Curse of the Dead Gods News

Focus Home Interactive und die französischen Passtech Games haben den Releasetermin für das Roguelite-Action-RPG Curse of the Dead Gods bekannt gegeben, das sich seit Anfang letzten Jahres in der Early-Access-Phase auf Steam befindet. Während dieser Zeit konnten die Entwickler das Spiel, dank vieler Verbesserungen und [...]

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Hello, Pretenders!

We have some incredible news for you today! We are very excited and proud to announce that Curse of the Dead Gods will be leaving Early Access on February 23rd of 2021!

That’s right! We are planning our full release for next month and we can’t wait to reveal the ending of our game to the community! Have a look at our announcement trailer:

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The Early Access of Curse of the Dead Gods has been a rollercoaster, and we are very pleased with the reception of the game. The community has grown over the months and we’re proud of what the game has come to be thanks to your feedback and reports! February 23rd marks a new chapter in Curse of the Dead Gods’ development and we can't wait to continue this journey with you.

As expected, we are planning to raise Curse of the Dead Gods’ price for the final release. We’re giving you a little heads up as you still have until January 22 to get it for its Early Access price of $17,99! Stay tuned for more news as we approach our release date!

PS: Join our livestream tonight on our Twitch channel at:
- 17:00pm (CET)
- 16:00pm (GMT)
- 08:00am (PST)
- 11:00am (EST)

Hello, Pretenders!

We hope you’re still having fun in the Eagle Temple that we released last month! This new temple brings its share of new content with more enemies, traps, Champions and a Temple Boss! Which of you have already climbed the Eagle’s Spire and defeated the Dark Avatar of the Eagle? We’re curious to know!



The third temple was a big step in the Early Access of Curse of the Dead Gods, and we’re so proud to have completed it in time! There are still adjustments that need to be made thanks to your feedback and suggestions. If you’re interested in our creative process, we will publish in our dev diary next week how we made this temple!

In the meantime, here’s a selection of some cool artworks made by Valentin, our art director!



As you may have noticed on our roadmap, we’re close to our v.1.0 release! It will be synchronised with the long-awaited consoles releases and will feature the final Temple of Curse of the Dead Gods! (among other things that you can peek at on the roadmap). We’re reaching the end of the adventure, but it doesn’t mean we’ll stop working on the game. We have at least one update planned after the official release of Curse of the Dead Gods, and for the rest… we’ll have to see how the game does once out on the market!

Right now, we’re focusing all our efforts on putting an end to this incredible journey. All of our time is dedicated to adding the grand finale, polishing every aspect, and correcting bugs to make the game run as smoothly as possible. Plus, the holiday break is coming and we’ll take some time off to celebrate with our loved ones! That’s why there won’t be any update until the final release of Curse of the Dead Gods.



We’ll be back soon in 2021 with more news! In the meantime, we hope you all have a good holiday season and that you play some games with your friends and family.

- The Passtech Team 🍉

PS: We won’t go silent during our break, don’t worry! Join our Discord server to chat with us, or follow our Twitch channel to not miss any livestreams!

Hello explorers!



We are extremely happy and glad that Curse of the Dead Gods has been receiving so much support since we started this Early Access! Our Temple keeps growing bigger and bigger thanks to our community’s love and dedication for the game.

Our team is still working hard on creating the most challenging yet fun Temple out there! We have still a lot of new trials coming to you in the upcoming weeks. Get ready for the final showdown with the God of Death himself!

Steam has just launched its Steam Awards! We’d be happy to be nominated in any category, but we think maybe one of the funniest and most accurate would be the Best Game You Suck At ;) Thank you so much if you decide to nominate our game!

Curse of the Dead Gods is also 33% off until December 1! Enter the temple now to discover our latest zone full of new foes and great champions: the Eagle’s Spire.

Hello, Pretenders !

It’s here! The Eagle Temple is finally ready! The EAGLE’S SPIRE update is now available on Steam. We have a lot to say, so have a good read (and have fun!)

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[h2]Version 0.22.0 - November 25th 2020[/h2]
🍉 = Community additions

[h3]New features[/h3]

• The Eagle Temple:
  + New environments
  + New traps
  + 6 new foes with their elite versions
  + 2 new Champions
  + 1 new Temple Boss
  + 5 new Curses
  • Eternal Guardians
    
  • 🍉 Dark Mines
    
  • Biting Breath
    
  • Sky Fire
    
  • Chromatic Defense
• Have fun! Give us your feedback on our Discord server or on the Steam forums 🍉

Disclaimer: We had some problems with the writing of certain texts related to the Eagle Temple. What’s missing in this version:
- The bestiary notes for the Eagle enemies
- The introductory texts of the specific Eagle curses
- The mood text of the new blessing
These texts will soon be integrated into the game! Regarding the bestiary notes, please note that this does not prevent the unlocking of the entries in the Eagle bestiary (and the golden portrait version). The texts will be automatically updated when they are integrated into the game.

Also, we were not able to produce the secret weapons that can be obtained when defeating a Champion (under special conditions) in this update. Rest assured, these will arrive soon!



[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• 🍉 Perception: The Perception stat now increases, in addition to the amount of gold found, the chance of killed enemies dropping a piece of equipment. Usually, one enemy per room can release a piece of equipment. Perception now increases the chance of two enemies releasing an item (or even more if you exceed 100% found treasure!)
  
