Dungeons News

Dungeons: Map Pack DLC, the 2nd DLC for DUNGEONS - Steam Special Edition, is now available on Steam!

The pack also includes fifty new maps and five wallpapers for the game. Assume the role of a mighty Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical dungeon.

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Updates to Dungeons have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Added new game mode "amusement" (the goal is to have heroes with full soul energy escape from your dungeon) and three maps: Fluffytown, Playground and Caverns
  
• Monsters now walk around a little and threaten nearby goblin workers
  
• Heroes now walk differently, depending on their mood
  
• Teleport to dungeon heart: not available in own throne room anymore, portal now has a description and minimap icon
  
• Attribute panel now displays defence/attack chance in percent against a typical hero of the current level
  
• Ranged damage dealer (novice, mage, necromancer etc.) will fall back if a tank is attacked by their target
  
• Pause mode allows for non-time dependend actions (building, hotkey configuration)
  
• Heroes leaving the Dungeon now have a different icon on the minimap
  
• Fireflies can now be toggled on and off in options
  
• Post game will now continue to show the game in the background instead of a black screen.
  
• Display notification when (auto)save starts.
  

Fixes:

• Reflection is now caculated *before* resistance.
  
• Don't kill dead heroes again when they are trapped.
  
• Stop looped cast effect when hero dies while casting townportal.
  
• Snowdrop: priests don't heal Volbar anymore.
  
• Fixed gui layout for uber-widescreen monitor settings.
  
• Fixed "Find all lootbags" quest bug.
  
• Fixed achievement "Immortal".
  
• Fixed rare game crashes.
  

Modding:

• Fixed bug where text localization of mods did not get read properly.
  
• Mods are now loaded alphabetically.
  
• Add easier modding capabilities for all brains.
  
• Loading of all XML and CSV resources supports overriding resource locations and stream from within mod zip files.
  

Updates to Dungeons: Steam Special Edition have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

• Upgraded DUNGEONS to use Microsoft .NET 4.0 (lower memory footprint, faster startup).
  
• Modified graphic assets for Radeon R520 core compatibility (Radeon X1000 series).
  
• Switched to hlsl shaders for lower memory footprint.
  
• Added ribbonbands for all weapons.
  
• Improved shader effect quality for many game object surfaces (crystal, lava, water, invisibility, ...).
  
• ReturnToDungeonHeart spell now opens a portal that can be used to travel back. This will not work in old saved games however.
  
• Allow switching the game language in the in-game options.
  

New minor features and improvements:

• Goblins fetch their gold from a gold pile in throne room, not from the room-center.
  
• Shift-Click in attribute panel now increases an attribute by 10 points.
  
• Increased default autosave interval to 30 minutes.
  
• Dungeon displacement can now be deactivated in options.
  
• Rotating camera with right or middle mouse depends now on setting in options.
  
• Added low shader quality option for improved performance on less capable hardware.
  
• Allow selecting 720p resolution in options.
  
• Added configuration option to deactive build-after-teardown.
  
• Added buff loop animation for heroes.
  
• Tweaked several game textures to reduce memory footprint.
  
• Custom game: buy spawn credits with soul energy.
  
• Custom game: Hero entrances can have a "spawn now" button.
  
• Custom game: Increase or decrease hero level with soul energy.
  
• Heroes don't cast townportal if they didn't learn the spell yet.
  
• Enhanced GUI modding hooks.
  
• Improved memory monitoring, which can be disabled in config.
  
• Improved performance of displacement texture.
  
• Included more sound effects.
  
• Optimised some models, for improved rendering performance.
  
• Clip mouse cursor to game window in fullscreen mode, for multimonitor setups.
  
• Custom game list now shows the map type.
  
• Minor improvement of positions for all wall gimmicks in the sunken temple setting.
  
• Tweaked tooltips of campaign map challenges.
  
• Minor balancing improvements.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed several reported crashes.
  
• Various minor map fixes.
  
• Fixed tortured heroes not running away after being freed by the champion.
  
• Fixed Minos special attack spells.
  
• Fixed displacement bugs on GeForce 7XXX series cards in maps with multiple dungeon levels.
  
• Fixed: Sentries didn't stop moving when they died during patrol (sliding bodies).
  
• Fixed problem with Alt+Tab during startup and in campaign map.
  
• Fixed rare audio crash if audio device was lost during the game (e.g. unplugging audio cable).
  
• Repaired some challenges.
  

DUNGEONS - Steam Special Edition is now available on Steam in Europe! Dungeons will become available in the rest of the world in the next week.

Assume the role of a mighty Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical dungeon. Lure Heroes into your labyrinthine with the promise of treasure and a good fight - only to trap them with your ingenious devices.

DUNGEONS - STEAM SPECIAL EDITION includes an exclusive extra mission, all new maps to play in sandbox mode and a variety of unique prestige gimmicks to customize your dungeon!