain Poison."
• Darkfoot boss mod nerf: "The boss has a 50% chance to create a trail of Dark Hearts."

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to Hero Trial scoring logic
• Fixed a visual glitch related to an Obelisk toast
• Fixed a few missing Easter avatar descriptions
• Fixed a typo in Ninja's Memento
• Fixed Overgrowth bypassing omen immunity

Hi folks, We have released a new set of cosmetic rewards for DemonCrawl's Patreon backers! This month's theme is called RISE OF DEMONS. It's perfect for you Witch players who just want to watch the world burn. The pack includes 5 demonic avatars as well as the "Omen Enthusiast" inventory skin.
Receive your unlock code today by supporting us on Patreon:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, The first DemonCrawl update of 2022 has arrived! We spent the last few weeks designing a new mastery called Ninja, a new set of demonic Patreon rewards, and 20 new holographic effects. Yes, you read that right! We have overhauled our holograph workflow and can now produce these kinds of effects in a matter of hours. We also think they look much nicer than many of the original holographs, but you can judge for yourself:
Pretty cool, right? Next up is the new Ninja mastery, which possesses a unique form of damage mitigation based on exposed cells. It also completely bypasses monster reveal and death effects as if you were permanently wearing Shinobi Sandals.
In our testing, it's a decently consistent mastery that doesn't require too much micromanagement. Not too tough to unlock either! The full patch notes for v1.83 are available below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New patreon rewards: Rise of Demons
• New mastery: Ninja - Move with stealth and ignore monster effects
• New magic item: Kunai - "[100 Mana] Kill target visible monster and reveal any monsters nearby."
• New passive item: Ninja Doll - "When you activate your mastery ability, gain Shuriken equal to the number of times your ability has been activated."
• Updated the holograph effect engine
• New holograph: Waterfall
• New holograph: Ripples
• New holograph: Firepit
• New holograph: Magic Eraser
• New holograph: Flower Field
• New holograph: Heart Throb
• New holograph: Endless Rain
• New holograph: High Tide
• New holograph: Fireflies
• New holograph: Acid Bath
• New holograph: Splattering
• New holograph: Gather Energy
• New holograph: Through the Clouds
• New holograph: Cherry Blossoms
• New holograph: Sauna
• New holograph: Starstruck (Prizebox Exclusive)
• New holograph: Beacons of Light (Prizebox Exclusive)
• New holograph: Sonar (Prizebox Exclusive)
• New holograph: Vignette (Prizebox Exclusive)
• New holograph: Triangle Blast (Prizebox Exclusive)

Quality of Life

• The Immutable stage mod alert now includes the name of the stage
• Made Hellspire look slightly more demonic

Balance Changes

• Effects that trigger when a monster "spawns" are now distinct from "monster reveal" effects (e.g. Occultic Pendant)
• With the above in mind, Shuriken wording has been changed to "automatically discharges when a monster spawns" - otherwise Ninja couldn't use ninja stars, which would have been so wrong

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause active paints and holographs to change between updates

Hi folks, We are working hard on the next content patch for DemonCrawl and have decided to extend the Christmas event until the update is ready - it should be done in about a week, on January 9th or so. Can't wait to share it with you! In the meantime, please enjoy the continued winter festivities. Best, Eric at Therefore Games

Hi folks, Over the last week, we have patched a number of bugs related to our recent engine optimizations and the GameMaker runtime update. You can read more about these bug fixes below. v1.82b is available on Windows and will make its way to other platforms over the next 24 hours. Thank you all for your support! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to Hero Trial scoring
• Possible fix for a startup crash that occurred when device_id.dat was loaded from another computer
• Fixed an issue with game logs accumulating in file size (you may want to delete your old logs manually - they are found at %localappdata%\demoncrawl\logs)
• Reduced startup load time related to heavy game logs
• Fixed an issue with the "No More Elves" holiday mission
• Fixed an issue with the "Milk and Cookies" holiday mission
• Fixed a softlock related to the Igloo and disabling the freezeframe effect
• Fixed a couple minor typos in the credits
• Fixed an issue with Spawner activation not saving to disk properly
• Fixed an issue related to music playback when right-clicking the quest difficulty button
• Fixed a crash related to the new runtime and cell_position script
• Fixed a missing string related to Detective and Mrs. Claus
• Fixed a crash related to Igloo and Endless Multiverse
• Fixed a couple issues related to Enchanting Rune and targetable consumable items
• Fixed Bad Santa sprite
• Fixed a number of stage mod issues related to our recent optimization pass
• Fixed a minor visual issue related to the restart quest button
• Fixed an issue related to Dreamborne and end-of-stage damage effects
• Fixed a rare crash related to the "Burn" sigil
• Fixed a crash related to popping a boss from a bubble
• Fixed "Zone" Hero Trial effect
• Igloo can no longer spawn in the Metagate
• Text input fields will no longer become deselected by the flag keybind
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to the Psychotic stage mod
• Speculative fix for an issue related to the "Mini" Hero Trial effect
• Linux: fixed an issue related to an unnecessary dependency

Hi folks, We just deployed a major update for DemonCrawl! This patch contains a number of exciting changes, including: [olist]

Hi folks, Winter is upon us again, and that means Santa is doing Santa things in DemonCrawl! Turns out a lot of people made it onto his Naughty List in 2021. He's real pissed. Don't ask us why, we're just game developers. That said, if you donate presents to strangers or slay some monsters, you can keep your morality in good standing - and Santa is definitely into that sort of thing. Check out all the new DemonCrawl features you can enjoy from now until January 2nd:
In case you're new to DemonCrawl, we should also mention that there's a bunch of Holiday content from 2019 and 2020 that you can experience this year. Check out those posts for more details. It's all there. Happy Holidays!

Hi folks, DemonCrawl turned two years old this month! We are giving everyone a belated birthday avatar to celebrate the occasion:
Simply launch the game to receive your reward. (Note: The cake avatar will become available within a few hours of publishing this post.) We have also created a new set of birthday-themed cosmetics for our backers on Patreon:
As always, thank you for your support and have an awesome day!

Hi folks, We just released a stability patch for DemonCrawl - full patch notes are available below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New Patreon rewards: Birthday Bash II
• New avatar: Year Two Cake

Quality of Life

• Improved performance of cells and aura particle effects
• Improved performance of drawing colorized sprites in some areas

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual glitch related to the Workbench inventory skin
• Fixed a crash that could occur when completing a quest with Infinity Key
• Fixed a crash that would occur when a stranger tried to equip a Halloween mask outside of the seasonal event
• Fixed an issue with "Spells" sigil triggering more often than intended
• Passive items that trigger when you enter a stage will no longer bypass passive negation effects
• Fixed a rare crash related to Makeshift Weapon

Hi folks, We just deployed a new content patch for DemonCrawl! This update includes 5 new items, 3 new daily missions, some performance improvements and a secret stage.
The Friendly Mimic is an awesome new passive designed by Mythic Patron CaineSenpai. It transforms your chests into strong familiars that help you complete stages! While designing this item, CaineSenpai made an important note: "If you lost the ability to open the chests [and] got the item early game it wouldn't be very fun locking you from any new items" We agreed on that, and decided to give the Friendly Mimic a bit of special functionality: even though it converts your chests to familiars, you can still open them as if they were regular chests! It's a lot of fun. Full patch notes are available below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New passive item designed by Mythic Patron CaineSenpai: Friendly Mimic - "Your chests are strong familiars. You can still open them."
• New passive item: Fairy Queen - "When you enter a stage, reduce the minimum stage power to 1."
• New passive item: War Hawk - "Whenever a familiar dies or kills a monster, gain a soul. Spawn two familiars at the start of each stage."
• New passive item: Loupe - "Diamonds are worth 1 more coin."
• New consumable item: Small Star - "Launch a Blessing in a random direction from target visible cell."
• Added "Lazy Draw Timer" setting to adjust the frequency of updating calculation-intensive numbers
• New daily mission: Overflow of the Heart - "Collect 5 hearts while you are at full life."
• New daily mission: Armor Up - "Gain 40 armor."
• New daily mission: Hallowed Ground - "Apply Sanctified or Cursed to 20 cells."
• Added a secret stage...
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version

Arena

• Detour screen transitions have been streamlined a bit for comfort

Quality of Life

• Improved performance on shop screens
• Familiar sprites will persist between stage loads

Balance Changes

• Priest's upper price limit has been lowered from 40 to 30 coins
• Instead of sanctifying cells, the Priest will now get rid of any negative morality you may have
• Drill rework: "[90 Mana] For a number of turns equal to the value of target numbered cell, spawn loot in that cell each turn and conceal surrounding 5x5 area."
• Pickaxe price increased from 14 to 15

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash related to Ectoplasm
• Fixed Shiny mod currency drops
• Mobile: fixed a couple missing video settings

Hi folks, We have deployed a number of hotfixes for DemonCrawl on Windows over the last several days. As of a few moments ago, these changes are now available on Mac and Linux as well! The full patch notes are available below. Enjoy! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to completing a stage with Maniac
• Fixed a few issues related to The Basement
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when returning to the main menu after making orbs move erratically
• Fixed Demon Seed in Arena
• Fixed an issue related to Ectoplasm status effect
• Fixed Cullstone interaction with Mana Tank and Bow items
• The "searching for match" UI will not linger if the Arena server is found to be unresponsive

Hi folks, We just released a stability patch for DemonCrawl that includes a number of important fixes for the Arena server, as well as a fix for the Endless Multiverse - please let us know if you continue having trouble accessing this gamemode. Thank you! More coming soon. ---

Arena

• The Arena server is now capable of restarting itself within 5 minutes of a crash
• Improved server logs for debugging purposes
• We can now broadcast alerts to Arena players
• Reverted Arena queue timeout to 30 seconds

Balance Changes

• Mildew can no longer bubble itself

Bug Fixes

• Made some adjustments to score tracking code to help us debug Hero Trial leaderboard
• Fixed Endless Multiverse unlock conditions
• Fixed missing string for Divine Brain in a Vat
• Fixed a crash that could occur after completing The Basement

Hi folks, We just released a new version of DemonCrawl for this year's Halloween event! Check out the sibling post for more details: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1141220/view/4242946177710608525 Full patch notes are available below. Happy Halloween! ---

Halloween Event

• Spooky festivities have returned to DemonCrawl
• Complete the holiday questline to earn 4 new avatars and a new inventory skin
• Mysterious trapdoors have been sighted across the land
• Added rare, alternate Halloween stage
• Wickerwork inventory has been added to the Token Shop for a limited time
• New mythic emblem: Maniac's Heart
• New seasonal paint: White as a Ghost
• Added 6 limited time Halloween emotes in Arena prizeboxes
• Spookers can drop several more items, including the new Book of Ghosts
• Last year's Halloween avatars are now available in prizeboxes
• Added 7 new avatars to Halloween prizeboxes
• Added festive holiday signs and cell trims

New Features

• New omen: Virtue Signal - "Whenever your morality increases, increase the stage power by an equal amount."

Quality of Life

• The Arena server will automatically restart every night at 2 AM EST - this should improve overall uptime while we work on stability fixes

Balance Changes

• Maniac now spawns with 2 strangers instead of 1
• Increased Spooker spawn rate

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to the stage power label script
• Fixed a rare quest softlock
• Fixed an issue related to strangers and the Ghost mastery

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's second annual Halloween event has arrived! In case you missed last year's festivities, you can earn all of the same perks and rewards this time around - as well as a bunch of new content showcased below. This event will run through October 31st. Watch out for Spookers!
Full patch notes will be available in a few moments.

Hi folks, We just deployed a large content patch for DemonCrawl! This update includes over 20 new items, a monster drop table overhaul, a rework for the Wizard mastery, and various balance changes. Among these new items are two sets of armor - Lightstone and Police armor. Check out the Lightstone set below:
We are also hard at work on an even larger patch, which is why we haven't been very active on social media lately. We can't say much about it yet, but we think it will be 100% worth the wait! Full patch notes for v1.79 are available below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New patreon rewards: Strange Denizens II
• Every monster now has an expanded item drop table
• New legendary item: Badge of Infamy - "Whenever a monster dies or flees, reduce the monster count of all other stages."
• New legendary item: Giga Mana Potion - "When you gain this item, fully charge and duplicast your magic items. When you lose this item, deplete your mana."
• New magic item: Flashlight - "[120 Mana] Reveal target cell and cause its monster to flee, then remove Dark mod from the current stage."
• New magic item: Magic Minion - "[100 Mana] Use Minion. If you're about to take damage, this item will automatically discharge to deflect 1 damage."
• New magic item: Stopwatch - "[150 Mana] Pass a number of turns equal to the number of counters on your most recent status effect."
• New magic item: Library Card - "[300 Mana] Visit a Library from the overworld. Libraries will have an additional research subject."
• New passive item: Beacon - "Whenever a monster is revealed by an effect, it has a 50% chance to flee."
• New passive item: Handcuffs - "When you leave a stage, bubble your familiars. When a monster tries to flee, it becomes your familiar instead."
• New passive item: Wolf Pelt - "Whenever you gain an item, a random visible monster flees."
• New passive item: Scorpion Tail - "Kill all visible living objects at the end of each stage, applying Toxic to their cells."
• New passive item: Deciphering Rune - "Whenever you target a visible cell with an item, solve a number of random cells equal to the value of the target."
• New passive item: Dog Tag - "When you enter a stage, gain souls equal to your number of Minions. If you don't have any, gain a Minion instead."
• New consumable item: Golden Rose - "Take 1 damage and gain 10 coins."
• New consumable item: Monster Spray - "For 100 turns, monsters have a chance to flee instead of attacking. The chance is equal to the number of turns left on this effect."
• New armor: Lightstone Helmet - "When equipped, reveal target column. Fortify whenever a monster is revealed by an effect."
• New armor: Lightstone Chestplate - "Fortify by 2 whenever a monster is revealed by an effect."
• New armor: Lightstone Boots - "Every 10 turns, reveal all cells around the cell you open."
• New armor: Police Hat - "Fortify whenever a monster flees. When equipped, all visible monsters flee."
• New armor: Police Vest - "Fortify by 2 whenever a monster flees. After taking monster damage, all nearby visible monsters flee."
• New armor: Police Boots - "Visible monsters near the cells you open will flee."
• New omen: Grease - "Every 20 turns, all visible monsters that are not in the quadrant of the cell you open will flee. Whenever a monster flees, add it to the next stage."
• New sigil impulse: Just - "When a monster dies or flees..."
• New sigil impulse: Focus - "When you target a cell with a value of x or greater..."
• New sigil reflex: Run - "...x random visible monsters flee."
• New sigil reflex: Cleanse - "...remove auras from x random cells."
• Added "flee" as a library research subject
• Updated GameMaker runtime to latest version
• Updated BktGlitch shader to latest version
• Updated default leaderboard version to 1.79
• Added a couple hidden easter eggs

Quality of Life

• Refactored monster drop code for better performance
• Gambler uses emotes now
• Improved visual clarity of Ancient Coin effect
• Added dictionary entry for "flee"

Balance Changes

• Wizard II rework: "Whenever you cast a magic item, gain a soul."
• Wizard III rework: "Transform your cheapest magic item into one that's worth more, up to twice the item's original value."
• Banker I buff: "Begin the quest with 15 extra coins."
• Barbarian III buff: charge cost reduced from 4 to 3
• Demolitionist III buff: charge cost reduced from 4 to 3
• Mantis buff: "When you enter a stage, gain 2 souls for every stage mod."
• Trust Buster price decreased from 41 to 37 coins
• Elixir price decreased from 22 to 20 coins
• Fairy price decreased from 18 to 12
• War Paint price increased from 12 to 13 coins
• Iron Sceptre price increased from 13 to 16 coins
• Giga Health Potion Token Shop price decreased from 1000 to 800 Tokens
• Renamed Voucher to Gift Card and gave it the "card" tag
• Chisel can now upgrade a ground item to its magic equivalent

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue affecting stage shaders
• Fixed an issue with stranger item drops not saving to disk
• Fixed an issue with Eternal Jelly not randomizing its results properly
• Fixed a visual glitch related to the particle manager

Hi folks, We have released a new set of cosmetic rewards for DemonCrawl's Patreon backers! This month's theme is called ALIEN LIFEFORMS. The pack includes 5 extraterrestrial avatars and the "Unidentified Flying Inventory" skin:
Receive your unlock code today by supporting us on Patreon:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, We just released a new patch for DemonCrawl that contains a number of improvements for the Arena gamemode! These improvements include 3 new homelands, 3 arena mods, new emotes/sign parts and various balance changes. Also, we are in the process of fine-tuning the autosweeper code to help it deal with certain boards more intelligently (e.g. it will try to avoid clicking burning cells when possible.) You can expect a follow-up patch sometime next week! The full changelog for v1.78 is available below. ---

New Features

• New Patreon rewards: Alien Lifeforms
• Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version

Arena

• New homeland: Tribe - "Whenever the owner casts a magic item, it is cast here as well."
• New homeland: Sewer - "Whenever you lose an item, send it in a bubble to the owner."
• New homeland: Prefecture - "All heart drops are converted to Dark Hearts. Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, permanently increase the max stage power."
• Island homeland buff: "Any coins lost in this stage are sent to the owner at the end of the round."
• Shrine homeland buff: "At the end of the round, the owner gains souls equal to the amount of damage taken in the homeland."
• Graveyard homeland nerf: "Whenever a player dies, add the minimum power of their homeland to your homeland."
• Brink homeland nerf: "Whenever this stage gains a tier 1 mod, it gains the same mod again."
• New T1 arena mod: Peddler - "Stage contains an additional stranger. Whenever a stranger spawns, attempt to activate it."
• New T2 arena mod: Malice - "Stage contains 3 additional Dark Hearts times the homeland tier."
• New T3 arena mod: Downgrade - "At the end of the stage, reduce your homeland tier by 1."
• Reboot mod tier lowered from 3 to 2
• Updated sprite for Mill mod
• Lowered the re-roll price from 3 to 2 coins
• 12 new emotes
• 32 new sign parts

Quality of Life

• Redesigned sprites for Duster and Moon

Balance Changes

• Nightmare mod difficulty rating increased from 3 to 4
• Lofty mod difficulty rating increased from 3 to 4
• Snowglobe buff: duration increased from 3 to 5 turns
• Capitalism buff: "If you spend at least 25 coins in an Item Shop, it remains open."
• Unstable Compound and its divine variant have an additional effect: "Whenever an aura is removed, the cell explodes in a 3x3 area."
• Troll Cross price reduced from 29 to 23
• Troll Cross mana cost increased from 100 to 150
• Lowered Doctor's debt cost by a few coins

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to Human III mastery activation check
• Fixed an issue related to the Arena AI and the Ominous mod

Hi folks, We have released one final stability patch for v1.77! This update addresses several bugs related to the Arena party system, as well as some longstanding issues in the base game. Over the next few days, we are going to take a closer look at Arena balance and server stability. We hope to have v1.78 ready by about Wednesday of next week. Enjoy! ---

Bug Fixes

• You can now unlock end-of-quest masteries on Shadowman
• You can now unlock end-of-quest masteries by reaching Endless Multiverse dimension 2 or greater
• Fixed a potential issue with Endless Multiverse local high score
• Gameover window buttons are no longer clickable during the window's opening animation
• Fixed an issue related to holiday events that could prevent bosses from spawning
• Fixed a crash related to accepting an Arena party invite with the game closed
• Fixed a couple server-side Arena bugs related to the new party system
• Fixed a crash related to throwing your Trash Bin into your Trash Bin
• Fixed a crash related to Splintering Wand and targetable consumable items
• Fixed a rare crash related to dying with a popup window open
• Fixed a rare crash related to activating a stranger who was killed in the same step

Hi folks, We just released another stability patch for DemonCrawl v1.77 on Windows. This update will be available on other platforms by tomorrow morning. Enjoy! ---

Quality of Life

• Redesigned Sundial sprite
• Token count will be abbreviated on the Beyond menu to prevent UI overlap

