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Monster Portal - OFFICIAL RELEASE LIVE NOW ! ! !



[h3]Monster Portal – Official Release! 🎉[/h3]

Today is the day! After countless hours of hard work, passion, and dedication, Monster Portal is finally released! This has been an incredible journey, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with all of you.

Creating this game has been a labor of love—designing every enemy, balancing every mechanic, and fine-tuning the experience to make it as fun and engaging as possible. There were challenges along the way, but every late night and every tough decision was worth it to bring Monster Portal to life.

To everyone who has followed along, given feedback, and supported me—thank you. Your encouragement, ideas, and excitement have meant the world. This is just the beginning, and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts, see how you play, and continue improving and expanding Monster Portal in the future.

Let’s open the portal together and face the monsters that await! 🌀

Final game update before release on March 5th, 2025! New and expanded content!



Game update and changes!


  • Added option for random starting gems so now you can play the game with the main three characters and different starting gems.
  • Made it so you run into less things and get stuck less.
  • Updated the gem store.
  • Chaos totem spawns more often on each level.
  • Chaos totem now displays 12 options as well as being mandatory. Also added new options.
  • Updated loot boss attacks.
  • Updated mage attack on 2nd level.
  • Added more sound effects.
  • Updated enemy AI.
  • Updated tutorial at the beginning of game.
  • Changed 2nd level boss attacks and added lighting effects to aoe attacks.
  • Added lighting effects to level 3 Minions.

I am excited for the release on March 5th and will continue to update the game or fix things that people run into! Looking forward to it!




March 5th, 2025!! Full release of "Monster Portal" at 10am Pacific Time!



Time has finally come for the full release of Monster Portal! I have been developing it for a long time and I am super excited to finally release the game! Mark your calendars!

Monster Portal update! New release date, March 5th 2025!!!



Hello everyone!

New update here! Let me know your thoughts!

Currently, I plan is to fully release the game on March 5th! That way it doesn't coincide with Steam Next Fest.



Biggest Changes

  • Added monster shards! Currency that transfers between runs to upgrade your hero!
  • Added global +20% speed boost
  • Added player dashes
  • Made it easier to level up (40% faster)


Smaller updates

  • Added moveable, lockable, and deletable GUI
  • Added more particles effects
  • Balanced level 3, enemy fire attacks
  • Boss 3 destroys all enemies when killed
  • Audio death sound level 3 explosion
  • Update death particles for level 3 minion
  • Updated chaos totem
  • Buffed aoe sword gem
  • Buffed totem gem
  • Balanced minibosses
  • Fixed bugs

Major update for "Monster Portal" before planned release in February 2025!

Major update!






    [h2]Major changes [/h2]

  • Each hero now has his own ultimate ability
  • Added 2 loot bosses that randomly spawn
  • Game play paths are now unlock-able through various tasks ("Way of the X")
  • Created a Chaos Totem with random positive/negative effects chosen at random if accepted
  • Added an instance where magical "fairies" spawn and if you catch enough you level up
  • Toggle on/off new gem refresh rates (quick reference GUI)
  • New gem info window when hovering over gems
  • No cap for gem/player leveling anymore
  • Gems are now named
  • Added new monsters
  • Added new monster player effect (confusion)
  • Added text when poisoned, slowed, stunned, or confused for player visibility
  • Updated knock-back for certain gems

    [h2]Audio/Visual updates[/h2]

  • Various new sound effects and particle effects
  • New particles on upgrade screen
  • Updated 3nd level boss AOE attacks
  • Updated 2nd level boss AOE attacks
  • Updated 1st level boss spore AOE attacks
  • Updated first level minion shot
  • Updated store art
  • Updated character selection art and hero info
  • Updated tornado particles
  • Updated nova burst particles
  • Added descriptions of gems in store
  • Reduced poison particle effects for better player visibility
  • Fixed pause menu music issue

    [h2]Performance/Bugs[/h2]

  • Fixed an infinite loop crash
  • Optimized sprites for drastically increased game-play performance
  • Fixed bugs for slowing monsters
  • Large overall optimization of code/sprites/particles