Munchkin Digital News

Bug fixes, game crash fixes, and stability improvements.

Bug fixes and stability improvements

Today’s Munchkin Patch 1.1.0 expands language support to our German and Turkish friends, and includes a variety of UX improvements to the tutorial and gameplay! Willkommen and Hoşgeldiniz!

New features

• Tutorial 1 and 2 now clarify how configuring items works in your inventory
  
• Support added for German and Turkish languages
  

UI and AI Improvements

• Discarding card animation is faster and more clear
  
• VFX added to make it more apparent where cards/classes/races are going when equipped/carried
  
• AI now delays slightly in taking actions so there's time to see what's happening on their turn
  
• Gender selection options are now more easily identifiable as buttons
  
• Configuring your inventory now has more clear indicators of what can be moved or selected
  
• Cheat and Hireling now indicate what item they're attached to
  
• Added warning to some of the most common gameplay mistakes to make sure players are making the moves they intend
  
• Action log no longer scrolls automatically when new actions are taken for easier readability during enemy turns
  

Bug Fixes

• Continued focus reducing the number of softlock, crash, and gameplay related bugs
  
• Out to Lunch now visually discards monsters from combat as intended
  
• Curses now affecting items held by the Hireling
  
• Timer graphics will no longer be obscured when full-screen selection windows are up (such as Sell an Item)
  
• Players may now tie when two reach level 10 in the same combat
  
• Removed an exploit where running out of time allowed players to avoid Income Tax
  
• Modifiers no longer cause a player to lose combat in the Dice Chucker challenge.
  
• Carried items can no longer be discarded when using Resurrection
  
• And many more!
  

We’ve made some great progress thanks to your feedback, and we’re on track for Munchkin to leave Early Access for full cross-platform release next month. Along the way, we’ll be continuing to rely on your feedback as we work towards launch.

So if you’re enjoying Munchkin, please take a moment to rate & review to help new players discover the game. And, as always, if you need help or run into trouble, please drop us a line at [email protected].

Thanks for playing Munchkin!

Time is on your side! Today’s Munchkin patch gives players control over the pace of their game, and introduces French and Spanish localization support.

[h2]Additions [/h2]

• An option to disable timers has been added so players can play a game with no time pressure! Well, almost no time pressure. Don't log off to go make a sandwich like a jerk. We will replace you with a robot, don't test us.
  
• Leaderboards now display info on how points are scored
  
• Improved visual communication when a help offer has been declined
  

[h2]Localization[/h2]

• French and Spanish now supported Vive le Munchkin!
  

[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Matches now properly resume when a cleric rejoins a game before kicking open the door.
  
• The Card Shark achievement will now be awarded at the correct number of wins
  
• Improved Flight Spell prompt messaging
  

[h2]Rules Fixes[/h2]

• Helper now removed when Gazebo enters combat via Wandering Monster
  
• Truly Obnoxious Curse can now discard items that provide no strength if a player has no higher strength items available
  
• Flight Spell no longer allows player to discard more than 3 cards for it’s effect
  
• Monsters removed by Illusion now have negative effects removed (such as -4 strength to Elves)
  

As always, if you’re enjoying Munchkin, tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell casual acquaintances who’ve yet to determine which one they are!

And if you run into trouble in the dungeon, tell us at [email protected].

Thanks for playing Munchkin!

Munchkin Patch 1.0.1 focuses on feedback that we’ve received from Steam Early Access players to improve the gameplay experience and clarity of certain interactions. One highly requested item to note: turn and action timers have been increased in this patch, and we’re looking into more configurable options for timers as we continue to fine-tune the overall pacing of the game.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed feedback – we’ll be continuing to work on improvements along the way to cross-platform launch!

Here’s what’s in today’s patch:

Bugs

• We’ve addressed several instances of softlock, and we’re continuing to investigate other softlocks reported by the community
  
• Addressed instance where players could find themselves unable to play cards from hand
  
• Players should now receive achievements for completing a tutorial or a challenge (those already eligible will have to complete a tutorial or challenge again)
  
• Pressing Shift + Enter no longer breaks the feedback form.
  

Rules Issues

• Players should now only be able to Charity down to the hand limit
  
• AI players should no longer use Friendship Potion to run away when unnecessary
  
• In several instances where Hireling items weren’t correctly discarded by curse or bad stuff, eligible items should now discard correctly
  
• Sandals of Protection should now work when equipped by Hireling
  
• Hireling will now steal a treasure when running away with Tuba of Charm
  
• Addressed Ask for Help issue specific to Double Trouble challenge
  
• Addressed instance where AI should become more hostile towards player
  

Visual

• Improved clarity when defeating a monster will grant multiple levels
  
• The name and image of cards that are causing a prompt are now displayed
  
• Flicker on monster texts at start of combat no longer appears
  
• It should be more clear when your opponents are still creating their characters
  
• Timer will now display when players near the end of their time
  
• When offering a trade, player can now see when an opponent is considering the offer
  
• Theft ability now shows the correct owner of each available item
  
• Flight Spell now displays needed number of cards for a successful run away
  
• Cheat! card now displays stinger when played by an opponent
  
• Animation fix for Track Meet challenge
  
• Add Friend prompt now mentions adding via friend code
  

Polish

• When prompted to draft treasures, players can now select cards as well as checkboxes
  
• Doubled the length of action timers and increased Jump-In timers by 5 seconds
  

As always, if you’re enjoying playing Munchkin, please consider taking a moment to rate and review the game on Steam – it’s a great way to spread the word and help find new players for you to swindle.

If you run into trouble (whether or not you went looking for it), drop us a line at [email protected]. Thanks for your support, and thanks for playing Munchkin!