Dandy Ace News

Hey everyone,

The Creators' Preview Event is now live until January 25th! Head on over to the Dandy Ace Steam Page and download the latest Free Demo. Unlike the regular demo, players will be able to make their way through additional content up to Dandy Ace's second boss, Scissorella.

Twitch Mode will also be enabled during this event period for all of the Twitch streamers out there. If you're looking for a challenge and a way to interact directly with your community while you play consider trying a few runs in Twitch Mode! Twitch Mode allows viewers to directly interact with the game through votes in chat. One lucky viewer is also able to take on the role of Lele, the game’s antagonist, for a short period of time and influence the challenges ahead of Ace as he takes on the Cursed Mirror. We’ll be discussing how “Twitch Mode” works as well as all of the awesome things viewers can do in our blog post tomorrow!

Join us tomorrow, January 12th, from 12pm-2pm PST on the Mad Mimic Twitch channel for a dev stream. A member of the Mad Mimic development team will be streaming Dandy Ace live in Twitch Mode discussing the game and answering any questions the community may have.

[h3]Creators' Preview Event Period: January 11, 2021 - January 25, 2021[/h3]



Are you a member of the Press or an Influencer/Creator interested in reviewing Dandy Ace when it launches early this year? Please fill out the forms below, as we’d love to hear from you!

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or

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If you go live or create any content for Dandy Ace make sure to tag @DandyAceGame on Twitter so that we can check it out and share it.

Remember to Wishlist Dandy Ace on Steam and follow us on all of our socials as we get closer to the full launch early this year!

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Greetings Magicians,

We hope everyone had a great holiday season! With the start of the new year, we are quickly approaching the launch of Dandy Ace and want to make sure the experience is the best it can be before then with your help. The team appreciates all of you that have wishlisted Dandy Ace so far and the great feedback we’ve received from the previous betas.

We are excited to invite you all to our upcoming Creators’ Preview Event starting Monday, January 11th! During the event everyone will be able to play the latest free demo and we will be focusing on gathering feedback on “Twitch Mode”. This is a special mode for streamers that allows their viewers to directly interact with the game through votes in chat. One lucky viewer is also able to take on the role of Lele, the game’s antagonist, for a short period of time and influence the challenges ahead of Ace as he takes on the Cursed Mirror.

We’ll be discussing how “Twitch Mode” works as well as all of the awesome things viewers can do in our blog post early next week. The demo that will be available starting January 11th will also have additional levels and enemies unlocked that are not available in the current demo. This includes Dandy Ace's second boss, Scissorella. All are welcome to join and we look forward to getting additional feedback from streamers and their communities that attempt “Twitch Mode”.

[h3]Event Period: January 11, 2021 - January 25, 2021[/h3]


Thank you to the streamers that have helped us shape this feature so far and we can’t wait to see you all take on Dandy Ace during the Creators’ Preview Event and at the full launch! If you have any questions or feedback you’d like to share with the development team you can do so on our Mad Mimic Community Discord.



Are you a member of the Press or an Influencer/Creator interested in reviewing Dandy Ace when it launches early this year? Please fill out the forms below, as we’d love to hear from you!

Claim a key on Woovit and Keymailer

or

Fill Out the Review Copy Request Form: https://forms.gle/KHBn1HiBULX2b7WM6

If you go live or create any content for Dandy Ace make sure to tag @DandyAceGame on Twitter so that we can check it out and share it!

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Located just beyond the Courtyard outside of the Palace, the Garden leads to Dandy Ace’s 2nd boss otherwise known as Scissorella, The Royal Gardener! Scissorella's own Garden is an extension of this map full of untidy bushes and a darker/more mischievous tone overall. The Garden features a wide variety of plants, statues, and enemies.



Dandy Ace will not only need to fight off Lady Thorns, Oozes, Poison Turrets and Explosive Totems but also be careful where he fires off his skills as the Garden is home to a plant based environmental hazard that activates when it takes damage! After a short delay the Plant Bomb will burst open dealing damage to anything near it. Ace can kite or knock enemies into the Plant Bomb’s radius to deal significant damage to them when the plants burst. After a short period of time the plants will grow back and can be activated again.

