Monster Sanctuary News

Small update with a couple of bugfixes:

- Fixed "Hunt" skill making critical hits not to happen any more
- Reduced the intensity of screen flashes for lightning attacks
- Fixed a couple of tilemap bugs
- Flash Freeze description doesn't wrongly state its an Aura any more
- When an attack hit misses, it doesn't trigger any effects any more
- Submenu to select a attack action's level now displays the element icons properly
- A couple of typos/text fixes

Also, after repeated request, this is the first demo version that is also available for Linux!

Hey all,

Just released the v2 demo version of the game!



- You can select one of the 4 start monsters now
- Monster can use abilities while exploring to acces new areas
- There are a couple of new monsters you can enounter
- Blue cave area was extended and contains another Champion monster now
- There is quite some +2 equipment available now
- Some of the existing monster's Skill Trees were adjusted
- Health bar now shows additional information
- Shield is now capped to the monsters max health
- Every monster has a resistance now
- Start combat screen now focuses on monster weaknesses/resistances
- Heal skill now preview the amount that would be healed
- Enemy heal and shielding skills are now stronger
- Experience and gold gained from enemies was balanced down a little
- Merchant in Keeper's Stronghold sells better equipment
- High jump boots were changed to Double jump boots
- More small changes



Alongside the release of the v2 demo version, I also launch the Kickstarter for the game. For the last three years I've been developing the game in my free time and I recently made the frightening step to quit my current job and start developing he game full time!
I'm happy for any Support:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1286599243/monster-sanctuary-monster-taming-metroidvania

Besides directly supporting me on Kickstarter you can greatly help me making this project a reality by spreading the word. Contact reviewers/youtubers/streamers or friends/communities you think might be interested in this kind of game and let them know about the Kickstarter and the new demo version!
Thanks for your help!

Hey all,

I've worked hard in the last months on bringing a second improved demo version. Currently it is being tested on our discord channel and I'm fixing the last bugs. While all of it is getting polished, I wanted to post a preview of the changes for the upcoming version.


It will be possible to select any of the four spectral familiars as your starting monster.

Spectral Wolf, Spectral Eagle, Spectral Toad, Spectral Lion




You will be able to switch which monster is following you. Also you will be able to use different monster abilities to get rid of obstacles or help you explore.



Besides the three other familiars, there were a couple of other new monsters added to the game.



The Blue Cave area was extended and includes one additional Champion monster



- There is quite some +2 equipment available now
- Some of the existing monster's Skill Trees were adjusted
- Health bar now shows additional information
- Shield is now capped to the monsters max health
- Every monster has a resistance now
- Start combat screen now focuses on monster weaknesses/resistances
- Heal skill now preview the amount that would be healed
- Enemy heal and shielding skills are now stronger
- Experience and gold gained from enemies was balanced down a little
- Merchant in Keeper's Stronghold sells better equipment
- High jump boots were changed to Double jump boots
- More small changes


If you don't want to wait for the official release of the second demo version on steam you can participate in testing on our discord channel


While finishing up the second demo version, I'm also preparing the Kickstarter page that is supposed to go live later this month. Stay tuned!

Hello Community,

first and foremost, I want to thank all of you for the positive feedback and the many suggestions I've received since releasing this first demo version!

Today i uploaded 0.1.1 version of the demo that fixes some bugs:


- Fixed game staying black for some players
- Fixed game screen shaking on certain resolutions
- Fixed issue where you could get stuck inside ground
- Fixed issues with rope bridge (fall through when spending skill points or save/load)
- Fixed a bug where map exploration state remained between switching savegames
- Fixed dead monsters receiving shield
- Fixed poison stack count not being displayed properly against Champions
- Fixed skill tree connections flickering sometimes
- Jump height doesn't decrease any more on low frame rate
- Fixed some typos
- Enter and Backspace keys can be used now on keyboard instead of Space and Escape.


Thank you and enjoy!