Dandy Ace Anniversary Sale and Steam Deck Verification!
Dandy Ace was released on Steam almost a year ago, and our team is proud and thankful for the magical journey of the game since the launch date. To celebrate the first anniversary of Dandy Ace, we prepared a special gift for players here on Steam: the game is 60% OFF until March 14th!
It is also a pleasure to announce that Dandy Ace was recently verified as one of the Steam Deck compatible games available in the store. Now players can take Ace and all of his magical cards anywhere while using the Deck.
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Dandy Ace now available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5!
Greetings Magicians,
The Mad Mimic team has been working on Dandy Ace and we have a new announcement to share with you: Dandy Ace is now available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5! We appreciate the community’s support, feedback, and patience since we first launched Dandy Ace on Steam.
After the latest releases on Xbox and the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation version comes packed with all the free updates and DLC released previously on PC and other consoles, featuring brand new trinkets as well as a wide variety of magical cards to add to Ace’s arsenal of skills.
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You can read more about the game features in our Steam game page, and consider following us on Social Media to stay tuned on Dandy Ace announcements, as well as new projects we're working on.
We’re thrilled to finally announce that Dandy Ace free DLC is now live! Players will be able to unlock new magical cards and trinkets to improve Ace’s powerful arsenal. We appreciate the community’s support, feedback, and patience since we first launched Dandy Ace on Steam earlier this year, and now we can retribute all of your efforts with new ways of exploding bunnies with glittering tricks.
PS: We noticed that some players were losing the progress on their save data when updating the game. That was caused due to the latest build of the update, and we already fixed the problem so it won't happen again. But if it happened to you, join our Discord server and talk with the developers so they can help you work around this situation: https://discord.gg/xVXShtZ
Explore the new skill and trinket combinations as you make your way through Lele’s ever-changing palace!
Magical Cards
Bolt of Cards
Ace Dashes forward. While dashing, 3 homing cards are shot from Ace.
Phantom Overcharge
Ace blinks forward, leaving 2 phantoms of himself, one in his point of origin and one in his arrival. After a brief delay the points are connected, damaging any enemies between them.
Ace of Spades
Ace strikes with powerful swords in front of him. If an enemy is hit, an explosion is spawned behind them.
Cloth Galore
Ace shoots a projectile that, if connected with an enemy, will spawn Cloth Chain.
Two-Act Show
Ace fires a projectile that leaves an area upon colliding with enemies or reaching its maximum distance. If Ace enters this area, it explodes, causing damage to nearby enemies.
Fairies Blast
Ace fires 2 projectiles, on different activations. Once the 2 projectiles arrive at their final destination, a beam is shot between them, damaging any enemies caught in it.
Overwhelming Presence
Ace creates an aura, damaging enemies inside.
Masterful Jump
Ace blinks to the nearest enemy, dealing damage upon arrival. If there's no enemy to jump into, Ace won't blink and the effect will trigger in the same position.
Intoxicating Trick
Ace blasts an area in front of him. The longer he holds the casting, the bigger it gets.
Hex Maelstrom
Ace creates a magical field that inflicts enemies with Hex.
Trinkets
Cupcake Party
Potions heal less, but levels drop more cupcakes.
Yellow Deck
Yellow Skills deal more damage. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
Cloak of Retribution
If an enemy hits Ace, that enemy will take damage back. The damage is proportional to the enemy's attack strength. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
Guarana Infuser
Drinking Tea Potions grants Ace increased move speed for a few seconds.
Assassin's Cloak
Ace deals more damage to nearby enemies. An area indicates the maximum range. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
Players will be able to pick up Dandy Ace for 30% OFF from September 28th - October 12, 2021 and a free demo will also be available during Tokyo Game Show starting September 30th! The game is also available on Switch, Xbox One and Game Pass.
Content Update, Console Launch, Soundtrack, and More!
Greetings Magicians,
The Mad Mimic team has been hard at work on Dandy Ace and we have a lot of exciting news to share with you all! We appreciate the community’s support, feedback, and patience since we first launched Dandy Ace on Steam earlier this year. It's been a pleasure watching you all play and share your experiences so far.
Content Update, Game Sale and Free Demo
Without further ado, Dandy Ace’s free content update will be available on September 28th featuring brand new trinkets as well as a wide variety of magical cards to add to Ace’s arsenal of skills. Check out a few of them below:
Masterful Jump - Ace blinks to the nearest enemy, dealing damage upon arrival. If there's no enemy to jump into, Ace won't blink and the effect will trigger in the same position.
Bolt of Cards - Ace Dashes forward. While dashing, 3 homing cards are shot from Ace.
Cloth Galore - Ace shoots a projectile that, if connected with an enemy, will spawn Cloth Chain.
