Hey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to continue the ‘longer term plans’ trend for one more week and share some early concepting details and ideas about a potential demon halls quest! This is largely recycled from Shattered Secrets #29. Do keep in mind that these are fairly early concepts, and while the general idea probably won't change the details might change a lot.
The 2026 blog po...
2026-01-12 16:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m sharing my rough plans for 2026 a little early! These points will show up the usual public blog in about a week. I’ve also just released v3.3.2! It’s just a small patch with some fixes and a fair bit of internal work on the new tester area.
Here are the major pieces of content I'm considering for Shattered Pixel Dungeon in 2026, sorted roughly based on the order of priority. Just like with previous years it's unlikely that I'll manage all of this in...
2026-01-05 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, hope you've all having a happy holiday season! A small weekly this week over the holidays, but I do have a little progress to share on grid level layouts. There’s also a new Shattered Secrets this week, with an early look at my plans for 2026.
I've been spending most of my time over the last week relaxing or spending holiday time with family, so I’ve not had much time to do work on Shattered...
2025-12-29 15:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’ve got a small update for Shattered’s grid levelgen, a new computer to show off, results from this month’s poll, and a new audio Q&A this month (question timestamps below, as usual)!
Firstly though, here’s the results from the 2025 rewards survey! Just like last year, votes are counted based on Patron tier, and I’ve also included the numbers from 20...
2025-12-23 16:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! We’re getting toward the end of 2025, and so just like last year I want some feedback about rewards. In this poll I’m asking for a general survey on which Patron rewards you like the most!
The results of this poll will help me determine which rewards are most worth investing time and effort into versus working on Shattered itself. Note that while I may make reward changes based on this, this is an opinion and feedback poll, you are not directly voting for what t...
2025-12-15 21:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’ll be giving an overview of how I plan to specifically structure the upcoming vault level! There’s also a new Patreon Poll this week, with this year’s survey about which rewards you enjoy the most! Lastly, there’ll be an Audio Q&A next week, you can ask questions for it here or on the Patreon Discord!
This week has been a little slow...
2025-12-15 21:52:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! I’ve had a pretty slow week this week after the release of v3.3 (I’ve also been a bit sick =S) so I’ve not got too much to share. In this weekly I’m going to go over my immediate plans for patches to v3.3.
Firstly, as always, there’ll be some rounds of immediate bugfixes. Things are doing pretty well after a slightly rocky beta, but I have been building a list of various little issues to patch in v3.3.1. A few more notable ones caused by v3.3.0 are:
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2025-12-08 15:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to go over some of the bugs that were in the initial beta for v3.3.0. Bugs in betas are normal, but this one had a few more interesting ones that I thought would be interesting to explain in more detail.
Firstly, a bug that was caught in Alpha and so very few people got it. The Skeleton Key has a little buff that it uses for tracking how many locks of a certain type are left on a floor. Those counts or locks are then used to determine if keys shou...
2025-12-01 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this slightly early weekly I’m going to share some new artifact particulars! There’s also an audio Q&A this week, you can find timestamps for all the questions below.
This weekly is coming a little early as v3.3 is alllmost ready for an alpha test! In fact, there’s a decent change the alpha will be up later tonight...
In the meantime though, the skeleton key has been fully implemented and polished! All the functionality I mentioned previously is ready to ...
2025-11-23 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to share some progress on new items coming in v3.3. There’s also a new Shattered Secrets this week, where I share an old subclass system concept from 2014 that never saw the light of day. Lastly, there’ll be an Audio Q&A next week, you can ask questions in a comment here or in the Patreon discord.
This last week was unfortunately not the most p...
2025-11-17 16:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to go over the poll results from Patreon Poll #71, and share some info on a new feature coming to hero select in v3.3!
Firstly, here are the results from Patreon Poll #71:
87%: Skeleton Key Artifact
33%: Spyglass Trinket
33%: Artifact Levelling Trinket...
Hey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to show off the changes I’ve made to the Imp’s presence in the main city. There’s also a Patreon Poll running this week, with a few options for potential item additions in v3.3!
With v3.3 turning into an update that only includes a tester area for the new quest (see last weekly), I’m prioritizing things like making sure the new quest entrance area is all in pla...
2025-11-03 15:32:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this poll I’ve got a few options for potential side-content in v3.3! It’s all item additions this time, I’ve got a few promising ideas and you can choose what I prioritize! Based on the results of this poll, the top 1 or 2 choices will be implemented into v3.3!
This is a multi-choice poll, please vote for all the options that you like, not just for your one favourite! Multiple choice polls have been finicky on Patreon f...
2025-11-03 15:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to go over some changes I’m making to how I’ll be releasing the upcoming city quest. There’s also an audio Q&A this week, you can find timestamps for all the questions below.
Some of you might remember that the caves quest was released fairly incrementally. I first created a ‘tester area’ that players could muck around in as a patch for v2.1. v2.2 had a long beta that initially just expanded that area and didn’t even start with a p...
2025-10-27 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to go over how I plan to integrate hero abilities into the upcoming quest. There’ll also be an Audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions in a comment here or in the Patreon discord.
