Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers News

[p]Bug fixes[/p]

• [p]fixes a crash when launching the game in English while system language was a non-English language[/p]
• [p]fixes a crash when changing the language to English while system language was a non-English language[/p]

[p][/p][p]A word from the devs:[/p][p]We're very sorry for wasting your time and delivering a frustrating experience on what was supposed to be a fun celebration of 1 year of D&DG. We feel we have let down our international players who were excited to play the Anniversary Update. We can only apologise, and we'd like to explain how this happened and what we are doing to avoid these kinds of issues in the future.[/p][p][/p][p]v1.3.4 -> v1.4[/p][p]In this update we upgraded the engine version from Godot 3.6 to Godot 4.4.1. The upgrade was major (it took us 2 full days of work to even get the game to successfully launch!) and in particular the whole font and theming system was changed and we had to rewrite the way that D&DG changed languages.[/p][p]One of the complications of D&DG being a pixel art game is that we need to be able to swap fonts depending on your language. For example fonts with accent characters, or Chinese, Japanese, or Cyrillic characters all need to have specific fonts to make sure text stays pixel perfect and readable. The system to swap fonts depending on language like this is called "remapping".[/p][p]After the upgrade to Godot 4 the default export setting meant that these remapped fonts weren't being correctly exported to the version that you play on Steam. This was the reason why in v1.4 the fonts displayed wrong, or at the wrong size.[/p][p][/p][p]v1.4 -> v1.4.1[/p][p]We changed the export setting which meant that all the fonts and their remaps were correctly being exported! [/p][p]At this stage if you launched the game on a computer with English as the system language you could swap between all languages and all of the fonts displayed correctly. You could also launch the game in (for example) Spanish if your system language was Spanish. [/p][p]But the export now working exposed a problem where we were still using the old Godot 3 remapping system for two of the fonts. Now that the fonts and remaps were being exported, this collision of two different remap systems caused the game to crash when you swapped to English if the game had started in another language (like it would if your system language wasn't English).[/p][p][/p][p]v1.4.1 -> v1.4.2[/p][p]This update fixes the issue by changing those two specific fonts to be remapped the same way as all other fonts. [/p][p][/p][p]Our learnings for future development[/p][p]We had done extensive in-editor testing in all the supported languages during the development of v1.4, but the remap issue in v1.4 was only appearing in the exported version (not the in-editor version) since the problem was caused by incorrect export settings.[/p][p]What is now clear is that we needed to be doing as much play testing as possible on the exported version (the version players will get on Steam) rather than in-editor. We'll ensure that this happens for all future updates so that we don't cause these types of problems again. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Sorry again, and we hope you can now enjoy the new update! [/p][p]Thanks for all the support, see you in the tavern soon.[/p][p]- Mike & Gray from Purple Moss Collectors[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]PS: please also see the new FAQ for steps to fix a display problem with some graphics cards![/p]

[p]Gameplay speed changes[/p][p]Changes to speed up gameplay across the board:[/p]

• [p]Halved the time to flip the top card over when hitting[/p]
• [p]Fixed the time to flip a card facedown being slower than the time to flip a card face up[/p]
• [p]Sped up the time to smash score cards together, and to drop the pips when someone busts[/p]
• [p]When chips, shield, or healing are gained let the next action begin when the first chip/shield/heart particle hits the ID Card instead of the last[/p]
• [p]Removed a short delay at the end of gaining chips/shields/healing[/p]
• [p]Removed some wind up frames from the big sword (21 damage or more) animation[/p]
• [p]Quartered the time for an opponent to decide which choice to make[/p]

[p]Other improvements[/p]

• [p]Changed the engine render mode to better support a wider range of devices[/p]

[p]Bug fixes[/p]

• [p]Fixed a bug where burning a foe's Queen of the Stone Age using a Gerald from Riviera would cause a softlock[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where Broken Chip would not trigger correctly if busted due to a card like Four Mana Seven Seven[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where Glitched Card couldn't update the displayed number if it rolled The Agile Agenda[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the displayed number from The Agile Agenda would stay on the Glitched Card when it was played a second time[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where a card could be shown facedown even though there wasn't a XVIII The Moon or The Moon XVIII in play[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the Dealer had the wrong name set in the 8 card shop[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where clicking the draw pile during the shuffle animation would crash the game[/p]
• [p]Fixed bugs with the choose next floor screen leaving a semi-transparent layer on top of the game in some cases[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where some chip counts were being rounded incorrectly[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where language translations were not being exported by the engine correctly, which resulted in non-English fonts being displayed incorrectly[/p]

