‘Cause of Death’ | Patreon Weekly #153

Hey Patrons!

Firstly, there’s a new Patreon Poll running! This poll covers some options for potential curse changes in v1.3.

I’ve also just shipped another round of pins. Every Patron who signed up by the end of 2020 has now been sent the pins owed to them. I expect to send one more round of pins in the middle of this month, and then we will be all caught up!

In this weekly I’m going to share the results from last week’s sale and give some info about new badges coming in v1.3!

Post ‘Going Rogue’ and New Store Page!

Steams ‘Going Rogue’ sale has wrapped up, and it went pretty well for Shattered, boosting its sales by a bit shy of 3x for the duration of the event! This event is an easy 2nd place in terms of influence on the game’s sales on Steam, behind the Roguelike Celebration feature in October.

I think Shattered did better here than it did during Next Fest due to actually being for sale, having an established review base (95% positive!) and due to the competition being narrower. In particular Shattered managed to stick around the first page for the Roguelike category and was consistently at the #1 spot for ‘new and trending’ in the Traditional Roguelike subgenre.

One other big benefit of the sale, as I mentioned last week, was an opportunity to revamp the game’s store page. I’m quite happy with the result, so please check it out if you haven’t already. I plan to roll out this new description and trailer to other languages and platforms in the coming weeks.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1769170/Shattered_Pixel_Dungeon/

New Badges

I’ve also finished adding new badges for v1.3! Here are all the icons for them:

The first row contains some new or heavily reworked ‘cause of death’ badges, that are a little harder to get than the bronze ones. From left to right they require death to enemy magic, your own magic item (this replaces death by deferred damage), sacrificial fire, and a grim trap! The ‘YASD’ badge is functionally unchanged, but you’ll need to unlock the new badges first before re-earning it.

The second row are badges for earning a score of 5k, 25k, 100k, 250k, and a whopping 1 million on a run. They run the gamut from easy to extremely hard, with 5k being achievable by Goo and 1 million requiring a high scoring win with several challenges enabled.

The final row is a set of new boss challenge badges! They are all harder than fighting the boss normally, and keep ramping up as they progress:

• For Goo, you’ll need to defeat it without letting it use a pump up attack or healing in water. This one should be no problem for experienced players with good early gear.
• For Tengu, you need to avoid all his traps and hazards. This one also shouldn’t be too tough with some planning or ranged attacks.
• For DM-300, you’ll have to avoid all attacks and damage while DM-300 is supercharged. Some speed or stealth items will be mandatory for this.
• For Dwarf King, you’ll need to win the fight without ever attacking him directly! Certain wands or ally items can help a bunch with this one.
• If all four of the above sound fairly easy to you, then the Yog badge might give you a real challenge. You’ll need to defeat Yog with all four demon spawners alive AND the badder bosses challenge enabled. I hope you like dodging scorpio and evil eye shots while fighting two fists at once. Playing some music from Doom is optional, but it’ll definitely help set the mood.