Currently all base hero powers and most subclass powers tie into equipment, often specific unique equipment. A quest that takes away all your existing equipment then naturally has a problem of how hero abilities should be handled. There’s a te...
2025-10-20 14:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to go over some progress I’ve made on the ‘feeling’ of the upcoming quest.
Poll results:
71%: Caves Quest Secrets
60%: Chalice Upgrading
40%: Hostile Champions
33%: DM-300
31%: Pacifist Ascent & Taking the Mick
20%: Artifact Transmuting
Thanks for voting! I think this gives me a pretty good picture of which changes are best to prioritize. Based on this I’m definitely going to implement the caves and chalice changes...
Hey Patrons, this time around I’ve got a poll about various little annoyance reports I often get, I’m curious about which ones you guys also feel are annoying or should be prioritized. Each poll option comes with a quick description of what I’ve gotten feedback about, and my current idea for changing it.
Note that this poll in particular isn’t really an either/or, and many options from it might end up being changed. Please vote for ALL of the things that you agree with.<...
2025-10-06 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share some early concepting for the overall layout of the city quest area. There’s also a new poll this week, focusing on potential changes to various little annoyances that have been reported to me over time.
(This weekly is mostly recycled from Shattered Secrets #49, so...
2025-10-06 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, this weekly is mainly just the audio QnA as I’ve been held up on finishing fixing a few last final details for v3.2.5, which is looking like it’ll be the last patch for v3.2.
As I mention in the Q&A, I’m feeling a bit overworked atm mainly due to v3.2 patches taking a lot longer and more effort than I expected. Part of this was the pleasant surprise of the title background coming together faster than I expected from Alex, but also the interface adjustments ended u...
2025-09-29 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, I’ve spent most of this week doing some smaller patch work to wrap up on v3.2. This includes a couple of final interface tweaks that I thought I’d show off. There’s also a new Shattered Secrets to check out this week, where I share some early hazard concepting on the upcoming city quest! There’ll also be an Audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions in a comment here or in...
2025-09-22 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, with all the UI changes happening recently, there’s one I thought would be interesting to let you guys decide on.
Currently the way Shattered’s health bars visually handle shielding isn’t consistent with how a lot of other games seem to handle it, so I’m curious if that’s something you’d like to see changed!
Please vote for all the options that you like, not just for your one favourite! I allow multiple votes as it means t...
2025-09-16 14:23:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, with v3.2.4 and it’s new title screen releasing in full today, I wanted to quickly show off how the new title screen actually works! The new title screen, is comprised of a number of ‘layers’, and I’ll show them off in order below.
There’s also a new Patreon poll this week! With all the UI changes happening recently, there’s one I thought would be interesting to let you guys decide o...
2025-09-16 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share more full details about what’s coming in v3.2.4 very very soon! Expect most of this to show up in a blog post when v3.2.4 releases.
As I shared three weeks ago, Aleks and I have been working on a new background for the title screen!
Since I last showed it off, the title screen has now been pixe...
2025-09-07 14:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, I'm still stuck into technical work for v3.2 patches, so in this weekly I’m going to shift gears a bit and share the backstory for the Cleric!
This was originally shared in Shattered Secrets #41, back in September last year.
(Note that just like with the other hero backstories, nothing here is final until it appears in-game. I don’t expect the genera...
2025-09-01 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to go over some technical changes I plan to make to display layouts on Android and iOS.
There’s also an audio Q&A this month! There’s a list of questions and timestamps below the weekly.
Let me quickly take you back to 2017. Phone displays were all perfect whole rectangles, as god intended. Then Apple made this in 2018:
Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m showing off a WIP for a new title screen background!
There’s also a new Shattered Secrets this week! In this Shattered secrets I’m going to share more detail on the environment concepting for the upcoming Metropolis quest overhaul!
Also, here are the results from last week’s 2025-08-18 16:43:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share a little info about my week and plans for v3.2.1 balance changes.
There’s also a new Patreon Poll this week! In this poll I’m going to ask for your thoughts on the pacing for releasing new pixel art for Shattered!
I’ve not had a lot of time to work this week because soon after v3.2’s release I headed out east f...
2025-08-12 15:29:47 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, In this poll I’m going to ask for your thoughts on the pacing for releasing new pixel art for Shattered!
So, you all probably remember a blog post I made about a year ago about new upcoming art for Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Since then some more progress has been made, but things have largely stalled. I’m partly to blame for this, as I could have...
2025-08-12 15:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to go over my plans shortly following v3.2’s release
This weekly is set to go live at 10am, and if everything goes according to plan then v3.2.0 will be going live everywhere shortly after at noon! I’ve got releases all prepped on every platforms, and it’ll just be a matter of the usual orchestration of blog post, release, steam post, steam sale, etc.
One thing I mention in the final c...
2025-08-04 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to quickly go over a change to liquid metal I just made in the beta.
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
The beta for v3.2 has been going pretty well, after some initial fixes, but one thing I noticed right away was people complaining about liquid metal. I confess I didn’t look into its value scaling too much, I expected it would ...
2025-07-29 17:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post