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Steam Awards 2022: Nominate Despot's Game for "Best Soundtrack"!


Sup, punies.



It's that time of the year again when it's time to bow down before the Despot, show him your loyalty and praise his incredible work. Each fall, Steam holds Steam Awards to determine the best game in each of the handful of nominations. Last year, we ordered asked you to vote for our game in the "Best Game You Suck At" category. But this time, we decided to shake things up a bit. Since Despot's Game is perfect in all aspects, including music, it's about time you showed some appreciation for the game's soundtrack. So...

Nominate Despot's Game for the "Best Soundtrack" category!



The Awards widget should appear above ↑. Here's the Steam store page of the game, just in case:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

You can listen to some of the tracks from the game here:



Despot's Game Is 20% Off!

v1.2.5

  • Fixed Cleansing and Tolerance removing the Cursed Magic health debuff
  • Fixed Tricksters not dodging when they have Steady Footing mutation
  • Fixed a bug where saves could not be loaded with Curse of Mutation or Curse of Variety present. Also, we will be sending unloadable saves to our servers now.
  • Fixed regular attack triggering/being affected by Curse of Magic cooldown buff

SECRET UPDATE | King of the Hill Season 3


UPDATE 1.2



With this update, we added something SECRET to the game. For now, all you get is a hint: look for this secret on Level 7. We can also tell you that this "secret" can completely change the latter part of your run! Plus, it'll upend the balance of power in the King of the Hill multiplayer mode.



• We also made some not-so-secret changes •



  • "Kaled's Assembly" has been reworked. Now every 3rd Shooter can summon a Kaled, but that Kaled is a lot stronger than before;
  • 5 new mutations in the same vein as "Kaled's Assembly" have been added for different classes:


    1. "Faithful 54MUR41" - Fencers;
    2. "Pet Thorny" - Tricksters;
    3. "Friendly Deathknight" - Tanks;
    4. "Purr-Meow" - Fighters;
    5. "Boomfish" - Throwers.

  • New mutation: "Overheal". Lets Healers heal allies in advance during a fight;
  • New consumable button: "Tester". Triggers a random text event;
  • We added the option to view your opponent's mutations in PvP. Just go to your own mutations window during a PvP fight, and then you'll be able to figure it out from there;
  • The game mode selection window now shows your Brawl record;
  • Frosty now deals damage to a random enemy on death.


King of the Hill Season 2 Results



THE WINNERS:


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[th]1.🥇LAZARUS A.I.[/th]
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[td]2.🥈Wereshrew[/td]
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[td]3.🥉AwesomeFool[/td]
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Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards. If you beat the game and ended up on the leaderboards during the Halloween celebration, you should also get your special medal now.

Season 3 starts now and ends on December 1st at 4 pm UTC.


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The Despot Is Celebrating Halloween





BOO!



Ha-ha, I get you every time with that, puny humans!

Alright, so the spooky season has come. Everyone is decorating their places with "scary" decor, laughing around, having fun and pretending they can't be scared for real. I tell you what, humans: you can't fool yourselves with all those papier-mâché spiders and paper cobwebs. Deep down inside, you know what real horror feels like.

The real horror begins when you enter my dungeon. So I invite you all again to test yourselves, as my minions and I are...

...CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN!



From October 28th (well, today, basically) to November 10th (the start of King of the Hill Season 3), participate in King of the Hill multiplayer mode and get the unique Halloween medal to showcase next to your nickname!

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For those who are not in the know: to participate in King of the Hill, beat the Despot in the single-player mode. Which you are not capable of doing, obviously. But good luck anyway. And Happy Halloween!







King of the Hill Season 2 | New Quest, Balance Update


UPDATE 1.1



This is a small balance update. We fixed the things that needed fixing and strengthened/weakened the things that needed strengthening/weakening. We also added a new quest!

Actually, we are working on a secret mechanic with secret content! No details just yet, because it's a secret! d'Spot ordered us to build hype without giving anything away, which is what we're doing.


• New Quest •


- Class: Shooters -



Available at level 6. Once completed, you can gain a mutation for Shooters: Rubber Bullets.


• Balance Changes •



UNITS



  1. Nerfed Punisher, Tier 5 item for Shooters

    • Damage: 125->110
    • Bonus damage per level: 7%->4%
    • Number of ability attacks: 12->8
    • Ability cooldown: 8->10 сек.
  2. Dr. Octopus's Claws

    • Price: 27->24
    • Health per level: 6%->10%
  3. Shinigami

    • Bonus damage and attack speed per attack: 30%->15%
    • Base damage: 80->110
  4. Catbot

    • Damage: 45->35
    • Health: 199->229

MUTATIONS



  1. Cleansing

    1. Mana cost: 15->40
    2. Cooldown: 10->20
  2. Stonewall

    1. Drops starting at level 5
    2. Armor bonus: 30->60
  3. Soul Destruction

    • Reduction to magic resistance: -100%->50%
  4. Thunder Lance

    • Chance to summon lightning: 10%->15%
  5. What a Spark!