[p]We've also pushed an update to the official soundtrack that fixes the tracks being out of order and the final track not playing.[/p]

[h3]Heya Tavern Dwellers, it's our birthday![/h3][p][/p][p]We're turning the big ol' 1 guys! It's time to celebrate our birthday with a major update - a complete engine upgrade, a bunch of changes and balances and a ton of quality of life improvements.
[/p][h3]🎯 What's New:[/h3]

• [p]Complete Godot 4 engine upgrade[/p]
• [p]Brand New Cards [/p]
• [p]Remastered music [/p]
• [p]Major balance overhaul[/p]
• [p]Anniversary customization options[/p]
• [p]Quality of life improvements[/p]

[p][/p][p]Here's a little sneak peek at some of the new cards![/p][p][/p][p]Read the full patch notes here.[/p][p][/p][p]Godot 4 upgrade[/p][p]We’ve upgraded D&DG from using Godot version 3.6 to using version 4.4. We’ve done this for a few reasons:[/p]

• [p]Make console ports easier[/p]
• [p]Get updates to the engine as they come out (Godot 3 is being updated much less than Godot 4) means the game is more future proofed[/p]
• [p]It’s just such a nicer engine to work in![/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][h3]👑 Also Check Out: The Royal Writ![/h3][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Speaking of celebrations - our publisher Yogscast Games just launched their new game The Royal Writ![/p][p][/p]

• [p]They have a 20% launch discount running for 2 weeks![/p]
• [p]We're bundled up with The Royal Writ so you can get an extra 10% off - complete the set![/p]

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[p]It’s wild to think that it has already been a full year since Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers first released! [/p][p][/p][p]In that time we’ve been working hard to make the game the very best it can be, and this update is another big improvement. It adds anniversary celebration cosmetics, a new Tarot deck, 10 new cards, a ton of improved animations, balance change, and changes to the game’s music. [/p][p][/p][p]Thank you to everyone that continues to play and support the game, it means the world and it's why we can keep improving the game. We’re really excited to bring this update to you, so here are the update notes! [/p][p]- Mike[/p][p]
[/p][h3]1 Year Anniversary![/h3]

• [p]The Birthday Card in the Birthday Deck now starts with 1 candle[/p]
• [p]Adds 3 party hats and a sparkler accessory to the id card portrait customisation options[/p]
• [p]Adds 3 party horns as customisation options for when you have cards in your hand[/p]

[h3]New Card Back[/h3]

• [p]Adds a new card back celebrating the launch of The Royal Writ![/p][p][/p]

[p]                                                                             [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][h3]New Tarot Deck Option[/h3]

• [p]Brand new Tarot Deck option from Discord community member Zypter![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][h3]New Animations[/h3]

• [p]New animations for dealing damage at the end of a round[/p]
• [p]New animations for gaining chips, gaining shields, and healing. These animations should make it much clearer which card was responsible for gaining chips/shields/health[/p]
• [p]New animation for foresight[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]New Cards[/h3]

• [p]Fight Club [/p]
  • [p]On play: Lock[/p]
  • [p]On stand: Take 1 damage. Deal 1 damage[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Heart of the Cards[/p]
  • [p]On play: Move a card to the top of your draw pile[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Blockbreaker Card[/p]
  • [p]On stand: Lock. Add 1 token[/p]
  • [p]At the start of next round: take 1 damage per token. Move to foe's side[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Proxy Card[/p]
  • [p]At start of encounter: Transform this card into another card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Licence to Kill[/p]
  • [p]On gaining chips: Deal 3 damage[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Card Number 52[/p]
  • [p]On spending chips: Deal 5 damage[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Fake ID[/p]
  • [p]Exploit: Lose 21 chips. Permanently transform into Your Fake ID[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Your Fake ID[/p]
  • [p]Before taking damage: Gain shield equal to incoming damage. Permanently transform into Fake ID. Burn[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Gold Card[/p]
  • [p]On playing a Diamond: Steal 10 chips from your foe. Deal 3 damage.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]The Agile Agenda[/p]
  • [p]On play: If value is 21 or more, permanently set value to 1[/p]
  • [p]On exploit: Lose chips equal to value squared, deal damage equal to value, then permanently set value to next Fibonacci number[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Treasure Vault[/p]
  • [p]On gaining chips: Add 1 permanent token per 10 chips gained[/p]
  • [p]On winning with max score: If there are 5 or more tokens double all suit effects for this blackjack and remove all tokens[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Card Changes[/h3]

