Munchkin Digital News

Our dungeon goblins have been hard at work, and we’re excited to announce that Munchkin will be leaving Early Access on Steam for full cross-platform release on Thursday, March 9th!

Everyone knows a true munchkin takes every opportunity to get a head start on the competition…you can play Munchkin on Steam right now, and pre-order on the App Store and Google Play!

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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!