Never Split the Party News

We are proud to announce that a new content pack is now in development for Never Split the Party!



Never Split the Party - Revenge of the Countess is an all new content pack for the free to play co-op rogue-like adventure game. Extending nearly every part of the game with new additional enemies and challenges.

[h2]Revenge of the Countess[/h2]

• Face 6 Brand New Challenging Boss Battles! - Face the defensive Zaratan, Lord of the Turtles. Utilizes strategic bombing when fighting the dragon Ironscale. Stay on your toes lest you be overwhelmed by the spider minions of Arachne the Death Weaver. Never trust your senses as you battle the shrewd Illusionist. Two other surprise bosses are still to be discovered. (Shared with the Whole Party!)
  
  
• 8 New Enemy Types - Brand new enemy types will spice up your runs with a new variety of challenges. Swarms of Bats. Pinbombs that explode in a shower of needles. Snakes that multiply when killed. Mimics who lie in ambush disguised as chests. Shield Bearers who foil any frontal attacks. Toxic Snails who leave oozing trails of pestilence. Shielders that put protective barriers around nearby enemies. Worms that burrow under the ground and can strike from anywhere. (Shared with the Whole Party!)
  
  
• Share the Content with Your Friends - When you purchase this content pack the majority of the new stuff will be shared with your party members. The new enemies, bosses and new room times will be encountered by the entire party when you are part of the party. The new challenge modes will be available when you select them.
  
  
• Discover New Room Types - Freshen up your runs with interesting new room types. Make your fortune or lose it all in the Gambling Room. Work together to survive waves of enemies in the Onslaught Room. (Shared with the Whole Party!)
  
  
• 30+ New Items Upgrades - Discover powerful combinations with a huge new set of synergistic upgrade items. (Shared with the Whole Party!)
  
  
• 3 New Playable Character Classes - Enjoy new play styles and strategies with an awesome new set of character classes.
  
  
• 4 New Challenge Modes - For the ultimate adventurer, attempt to master these dastardly new challenge modes. (Shared with the Whole Party!)
  
  
• New Cosmetics - Ready for a new you? Refresh your look with epic new outfits and hair types.
  

We have added a ton of new environment art to give each level an exciting different mood. There's a new sewer style environment for the Water Realm, complete with pipes. There's a new egyptian pyramid inspired sandstone environment for the Earth Realm. Hot lava oozing out of the walls in the Fire Realm. And there's evil blood soaked environment for the Keep of the Countess level. There's even a fancy gold vault look for the the treasure rooms where you find upgrades.

Thank you everyone for your support! The response to this game has been fantastic and it's great to see so many thousands and thousands of players enjoying the game. We've got designs for many more future updates.












Added several new environments.
Added no-logging option for dedicated servers to reduce disk writes.
Updated localizations.
Changed Start Game button text to Host Server
Lowered Klackon damage.
Fixed null ref in Player.FindClosestActivatable.
Increased amount of Xp required to level up.
Explosions no longer affect projectile speeds.
Default all enemies to facing down.
Fixed name entry bug. (Big thanks to Tommy on Discord for help with that) Fixed point filtering on floor rendering.
Made new screenshots for store page.
Added note to server browser.
Added missing translator to credits.
Increased Countess move speed.
Increased boss healths.
Increased pumpkin firing rates.
Fixed level 3 room that had too many pumpkins.
Fixed null reference exception in Player.GetClosestActivatable.
Fixed seeking bullets should not target buttons & jars.
Updated game credits.
Fixed room based damage boost curve.

We will finally be exiting early access on Friday May 3rd! A big thank you to everyone that helped test, debug, balance, expand and polish during Early Access. Your feedback has been priceless and has helped tremendously in making the game so great.


Last night we put out a new build that has revised and updated room designs. We went thru every room and rebalanced them to increase the difficulty slightly and to include more of some of the neglected enemies.