• [p]XIX The Sun[/p]
  • [p]On play: Wish for a card from your draw pile, then foresight 1. Deal damage equal to value of revealed card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Trump Card[/p]
  • [p]Is now Handy[/p]
  • [p]On stand: Instant blackjack[/p]
  • [p]On discard: Shred this card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Jackpot[/p]
  • [p]On play, exploit, or stand: Add a random Jack to your draw pile[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Blood Donor Card [/p]
  • [p]Drains health/value from cards that are All Suits At Once as well as cards that are Hearts[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Lightning of the 4th Kingdom[/p]
  • [p]Increased damage dealt to 5 (was 3)[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Jimbo [/p]
  • [p]Now repeats gaining 4 chips for each played card, rather than gaining 4 chips per played card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Justice VIII [/p]
  • [p]Never “downgrades” a special Jack into a standard King[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Temperance XIV [/p]
  • [p]Loses 14 chips on play[/p][p][/p]
• [p]XX Judgment [/p]
  • [p]Moves the created card to discard pile instead of draw pile[/p][p][/p]
• [p]King of Gold[/p]
  • [p]Added an animation to more clearly show which card has been targeted by it[/p]
  • [p]Will not change the suit if the newly played card is All Suits At Once[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Suit Changes[/h3]

• [p]IV The Emperor is now Clubs (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]V The Hierophant is now Hearts (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]XIV Temperance is now Diamonds (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]The Emperor IV is now Spades (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]The Hierophant V is now Diamonds (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]Temperance XIV is now Diamonds (was Nothings)[/p]
• [p]4 of a Kind is now All Suits (was Nothings)[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Deck Changes[/h3]

• [p]Signature Diamonds:[/p]
  • [p]Swaps the 4 of Diamonds for a Negative 4 of Diamonds[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Event Changes[/h3]

• [p]Sofa Sleeper[/p]
  • [p]Shows the card you will get from Grab a Card[/p]
  • [p]Rebalanced the chances to wake[/p]
  • [p]Tweaked layout and art[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Foe Balancing (All Difficulty Levels)[/h3]

• [p]Psychologist[/p]
  • [p]Adds a Reverse Card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]CEO [/p]
  • [p]Removes 1x Time Card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Deity of Hope[/p]
  • [p]Removes Death XIII[/p]
  • [p]Add a standard copy of every other card in their deck[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Knight of Cardonia[/p]
  • [p]Adds a Fight Club[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Cultist[/p]
  • [p]Adds a Diamond of 6’s[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Moved Executioner to the Easy dungeon pool[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Moved Cultist to the Hard dungeon pool[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Foe Balancing (Triple Down! and Below)[/h3]

• [p]CEO[/p]
  • [p]Adds a Cardecu[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Cardian Angel[/p]
  • [p]Adds a 5 of Swords[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Foe Balancing (Quadruple Down! and ALL IN!)[/h3]

• [p]Racer[/p]
  • [p] Replaces 3 of Nothings with 4 of a Kind[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Knight of Cardonia[/p]
  • [p]Replaces Jack of Spades with Bat Credit Card[/p]
  • [p]Adds Foil Bat Credit Card[/p]
  • [p]Cardiovascular Exercise is no longer Foil[/p]
  • [p]Replaces 5 of Spades with Spade of 5’s[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Floorperson[/p]
  • [p]Replaces Queen of Chess with Throwing Card[/p]
  • [p]Replaces Diamond in the Rough with Vaccination Card[/p]
  • [p]Replace 5 of Cups with Spade of 5’s[/p][p][/p]
• [p]CEO's Deck[/p]
  • [p]Foil King of the Hill is no longer Foil[/p]
  • [p]Foil XIV Temperance is no longer Foil[/p]
  • [p]Time Card is now Foil[/p]
  • [p]Removes 1x Fingerprint Card[/p]
  • [p]Adds Gold Card[/p]
  • [p]Adds Licence to Kill[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Deity of Hope's Deck[/p]
  • [p]Replaces 7 of Nothings with Lucky 7[/p]
  • [p]Replaces both 7 of Diamonds with Licence to Kill[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Deity of Despair[/p]
  • [p]Ace of Spades is no longer Foil[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Zombie's QD+ Deck[/p]
  • [p]Adds a Jackhammer of Clubs[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Final Boss Spoiler: Bastard's Deck[/p]
  • [p]Adds Foil Blockbreaker[/p]
  • [p]Adds The High Priestess II[/p]
  • [p]Replaces 10 of Clubs with Gold Card[/p][p][/p]
• [p]The Dealer [/p]
  • [p]Deals a Blockbreaker to both sides as part of the softlock prevention phase[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Music[/h3]

