Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Dungeon Souls
Dungeon Souls Development Update
Hey everyone! Some of you are probably wondering why hasn't there been any recent update to the game (having into account the update frequency). We, the Dungeon Souls team and Lamina Studios team, have something to tell you. We're currently undergoing some internal changes in the company.
What Is This About?
Due to internal changes that are being made in the company, the development progress of Dungeon Souls has become quite slow (and is expected to keep like this for at least a month or two). As such, no updates will probably occur between the writing of this news and the 1-2 months time frame. We do know that some of you will be upset when reading this (since we have been reading the Steam discussions and emails sent about bugs, suggestions and feedback in general), but we can only apologize for the upcoming small hiatus in updates and ask you for your understanding and patience. We would also like to take this time to appreciate all ongoing support that you've shown for the game, as we feel that, no matter how many times we do express it, it is never enough! In all honesty, the player base is what is supporting the development of the game and the addition of new features (if it weren't for you guys and gals, we doubt we've had added any features or updates since 2017), so thank you for the support!
That's Great And All But What About The Issues And Features Of The Game That Still Need To Be Tackled?
As stated previously, we've been paying attention to the feedback you've been given, from issues to suggestions. Some of the most worrying aspects are as follows:
Items for those players who signed the sign board and helped with the game during its pre-release
Modding support fixes and functionalities
Controller support (bugs, adaptation to certain OS, removal of "clunky" feeling to the controls)
Local co-op (bugs related with local co-op functionality of the game)
In regard to the list above, these issues will be worked on and have not been forgotten. However, their development is currently slower than what would be desirable.
In Sum
We, as a team, decided it would be best to inform you of the small hiatus in updates. We do not have the intetion to say that the game won't be developed at all with this message. Our goal is simply to inform you, as a player, that the next update will take a long time before it arrives and to hang on and bear with us!
Thank you for your patience and understanding in advance,
From the Dungeon Souls and Lamina Studios team.
Dungeon Souls v1.1.1 - Modding Hotfix
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This hotfix fixes some bugs reported for patch 1.1.
Mac Users
We are currently having issues exporting to Mac. This update is not available for Mac. Please be patient until we can fix them.
DSEditor
We have updated the modding editor. You can download via this link.
Bug Fixes & Feedback Changes
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Game Bugs
Back From Vacations - Fixed a bug where Judgement level would not appear.
Fixed a bug where Herberk's Pendant would get replaced by Destroyer's Hammer.
Fixed a bug where picking active items would make every other item turn into the picked up item.
Modding Editor Bugs
Fixed a bug where files wouldn't get deleted.
Fixed a typo on the documentation of "getPlayerAttribute" and "setPlayerAttribute" in regards to the maximum hp.
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to laminastudios@gmail.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
During co-op, heroes have a different currency than the one specified on the HUD, resulting in some characters being able to buy certain items that the other player can't (due to gold spent). This will be fixed in a future patch.
Dungeon Souls v1.1 - Modding Support
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This update brings hero balancing to the game (with updated abilities), as well as modding support and re-make of voice lines!
Modding Support
We have added modding support for Dungeon Souls! Hurray! ːsteamhappyː
Currently, the modding feature is limited to items only, but if players like it a lot and we start seeing quite the engagement, more features are to come! Here is a small roadmap of what we have planned for modding support, in case the community wants more of it:
Enemies
Pets
Arcane Forge
Dungeon Levels
Traps
Check out the Dungeon Souls Wikia for more information, as well as the game's Steam Workshop page!
DSEditor
You can download the Dungeon Souls Editor via this link
Game Elements
Redeemer Changed Redeemer's behaviour due to feedback concerning the amount of time available in a dungeon before Redeemer appeared. On easy and normal difficulties, redeemer will take twice the amount of time to appear (x2 multiplier). Also, the base amount of time it takes for the Redeemer to appear has been increased by over 60%.
Voice Acting Changed both Skeleton King's and Slime Gargantulum's voice lines! We've also changed Slime Gargantulum's voice and revamped Skeleton King's!
Hero Balancing
We've taken a look into the feedback obtained from the hero balancing survey! From an analysis, we found out that every hero seems to be both over powered and under powered (suggesting that it depends on the player's play style). However, there were some heroes who were more "unfairly" under powered when compared with other heroes. We also observed general feedback in regard to abilities and cooldowns. As such, here is our hero balancing update! We hope you guys like it! ːsteamhappyː
Passives
At max passive level (and, proportionally, all levels below):
Changed passive health from 75% to 50%.