Phantom Overcharge - Ace blinks forward, leaving 2 phantoms of himself, one in his point of origin and one in his arrival. After a brief delay the points are connected, damaging any enemies between them.
Cloak of Retribution (Trinket) - If an enemy hits Ace, that enemy will take damage back. The damage is proportional to the enemy's attack strength. The damage increases as Ace progresses through the Palace.
Explore the new skill and trinket combinations as you make your way through Lele’s ever-changing palace when the update drops next week. Players will be able to pick up Dandy Ace for 30% OFF from September 28th - October 12, 2021 and a free demo will also be available during Tokyo Game Show starting September 30th!
Soundtrack Release
Due to popular demand, the Mad Mimic team will be releasing the Dandy Ace soundtrack produced by Roberto Kramer for purchase through Steam in a few weeks. Featuring 17 different tracks found in-game, players will be able to enjoy all of the incredible sounds of Dandy Ace without the distractions of Lele’s palace guests at any time.
Console and Xbox Game Pass Launch
The news doesn’t stop there. We are excited to finally announce the launch of Dandy Ace on consoles and Xbox Game Pass! Journey into the Cursed Mirror and our latest update on Xbox, Switch, and PC starting September 28th. We can’t wait for you all to get your hands on it!
Please consider following Dandy Ace on social media or join us on Discord to keep up with all future news and updates:
The Mad Mimic dev team has been hard at work on our upcoming Dandy Ace console releases on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. We’ll be able to share more news on the launch dates for the consoles in the coming weeks, towards the end of July! Follow us on social media and join us on the Mad Mimic Community Discord to be notified as soon as we make the announcement.
We’ve also gotten a lot of requests from our community for the Dandy Ace soundtrack to be released and we’re happy to say that we plan to make the soundtrack available very soon. We’ll provide more information on where and how players can get it when we make our console launch date announcement.
Dandy Ace finalist at Digital Dragon’s Indie Celebration 2021!
Dandy Ace has been nominated as one of the finalists for Digital Dragon's Indie Celebration 2021! Players can vote for their favorite games and we'd appreciate any support we can get from the community for Dandy Ace.
Digital Dragons Indie Celebration 2021 is live May 13-14th featuring a wide variety of amazing games on Steam. A free demo for Dandy Ace will also be available until May 17th for those of you that would like to give Dandy Ace a try! You can check out the event and all of the participants by visiting the Steam event page below.
The Mac version of Dandy Ace is now available (including the latest updates)!
Cards
Dash Update
To address a lot of feedback from players about getting stuck on corners and feeling helpless while using dashes instead of blinks, we made a big change to them. Now dashes can pass through gaps, obstacles, and corners!
Provided that the player has enough room for the dash and that the distance isn't too far as well, any level obstacle can be crossed while dashing, making Ace way more mobile when using a Dash Card.
Stun Update
Previously stuns would stop enemy actions for the duration of the stun, resuming them as soon as the CC effect was over. We felt like this created some weird moments for players that were expecting a different reaction (especially considering how the other CC in the game works). In this patch we changed how stuns work to make them more consistent with other CC types, now completely resetting all enemy actions when stunned.
Note: Enemy skills will still be out of their cooldowns, so they will still attack Ace as soon as they are not stunned anymore. The difference is that they will start attacking from the beginning of the action instead of resuming from the middle of it.
Card Simplification Update
We simplified the visuals on a lot of skills in the game improving their clarity so players don't get overwhelmed with too much information happening at the same time and skills as well as enemies don't blend together in a big mess.
Besides helping clarity, these changes also positively impact the performance of the game.
The cards affected by these changes are:
Five of a Kind (Main and Upgrade) Bubble Trouble (Main and Upgrade) Titan Punch Shooting Stars Hack N Slash Poison Roses Trump Card Cosmic Vortex (Main and Upgrade) Escape Artist (Lele)
Performer's Refuge Drop Rate
From what we have heard from players that were finishing 100% of the game, in most cases the last card blueprint they needed in order to find all of the blueprints was the Performer's Refuge blueprint, which should not happen. Because of that we increased its drop rate, doubling the percentage of chance for it to be found by players.
General Updates
Optimization
We updated a lot of how the game works behind the scenes, improving greatly how the game runs in general. The main way players will feel these improvements is through the overall FPS of the game and the PC's memory usage while playing Dandy Ace.
Camera 60FPS Stutter
We have been receiving feedback since the game's launch from some players about the game feeling like it was stuttering while playing on 60 hz/FPS monitors. In this patch we managed to find what the issue was and fixed it, improving greatly how the game runs on these monitors.