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a hardlock that could occur if you tried to open Arena Prizeboxes while in a party
• Magical Bean description updated for clarity
• Fish descriptions updated
• Updated descriptions of Electromancy, Pyromancy, etc
• The Joker description updated
• Fixed an issue related to Mystery Meat and targetable consumable items
• Fixed an interaction between Gluttony and "on consume" effects
• Fixed a couple issues related to targeted consumable items being perceived as magic
• Fixed Leftovers and Thought Bubble showing up as items with blueprints if you had acquired them before they were removed from the game
• Fixed a crash related to Metagate classic skin
• Workaround for rare crash related to assigning a tooltip to a parent object that no longer exists
• Workaround for rare crash related to Elder mastery activation
• Speculative fix for Arena crash related to letting the timer run out with the autosweeper paused

Hi folks, With the Arena party system in place, we are now shifting our attention to fixing bugs and improving overall client performance - you can expect to see a few more updates like this over the course of the week. Thank you! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a hardlock that occurred when completing many status effects at once
• Fixed a crash related to the activation of Poisoner Doll before monsters have spawned
• Fixed Hypnotist Doll toast appearing on the use of Poisoner Doll
• Fixed Cullstone not triggering "on consume" effects
• Fixed a rare crash in Arena related to spawning the opponent's homeland sign
• Fixed a rare crash related to Radioactive canker mutation and Soft Clay
• Fixed a rare crash related to Blind Justice and the Viral stage mod
• Workaround for rare crash related to bubbles and boss mods

Hi folks, We just released a new content patch for DemonCrawl! This update includes 6 new items, an engine improvement that allows us to create consumable items with targeted effects, several redesigned sprites and balance changes. Also, you can now create parties in Arena by inviting people from your Steam friends list! This feature is still a work in progress, so you may need to be a bit gentle with it.
Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! P.S. The Summer Event has drawn to a close. Thank you to all those who participated and provided feedback on the holiday mechanics! ---

New Features

• The engine now supports using consumable items on target cells
• New legendary item: Giga Health Potion - "When you gain this item, restore your life to max and gain 10 souls. When you lose this item, cut your max lives in half."
• New consumable item: Fire Bomb - "Apply Burning to a 3x3 area around target cell."
• New consumable item: Thunder Bomb - "Apply Electric to a 3x3 area around target cell."
• New consumable item: Stick - "Reveal target cell. If it has a monster, kill it."
• New consumable item: Flashbang - "Reveal quadrant around target cell."
• New omen: Caustic Wand - "Whenever you target a cell with an item, take damage equal to the value of the cell."
• Added option to change a few pronouns in toasts and other gameplay messages to female equivalent

Arena

• Implemented party system (work in progress)

Quality of Life

• Redesigned sprites for Rewards Card, Parasol, Gravedigger, Rainbow Dust, Nanobot and Drone

Balance Changes

• Demon Seed buff: "Add a random stage mod to the selected stage. Then, gain souls equal to your number of omens."
• Bomb rework: "Explode target numbered cell in a 3x3 area."
• Ice Bomb rework: "Apply Frozen to a 3x3 area around target cell."
• Most fish items are now targetable
• Removed the word "magic" from the descriptions of items that adjust targetable item radius, as they can affect consumable items too
• The status effect limit has been increased from 48 to 100
• Increased difficulty rating of Double mod from 1 to 2
• Excalibur Token Shop price reduced from 1000 to 600

Bug Fixes

• Improved performance of Super Mana Potion

Hi folks, We're making a quick announcement post to let you know that we are extending DemonCrawl's Summer Event by 7 days. It will now conclude on Wednesday, the 21st at around 2 PM EST. In the meantime, we are working hard on the next content patch as well as stability improvements for the Arena server. Enjoy!

Happy Independence Day! If you launch DemonCrawl in the next 24 hours, you will receive a patriotic Star Spangled inventory skin! Check it out below:
We hope you're having a great holiday weekend!

Hi folks, We deployed a number of hotfixes today - you can find the full list of changes below! As some of you noticed, the Arena server was down for a few hours today. We believe we have resolved the underlying issue with the help of your reports. There are still a few client-side crashes that can occur, but we think we'll be able to iron these out very soon. Thank you for your patience! Mac and Linux builds should be available tomorrow night. ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Guild special stage showing up way more often than intended
• Fixed minor alignment issue on locked Arena choices
• Fixed a crash related to Beach Ball and Hungry Plant
• Fixed a crash related to Summer Game score calculation
• Fixed a crash related to Poisoner mastery
• Fixed a hardlock related to Quest for Piety
• Fixed an issue related to the Summer Game results screen
• Fixed the Sunscreen special mission
• Fixed a crash related to Waygate
• Workaround for missing sign messages
• Improved sanity checks for client version when entering Arena mode
• Various fixes for Arena

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's tropical Summer Event is now live! Check out the announcement post for more details. In addition to a ton of new seasonal content, this patch marks the debut of Arena, our online multiplayer gamemode! Arena is officially in Open Beta - we plan to monitor server performance carefully in the coming days and deploy any fixes as needed. We're keeping our fingers crossed for a smooth launch, but please bear with us should we encounter any technical issues. Thank you! Full patch notes are available below. Have fun! ---

Summer Event

• Complete the holiday questline to earn 4 new avatars and a new inventory skin
• 11 additional avatars are available through Prizeboxes
• Participate in summer tournaments to earn a ton of Tokens
• Each run, you will encounter one of three summer afflictions
• The Shopkeeper has stocked up on summer items
• The Shopkeeper's handing out free water, what a cool guy
• Added unique holiday stage
• Reskinned menu graphics
• Added Summer Special Chest
• New holiday Mythic Emblem
• New seasonal boss: Trixie - "Play Beach Ball like your life depends on it, because it does."

Arena

• DemonCrawl's new online multiplayer mode is now in Open Beta
• Choose between Manual and Autosweeper division depending on your playstyle
• Added Season 1 avatar rewards
• Implemented Arena Plus DLC for extra online perks

New Features

• New magic item: Beach Ball - "[20 Mana] Throw at a stranger and be prepared to have a radical time, dude!"
• New consumable item: Water - "Gain 50 mana."
• New consumable item: Sunscreen - "For 100 turns, you are immune to burns."
• New consumable item: Shark - "Cook by removing Burning from a random visible cell, then gain the ability to powerchord any cell until the end of the stage. Or sell raw at an Item Shop for 40 coins."
• New omen: Sun Burn - "Every 100 turns, remove all Frozen auras and get burnt."
• New omen: Dry Spell - "At the end of each stage, lose half of your mana."
• New omen: Hurricane - "Each stage has an additional Wishpool. You cannot activate Wishpools. Whenever a Wishpool gains a charge, drop your other items on the ground and destroy any objects in the same quadrant as the Wishpool."
• Added blueprint for Wishing Coin

Quality of Life

• Updated visual effects for Fishing Pole
• Updated color of Discord button to match their new branding guidelines
• Adjusted appearance of main menu labels
• Changing the difficulty on the quest selection screen no longer restarts the music

Balance Changes

• War Paint nerf: "Whenever a living object dies, solve 3 cells."
• Updated several item recipes to utilize the new Starfish artifact
• Lowered the chance to encounter a seasonal boss from 50% to 33%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the price of treasure chest Nomad not increasing with use
• Holiday bosses can no longer override special encounters like Ego
• Magic Dice can no longer target the Metagate
• Fixed a couple bugs related to Ectoplasm
• Fixed an issue related to the sigil that procs on death
• Fixed a rare crash related to Novice Doll
• Fixed Ghost not being able to interact with the Dimensional Portal while dead
• Fixed expiration of Plum status effect

Aloha, folks! DemonCrawl's brand new seasonal update is here - for the next two weeks, you can unlock a TON of new tropical content by completing unique missions! Check it out below:
Patch Notes available here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1141220/announcements/detail/2966165443311867778

Hi folks, It's time to break out the swimming trunks! We are excited to announce that DemonCrawl's first-ever Summer Event will commence on July 1st at around 2 PM EST! It will launch alongside the open beta of DemonCrawl's brand new multiplayer gamemode, which you can read more about in our previous announcement post here. As with our Easter, Halloween, and Christmas events, DemonCrawl: Summer will introduce limited-time missions with unique rewards. The event will only run for 2 weeks, so don't miss your chance to pick up some rare holiday swag! Patreon backers will have an opportunity to check out a preview build of DemonCrawl: Summer starting on June 27th. That's only a couple days away! We still have some Beta Tester slots available if you're interested in joining us. We'll see you on the island!

Hi folks, Great news! After several months of development, DemonCrawl Arena will finally enter its Open Beta phase next week on July 1st.

What is DemonCrawl Arena?

Who can join the Open Beta?

Are there any rewards for playing Arena?

Will you wipe online progress between the Open Beta and Full Release?

Can I play Arena for free?

Can I play Arena with my friends?

Hi folks, We have released a new set of cosmetic rewards for DemonCrawl's Patreon backers! Believe it or not, the summer heat is already here, so it's fitting that this month's theme is called DESERT SUN. The pack includes 5 new avatars and the Rugged Sand inventory:
Receive your unlock code today by supporting us on Patreon:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, We just released a small stability patch to address a few issues related to the Ghost mastery. This update also includes a new set of Patreon rewards called Desert Sun. More updates coming soon! ---

New Features

• Added Patreon rewards: Desert Sun

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Ghost not being able to interact with important objects while dead, such as stairwells and portals
• Fixed an issue with ghost form preventing bosses from interacting with objects
• Ghost form no longer triggers before revives

Hi folks, A big DemonCrawl update has just been released! It includes the two masteries we announced last week, Ghost and Poisoner, along with the following goodies:

• 10 new items
• 5 new boss mods
• 3 new emblems
• 3 new sigils
• A new daily mission
• Various improvements and fixes

New Features

• New mastery: Ghost - "Death is meaningless."
• New mastery: Poisoner - "Strike monsters and strangers alike with deadly toxins!"
• Added 2 new mementos and mastery dolls
• Added Nomad that sells treasure chests
• New magic item: Poison Blade - "[90 Mana] Kill target monster or stranger in 5 turns, applying Toxic to its cell after it dies. Cancel the cast to poison yourself."
• New magic item: Dessert - "[250 Mana] Automatically discharges whenever a status effect expires. Gain the same status effect."
• New magic item: Moonflower - "[140 Mana] Increase your status effect counters by 20."
• New passive item: War Paint - "Whenever a living object dies, solve 5 cells."
• New passive item: Rosin - "After you use a magic item, your next chord will be a powerchord."
• New passive item: Nanobot - "Whenever you lose life, restore that much life after opening 100 cells."
• New passive item: Ectoplasm - "You can become a ghost. After opening 200 cells as a ghost, you lose."
• New passive item: Hand of Glory - "Whenever you leave a stage, steal coins from all visible strangers equal to their price."
• New consumable item: Spider Fang - "The next time a monster is revealed, kill it before you can take damage."
• New consumable item: Cardboard Box - "Lose your mastery, coins, and all of your items. Get them back at the start of the next stage."
• New Lv1 emblem: Lost Soul
• New Lv2 emblem: Wild West
• New Lv3 emblem: Murderous Intent
• New sigil reflex: Combos - "X% chance to increase your chain length by 2 instead of 1."
• New sigil reflex: Conditions - "Add X to new status effect counters."
• New sigil reflex: Deal - "Reduce the price of all visible strangers by X."
• New daily mission: Crack the Code - "Acquire a Treasure Key. Reward: 10 Tokens"
• New boss mod: Judge - "Activate mistake effects whenever you incorrectly chord a cell."
• New boss mod: Ornate - "Collect 3 Dark Hearts whenever you use your mastery, sigil, or heirloom."
• New boss mod: Overprotective - "You cannot interact with objects that are in the same quadrant as the boss."
• New boss mod: Tough - "Has additional resistance against effects that can kill it."
• New boss mod: Surprise - "After opening half of all empty cells, gain 2 boss mods."
• New paint: Icy Sunset by community member juh9870

Quality of Life

• Added search box to the Customize menu
• Added toast when you can't gain a status effect due to being at the status effect limit
• Improved performance of status effects
• We can now specify customized strings for status effect reward tooltips - check Rewind or Postbox as examples
• Updated Codex keyword from "favor" to "favored"

Balance Changes

• Detective I buff: "Each stage has a guaranteed stranger. Solve a cell whenever you activate a stranger."
• Hunter I buff: "Begin the quest with 4 Minions."
• Warlock I nerf: "Once per turn, you may right-click your mastery to cast Blood Magic."
• Powder Keg price reduced from 50 to 45
• Pendulum price reduced from 19 to 16
• Trust Buster price reduced from 45 to 41
• Leftovers price increased from 35 to 45
• Leftovers crafting recipe removed
• Perfume price increased from 18 to 22
• Badge of Honor price increased from 18 to 24
• Nunchucks self-inflicted damage reduced from 5 to 3
• Seismic mod difficulty rating increased from 1 to 2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with a few kinds of stage objects that could overwrite guaranteed chests
• Fixed a visual glitch where a new status effect could appear without its icon
• Fixed a potential memory leak related to status effect icons
• Fixed a visual glitch where the mastery icon could go missing after using an Academy
• Fixed an issue where Red Dye could bypass omen immunity
• Fixed a few issues related to the Demonlord hero trial effect
• Fixed Timeless stage mod not affecting realtime status effects like Sleeping Powder
• Fixed Sacred Ground emblem not applying Immutable mod
• Fixed a crash related to using Trash Bin with a magic radius upgrade
• Fixed a crash related to using Vampiric Blade on a frozen cell
• Fixed a rare crash related to Manaboard and Scalpel
• Fixed a softlock related to the Seismic mod with the board rumble setting disabled
• Addressed a few minor inconsistencies in achievement icons

Hi folks, It's been a few weeks since our last DemonCrawl update - rest assured, we have been working hard to bring you a lot of exciting new content! A big patch will drop next week, and it will include TWO new masteries: the Ghost and the Poisoner.

Implementing the Ghost was a technical challenge, as we had to rewrite a number of systems to support the "ignore death" mechanic. In the end, we think it was worth it - Ghost plays very differently than most masteries and encourages you to approach the game in a completely new way. ---

Poisoner's development was less complicated than Ghost, but we spent quite a while figuring out how to tie together a bunch of Poison-related mechanics in an elegant way. This mastery is a sort of "Jack of All Trades," as it involves omens (Poison), targetable magic (Poison Blade), auras (Toxic), and object destruction (also Poison Blade)... all at the same time! We're excited to see what kinds of deadly combos you can pull off. --- Both masteries are available for testing in the DemonCrawl Beta Branch, which you can join by supporting us on Patreon. --- As for Arena, we are in the process of fixing a few last-minute issues related to the server infrastructure - we apologize for the delay and hope to have the new gamemode ready sometime in June. Thank you for your patience! More to come soon, Eric at Therefore Games

Hi folks, We just released a small patch for DemonCrawl that includes our new set of Patreon rewards and several bug fixes. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• Added new set of Patreon rewards: Weapons of War

Quality of Life

• Added icon above monster when Vigilant triggers

Bug Fixes

• Lowered the effect stack limit from 500 to 400 to help curb crashes from computationally expensive item combos
• Mortar and Zombie Paw are involved in such combos, so they will now increase the stack counter several times per activation
• Fixed pathfinding preventing flagless stage completion
• Fixed an issue with Clay Chest not providing a duplicate item in some cases
• Improved performance of usable inventory item counter
• Fixed missing string related to Necromantic boss mod
• Fixed punctuation in Hearth stage description
• Added Detective dialogue for Automaton and UNIT-8055
• Mobile: fixed missing "invert controls" option
• iOS: fixed an issue with longpress functionality

Hi folks, We have released a new set of cosmetic rewards for our Patreon supporters! This month's theme is WEAPONS OF WAR. You thought DemonCrawl was a mere fantasy game? Think again! The military motif is central to the game's plot - it's a subject we'd like to explore further in Quest VI. But perhaps we've said too much... For now, please enjoy these 5 new avatars and inventory skin:
Receive your unlock code today by pledging your support for DemonCrawl:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, We just released an update for DemonCrawl that includes 6 new items, a save file repair system, and performance improvements related to GameMaker (the engine that DemonCrawl is made with.)
The save repair system can analyze your save files--including backups--to recover your progress in the event of data corruption. Such problems are rare but can occur for a variety of reasons, including hardware failure, app crashes, and hiccups in the cloud service. Until now, we have done our best to manually repair save files that players have sent to our support desk, but as our playerbase increases, so does our email load - we are at the point now where an automated solution is necessary. We believe this new system will be able to handle the majority of save issues, but even when it can't, it will generate a log file with diagnostic information called "_repairs.txt" inside of your %localappdata% folder. If you're having issues with your save, you should consult this file for clues about the underlying cause. On another note, we are making great progress toward the multiplayer Arena gamemode - we expect to have it ready in a matter of weeks. Until then, we will include any Arena changes in the stable patch notes so you can get a better sense of our development. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• New magic item: Jade of Poison - "Target cell gains or loses Toxic."
• New magic item: Neoplasm - "[100 Mana] Add a random mutation to each of your Cankers, plus a mutation for each of your Poisons."
• New passive item: Mind Gut - "Right-click items with ongoing status effects to consume them and activate their completion."
• New consumable item: Puppet Strings - "Transform all visible strangers into Dolls." (Idea by community member juh9870)
• New omen: Nuclear Waste - "Whenever you lose an item, gain Poison."
• New omen: Broken Pocket - "You cannot use items that you have more than one of."
• Added experimental save repair system
• Default leaderboard version updated to v1.74

Balance Changes

• Lowered the Doctor's post-treatment price
• Added a few item crafting recipes that utilize holiday artifacts

Bug Fixes

• Updated GameMaker runtime to v2.3.2.426
• Disabled GameMaker garbage collector as it appears to be crashing the game after exiting the Leaderboard
• Fixed another crash related to the leaderboards
• Fixed a minor issue with the "total unlocked" label of the Customize menu
• Fixed punctuation typo on special chest signs
• Fixed an issue with selecting certain items in the Workshop
• Fixed an issue that could cause new item icons to persist after leaving the Codex
• Fixed a rare crash related to the Constant Reminder emblem
• Fixed a couple missing strings
• Added failsafe for rare crash related to boss killing itself when picking something up
• Speculative fix for leaderboard issue related to score loss
• Android: fixed a crash related to the Instant Revive microtransaction

Arena (Beta Only)

• Manual Division is now available
• New homeland: Mountain - "Whenever you make a mistake, reduce the stage timer by 5 seconds times the homeland tier."
• Ruins homeland buff: "Drop your passive and consumable items into random cells at the start of the stage."
• Ocean homeland buff: "At the end of the round, drain 100 mana times the homeland tier and send it to your opponent."
• New T2 arena mod: Boost - "Increase the homeland tier by 1 for the purpose of other effects."
• New T3 arena mod: Reboot - "When the stage timer hits 5 seconds, you restart the stage."
• Deadeye buff: "When you interact with an object, it has a 20% chance to get destroyed instead."
• Many improvements to AI
• Sign editor: you can now customize your homeland sign message with hundreds of unlockable sign parts
• Added a bunch of new emotes
• Minor visual improvements to existing emote designs
• Emotes can now be customized with paints and holographs
• Waygate is now available in Arena
• Lighthouse is now available in Arena
• Added Arena support for Dreamborne
• Failing to complete a stage in time will also inflict monster damage for incorrect flags
• Fixed an issue with Smithy providing its reward too soon
• Fixed a potential issue with Tunnel stairwell not spawning in arena
• Fixed minor alignment issue affecting emotes in the prizebox
• Fixed an issue with stage timer evaluation
• Fixed an issue related to the autosweeper and Nightmare mod
• Fixed an issue where latency could cause Arena mod effects to target the wrong players
• Fixed a few issues related to updating the player's Arena rating
• Fixed an issue with queue items in Arena, e.g. Miracle Seed
• If the timer runs out, the game will pass a turn before opening remaining monsters (this prevents invincibility with Hypnotist I)
• Fixed a rare crash related to opening a chest in Arena
• Prophet I now affects the AP you receive at the end of an Arena match

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's Easter event has come to a close! We hope you managed to collect many baskets of eggs this season. If not, don't worry - these holiday rewards will be available again the same time next year. In other news, we just released a beta update that introduces many new features for Arena, our online multiplayer gamemode. Beta testers can now choose between Autosweeper and Manual Division, create custom sign messages, apply paints & holographs to emotes, and check out new Arena-only stage mods. While we're still a few weeks out from Arena's stable launch, we wanted to share the patch notes with you below - this should give you a good sense of our progress. We also recorded a full gameplay match against AI opponents for your amusement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqe_akpHKBc Finally, we are releasing an early version of v1.74 to the stable branch as it contains an important GameMaker runtime update and a few bug fixes (notably, Hero Trial leaderboards may work correctly now.) A follow-up patch is planned for next week. Enjoy! ---

Arena (Beta Branch)

• Manual Division is now available
• New homeland: Mountain - "Whenever you make a mistake, reduce the stage timer by 5 seconds times the homeland tier."
• Ruins homeland buff: "Drop your passive and consumable items into random cells at the start of the stage."
• Ocean homeland buff: "At the end of the round, drain 100 mana times the homeland tier and send it to your opponent."
• New T2 arena mod: Boost - "Increase the homeland tier by 1 for the purpose of other effects."
• New T3 arena mod: Reboot - "When the stage timer hits 5 seconds, you restart the stage."
• Deadeye buff: "When you interact with an object, it has a 20% chance to get destroyed instead."
• Sign editor: you can now customize your homeland sign message with hundreds of unlockable sign parts
• Added a bunch of new emotes
• Minor visual improvements to existing emote designs
• Emotes can now be customized with paints and holographs
• Waygate is now available in Arena
• Lighthouse is now available in Arena
• Fixed an issue with Smithy providing its reward too soon
• Fixed a potential issue with Tunnel stairwell not spawning in arena
• Fixed minor alignment issue affecting emotes in the prizebox
• Fixed an issue with stage timer evaluation
• Prophet I now affects the AP you receive at the end of an Arena match

New Features

• Default leaderboard version updated to v1.74

Bug Fixes

• Updated GameMaker runtime to v2.3.2.426
• Fixed a minor issue with the "total unlocked" label of the Customize menu
• Speculative fix for leaderboard issue related to score loss

Hi folks, A new update for DemonCrawl is now available! This update includes a Cullstone rework and a new omen called Rust. iOS players should see better temperatures with this patch. We have also been making a number of changes to the online Arena gamemode. Although Arena is still in beta, we are including it in the patch notes below to give you a better sense of how its development is coming along. DemonCrawl Arena is currently available for testing on Patreon. More to come soon! ---

New Features

• Cullstone rework: "You can use uncharged magic items, consuming them after use."
• New omen: Rust - "At the start of each stage, cut the durability of your armors in half."