    • Damage: 60->80 per second.
    • Chance to trigger: 40%->50%
  6. NanoMineSweeper

    • Damage: 110->150
  7. Last Word

    • Armor bonus: 70->100
  8. Final Gift

    • Health bonus: 100->200
  9. Final Aid

    • Damage bonus: 70->100

MUTATION TREE



  1. SALE!
    • Price: [10, 25, 40] -> [10, 20, 30]
  2. Topochlorians
    • Price: [15, 25, 35, 45, 60, 80, 100, 150] -> [15, 25, 35, 45, 60, 80, 110, 140]
    • Damage bonus: [30, 60, 110, 180, 250, 340, 450, 600] -> [40, 80, 130, 190, 280, 380, 480, 600]
  3. Health multiplier
    • Health bonus: [50, 90, 160, 300, 500, 650, 800, 900] -> [50, 100, 200, 400, 550, 700, 800, 900]

We've also fixed the bug where in all difficulty modes except Normal, the number of rooms generated at levels 2 and 3 was still between 8 and 10. Now, in all modes except Crazy and Brawl, a fixed number of rooms will be generated on levels 1-3, just like in Normal mode.


King of the Hill Season 1 Results



THE WINNERS:


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[th]1.🥇Дранiк[/th]
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[td]2.🥈<#B80027>Despot (formerly known as Lectrice)[/td]
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[td]3.🥉Falke[/td]
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Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

Season 2 starts now and ends on November 10th at 4 pm UTC.


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Community Mutation Contest Results


Sup, humans!



It's time to announce the results of the mutation contest we held to give humanity false hope for survival let you help us add more cool abilities to the game. We have to say; you blew our minds with how many ideas you came up with: two hundred and fifty! We almost died getting them all into a spreadsheet and assessing them. Holy smokes, hums. You're legit savages!

Okay, so now let's get to the point and announce the winner. Or rather—the WINNERS. There were too many awesome ideas to limit this thing to only one. So, without further ado, let's hear the names of the puny humans who will be immortalized in the greatest game of all time.

WINNER 1: The real GOW



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Imposter

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[td]Description[/td]
[td]At the start of combat, one of your humans teleports to the backline of the enemy's army and disguises themselves as an enemy unit. Their target are ranged damage dealers. Enemies can't detect the imposter until they attack. +50% on the first attack.[/td]
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WINNER 2: Knifehunter


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Newbie's Luck

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[td]Description[/td]
[td]Some people say idiots have all the luck, not newbies... That's not the case here.
Feature: The first time a newbie visits a room, they have a 30% chance of finding 5 food and a 10% chance (+10% for each subsequent newbie) to find a random item and obtain a class (independently).

Technical note: 1 newbie = 10%; 5 newbies = 50% and so on, up to 100%. When you have 10+ newbies, all subsequent ones are counted the same. Only one item can be obtained per room. Items that newbies can find do not depend on the store upgrade level.[/td]
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WINNER 3: spudiiman


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Mutation Name

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Token Bonus

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[td]Adds a timer that starts/continues to count during every battle. After you clear an entire floor, grants a number of tokens based on the amount on the timer (the lower, the better).[/td]
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Congratulations! We'll be adding your mutations to Despot's Game in the near future—sometime around the start of King of the Hill season 3 or 4 this winter.

Choosing the best mutations was really tough. Some of those were impossible to implement the way they had been described, but the concept itself was really neat. Some ideas were similar to things we've already been planning. And some were just too simple to have their authors announced as the overall winner, but we've still put them in the pipeline. So, if you pay close attention, you'll notice this contest's influence on the game's new mutations for a long time to come. A huge thanks to everyone who entered!


The list of in-game mutations can be found either in the main game menu or in this community-made spreadsheet.


Join the community to share feedback with us and chat with other puny humans just like you:

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Patch 1.0.5

  • Fixed problems caused by quest units (Chattersword, Rat, Zombie) being revived with a button
  • Fixed the game getting stuck on loading screen instead of displaying a message when there is no connection to Steam API
  • The bugged flute sound in the Rat quest should hopefully be fixed as well

Community Contest: Suggest Your Mutation!


Happy Friday, hums!



Y'all love mutations, right? You know, those passive skills with cool names like "Hungering Fury" and "Hail Satan!" that let you not die in the Despot's maze.

Well, you have the chance to see your mutation in the game!



CONTEST RULES



  1. Come up with an idea for an awesome mutation: name, description, purpose, class;
  2. Share it with us in the comments down below ↓. Multiple submissions from one contestant are allowed. You can also go to our Discord server and share it there if you wish;
  3. You can add an icon to your mutation if you can draw. Just upload it to Imgur and share the link in your comment. Rough drafts are accepted;
  4. Wait until we select the winner;
  5. The best community-made mutation will end up in the game!



Yeah, you've read it right: we will add that mutation to the game. It's not often that the Despot is willing to bother himself by doing extra balancing only to indulge puny humans, you know.

You have a week, hums. The contest ends on Friday, October 14th at 4 pm UTC / 6 pm CET / 9 am PDT / 12 pm EDT, so hurry up and get creative to be immortalized by the Despot.


The list of currently available mutations can be found either in the main game menu or in this community-made spreadsheet.



Patch 1.0.4

  • New medals can now be picked in settings
  • Fixed a bug where Crazy mode saved games could not be loaded
  • Fixed unit's health not being restored after a Brawl fight if the unit is already being revived by a regular Resurrection skill
  • Units should not become stuck anymore when flying during the Thrower quest
  • Fixed several other minor bugs
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