Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board GameBackpack Hero
Tote Re-design Hotfix 3
Two new costumes for Tote!
Changes
Updated languages
The Black Mana Stone can now be found by Tote
Bayou Club 1 -> 2 weak per attack
Banner shield 12 -> 14 block common -> uncommon 1 -> 2 forge slots
Magic Syrup - rare -> uncommon
Daughter's Diary -> now costs 1 mana to summon
Tape Carving -> now natural
Illusory Tape -> use costs 1 energy -> discards and discards all adjacent carvings
Toadstool Sword - rare -> uncommon
Wiz Buckler - uncommon -> rare
Milk Cap - rare -> uncommon
Brother's Bow -> now a Kin type
Lifeforce Wand -> now a weapon type
Swamp Bangle -> now an accessory
Mushroom Wand -> now free to summon + 1 mana to use
Wooden Shiv - 4->5 damage +1 damage on use until discard
Thorn Shiv - 1 -> 0 energy to summon. 3 damage +3 on use until discard
Dreaming Sword 3 -> 2 damage per carving played this combat
Mossy Carving - now is used to discard
Mossy Mace - 1 -> 2 forge slots
Tree Shield - 1 -> 2 forge slots - 12 -> 14 block
Mushroom Axe -> now 3 forge slots
Cherry Bomb -> now 1 forge slot
Druid Wand -> now 2 forge slots
Energy Carving -> now 1 forge slot
Ethereal Quiver -> now 1 forge slot
Green Heart -> now 1 forge slot
Mushroom Wand -> now 1 forge slot
Rose Arrow -> now 1 forge slot
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a glitch where the head of the Mushroom Axe wouldn't work
Fixed a glitch with the Mossy Mace effect displaying twice
Fixed a glitch where changing the language would adjust the screen resolution
Fixed a glitch where the orange border around some items was too large
Tote Re-design Hotfix 2
Fixed a glitch where Tote could not take any carvings in hard mode
Fixed a glitch where some bonuses could be counted twice, such as on arrows
Fixed a glitch where the Archer's Wand would not display its card
Fixed a glitch where some items would not use their "On Discard" effect properly
Tote Re-design Hotfix
Fixed a glitch where highlights would not appear on some items
Fixed several UI glitches
Fixed an issue with the spirit book that made it unusable
Fixed an issue where some item effects were incorrectly attributed to the acorn cap
Fixed an issue with the druid staff, where it would soft-lock the game
Fixed a glitch where you couldnt return or sell some carvings including the cosmic crossbow, the crystal dragonfly,
Fixed the Toadstool sword, which had no forge slots
Fixed a glitch where disabling curses wouldn't disable some effects
You can no longer level-up while in battle
The ballista is now a weapon and uses the archery animation
Fixed a glitch where you could soft-lock the main menu by spam-clicking
Full Release coming in May!
Here's the big news we've been waiting for! We're ready to announce that Backpack Hero 1.0 is coming in May for PC, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox! 🎉
These past months of Early Access have been amazing and beyond helpful — we couldn't have done it all without you all! As we gear up to leave Early Access, we're excited to learn more with your feedback: we want Backpack Hero to be the best it can be!
What can you expect?
The Town Update
Take the first first look at the upcoming Town Update in the latest trailer! We want to be sure that it meets all your expectations, so we still need some time to polish it, but we're already very excited about it and can't wait to hear what you think. Town gameplay will add essential depth to the core of Backpack Hero, weaving all heroes, items, and complexity together as you progress through the dungeons! Plus, you'll get to design your own space for everyone to call home.
The updated roadmap
We've updated our Early Access roadmap, here's what you can expect on the road to 1.0! We hope the coming months will be exciting as we focus on more character reworks, balance, polish, Kickstarter rewards, and continuing to improve Backpack Hero with your feedback!
We really want to thank you for being a part of the Backpack Hero community. Our whole team is extremely grateful for letting us grow the game beyond our expectations.Your support has allowed us to make Backpack Hero a reality!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1970580/Backpack_Hero/
Tote redesign Hotfix!
