25 Nov 2021Developer post

Nominate Curse of the Dead Gods for the Steam Awards 2021!

Hello, Pretenders! The Steam Awards are here! You can nominate Curse of the Dead Gods in any category but we would really recommend voting for us in the "Best Game You Suck At" category to maximize our chance to win, even though we all know you guys rock at Curse of the Dead Gods

22 Nov 2021Developer post

NEWS - Curse of the Dead Gods x Dead Cells + 40% off!

The world of Dead Cells is getting Curse of the Dead Gods-inspired items as part of our collab’ with Motion Twin! Back in April, we were honored to welcome our friends from Motion Twin by including a new character, three new weapons and a pretty cursed vault in a free update. Thi

15 Jun 2021Developer post

HOTFIX 1.24.4 - General fixes!

Hello, Pretenders! Curse of the Dead Gods and its first content patch have been officially out for a few months now and we couldn’t be happier with your reviews and feedback! Back in February, we released Curse of the Dead Gods with its full-intended content. At the moment, our t

Hello, Pretenders!

Curse of the Dead Gods and its first content patch have been officially out for a few months now and we couldn’t be happier with your reviews and feedback!

Back in February, we released Curse of the Dead Gods with its full-intended content. At the moment, our team is still debating about adding more things to the game as we are satisfied with its current state, but we’re also enthusiastic adding more of your thoughts and cool suggestions! We are adjusting with the development of a new game at Passtech and still trying to figure out at what capacity we would be able to continue working on Curse of the Dead Gods.

Not adding new content doesn’t mean not hunting some bugs! Today, here is a not-so-hot hotfix that fixes a few issues that came along with the CURSE OF THE DEAD CELLS patch!

Have a look at the patch note below for the detailed list of changes:

:: PATCH NOTES ::

Version 1.24.4 - June 15th, 2021

🍉 = Community additions

Fixed bugs

🍉 Spawn: Cannot spawn in traps at the beginning of rooms anymore
🍉 Kill: Cannot kill yourself with Void Bombs when holding the Sword of Conjunctivius anymore
🍉 Death Throe Echos: The stalactites caused by the “Death Throe Echos” Curse cannot kill you anymore when holding the Sword of Conjunctivius
🍉 Xbeltz’aloc Face: Now works with the Sword of Conjunctivius
🍉 Thorny Seeds: Thorny Seeds don’t activate on self-hit anymore
🍉 Eagle Eye: Cannot heal you after death anymore
🍉 Heal on kill: Cannot heal you after killing yourself with a bomb using the “heal on kill” affix anymore
🍉 Debug tool: Cannot use the debug tool in the HUB anymore
🍉 General: Fixed some localization and spelling mistakes
🍉 Xbox One: Fixed the Grey Screen bug that would occur when using Void Bombs
🍉 Nintendo Switch/Origin: Fixed a localization issue which wouldn’t warn players that activating the Assist mode was permanent Note: Assist mode has been deactivated on all Nintendo Switch/Origin saves because of a bug linked to the localization text. If you had a save mid-run, it will be erased. Finish it before updating! Otherwise, no general progress will be lost and you should be able to activate the Assist mode again with the correct warning message this time!

From the Community

Caradog imagined in Dead Cells by @Noldf1

- The Passtech Team

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14 Apr 2021Developer post

UPDATE 1.24 - Curse of the Dead Cells + 20% off!

Hello, Pretenders! Today, we are excited to release Curse of the Dead Gods’ first free post-launch patch! For this particular event, we partnered up with our friends at Motion Twin & Evil Empire to bring you this surprising crossover between Dead Cells and Curse of the Dead G

Hello, Pretenders!

Today, we are excited to release Curse of the Dead Gods’ first free post-launch patch! For this particular event, we partnered up with our friends at Motion Twin & Evil Empire to bring you this surprising crossover between Dead Cells and Curse of the Dead Gods!

You’ll learn everything you need to know about the CURSE OF THE DEAD CELLS UPDATE in our new trailer, right here:

Watch on YouTube

In addition to this crossover, we added a bunch of new content for Curse of the Dead Gods. Don’t forget to check our patch notes to learn all the crispy details. And that’s not all! Curse of the Dead Gods is currently 20% off on Steam and all platforms. It’s time to celebrate!