Changed passive damage from 40% to 30%
Changed passive crit from 25% to 20%
Changed passive defense from 150% to 120%
Changed passive resist from 140% to 120%
Barbarian
Thunder Axe Increased shockwave scaling damage from 10+(5 per skill level) physical damage and 90+(10 per skill level) magical damage to 70+(10 per skill level) physical damage and 60+(10 per skill level) magical damage.
Cooldowns Changed Shout of Rage's cooldown from 15 seconds to 10.
Changed Thunder Axe's cooldown from 18 seconds to 4.
Archer
Cooldowns Changed Pentuple Arrow's cooldown from 12 seconds to 10.
Changed Rain of Arrows' cooldown from 18 seconds to 6.
Thief
Stats
Increased base hp by 10.
Thief Bomb changed to (NEW)Dagger Flurry:
Throws an empowered dagger at up to 6+(1 per skill level) nearby enemies, dealing 150+(40 per skill level) physical damage.
Cooldowns Changed Invisibility's cooldown from 14 seconds to 8.
Wizard
Stats
Increased base hp by 20.
Increased base magic resist by 1.
Duplicate Now creates a flash fire that deals 80+(30 per skill level) magical damage to nearby enemies.
Cooldowns Changed basic attack cooldown from 1 second to 0.8 seconds.
Changed Duplicate's cooldown from 14 seconds to 6.
Cleric
Stats Increased base hp by 20
Holy Gate Now grants split projectiles +20+(10 per skill level)% extra magic damage.
Regeneration Now instantly heals for 20+(20 per skill level) and grants 10+(2 per skill level) health regeneration each 3 seconds.
Reduced cooldown from 15 seconds to 12.
Necromancer
Blood for Attack Now adds 50+(30 per skill level)% physical damage and 50+(10 per skill level)% magic damage, but consumes 10+(5 per skill level)% health per basic attack and reduces health regen by 75%
NightBlade
Thick Armour Grants 50+(10 per skill level) defense for 3 seconds, during which nightblade starts expelling energy. After the 3 seconds, thick armour explodes, dealing 120+(20 per skill level)% physical and 120(+20 per skill level)% magical damage to nearby enemies.
Weapon Switch
Changed the effect so that the first 2+(2 per skill level) strikes deal the extra damage.
Engineer
Stats Increased movement speed by 0.1
March my Beauties! Fixed a bug where damage was being multiplied by bonus damage.
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Bugs
Fixed a bug where redeemer would spawn in boss rooms.
Fixed a bug where Slime Gargantulum would stop attacking after using certain abilities.
Fixed a bug where the active items rocket and missile could crash upon use.
Fixed a bug where difficulty was not being quicksaved.
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to support@laminastudios.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
During co-op, heroes have a different currency than the one specified on the HUD, resulting in some characters being able to buy certain items that the other player can't (due to gold spent). This will be fixed in a future patch.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.5
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This small update brings some patches to the game and addresses a request we did to the community.
Game Elements
Redeemer
Changed Redeemer's summon behaviour. Now, the redeemer will appear after a certain amount of time has passed (more than enough to complete the level), regardless of the number of activated marks. It will also appear after activating the final mark.
This change derived from a review requested by players, since the Redeemer's purpose in the game wasn't obvious (since you could grind on a level for ever, as long as the last mark remained unactive). Special thanks to Steam user Einko for his suggestion on the matter!
Items
Sign Board A little bit of a more personal note here: about a year ago, we requested players that helped with the game's alpha and beta stages to sign a Sign Board, since we had a surprise stored. However, we took a long time to reply to this surprise (even though the original intent never changed, which was personal custom items named after the players) and we'd like to apologize for the time it has taken! In the next patches, ALL people that signed the board up until now will get an item in the game named after them.
We will continue doing and extend this rewarding behaviour to any players we see are worthy of it, being dependent on factors such as their participation in the game, engagement with the community and overall support for the game! ːsteamhappyː
Some of the items have descriptions and effects determined by us. However, if any of the item's author does not like its item's effect, please email us so that we change it accordingly ːsteamhappyː
And now, here follows the first batch of items:
(NEW)Brontolo's Sight
Item Effect: +40% Accuracy. Can see enemies in entire room.
Item Class: Rare
Item Stacks: 1
Steam User:Brontolo
(NEW)SeekNDestroy Missile
Item Effect: On attack, 20/30/40% chance to launch a missile that deals 40/60/80 damage.
Item Class: Rare
Item Stacks: 3
Steam User:SeekNDestroy
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Bugs
Fixed a bug where the ending cutscenes were being displayed without having freed all heroes.
IMPORTANT: Added a temporary fix mechanism to the Out-Of-Map issue. Now, when out of bounds, if the player exceeds a square area around the map, the player will be teleported back to the dungeon's door.
