Dungeon Deathball News

Hey everyone, things have been a little quiet on the update front here as we welcomed a new baby to our little family (!!!!).

I did manage to welcome a Steam Deck to the family too, though. It's much more technically-impressive and has more buttons. I've been loving it so far, and it inspired me to return to Dungeon Deathball to address the issues that were preventing it from getting that big green 'verified' tick.

So, with version 1.4.4 now available on Steam I am happy to announce that Dungeon Deathball is now Steam Deck Verified, meaning it's fully functional and works great with the built-in controls and display.

If you've been fortunate enough to get a Steam Deck then be sure to let me know how you find it on there.



The main issue preventing the game being verified was that some of the text was too small and difficult to read. To address this, all the small text now uses a different font that's bigger and more legibile. This required a redesign of numerous interface elements, but it was worth the effort in my opinion.

You can read the full patch notes here.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/861330/Dungeon_Deathball/

By the way, I might have a new game heading to Steam soon (parenthood duties permitting). Remember to follow my developer page if you want to be notified when it's available.

Thanks for following Dungeon Deathball. I hope you enjoy the new changes!

Matt

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• All small text now uses a larger font which is more legible on all devices, but especially on Steam Deck.
  
• Enemy intention icons (in the orange popup on the right-hand side of the screen) now rotate to match their direction. For example, if an enemy intends to move left the arrow will now point left.
  
• Info popups now have a semi-transparent background so they don't hide what's behind them too much.
  
• Your current total score is now displayed on the Pause menu.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed text not displaying correctly in the How To Play screens (actually fixed now).
  
• Fixed Steam Deck button icons not being automatically selected (also actually fixed now).
  
• Daily Challenge popup no longer appears in Select Mode menu if this mode is not yet unlocked.
  
• If you view the Team Info screen when one of your players is dead, the remaining player's panel is now left-aligned instead of centred.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed text not displaying correctly in the How To Play screens.
  

[h3]Steam Deck changes[/h3]

• Steam Deck button icons are now displayed automatically (provided you have selected Automatic Button Style in the options menu). (Actually this might not be working as intended 😭 Please bear with me!)
• Mouse cursor is now hidden automatically.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Improved stability of lots of Steam functionality. This should help to prevent initialisation problems.
  
• Removed brief pauses/freezes when the game is being saved.
  
• Improved a bunch of game code efficiency under the hood.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Language is now correctly locked to English (additional translations are not yet complete and should not have been automatically selected).