Arena

• New homeland: Ruins - "Drop your passive items into random cells at the start of the round."
• Graveyard homeland rework: "Whenever a player dies, add the power of their homeland to your homeland."
• New T2 arena mod: Deadeye - "When you interact with an object, it has a 10% chance to get destroyed instead."
• New T4 arena mod: Overflow - "If you are about to gain an item with a full inventory, lose the first item in your inventory."
• New T5 arena mod: Time - "Reduce the stage timer by 10 seconds."
• Death mod has been given a new effect: "If you have any revives at the start of the stage, you die."
• Old Death mod has been renamed to Beef and moved to tier 4

Balance Changes

• Cullstone price increased from 11 to 15

Bug Fixes

• Updated GameMaker runtime to v2.3.2.420
• Fixed a visual glitch related to bubbles containing diamonds
• Fixed ambient sounds
• Fixed an issue with hovering some choices in the Starpond
• Fixed Righteous mod only providing Dead Rodent
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Favored items from saving to a codex profile correctly
• Fixed a crash related to Hypnotist's Memento
• Fixed Gluttony not correctly activating "CONSUME_ITEM" trigger
• Added failsafe for rare crash related to "CLOSE_CHEST" trigger
• Added failsafe for boss mod script
• Fixed stage mods on Easter mythic emblem
• Fixed a hardlock related to replacing Divine Shadowbind while having Doughnut
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Dimensional Portal from spawning in the Metagate
• Rabbits are no longer considered loot drops (they are strangers and will spawn more often if you have an item like Friendship Ring)
• Fixed a crash related to using Chisel on a hidden cell
• Fixed a rare crash related to spawning loot on a boss stage
• Fixed a rare crash related to pathfinding tooltip

• Fixed an issue with Beggar's Cup
• Fixed an issue that could cause bosses to duplicate after breaking out of frozen cells
• Fixed Egghead not preventing the manual collection of eggs

Hi folks, We just released a hotfix for the Easter patch - version number is unchanged. We will continue to update this post throughout the day as we deploy additional fixes. Thank you! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "Sugar High" mission
• Fixed an issue with Spy Doll
• Fixed a crash related to Bunny Ears
• Fixed a crash related to Wizard casting Magnet
• Fixed a crash related to monsters on cursed cells
• Fixed an issue with special event progress carrying over from previous special event
• Speculative fix for a crash related to the Egghead boss
• Fixed a possible issue with Egg paints being more rare than intended
• Fixed a rare crash related to opening a chest on the Easter stage

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's first-ever Easter event is now live! Check out the announcement post for more details. Along with the holiday content, this update fixes a lot of bugs that resulted from the recent GameMaker runtime update. We were able to resolve most of the major bugs, but please bear with us if we need to deploy a few stability patches in the coming days. Thank you! Full patch notes are available below. ---

Easter Event

• Complete the holiday questline to earn 4 new avatars and a new inventory skin
• 7 additional holiday avatars are available in prizeboxes
• Discover colorful Easter eggs and convert them to Tokens or open them up for rare prizes - including unique paints
• Added Easter Special Chest
• Added unique holiday stage
• New event boss: Egghead
• New consumable item: Chocolate - "25% chance to gain 50 mana during the next 10 turns."
• New holiday Mythic Emblem

Quality of Life

• Updated Bubbler II description for clarity

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Borderless Windowed mode
• Fixed an issue with item background hover animation
• Fixed an issue related to negative pathfinding and stage XP calculations
• Fixed an issue with Blessings not rotating if they collided with a monster while traveling downward
• Fixed a regression that caused Library to provide Mementos again
• Fixed an issue that prevented certain mistake effects from triggering
• Fixed Mildew bypassing omen immunity
• Fixed Leash not respecting omen immunity
• Butter can no longer drop your items into frozen or burning cells
• Fixed a Leaderboards crash related to the "My Score" button
• Fixed a crash related to passing a turn with Slingshot active when the stage is already over
• Fixed a crash related to the scripts that transform targeted magic items into full columns or rows
• Fixed a crash related to Divine Whip and Muscle
• Fixed a crash related to Mega Glint drop

The Easter Bunny has hopped into the world of DemonCrawl! For the next two weeks, you can unlock a TON of brand new holiday content by completing unique missions! We hope you have a great Easter!
Patch Notes available here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1141220/announcements/detail/2989801731802657098

Hi folks, We just released a stability patch for DemonCrawl! This update corrects a number of issues related to our recent GameMaker firmware upgrade. There are a couple other issues that will require further investigation - for example, we have received reports that v1.70 broke the Borderless Windowed mode on certain devices. We are looking into this and hope to have it fixed ASAP. ---

Bug Fixes

• Updated the excellent TweenGMS library to the latest version
• Fixed a crash related to Vengeful stage mod
• Fixed a crash related to restoring life while Last Supper is in effect
• Fixed Hypnotist I not being affected by items like Melted Clock
• Fixed a crash related to frozen bosses
• Fixed a rare crash related to Lawless and Cursed cells
• Fixed a rare crash related to activating a Canker after the final stage
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to Pillaging boss mod

Hi folks, We just released a big update for DemonCrawl that includes a new mastery called Hypnotist, the fierce Scrapper boss, and 15 new items! (After a lengthy conversion process, DemonCrawl is now running on GameMaker v2.3. This is a requirement for getting our iOS port approved on the App Store - you can read more about the situation here. We plan to re-submit DemonCrawl to Apple's review team in the next couple days.) Let's take a look at some of the new content in v1.70! ---
When making a mistake as the Hypnotist, you won't receive damage right away - instead, you'll get a 3-turn status counter, giving you time to either mitigate the attack or brace for impact. Hypnotist also has the ability to lengthen status effect counters. This pairs well with the delayed damage mechanic, but also has great combo potential with status-based items like Candy or Truthsayer Quill. --- Now, help us give a warm welcome to the newest member of DemonCrawl's boss lineup:
Scrapper will load up your inventory with "Junk," a new omen that itself produces more Junk. Things can quickly spiral out of control, putting you in danger of taking 1 damage every turn if you can't free up some space! --- Finally, we have added 15 new items to DemonCrawl, many of which were directly inspired by suggestions we received on Discord! Among these items are two complete sets of armor, Bubble and Vampiric Armor. Here's a closer look at the former:
As you can imagine, Waterboy is pretty stoked about this... Full patch notes below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• Upgraded GameMaker runtime to v2.3
• Upgraded tweening library to latest version
• New mastery: Hypnotist - "Use the power of hypnosis to delay monster damage and manipulate your status effects!"
• New boss: Scrapper - "Drowns you in Junk!"
• New magic item: Apple Bonsai - "[50 Mana] After 40 turns, gain an Apple." (Suggested by community - attribution pending)
• New passive item: Hypnowatch - "Delay monster damage by 1 turn." (Suggested by community - attribution pending)
• New passive item: Wishing Coin - "Guarantees 3 Wishpools per stage. You may right-click to throw this item into a Wishpool, increasing its charges by 5."
• New passive item: Baseball Bat - "You may click a projectile to rotate its direction of travel, clockwise." (Suggested by player LL99)
• New passive item: Dentures - "Elders are more common. You may right click an Elder to charge your mastery instead." (Suggested by player elmarhoppieland)
• New consumable item: Starfruit - "Apply Ethereal to the visible cell or cells with the highest value." (Suggested by community - attribution pending)
• New consumable item: Butter - "Drop all of your items on the ground."
• New armor: Vampiric Helmet - "Fortify by 2 whenever you lose life."
• New armor: Vampiric Chestplate - "Whenever you lose life, fortify by triple the amount lost."
• New armor: Vampiric Boots - "Every 40 cells opened, lose life equal to the value of the cell you just clicked, then fortify by twice the amount."
• New armor: Bubble Helmet - "Fortify whenever you pop a bubble. If this armor survives damage, bubble it."
• New armor: Bubble Chestplate - "Fortify whenever you pop a bubble."
• New armor: Bubble Boots - "Every 50 cells opened, bubble all of your armor if you just clicked on a 3 or greater."
• New omen: Junk - "Every 100 turns, gain Junk."
• New omen: Mildew - "Bubble the first 3 items in your inventory. When you pop a bubble, destroy its contents."
• New stage mod: Galvanized - "Whenever you gain or lose a stat, increase the amount gained or lost by the number of stage mods."
• New boss mod: Necromantic - "50% chance to spawn a monster whenever a monster is killed."
• New paint: Whiteout
• New paint: Blueberry Buzz
• Improved flexibility of "PRE_DMG" trigger
• Improved flexibility of stranger activation script; items like Sledgehammer will now synergize with items like Merchant Amulet

Quality of Life

• Prophet III will state your new token count in the activation toast
• Added toast notifications for petting your Pet Rock
• Status effects will now display held values next to their tooltip
• Status effects will be more resilient to future updates

Balance Changes

• Scholar I now activates Quest for Quests rather than adding it to your inventory
• Knight III buff: "Fortify all of your armor by 3."
• Divine Forge Hammer buff: "Fortify each armor by 100% of its current durability. If you are not wearing armor, gain 3 defense instead."
• Diamond Helmet price increased from 30 to 50, armor increased from 5 to 8
• Diamond Chestplate price increased from 60 to 70, armor increased from 9 to 14
• Diamond Boots price increased from 20 to 30, armor increased from 3 to 6

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Book of Necromancy not triggering
• Fixed a couple crashes related to generating a Classic stage with skins like Metagate
• Fixed a rare crash related to getting kicked out of a stage while opening a Time Chest
• Workaround for rare cash related to Pure boss mod
• Fixed Knight II not differentiating between armor removal and armor destruction
• Fixed morality not resetting properly between Endless Multiverse dimensions
• Fixed final stage check not working in Endless Multiverse for some effects like Protagonist I
• Fixed missing Detective string for Guides
• Fixed Plum status effect not taking divine item radius into account
• Fixed a few "discover a 5 or greater" effects not triggering on values above 5
• Linux: added a trailing slash to run.sh script which should fix launch problems on some distros
• Mobile: fixed "Instant Revive" MTX appearing in higher difficulties

Hi folks, To coincide with the release of v1.69, we have designed a new set of rewards for our Patreon supporters! This month's theme is DEN OF DRAGONS. Yep, it's time to express your inner reptilian.
Receive your unlock code today by pledging your support for DemonCrawl:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's new update is finally here! v1.69 introduces new items, avatars, balance changes, and more. Full patch notes available below!
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New Features

• New Patreon rewards Den of Dragons
• New passive item: Book of Gold - "Pick up hearts at full life to gain 10 coins."
• New passive item: Book of Maps - "Pick up hearts at full life to gain 1% pathfinding."
• New consumable item: Perfume - "Every 20 turns, spawn a heart."
• Added "Book" as a Library research subject
• Added "Pathfinding" as a Library research subject
• Added "Morality" as a Library research subject
• Overhauled a number of backend systems in preparation for Arena mode
• New streamer avatar: "Wanderbot" (https://twitch.tv/wanderbot)
• New avatar: "Archbishop" by Sam Caron
• New community avatar: "Worm" by TEAM WORM
• New community avatar: "The Goat" by Vospi and Cubear
• Mobile: Redesigned the "Full Game Unlock" screen

Balance Changes

• Book of Combat rework: "Pick up hearts at full life to kill a random monster, revealing it if necessary."
• Book of Necromancy rework: "Pick up hearts at full life to gain Bones."
• The old Book of Necromancy effect has been moved to another item called Zombie Charm: "When you bury Bones, spawn a familiar in the same cell."
• Book of Truth cost reduced from 18 to 14
• Snake Skin can now drop items into hidden cells
• Toxic mod aura density reduced from 15% to 10%
• Illusory mod difficulty tier increased from 1 to 2
• The autosolver now takes obscured cell values into account
• The autosolver now takes Frozen cells into account
• The autosolver will somewhat take gleaned cells into account
• Mobile: significantly reduced prices of token microtransactions
• Mobile: you can now purchase an instant respawn after your first Game Over in a quest (only available in Normal difficulty)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Appetizer toast showing up even when you spend less than 5 coins
• Improved logic for horizontal scroll UI
• Bosses can no longer spawn over immutable landmarks like stairwells
• Fixed Third Eye destroying objects on 0-value cells
• Fixed an issue where a low amount of pathfinding could prevent end-of-stage autoflagging
• Using the open cell keybind on an empty burning cell will no longer burn you twice
• Sacrificing an object with cursed aura no longer cancels attempt to collect loot from a burning cell
• Implemented workaround for rare crash related to orb mutations
• Fixed a rare crash related to Nemes
• Entering a Mystic Statue will now correctly activate "stage leave effects" such as Doctor payment
• Divine Blood Magic no longer activates Warlock II when there are no visible monsters
• Fixed a crash related to using Snowglobe on a boss
• Added failsafe for familiar movement to prevent rare crash
• Mutant can no longer apply mutations to more than 3 Cankers at the start of the quest, for example through a Hero Trial
• Mobile: fixed return button on virtual keyboard not working for certain devices
• Fixed activation issue with Burnt Marshmallow
• Fixed memory leak related to Rainbow Rope
• Fixed possible memory leaks related to Makeshift Weapon, Rainbow Trout, Chaos Portal, Dark Ink, Quest for Sin, Anvil, Mirror, and Global Warming emblem
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to the Pure boss mod
• Fixed a rare crash related to spawning certain strangers in bubbles and passing a turn in the same step

iOS Delay Pt. 2

What's next?

Unfortunately, we must postpone the launch of DemonCrawl on iOS by one week as we work with Apple to resolve a few outstanding issues with our app store listing. The release date is now set for March 3rd. We take full responsibility for the delay - this is our first iOS product and we frankly underestimated the amount of setup work involved. The good news is, the game itself runs great on iOS. We're actually seeing better framerates here than on Android, which we can probably chalk up to GameMaker optimizations. Our low-end iPod even manages to run at 60 FPS on the Customize screen, despite all of the demanding paints and holographic effects. Pretty exciting stuff! In related news, a stability patch will be released for all platforms on iOS launch day. We will spend some time this week going through our backlog of emails and bug reports, addressing as many issues as possible for the next patch. More to come soon!

Hi folks, After a month of hardcore development, we are excited to finally unveil DemonCrawl's brand new gamemode: the Arena! Arena is an online multiplayer autobattler that takes inspiration from games like Hearthstone Battlegrounds and Teamfight Tactics. Create a custom stage and compete against 7 other DemonCrawl players in a fight for world domination. Check out our developer commentary video below to learn more: [previewyoutube=ky0uDQT8p0Y;full][/previewyoutube] DemonCrawl Arena is available NOW as Early Access to our Patreon supporters. We expect this Early Access Period to last 1-2 months. Feel free to drop by our Discord server if you have any questions or would like to discuss Arena with other players.

Hi folks, We have just released a stability patch for DemonCrawl to resolve a few important issues. We will update this post throughout the day if any subsequent hotfixes are deployed. Thank you! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to reloading a stage that had snow-trimmed cells from the Christmas event
• Fixed a crash related to Planned Obsolescence (the irony is not lost on us)
• Fixed an issue with Beyond Mode losing Glint and Emblem properties on reload
• Fixed Glint pickup animation
• Elemental Triumvirate and Original Sin are now Lv2 Mythic Emblems as intended
• Warlock II no longer triggers on failed magic use, e.g. with Divine Blood Magic

• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent Battering Ram from activating
• Fixed another issue that could prevent bosses from spawning
• Fixed an issue related to Blessings and projectile penetration
• Fixed a hardlock related to Divine Shadowbind and Doughnut
• Speculative fix for Divine Mortar crash
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to status effect tooltip

• Fixed a crash related to entering an Item Shop with Red Dye

Hi folks, We just released a big DemonCrawl patch that features 2 new bosses, 5 new boss mods, new items and more! Please check out this companion post for a complete overview. Enjoy! ---

Robot Uprising II

• New boss: UNIT-8055 - "Copies the effects of other bosses and empowers itself with Electric cells."
• New boss: Automaton - "Spawns with 3 boss mods and acquires more as you make mistakes."
• (Patreon) 6 new Robot avatars
• (Patreon) New inventory: Metal Fingers
• Original Robot Uprising avatars are available again for a limited time
• Bonus avatar: Metal Face

New Features

• New passive item: Third Eye - "When you open half of all empty cells, unobscure any values and destroy all objects on numbered cells."
• New consumable item: Green Dye - "You will only find consumable items until you gain a consumable item." (This and other Dye items created by raisins77 - we just changed the names)
• New consumable item: Blue Dye - "You will only find magic items until you gain a magic item."
• New consumable item: Yellow Dye - "You will only find legendary items until you gain a legendary item."
• New consumable item: Gray Dye - "You will only find passive items until you gain a passive item."
• New omen: Red Dye - "You will only find omens. Lose this item when you gain an omen."
• New boss mod: Blooming - "When you open half of all empty cells, collect 3 Dark Hearts."
• New boss mod: Pure - "Removes auras as it travels."
• New boss mod: Corrupt - "Spawn 2 Dark Hearts each turn."
• New boss mod: Roundabout - "Lose 1% pathfinding whenever you discover a 4 or greater."
• New boss mod: Landlord - "Lose a random stat whenever you make a turn in the same quadrant as the boss."
• New Lv3 emblem: Reality Check

Quality of Life

• Updated Pathfinding toast to include the Pathfinding sprite
• Added a toast for failing a Mythic Emblem roll
• Using a duplicate item will now consume the one you clicked on, rather than the first copy in your inventory - this is an experimental change that may require further testing
• Updated the description of the Timeless mod for clarity

Balance Changes

• Added UNIT-8055 as the likely boss of a few existing emblems
• Negative pathfinding now gives you a chance to finish the stage without marking it as complete
• Excalibur buff: "You can kill monsters and bosses if your morality is 30 or greater. Lose this item if you are immoral."
• Paragon Rod price increased from 80 to 100 coins
• Blood Magic nerf: "Gain 50 mana and lose 1 life."
• Blood Magic price reduced from 20 to 15 coins

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause mastery unlock conditions to go missing from the Token Shop
• Fixed a typo in the Saga sigil
• Fixed an issue with magic bow items not triggering certain "on magic" effects
• Fixed likely sigil drops for Holiday emblems
• Fixed "Chomp" Sigil not interpreting inventory slots correctly
• Fixed a possible issue in the quest cleanup routine

• Fixed a crash related to Adventurer's Hat
• Fixed a crash related to Blind Justice
• Fixed Hearth Classic Skin unlock conditions
• Fixed a chording issue related to an update to the autosolver

• Fixed a crash related to Whetstone

Hi folks, 2021 is finally here, and we're kicking it off with several big DemonCrawl announcements! This will be a long post, so grab yourself a coffee and strap in. We have just released DemonCrawl v1.68 - dubbed Robot Uprising II.
The machine overlords have returned in the form of TWO new bosses! The twin pinnacles of Dark Science, UNIT-8055 and Automaton are equipped with sophisticated AI protocols that allow them to perfectly emulate their life-and-blood counterparts...