Finished level 5 room designs.
Earth Giant can now drop bombs as loot.
Nerfed Distillery upgrade that clones potions.
Increased rate of shape specific room designs being chosen.
Finished level 4 room designs.
Finished level 3 room designs.
Finished level 2 designs.
Reduced ice sprite stun length in half.
Updated Level 2 room designs.
Finished revising Wind Realm room designs.
Added additional rooms.
Turned up enemies.
Restored and improved level/room design reporting tool.
Fixed localization of Character Class select screen.
Fixed game mode dialog getting cleared by respawn.
Fixed room damage bonus being double applied.
Fixed typo in item description.
More null ref fixes in jar throwing.
Fixes for null ref on jar throwing.
Fixed group heal again.
Fixed crash in group heal.
Hard mode can now be played solo.
Enabled debug builds to help track down jar throwing crash.
Raised shop item prices.

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In this update we added 20 new items! Ten of them are rechargeables. Most of the previous rechargeable items were locked behind achievements so this will help balance that out. The other ten are various stat upgrades to help balance things out as well as some new upgrades relating to potions.



We added a new Four Black Mages challenge that requires four heroes to play as mages.

Also, a Race Against Time challenge mode where the dungeon damages all players every few minutes. So the faster you move the better your chances. For the gamers that enjoy the speed runs.

Lastly, the Full Plate challenge gives you tons of health and damage but makes you move super slow. So some of the enemies might be unfair but you should have the health and damage to be able to deal with it.



We're on the home stretch and will probably release the game from Early Access in the next week or two!



Fixed room damage bonus being double applied.
Fixed typo in item description.
More null ref fixes in jar throwing.
Fixes for null ref on jar throwing.
Fixed group heal again.
Fixed crash in group heal.
Hard mode can now be played solo.
Enabled debug builds to help track down jar throwing crash.
Raised shop item prices.
Added new item text to localizations.
Added new achievements for new challenges.
Named all new items.
Added icons to all new items.
Added flavor text to all new items.
Added 11 more upgrades.
Nerfed familiars damage a little. (Thanks to feedback by VecZ)
Added 9 new rechargeable items.
Added 3 more Challenges
Fixed bug in pause menu.
Stronger enforcement of max level 20.
Fixed crash related to Scroll of Discovery.
Fixed crash in GetClosestActivatable.
Fixed more null reference exceptions in Carry/Throw code.

We added a new XP and leveling system to the game. Each class now has a level that gives you progress that is saved between runs. Reaching a new level gives you a slight increase to all of your stats and every 5 levels unlocks a new starting upgrade that can be chosen when you select your class. This allows the classes to be customizable and they can get very powerful. We will be increasing the difficulty of the game a bit to compensate.



Added a new challenge mode called Epic Dungeon. Several people have requested a mode where the dungeons are bigger and the game runs are much longer. This new challenge mode triples the size of each floor and adds a second hidden room to each floor!



Added Mjolnir upgrade.
Added Epic Dungeons challenge mode!
Weasel will no longer fetch upgrades or potions that have been dropped.
Speed up Weasel fetching movement.
Fixed possible crash on class item select.
Removed mana stone from default mage class.
Added text to localization system.
Fixed level up over network.
Fixed class item select header.
Implemented class item level restriction.
Fixed networking of level up.
Assigned all class item upgrades.
Added bonus class item system.
Added XP meter.
Added XP to pause screen.
Added level up visuals.
Added level up stats adjustment.
Made flavor text pop faster.
Changed flavor text font.
Added XP for enemy kills.
Added XP for pickups.
No XP for dropped items.
Half XP for bosses.
Saving of XP and level data on level up and floor transition.
Started working on XP & leveling system.
Possible fix for null ref crash in Carryable drop code.
Fixed null ref in player & enemy stun code.
Possible fix for null ref in Game Over Menu
Fixed null ref in Player.GetClosestActivatable when carrying object.