IMPORTANT: Fixed a bug, in internal tests, where difficulty would not unlock. This means that we could no longer reproduce the bug and, players who were contacted by us with this issue no longer could as well. However, we're still not 100% sure if it's fixed. If you experience this bug, despite the fix, please email us at laminastudios@gmail.com or diogo.braga@laminastudios.com so we can enter in contact with you.
Fixed a bug where bane scepter would always crash upon use.
Fixed a bug where Power weapons could add negative bonus damage.
Fixed a bug where background audio music would fail to change with the slider's value
Fixed a bug where the inventory would disappear with the tutorial's message.
Fixed a bug where the player could take damage during cutscenes.
Fixed a bug where the enemies on the core would persist after the core's stabilization.
Feedback Changes
Changed quick-cast so it automatically casts the ability, instead of first shifting to the desired ability and, after a second press, casting it.
Implemented a suggestion related to the arcane forge UI described in this post! Thanks Steam user KERBAL BASS
Reduced health regeneration passive max value from 3 health per second to 2 health per second (changes all values below it, accordingly)
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to support@laminastudios.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
During co-op, heroes have a different currency than the one specified on the HUD, resulting in some characters being able to buy certain items that the other player can't (due to gold spent). This will be fixed in a future patch.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.4 - Christmas Event Extension and Bug Fixes
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This small update brings some patches to the game and extends the duration of the christmas event.
Game Elements
Events
Christmas Event
Duration: The event's duration was extended until the 7th of January.
Bug Fixes & Feedback Changes
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Bugs
Fixed a bug where the game would fail to reset its data.
Fixed a bug where players could start a tutorial after quicksaving.
Fixed a bug where boss music would carry on playing when quick restarting.
Fixed a bug where engineer's landmines and spider bots attempted to hit enemies during invulnerability, resulting in very different damage outputs.
Fixed a bug where random enemies could spawn in event areas if the player had looped at least once.
Fixed a bug where Slime Gargantulum would fail to attack.
Important: Fixed a bug where the game would fail to save the collected gold after displaying an end game cutscene.
Fixed a bug where the audio of the ending screen would glitch
Feedback Changes
Added a counter that specifies how many required recipes the player has obtained, out of how many required recipes there are (available in the arcane forge crafting menu). Thanks to Steam user Taft for the suggestion!
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to laminastudios@gmail.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
During co-op, heroes have a different currency than the one specified on the HUD, resulting in some characters being able to buy certain items that the other player can't (due to gold spent). This will be fixed in a future patch.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.3 - Quickfix
SCOPE
Details of this section:
[I]This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.[/I]
This update also brings some fixes and feedback changes!
NEW UPDATE DETAILS
Extended the event to the 31st of December, 23:59:59
Greatly increased ingredients dropped in the event
Fixed an issue where arcane forge would fail to recognize the correct amount of gold obtained.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.3 - Christmas Event
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This update brings some fixes and feedback changes, as well as a christmas adventure for the holidays!
Game Elements
Events
(NEW)Christmas Event
The christmas event has just arrived! From the 22nd to the 28th of Decemeber, you will be able to play the special game mode in the Frozen Land! This mode will have you saving good children from naughty, demon children sent by Judgement! After rescueing each child, you'll take on Santa's job by awarding them a present!
Objective: Save the children from the demons and gift them presents.
Reward: Christmas Event Recipes and ingredients.
Accessability: You can access the Frozen Land via the orange, santa-hatted teleporter. The teleporter will appear in the ice level. It will not spawn in a boss room.
Duration: The event lasts from the 22nd of december to the 28th of december.
Item Effect: When hitting an enemy near another enemy, gives 5% chance to stun both for 1.5 seconds.
Item Class: Rare Equipable
(NEW)Mystery Present Box
Item Effect: Drops a random rare item when picked up.
Item Class: Rare Equipable
(NEW)Hot Choco
Item Effect: When activated, gives increased movement speed and attack speed for 5 seconds. (Thanks, SantaDoge! ːsteamhappyː)
Item Class: Rare Equipable
Ingredients
(NEW)Gingerbread - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Snowflake - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Cocoa Beans - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Sugar - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain demon children and props.
(NEW)Stardust - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Mistletoe Leaf - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Drupe - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Red Wool - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
(NEW)Paper Drafts - Used to craft several Christmas items. Dropped by certain props.
We've changed a configuration on Steam that should enable users to use Steam functionalities. Please let us know if achievements and cloud saving are working!
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Fixed a bug where Rockstone Mountain was loopable.
Fixed a bug where the entire Judgement floor would be filled with gold.
Fixed a rare bug where the game could crash when changing difficulties.