Narration Frequency Update
We found that the way the narration frequency was being calculated on previous patches was not ideal, causing some players to feel like changing the frequency setting didn't change much during the actual gameplay.
Trying to improve that, we changed how the cooldown between each Lele line was calculated, making it so the changes to frequency feel more impactful.
BIG Festival 2021 - Dandy Ace Free Demo available until May 10th!
Dandy Ace has been selected as a finalist for “Best Game: Brazil” at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival 2021 alongside other amazing indie titles! BIG Festival 2021 is the largest festival for independent games in Latin America and will be live from May 3rd until May 9th, 2021. You can check the festival schedule for all of the fun daily talks, tournaments, and activities that will be available to fans for FREE.
During the festival Dandy Ace will have a free demo available on Steam for everyone to play until May 10th. The demo features the latest game improvements, content up to our first boss (Axolangelo), as well Twitch Mode for streamers!
Players will be able to play a wide variety of indie games, watch live sessions, interact with developers, and vote for their favorite games throughout the festival. Please consider voting for Dandy Ace for the “Popular Choice” award by registering on the BIG Festival 2021 website if you enjoy the game and would like to support the Mad Mimic team. Voting for the “Popular Choice” award will conclude on May 5th and the award ceremony for each of the BIG Festival categories will take place on May 6th, at 9:30pm (GMT -3). You can find all of the award categories and the finalists listed here.
The focus on the Cards in this patch was mostly to make the melee cards stronger and better to use. As the gameplay was heavily dependent on the player's ability to kite the enemies, melee cards were not strong enough to compensate for not utilizing ranged cards.
Hack n' Slash
Size increased: 15%
Base Damage increased: 34% (115 -> 155)
Casting Time decreased: 30% (0.1s -> 0.07s)
Recovery Time decreased: 30% (0.1s -> 0.07s)
Titan Punch
First and Second Punch Casting Time decreased: 20% (0.1s -> 0.08s)
First and Second Punch Recovery Time decreased: 20% (0.1s -> 0.08s)
First and Second Punch dash force decreased: 30%
Third Punch Casting Time decreased: 37.5% (0.2s -> 0.125s)
Third Punch dash force decreased: 40%
All Punches Push strength decreased: 40%
Spark Tornado
Base Damage increased: 12.5% (200 -> 225)
Secondary Damage increased: 33% (37.5 -> 50)
Five of a Kind
Cooldown Decreased: 25% (0.8s -> 0.6s)
Collider Increased: 87.5%
Flurry of Blows
Base Damage increased: 12.5% (400 -> 450)
Starburst
Base Damage increased: 28.5% (175 -> 225)
Packet Trick
Collider Increased: 50%
New Functionality: The explosive cards will also explode when the duration ends now. Before they only exploded if they made contact with an enemy.
Dashes
Another big topic within the community was around our dash cards. We focused on improving the dashes usability and game feel, but we didn't add I-frames, as some players suggested (you can find a more detailed explanation on why we made this decision here).
The overall change was increasing how fast the dashes are, to make it more instantaneous, but also decreasing its distance. The distance is an important factor because the dashes were always covering a long distance, players would constantly take damage when dashing or they would have to pay more attention to farther parts of the map to dash safely.
The result of the change was a fast, almost instantaneous dash, with a more controlled distance. Allowing the players to be even more reactive without being too exposed during combat.
Increased Dash Speed: 60%
Decreased Dash Distance: 30%
Cooldown decreased: 15% (0.8s -> 0.7s)
Starter Blue Card
Overall, new players gave us the feedback that they were finding blinks easier to use than dashes. Based on that, we decided to swap the starter blue card from a dash to a blink, with the objective to give a more friendlier experience to new players.
Starter Blue Card swap: Dashing Dash -> Time Warp
Trinkets
In this patch we focused on strengthening some of the offensive trinkets. Players were not using these upgrades as much as we had hoped, since they didn’t feel quite as powerful as some of the other options.
Cloak of the Virtuoso damage increased: 74%
Payback Knuckles damage decreased: 20%
Pepperina Infuser damage increased: 90%
Dandy Ace Movement
Another point of consistent feedback was that Dandy Ace's walk animation was a little bit "floaty" and that he was always moving too slowly. One of the biggest updates we made were to the walk animation, improving the gameplay feel. Now it feels like Dandy Ace is running in the palace and it feels much better!
Dandy Ace walk animation speed increased: 30%
Dandy Ace walk speed increased: 6%
Camera smoothness follow up decreased: 50%
Shards and Grinding
One of the most frequent feedback was that to unlock Nnif's cards improvements were too expensive, forcing some players to grind it. For that, we decided to increase the bosses' shards reward. The idea is to allow the players to have access to more shards but only after defeating a boss.