• UNIT-8055 will echo the effects of another boss whenever it collects a Dark Heart. By supercharging itself with Electric cells, it seeks to surpass its own creators and become the ultimate lifeform.
• Automaton is the result of a terrifying project to mass produce artificial boss mods. It possesses rapid self-learning abilities and must be dealt with before it's too late.

January Patreon Rewards

iOS Port

Secret Announcement...

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Hi folks, We just released another small stability patch for DemonCrawl - version number is unchanged. Enjoy! ---

Balance Changes

• Every third monster killed will provide 1 morality

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to familiars and explosions
• Improved sanity check for Dreamcatcher effect

Hi folks, We just released a small stability patch for DemonCrawl - full patch notes below. We hope you're enjoying the Christmas event so far! More to come soon! ---

New Features

• Added a few morality triggers

Quality of Life

• Added dictionary entry for "morality"
• Added toast for Coal activation
• Improved scroll behavior of the Beyond recipe menu

Balance Changes

• Non-omen items that have a cost of 0 (e.g. Tablets) can now be sold for 1 coin using Merchant Ring

Bug Fixes

• Morality is now capped to 1M to prevent integer overflows
• Fixed a visual glitch related to snowy cell trim and Mystic Statues
• Fixed a crash related to Santa breaking out of a Frozen cell or a bubble
• Fixed a rare softlock related to Bag of Coal
• Fixed typo in Shadow Siphon description
• Fixed holiday tags not returning any Codex search results
• Fixed missing Detective string for Santa encounter
• Fixed Santa Boots status effect not repeating on failure
• Surrounded mod now activates before Lofty mod
• Cosmic Hysteria can no longer generate items with a cost less than 0
• Added "Weapon" tag to Excalibur
• Fixed missing string related to Fishing Pole
• Fixed some strangers losing their tooltip after being popped from a bubble
• Christmas Event can no longer generate Frozen cells in the epilogue stage
• Soft Snow can no longer produce Snowflake's Memento
• Speculative fix for a crash that seems to be related to explosions - more investigation needed

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's Christmas Event is finally here, and with it comes a major game update! Today, we are releasing 2 new masteries (Warlock and Human), 25 new items, a morality system, new Hero Trial mechanics and more. Read on for the full patch notes! A heartfelt thank-you to all of our Patrons and players who make it possible for us to continue developing free DemonCrawl updates. We hope you look forward to the exciting content we have planned for 2021! ---

Christmas Event

• Complete the holiday questline to earn 4 new avatars and a new inventory skin
• 21 additional holiday avatars are available in prizeboxes
• Item Shops sell Giftwrap for 20 coins
• Earn tokens by donating Presents to strangers
• It's so cold that some strangers got trapped in ice
• Added mysterious Soft Snow item...
• Added Christmas Special Chest
• Added last year's Christmas avatars to prizeboxes
• Added last year's Christmas inventory to Token Shop
• Added a new ~secret stage~
• 2 new Divine items
• New holiday paint: White Christmas
• Minor visual improvements to some of last year's Christmas avatars

New Features

• New mastery: Human - "Use your morality to call upon the forces of good or evil."
• New mastery: Warlock - "Sacrifice life to create Cursed cells and harness the power of magic." (Heavily inspired by ideas from community members Emberflame and Egg)
• Added Morality mechanic: many common actions will either increase or decrease your morality
• 3 new legendary items
• 4 new magic items
• 5 new passive items
• 10 new consumable items
• 3 new omens
• New special chest: Radioactive Chest - "This cell gains Toxic. Spread Toxic when Poison activates. Reveal Toxic cells and kill any living objects within when you open this chest. This chest contains Poison."
• New stage mod: Righteous - "Lose 5 morality when you enter the stage. If your morality is negative at the end of the stage, lose all legendary items and gain an omen. If positive, lose all omens and gain a legendary."
• Added "Use Classic Flag Icon" to Gameplay Settings
• Added "Don't Scare Me" to Gameplay Settings (removes blood and spooky cutscenes)
• Desktop only: added keybind for toggling in-game audio (default "M")
• Hold Shift while pressing the audio toggle key to only affect the music track
• New award: Heartless - Gain points for leaving hearts behind while injured
• New daily mission: HEART STOPPER - "Earn 100 points from Heartless awards."
• Added new sigils related to morality
• Hero Trials now have a 1-in-3 chance to feature an alternate scoring system
• Greatly expanded the Hero Trial effect pool

Quality of Life

• Holiday items are now given a hidden tag, allowing you to search for them in the Codex by holiday name
• Added simple animation for changes to properties like morality
• The window scale setting will now update in real time to prevent players from accidentally setting it too high
• The help menu scrollbar now advances by only 1 row per tick
• Minor tweaks to Pufferfish sprite
• Added tooltip for Masteries and Special Chests to indicate how many you have unlocked
• Updated Sigil icon in the loadout editor
• Updated True Ending dialogue
• Darkened background during credits sequence of the True Ending for legibility

Balance Changes

• Library can no longer generate items that cost less than 1
• Mystic Statue rewards are now provided at level completion rather than when you exit the completed level
• You can no longer apply an aura to a cell that already has the same aura
• Cursed aura now deflects all forms of life loss instead of just damage
• Shadow Siphon effect modified: "Gain souls equal to the value of target visible occupied cell, then destroy its contents without triggering kill effects."
• Shadow Siphon price increased from 50 to 80 coins
• Stocking rework: "[150 Mana] If your morality is positive, gain a Present. Otherwise, gain Coal."
• Wrecking Ball no longer reports as a completed effect if it could not find an object to destroy

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the item loss trigger when activated via item transformation
• Fixed a crash related to updating keybinds
• Fixed a rare crash related to the "conceal stats" variable
• Fixed a potential memory leak related to Quest for Piety
• Fixed an issue with Breadcrumbs solving more cells than intended
• Minor performance improvement for items that drop at random (e.g. Minions from Binoculars)
• Seismic mod no longer attempts to move immutable objects
• Fixed an issue with blowing up frozen visible monsters
• Fixed invalid target text for Bomb
• Fixed typo in Protagonist unlock strings
• Fixed persistent magic sparkles when restarting a quest
• Fixed an issue with Hero Trial inbox rewards
• Cursed aura no longer attempts to destroy immutable objects
• Standardized "USE_MAGIC" trigger to fix a few inconsistent edge cases
• Standardized "CLICK_MONSTER" and "CLICK_BOSS" triggers
• Wand of Retribution no longer gives souls for monsters that survive its effect

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's biggest seasonal event of the year is finally upon us! For the next two weeks, you can unlock a TON of brand new holiday content by completing unique missions! If you missed last year's Christmas event, now's your chance to right that wrong - we have added Christmas 2019 rewards to your Prizeboxes! You can also pick up the Candy Cane inventory from the Token Shop for a limited time. Please see last year's post for more details. Happy Holidays!
Patch Notes to follow.

Hi folks, The beta for DemonCrawl's big Christmas event has officially begun! It features a ton of festive new content, including a holiday questline, a time-limited boss, over a dozen new items and ~more~! Check out the DemonCrawl beta today by pledging your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames This testing period will last for two weeks - until December 15th. More coming soon!

Hi folks, We just deployed a DemonCrawl update that includes 10 new items, a flexible item tag system, a new special chest, and more! Check out the full patch notes below for more details. We now plan to shift gears and begin working on one last special event for 2020 - we want it to be as big (or bigger) than our recent Halloween event, so we definitely have our work cut out for us! Also, we expect to release one more port this year. More news on that front soon. Enjoy the patch! ---

New Features

• Added flexible item tagging system
• You can now search for items in the codex by tags
• Added "Weapon" as a tag
• Added Nomad that sells weapons
• New passive item: Sage - "Stages grant an additional mastery charge."
• New passive item: Wisdom Tooth - "Gain a mastery charge whenever you consume an item that isn't a consumable item. Automatically consume this item when you enter the final stage."
• New passive item: Crucifix - "Whenever damage reduces your life to 1, gain a revive."
• New passive item: Battering Ram - "At the start of each stage, reveal all cells near visible cells and kill any monsters within." (Inspired by an idea from raisins77)
• New passive item: Whetstone - "Favor all weapon items. Whenever you gain a weapon, you can powerchord any cell for 5 turns."
• New magic item: Essence of Motion - "Gain pathfinding equal to one-tenth the sum of target visible 3x3 area, rounded down."
• New magic item: Makeshift Weapon - "[200 Mana] Reveal and kill any monsters in target area, then lose a random weapon. The radius of this item is equal to your number of weapons."
• New magic item: Pufferfish - "[200 Mana] Automatically discharges when damage reduces your life to 1. Kill 20 random monsters."
• New magic item: Dumpster - "[100 Mana] Lose all items with a position in your inventory greater than sum of target 3x3 visible area." (Inspired by an idea from elmarhoppieland)
• New consumable item: Breadcrumbs - "Gain 3% pathfinding. Solve all visible cells with a value equal to one-tenth of your pathfinding or less."
• New special chest: Munition Chest - "Reveal a random monster then kill all visible monsters when you open this chest. It contains a weapon item."
• New boss mod: Killer - "Take 5 damage at the end of the stage."
• New Hero Trial effect: "[...] equal to your pathfinding"

Quality of Life

• The Beyond recipe scrollbar will maintain its position between ingredient selections
• Rare loot modifiers are now listed on the avatar tooltip
• Mystic Statue depth is now listed on the stage icon tooltip
• Updated the particle effect on Wilds
• Added term definition for "favor"
• Added new color palettes for a few stage mods

Balance Changes

• Firefly I buff: the extra burning cells produced by stage mods will always be numbered
• Firefly II nerf: "Whenever you fully and correctly chord a burning cell, shoot a flare in a random direction."
• Firefly III buff: reduced the charge cost from 4 to 3
• Flying Carpet nerf: price increased from 37 to 44 coins
• Battery nerf: price increased from 11 to 16 coins
• Electro Pulse nerf: price increased from 12 to 14 coins
• Doctor buff: reduced upfront fee
• Chorder's Password now caps at value 5 instead of 6
• Chaos Font can now contain legendary items
• Chaos Font can no longer contain items that cost less than 1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual issue with the Minion activation animation
• Fixed a crash related to activating multiple Dreamcatchers
• Fixed a crash related to Muscle and Divine Whip
• Fixed a crash related to selecting the Oct 8th stage as part of a composite Classic skin
• Fixed Blacksmith progress not saving to disk properly
• Fixed a couple missing Detective toasts
• Fixed a crash related to Trash Bin trashing itself
• Fixed an incompatibility between Dreamborne and the Dumb stage mod
• Fixed Cankers losing their speed value if they were created and pacified on the same step

Hi folks, This is a small update that adds Birthday rewards. Bigger patch scheduled for next week! ---

New Features

• Added Birthday rewards

Bug Fixes

• Inbox rewards received on old client versions will be correctly unlocked after updating to the latest version
• Fixed Love Chest drop table
• Fixed Rainbow Trout toast showing up even when no auras were found

Time flies! One year ago today, we unleashed a crazy minesweeper roguelite upon the world. We had no idea what people were going to think - was anyone going to notice or care? Well, we were delighted to find out that a lot of people like the idea of a minesweeper-RPG hybrid as much as we do! Thanks to your enthusiasm and support, DemonCrawl received 2 major expansions, dozens of content updates, a couple ports, and more - all within its first year. We feel very fortunate and more than a little blessed by what we were able to achieve in 2020. THANK YOU SO MUCH! We couldn't have asked for a better playerbase. As a token of our appreciation, we would like to give you this special birthday avatar, available for only the next 24 hours:
Simply launch the game to receive your reward. (Make sure you're on the latest version of DemonCrawl by restarting your Steam client!) Additionally, we're giving out 100 Tokens with the following promo code: LEARN2CRAWL
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Want even more Birthday goodies?

Hi folks, We have released a small stability patch for DemonCrawl. Enjoy! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Dread Harvest droprate
• Fixed Witch Doll evaluation of mastery charges
• Fixed Seismic mod activating before the damage step in some cases
• Android only: fixed mastery longtap check

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's Halloween Event has officially ended! We hope you enjoyed the spooky festivities and managed to avoid the sharp end of Maniac's cleaver. Now that things are returning to normal (Maniac was prosecuted for his crimes and hauled off to a federal supermax prison somewhere) we have released a new content patch that includes 5 exciting stage mods, 6 new items, and a big rework for Demolitionist II.
We have also updated the stage completion logic such that you no longer have to open burning cells to achieve victory. This is an important change for specific stage mod combinations such as Nightmare + Burning. In other news: Celebrate Day of the Dead with a new community-created avatar! Everyone will receive the Mrs. Calavera avatar for free over the next couple hours - no promo code necessary. Thank you so much to Cubear for creating this awesome cosmetic and for allowing us to distribute it to the entire community.
Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• Halloween event is over (farewell Maniac)
• New stage mod: Dumb - "Lose your mastery at the start of the stage. Gain your mastery at the end of the stage."
• New stage mod: Lawless - "Kill a visible object whenever the sum of your chain is 20 or greater. At the end of the stage, visible objects attack you for 1 damage each."
• New stage mod: Seismic - "When you open half of all empty cells, relocate and unflag everything."
• New stage mod: Psychotic - "Negate mistake damage. Visible monsters have a 3% chance to attack you each turn."
• New positive stage mod: Feeble - "Monsters have a 50% chance to flee instead of attacking you."
• New passive item: Snake Skin - "At the start of each stage, drop half of your inventory on the ground."
• New passive item: Blissful Gut - "Right-click to consume the first item in your inventory and restore 1 life."
• New magic item: Magnet - "Relocate the closest visible object to target visible cell."
• New consumable item: Plum - "Expand the radius of your next targetable magic item by 1."
• New omen: Rocking Chair - "Whenever your mastery's ultimate ability is activated, lose your mastery."
• New omen: Glass Knuckles - "You cannot powerchord. Whenever you chord a 1, lose 1 life." (Created by Egg)
• Added Nomad that sells Dolls
• Added Hero Trial effect related to monster density
• Added Mrs. Calavera avatar by Cubear (Day of the Dead reward!)
• Added Emerald Knight avatar by Cubear
• Added Emberflame avatar, adapted by Cubear

Quality of Life

• Burning cells no longer have to be opened in order to complete a stage
• Tweaked the appearance of a few stage mod sprites
• Added board zoom support for several particle effects
• The item pool is now re-filtered whenever your mastery changes, e.g. when you gain a tier 3 mastery from Academy
• Updated Guardian II description for clarity
• Android only: the mastery ultimate ability is now activated with longtap

Balance Changes

• Demolitionist II rework: "Whenever you complete a stage with 10% monster density or less, the next stage gains the Feeble mod."
• Viral stage mod rework: "If you're injured at the start of the stage, duplicate your omens. If you're injured at the end of the stage, the next stage gains Viral."
• Guild Bond nerf: duration lowered from 100 seconds to 25 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Rainbow Trout not always counting Frozen aura toward soul reward
• Fixed an indexing issue related to Gnarled Branch
• Fixed a crash that could result from abandoning a stage the same turn as dying
• Fixed Barbecue toast
• Fixed Map Marker activating twice for every cell of value 6 or greater
• Fixed an issue with Lighthouse stage power option
• Fixed a rare crash related to Radioactive Canker activating an item that involves inventory transformation like Present
• Fixed Counter Chest deflecting damage even while locked
• Fixed Hellstone Chestplate fortifying by 2 instead of 3
• Fixed a crash related to activating Gumshoes status effect without opening a cell
• Fixed Survivor I providing a soul instead of max life
• Fixed a bug related to Infinite Journey unlock conditions
• Fixed Dimensional Portal not resetting pathfinding correctly
• Fixed a crash related to Cauldron and Divine Shadowbind
• Fixed Dreamcatcher not capturing the guaranteed Detective stranger
• Pathfinding cap is now evaluated when your mastery changes
• Rainbow Dust can no longer be activated before monsters have spawned
• Windy mod can no longer generate Mementos
• Fixed a crash related to Divine Doomcall and Harbinger omen removal
• Fixed cleanup issue related to Exorcist
• Fixed cleanup issue related to Liberated mod
• Fixed a few typoz
• Speculative fix for a rare crash involving Human Cannonball
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to selling a sigil

Hi folks, We just released a small stability update for DemonCrawl - version number is unchanged. Enjoy! ---

Quality of Life

• Updated Pursecutter description for accuracy

Balance Changes

• Workshop buff: the center Doll now costs 2 charges instead of 3

Bug Fixes

• The selected special chest is now written to disk using the name, preventing indexing issues between updates
• Fixed an issue with mastery count increasing even on failed uses
• Fixed invisible familiars in bubbles
• Fixed a crash related to Demolitionist and Disturbing mod
• Fixed a crash related to Protagonist Doll
• Fixed an issue with the "USE_MAGIC" trigger and targeted magic items
• Fixed a minor memory leak related to Rainbow Trout
• Fixed cosmetic chests always showing up as "new" in the customize menu
• Fixed Workshop Doll prices not turning red when you cannot afford them
• Presents can no longer transform into Mementos or other non-standard items
• Fixed a lockup in the tutorial
• Speculative fix for rare crash involving Blueberry and Pursecutter

Hi folks, To kick off the second week of our Halloween event, we have just released a big DemonCrawl update that includes 36 new items, 2 special chests, a new special stage, and an item archetype called Mastery Dolls! Ohh yeah! Additionally, we have made the Maniac boss a bit less maniacal, giving you more counterplay even in bad openings. Some players have asked if the Maniac is a permanent boss - we can confirm that Maniac is not a standard member of the boss pool and will be disabled outside of the yearly Halloween event. Read on to find out more:
Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• Added Mastery Dolls (special passive items that enhance your ultimate mastery ability)
• 36 new items
• New special stage: Workshop - "Consume mastery charges to create mastery dolls"
• New special chest: Elemental - "Apply random elemental auras to all cells in this column and row when you open this chest. It contains an 'aura' item."
• New special chest: Mastery - "Gain 1 mastery charge when you open this chest. It contains a 'mastery' item."
• New glint: Geo - "Gain 5% pathfinding at the start of the quest."
• New glint: Doll - "Gain your mastery doll at the start of the quest."
• Added pathfinding Wishpool
• Added Hero Trial effect based on the number of times your mastery ability has been activated

Quality of Life

• You can now search for favored items in the Codex using the European spelling ("favour")
• Updated toast for Immutable Meteorite
• Updated toast for Surgical Saw with Guardian

Balance Changes

• We can now filter out items from the start of the quest based on profile conditions (e.g. Battery and Doll items will not drop if you don't have a tier 3 mastery selected)
• Maniac nerf: Dark Hearts will no longer spawn alongside the Maniac in your opening move
• Maniac nerf: "Whenever the last visible stranger is killed, you die."
• Pacifier price reduced from 40 to 36 coins
• Golem prices increased from 30 to 35 coins
• Hungry Plant's coin reward is now based on its item requirements rather than the stage power
• Replaced Bones with Magic Bones in the Mage's droptable
• Added various Dolls to stranger droptables
• Updated Fishing Pole droptable
• Loosened requirements for Halloween Chest

Bug Fixes

• Improved performance of item search script
• Tweaked wall collision for enlarged orbs
• Fixed Regal Chest conditions for blessing projectile
• Fixed Punching Bag Simulator achievement requiring 4 consecutive attacks instead of 3
• Fixed Babyface canker mutation
• Fixed Stake's description which stated cells opened rather than turns
• Fixed memory leak related to Deck of Cards
• Added sanity check for writing to log file in case it was already closed

Community Shoutouts

• Added Grim Pump omen created by juh9870
• Added Electric Eel omen inspired by NotAJumbleOfNumbers
• Added Wildcard item inspired by OneIsTheLoneliestNumber
• Added toast ideas by Samario and Zapo

Hi folks, We have released several hotfixes for v1.62 throughout the day - the full list of changes is below. Unless any urgent bugs are discovered, this is likely the final update for v1.62. The next patch is expected to arrive on Friday or Saturday and will feature new content and balance changes. We hope you're looking forward to it! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to the activation of multiple Closed Signs at once
• Fixed a crash related to Thresher and Soft Clay
• Fixed an issue related to Doughnut and Fake Candy donation
• Fixed Elven Whistle bypassing status duration modifiers like Melted Clock
• Fixed a crash related to gaining pathfinding in a special stage
• Fixed an issue with Spookers spawning in Classic Mode
• Fixed an issue with certain Sigils activating in Classic Mode
• Fixed a crash related to "Quell" sigil activating outside of a stage
• Fixed 0-indexed Monk Password
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to bubble animations

Hi folks, The DemonCrawl Halloween Soundtrack is now available for purchase on Steam and Bandcamp - support DemonCrawl's free content updates by picking up your copy today! Our awesome Patreon backers will receive a complementary copy of the soundtrack in addition to their regular perks. Enjoy!
Check out a couple tracks from the soundtrack below: [previewyoutube=kWQ9mbM8kNU;full][/previewyoutube] [previewyoutube=EboLpmcXAiE;full][/previewyoutube] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450630/DemonCrawl_Halloween_Soundtrack/

Hi folks, Another small stability patch today - version number is unchanged. Thank you for all your continued feedback!

