DemonCrawl News

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.

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[h2]New Features[/h2]

• 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
  

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• 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
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• 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
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• 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
  

Hotfix #1 @ 6:33 PM EST - Fixed Druid Staff and possibly fixed a crash related to the new Fraudulent mod.

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.

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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!

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[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• 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!

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[h2]New Features[/h2]

• 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

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• 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

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• 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

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• 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!