Version 1.2.8 of DROD RPG is released for Windows. It contains improvements and fixes to gameplay, the level editor, character scripting, and the UI. The full list of changes is published on the Caravel Forum. OS X and Linux updates will come at a later date.

Twisty Little Passages has launched on Kickstarter and appears to be off to a good start. You can go check out and back the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/caravelgames/twisty-little-passages

Caravel Games is excited to announce an all-new creative project we're taking in a different direction that's launching on Kickstarter on May 14! It's for a game book of dungeon crawl puzzle adventures called Twisty Little Passages. It's similar in spirit to DROD RPG and we wanted to give fans of "Tendry's Tale" advance notice of the campaign going live. TLP is a solo game book that is a unique blend of puzzle and dungeon crawler in a classic D&D/fantasy adventure setting. It features a multi-chapter campaign story that progresses through a series of 25 dungeon maps, where each area is a hand-crafted puzzle. Fight monsters, acquire keys to open doors, get life-boosting elixirs, powerful equipment and enchanted items, and defeat the boss at the end of each level. Use your wits to find the right path through each area and survive. Solve each puzzle to move forward with the story. TLP is a game of full-color, fully-illustrated thematic puzzles drawn by experienced fantasy artists. Engage your imagination in a series of dungeon crawls and enjoy the experience of interacting with a real book at the same time. To play, you draw right on the laminated dungeon maps with a fine-tipped dry-erase pen to track your progress as you explore, find treasure, keep stats and inventory, defeat enemies and uncover the secrets of solving each area. It may require multiple attempts to find the solution to a puzzle, and it's easy to restart your progress by wiping the page to start again. If you like puzzles, mazes and dungeon crawl adventures, you'll find this a uniquely engaging experience! This game book is different from Tendry's Tale in that each puzzle is standalone and the goal is to solve the puzzle rather than optimize stats. We wanted each puzzle to be a sterling example of a unique dungeon crawl puzzle focusing on a specific game mechanic, element or play style. You can read a developer journal that I'm publishing on Board Game Geek that shares insights into how our team approached the puzzle design and what considerations we put into developing this unique experience: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blog/9092 You can watch a teaser trailer, take a look at the game rules and get a sneak peek at a quick tutorial/introductory puzzle on the Caravel Games site here: http://www.caravelgames.com/Articles/Games_2/TLP.html You can also sign up on this page to be notified as soon as the Twisty Little Passages campaign goes live on Kickstarter. We're going to be providing some flash stretch goals for making good progress towards funding the campaign in the first 48 hours, so you want to get in on it early to unlock these stretch goals. Thanks for your interest in this new creative puzzle experience from Caravel Games! Questions, comments and feedback are welcome!

We've released a game patch, version 1.2.7, with the following enhancements and fixes to improve play experience:

• Graphical improvements: - Foundation, Fortress, Iceworks wall tiles redrawn - Boulder obstacles redrawn
• Now you can use either set of 4-directional movement keys to pan around rooms while viewing them on the map.
• Fixed a crash.
  
  [ 2016-07-23 02:51:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've released a game patch, version 1.2.7, with the following enhancements and fixes to improve play experience:

• Graphical improvements: - Foundation, Fortress, Iceworks wall tiles redrawn - Boulder obstacles redrawn
• Now you can use either set of 4-directional movement keys to pan around rooms while viewing them on the map.
• Fixed a crash.
  
  [ 2016-07-23 02:50:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've released a game patch, version 1.2.6, with the following enhancements and fixes to improve play experience (click to view all changes): New features:

• Added Ctrl- movement option to quick path to nearest stair exit.
• Now you can press the "Battle" key while viewing another room on the map.
• Now rooms explored in previous game sessions will automatically be added to the map.
• Migrated effects from the DROD 5.x engine: - Real-time light and shadow rendering. - Improved rendering logic for weather effects. - Player death animations for falling into pit and drowning. - New sound effects for thunder, destroying briar and finding a hidden room.
• Now pressing Esc during a Yes/No question will undo the last move.
• Minor experience improvements to the "Tendry's Tale" level set (not related to score optimization).

