'The GOOfy Misadventures of Slime' Episode 1: Introducing Slime!
Hi hi, puny humans!
You know what time it is! It's Slime Time yet again, and our team's here to chat about that green nonchalant dude from our upcoming action roguelite Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot everyone's been excited about. Yes, we're talking about Slime, and today, we want to kick off a series of posts about its misadventures.
☣️The GOOfy Misadventures of Slime☣️
Episode 1: Introduction 👋
"sup y'all, name's Slime, and I just want to destroy stuff"
'So what the hell is Slime?' you may ask. Well, in technical terms, it's a blob of slime. But not just some blob! Slime is the result of a wild experiment by its former master, Despot.
See, it was initially just some goo used for creating artificial humans. But then it came to life! We reckon it might even have a soul now, lol. Anyway, here's the deal: it is on a mission to defeat Despot, break out of his dungeon, and *do random stuff*. Or destroy the planet. Honestly, it's hard to understand what's inside that jelly Slime uses as a brain.
Turns out our master Despot caught wind of Slime's plan and sent legions of genetically engineered creatures after its sticky ass. We guess it's worth mentioning these legions include puny humans, too! Despot can make as many of those meatbags as he wishes, so it's not going to be easy for the gooey fella.
But guess what! As seen in the GIF above, Slime's got a trick or two up its sleeve. The green guy's squishy "body" can absorb different weapons, from AK-47s to boomerangs to watermelons 🍉. Yeah, watermelons can be downright dangerous when flung at the right angle!
Anyway, Slime's power-ups come in the form of cards—cards that it unlocks, adds to its own deck, and buys when leveling up. It can assemble up to five decks and switch 'em out. 👇
As an advanced (but still kinda dumb) pile o' goo, Slime can also slurp up pick-ups from the dungeon floor: There's an excavator arm that makes our slimy renegade temporarily invincible, health tanks, a road sign that gives a speed boost, gumball machines that explode turn dozens of living things into bloody pâté, and barrels with radioactive waste. 👇
Speaking of the radioactive barrels ☢️: they seem to alter Slime's DNA! Collect those to make it more powerful. 👇
Now, all these upgrades and power-ups help our sticky "friend" fight off hordes of disposable minions. 👇
A thousand or two dead humans is pocket money for master Despot, so Slime should expect PLENTY MORE where that came from. But Slime doesn't care: He likes nothing more than random violence! Anyways, folks, we hope you had a blast getting to know our green chaotic bastard.
King of the Hill Season 17 | Slime 3K News Coming Soon!
Hey, you puny humans!
Before we outline the changes to Despot's Game this season, we would like to remind you to wishlist our new game in the Despot's universe: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot! We plan on sharing big news about it real soon because SLIME WANTS TO BE UNLEASHED ASAP! That sticky green dude is ready to take on hordes of Despot's minions in an action roguelike bullet heaven showdown. Oh, and you will be able to build your deck of ability cards in the game, and Slime's appearance will reflect those abilities. How cool is that? ↓
This is a relatively small update in which we've slightly overhauled the room generation in the Normal and Director's Cut modes, strengthened Healers and Cultists, and rebalanced the overly strong random mutations. Oh, and we also buffed some of the curse mutations in Director's Cut: d'Spot likes to watch his creatures get hurt.
• Class Balance Changes •
Heal (Healers' class skill) buffed for all item tiers:
Tier 1: 15 ➔ 25
Tier 2: 25 ➔ 40
Tier 3: 40 ➔ 60
Tier 4: 60 ➔ 80
Tier 5: 80 ➔ 110
Cultists’ damage increased for all item tiers:
Tier 1: 40 ➔ 50
Tier 2: 80 ➔ 90
Tier 3: 120 ➔ 130
Tier 4: 160 ➔ 180
Tier 5: 200 ➔ 220
• Mutation Balance Changes •
Random mutations:
Hypochondria: chance decreased: 50% ➔ 25%
Healthy Fat: health bonus decreased: 35 ➔ 25%
Cursed mutations (Director's Cut only):
Curse of Might: damage increased: 150 ➔ 300; chance to damage yourself increased: 10 ➔ 20
Cursed Armor: damage increased: 70 ➔ 150; percentage of damage dealt when moving increased: 10 ➔ 15
Curse of Magic: cooldown: 2 sec ➔ 4 sec
Curse of Variety: health bonus increased: 1% ➔ 2%
• Miscellaneous •
We have revised the system of room generation in the Normal and Director's Cut modes. Groups of enemies the puny humans encounter have become a bit more diverse, and identical enemies in large groups now spawn less common.
