Monster Portal News

[h2]Monster Portal – Major Patch Update! 🌀[/h2][p]New Features, Performance Improvements, and Huge Balancing Overhaul!

📢 Ready to dive back in?[/p][p]With all-new balance, smoother game-play, and clearer UI — this update makes Monster Portal better than ever. [/p][hr][/hr][h3]
🔥 NEW & IMPROVED FEATURES[/h3]

• [p]🧭 Mini Map Added!
  See shops, portals, quests, health regen zones, and bosses at a glance.[/p]
• [p]💠 Gem Store Upgrade!
  Make your gold matter with powerful gem upgrades and a cleaner buying/selling experience.[/p]
• [p]🚨 Danger Indicators
  Now you'll know what hurts — new danger icons alert you to threats.[/p]
• [p]🎯 Ultimate Abilities Rebalanced
  Stronger ultimates, smoother gameplay, bigger impact![/p]
• [p]🧼 Improved Help Menu & Color-Coded Hints
  Understand everything faster with better tool-tips and clearer guidance.
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⚔️ BOSS + ENEMY UPDATES[/h3]

• [p]🧠 Boss AI Overhaul
  Bosses and minibosses no longer get stuck on the player — there's always a way out![/p]
• [p]💥 Boss Fights Revamped
  Major improvements to Boss 1, Boss 2, and Boss 4 (including projectile defenses and shield interactions).[/p]
• [p]👿 Miniboss Attack Variants
  Minibosses now use alternate attack patterns on levels 2, 3, and 4.[/p]
• [p]😵 Improved Enemy Status Effects
  Buffed Eye Stun, new stun/poison particles, and visible player effect icons (stun, buff, poisoned, etc.).
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🎮 GAMEPLAY & BALANCE CHANGES[/h3]

• [p]💨 Sprint & Dodge Reworks[/p]
  • [p]Sprint now respects slow debuffs[/p]
  • [p]Dodge now moves through objects to help escape sticky situations and buildings[/p]
  • [p]Shift = Sprint / Space = Dodge[/p]
• [p]💰 Gold & Gem Economy Rebalance[/p]
  • [p]Reduced gem drops from minibosses to make gold buying at the shop more integral[/p]
  • [p]Lower shop gem chance = more value for gold[/p]
• [p]🧙 Path Buffs & Debuffs[/p]
  • [p]🛡️ Path of Death Eater buffed to +15 hit-points gained per kill [/p]
  • [p]🐉 Dragon & Veteran Paths fixed[/p]
  • [p]👟 Debuff Shoes scale by level (10% base + 5%/lvl)[/p]
  • [p]🎭 Level 3 Hooded Demon slightly nerfed[/p]
  • [p]⚡ Miniboss speed reduced on levels 4 & 5[/p]
• [p]🩸 Health & Shield Adjustments[/p]
  • [p]Health gem auto-give takes longer (balanced)[/p]
  • [p]Shield gem duration slightly reduced[/p]
• [p]🚶 Easy Mode Enhanced[/p]
  • [p]Slower enemy cooldowns, slower projectiles, increased spawn time between monsters[/p]
  • [p]"Made easy... even easier"
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🎨 VISUAL & AUDIO UPDATES[/h3]

• [p]🌪️ New screen shake effects for certain attacks[/p]
• [p]🔥 New particle effects for enemies, flamethrower, Boots of Haste, stunned/poisoned states[/p]
• [p]🎵 New sound effects for spike hits and dodge shots[/p]
• [p]🛍️ New Steam Store + Library art
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🐞 BUG FIXES[/h3]

• [p]✅ Fixed: Health regen upgrade now improves negative regen until positive (aka -1 will not go to -1.15 if upgraded, will now go to -1 -> -0.85 etc)[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Gambler & Greedy Path bugs [/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Massive lag caused by 3rd boss[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Totem speed bug with loot boss shots[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Store logic issues and clarity[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Text display after boss fights[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Incorrect speed values in character select[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Damage passing through Boss 4’s shields[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: "R" not opening the store reliably[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Multiple shop UI bugs and text clipping[/p]
• [p]✅ Fixed: Boost of Haste logic bug
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✨ Other Quality of Life[/h3]

• [p]Higher shop appearance rate[/p]
• [p]Updated tutorial [/p]
• [p]Giving better hints and objectives when finding travelers notebook[/p]
• [p]Reduced snowflake opacity[/p]
• [p]Improved visual cues for Confuse effect[/p]
• [p]Dodge Bomb added + shots & distance rework[/p]
• [p]Slight increase in Fire-shot refresh rate
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Hello everyone!

It was an awesome launch and I continue to make the game even better with more feedback! Here are some updates below, and I am hoping to implement steam leader-boards soon so that it can be more competitive with other players since this is a solo player game.


Game mechanics update!

• Game now pauses when pressing [TAB] so you can take the time arranging your gems and reading about their spells/abilities, not having to worry about the chaos going on around you.
  
• Updated the tutorial and GUI to help inform the player more on the mechanics of the game.
  
• Added some new features to hopefully help the player understand how to bring out the bosses.
  
• Further balanced monsters.
  
• Added some lighting effects
  

Zoomed the camera out. Will help with three things:

1. Gives player more vision of map to help orient themselves and see things to access.
   
2. Adds more monsters on screen to add more chaos.
   
3. There is now more room for GUI elements to make the screen feel less cluttered.
   

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• Fixed objects to bounce off new camera size.
  
• Fixed the pressing "e" crash while in chaos totem.
  
• Updated most font for legibility.
  
• Updated the tutorial.
  
• Made the hero starting AOE lighting bigger to start.
  
• Made first level easier to access boss hint to guide players.
  
• Fixed a few bugs because of the new camera size.
  

[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! 🌀

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!