Axolangelo and Scissorella shards drop increased: 50% (60 -> 90)
Severino shards drop increased: 50% (100 -> 150)
Lele shards drop increased: 50% (200 -> 300)
Maps and Enemy Balancing
One of the biggest issues we saw within the early days of the game launch was that a lot of players were finding the Entrance Hall too difficult. Because of it, we decided to nerf some of the basic enemies, as well as targeting the Entrance Hall difficulty. The objective is to make the initial experience of the game more accessible and enjoyable.
Entrance Hall
Enemy Encounters: Overall, we decreased the amount of enemies the player will face in each combat encounter in this stage. Less enemies, more time for the player to learn the game. As for experienced players, playing through the Entrance Hall will be faster. It's a win-win change.
Bunny Butler
As the Bunny Butler is the most basic enemy in the game, his attack was too strong. It was either too hard for the player to dodge or it was always putting the bunny in a position after the attack where new players weren't able to punish the enemy.
Charge Casting Time increased: 50% (0.4s -> 0.6s)
Charge distance decreased: 33%
Charge attack distance decreased: 20% (Now bunny butlers need to be 20% closer to the player to start the attack)
Walk speed increased: 15%
Bunny Jester
Tumble Cooldown increased: 50%
Other Enemies
Improved several enemies' preview skills visibility
Draculords now uses their attack, Blood Drinker, 40% closer to the player
General Changes
Card Tier Assist
One of the most important concepts of our card system is the Card's tier. Basically, the higher the Card tier is, the more damage it deals. As a consequence of this, as the player progresses through the palace, the enemies are also higher tier. This means that if a player doesn't change their cards to higher tier cards or upgrade them with the Niftar unlock, the damage output will start to get too low, making it very difficult to beat the game.
However, one of the hardest part for new players is to understand the importance of the tiers amidst of all the cards, upgrades, and enemies. To aid the players, we added a visual cue system that will help players to understand the relative power of their cards compared to the map they are in.
Green Number: card is very strong
White Number and Green Up-arrow: card is strong
White Number: card is average
White Number and Red Down-arrow: card is weak
Red Number: card is extremely weak
Entrance Hall First Gate
Now to be able to leave the first area of the Entrance Hall the player must collect the 3 initial starting cards.
Steam Trading Cards
Players will now be able to earn Dandy Ace Steam Trading Cards and craft game badges!
We are thrilled to announce that the time has finally come, Dandy Ace is now officially available on Steam!
To celebrate, Dandy Ace will be 10% off during our Magical Launch Week until April 1st! Grab your copy today to start your run through Lele’s ever-changing Palace full of bizarre creatures, outrageous bosses, and a wide variety of magical cards to find & combine.
Join the Dandy Ace dev team live on Twitch this Saturday at 11am PDT (3pm BRT) as we play in Twitch Mode. Take on the role of Lele and vote in Twitch Chat to aid or hinder our progress through Lele’s ever-changing Palace while we answer community questions!
We would also like to thank our community for their continued support. Dandy Ace could not have become what it is today without your words of encouragement and the constructive feedback provided by you all. We appreciate all of the players that tried out the demo, participated in our betas, and shared Dandy Ace with others. It’s been a blast watching creators experience Dandy Ace’s Twitch Mode with their communities and we look forward to seeing how the interactions evolve in the full game.
Everyone is welcome to join our Discord Community and to let us know your favorite card combinations, which enemies you’re struggling against, or any other feedback you may have. The Mad Mimic team is active on Discord and loves discussing all things Dandy Ace!
What is Dandy Ace
Dandy Ace is an over the top fast-paced roguelike experience that follows a fabulous magician seeking to combine and use his magical cards while fighting and looting his way to defeat the Green-Eyed Illusionist, Lele, who has imprisoned him in a cursed mirror.
Play as Dandy Ace, the amazing hero, and survive the challenges of the extravagant, lavish and ever changing palace created to defeat him filled with bizarre creatures and outrageous bosses. Find all of the magical cards, gather shards and gold, and get help from Dandy Ace’s assistants and unconventional allies.
Rogue-lite experience: Try, die and try again until you beat the Green-Eyed Illusionist with the replayability and adrenaline of a rogue-like with permanent upgrades that makes you stronger as you progress further with each run.
2D isometric fast-paced action: with lots of challenging but fair combat engagements. Battle your way through bizarre creatures and outrageous bosses while building up your own arsenal of magic.
Create your own builds: Combine cards with more than a thousand possibilities, each with its own gameplay style and powers.
Challenges of the ever-changing palace: Explore the extravagant and lavish aesthetics of the game through the nonlinear progression of the palace, fighting off unique enemies and bosses, on your quest to defeat Lele and escape the cursed mirror.
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