Fixed a bug where the game would start in a full, blackscreen if not using compatibility mode. Note: from our testings, the issue seems fixed. If you experienced this in the past, please let us know if you still experience it or not.
Fixed a bug where gold coins would not be displayed during local co-op.
Fixed a bug where the second player could not allocate stat points during local co-op. Thanks to Steam user Anakya for reporting this and many more issues related with local co-op!
(Suggestion Implementation)Changed bloodletting sword to deplete 9 hp every second (from 3 hp). Thanks to Steam user fewRy for the feedback!
(Suggestion Implementation)Changed traps so they now deal a percentage of health as damage, instead of flat damage, with minimum damage cap. The higher the difficulty, the higher the percentage of health taken.
Normalized trap damage amount and types (i.e.: boulders no longer deal magic damage, instead deal physical damage, etc.).
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Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to laminastudios@gmail.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
During co-op, heroes have a different currency than the one specified on the HUD, resulting in some characters being able to buy certain items that the other player can't (due to gold spent). This will be fixed in a future patch.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.2 - Hotfix
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This hotfix brings some fixes and feedback changes.
Bug Fixes & Feedback Changes
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Fixed a bug where players would get teleported to quicksave portal when picking potions far away from "The Gate".
Fixed a typo on Power Bow's description.
Fixed a typo in "Lil' Pumpkin"'s recipe description.
Fixed a bug where ability descriptions would reset after quickloading.
Fixed a bug where pets would reset after quickloading.
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to laminastudios@gmail.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, to some players, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.2 - Quickfix
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This patch brings some fixes and feedback changes.
<*> Fixed quicksave portal issue.
Dungeon Souls v1.0.5.2
Scope
Details of this section:
This section contains the scope of what patches were made in the current version.
This patch brings some fixes and feedback changes.
Game Elements
GUI
Ability Level Up Changed the level up overlay of abilities so that cooldown is no longer blocked. Thanks to Steam user Zior for the feedback!
Gamepad Deadzone Axis We've added a new option under "Gamepad Settings" that enables the player to customize the global deadzone value for the joysticks of gamepads. The higher the value, the higher the displacement of the joystick needs to be for the game to recognize that the joystick has moved.
Arcane Forge
Armory You can now unequip items. To do so, press 'R' (or the Y button on a gamepad) to enter in the unequip mode. Pressing the "pick" key will remove the selected item.
Items
Power Weapons Changed conversion effect of all power weapons. Now converts 5% of the damage dealt, instead of 100%.
Bug Fixes & Feedback Changes
Details of this section:
This section contains the bug fixes that were applied in issues detected in the previous versions.
Fixed a bug where Angry Clouds would leave graphical clutter after death.
Fixed a bug where the description of items in the shop could overlay when having a flavour text value of "all".
Fixed a bug where Rockstone Mountain could be repeated indefinitely due to "Strange Rock" spawning after visiting the hidden area.
Fixed a bug where the walls on "The End" would miss texture on certain parts.
Fixed a bug where the Core's health would still be drawn even after reaching 0HP.
Fixed a bug where the arcane forge's forged text could appear in other menus.
Fixed a bug where the fairy from neophyte ranks would disappear after the first floor.
Fixed a glitch where the information messages (such as the pet info) would have weird text placement.
Fixed an exploit where chests would spawn after quickloading.
Fixed a bug where difficulty settings were not being synched properly.
Fixed a bug where gamepads and controllers could bypass difficulty unlocks.
Fixed a bug where gamepads would still be found even when "Disable gamepad" was on.
Fixed a bug where gamepad deadzone would not be recognized for the right stick (we're still going to implement the way to customize the deadzone value).
Fixed a bug where Chroma Sword recipe was not being granted correctly. Everyone who got all recipes from Chroma event, except the Chroma Sword, will receive the Chroma Sword automatically
Fixed a bug where Mac users would not get the game to go window mode with the correct window resolution, when in windowed mode.
Improved FPS when casting Archer's Rain of Arrows.
Changed the walls on Rockstone Mountain to contrast better with the floor.
Applied an overlay effect to marks on Rockstone Mountain so they could be better distinguished from the floor.
Made the item information on the inventory screen more opaque with the goal of providing clearer information.
Changed teleporters so that they only stop working if items are near it, not potions.
Known Issues
In some systems (both operative system and hardware components), the game has severe lags spikes for brief periods of time. This usually has to do with malfunctioning input devices, but a fix is being developed. If this occurs to you, please send an email to laminastudios@gmail.com with the operative system you have and hardware, as well as any relevant information (the time you were playing at and what were you doing).
Currently, Steam functionalities are not working under Linux systems, as well as a few in-game functionalities (such as minimap). We are working into resolving this issue.
