Dungeons of Blood and Dream news & patch notes

• fixed some typos
• added a new secret place to visit
• things like the wizard tent will no longer spawn on the edge of the underground
• added ability to check equipped rings (view the manual to see how)
• fixed crashes when running the game through steam
• added sound for the wall spell
• updated the manual

• added pathway band
• added tower band
• added the star ring effect to the chaos ring effects and increased the chance of the chaos knight spawning
• added more tracking for various achievements so they can be achieved when playing offline
• added 1600 x 900 resolution

• friendly bullets no longer show as enemy bullets when back vision effect is active
• fixed some enemy bullets and enemies not showing when back vision effect is active
• fixed staying in crouch without holding the button after interacting with something while crouching
• fixed some typos
• slight adjustments to SteamAPI to hopefully prevent some crashes on startup
• fixed keyboard movement being broken when a PS controller is plugged in (but pls let me know if someone is still experiencing this, this one is somewhat inconsistent and therefore difficult to test)

• added star ring
• slightly reduced cursed weapon damage to balance the star ring
• changed the broken shader on fire left by the fire ring to fix performance

• minor fixes
• fixed water and slime visual glitch
• added summon wall spell

Additions:

• added a new chaos related enemy and an additional effect to the Chaos Ring and gave it a little more options for randomization
• summoning circles may now appear in the dungeons and have a secret spell related interaction
• added a new npc to talk to
• added bone ring unlockable via discussing death with the wizard
• added a new spell
• added new boss

Adjustments:

• cleaned up collection unlocks so there are no items or enemies that are impossible to unlock
• the Chaos Ring can no longer summon Kenneth or the Face to keep their reveal fun and related to their own rings
• increased the Huntsman's and Flesh Golem's health a bit
• fully integrated steam API in preparation for achievements release
• reduced the limit of dream spheres that can be offered to increase spell cost so spells are never completely free
• adjustments to how dream sphere unlocks are calculated and saved - please let me know if you run into any issues

• chaos ring is now random and more fun
• improved caching of some shader types to remove fps drops when certain objects spawn
• added bauernwehr, unlockable via the mirror instead of the messer
• messer is now unlockable by asking the mirror about life (you don't need to unlock it again if its already unlocked)

• added new wall and floor textures for the shop
• moved underground occlusion further so there's no flickering when jumping there
• typo fixes, text edits here and there
• optimisation tweaks
• the hand icon now disappears when you can no longer interact with certain items

• swords stuck in stone can now be found in dungeons
• changed progression through the two new levels so it is a bit more secret, and added surrounding lore
• the adviser in the bottom of the screen now has more to say about portals when looking at them
• shop now becomes more expensive as you progress through the dungeon

• added 2560x1600 resolution
• removed slight delay on some enemies activation when entering rooms
• doubled flesh golem's health and made him more aggressive
• fixed slime trails from big slimes not dealing damage

• fixed some typos and added a missing line to puppet's dialogue
• made Blood Monster less likely to clip though the floor
• big map now shows secret doors as well when that effect is active
• fixed blood not rendering correctly in new levels, and because of it gold skeleton visual glitch is also gone :(
• fixed an fps drop when gold skeletons spawn from all potential sources
• jumping above certain height in the underground area should no longer cause flickering
• in ending 4 you can no longer interact with the coin more than once
• you can no longer interact with some objects when dead

NEW CONTENT:

• new secret ending
• 2 new secret levels
• 2 bosses
• 6 enemy types
• 3 rings
• 2 weapons
• 4 new soundtracks
• new NPC
• added more text tablets
• added coin god altar
• added the concept of gold

ADJUSTEMENTS/FIXES:

• increased self damage on dussack shard
• increased coin damage of coin man
• increased distance between dropped items
• reduced healing multiplier and vampiric effect on rings
• changed the text of vampiric effect so it makes more sense
• increased speed of hell sword
• floor hatch no longer spawns in Dark Crystal
• blood golem notes should no longer drop under the floor
• slightly increased bladed ring damage
• Kenneth now turns his head correctly
• increased the chance of the warlock spawning
• added Gibert's missing sound effects
• slightly changed the homunculus sound to be less annoying(?)

New stuff:

• added new enemy with a new mechanic
• ui flashes accordingly when earning/losing gold
• reforged dussack can now break
• added sound for flytrap enemy

Fixes:

• increased chances of the pugilism altar spawning on various levels
• made secret doors more subtle and fixed slime level secret doors glowing
• re-added wizard lord's missing sounds
• fixed potential instability/crash when encountering potions smelling of beer
• changed the colour of wizard lord's flame again
• reduced lifetime of various homing bullets to improve performance

List of changes:

Additions:

• added new dagger (baselard)
• added crouch button
• added new eyeball (unlockable by beating meat wizard)

Fixes:

• reverted previous changes to wizard lord attacks
• changed the colour of wizard lord attacks to reflect the fact that fire resistance doesn't block them
• fixed footsteps sound playing very fast when walking into a wall

0.1.8 - CONTENT UPDATE: FISTS AND MAGIC

Content:

• added the altar of the god of pugilism to the dungeons - unlockable via discussing the concept of Death with the Warlock
• added bladed ring
• added sygil ring - unlockable via discussing the concept of Mind with the Wizard

Fixes:

• minor bug fixes
• dropped loot no longer overlaps
• added shadow ring to more loot tables
• made wizard lord a little bit more dangerous

• fixed the game breaking bug of enemies sometimes becoming invulnerable and the map stopping to track the player after hours of playing
• fixed player collision interfering with weapons when looking directly down (can attack goblins through grates again)
• fixed flytraps not attacking the player
• slimes summoned by other slimes no longer drop loot
• removed eyeballs from finger sacrifice altar loot
• ring position no longer changes when pressing leave during the ring equip menu

Features:

• added Kenneth's ring and Kenneth
• added mounts
• some in-game text (dialogue, stone tablets, etc.) to hint at new mechanics

Fixes:

• first boss projectiles reworked to improve performance
• fixed potential crash that can happen when erasing and drawing in the notebook at the same time
• can now use the eyeball ability and cast spells at the same time
• intro is now only skippable via escape on the keyboard or menu button on the controller, so it's less likely to get skipped by accident
• more stability fixes in the code
• increased attack slow down on bullet ring
• reduced number of smells per potion and changed them up a bit to make potions easier to guess

In the next updates:

Discord:

• a few tiny fixes (typos, etc.)
• fixed the issue of some enemies (i.e. second boss) not turning correctly in the direction they are moving

Accessibility:

• added screen resolution settings
• added option to invert vertical camera control
• added quality adjectives to stat increase messages to make it obvious whether an item increases the stat "greatly"
• added icons for special rooms for more clarity
• crunch slider in the settings now scales in a proper way, and bigger values mean more crunch (You might need to readjust your crunch value)
• hitboxes on player attacks activate a little bit earlier - it should make attacks more accurate when standing really close to an enemy

Performance and fixes:

• more optimisation in enemies and bullets code
• code improvements here and there to further reduce chances of potential crashes and the game breaking
• fixed film grain only occupying half of the screen in menus
• fixed bullet ring reducing attack speed on an unintended finger

Content:

• added two more pages to the manual
• completely re-worked "final" boss to improve performance and make the fight more interesting (other bosses next)