Prior to the fight against Scissorella Ace will have to get past a legion of Oozes as well as Lady Thorns, also known as Minirella! Lady Thorns is a humanoid enemy and one of Lele’s Palace Guests that shares visual similarities with Scissorella. Both of the skills Lady Thorns utilizes will be similar to those Ace will encounter in the boss fight but on a smaller scale.



Lady Thorns has two offensive skills and no defensive skills. Once spotted, Lady Thorns will chase after Ace attempting to perform Smash Rebound when in melee range. On activation Lady Thorns will swipe at Ace dealing damage and leaving behind an AOE that explodes after a short delay. At range she has Thorn Barrage at her disposal. When used Lady Thorns will fire a barrage of thorns that sweep across an area in Ace’s general direction dealing damage to anything caught within it.

Under the control of Scissorella, the Big Oozes, Ooze Dudes, and Mini-Oozes help Lady Thorns keep watch over the Garden and Courtyard. With the ability to split itself into smaller Oozes things can quickly get overwhelming if Ace isn't equipped to deal with large groups of enemies. On death, Oozes will split into multiple smaller versions of themselves with more limited skill sets the smaller the Ooze gets.



Big Oozes & Ooze Dudes are able to leave behind an Ooze Trail wherever they travel. If Ace attempts to walk over the trail he will take damage. When within range of Ace, the Ooze will attempt to Charge in Ace's direction dealing damage if it hits. Big Oozes will follow up the Charge with an Ooze Burst covering the area around it with ooze for a short period of time. Standing within range of the burst or in the remaining ooze will cause Ace to take damage. The defensive skill only available to Big Oozes is Multiply, allowing it to spawn two Oozes alongside it. Mini-Oozes will continue to chase after Ace but are much less of a threat due to their lack of offensive and defensive skills.



Poison Turrets will have Ace constantly moving to avoid the giant poison clouds while fighting off enemies. The combination of Oozes and Poison Turrets can make it difficult to find space to fight in tighter parts of the map. Explosive Totems combo well with Oozes, adding onto their ability to multiply and split. The Explosive Totem applies Explosive Buff to enemies within its range. Any enemy with the buff active will explode on death after a brief delay dealing damage to Ace if he remains too close.



Venture into the Garden when Dandy Ace releases on Steam, Xbox, Playstation, and Switch in early 2021! Thank you to everyone that participated in our Second Beta Test. The Mad Mimic team appreciates all of the feedback we’ve received and we look forward to seeing how you all react to the new changes and additions to the game in our next beta early next year. Be sure to add Dandy Ace to your Steam Wishlist and join the Mad Mimic Community Discord to keep up to date on all upcoming announcements!

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Wow!

We want to thank everyone who gave Dandy Ace a try during this last week! It was so much fun to see people playing our game and trying out the new Twitch Mode.

We have decided to keep all of the current changes and content available on the demo version so anyone who wants to continue to play and provide feedback is welcome to.

If you gave Dandy Ace a try this last week, please fill out this short feedback survey so we can continue to improve and expand the game to make it the absolute best it can be!

Beta Feedback Survey: https://forms.gle/mmrhLQhniw1NGVcB8

You should also join the Mad Mimic Community Discord! Where you can talk directly to us and give us your thoughts!


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Greetings Magicians!

Since the end of Beta #1 we have been working hard on taking that feedback and translating it to improvements for Dandy Ace. We want to thank everyone who participated, joined in the Dev Talks on Discord, and helped us improve. It is thanks to your help that we are here now ready to introduce the improvements we have been working on for our second open beta test!

Everyone is welcome to join and we are excited to hear what you think about our new content!
This beta test will run from December 4th until December 14th. With a special Dev Talk on the Official Discord on Saturday, December 12th at 19:00 (UTC).

If you have any feedback or thoughts on Dandy Ace please let us know by filling out this survey!

Beta Feedback Survey: https://forms.gle/mmrhLQhniw1NGVcB8

Or simply join the Mad Mimic Community Discord and let us know what you think!
IMPORTANT: All save data will be wiped once the beta begins.