Quality of Life

• Implemented a system that will allow us to diagnose and repair corrupted save files much more easily

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to activating Spookers outside of regular stages
• Fixed an issue where having multiple Gnarled Branches would cause the loss of unrelated items
• Fixed a crash related to key Nomad
• Fixed missing Shadowbind string
• Fixed Mac build

Hi folks, We just released another stability patch for DemonCrawl! Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• We can now load custom images into inbox messages via HTTP(S)

Quality of Life

• The Fraudulent mod has been renamed to Evolving
• Minor adjustments to Celestial, Pagan, and Disturbing mod sprites

Balance Changes

• Elemental Fuel will now prioritize the spread of your most prevalent auras
• Eternal Jelly will always generate items worth at least 3 coins

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Guardian II bypassing lives lost through losing max life
• Active armor is now written to the disk using the item name, preventing issues between updates
• Guaranteed objects can no longer spawn in the (spoiler) post-Q5 stage
• Fixed Evolving mod not being marked as seen when encountered
• Fixed Halloween mythic emblem having a much lower droprate than intended
• Fixed Book of Maths breaking string shortcodes
• Added Trump Card to Deck of Cards
• Rite of Passage costs exceeding 999 will be abbreviated
• Fixed an issue related to the "Shine" sigil attempting to reveal monsters before any have spawned
• Fixed an issue related to Fireplace that could lead to multiple effect stacks
• Fixed pathfinding Mystic Statue always granting 15% pathfinding instead of a value based on stage power
• Fixed stages losing Halloween backgrounds when reloaded
• Fixed casing on Treasure Chest unlock message
• Fixed an infinite loop related to Mirror and Blueberry
• Fixed a crash related to Dreamcatcher and special chests
• Added workaround for Dreamcatcher not capturing a guaranteed chest that was revealed on the first move
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to the freezeframe effect
• Speculative fix for crash related to locked special chest graphic
• Speculative fix for multiple Thought Bubbles not stacking properly

v1.62b

Bug Fixes

• Implemented workaround for GameMaker's broken url_open function

Hi folks! We are releasing a small stability patch for DemonCrawl today. This should resolve an annoying crash related to bubble animations, but please let us know if you run into it again - making sure this one is fixed is currently our highest priority. We will be working through the weekend to address any remaining issues with the Halloween update. A bigger content patch is planned for next week. :-) ---

Quality of Life

• Added "pathfinding" as a dictionary term
• Added a toast with instructions on how to donate Candy when you gain one
• Added special toast when using Blood Magic as Guardian
• Updated Gambler description for clarity

Balance Changes

• Reduced the chance for Maniac to appear before the final stage from 5% to 3%
• Spookers can now drop candy when activated from any part of the screen

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bubble crash related to improper cleanup of the orb mutation list
• Fixed an issue with Manaboard not detecting charged magic items properly
• Fixed an issue related to activating Spookers on the first turn of a stage
• Fixed Friendly Chest only spawning 1 familiar
• Fixed Lucid Chest failing to solve cells
• Fixed Cheap Imitation bypassing omen immunity
• Fixed Daily Missions not showing up on the quest selection screen

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's Halloween expansion is finally out (click here to read the full patch notes), and that means our extra-spooky Seasonal Event is live as well! Take a look at some of the awesome rewards you can earn from now until October 31st:
We are running a 33% discount on DemonCrawl for the next 7 days - pick up your copy today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141220/DemonCrawl/

Hi folks, Today's the day - DemonCrawl's second expansion, Halloween, is finally upon us! It's COMPLETELY FREE and automatically packaged with the base game. A ton of spooky new content awaits you, including the Maniac boss, 20+ time-limited rewards, new masteries, game-changing Special Chests and sooo much more. To celebrate the launch, we are running a 33% discount on DemonCrawl for the next 7 days! We will publish a couple follow-up posts very soon with more information about the seasonal Halloween Event (expected to run through Oct. 31st) as well as the standalone Halloween soundtrack, which you may purchase now at Bandcamp for $3.99, or receive a complementary copy by supporting us on Patreon! For now, we'll just let the Patch Notes do the talking for us... Happy Halloween! ---

Halloween Event

• Added Halloween flair
• Collect Pumpkin artifacts and use them create a spooky new Beyond quest
• Earn two limited-time divine items: Divine Jack-o-Lantern and Divine Bone Baton
• DemonCrawl has been infested with Spookers, don't worry they're harmless
• Complete the Halloween questline to earn 4 new avatars and a new inventory
• Recurring mission: earn 1 Token every time you donate Candy to a stranger
• 12 additional Halloween avatars are available in prizeboxes
• New seasonal boss: Maniac - there's a madman on the loose, and he's going after the trick-or-treaters
• New seasonal paint: Candycorn
• New ultra-rare seasonal holograph: Autumn Leaves (only available in prizeboxes)
• Added 6 original Halloween music tracks - soundtrack available for purchase now

New Features

• You can now find Special Chests throughout your quests - you must also find a mysterious Treasure Key to open them!
• If your quest contains a special chest, you will come across a sign somewhere that indicates which stage holds the Treasure Key
• Once you unlock a special chest, you can always find it in future runs by making it part of your loadout
• Your selected special chest has a 10% chance to replace regular chests
• There are 30 unique special chests to collect
• Dark Chests have been removed
• New keyword: Pathfinding - "Allows you to complete the stage with a percentage of cells still unsolved. Caps at 50%."
• New mastery: Mutant - "Cultivate your Cankers, then sacrifice them at the right time for huge rewards!"
• New mastery: Scout - "Pathfinder extraordinaire!"
• New mastery: Detective - "Butter up some strangers to learn about monster locations!" (Based on an idea by community member Egg)
• 4 new passive items
• 5 new consumable items
• 10 new magic items
• 21 new omens
• 2 new legendary items
• Hook Hand rework: "Your guaranteed chests will be special chests. Activate special chest effects twice."
• Toad rework: "Mages are more common. For 20 coins, you may right-click a Mage to gain his magic item. He will learn a different item."
• New Daily Mission: Road Less Taken - "Gain 20% pathfinding."
• New Daily Mission: Stimulus Package - "Spend 30 Tokens."
• You may now abandon Daily Missions
• New glint: Special Glint - "Quadruple your chance to find special chests."
• New glint: Duplication Glint - "Your quest will contain an additional copy of the first stage."
• New stage mod: Astral - "Rare loot everywhere!"
• Customize the look of your chests with holographs, paint and special chest sprites
• New avatar: Spawn of Heck by Deluxeloy
• New paint: Palette One by Cubear
• You can now search for items in the Codex by creator name
• You can now search for "patreon" in the Codex to see all Mythic Patron creations
• Added a few Hero Trial effects related to pathfinding
• Added a few sigils related to pathfinding
• Added localization support for a number of UI-related strings
• Default leaderboard version updated to v1.60

Quality of Life

• Added Divine-colored border around Mythic Emblems you have completed
• Improved appearance of category sprites for Loadout and Options menus
• Added log entry for armor damage mitigation
• Added Twitter button to main menu
• Guaranteed Harbingers that spawn from Apocalyptic mod will show an icon on reveal
• Added Blood Oil toast

Balance Changes

• Lumberjack I buff: "Begin the quest with a Sawblade. You can toggle Sawblade phasing." (Phasing will disable orb functionality.)
• Lumberjack II buff: Broken Sawblade requirement reduced from 100 cells to 50 cells
• Protagonist I buff: "All legendary items are favored. Gain a random legendary item when you enter the final stage."
• Protagonist II rework: "Whenever you gain a legendary item, gain a mastery charge. Whenever you replace a legendary item, increase the number of legendary items you can hold."
• Firefly I buff: "Burning cells do not hurt you. Each stage has a numbered burning cell, plus a burning cell for each stage mod."
• Guardian II rework: "You are immune to life loss outside of monster damage."
• Undertaker III buff: "Reveal all cells near sanctified cells and apply sanctified to any monsters in those cells."
• Barbarian III buff: Charges reduced from 5 to 4
• Lowered Demolitionist II unlock requirement from 400 cells to 300 cells
• Lowered Demolitionist III unlock requirement from 1000 cells to 800 cells
• Overhauled stranger drop tables
• Increased the droprate of prizebox-only avatars
• Slightly increased the droprate of divines in prizeboxes
• Spawners now benefit from the Electric aura
• Reduced the Token Shop prices of Trump Card and Archmage Sceptre by 100 tokens each
• Chisel can upgrade chests into special chests
• Slightly reduced the droprates of most sigil crafting materials
• Dreamcatcher price increased from 5 to 10 coins
• Priest buff: reduced the upper bound of his price from 50 to 40 coins

Bug Fixes

• Fixed boss signs showing up in all Normal difficulty quests
• Improved collision detection of orbs bouncing off walls
• Fixed an issue related to entering windowed mode using the alt+enter command
• Fixed an issue with Bubbler's Memento not preserving bubbles
• Fixed a hardlock related to Fraudulent mod attempting to replace positive mods
• Fixed an issue related to Beyond Ego not spawning under some conditions
• Fixed Hydra Tail toast
• Fixed Obelisks not advancing from cell reveal effects
• Fixed "This Is Aurable" achievement unlocking on Steam but not in game
• Fixed an issue between Paper Golem and Gold Digger
• Fixed a few issues related to particle depth and cleanup routines
• Fixed Guild Bond not activating on use of Mercenary
• Fixed missing list icon on Mythic Emblem "guaranteed boss" text
• Clarified wording on Punching Bag description for consistency
• Cleaned up various project files, removed old assets
• Removed remnants of Worldclay from the game (goodnight, sweet prince)

• Fixed Detective mastery unlock requirements
• Fixed an issue with the Special Chest UI
• Fixed a crash related to Bagman
• Fixed missing Halloween stage description
• Fixed missing Sky Net toast
• Speculative fix for crash related to Bubbles - more testing needed here

• Fixed special chests always unlocking in the same order instead of random
• Maniac boss can no longer spawn in Casual Mode
• Fixed Spookers spawning while "create a profile" screen is open
• Fixed a crash related to Wrecking Ball and bosses
• Fixed Quest for Sin toast
• Fixed leftover progress from Christmas 2019 event interfering with Halloween questline
• Fixed a crash related to Blighted Totem and the Immutable stage mod

Hi folks, The wait is almost over - DemonCrawl's Halloween expansion finally launches TOMORROW! We wanted to take a moment and spotlight two of the 40+ new items that will be included in tomorrow's update. These are no ordinary items... they were designed and developed in collaboration with DemonCrawl's first-ever Mythic Patron supporters! Let's dive right in: --- First up is a new legendary item called Fireplace, designed by Mythic Patron Emberflame.
With a fitting name like that, you might have already guessed Emberflame wanted to create a powerful option for the Firefly's legendary slot, and we were totally on board! As it turns out, there's very little elemental support in the legendary item pool - it was clear right away that this idea was a winner. Fireplace is an interesting concept because it's much more than a mere Burning enabler. It dips into both status effect and gleaning mechanics, offering great synergy with other items and even other masteries. Have you ever wanted to play as a BURNING SPY? Because now you can. --- Next is a new magic item called Elemental Fuel, designed by Mythic Patron Tom25w.
Tom brought a few different ideas to the table and let us choose the one that appealed to us most. As soon as we saw Elemental Fuel (originally called Magic Fuel), our mind was made up. It's such an elegant design. Some of our favorite items are those with unique effects that can be summed up in a single punchy sentence. "Spread all auras to nearby cells." 6 words, no room for confusion, and it fits perfectly into many different builds. We think Tom's numbers were exactly right too - at just 13 coins and 90 mana per use, Elemental Fuel is something you can pick up without a great deal of buyer's remorse, even if auras never come into play during your run. At its worst, Elemental Fuel is an affordable safety net. At its best? Probably something nuts involving Ethereal aura and infinite mana. ---

Other Shoutouts

• Detective mastery is based heavily on an idea from community member Egg.
• There's a set of "Marshmallow" items inspired by ideas from raisins77. Yummm
• Egg strikes again with an idea for a positive stage mod called "Astral" - rare loot everywhere!
• Community moderator Team Worm gave us a great quality-of-life suggestion for adding Divine-colored borders around completed Mythic Emblems.

Hi folks, We are very excited to give you a first look at some of the new music coming to DemonCrawl this Halloween! [previewyoutube=wIY8r5fPexM;full][/previewyoutube] "Nightmare on Respite's End" is an original track composed by Levi Tuoremaa. (He is the one responsible for several other memorable tunes in DemonCrawl, including the Desert Theme, Galaxy Theme, and even the fantastic title music!) This track was written for an upcoming boss known as the Maniac. Watch out. --- Many of you have asked for a way to download DemonCrawl music - now you finally can. Starting October 15th, you will be able to purchase the full Halloween Soundtrack in both FLAC and MP3 formats.
We can't wait to share the full OST with you. It even has a track written by the DemonCrawl developer himself!

Get your candy basket ready! DemonCrawl: Halloween is a brand new expansion for the hit minesweeper roguelite - launching for FREE on October 15th! [previewyoutube=Xa3Rz0Zhk4A;full][/previewyoutube] DemonCrawl: Halloween will ship with:

• 40 new items
• 3 new masteries
• 5 spooky Halloween missions
• 20+ limited-time Halloween cosmetics
• A new mechanic called Pathfinding: "Allows you to complete the stage with a percentage of cells still unsolved."
• A game-changing feature called Special Chests: "Special Chests have a small chance to replace your regular chests. They contain specific sets of items and provide you with a positive effect when opened. Select a Special Chest as part of your loadout."
• Tons of balance changes, quality of life improvements, and bug fixes

Hi folks, After two months of development, we are super excited to announce that v1.60 is now available in Closed Beta for our Patreon supporters! If you have been considering backing us on Patreon, now is an excellent time to do so - v1.60 is the largest DemonCrawl patch since Sweeping Heights, and is practically an expansion in its own right. The beta testing period is expected to last around two weeks. It's live now. v1.60 includes a ton of new items, new masteries, gamechanging mechanics and ~more~. October is shaping up to be one of DemonCrawl's biggest months yet. Stay tuned for more news coming soon! - P.S. We are playing catch up with emails and bug reports this week. Our apologies if you haven't heard back from us in a while - we were extremely busy with v1.60 development. Thanks for your understanding and patience.

Hi folks, We are working on a major content patch to coincide with DemonCrawl's upcoming seasonal event - our goal is to have a beta release ready in the next 1-2 weeks. It's shaping up to be the largest patch since Sweeping Heights! In the meantime, we have decided to push out a few important fixes for v1.59. A second round of fixes may soon follow. Have a great day! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to Bubbler III and boss bubbles
• Fixed a crash related to opening the escape menu while the stage complete window is open
• Fixed Hydra Trail triggering on itself
• Fixed a few typos in the game client's patch notes

Hi folks, We just deployed a new stability patch for DemonCrawl! This update includes a new consumable item, additional balance changes for Survivor, and over 30 bug fixes. (Some much-needed housekeeping!)
Last week, we implemented significant changes to 6 masteries, most of which were well received. However, some players expressed dissatisfaction with the Survivor updates - we want to take a moment to address this and explain our solution in v1.59. The Survivor mastery has always been about manipulating a state of injury to your advantage. We like that it creates interesting situations where you have to decide between healing to survive an imminent blow, or remaining in harm's way so that you can continue to reap the mastery's benefits. Prior to v1.58, Survivor II provided a way to scale your build through Soul drops. While this fit the Survivor's M.O., it was a bit too unreliable - this is a class that most players unlock early on, so we think it should offer a decent amount of predictability. It and Guardian (formerly Knight) were originally conceived as "starter masteries" with somewhat boring but reliable designs. Additionally, we were not a fan of intentionally taking damage in the first stage to activate Survivor II as early as possible, which was often the ideal strategy. It wasn't too powerful or anything, but it felt like an inconvenient and unintuitive mechanic. Plus, if you forgot to do it, your run was immediately at a disadvantage. So, we decided to try scaling Survivor with the "Untouchable" award instead. This created a nice parallel with the Guardian mastery, but many players were quick to point out that rewarding Survivors for not taking damage was at odds with its core identity. After some thought, we have come to agree. Here's our new solution:
In v1.59, the Survivor is once again rewarded for his injuries, but in a more reliable fashion. We also applied a quality-of-life "nerf" to Survivor I so that it provides max life instead of life - putting you in a state of injury from the start. Survivor III is unchanged, meaning you still have the opportunity to restore all of your lives every few stages. Let us know what you think, and we hope you enjoy the patch! Full patch notes are below. P.S. Due to relatively long compilation times for Mac and Linux, we have decided to release updates for Windows first, with the other platforms to follow in 3-4 hours. This way we can prepare and deploy any crucial hotfixes without having to re-compile for all 3 systems. Expect to see this approach for all updates going forward. ---

New Features

• New consumable item: Pacifier - "Replace the stage mods on the selected stage with less difficult stage mods."

