Skull Horde News

• Added "Explorer Mode" (available in Gameplay settings) - this removes the hourglass threat feature, instead each floor has a pre-determined threat level
  
• Added settings for FPS cap, Vsync, resetting tutorial, and reverting to default settings
  
• Made price red in Wraith Vendor when an item is unaffordable
  
• Added custom icon for Wraith Vendor on minimap
  

• Tweaked item drop rates (fewer drops as many items are collected)
  
• Tweaked reroll costs (item rerolls ramp up quicker)
  
• Buffed Thorns
  
• Capped AoE damage to affect at most 5 enemy units
  
• Tweaked enemy spawning behaviour to prevent enormous clusters in unexplored areas
  
• Don't reset threat hourglass between floors
  
• Added damage/dodge reduction to Rampage
  
• Reduced damage bonus for Zealot's Fury
  
• Reduced length multiplier for Iron Shroud
  
• Reduced amount for Ethereal Form
  
• Reduce damage bonus for Ash Husk
  

• Attempted fix for softlocking on squad recruitment screen
  
• Fixed bug associated with Bone Golem bone nova
  
• Made back button work in most menus
  
• Changed how volume settings work to make the sliders more intuitive
  
• Fixed bug which caused unit positions to be modified on hit
  

• Player taking damage
  
• Sound when an item drops due to Luck stat
  
• Flag bearer inspiration
  
• "To me!" bark and looping effect
  
• Updated pipe and mushroom destructible sound effects
  
• Ballista shot sounds
  
• Bone Golem hurt sounds
  
• Ability not ready sound
  

• [p] In Squad Upgrade when upgrading Recruitment Rank, empty purchase slots are now filled for free[/p]
• [p] Rebalance item economy: Drop rates reduce over time, but shop prices scale slower[/p]
• [p] Update keyboard key names to be more legible (e.g. ALT and R-ALT instead of LALT and RALT)[/p]
• [p] Increase project resources to prevent crashes and text failing to render[/p]
• [p] Reset dungeon data in between floors to prevent memory leak[/p]
• [p] Prevent player going out of bounds (previously caused by being overcrowded by enemies)[/p]
• [p] Added dedicated reroll shortcut button (default R on keyboard)[/p]
• [p] Input rebinding "hold to reset" bar should now start empty[/p]
• [p] Hide enemy health bars when there are too many enemies[/p]
• [p] Fixed double click exploit when accepting challenges[/p]
• [p] Changed reroll costs for items (gift and shop), higher cap[/p]
• [p] Prevent enemies going out of bounds[/p]
• [p] Added ducat/corpuscle cap (999)[/p]
• [p] Various minor balance tweaks (including changes to Rampage, Archer, Petard)[/p]
• [p] Various minor bug fixes and performance improvements
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From developer 8BitSkull, their latest game Skull Horde now has a demo available to test ahead of the release later this year.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/diablo-2-inspired-auto-battler-skull-horde-gets-a-demo/

Practically a modern classic, Vampire Survivors has inspired countless imitators. But the upcoming Skull Horde actually looks like a novel take on its roguelike inspiration. While in Vampire Survivors you gain new abilities to upgrade your avatar, in Skull Horde you'll build a massive army of fellow skeletons and lead them to victory through a dank dungeon. The game has an earnest and goofy tone, like a Tales from the Crypt episode that hits just right. You can give the game a try right now.

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