And A Happy New Year! | Patreon Weekly #135

Hey Patrons, Happy New year!

As mentioned in the last weekly, I’ve been taking things a bit easy over the last couple weeks. I’m properly getting back to work on Shattered as of today. I expect I’ll have some progress on v1.2.0 to share by next week, but in the meantime there are some things I’ve worked on that I can share right now.

Read on for some info on another patch, and an early tease for two new heroes!

v1.1.2

I’ve decided to do one more patch following v1.1.1. There are a few issues left to iron out, including a nasty save corruption issue that seems to only be affecting Android 12 users on Pixel devices.

In addition to bug fixes, I’m also going to try and fit some smaller utility improvements into v1.1.2. There’s a growing list of QoL adjustments players have suggested, and so it would be nice to try and trim it down a bit. In particular the game has a few UI elements that are a bit rough around the edges for iOS users, especially on devices with notches.

New Heroes!

A bit later this week I’m going to release this year’s ‘plans for Shattered Pixel Dungeon’ blog post, and one of the biggest things I’m planning to showcase there is a little more info on new heroes! I’m not committing to releasing them in 2022 yet, but as other content gets finished up their development and release seems increasingly likely. Here’s a look at the blog’s info on them a little early:

I don't yet have a precise idea which of these two heroes I'll work on first, so I'll show them here in a random order.

The first new hero I have planned is The Duelist. She's a weapons master who will be able to use unique abilities based on what melee weapon she has equipped. I want her to provide a bit of contrast to the Warrior, who's largely about armor and passive effects. The Duelist will instead encourage a greater focus on weapons though a bunch of activated effects.

The other hero I'm planning on is The Cleric. They're a user of divine magic who will be able to cast a wide variety of defensive, supportive, and utility focused magical spells. I want them to provide a bit of contrast to the mage, who is at his best when he's used a lot of scrolls of upgrade to supercharge a wand. The Cleric will get a wider variety of utility-focused magic instead, without having to use scrolls of upgrade.

I can’t say when concepting and development on these heroes will start in earnest, but I’ll likely be sharing some more info on them in Shattered Secrets posts soon.