Quality of Life

• You may now begin a stage by clicking twice on the small thumbnail in stage select
• Replaced Customize screen pagination with a scrollbar
• Reduced lag in the Customize screen when switching modes
• The "item purchased" toast now states the name of the obtained item
• Updated the description of Maul for clarity
• Tweaked the description of several Bow items to improve their compatibility with autocasting
• Added current number of total status effects in the tooltip for the help menu category
• Made adjustments to the following sprites: Electromancy, Venomancy, Overgrowth, Barrels of Fun
• Desktop only: you may now close the escape menu by pressing escape again

Balance Changes

• Survivor I rework: "Begin the quest with 1 extra max life."
• Survivor II rework: "At the end of each stage, gain 1 max life if you are injured."
• Increased the droprate of Mythic Emblems by about 25%
• Reduced the density of Sanctified cells in Valhallan stages from 8% to 5%
• Starponds are now a bit more likely to offer items for coins instead of tokens
• Starpond coin price is no longer capped at 999
• Increased the price of Purify from 40 to 50

Bug Fixes

• Status effects are now saved to disk using the item name, which should make them more resilient to game updates
• Fixed a crash related to Classic Mode and the Metagate skin
• Fixed Mythic Emblem stage mod placement
• Transmogrify now randomizes itself
• Transmogrify now uses the item transformation script rather than removing/adding items
• Fixed an issue that caused the completion of a classic stage to reset your current quest stage
• Fixed crafting tooltips incorrectly showing up next to some sigil materials
• Fixed a monster count issue related to blowing up flagged monsters
• Fixed Contagion bypassing effects that reduce your omen chances to 0
• Fixed explosive effects bypassing object immutability if the cell had an aura at the time of explosion
• Fixed a rare issue with the autosolver related to its understanding of the monster count
• Fixed a couple minor issues with the stage select UI
• Fixed a crash related to using Bubble Rod on a stage with the Spellbinder boss
• Fixed a crash related to activating Bubbler III without any orbs
• Fixed Disturbing stage mod influencing the direction of some projectiles
• Fixed Voucher not providing an item if used with a full inventory
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Disturbing mod toast to show an incorrect sprite
• Fixed Quest for Necrosis not respecting Heavy Burden's reduction to total inventory size
• Fixed the log entry for "coins spent" not respecting Blinding stage mod
• Fixed Fraudulent stage mod bypassing Immutable stage mod
• Fixed a few issues related to Edict of the Old Gods not buffing Tablets
• Fixed a rare crash related to electric Dark Chests
• Fixed a crash related to Smog activating on the first turn of a stage
• Fixed resolution scale not saving to disk when using alt+enter fullscreen toggle
• Fixed Minion Wishpool not receiving buff from Electric aura
• Holograph tooltips can no longer produce a term definition panel
• Patreon leaderboards no longer observe the default version filter
• The monster density cap will do a better job of making sure there's enough space for your first move
• Added validation for external strings to prevent possible crashes
• Possible workaround for a rare crash related to a boss destroying a living object on movement
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to burning a boss
• Speculative fix for a rare crash related to Fraudulent stage mod

• Fixed a crash related to popping strangers in bubbles
• Fixed another issue related to explosions and monster count
• Fixed a visual glitch related to familiars trying to kill unkillable monsters

Hi folks, To coincide with the release of v1.58, we have designed 5 new avatars and a new inventory for our Patreon supporters! This month's theme is STRANGE DENIZENS. The world of DemonCrawl is home to more than just Nomads and Waterboys... why not let The Chef have a turn at those demons?
Receive your unlock code today by pledging your support for DemonCrawl:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, We just deployed an update for DemonCrawl that includes buffs to 6 lesser-used masteries, a new stage mod, 3 community-designed inventories and more! There is also a larger patch in the works for a major seasonal event - can you guess which one? Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• New stage mod: Fraudulent - "When you enter this stage, replace all stage mods with more difficult stage mods."
• All Mythic Emblems now enforce specific sets of stage mods
• Mythic Emblem bosses are now guaranteed rather than likely
• Updated default leaderboard version to v1.58
• Added 5 new Patreon avatars and a new Patreon inventory
• Added "Gilded Mahogany" inventory designed by community member Cynic
• Added "Calculator" inventory designed by community member Celestial
• Added "The Minimalist" inventory designed by community member Samario

Quality of Life

• Added "connecting to server" message when loading Hero Trial
• Added dictionary entry for "stats"
• Improved dictionary entry for "chain"
• Rewrote the descriptions of Essence items for clarity
• The Surrounded stage mod will flag all cells around the perimeter for you
• Armor tooltips now indicate which category the armor belongs to

Balance Changes

• Commander I buff: Familiar summoning cost reduced from 5 to 3 coins
• Survivor II rework: "Whenever you earn the Untouchable award, gain 1 max life."
• Survivor III buff: "Solve a number of cells equal to your missing life, then heal to full."
• Bubbler II buff: "Whenever you pop a bubble, reveal a number of random nearby cells equal to the value of the cell it was popped in."
• Scholar II buff: "Whenever a status effect is completed, restore 1 life and solve a cell."
• Guardian III buff: charges reduced from 5 to 4
• Prophet III buff: "Gain between 1 and 5 Tokens."
• Guild Bond price increased from 5 to 9
• Magic Dice price increased from 20 to 24
• Nemes price reduced from 25 to 17
• Bonfire price reduced from 23 to 18
• Elemental stage mod is now considered difficulty 3 instead of 2
• Unchained stage mod is now considered difficulty 3 instead of 2
• Demon Snare now counts as meat for the purposes of Barbecue

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a typo on Essence of Death
• Fixed an issue that could prevent bosses from spawning
• Fixed an issue related to Chamberlain Hero Trial not saving its effect to the disk
• Fixed Blood Oil not writing its effect to the disk
• Fixed an issue related to Druid Staff and the new excess item rules
• Fixed unintended interaction between Wizard II and Bubble Rod
• Fixed buggy interaction between Burning and Surrounded stage mods
• Fixed another crash related to items trying to drop on a fully occupied board

Hi folks, We are very happy to announce that the Mac build of DemonCrawl has entered the stable branch as of v1.57! This marks the completion of our second DemonCrawl port for 2020. We hope to follow it up with one more before year's end - we'll have more news on that front soon. To celebrate the launch, we are giving out a new promo code for 100 Tokens! Enter code APPLECRAWL into the Token Shop to receive your reward:
The code is set to expire a week from now, so don't miss your chance! We are still working to determine minimum system requirements for Mac, but we can confirm that the game client runs great even on lower-end devices. For reference, the port was completed on a 2018 model Mac Mini i3, which pushes well over 60 FPS in normal gameplay situations. --- In other news, we have recently begun development of DemonCrawl's next major Seasonal Event! It's going to be huge - we're thinking of it like a mini-expansion. Bigger than your average update, but smaller than Sweeping Heights. We won't give away too many details just yet, but let's just say it's going to be equal parts scary and sweet. Finally, we have an update planned to go live later this week. It includes several important mastery changes that should shake up the meta, along with a new stage mod and your usual helping of bug fixes. And no, don't worry, we're not nerfing Spy again. Not yet, anyway.

Hi folks, We just deployed a small hotfix for v1.57 - patch notes are below. Thank you! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that would occur when there was no space for an item to drop on the ground
• Fixed an issue with special stages rolling Library way more often than intended
• Fixed a couple issues related to one of the new Classic skins

Hi folks, We have a big DemonCrawl update for you today. :-) First off, our Mac build has entered the stable branch! We're happy to say that the porting process was relatively painless, and that we should be able to utilize the same Apple dev tools to begin building for iOS soon. As for the patch itself, v1.57 introduces 5 powerful new items and a new stage mod. The mod is quite unique and will almost certainly make an impact on any stage that has it... we hope it poses an interesting challenge!
Additionally, we created a new type of Nomad that will trade one of your items for another item. He's like a Bazaar, but in Nomad form. There are a few other mechanic changes you can read about in the patch notes below. Finally, we added 3 community-made cosmetics, the first of their kind. A big thank you to Cubear and Celestial for these awesome contributions! We hope to add more community cosmetics in the near future. If you would like to submit your own work for consideration, please do so at DemonCrawl's official Discord server. We can't wait to see what you come up with. :-) Enjoy! ---

New Features

• DemonCrawl is now available on macOS
• Added a couple more stages as unlockable Classic Skins
• Added Trader Nomad - he will exchange one of your items for another item
• New stage mod: Disturbing - "Living objects move toward your cursor. If you hover a living object, you take 1 damage."
• New consumable item: Ladybug - "For a number of turns equal to your total mana plus 1, you cannot take damage from failed guesses."
• New passive item: Feather - "Monster damage is capped to your number of items."
• New magic item: Mana Tank - "[100 Mana] Gain 200 Mana." (Inspired by an idea from our Patron Blattdorf!)
• New magic item: Demon Snare - "Flag all hidden monsters in target 7x7 area. Kill all visible monsters in this area. Remove a boss mod from each boss in this area."
• New legendary item: Trump Card - "If you fail a guess, activate your mastery's ultimate ability before taking damage."
• Added a new Mythic Emblem
• Added a new Hero Trial modifier: Librarian - "Begin the quest with a research subject."
• Added a gameplay setting to always highlight chains
• Added Great Grandfather Rock avatar by Celestial
• Added Photocopy paint by Cubear
• Added Moonlight Rave paint by Cubear
• Added localization support for various strings

Quality of Life

• You can now use your "open cell" keybind to dismiss most popups
• The names of most classic skins will be revealed if you have access to Hard Mode
• Updated the description of Frozen aura to let players know that it can reduce the monster count
• Added toast notifications for the following items: Divine Halo, Spirit Robe, Hellstone Chestplate

Balance Changes

• Any excess items gained during a stage will drop on the ground, not just items from chests
• Electric aura now affects Blacksmiths
• The cell open requirements for Obelisks have been lowered from [20 to 30] to [15 to 30]
• Gambler loses coins a bit less often
• Gambler has a very small chance to randomly win a ton of coins
• Reduced Token Shop price of Archmage Sceptre from 500 to 400 Tokens

Bug Fixes

• Classic Mode skin unlock descriptions updated for clarity
• Optimized code for the bullet points that appear in tooltips
• Fixed negative defense counting toward "Just a Flesh Wound" Daily Mission
• Fixed a crash that would occur if you tried to start a Hero Trial without an internet connection
• Fixed a few rare crashes caused by Boot items trying to examine the last-clicked cell if you abandoned the stage in the same step
• Fixed Prism of Intellect bypassing Mud
• Fixed an issue with Swelling Rune and hidden cells
• The alert logs no longer show amount of life restored on Blinding stages
• The alert logs no longer show monster damage rolls on Blinding stages
• Fixed magic heirlooms sometimes showing incorrect mana
• Fixed a clickthrough issue related to board objects and the bottom HUD
• Fixed a clickthrough issue related to the heirloom window
• Fixed toast notification for Gnarled Branch
• Fixed "Chamberlain" Hero Trial
• Fixed Mud activating each turn if you have Brain in a Vat
• Fixed hover region for items in the Token Shop
• Fixes for Knight's Memento and Scholar's Memento
• Fixed an issue with Elementalist Hero Trial effect
• Fixed line height calculation issue in vertically scrolling UI elements
• Speculative fix for particle issue related to Sawblades
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to opening a monster on a Diverse stage
• Speculative fix for leaderboards "my score" button
• Android only: fixed banner advertisement covering up classic menu and patch notes windows
• Android only: fixed cloud sync not taking prestige into account when determining which file to load

Hi folks, Exciting news - we just published DemonCrawl's brand new Mac client to the Closed Beta branch! You can check out DemonCrawl for Mac right now by supporting us on Patreon. We are also working on v1.57, which we hope to deploy sometime next week. It will include some interesting mechanic changes and our first ever community-made cosmetics. :-) Stay tuned for more!

Hi folks, We released a stability patch for DemonCrawl this morning - full patch notes are below! ---

New Features

• Added Foreground Particles setting for a bit more control over the game's appearance

Quality of Life

• Improved the appearance of the scrollbars in the Classic Mode and Patch Notes windows

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a number of issues with achievements not unlocking properly
• Fixed a lockup related to the Trusty mod
• Fixed a minor visual alignment issue with scrollbars in popups
• The following items now observe standard event triggers: Frostbite, Wand of Retribution
• Fixed an issue with music in Classic Mode reverting to the Classic theme on restart, regardless of selected skin
• Blowing up hidden monsters should now correctly activate all monster death-related effects
• Fixed value calculation issue with Swelling Rune
• Fixed double toast with Handaxe
• Fixed Rising stage mod toast showing incorrect sprite
• Fixed a crash related to typing into the volume setting fields directly
• Fixed a visual glitch with the Sainted Glint that prevented its new mod from showing up on stage select
• Fixed buggy interaction between autodischarge magic items and Mud
• Electric cells now affect Wishpools
• Communist mod can no longer proc after death
• Optimized the hitbox for cell objects
• Android only: speculative fix for rare crash related to loading the game on a new device

Hi folks, We just released a big update for DemonCrawl that adds selectable skins to Classic Mode! You can unlock Classic Skins by earning high scores in each stage of a regular quest. If you manage to get every Classic Skin, you will be rewarded with the new Infinite Journey achievement. This patch introduces 20 achievements altogether! There are also 3 challenging new stage mods. Check them out:
Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• Redesigned Classic Mode interface
• Unlock skins for Classic Mode by earning a certain amount of points in each stage
• Hybrid skins are supported by Classic Mode as well
• Randomize your Classic Mode settings by clicking on the "Custom" difficulty button
• New stage mod: Vigilant - "Before opening or chording a cell, nearby visible monsters will attack you."
• New stage mod: Forsaken - "Legendary items do not work. Omens activate an additional time."
• New stage mod: Surrounded - "At the start of the stage, monsters spawn along the perimeter." (Suggested by community member Cubear!)
• Added new color palettes for 10 existing stage mods
• Added 20 achievements
• Added Patch Notes button to main menu
• Added Discord button to main menu
• Added Patreon button to main menu
• Added something ~secret~

Quality of Life

• Updated the description of Helm for clarity
• If you lose on a Dark stage, board visibility will be restored for ease of review

Bug Fixes

• Fixed string issues related to Greedy Pig, Treasure Pouch, Medusa Head, Dumbbell, Ritual Chalk
• The following items now observe standard event triggers: Brainsap, Hot Sauce, Taxes, Monocle, Claw, Chromatic Choker, Appetizer, Anvil
• Fixed a crash related to hovering a Snowball artifact
• Fixed another crash related to the Dark Chest that adds monsters to a stage
• Fixed Doomcall not activating harbingers a second time as described
• Fixed a visual glitch that would cause bosses to desync from their cell during movement
• Similar to above, fixed an issue related to Groupie and stranger movement
• Fixed title casing in Glint tooltips
• Fixed Gluttony not interacting with Mystery Meat
• Fixed a crash related to Prism of Intellect not distinguishing between normal and divine item radius (e.g. Divine Watering Can)
• The Predatory stage mod will no longer create a toast notification if there are no monsters on the board
• Applying Burning directly to a hidden cell no longer activates monster reveal effects
• Nightmare toast will no longer show up when right-clicking objects on the board
• The inventory button will no longer animate if your inventory is full whenever item acquisition is attempted
• Fixed a Linux-only crash related to Quest V by replacing spaces in stage skin folders with underscores
• Speculative fix for visual glitch that causes an empty cell to appear full (please let us know if you continue running into this issue)

Hi folks, We are very excited to announce that DemonCrawl has officially made its way onto the Linux operating system! We have decided to celebrate by running a 25% discount on DemonCrawl for the entire week, starting right now! If you're on Ubuntu version 16 or later, you can launch DemonCrawl from the Steam client and everything should "just work." That said, some players have informed us that the game also works great in other distros with a bit of elbow grease. (Note - Ubuntu is the only flavor of Linux we officially support at this time, but you can always reach out to us at support@therefore.games for help getting the game to work in a different environment.)

Other news

Hi folks, We just released a new stability patch for DemonCrawl! :-) This update includes several buffs and reworks to early game items, which should help players get their builds off the ground a bit more consistently. A larger update is also scheduled for release next week - that one will land in our beta branch first, so make sure to support us on Patreon if you want to get your hands on it as soon as possible. Full patch notes are below. Enjoy! ---

New Features

• The "choose legendary" prompt now also applies to divine items
• Barbecue rework: "[100 Mana] Consume a random meat item to gain a soul."
• Guild Bond rework: "For 100 seconds, whenever you spend coins on a stranger, gain a soul."
• Expanded body font with ccentd glyphs
• Added JSON support for stage mod toast notifications, artifacts, emblems, and glints

Balance Changes

• Patron Saint now creates strong familiars
• Gambler price reduced from [10-20] to [8-15]
• Trapper price reduced from 4 to 2
• Bloomberries price reduced from 23 to 19

Quality of Life

• Added a dictionary entry for Metagate
• Updated the description of Occultic Pendant for clarity
• Added fail message for Ace of Spades
• Updated tips for Linux players who are having trouble getting the game to launch (see "possible_dependencies" folder)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed string issues related to Yarn of Life, Yarn of War, Strange Egg, Eye of the Tiger, Candelabra, and Chaos Portal
• Fixed a rare crash related to Infinity Key
• Fixed another couple issues with the autosolver's understanding of the monster count
• Fixed Glitch omen bypassing omen immunity
• Fixed incompatibility between Handaxe and Demolitionist mastery
• Fixed Shade boss not writing concealed cells to disk in some cases
• Fixed an issue with barrels that could cause them to get destroyed if they were created by a magic item on the same step
• Fixed a crash related to activating a Mystic Statue in an immutable stage
• Fixed cell colors not properly resetting when re-entering a stage
• Fixed Dangerous stage mod failing to increase power under some circumstances
• Fixed Trash Bin failing to activate if a non-numbered cell was targeted among a group of valid targets
• Fixed a crash related to the Dark Chest curse that adds monsters to stages
• Fixed a crash related to hovering a manalocked magic item status effect in the help menu
• Bubbles created by the Frothy mod will spawn in the center of the screen, rather than at the top left
• Cleaned up some antiquated code
• Speculative fix for a crash related to gaining a status effect on the same step as abandoning a stage
• Speculative fix for a crash related to dying in a Flawless Boss stage

Hi folks, To coincide with the release of v1.53, we have designed 5 new avatars and a new inventory for all of our Patreon supporters! This month's theme is ROBOT UPRISING. The machines want to prove that they're good at minesweeper too.
Receive your unlock code today by pledging your support for DemonCrawl:

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, Hope your weekend is going well! We just deployed an update for DemonCrawl that includes official Linux support, 5 brand new items, a prompt that lets you choose which legendary item to keep, various legendary tweaks, and several UI enhancements.
This patch also includes a lot of foundational work for localization support. We are very eager to begin translating DemonCrawl to other languages! If you think you can help with this, feel free to take a look at our documentation and shoot us an email at support@therefore.games with some details about your professional background. We hope you enjoy! Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• Added Linux support
• New Patreon reward set: Robot Uprising - 5 new avatars and 1 new inventory
• New passive item: Primordial Bangle - "At the start of each stage, gain a random magic item if you have less than 200 mana."
• New consumable item: Magic Munchies - "Gain a soul, plus 1 soul for every 200 mana you have."
• New consumable item: Zeal of Love - "Spawn a heart. If you have to guess, convert all visible hearts to souls."
• New consumable item: Zeal of Hate - "Spawn a monster. If you have to guess, convert all visible monsters to Minions."
• New omen: Mystery Meat - "Your consumable item effects are randomized."
• Implemented toggle mute buttons in the audio settings

Balance Changes

• You may now decline legendary items from chests if they would replace an existing legendary item
• If there's not enough space for a chest item to drop on the ground, the item will drop to a different cell instead
• Arcane Barrier rework: "Whenever a monster is revealed, activate a random targeted magic item at its cell before taking damage."
• Kingmaker rework: "Every 20 cells opened without making a mistake, spawn a familiar then solve all cells near your familiars."
• Hypertrap buff: "Flag 25% of all monsters when you begin a stage."
• Resolute Horn buff: "When you leave a stage, gain 2 souls for each heart you leave behind."
• Resolute Horn price increased from 10 to 15
• Sphere of Influence price reduced from 40 to 30
• Blind Justice price reduced from 15 to 9
• Ointment price reduced from 17 to 14
• Badge of Honor price increased from 14 to 18
• Fake Moustache price reduced from 50 to 45
• Silver Bullet buff: doubled the base chance of converting a projectile to a Blessing
• Paper Golem can spawn Quest for Mythos more often, though it is still quite rare

Quality of Life

• Starpond will now tell you how many of each item you currently have
• Stage mods can now stack in the UI
• Improved appearance of burning cell particles
• Thought Bubble orbs can no longer spawn right next to the edges of the screen
• The vast majority of item notifications now support loading via external JSON
• Quest names and description strings now support external JSON
• Stage names are description strings now support external JSON

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to the autosolver's understanding of the monster count
• Fixed Blinding mod not concealing damage taken in the help menu
• Fixed another issue related to immutable objects getting destroyed
• Bugle can no longer activate before monsters have spawned
• Divine Blood Magic can no longer activate before monsters have spawned
• You can no longer pay the Gambler if he has no valid cells to move to
• Added notification that you cannot switch codex profiles during a quest
• Fixed minor memory leak with Bag of Tricks
• Fixed Molotov incorrectly stating that you must be in the overworld to use
• Fixed a typo in the monster name generator

Hi folks, We have recently published a native Linux build of DemonCrawl through the Steam Beta program! You can play DemonCrawl on Linux right now by supporting us on Patreon. We hope to get it ready for worldwide release within the next several weeks. :-)
A couple important notes about DemonCrawl on Linux: 1. We have heard that DemonCrawl has always worked pretty well in Wine/Proton, but certain network features like the leaderboards crash the client, and there are significant slowdowns when hovering some items. We are happy to confirm that these issues are NOT present in the native Linux build. 2. Officially, we only support the latest stable build of Ubuntu. Unofficially, however, you might be able to get this thing running in other distros with a little elbow grease. Please reach out to us if you need any help doing so. Thank you for reading!

