Hey Golden+ Patrons, a new alpha test is ready!
v2.5.0 is almost content complete, so I expect things to move to beta pretty quickly.
As always, check the changes scene for full details on whats new, and please let me know if you run into any issues!
Please note that these builds may be unstable! I will do my best to fix issues ASAP, but you probably shouldn't update yet if you've got a great run in progress you don't want to lose. Please let me know if you run into ...
2024-08-21 23:49:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share details on the implementation of some new cursed wand effects!
And to go along with that, Here are the results from Patreon Poll #56!
71%: Supernova
61%: Shapeshift
53%: Gravity Chaos
55%: Mass Invuln & Bless
53%: Fireball
53%: Petrifaction
42%: Prismatic Spray
42%: Sinkhole
37%: Firestorm
32%: Flashbang
This poll had really high positivity overall, with over half the options passing 50% of votes! Base...
2024-08-20 16:45:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share a look at once visual improvement that’s coming in v2.5: new region splashes!
There’s also a new Patreon Poll this week, covering potential additions to rare cursed wand effects!
Region Splashes!
As a quick recap, I’ve been working with Aleks for a while now on new splash arts for each of the game’s regions! I last shared...
2024-08-12 15:20:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this poll I’m asking for your feedback on some ideas I have for new cursed wand effects!
The original cursed wand mechanics were added alllll the way back in v0.3.0, and are starting to seem pretty stale, especially now that wondrous resin exists. I’m probably going to make a few minor changes to existing effects, but mainly I’m interested in diversifying cursed wands a bit by adding new ones!
For context, currently cursed wands have four classes of effect: c...
2024-08-12 15:20:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, there’s not a whole lot to share this week as I’ve been busy with travel and writing Shattered’s 10th anniversary blog post!
As of today Shattered Pixel Dungeon has existing for 10 years! Take a look at the blog post, there’s plenty of interesting bits of detail about the game’s history in it, plus a public presentation of the new pixel art WIP images you guys have already seen: 2024-08-05 17:33:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m to go over some balance tweaks I’m making to the Duelist in v2.5.0!
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
What’s Left to Do?
The Duelist is in a much better place after the changes in v2.4.0, but there are still some tweaks needed as some parts of her class benefited from that update more than others.
Firstly, I’m making various tweaks to weapon abi...
2024-07-29 18:46:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to summarize what work is left to do before v2.5 can go to beta.
There’s a few other things to go through first though. Firstly, there’s a new Shattered Secrets this week! This month I’m sharing some more art progress I’ve recently made with Aleks.
Second, there’ll be an audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions here or in the Patreon discord.
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2024-07-22 16:50:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this poll I’m asking for your feedback on the general direction of new spritework for Shattered Pixel Dungeon!
To quickly recap, I’ve been working with a few different artists for a little bit now to figure out whether Shattered would benefit from enhancements to its pixel art. This has been a frequent subject of Shattered secrets posts lately, and after a bit of back and forth things are starting to look very promising!
In this poll I’d like to gather a bit ...
2024-07-15 16:35:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share some promising concepts for new trinkets coming in v2.5.0!
There’s also a Patreon Poll this week, and it’s an important one! I’m asking for general feedback about potential spritework changes to the game!
Trinket Balance Tweaks
Before getting to new trinkets, I’m also making a few notable tweaks to the trinkets that are a...
2024-07-15 16:34:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to be sharing the final additions I'm making to the game's journal interfaces!
Custom Notes!
As I mentioned last weekly, I’m finally adding support for player-entered notes in the journal! Since last week, I’ve gone from rough concepts to a complete implantation! Here’s how they work:
Custom notes can be added by pressing the little ‘+’ button at the top right of the adventuring notes UI. You then get to pi...
2024-07-08 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got another new UI to show off, this time for the landmarks journal page!
Landmark Grid
As I’ve shown off in previous weeklies, the catalogs received a new grid-based UI, which made for a bunch of room to massively expand them. The landmarks tab is getting a similar treatment!
Just as before, this journal page automatically fi...
2024-07-01 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share another UI improvement coming in v2.5: a new window for upgrading items!
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
A New Upgrade UI
I know lots of people wish Shattered would display more numbers and info about all sorts of things, and I’m a bit hesitant to go with all these requests, but one major area I agree is lacking is upgrading.
Curren...
2024-06-24 15:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got some final details to share on the new expanded catalogs! Firstly, there’s a few things to get through:
Firstly, there’s a new Shattered Secrets this week! This one contains more experimental spritework, this time for some of the dungeon’s enemies!
We’ve also go...
2024-06-17 16:43:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this poll I’m asking you about inventory management
Since the addition of trinkets, I’ve gotten some feedback about inventory congestion, which I’m aware is an ongoing problem. While I do want players to feel pressured to use their items instead of hoarding everything, I also appreciate that it’s not fun to feel constant inventory pressure. It’s not something that I’m specifically targeting in v2.5, but I am interested in seeing what can be done about it rega...
2024-06-10 20:13:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got some implementation work on new catalogs to share!
There’s also a new Patreon Poll this week, focusing on getting some feedback about inventory management!