• On exiting a level via stairs: now nice to the CPU; now the game won't wait for user input to advance to the next screen once the animation has completed.
• Cosmetic fixes: - Sprite layering during death animation. - Multi-line text box: fixed incorrectly displayed text selection when pressing Ctrl-A.
• Custom hold management and logic fixes: - Fixed personal copied holds having scrambled or lost exit/warp destinations. - Fixed: fight projections could crash or cause undefined behavior with custom armor with "Each Defend" scripting - Fixed: token toggle off wasn't working properly. - Fixed: active weapon disarm tokens were not being applied on room load. - Fixed: A player weapon with the 'No Enemy Defense' and 'Metal' behaviors should not retain the piercing ability when disabled (e.g., on oremites). - Script fix: don't abort Build commands when encountering a platform tile that cannot be altered. - Global script fixes: script execution flow was incorrect for Each Use and Question commands.

We've released a game patch, version 1.2.6, with the following enhancements and fixes to improve play experience (click to view all changes): New features:

• Added Ctrl- movement option to quick path to nearest stair exit.
• Now you can press the "Battle" key while viewing another room on the map.
• Now rooms explored in previous game sessions will automatically be added to the map.
• Migrated effects from the DROD 5.x engine: - Real-time light and shadow rendering. - Improved rendering logic for weather effects. - Player death animations for falling into pit and drowning. - New sound effects for thunder, destroying briar and finding a hidden room.
• Now pressing Esc during a Yes/No question will undo the last move.
• Minor experience improvements to the "Tendry's Tale" level set (not related to score optimization).

• On exiting a level via stairs: now nice to the CPU; now the game won't wait for user input to advance to the next screen once the animation has completed.
• Cosmetic fixes: - Sprite layering during death animation. - Multi-line text box: fixed incorrectly displayed text selection when pressing Ctrl-A.
• Custom hold management and logic fixes: - Fixed personal copied holds having scrambled or lost exit/warp destinations. - Fixed: fight projections could crash or cause undefined behavior with custom armor with "Each Defend" scripting - Fixed: token toggle off wasn't working properly. - Fixed: active weapon disarm tokens were not being applied on room load. - Fixed: A player weapon with the 'No Enemy Defense' and 'Metal' behaviors should not retain the piercing ability when disabled (e.g., on oremites). - Script fix: don't abort Build commands when encountering a platform tile that cannot be altered. - Global script fixes: script execution flow was incorrect for Each Use and Question commands.

We've released a minor patch, 1.2.5, with the following changes:

• Fixed monster info tooltip disappearing too quickly.
• Script fixes for variables used occasionally in usermade holds (specifics here).

  
  [ 2016-02-22 21:12:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've released a minor patch, 1.2.5, with the following changes:

• Fixed monster info tooltip disappearing too quickly.
• Script fixes for variables used occasionally in usermade holds (specifics here).

  
  [ 2016-02-22 21:12:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've published a minor version bump, 1.2.4, which contains the following new features to improve play experience:

• Additional battle info when viewing enemy stats: (Enemy damage x enemy hits, +? ATK for faster win). Now you can see a prediction of how much damage each enemy hit inflicts and how many times the enemy will hit you before defeating it. Also, you can see how much more ATK you need in order to defeat this enemy in fewer hits (taking less damage in the process).
• New player setting option "No focus plays music". Checking this option on the Change Settings Screen allows the game music to keep playing when another app has focus on your desktop.

We've published a minor version bump, 1.2.4, which contains the following new features to improve play experience:

• Additional battle info when viewing enemy stats: (Enemy damage x enemy hits, +? ATK for faster win). Now you can see a prediction of how much damage each enemy hit inflicts and how many times the enemy will hit you before defeating it. Also, you can see how much more ATK you need in order to defeat this enemy in fewer hits (taking less damage in the process).
• New player setting option "No focus plays music". Checking this option on the Change Settings Screen allows the game music to keep playing when another app has focus on your desktop.