• 🍉 Cursed weapons & Dark damage: The Cursed weapons and the functioning of Dark damage have been reworked
  + Cursed weapons now have 2 exclusive affixes, 1 positive and 1 negative, randomly selected from the existing ones
  + Dark attacks now take advantage of the other 3 elements!
  + Dark attacks extinguish a flaming enemy and apply the ‘Weaken’ effect to them
  + Dark attacks inflict poison on a poisoned enemy
  + Dark attacks instantly trigger lightning on an electrified enemy.
  
• Revision of the damage formula: We have reworked the way we calculate the final damage of the main character's attack. The calculation is based on several factors:
  • A: The basic power of the weapon (white number in its description sheet)
  • B: The basic damage increase factor (final result in yellow numbers in its description sheet, including the dexterity bonus)
  • C: The contextual additional bonus damage factor (e.g. additional damage to fire attacks, in the back damage bonus affixes)
  • D: The movement factor (e.g. a charged sword attack inflicts 200% damage)
  • E: The critical hit factor (+50% by default, increased by effects increasing critical hit damage)
  • F: The weakened factor when hitting a weakened enemy (+50% by default, increased by the effects increasing the damage on weakened enemies)
  
  Previously the calculation was as follows: A x B x C x D x E x F
  The new formula is now: A x (B + C) x D x (E + F)
  
  The purpose of this change is to temper the damage curve when the damage becomes very high. Previously, the formula was very explosive and allowed for final damage that was too high compared to the game progress curve when damage based synergies were created. Don't worry, it is still possible to inflict very heavy damage ;)
  
• 🍉 Review of Blessings: Some of the blessings have been reworked to better balance them and offer more attractive effects.
  + Tamok's Breath: Your physical attacks (non-elementary) have a 50% chance to turn into fire attacks
  + Indomitable: Restore 50% max health after defeating a non-optional Champion or Boss
  + T’amok’s Bones: Gain 5 Constitution at the start of your exploration and 1 Constitution at the beginning of each room if your health is below 50% of its maximum
  + Skillful Adaptation: After defeating an enemy with your Main or Secondary weapon, your Two-Handed weapon deals 50% more damage and vice-versa
  + Gust of Agility: Gain 5 Dexterity at the start of your exploration. Any Perfect Dodge triggers Haste (increased movement speed for 5 seconds)
  + Sich’al’s Treasures: Gain 2 Perception each time you make a Gold Offering
  + Favor of Sich’al: Gain 1000 gold and 5 Perception at the start of your exploration
  + Gift of Transmutation: Sich’al’s Trove has been replaced by Gift of Transmutation: any healing that exceeds max health is turned into gold
  + Reptilian Hunger: The maximum damage bonus is now 50% (instead of 100%)
  + The costs and conditions of unlocking have been adjusted for certain blessings. For long-time players who have already unlocked these blessings, they will now be re-locked and will have to be purchased again. Crystal Skulls previously invested in these blessings will be re-credited to you.
  
• Removal of relics: Some relics were removed, either because they did not provide enough benefit to the player, or because their effect was too circumstantial, or because their effects were introduced into the redesign of blessings.
  + Crystal Shards
  + Crystal Orb
  + Crown of Purgation
  + Jewel of Transmutation
  
• Relic - Temple’s Heart: Healing effects increased to 4%/8%/12% (instead of 3/6/9)
  
• Relic - Torture Ring: Healing effects increased to 3%/6%/9% (instead of 2/4/6)
  
• Relic - Humble Tiara: Healing effects increased to 6%/12%/18% (instead of 5/10/15)
  
• Lightning: The time during which enemies are electrified is increased to 8 seconds (instead of 5 seconds)
  
• Weapons altars: Once the altar's upgrades are achieved, the chance of common weapons (with special effects) appearing on the weapon's altars is now 75% (instead of 100%)
  
• Locked defense windows: In the past, certain movements such as charged attacks prevented the use of dodge or parry for a short period of time. All of these locking windows have been removed, except for heavy two-handed weapons where they remain in place on each attack
  
• Whips: The charged attack with whips now requires only one point of stamina (instead of 2)
  
• Shields: The distance traveled by the character during a charged attack with a shield has been reduced by about 10%
  
• 🍉 Seeker’s Mace: Now grants +5% basic damage per level of transported relic (instead of 2%)
  
• Curse - Gold Puncture: If gold is paid, now restores 10% of maximum health (instead of 5%)
  
• 🍉 Prophetesses: The prophetesses in trance will no longer trigger their counterattack if they are hit by the environment
  
• 🍉 Titan Skulls: Adjustment of the life span of the spinning blades sent by the Titan Skulls
  + Normal version: the lifetime reduces to 2.5 seconds (instead of 3.5)
  + Elite version: lifetime increases to 4.5 seconds (instead of 3.5)

[h3]Visual changes[/h3]

• FX: Addition of electric impacts on the ground for heavy two-handed weapons

[h3]Fixed bugs et QoL[/h3]

• 🍉 Graphic options: Graphic options: We have added an option to remove the SSAO and replace it with an outline; and an option to enable or disable the bloom
  
• Damage: Damage that breaks the enemy's guards does its damage correctly
  
• Shadows: Fixed a bug that did not make the shadows disappear once an object was destroyed

[h3]Known bugs[/h3]

• Champions and Bosses slip out of their arenas, preventing you from finishing the fight
  
• It is possible to die at the same time as a Champion or a Boss, preventing the display of the victory or defeat screen

[h3]What’s cooking in the Temple[/h3]