[h2]1. New Features[/h2]
[h3]Palace Map[/h3]

• At the start of each level we’ve added a new intractable object, the Palace Map. This shows an overview of the Palace layout.
  

[h3]New Trinkets[/h3]

• We’ve added 5 new trinkets into the game.
  • Discharged Shoes: After 5 seconds without taking damage, Ace's Main Cards deals more damage. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
    
  • Protagonist Fist: After killing an enemy Ace's Main Cards deals more damage for 10 seconds. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
    
  • Invocation Mastery (Blueprint Required): Increases all Condition's damage. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace. This trinket effects: Bleed, Burn, and Poison.
    
  • Blue Deck (Blueprint Required): Blue Skills deals more damage. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
    
  • Cloak of the Virtuoso (Blueprint Required): When Ace's HP is full, his Main Cards deals more damage. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
    

[h3]Nnif-Tar Machine[/h3]

• We added a machine next to all shops which is able to upgrade a card’s tier.
  • The machine will be broken to begin with and can be fixed by purchasing an upgrade with Shards.

[h3]Shop Reshuffle [/h3]

• Players can now reshuffle the cards available at a shop.
  • Players start with 1 free reshuffle and can purchase additional free reshuffles through Shard upgrades.
    
  • After all free reshuffles have been used, players must spend gold.

[h3]Boss Levels[/h3]

• The Boss Fights now have their own unique visual environments.

[h3]Twitch Mode[/h3]

• We have enabled Twitch Mode for Twitch streamers to use.
  • Twitch Mode adds the ability for streamers to have their viewers interact with them through chat. They can vote on things such as the next level, which cards the player receives, and one viewer can even play as LeLe. They will be able to choose from a variety of dialogue options to support or taunt the streamer as well as activate different skills.

[h2]2. Balance Changes[/h2]
[h3]Character movement[/h3]

• We’ve adjusted and improved Ace’s movement.

[h3]Portals and Map Adjustments[/h3]

• Players now can access and teleport to the various portals on the level from both the Portals themselves and the Map.
  
• Players can also teleport to unused Cupcakes, Cards and Blueprints directly.

[h3]Skills Updates and Rebalancing[/h3]

• Shooting Stars: We added some slight AoE damage onto the first two stars.
  
• Skills with Hold mechanics: We reduced the Cooldown and Recovery time for skills with these mechanics to improve the overall feel of those skills.
  • Bubble Trouble and Sim Sala Beam: Have had their damage increased.
• All Blink Skills: Reduced cooldown time.
  
• All Dash Skills: Increased the hitbox area.
  
• Blue Cards Skills: Reduced the CC duration effect of Blue Skills
  • Upgrade effects used on a Blue Card have also had their duration reduced.
    • Stun / Fear / Charm / Slow / Bind
• Offensive Yellow Cards: Damage has been increased
  • Deadly Cleanse / Consume Power / Packet Trick / Cosmic Vortex / Vanish
• Starburst: Size of has been increased
  
• Toxic Veil Rework: We have reworked this card and it is now called Toxic Spray.
  • Changed the skill from a line in front of Ace to a frontal cone AoE attack.
• Minor Lightning Effect: Size of the AoE has been increased.

[h3]Trinket Rebalancing[/h3]

• Lightning Reflexes and Combat Casting:
  
  
  • Both of these Trinkets now give 15% damage reduction for their respective damage types.
    
  • Removed the negative effect from each.
• Trap Senses: Increased the hazard effectiveness on enemies and decreased the hazard effectiveness on Ace.
  
• Vampirism: Reduced the amount of healing Ace received.
  
• Spiked Shoes: Increased the duration of the effect.

[h3]Enemy Rebalancing[/h3]

• Increased all enemies attack and move speed.
  
• Slightly increased all enemies HP.
  
• Increased the range the enemy starts to chase the player.

[h2]3. Other Changes[/h2]
[h3]Languages[/h3]

• Additional languages are now available in the game.
  
  
  • English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Russian and Polish.

[h3]Palace Records[/h3]

• Improved the UI and added various Icons.

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