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Hey folks, with v2.4.2 out I am now starting implementation work on v2.5! To st...
2024-06-10 20:13:30 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, I’ve got a fairly light weekly this week, quickly going over v2.4.2 (releasing soon) and my plans for v2.5.0.
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V2.4.2 is (hopefully) the last patch for v2.4, and is a mix of smaller bugfixes, tweaks and balance adjustments. Most notably it contains some buffs to the Duelist. These change focus on improving her power scaling a little (especially o...
2024-06-03 15:56:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share some progress on a new UI for the journal!
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
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Especially after the most recent patreon poll, it’s pretty clear that some changes are being made to the journal, which gives me an opportunity to re-evaluate th...
2024-05-28 20:50:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to be sharing some info on v2.4.1, which will be releasing in the next few days.
There’ll also be an audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions here or in the Patreon discord. Note that I’ll be away over the coming weekend, so the weekly and audio Q&A will probably be a little delayed.
Lastly, there’ll be a new Shattered Secrets this week, with some more experimental new pixel art! I’m waiting on one or two more samples befor...
2024-05-20 15:04:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this poll I’m going to try and gauge interest in a bunch of changes external to gameplay.
v2.4 included a lot of changes that shake up balance, and it’s generally important to follow up with feedback-driven tweaks fairly quickly. V3.0 is the next planned update, but I expect it will take a long time, so I’m debating doing a fairly quick v2.5 first, which will be pretty minimal in terms of actual game content. There’s also a bunch of interface-based and QoL change...
2024-05-13 16:01:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to talk about the Patreon turning 5!
There’s also a new Patreon Poll this week! I’m curious to see how you guys feel about some non-gameplay improvements to Shattered.
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As of May 12th 2024 this Patreon is 5 years old! It’s cra...
2024-05-13 16:01:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share some details on the trinkets I plan to add this week before v2.4.0 launches! Sorry for the day delay this week, I was busy with some other stuff yesterday and over the weekend.
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My decisions on what to add here are largely based on the results of
2024-05-07 15:22:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share details about v2.4.0’s upcoming beta release!
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
Release Plans
V2.4.0’s Alpha has now been out to golden+ Patrons for a few days, and the dust seems to be settling in terms of critical bug reports. This is good timing, as we’re nearing the end of April and I really want to get the beta released soon. If yo...
2024-04-29 18:49:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey Golden+ Patrons, a new alpha test is ready!
v2.4.0 is mostly complete so far, with 8 trinkets implemented and a bunch of other content too. Check the changes screen for more details, and please let me know what you think!
Please note that these builds may be unstable! I will do my best to fix issues ASAP, but you probably shouldn't update yet if you've got a great run in progress you don't want to lose. Please let me know if you run into any problems!
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2024-04-24 15:38:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to share details on some levelgen additions coming in v2.4.0!
Firstly, a few other things:
There’s a new Shattered Secrets this week! In this Shattered Secrets I’m going to share some high concept details for the cleric’s two subclasses!
There’ll also be an audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions here or in the Patreon d...
2024-04-22 15:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m sharing some upcoming balance adjustment to the Duelist! A lot of info here was previously shared in Shattered Secrets #34.
Also, v2.4.0 is getting very close to a semi-playable state. I can’t make any promises just yet, but Golden+ Patrons might see a second post this week with Alpha details!
Lastly, here are the results from 2024-04-15 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this poll I’ve got a bunch of trinket ideas at varying stages of completion. I’m interested in hearing how exciting these various ideas sound to you! Please keep in mind that many of these are just loose ideas at this moment, any ideas that do well will get concepting improvements and become more fleshed out before being implemented. I’ve put question marks onto poll options that aren’t very concrete right now.
The results of this poll wi...
2024-04-08 15:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going to cover three newly added trinkets!
I’m also running a Patreon Poll this week, about trinkets! I’ve got several trinket ideas that are at various levels of completion, and want to hear what you’d like me to prioritize!
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Over the l...
2024-04-08 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’m going over a few misc. changes I’ve made recently that aren’t new trinkets. Mostly these are T1 talent changes, and I expect we’ll be back to trinket showcases next week.
Sorry for the delay this week as well, I thought I has scheduled this and was only able to post it manually now. No April Fool's stuff here either, though you might want to check the game itself before the end on the day.
Misc Changes this Week
Follow...
2024-04-01 19:57:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got two new fully implemented trinkets to share!
This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.
Crystals and Moss
As I mentioned last weekly, I spent a lot of time moving last week. After a particularly stressful Thursday, all the big stuff has now been brought over to the new place, and all that’s left is some tidying up. With the move, getting sick, and my dad’s kn...
2024-03-25 16:14:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons! In this weekly I’m going to share more trinket progress. Three trinkets have been implemented into the game!
Firstly though, a few things to go over:
There’s a new Shattered Secrets this week! In this month’s Shattered Secrets I’m going to share my rough gameplay plan for the Cleric’s early levels!
There’ll also be an audio Q&A next week! You can ask questions here or...
2024-03-18 16:40:50 +0000 UTC
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