A special seasonal event to coincide with Easter weekend
When? 7th-14nd April 2023 (inclusive)
Just like the Trick or Treat event at Halloween, this event modifies Daily Challenge mode for a limited time. As usual, you'll only get one chance to play the Daily Challenge each day so give it your best shot!
🦖 How the Egg Hunt challenge works:
All Gems are replaced with hidden Snaptor Eggs.
These eggs are invisible at first, but will appear when your players are nearby.
Eggs are worth 100 points each, but are more plentiful than Gems.
Collecting an Egg will fully replenish a player's Stamina.
But be warned: Snaptor Eggs will hatch after 3 turns when revealed, so collect them quickly!
🏆 Achievement
Completing an Egg Hunt run will unlock the 'Extinction Event' achievement. This achievement can also be unlocked at Halloween during the Trick or Treat challenge.
Happy hunting, deathballers!
P.S. Did you see I launched a new game in Early Access recently? Check out GunSuit Guardians if you haven't already!
GunSuit Guardians - available NOW in Early Access!
Defend Earth from an immeasurable alien invasion in GunSuit Guardians, an action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival.
Take to the skies in an advanced aerial combat suit, wield enormous weapons, and upgrade your gear to become an unstoppable force of destruction.
GunSuit Guardians condenses arcade shooter combat with roguelike elements to create a deep, action-packed experience where each run provides a fresh challenge.
Defend Earth from an immeasurable alien invasion in GunSuit Guardians, an action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival.
Take to the skies in an advanced aerial combat suit, wield enormous weapons, and upgrade your gear to become an unstoppable force of destruction.
GunSuit Guardians condenses arcade shooter combat with roguelike elements to create a deep, action-packed experience where each run provides a fresh challenge.
Play the demo and add GunSuit Guardians to your Wishlist!
Hey everyone, things have been a little quiet on the update front here as we welcomed a new baby to our little family (!!!!).
I did manage to welcome a Steam Deck to the family too, though. It's much more technically-impressive and has more buttons. I've been loving it so far, and it inspired me to return to Dungeon Deathball to address the issues that were preventing it from getting that big green 'verified' tick.
So, with version 1.4.4 now available on Steam I am happy to announce that Dungeon Deathball is now Steam Deck Verified, meaning it's fully functional and works great with the built-in controls and display.
If you've been fortunate enough to get a Steam Deck then be sure to let me know how you find it on there.
The main issue preventing the game being verified was that some of the text was too small and difficult to read. To address this, all the small text now uses a different font that's bigger and more legibile. This required a redesign of numerous interface elements, but it was worth the effort in my opinion.
By the way, I might have a new game heading to Steam soon (parenthood duties permitting). Remember to follow my developer page if you want to be notified when it's available.
Thanks for following Dungeon Deathball. I hope you enjoy the new changes!
Matt
Patch v1.4.4
Changes
All small text now uses a larger font which is more legible on all devices, but especially on Steam Deck.
Enemy intention icons (in the orange popup on the right-hand side of the screen) now rotate to match their direction. For example, if an enemy intends to move left the arrow will now point left.
Info popups now have a semi-transparent background so they don't hide what's behind them too much.
Your current total score is now displayed on the Pause menu.
Bug Fixes
Fixed text not displaying correctly in the How To Play screens (actually fixed now).
Fixed Steam Deck button icons not being automatically selected (also actually fixed now).
Daily Challenge popup no longer appears in Select Mode menu if this mode is not yet unlocked.
If you view the Team Info screen when one of your players is dead, the remaining player's panel is now left-aligned instead of centred.
Patch v1.4.3
Bug Fixes
Fixed text not displaying correctly in the How To Play screens.
Patch v1.4.2 (Steam Deck improvements)
Steam Deck changes
Steam Deck button icons are now displayed automatically (provided you have selected Automatic Button Style in the options menu). (Actually this might not be working as intended 😭 Please bear with me!)
Mouse cursor is now hidden automatically.
Bug Fixes
Improved stability of lots of Steam functionality. This should help to prevent initialisation problems.
Removed brief pauses/freezes when the game is being saved.
Improved a bunch of game code efficiency under the hood.
Patch v1.4.1
Bug Fixes
Language is now correctly locked to English (additional translations are not yet complete and should not have been automatically selected).
Egg Hunt Challenge & Update v1.4
🥚 Egg Hunt Challenge
A special new seasonal event to coincide with Easter weekend!
When? 15th-22nd April 2022 (inclusive)
Just like the Trick or Treat event at Halloween, this event modifies Daily Challenge mode for a limited time. As usual, you'll only get one chance to play the Daily Challenge each day so give it your best shot!
🦖 How the Egg Hunt challenge works:
All Gems are replaced with hidden Snaptor Eggs.
These eggs are invisible at first, but will appear when your players are nearby.
Eggs are worth 100 points each, but are more plentiful than Gems.
Collecting an Egg will fully replenish a player's Stamina.
But be warned: Snaptor Eggs will hatch after 3 turns when revealed, so collect them quickly!
🏆 Achievement change
One last note: the 'Trick or Treat' achievement has been changed to 'Extinction Event' and is unlocked by completing any seasonal event. So if you missed the Halloween event last year, you now have another chance to unlock this achievement!
🆕 What's new in v1.4
✨ Added
Egg Hunt Daily Challenge: a special new seasonal event running from 15th-22nd April 2022.
Resolution controls added to Graphics Options menu.
You are now offered the option to restart a stage if you are defeated (provided that restart is available).
Undo Suggestions; you will now be asked if you want to undo actions if you end your turn with any players in danger (provided that Undo is available). This feature can be disabled in the Gameplay Options menu if you prefer to live life on the edge.
🔧 Changed
"Trick or Treat" achievement changed to "Extinction Event". It can now be unlocked by completing any seasonal special event (not just Halloween).
Rocks no longer appear in Stage 1-1 (partly to make "Uptown Top Ranking" achievement more reliably attainable).
Your score is now submitted to the leaderboard if and when you abandon a Daily Challenge run.
Options menu is now split into multiple pages to make room for more options.
🐛 Fixed
Achievements will be automatically synced between Steam and local save data in the event of a mismatch. This is to resolve an issue where some players lost their local save data.
Languages other than English are no longer automatically selected (they're not translated yet!).
"Long Shot Kick the Bucket" achievement now displays the correct name and description.
Player facial expressions and sweat droplets now correctly reset when you use Undo.
Wounded monsters' blood droplets are now affected by the "Grey Blood" setting.
Controller settings now correctly update if you restore defaults on a different tab.
"Catch Ball" icon no longer appears if you preview a shot against a stunned Sascatch.
Team Info screen is now correctly centred in the middle of the screen on larger resolutions.