Saw Mill and Piggy Bang can only be played on Carvings
Fixed the Potion Seller event - and now other potions can be discovered by Tote
Fixed spikes which are now appropriately added to shields when using the Carpenter
Fixed a glitch with the Dreaming Sword in the Item Atlas
Fixed a glitch with the Venom Sword in the Item Atlas
Fixed a glitch with the Mossy Mace in the Item Atlas
Tote can no longer find the fish sword
Flowers now cost 6 gold (in-line with other common items)
Master Smith is temporarily unavailable for Tote
Book of Nightmares now removes its effect on Discard
Happy Love Day ❤️
❤️ Happy Love Day
To celebrate this special day, we’ve prepared two little surprises for you. You can find them both while playing with our most charming character - Satchel!
Lovers’ Quarrel - a new sword tailor-made for Satchel, making his charm even more powerful.
Romemole and Squirreliette - two new NPCs Satchel can encounter during his journey through the dungeons.Celebrate Love Day with Satchel in-game all week!
Also, let’s not forget about our lovely Tote!
As promised, she’s a brand new frog, with 74 fresh carvings and a unique deck-builder playstyle. Give some love to this awesome lady, too, as she just made it to the main branch. We think Tote is in a much better place now, and we want to keep tweaking her balance and give her more unique items to play with. Give her a shot and let us know how she plays!
We wish you all a wonderful Love Day ❤️
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1970580/Backpack_Hero/
Update for Feb 14th - Love day
Tote is a tote-ally new character! She has been redesigned with new mechanics and new items!
Added a special event for "Love Day" - play as Satchel!
Added in several new items
Changes
Each snail now has its own unique appearance
Tote's items are completely rebalanced
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where your backpack could get frozen if you double-clicked an item
Fixed several game-crashes that could occur due to events
Fixed several issues with Tote's inventory
Major character reworks coming in February!
We’ve noticed that not too many of you name Pochette or Tote as your favorite characters, so we decided to rework them and make them more lovable for you. You can expect a rework of these two later this month!
After many team meetings, a lot of discussions and reviewing feedback from players, we determined that our goal should be to make the interface more clean and user friendly. We want to simplify both characters a bit, too.
Pochette
Our main goal is her pets. They will work more similarly to pouches - you’ll be able to open them and store items in them. Thanks to it, Pochette will gain more flexibility. This also means she'll have a larger and more standardized backpack of her own!
Tote
Tote will have illusory spaces removed. She'll get carvings more frequently and she'll need to use them more often to succeed. This will highlight her uniqueness and make things less confusing for you!
Come join the testing branch to see the reworked characters in action yourself and share your feedback! Tote should be available there sometime around the end of this week, and Pochette will join her after a week or two.
We're also thinking about some item reworks, but that's another story... 😉
Welcome, new players!
It’s Steam’s Midweek Madness time – that means a 20% off deal, so if you’ve been thinking about adding Backpack Hero to your Steam library, now is the time.
Just joining? Welcome!
There’s a ton of depth to unpack in Backpack Hero. Here’s what’s good to know:
Protip: Start with Purse
We totally recommend a few rounds with Purse for a smooth start – she’s where all of this started. All our heroes really change how you play the game and layer on the complexity, so take your time to learn the basics with this adorable packrat.
Join us on Discord
There’s a rad, active community hanging out and helping build an awesome Early Access. Come join, tell us what you think, ask your questions. [JOIN DISCORD]
Enter the Screenshot Bonanza
This week on Discord the community is sharing screenshots with the neatest builds and silliest moments. Show us what you love while learning the game, or come pick up a few protips.
Pick up a few good tips
Want to learn more about the literal hundreds of items, synergies, and strategies? Explore Discord channels where you can find tons of useful information, chat with experienced players who have spent thousands of hours in Backpack Hero, or hit up our Backpack Bot!
We hope that playing Backpack Hero will give you hours of fun.
See you there!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1970580/Backpack_Hero/
Thank you for a great Winter - and a great year!
All of this is possible because of you! Thank you for supporting this humble little indie team! We hope to make Backpack Hero the best that it can be!
We have a small end-of-January patch with new features:
Changes:
Ended the Winter event!
Updated controller support! Works much better now!
New Stuff:
New button to take screenshots. It's easier than ever to share your perfect backpack!
Added eight new items!
As for what's next:
- We're working on character redesigns for Tote and Pochette. We know that they aren't the most popular characters so we hope we can get them working much better! These will be released in February.
- We are delaying the town update. It was originally intended to come out at the end of February, but it will be delayed until closer to the game's launch. There's just too much to do and we want to make sure we get it right.
- We'll be posting an updated roadmap with more information, fun surprises, and upcoming content! Details soon!