It's a great chance to pick up the game with the most recent big update:"Director's Cut"! The "Director's Cut" mode is a single-player experience for those who want to focus on PvE rather than PvP.
In this update, we adjusted the balance in PvE and Director's Cut (it's harder now) and also made some important balance changes for multiplayer modes.
• Changes to Single Player Modes •
d'Spot is now much stronger in Director's Cut mode: he hits harder in his second phase and also has a 50% chance to ignore debuffs. You won't be able to keep him constantly stunned anymore
Many enemies have had their magic resistance increased: it'll be harder to overwhelm whole groups with AoE damage now!
• Mutation and Class Balance •
Thunder Lance proc chance has been reduced: 10% ➔ 5%
Multiplayer damage applied with each ricochet of Rubber Bullets has been increased: 0.3 ➔ 0.5
Chance for a unit to damage itself when using Curse of Might has been increased: 5% ➔ 10%
The amount of food eaten by your humans affected by Curse of Gluttony has been increased: 130% ➔ 150%
Critical Strike proc chance for Shooters has been reduced: 10% ➔ 5%
Hail Satan! damage increased: 330 ➔ 430
Armor Bonus from the mutation tree now spreads to summoned creatures
The amount of armor from the mutation tree bonus and its cost have been changed on the last two levels: [10, 30, 60, 100] ➔ [10, 30, 50, 70], costs [20, 50, 80, 100] ➔ [20, 50, 60, 80]
Mages have had their health increased at level 1: 80 ➔ 100
Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.
Season 16 starts right now and ends September 21st at 16:00 UTC.
Just a reminder: We now have official merchandise on sale: various tees, mouse pads, and even underwear. Praise the Despot by following the link and buying something:
"Director's Cut" PvE Mode | Official Merch! | King of the Hill Season 15
PATCH 1.7
"Greetings, puny humans!
Despot here. Today is a very important day: I have a major update for you, even though you certainly don't deserve such a treat. But don't worry, you'll eventually earn the right to it down in my dark, damp dungeon. Here's what we added."
• Stats Screen 📊 •
"I adore pie charts, graphs, and watching humans suffer. After a bit of thinking, I decided to satisfy every one of these desires, and added the feature presented below."
"Now I won't need to constantly remind you of how puny you are because you'll be able to see it for yourself as soon as you look at the stats screen 📊. This screen can be found in a new tab of the window that appears when you finish a run. It shows how your humans' stats changed on various floors and the progression of your mutations and buttons, plus gives you economic advice. We'll add multiplayer match stats for King of the Hill sometime, too, but for now, it's just monster fights.
I've been meaning to give my cute little humans, robots, and undead a little more attention recently. So I gave it to them – and ended up with…⬇️"
• New PvE Mode: Director's Cut 🎬 •
"This mode is for anyone who wants to go head-to-head with me and see just what I'm capable of when I, the Despot, am free of all restraints. The interdimensional Despotariat's rules don't apply here, which means I can do whatever I want with you!
I added some powered-up versions of monsters with new abilities and new room configurations, especially for this mode, plus adjusted the balance. No King of the Hill here. And just you wait: I'll add even more sophisticated forms of torture to Director's Cut mode in future updates.
Want to watch the devs suffer in Director's Cut mode? Watch the live stream now! ⬇️
I almost forgot: I did away with Hard Mode. Director's Cut mode is hardcore enough, so it was unnecessary."
• Official Merch 👕 •
"In the distant future where this game takes place, your filthy human money is worthless. But in the present, it's quite useful for my puny humans, since they still have the gargantuan task of putting me, the Despot, on my cybernetic throne in the next thousand years ahead of them. To help speed up their work, I sent them designs for my official merchandise.
I've dissected your puny brains a hundred different ways in my laboratories already and peered deep into the darkest corners of human consciousness. After picking through your thoughts, I came up with a selection of items that you physically cannot resist!
You, too, can hasten my ascension at the link below ⬇️ by buying some nifty t-shirts, socks, and... something else which will pleasantly surprise you!"
"Now, let's return to today's update. As usual, I despotically examined the balance. Let me tell you what's changed.