Hi folks, We have just released an update for DemonCrawl that includes a couple quality of life improvements, foundational work for localization and mod support, and a number of important bug fixes - full patch notes are below! ---

New Features

• Added a "posthumous hint" effect to show where you could have moved if you lose the quest

Quality of Life

• Refactored event trigger code for better localization and (eventual) mod support
• We can now load event-driven item strings from external JSON files
  • For example, if you want to change the Extra Pocket text that appears when you enter a stage, you would add a line called "Extra Pocket_msg_ENTER_STAGE" to English.json
  • Dynamic text can be added to strings in the form of letter variables, e.g. "Reduced the stage power by $A!"
  • Most items do not utilize this new system quite yet... but they will soon! Proper documentation to follow as well.
• Finality omen now creates a toast notification when you die

Balance Changes

• Mastery start-of-stage effects--e.g. Spark and Spy--will now trigger before your items

Bug Fixes

• Fixed regression related to level-up lag
• Fixed crash related to Bubbler III
• Fixed crash related to strangers dropping loot
• Cleaned up hover detection on some UI elements
• Set fake cell value cap of +12 to match visuals
• Fixed certain item properties lingering after item transformation
• Fixed a few rare instances of omen and passive negation interfering with special item properties
• Strings are now loaded at the start of the game, rather than every time a profile is selected
• Fixed a few instances of lingering particles between menus
• Fixed a crash related to stepping through a dimensional portal with Shadowbind
• Speculative fix for Novice I reading the board state incorrectly following chords

Hi folks, Hope you're having a good weekend! We just released a small stability patch for DemonCrawl. Full patch notes are below! --

Bug Fixes

• The Novice III ability can no longer activate if the stage is already done
• Fixed an issue with the autosolver and fake cell values
• Fixed a couple other fringe issues with the autosolver
• Fixed buggy interaction between Novice and the Trusty stage mod / Casual Mode
• Fixed visual alignment of the inventory button in one of the tutorial popups
• Fixed a crash related to the Dark Chest curse that increases stage power
• Fixed a crash related to the Dark Chest curse that adds monsters
• Fixed a crash that would occur if you had a Tablet of Drocer in your heirloom slots before v1.50
• Fixed duplicate level-up alerts
• Fixed a rare input issue related to Sawblades and the inventory panel
• Speculative fix for rare crash related to Patron Saint

• Fixed Dirty mod dealing 1 more damage than intended
• Fixed Sinister Portal mod always providing the same omens
• Fixed Portal Mods in Endless Multiverse not resetting if you restart after dying

• Fixed a crash that occurred if you tried to use the Novice III ability outside of a stage
• Fixed Tablet of Ne'kot giving fewer tokens than intended
• Fixed a rare issue with Wizard III not properly charging a magic item
• Fixed a couple additional issues related to the Friendly Glint spawning a Harbinger
• Fixed a crash related to Mega Tokens and Magnifying Glass
• Fixed a rare crash caused by having an heirloom of an item that was renamed between versions
• Speculative fix for crash related to popping bubbles after reloading a quest

Hi folks, We just released an update for DemonCrawl that introduces two exciting new masteries:

Additionally, we have overhauled the Spellbinder boss, reworked Obelisks, fixed a ton of bugs and more. Full patch are below! ---

New Features

• New mastery: Novice - Offers powerful learning tools at the expense of score
• New mastery: Demolitionist - Bring on the Barrels
• New memento: Demolitionist's Memento - "Whenever you blow up an object in the Metagate, spawn a Guide."
• You can now manually detonate barrels at the cost of 1 damage
• The autosolver can now utilize monster count to determine if progress can be made

Quality of Life

• Added a sign to the tutorial that explains chording
• Items with a cost of 0 are now included in the Codex
• Improved targeting descriptions of the following magic items: Trash Bin, Handbell, Watering Can, Surgical Saw, Drill, Pendulum, Magic Dark Ink, Mortal Root, Loudhailer, Troll Cross, Ritual Chalk, Lotus, Mjolnir, and Powder Keg
• Added simple animation to inventory button when you gain a new item
• You can now paste text into input fields

Balance Changes

• Obelisks have been reworked:
  • You must now choose to activate the obelisk
  • All obelisks require you to open x cells within 10 seconds
  • The random penalty for failure is listed upfront
  • You will gain a Tablet on success
  • Tablet of Pyxe buff: "Gain 100 XP at the end of each stage, and 1000 XP at the end of the quest."
  • Tablet of Ne'kot buff: "Gain a Token at the end of each stage, and 50 Tokens at the end of the quest."
  • Tablet of Drocer has been replaced with Tablet of Lairetam: "Gain a random artifact at the end of each stage, and 10 random artifacts at the end of the quest."
  • Obelisk sprite updated
• Spellbinder boss overhaul
  • Take 2 damage whenever a Dark Heart is collected.
  • Whenever you make a mistake, manalock your magic items for 30 turns.
  • Whenever you use a magic item, destroy a random Dark Heart.
• Snowflake I and Commander I now operate on left-clicking flagged cells
• Defense can now fall below 0 (makes monsters stronger)
• Reduced the coin cost of Starpond items by one third
• Reduced the base durability of Chainmail from 3 to 1
• The Library can no longer give omens
• Reduced the price of Godmonger from 28 to 23 coins

Bug Fixes

• Fixed lag when gaining a massive amount of XP at once
• Fixed crash related to "Airtight" Sigil
• Fixed Sentry Gnome failing to activate under some conditions
• Fixed Tablet items that were dropped from Obelisks not writing to disk properly
• Fixed a typo in the "Death" Hero Trial description
• Fixed a rare issue related to visible monsters that would make the autosolver incorrectly believe you did not have to guess
• Fixed several instances of lingering tooltips
• Fixed Key of Undoing not updating the "stage completed" label after use
• Fixed explosion effects bypassing the "Demonlord" Hero Trial
• Fixed Arcane Staff ignoring manalock
• Fixed a hardlock related to the Scholar ability completing Smog and Fruit of Labor at the same time
• Fixed First Aid bypassing the Active stage mod
• Fixed a hardlock related to Wishlist, Gravedigger and Gluttony
• Fixed a typo in the Wishpool tooltip
• Fixed Mirror manalocking itself for 30 turns instead of 40
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a Harbinger was spawned from a Friendly Glint
• Spring can no longer be consumed before monsters have spawned
• Fixed a crash related to Soft Clay transforming a legendary item
• Fixed a rare crash related to Cleansing Bell
• Fixed "new item" notification layering issue in the codex
• Fixed "new item" notification not showing up in the first row of codex items
• Fixed boss selection not updating between dimensions in Endless Multiverse
• Fixed strange behavior regarding Bullet Time effect stacking
• Fixed a rare crash related to using items during the Mega Token animation
• Fixed Key of Undoing crash
• Fixed an issue with Drill not spawning loot
• Fixed a crash related to a stage that has both Judging and Diverse mods
• Fixed Novice II consuming a revive in addition to its own revive effect
• Fixed leaderboard entries without masteries showing as different mastery
• Fixed profile data corruption related to visiting the Patreon leaderboards through Quest 5 (If you were affected by this bug, please reach out to us ASAP and we will do our best to help restore any lost progress.)
• The "Death" Hero Trial effect is now capable of multikills
• Mobile only: Fickle mod now operates on a longtap
• Fixed a crash that could occur after reloading a Native stage
• Fixed some objects losing their custom colors after popping out of bubbles
• Fixed layering depth of objects popped out of bubbles
• Fixed artifact requirements on one of the Mythic Emblems
• Fixed visual glitch related to Convulsing stage mod
• Improved performance of "confine cursor" option

• Fixed Bones showing up twice in the Codex
• Fixed Casual Mode lockup
• Fixed a visual glitch related to Bubbles
• Fixed Powder Keg barrels not exploding after 5 seconds

• Fixed XP skip animation not providing levelup rewards
• Fixed missing Barrel arrow from Demolitionist I

To celebrate this Fourth of July, we are giving all DemonCrawl players a new, patriotic avatar!
This weekend only, you can receive your Made in America avatar by simply visiting your inbox within the game client - no promo code necessary. Note: you may need to restart Steam to retrieve the holiday update files before our gift appears in your inbox. Whether or not you observe the American holiday, we hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and look forward to more content updates very soon.
- Therefore Games

Hi folks, We have just released a small but important stability patch for DemonCrawl. Full patch notes are below. Thank you! ---

Balance Changes

• Ego boss can no longer die
• Capped status effect duration to 1 million

Quality of Life

• Labels of status effect durations exceeding 999 will be shortened to "1K, 2K, 3K, ..."
• Clarified memento descriptions to explain that they will help preserve current life, rather than adding more

Bug Fixes

• Addressed a number of issues in the leaderboard server code
• Fixed an issue that could prevent a boss from spawning on a busy stage
• Fixed an issue related to targeting multiple cells with Drill
• Fixed a potential crash when using Blueberry outside of a stage
• Fixed Magnifying Glass bypassing the Active stage mod
• Fixed "Fire" and "Ice" sigil effects
• Fixed some mementos running checks against life instead of max life
• Fixed an issue with the "open cell" keybind that would cause it to activate objects in the same step as popping them from a bubble
• Fixed a potential crash with the Constant Reminder emblem if it selected certain status effects like Justice Juice
• Fixed Sentry Gnome not auto-unlocking if you had purchased it when it was called Guardian
• Fixed some sound effects bypassing the "mute game in background" setting
• Speculative fix for rare Hungry Plant crash
• Speculative fix for minor alignment issue on the quest thumbnails

Hi folks, Great news - we just released a massive balance patch for DemonCrawl! It contains reworked masteries, reworked stage mods, new items, tons of bug fixes, and much more. Did we mention there's even a new boss?
Full patch notes are below. --- Note - differences between this release and the beta patch notes are indicated by the following icon:

New Features

• New avatar for Patreon supporters: FLIPPER
• New inventory for Patreon supporters: CINDERS
• Added keyword: Duplicast - "Activate a copy of one of your charged magic items. Targets chosen randomly."
• Added keyword: Manalock - "For a number of turns, you cannot activate this magic item. It cannot gain nor lose mana."
• New stage mod: Scrappy - "Monsters deal extra damage equal to the number of nearby cells that are not solved."
• New boss: Heckaslug - The Poison Monger
• New boss mod: Profane - "Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, randomly distribute 50 turns of manalock across your magic items."
• 
  New boss mod: Greasy - "If the boss can't move, it relocates to a random empty cell."
• New daily mission: Combo Hype - "Create a 5-turn chain of value 3 or greater, 10 times."
• New Lv1 sigil impulse: Plunder - "Every [x] chests opened ..."
• New Lv1 sigil reflex: Cast - "... Duplicast a magic item that costs [x] or less mana."
• New legendary item: Archmage Sceptre - "Whenever a heart is collected, duplicast your magic items."
• New passive item: Bust - "Spawners are more common. Whenever an inventory slot would be sealed, you have a 50% chance to negate the effect."
• New consumable item: Blueberry - "Duplicast your magic items, then they become manalocked for 20 turns."
• New consumable item: Quest for Mythos - "After opening 100 cells without making a mistake, spawn 3 legendary items." (Much more rare than other quests)
• New omen: Profane Staff - "Whenever you collect a diamond, manalock a random magic item for a number of turns equal to its mana cost."
• New glint: Astral Glint - "Your quest will contain 3 Starponds"
• New glint: Forward Glint - "Begin the quest with 50 cells opened since your last mistake. Begin the quest with 3 omens destroyed. Begin the quest with 3 chests opened."
• New rare glint: Mega Glint - "Reduce the cost of your quest by half"
• New crafting material: Dust of Chaos - "Upgrade a broken Lv1 sigil to the next level."
• 
  Every quest now has a sign somewhere that indicates which boss you will find at the end
• Added button in the credits screen to view top Patreon supporters
• Added option to disable the freezeframe effect when rare loot or bosses spawn

Quality of Life

• Guardian item has been renamed to Sentry Gnome in order to differentiate it from the mastery
• The Beyond menu now utilizes a scrollbar UI instead of pagination
• Added new sign messages for some lesser-known mechanics
• The toast notification for Pillow now states how many turns were passed
• The "reset options" button now gives you a 5-second window to cancel
• If a syntax error is encountered in a translation file, DemonCrawl will mention this in its crash dialog
• 
  Spy III ability can no longer activate before monsters have spawned
• 
  Minor improvements to the appearance of quest thumbnails
• 
  Updated sprite for Dirty stage mod
• Beta only: new items are forcibly favored to make sure they show up more often during beta testing - this does not use up your favor slots
• Beta only: Heckaslug boss will appear 50% of the time
• Windows only: you can right-click on the difficulty slider to move it in the opposite direction

Balance Changes

• 
  Starpond medium artifact quantity increased from [10-20] to [10-50]
• 
  Starpond large artifact quantity increased from [50-100] to [100-200]
• Lv2 prizebox Token quantity reward increased from [20-40] to [40-70]
• Lv3 prizebox Token quantity reward increased from [300-600] to [600-1200]
• Exorcist II rework: "Whenever you lose an omen, gain souls and defense equal to the number of omens you've lost this run."
• Exorcist III charges reduced from 6 to 4
• Wizard I subtle but important change: "The first Item Shop in the quest only contains magic items."
• Wizard II rework: "Whenever you collect a diamond, duplicast a random magic item."
• Firefly II has been rolled into Firefly I
• Firefly II rework: "Whenever you chord a burning cell, shoot a flare in a random direction."
• Guardian II rework: "Whenever you earn the Untouchable award, reduce the power of the next stage by your defense."
• Spy III charges increased from 3 to 4
• Adjusted the position of some special stages in Beyond to prevent the possibility of a last-stage Smithy
• Opening the same cell twice in a row no longer increases your chain (it doesn't break the chain either)
• Iron Will buff: "Gain 3 defense whenever your armor breaks." (Up from 2 defense)
• Deerstalker buff: all cell values will be corrected when the item is equipped
• Binoculars and Divine Binoculars buff: Minions will spawn almost twice as often as before
• Mage will now choose his random cells a little more intelligently, e.g. he won't target a visible cell if the item states "target hidden cell"
• The above targeting logic also applies to duplicasting random items
• Familiars can no longer collect Dark Hearts
• Genie Lamp can no longer bring you to a Smithy
• Elemental Knuckles price reduced from 31 to 26
• Clarity price reduced from 12 to 8
• Stocking price reduced from 25 to 22
• Iron Will price increased from 14 to 17
• Primordial Gate price increased from 31 to 40
• Super Mana Potion price increased from 25 to 30
• Adrenaline price increased from 8 to 9
• Mana Lung price increased from 30 to 34
• Venomancy buff: "When you target a cell with a magic item, it gains Toxic. When you complete a stage, lose 1 max life for each Toxic cell of value 5 or greater."
• Dreamborne now has 100-turn manalock after use
• Ouroboros now has 50-turn manalock after use
• Chaos Portal now has a 50-turn manalock after use
• Mirror now has 40-turn manalock after use
• 
  Magic Smoke Bomb now has a 20-turn manalock after use
• Elemental stage mod aura density reduced from 21% to 15%
• Burning stage mod aura density reduced from 15% to 12%
• Electric stage mod aura density reduced from 15% to 12%
• Frozen stage mod aura density reduced from 8% to 6%
• Pagan stage mod now creates souls instead of hearts
• Dirty stage mod nerf: "When you leave the stage, take 1 damage for each different type of non-living object."
• Flawless stage mod now triggers on monster damage instead of any damage
• Each stage now tracks how many times it has been completed in the same quest
• With each subsequent completion, a stage will provide half as much XP/score
• After the second completion, the stage will become more difficult, similar to Mystic Statues
• Living objects that were spawned into burning cells will burn to death at the start of the following turn
• Bosses will die if they stand in burning cells for 3 consecutive turns
• Boss burn tolerance increases by their number of boss mods
• 
  Dirty Soap now activates Lumberjack II
• 
  Mementos can no longer drop from library research
• 
  Native stage mod can no longer spawn a monster on the first cell opened
• 
  Fixed ambiguous targeting description on Handbell, Surgical Saw, and Ritual Chalk, which will improve their mage/duplicast targeting
• 
  Blindfold now activates before the Abstract stage mod
• 
  Reverted change to Paragon Rod so that it can drop items with cost 0 again (however, it won't drop Mementos like it used to)
• 
  Book items and Leather Vest now benefit from Electric cells
• 
  Multiple copies of a stage mod that do not increase difficulty (e.g. Nightmare) will no longer provide additional score
• 
  Tangleweed can no longer apply the Double mod to a stage that already has it
• 
  Judging mod now stacks
• 
  Vengeful mod now stacks
• 
  Updated default leaderboard version to 1.48

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Protagonist losing multiple legendary items upon acquiring the 3rd one
• Fixed potential crash related to loot destruction on the same step as being collected
• Fixed Lighthouse removing more monsters than stated
• Fixed several boss mods activating on the collection of any heart instead of just dark hearts
• Fixed Sacred Ground emblem providing only 1 Key item instead of 3
• Fixed flares triggering the "reveal" script when colliding with visible objects such as chests
• Fixed a crash related to Quest for Piety and Doughnut
• Fixed chain value not increasing when opening a hidden cell
• Fixed Quest for Quests not being able to generate a couple of the newer Quest items
• Fixed rapidly flashing arrow on Chaos Font toast notification
• Fixed the color palette on Arcane Staff
• Fixed a couple instances of mouse input bypassing the freezeframe effect
• Fixed the position of particle effects after a freezeframe
• Fixed a typo in the unlock requirement for Undertaker III
• Fixed "Harvesting" boss mod
• Fixed a rare crash related to Yesterking and the first stage of the quest being a special stage
• Fixed Diamond armor not counting for Matching Metals achievement
• Fixed a visual glitch related to re-rolling mods on an Immutable stage
• Fixed a potential issue related to Warning Sign when used with few empty cells remaining
• Fixed final cutscene not respecting custom cursor setting
• Fixed Q5 cutscene alert getting stuck if the cutscene is skipped
• Familiars can now collect glints
• Rewrote a couple Hero Trial scripts, which may fix a longstanding crash related to restarting the Hero Trial
• Gnarled Branch now correctly triggers on magic use rather than mana depletion
• Improved click detection with Dirty Soap
• Created workaround for rare crash that occurred when daily mission progress was not properly reset
• The nomad that purchases your items will now verify that the transaction was successful before awarding coins (prevents infinites like Doughnut + another omen)
• Fixed certain lingering properties when an item transforms into another item
• Fixed Stake not updating the HUD
• Fixed Metagate cell pressed down sprite
• 
  Fixed The Boneyard emblem listing "Crypt" instead of "Worm" as a material cost
• 
  Fixed some sigils activating despite 0 durability
• 
  Fixed a couple issues related to Soft Clay and mana
• 
  Fixed an issue with chaining hidden cells
• 
  Fixed a rare hardlock related to Frothy mod and Doughnut
• 
  Fixed Doughnut not respecting omen immunity
• 
  Fixed lingering status effects after removing the last copy of an item from your inventory
• 
  Fixed a glitch where status effects that reset on mistake would not reset if the mistake happened with 1 turn left
• 
  Fixed portal mod Guide
• 
  Fixed various issues with Marksman's Memento, Guardian's Memento, Knight's Memento, and Exorcist's Memento
• 
  Patched out an infinite related to Smithy and the "Optional" Hero Trial effect
• 
  Android only: fixed a few cursor visibility issues
• Android only: Picking up items on the board now operates on a longtap, allowing you to see the item description with a short tap

