Tormented Spirits and Phantom Piranhas | Patreon Weekly #204

Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got some progress to share with new exotic enemies in v2.1.0!

This weekly also has an audio Q&A in it! Go and give it a listen if you’d like. You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.

New Exotic Enemies!

Over the last week or so I’ve been busy with a bit of back and forth following Shattered’s release on GOG and Itch. The game now properly shows up on Itch search, the soundtrack is available on GOG, and the GOG release no longer whines when you try to launch it on macOS.

In addition to that, I’ve also fully implemented two new exotic enemies that were voted in during a prior Patreon Poll!

Tormented spirits are otherwise good spirits which have been twisted by evil magic. They are notably stronger than wraiths (still 1 hp though) and will grant you a reward if you can free them from their curse. Using a scroll of remove curse while next to them will generate a random weapon or armor that is guaranteed to be uncursed and send the spirit to a pleasant afterlife. Of course, you could also decide to just kill them, you monster.

Tormented spirits replace 1 in every 100 wraiths (as wraiths are more common than other mobs in general) but will not show up in cases where wraiths can spawn forever, to prevent farming.

Phantom piranhas are a piranha replacement with a bit of magic in addition to their nasty bite. They have the same stats as a regular piranha but can teleport whenever they are attacked. If they’re unable to reach you, this teleport will place them in a random place in the dungeon, but if you’re next to water they’ll teleport right next to you and attack! They also take 1/2 damage when teleporting, to further enhance their slipperiness. They’ll even teleport away if you manage to pull them onto land.

Phantom piranhas replace 1 in every 50 piranhas and drop the exotic phantom meat! This meat can be used in place of a pasty for alchemy, or eaten directly for a major benefit. When eaten, the meat fully restores satiety and grants all the benefits of frozen carpaccio at once! That’s: 1/4 HP heal, curing most harmful effects, 20 turns of invisibility, and 1/4 HP of barkskin.

Audio Timestamps

• 0:08 "my turn to ask this one for a change :P how was your day?" - radiantchaos
• 1:43 "Hey Evan! Just curious you think any form of multiplayer will be added? Mabye through either a leaderboard system of sorts, or Mabye even a direct mode of sorts?" - PrinceTheRippa
• 6:21 "I know it's further down the pipeline for the moment, what are your thoughts on the cleric's subclasses? Maybe you slowly build up a magical charge overtime like the freerunner's ability." - Dunlaply
• 9:08 "how long did you play the original pixel dungeon before deciding to make shattered pixel dungeon?" - radiantchaos
• 11:36 "Will there be more lore around the rat king? also why does tengu have so many weapons in a prison?" - Joshuackiwi
• 13:45 "I noticed more bug fixes in recent updates. Are more bugs showing up or are you fixing older issues which accumulated over time?" - Fcelon
• 16:20 "If the heroes were Pokémon trainers, what would their preferred or favorite types be?" - Veek
• 18:12 "hey evan, I just wonder do you have any plans to release SPD on nintendo switch." - YouIG
• 20:02 "what made you choose green for your logo/game aesthetic?" - radiantchaos
• 20:59 "If i were to cook you a burger, would it be a deben-ham-burger? answer carefully, your life depends on it. (on that note, what do you like on your burgers, or if you dont like them, sandwiches in general)" - radiantchaos
• 21:45 "what was your approach to designing the boss fights?" - radiantchaos
• 25:41 "if you had as much time as you needed, what kind of hobbies would you pick up?" - depresbian