The interdimensional Despotariat is constantly changing the rules of the game and coming to new agreements on how exactly puny humans should be utilizing each other, so things can get tricky. But we were able to settle on this: I present to you the latest iteration of the Despot's Game" Official Rules™!"
• Balance Changes •
We're removing Mass Taunt from PvP: this mutation will no longer be offered in King of the Hill modes. We'll bring it back once we rework it
Delayed Pain duration reduced: 4s ➔ 3s
The Egghead Towers now have armor: 10 at level 1, 20 at level 2 and 30 at level 3
Explosive Attack can now be obtained starting on level 5 (previously available from level 9)
Shooters can no longer get Healthy Fat, Last Chance, or Evasion
Rain of Bullets damage increased: 0.1 ➔ 0.3
Tricksters can no longer get Soul Destruction. However, Shooters can get it now!
All creatures summoned via buttons have had their health and damage significantly buffed
Cost of humans when Curse of Variety is active has been reduced: 5 tokens ➔ 2 tokens
Mage class abilities buffed at levels 2 and 3: 200 ➔ 250, 350 ➔ 500
Percent of damage returned by Spiky Armor reduced: 40% ➔ 30%
"Director's Cut" | Official Merch! | King of the Hill Season 15
PATCH 1.7
"Greetings, puny humans!
Despot here. Today is a very important day: I have a major update for you, even though you certainly don't deserve such a treat. But don't worry, you'll eventually earn the right to it down in my dark, damp dungeon. Here's what we added."
• Stats Screen 📊 •
"I adore pie charts, graphs, and watching humans suffer. After a bit of thinking, I decided to satisfy every one of these desires, and added the feature presented below."
"Now I won't need to constantly remind you of how puny you are because you'll be able to see it for yourself as soon as you look at the stats screen 📊. This screen can be found in a new tab of the window that appears when you finish a run. It shows how your humans' stats changed on various floors and the progression of your mutations and buttons, plus gives you economic advice. We'll add multiplayer match stats for King of the Hill sometime, too, but for now, it's just monster fights.
I've been meaning to give my cute little humans, robots, and undead a little more attention recently. So I gave it to them – and ended up with…⬇️"
• New Mode: Director's Cut 🎬 •
"This mode is for anyone who wants to go head-to-head with me and see just what I'm capable of when I, the Despot, am free of all restraints. The interdimensional Despotariat's rules don't apply here, which means I can do whatever I want with you!
I added some powered-up versions of monsters with new abilities and new room configurations, especially for this mode, plus adjusted the balance. No King of the Hill here. And just you wait: I'll add even more sophisticated forms of torture to Director's Cut mode in future updates.
Want to watch the devs suffer in Director's Cut mode? Watch the live stream now! ⬇️
I almost forgot: I did away with Hard Mode. Director's Cut mode is hardcore enough, so it was unnecessary."
• Official Merch 👕 •
"In the distant future where this game takes place, your filthy human money is worthless. But in the present, it's quite useful for my puny humans, since they still have the gargantuan task of putting me, the Despot, on my cybernetic throne in the next thousand years ahead of them. To help speed up their work, I sent them designs for my official merchandise.
I've dissected your puny brains a hundred different ways in my laboratories already and peered deep into the darkest corners of human consciousness. After picking through your thoughts, I came up with a selection of items that you physically cannot resist!
You, too, can hasten my ascension at the link below ⬇️ by buying some nifty t-shirts, socks, and... something else which will pleasantly surprise you!"
"Now, let's return to today's update. As usual, I despotically examined the balance. Let me tell you what's changed.
The interdimensional Despotariat is constantly changing the rules of the game and coming to new agreements on how exactly puny humans should be utilizing each other, so things can get tricky. But we were able to settle on this: I present to you the latest iteration of the Despot's Game" Official Rules™!"
• Balance Changes •
We're removing Mass Taunt from PvP: this mutation will no longer be offered in King of the Hill modes. We'll bring it back once we rework it
Delayed Pain duration reduced: 4s ➔ 3s
The Egghead Towers now have armor: 10 at level 1, 20 at level 2 and 30 at level 3
Explosive Attack can now be obtained starting on level 5 (previously available from level 9)
Shooters can no longer get Healthy Fat, Last Chance, or Evasion
Rain of Bullets damage increased: 0.1 ➔ 0.3
Tricksters can no longer get Soul Destruction. However, Shooters can get it now!
