RogueJack: Roguelike Blackjack News

This should be the definitive bug fix version for all controllers and mislabeled items.

[h2]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE[/h2]

BOISE, ID—Monday September 14th, 2020 RogueJack by Ponywolf, where players delve into countless old school dungeons and play Blackjack to the death with a variety of creatures, received its 21st update since it launched in February of this year.

Notable features include improved Gamepad support, Keyboard shortcuts and hints, a new rapid play control scheme and countless of other additions recommended by the very vocal community of players who constantly reminded us “it’s been a while” and “they haven't seen anything new” from this “cheap, piece of garbage” game.



We talked to Ponywolf’s Founder and the designer/developer of RogueJack, Michael Wilson, but he was completely uninteresting. So instead we made up this quote that we will attribute to him instead:

“Making games is so easy! Java, java, physics, typing, mouse, mouse, mouse and BAM—you’re finished! Most of my day is spent eating gummy bears and watching HGTV.”

—Michael Wilson, Founder of Ponywolf

Fascinating. He also mentioned something about a Steam week long deal, but we started to zone out.

[h2]Whats new since 1.1.9[/h2]

[h3]New stuff[/h3]

• Rapid Play, buttons/keys repeat when held down
  
• Keyboard Tool-tips
  
• Z, X, C are now hot keys for selecting cards
  
• Space, Tab and Enter work in most dialogs
  
• Added "Reset Switch" to pull 50% of your gold and XP forward if you are caught too deep
  
• Deepest floor, gold and XP autosave, even on app suspend
  
• Hidden coins in 15% of "Worthless Junk"
  
• Map generation improvements
  
• Vending machine hints at whats inside (Thanks Tyler!)
  
• Screen flash on burnt, frozen or poisoned
  
• Indonesian translations updated
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fight after curing poison/fire issue fixed
  
• Monsters won't fight for 1 turn after you level up
  
• Possible lockup on quickly exiting level after Critical Hit
  
• Keep exit out of hallways
  
• Skeleton pushes back to floor 5
  
• Make sure dialogs are always on top
  
• Better DualShock support
  
• DualShock Controller button hints
  
• 5% more XP on Tombstone
  
• Music volume wouldn't save if gamepad was used to set
  
• Fix Killed By...
  

"Get Your Learn On" release. Added items and a Librarian class that give XP bonuses. Plus new fan-translated languages and various improvements!



Updates

• Added Librarian class and XP bonus sword & shield
  
• Auto resize for text to keep it within visual bounds (mainly for translations)
  
• Some junk are now water jars that can put out fires
  
• Font updates for readability and extra characters
  
• Added Hungarian language
  
• Added Russian language
  
• Testing machine translated Indonesian
  
• Updated to Solar2D for builds
  

Fixes

• Potions may have healed before curing poisons
  
• Fixed Floor "space" and room for all stats
  
• Possible Fix for late level XP
  

The "Let's Get Critical" release. Hit your way to 21 to do double damage in battle. Also added a few new items and bears (oh my!) Plus the usual amount of fixes and features.

• Hitting to 21 gives a critical hit
  
• Added "cooler" monster portraits
  
• The "Hands Tied" achievement fixed
  
• Swaps achievements renamed
  
• Made banner at bottom of cards also act as "stay"
  
• Added heat shield
  
• Shields now cure effects when swapped for
  
• Monsters freeze, burn, poison better
  
• Monsters move when you are frozen
  
• Monsters attack while hero is frozen
  
• Fixed face-up spiders
  

The "Pardon our Dust" release. We swept up some dust and debris from adding more languages, now that we're getting back to stable, we can start adding more features!