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Today is the grand opening of the DemonCrawl Beta Program! Going forward, all major DemonCrawl updates will be subject to a 3-7 day beta testing period. This will give us a chance to catch bugs and respond to critical player feedback before pushing any big changes live. We believe this extra step in our development cycle will have a tremendous effect on the day-1 experience of a new patch. Gain access to the Beta Program now by pledging your support for DemonCrawl on Patreon:

• https://patreon.com/thereforegames

• They are not compatible with the standard build of DemonCrawl
• They start with 1000 Tokens
• All masteries unlocked
• All gamemodes unlocked
• Achievements disabled
• Leaderboards disabled

New Features

• New avatar: FLIPPER
• New inventory: CINDERS
• Added keyword: Duplicast - "Activate a copy of one of your charged magic items. Targets chosen randomly."
• Added keyword: Manalock - "For a number of turns, you cannot activate this magic item. It cannot gain nor lose mana."
• New stage mod: Scrappy - "Monsters deal extra damage equal to the number of nearby cells that are not solved."
• New boss: Heckaslug - The Poison Monger
• New boss mod: Profane - "Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, randomly distribute 50 turns of manalock across your magic items."
• New daily mission: Combo Hype - "Create a 5-turn chain of value 3 or greater, 10 times."
• New Lv1 sigil impulse: Plunder - "Every [x] chests opened ..."
• New Lv1 sigil reflex: Cast - "... Duplicast a magic item that costs [x] or less mana."
• New legendary item: Archmage Sceptre - "Whenever a heart is collected, duplicast your magic items."
• New passive item: Bust - "Spawners are more common. Whenever an inventory slot would be sealed, you have a 50% chance to negate the effect."
• New consumable item: Blueberry - "Duplicast your magic items, then they become manalocked for 20 turns."
• New consumable item: Quest for Mythos - "After opening 100 cells without making a mistake, spawn 3 legendary items." (Much more rare than other quests)
• New omen: Profane Staff - "Whenever you collect a diamond, manalock a random magic item for a number of turns equal to its mana cost."
• New glint: Astral Glint - "Your quest will contain 3 Starponds"
• New glint: Forward Glint - "Begin the quest with 50 cells opened since your last mistake. Begin the quest with 3 omens destroyed. Begin the quest with 3 chests opened."
• New rare glint: Mega Glint - "Reduce the cost of your quest by half"
• New crafting material: Dust of Chaos - "Upgrade a broken Lv1 sigil to the next level."
• Added button in the credits screen to view top Patreon supporters
• Added option to disable the freezeframe effect when rare loot or bosses spawn

Quality of Life

• Guardian item has been renamed to Sentry Gnome in order to differentiate it from the mastery
• The Beyond menu now utilizes a scrollbar UI instead of pagination
• Added new sign messages for some lesser-known mechanics
• The toast notification for Pillow now states how many turns were passed
• The "reset options" button now gives you a 5-second window to cancel
• If a syntax error is encountered in a translation file, DemonCrawl will mention this in its crash dialog
• Beta only: new items are forcibly favored to make sure they show up more often during beta testing - this does not use up your favor slots
• Beta only: Heckaslug boss will appear 50% of the time
• Windows only: you can right-click on the difficulty slider to move it in the opposite direction

Balance Changes

• Lv2 prizebox Token quantity reward increased from [20-40] to [40-70]
• Lv3 prizebox Token quantity reward increased from [300-600] to [600-1200]
• Exorcist II rework: "Whenever you lose an omen, gain souls and defense equal to the number of omens you've lost this run."
• Exorcist III charges reduced from 6 to 4
• Wizard I subtle but important change: "The first Item Shop in the quest only contains magic items."
• Wizard II rework: "Whenever you collect a diamond, duplicast a random magic item."
• Firefly II has been rolled into Firefly I
• Firefly II rework: "Whenever you chord a burning cell, shoot a flare in a random direction."
• Guardian II rework: "Whenever you earn the Untouchable award, reduce the power of the next stage by your defense."
• Spy III charges increased from 3 to 4
• Adjusted the position of some special stages in Beyond to prevent the possibility of a last-stage Smithy
• Opening the same cell twice in a row no longer increases your chain (it doesn't break the chain either)
• Iron Will buff: "Gain 3 defense whenever your armor breaks." (Up from 2 defense)
• Deerstalker buff: all cell values will be corrected when the item is equipped
• Binoculars and Divine Binoculars buff: Minions will spawn almost twice as often as before
• Mage will now choose his random cells a little more intelligently, e.g. he won't target a visible cell if the item states "target hidden cell"
• The above targeting logic also applies to duplicasting random items
• Familiars can no longer collect Dark Hearts
• Genie Lamp can no longer bring you to a Smithy
• Elemental Knuckles price reduced from 31 to 26
• Clarity price reduced from 12 to 8
• Stocking price reduced from 25 to 22
• Iron Will price increased from 14 to 17
• Primordial Gate price increased from 31 to 40
• Super Mana Potion price increased from 25 to 30
• Adrenaline price increased from 8 to 9
• Mana Lung price increased from 30 to 34
• Venomancy buff: "When you target a cell with a magic item, it gains Toxic. When you complete a stage, lose 1 max life for each Toxic cell of value 5 or greater."
• Dreamborne now has 100-turn manalock after use
• Ouroboros now has 50-turn manalock after use
• Chaos Portal now has a 50-turn manalock after use
• Mirror now has 40-turn manalock after use
• Elemental stage mod aura density reduced from 21% to 15%
• Burning stage mod aura density reduced from 15% to 12%
• Electric stage mod aura density reduced from 15% to 12%
• Frozen stage mod aura density reduced from 8% to 6%
• Pagan stage mod now creates souls instead of hearts
• Dirty stage mod nerf: "When you leave the stage, take 1 damage for each different type of non-living object."
• Flawless stage mod now triggers on monster damage instead of any damage
• Each stage now tracks how many times it has been completed in the same quest
• With each subsequent completion, a stage will provide half as much XP/score
• After the second completion, the stage will become more difficult, similar to Mystic Statues
• Living objects that were spawned into burning cells will burn to death at the start of the following turn
• Bosses will die if they stand in burning cells for 3 consecutive turns
• Boss burn tolerance increases by their number of boss mods

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Protagonist losing multiple legendary items upon acquiring the 3rd one
• Fixed potential crash related to loot destruction on the same step as being collected
• Fixed Lighthouse removing more monsters than stated
• Fixed several boss mods activating on the collection of any heart instead of just dark hearts
• Fixed Sacred Ground emblem providing only 1 Key item instead of 3
• Fixed flares triggering the "reveal" script when colliding with visible objects such as chests
• Fixed a crash related to Quest for Piety and Doughnut
• Fixed chain value not increasing when opening a hidden cell
• Fixed Quest for Quests not being able to generate a couple of the newer Quest items
• Fixed rapidly flashing arrow on Chaos Font toast notification
• Fixed the color palette on Arcane Staff
• Fixed a couple instances of mouse input bypassing the freezeframe effect
• Fixed the position of particle effects after a freezeframe
• Fixed a typo in the unlock requirement for Undertaker III
• Fixed "Harvesting" boss mod
• Fixed a rare crash related to Yesterking and the first stage of the quest being a special stage
• Fixed Diamond armor not counting for Matching Metals achievement
• Fixed a visual glitch related to re-rolling mods on an Immutable stage
• Fixed a potential issue related to Warning Sign when used with few empty cells remaining
• Fixed final cutscene not respecting custom cursor setting
• Fixed Q5 cutscene alert getting stuck if the cutscene is skipped
• Familiars can now collect glints
• Rewrote a couple Hero Trial scripts, which may fix a longstanding crash related to restarting the Hero Trial
• Gnarled Branch now correctly triggers on magic use rather than mana depletion
• Improved click detection with Dirty Soap
• Created workaround for rare crash that occurred when daily mission progress was not properly reset
• The nomad that purchases your items will now verify that the transaction was successful before awarding coins (prevents infinites like Doughnut + another omen)
• Fixed certain lingering properties when an item transforms into another item
• Fixed Stake not updating the HUD
• Fixed Metagate cell pressed down sprite
• Android only: Picking up items on the board now operates on a longtap, allowing you to see the item description with a short tap

Hi folks, We are very excited to announce that DemonCrawl is now on Patreon!

• https://www.patreon.com/thereforegames

Hi folks, DemonCrawl's v1.48 patch is just around the corner! While it mainly serves to address balance issues regarding stage mods and masteries, it will also contain some very exciting new content. In fact, it is our largest update since the Sweeping Heights expansion! Today, we would like to show you a new boss we have been working on. He's called the Heckaslug, and we must warn you - he's a little bit toxic. (His heart is in the right place though.)

HECKASLUG, THE POISON MONGER

• Gain Poison whenever a Dark Heart is collected.
• Whenever you make a mistake, lose lives equal to your number of Poisons.
• Creates a trail of toxic cells.

Hi folks, We are currently working on a large balance patch for next week, but in the meantime we thought our players might appreciate a few simple QoL features, including edge-based panning. Enjoy! This patch also includes a number of fixes for recent issues. As always, thank you so much for sending us detailed bug reports - DemonCrawl is a lot better for it. Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• Added option for edge-based panning, enabled by default as it is something many new players try
• New HUD element for equipped armor

Quality of Life

• You may now right-click on the favor icon in the codex to reclaim all favor without having to open the tools menu
• DemonCrawl will create a toast notification when the screenshot command is issued

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to the "Fatal" boss mod
• Fixed a crash related to Vampiric Blade heart conversion to diamond via Midas Glove
• Fixed a glitch with the Illusory stage mod that could desync the monster count if monsters haven't spawned yet
• Fixed a visual bug when applying video settings without changing the display mode
• Fixed layering of usable item indicator upon closing the help menu
• Pressing alt+enter in the options menu will now update the display mode label
• Fixed a glitch related to item transformation and the removal of excess legendary/divine items
• Fixed visual glitch on stage select screen if you were killed while trying to abort a stage
• Fixed an issue related to status effect visibility
• Fixed a visual glitch related to resetting a status effect duration
• Fixed doubled text on the Divine Simple Robe
• Fixed Nervewrecker expiration not working properly
• Fixed a glitch with the Hero Trial description that could cause stats or other quest data to break on reload
• Speculative fix for visual glitch related to freezeframe effect while using fullscreen mode

Hi folks, We are releasing a small stability patch for DemonCrawl today. We have a few more bug fixes in the pipe, so we will keep this post up-to-date with any additional changes throughout the day. Thanks! ---

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "Quakes" Hero Trial not destroying objects correctly
• Fixed a rare crash that occurred when a reveal effect couldn't find any cells to reveal
• Fixed Bubbler mastery not saving duplicated bubbles to disk properly
• Fixed a couple visual glitches related to mastery tooltips
• Speculative fix for crash related to item balloon script

• Fixed Portal Mods activating multiple times
• Entering the dimensional portal will now remove your items before resetting stats, which should prevent some frustrating deaths
• Rewrote the script that removes excess legendaries/divines to address a couple glitches
• Excess legendary/divine removal as well as the dimensional portal no longer activate "item loss" effects, e.g. Substitute
• Fixed Marksman's Memento not creating chain indicators
• Reduced the amount of time it takes for the display mode to initialize on startup
• Android only: speculative fix for crash related to poor/no network connection

Hi folks, We are releasing a beefy patch for DemonCrawl that offers borderless windowed fullscreen mode! This was not an easy feature to add in GameMaker, so we hope it proves useful. :)
Additionally, this patch includes 7 new items, a new Lv3 emblem, several balance adjustments, and more! We also managed to fix a few longstanding bugs - cloud sync should behave better now! NOTE: We had to fundamentally change DemonCrawl's display rendering in order to support the new fullscreen method. Should you encounter any visual issues in this update, please send us an email and we will investigate right away. If necessary, you may adjust your display mode in the settings.ini file located at %localappdata%\demoncrawl. Thank you! Full patch notes are below. There are some content spoilers. ---

New Features

• New head armor: Deerstalker - "Cell values are always correct."
• New passive item: Prism of Intellect - "Your targeted magic items will target an additional random cell."
• New magic item: Trash Bin - "Lose an item whose position in your inventory equals the value of target visible cell."
• New magic item: Basilisk Eye - "Solve a number of random cells equal your sealed inventory slots plus 1."
• New omen: Melted Clock - "Triple the duration of your status effects."
• New omen: Nervewrecker - "Whenever a monster is revealed, disable your passive items for 20 turns."
• New omen: Dizzy Stars - "Double the value of a random cell each stage."
• New Lv3 emblem: The Ascent
• Added list UI element type, should come in handy for future game settings
• Added borderless windowed fullscreen option
• Added language selector (note: official translations are not available yet, but you can load your own external JSONs to change item strings; in other words, fan translations are possible.)

Balance Changes

• Hourglass converted to a magic item: "[100 Mana] Double the duration of your status effects."
• Divine Lantern nerf: "[300 Mana] Glean target hidden cell. If it's a 2 or greater, this item retains its mana."
• Divine Simple Robe buff: "[1 Armor] Double the durability whenever you complete a stage that has 2 or more stage mods."

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Steam Cloud sync not taking prestige into account when determining whether to overwrite the local save file on a secondary machine
• Fixed an issue related to taking damage on a Flawless stage with Cultist boss
• Fixed Ouroboros potentially setting the maximum stage power to a value lower than the min power
• Fixed missing music from one of the secret stages
• Fixed Evil Dealings emblem using incorrect sprite
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when purchasing a Doctor from the Guild
• Fixed the "buy" button not working in the new special stages unless you clicked on one of the options first
• Fixed weird interaction between familiars and Prism of Light
• Fixed layering of "new item" indicator against some UI elements
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause obscure item properties to desync (e.g. whether orbs bounce off walls)
• Fixed a couple armor effects not updating on removal
• Fixed certain effects triggering every time a Smithy was entered
• Updated the description of Touchstone to clarify that it can stack (negative diamonds ftw)
• Fixed "Blade" sigil reflex not spawning a sawblade
• Fixed a crash related to the Amnesia portal mod
• Fixed spawn rate of Hidden stage mod
• Fixed rare crash related to Infinity Key on Quest 5 Hard
• Speculative fix for rare Bag of Tricks crash
• Android only: fixed a click detection issue for special selection modes (e.g. crafting)

Hi folks, Today, we're releasing a small patch for DemonCrawl that includes a new Emblem, 4 new Glints, and several balance adjustments. Enjoy! Full patch notes below. ---

New Features

• Added Lv1 emblem: The Descent - "All stages gain Tunnel mod. Gain Astrolabe. Gain Treasure Amulet."
• Added glint: Scary Glint - "Remove 10 monsters from each stage"
• Added glint: Sainted Glint - "The first stage gains a random positive mod"
• Added glint: Weakening Glint - "Reduce the stage power of all stages by 1"
• Added glint: Friendly Glint- "Spawn 5 strangers in bubbles at the start of the quest"

Balance Changes

• Educational stage mod sign density reduced from 8% to 6%
• Explosive stage mod activation chance reduced from 30% to 25%
• Dark Chest curse can no longer add a mod to the current stage
• Very slightly reduced the Emblem density multiplier in Beyond

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Harbinger not showing item descriptions in bottom panel
• Fixed Familiars not counting as living objects for the purposes of effects (e.g. Spark mastery)
• Fixed a bug that caused Timelord boss mod to proc multiple times per minute
• Fixed Reclamation emblem not providing Pennypincher item
• Fixed a glitch that would permit item crafting on metaprogression materials
• Fixed Lumberjack II unintentionally increasing Sawblade durability after each stage
• Fixed a crash when using Lumberjack ability while orbs other than Sawblades were present
• Fixed "Unstable" Sigil suffix mod icon not showing up in the hud
• Fixed Spark mastery being able to activate before monsters have spawned
• Fixed a rare crash related to Nightmare mod and Brain in a Vat
• Fixed Marksman II activating on all kinds of monster reveals
• Fixed UI overlap after dying to a Mimic
• Fixed a regression that could cause hidden immutable objects to get destroyed by explosions
• Reworked Golem Glove's trigger code so that it no longer interferes with the first click of a stage
• Fixed a softlock that could occur when opening the escape menu during a cutscene
• Fixed Altar of Blood and Magic Totem bypassing Bruises' power immutability
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause auto-discharge items to auto-discharge before they were ready
• Possible workaround for crash related to Hero Trial restart
• Speculative fix for crash related to "check_immutable" script

• Fixed crash related to Boom Bow Mage targeting an empty cell
• Fixed crash from popping paint out of a bubble
• Fixed Powder Keg Mage not detonating its barrel after 5s
• Powerchording now activates before status effect timers, giving you an extra turn with Knuckles items
• Fixed Manabank toast stating incorrect amount of mana gained
• Fixed potential issue with saving the current mastery after beating Q5H
• Fixed paint sound effect not playing
• Fixed items like Dumbbell interfering with sources of max life loss
• Fixed minor alignment issue with status effect HUD
• Speculative fix for Constant Reminder emblem status effect crash

Hi folks, This is a minor patch that addresses a couple important balance concerns. Full patch notes below.

New Features

• Divine Handaxe rework: "Chop wood." (Allows you to interact with Barrels in addition to breaking signs.)

Balance Changes

• Lv1 Mastery effects will now trigger at the start of each Endless Multiverse dimension
• "Spreading" boss mod activation chance now scales down with the number of Spreading bosses present
• Chainmail price increased from 29 to 35

Bug Fixes

• Groupie now utilizes the standard "loot move" script
• Updated Lofty stage mod description to clarify that it only triggers at the start of a stage
• Fixed a crash when hovering a blueprint status effect in the help panel
• Fixed Blinding stage mod not concealing power on the new HUD element
• Fixed roll-less Lv1 Sigil impulses not activating
• Fixed Handaxe bypassing passive item negation
• Fixed a couple items bypassing the metagate portal check
• Fixed a rare crash related to bubbled emblems
• Fixed a couple clickthrough issues related to Dreamborne and Infinity Key
• Fixed Underwing triggering on acquisition
• Spawners can no longer spawn Guides

• Fixed an issue that could cause lingering bubbles between dimensions
• Fixed a bug with the reworked Pheromones
• Fixed an issue with the Lv1 "Learn" Sigil impulse
• Fixed a crash related to Smithy when reloading the quest after placing an order
• Fixed Vampiric Blade not dropping souls when you are at full life
• Fixed rare crash when stage has a very high number of mods including Elemental

Hi folks, We're releasing a slightly bigger patch today that includes a new feature called Board Annotations as well as several bug fixes and balance changes. We hope that Board Annotations will be particularly useful for streamers who want an easier way to discuss cell coordinates with their audience. Thank you to esty8nine for suggesting this feature!
Full patch notes are below. ---

New Features

• Added video setting to display column and row information along the perimeter of the stage

Balance Changes

• Reduced the difficulty multiplier of Mystic Statue stages from +20% to +15%
• Electric cells will now cause strangers to activate twice
• Mages now benefit from items that repeat stranger effects

Bug Fixes

• Fixed lingering "new item" indicator in the Bazaar after purchasing an item
• Fixed some Mystic Statue values not writing to disk properly
• Fixed Gambler tootltip not updating when he loses coins
• Fixed an additional Mage-related crash
• Fixed layering of quantity label in the Starpond
• Fixed Meteorite adding a mod to the Metagate
• Fixed typo in Marksman's Memento description
• Fixed rare crash with Boot items when recent cell value doesn't exist
• Fixed shop options absent from Smithy if entered via Genie Lamp
• Fixed Wallet negating its own effect
• Paragon Rod can no longer spawn items with a natural cost below 1 (e.g. Mementos)