All creatures summoned via buttons have had their health and damage significantly buffed
Cost of humans when Curse of Variety is active has been reduced: 5 tokens ➔ 2 tokens
Mage class abilities buffed at levels 2 and 3: 200 ➔ 250, 350 ➔ 500
Percent of damage returned by Spiky Armor reduced: 40% ➔ 30%
"Someone PLEASE explain to me why the puny human in the GIF above isn't being forced to fight in the despot games? How did he get on the roof of a skyscraper? Puny humans like him should be wandering through my maze! So what's he doing lounging around, playing the guitar, and growing little cabbages?! And those robot minions of his? They should be faithfully serving ME, not carrying out his every demeaning demand! And the man himself? He should be fighting giant flesh-eating plants, not making salad and cooking fish!
Bring me his head this instant! I AM FUTURE here, not him!"
Check out I Am Future on Steam!
We personally know the development team of that game, Mandragora Studio. I Am Future is a survival game in a post-apocalyptic setting. When the whole planet was flooded, civilization dwindled away (just like your units' HP on the last floor of Despot's Game). You take on the role of the above-mentioned survivor as he chills on the rooftop of a skyscraper, does some fishing, and programs cute little robots to help him build his base. In I Am Future, you can create your own farm, automate resource production with robotic minions and generators, plus use a drone to explore the megalopolis flooded by the ocean. The release date is August 8th. Check the game out, puny humans:
If you like it, add it to your wishlist to support the devs ☝️
All hail the Despot!
King of the Hill Season 14
UPDATE 1.6.4
This is a comparatively small patch. The most important new things are that we reworked Bloodletting for Healers (this is a mutation that turns healing into an attack). Mutations that affect Healers' healing now do damage when combined with Bloodletting. We also increased the EXP received in Sprint, reworked Normal and Hard modes, and made balance changes, of course (something got nerfed)!
We have also added a display of your current team's results in the King of the Hill mode. It shows the following stats:
The change in your team's position since entering the ranking;
The total number of battles your team has defended (when the team is "blue");
The number of victories in defense;
The number of defeats in defense.
Sometimes, the number of defeats may not match the number of positions you have "lost" on the leaderboard. This happens because players who are ranked higher than you can defeat your team any number of times without causing you to lose your present ranking—because the player who defeated you was initially ranked higher than you. Your position changes only when a player ranked lower than you defeats your team.
Our next update's going to be a big one, so keep an eye out for details on these forums and our Discord server!
• Game Mode Balance •
Changed the order mutations are given in Hard Mode;
Nerfed Catbots a little (let's just say floors 2-3 are now, ahem... beatable);
Changed the pool of enemies you can encounter in Normal mode;
Added a base mutation for Sprint that increases EXP received by 30%.
• Mutation Balance •
When combined with mutations that affect Healers' healing, Bloodletting now transforms those mutations into maiming mutations. For example, Sweet Pill to Swallow becomes Sleeping Pill to Swallow, and instead of increasing ally attack speed, it reduces enemy attack speed;
Nerfed Curse of Gluttony, food requirements increased: 100% ➔ 130%;
Last Chance dodge chance reduced: 35% ➔ 25%;
Health restored by Thrill of Battle reduced: 20 ➔ 15;
Feint damage reduced: 250 ➔ 200;
Attack bonus from Powerful Pill reduced: 50 ➔ 40;
Attack speed bonus from Sweet Pill to Swallow reduced: 80 ➔ 50;
Attack speed buff from Effective Aura reduced: 15 ➔ 10;
Dodge chance multiplier for Most Dexterous reduced: 5 ➔ 3;
Damage bonus from Impostor reduced: 100% ➔ 75%;
Magic Mirror proc chance reduced: 15 ➔ 10.
Here's a teaser from the next BIG UPDATE as a bonus for those who read through our patch notes:
In this update, we reevaluated the No Food Sprint mode economy and room generation rules (your humans will get more tokens and XP now!), nerfed a few defensive mutations, and made minor balance adjustments to open up more diverse PvP builds.
We also widened the pool of mutations available at altars on level 1: now you'll be offered mutations that were previously available starting on level 2. We chose to limit this a while ago to avoid forcing experienced players to restart the game repeatedly, but now we have other mechanisms to promote playing without restarting, so we changed this.
• Changes to the Sprint Mode (Without Food) •
Maximum puny human cost reduced: 15 ➔ 10;
Number of rooms on the last floor increased: 8 ➔ 10;
Amount of tokens received for completing a room on the first floor increased.