• [p]The music has all been rebalanced and remastered, as well as volumes being rebalanced across the board to be more consistent. [/p]
• [p]Adds a new alternate music track for the Final Boss floor! [/p][p]         You can swap between Alternate and Original in the settings menu.[/p]
• [p]There is now new music that plays after the boss but before the elevator, including a special track for the Fortune Teller.[/p]

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[/p][h3]QoL Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Event tooltips now better highlight chip and health costs and show tooltips for card descriptions when cards mentioned in event tooltips (e.g. Card Printer giving Misprinted Card)[/p]
• [p]Add a restart run button to the pause menu[/p]
• [p]Removes holding right thumbstick to restart the run (was causing issues for Steam Deck users using the right trackpad)[/p]
• [p]Allow the Stand hotkey (keyboard Enter, gamepad West) to make card selections as well as the Interact hotkey (keyboard E, gamepad South)[/p]
• [p]Adds an option to the settings menu that lets you turn on Stretch Pixels to Fit when in fullscreen. For some monitor sizes still will allow the game to take up more of the screen, and gives the pixel persists the option to keep everything on Pixel Perfect mode.[/p]
• [p]Localisation and text improvements[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Godot 4 Upgrade[/h3][p]We’ve upgraded D&DG from using Godot version 3.6 to using version 4.4. We’ve done this for a few reasons:[/p]

• [p]Make console ports easier[/p]
• [p]Get updates to the engine as they come out (Godot 3 is being updated much less than Godot 4) means the game is more future proofed[/p]
• [p]It’s just such a nicer engine to work in![/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed a bug where a Glitched Card with a stand effect would enact that effect twice[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where a foe's King of Gold created by Booster Pack would target the Booster Pack[/p]
• [p]Fixed bugs where some on stand effects wouldn’t trigger when the player forced to stand by Rorschach Card, King of Space and Time, VII The Chariot, The Chariot VII, The Hermit IX, Strength XI[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where King of Space and Time would not trigger its effect if a foe played it, even if they had a Jack in play[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where very large numbers from ID Card could get hidden under the Score Card[/p]
• [p]Fixed Trade Offer to use the correct card back customisation when collecting remaining player cards on event end[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where when using controller or keyboard the left choice of next encounter or event would sometimes not start hovered[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where you could softlock during a choice by using the peek button at the wrong time[/p]
• [p]Fixed the initial peek button position being different to its position in subsequent choices[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where changing from mouse/touch to keyboard/controller input could leave things incorrectly hovered[/p]

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[p]Hey there Tavern Dwellers! [/p][p][/p][p]We're so excited, Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers has been selected as part of TactiCon 2025 - the fourth edition of this super cool strategy gaming showcase![/p][p][/p][h3]What is TactiCon?[/h3][p][/p][p]TactiCon gathers over 106 recent and unique strategy games from long-established studios to solo indie developers. This highly curated selection embodies the broad plurality of the strategy genre, featuring everything from modern RTS to crafty Tactical Roguelikes, revisited 4X games, and Strategic Management experiences.[/p][p][/p][h3]📅 Steam Event Details[/h3][p]When: Thursday, July 17 at 10 AM PT / 6 PM BST / 7 PM CEST - Monday, July 21 at 10 AM PT / 6 PM BST / 7 PM CEST [/p][p](Live now!!)[/p][p]Where: TactiCon 2025 Steam Sale Page[/p][p]Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers will be 34% OFF as a part of the celebrations![/p][p][/p][h3]🎥 Catch the Showcase![/h3][p]Keep your eyes peeled for the TactiCon 2025 Showcase to kick off the event:[/p][p]When: 10:30 AM PT / 6:30 PM BST / 7:30 PM CEST[/p][p]Where: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]There will also be a ton of panels and talks by other amazing developers tomorrow, so be sure to catch those if you're interested! [/p][p][/p][p](Our friends, the lovely developers of Hexarchy will be there 👀)[/p][p][/p][p]We're genuinely honoured to be featured alongside some of the most innovative strategy games. TactiCon 2025 is the place to be if you're looking for your next favourite game![/p]