Dandy Ace News

Greetings Magicians,

The Mad Mimic team has been hard at work on Dandy Ace and we have a lot of exciting news to share with you all! We appreciate the community’s support, feedback, and patience since we first launched Dandy Ace on Steam earlier this year. It's been a pleasure watching you all play and share your experiences so far.

[h2]Content Update, Game Sale and Free Demo [/h2]

Without further ado, Dandy Ace’s free content update will be available on September 28th featuring brand new trinkets as well as a wide variety of magical cards to add to Ace’s arsenal of skills. Check out a few of them below:



Masterful Jump - Ace blinks to the nearest enemy, dealing damage upon arrival. If there's no enemy to jump into, Ace won't blink and the effect will trigger in the same position.

Bolt of Cards - Ace Dashes forward. While dashing, 3 homing cards are shot from Ace.

Cloth Galore - Ace shoots a projectile that, if connected with an enemy, will spawn Cloth Chain.

Phantom Overcharge - Ace blinks forward, leaving 2 phantoms of himself, one in his point of origin and one in his arrival. After a brief delay the points are connected, damaging any enemies between them.

Cloak of Retribution (Trinket) - If an enemy hits Ace, that enemy will take damage back. The damage is proportional to the enemy's attack strength. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.

Explore the new skill and trinket combinations as you make your way through Lele’s ever-changing palace when the update drops next week. Players will be able to pick up Dandy Ace for 30% OFF from September 28th - October 12, 2021 and a free demo will also be available during Tokyo Game Show starting September 30th!

[h2]Soundtrack Release [/h2]

Due to popular demand, the Mad Mimic team will be releasing the Dandy Ace soundtrack produced by Roberto Kramer for purchase through Steam in a few weeks. Featuring 17 different tracks found in-game, players will be able to enjoy all of the incredible sounds of Dandy Ace without the distractions of Lele’s palace guests at any time.



[h2]Console and Xbox Game Pass Launch[/h2]

The news doesn’t stop there. We are excited to finally announce the launch of Dandy Ace on consoles and Xbox Game Pass! Journey into the Cursed Mirror and our latest update on Xbox, Switch, and PC starting September 28th. We can’t wait for you all to get your hands on it!



Please consider following Dandy Ace on social media or join us on Discord to keep up with all future news and updates:

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[h2]The 2021 Steam Summer Sale is here! [/h2]

[h3]Players will be able to purchase Dandy Ace for 30% OFF starting today until the end of the Steam Summer Sale on July 8th at 10AM PDT. [/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1037130/Dandy_Ace/

The Mad Mimic dev team has been hard at work on our upcoming Dandy Ace console releases on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. We’ll be able to share more news on the launch dates for the consoles in the coming weeks, towards the end of July! Follow us on social media and join us on the Mad Mimic Community Discord to be notified as soon as we make the announcement.

We’ve also gotten a lot of requests from our community for the Dandy Ace soundtrack to be released and we’re happy to say that we plan to make the soundtrack available very soon. We’ll provide more information on where and how players can get it when we make our console launch date announcement.

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Dandy Ace has been nominated as one of the finalists for Digital Dragon's Indie Celebration 2021! Players can vote for their favorite games and we'd appreciate any support we can get from the community for Dandy Ace.

[h2]You can vote for Dandy Ace here: [/h2][h3]https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IndieCommunityVote[/h3]

Digital Dragons Indie Celebration 2021 is live May 13-14th featuring a wide variety of amazing games on Steam. A free demo for Dandy Ace will also be available until May 17th for those of you that would like to give Dandy Ace a try! You can check out the event and all of the participants by visiting the Steam event page below.

[h3]Digital Dragons Indie Celebration 2021 Event Page[/h3]

[h3]Follow Dandy Ace on all of our Social Media:[/h3]
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[h2]Mac Version[/h2]
The Mac version of Dandy Ace is now available (including the latest updates)!


[h2]Cards[/h2]
[h3]Dash Update[/h3]
To address a lot of feedback from players about getting stuck on corners and feeling helpless while using dashes instead of blinks, we made a big change to them. Now dashes can pass through gaps, obstacles, and corners!

Provided that the player has enough room for the dash and that the distance isn't too far as well, any level obstacle can be crossed while dashing, making Ace way more mobile when using a Dash Card.

[h3]Stun Update[/h3]
Previously stuns would stop enemy actions for the duration of the stun, resuming them as soon as the CC effect was over. We felt like this created some weird moments for players that were expecting a different reaction (especially considering how the other CC in the game works). In this patch we changed how stuns work to make them more consistent with other CC types, now completely resetting all enemy actions when stunned.

Note: Enemy skills will still be out of their cooldowns, so they will still attack Ace as soon as they are not stunned anymore. The difference is that they will start attacking from the beginning of the action instead of resuming from the middle of it.

[h3]Card Simplification Update[/h3]
We simplified the visuals on a lot of skills in the game improving their clarity so players don't get overwhelmed with too much information happening at the same time and skills as well as enemies don't blend together in a big mess.

Besides helping clarity, these changes also positively impact the performance of the game.

The cards affected by these changes are:

Five of a Kind (Main and Upgrade)
Bubble Trouble (Main and Upgrade)
Titan Punch Shooting Stars Hack N Slash Poison Roses Trump Card Cosmic Vortex (Main and Upgrade)
Escape Artist (Lele)

[h3]Performer's Refuge Drop Rate [/h3]
From what we have heard from players that were finishing 100% of the game, in most cases the last card blueprint they needed in order to find all of the blueprints was the Performer's Refuge blueprint, which should not happen. Because of that we increased its drop rate, doubling the percentage of chance for it to be found by players.


[h2]General Updates[/h2]
[h3]Optimization[/h3]
We updated a lot of how the game works behind the scenes, improving greatly how the game runs in general. The main way players will feel these improvements is through the overall FPS of the game and the PC's memory usage while playing Dandy Ace.

[h3]Camera 60FPS Stutter[/h3]
We have been receiving feedback since the game's launch from some players about the game feeling like it was stuttering while playing on 60 hz/FPS monitors. In this patch we managed to find what the issue was and fixed it, improving greatly how the game runs on these monitors.

[h3]Narration Frequency Update[/h3]
We found that the way the narration frequency was being calculated on previous patches was not ideal, causing some players to feel like changing the frequency setting didn't change much during the actual gameplay.

Trying to improve that, we changed how the cooldown between each Lele line was calculated, making it so the changes to frequency feel more impactful.

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Dandy Ace has been selected as a finalist for “Best Game: Brazil” at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival 2021 alongside other amazing indie titles! BIG Festival 2021 is the largest festival for independent games in Latin America and will be live from May 3rd until May 9th, 2021. You can check the festival schedule for all of the fun daily talks, tournaments, and activities that will be available to fans for FREE.

During the festival Dandy Ace will have a free demo available on Steam for everyone to play until May 10th. The demo features the latest game improvements, content up to our first boss (Axolangelo), as well Twitch Mode for streamers!



Players will be able to play a wide variety of indie games, watch live sessions, interact with developers, and vote for their favorite games throughout the festival. Please consider voting for Dandy Ace for the “Popular Choice” award by registering on the BIG Festival 2021 website if you enjoy the game and would like to support the Mad Mimic team. Voting for the “Popular Choice” award will conclude on May 5th and the award ceremony for each of the BIG Festival categories will take place on May 6th, at 9:30pm (GMT -3). You can find all of the award categories and the finalists listed here.

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