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:: PATCH NOTES ::

Version 1.24.2 - April 14th, 2021

🍉 = Community additions

Dead Cells crossover

3 new Iconic Weapons: + Broadsword of the Knight (Broadsword in Dead Cells) + Sword of Conjunctivius (Cursed Sword in Dead Cells) + Crossbow of the Condemned (Explosive Crossbow in Dead Cells) Note: These weapons need to be purchased in the Forsaken Weaponry!
Vault rooms (Cursed Chests in Dead Cells): A new room type inspired by the Cursed Chest in Dead Cells! Defeat all enemies without getting hit to reveal what’s inside this special chest… Spoilers: it’s cursed
New Curse - Curse of the Headless: Pay homage to the Prisoner by sporting his iconic flaming head… at the cost of a terrible Curse

New features

New Fighting Style for Two-handed weapons: Bombs + Pirate Bombs + Crackling Grenades + Sticks of Dynamite + Incendiary Bombs + Fuming Skulls + Lightning Orbs + “Devouring Orbs”, Bombs of the Void
New Curse: Reflected Temple. Yes, it means what you think it means
7 New Relics: + Alchemist’s Manual + Mark of the Enlightened + Templar Amulet + Scroll of Sacred Songs + Obsidian Bracelet + Blazing Ring + Thorns Seed
🍉 Weapon banishing: It is now possible to ban and unban weapons from the Forsaken Weaponry in the Underworld, at no cost
🍉 Sorting system: It is now possible to sort all weapons in the Forsaken Weaponry section of the Underworld. Base weapons are now available for consultation
🍉 Assist Mode: Curse of the Dead Gods is a challenging game by design. However, if you want a more customized and accessible experience, you can now enable the Assist Mode to drastically change the game’s behaviour
More Rooms: We added a bunch more rooms in the Jaguar, Eagle and Serpent Temples to balance things out and bring more variety

Balancing

🍉 Eagle Temple general balancing: We heard you! We’ve made quite a few tweaks in the Eagle Temple to try to create a more enjoyable experience + Less “Medium” enemies at the beginning of explorations + Made some enemy waves “easier” in some Weapon and Upgrade rooms + Spawning of enemies in Tier 3 Time Challenge rooms is now kinder + Projectiles from the Eagle head traps are now slower, making them easier to dodge + In some rooms, percentage of traps appearing has been reduced
General: + Element - Lightning: Fixed Lightning strike damage calculation, now taking into consideration all damage modifiers from triggering attack Design Notes: Some damage modifiers, like critical damage, were not taken into consideration when computing the lightning strikes’ damage, making them less powerful than intended. They should now always deal 50% damage of the triggering strike. Some lightning weapons’ damage has been reworked to balance the equation). + Gold - Challenge Rooms: Increased initial amount of Gold to 2500 (from 2000) + Curse - Biting Breath: Increased attack range of Eagle statues under the effect of the curse "Biting Breath” + Blessing - Skillful Adaptation: Skillful Adaptation is now triggered when killing summoned enemies + Blessing - Brutal Temper: Fixed this blessing so it correctly triggers in every situation + Rooms:
- Jaguar Temple: The Exploration and Challenge rooms of the Jaguar Temple are now assigned to specific tiers (like the other temples)
- Serpent Temple: Challenge Room in Tier 3 is now a bit more difficult (harmonization)
+ Relic - Eagle Eye:
- Removed Rare Version
- Very Rare version now heals 5% of critical damage dealt (from 10%)
Design Notes: Eagle Eye was just off the charts in terms of healing potential. It should now encourage players to build a strong synergy to make the best of it rather than relying on the relic’s raw power.
+ 🍉 Curse removal: It is now possible to remove a ‘Pending Curse’ while at a Champion or Boss room. Pending Curses can be Temple-themed Curses in Mixed Explorations or Curses received while fighting a Champion or a Boss.
+ Greed Kill: Gold gain Bonus is now maxed out at x10 (+500%) instead of x20 (+1000%)
Design Notes: Reaching x20 Greed Kill was almost only possible by using the Endless Greed blessing, thus rewarding this blessing with a huge amount of additional Gold in addition to its already powerful effects. The change should not change much gold gains without this blessing, and better balance the gains when playing with it.
🍉 Enemies:
+ Blademasters: Regular versions’ HP reduced to 250 (from 270), Elites’ reduced to 750 (from 810)
+ Sentinels: Rain of Arrows attack cannot be parried anymore (consistency with other AOE attacks)
+ Soul Reliquaries:
- Regular versions can now heal up to 2 enemies (from 3). Elite versions still heal up to 3 enemies
- Soul Reliquaries are now less inclined to use their Siphon Beam while other enemies are attacking around them
- Soul Reliquaries have increased recovery time after Healing or using Siphon Beam
- Regular versions’ HP reduced to 160 (from 180), Elites’ reduced to 480 (from 540)
+ 🍉 Dreadful Offspring:
- Reduced tracking time for their Chain Lightning attack to 1sec (from 2sec)
- Increased attack cooldowns so they attack less frequently
- Regular versions’ HP reduced to 180 (from 200), Elites’ reduced to 540 (from 600)
+ Malok Paal: Fist pounding attack cannot be parried anymore (consistency with other AOE attacks)
Design Notes: The behaviour of this Champion has also been slightly modified to make him a little more active and efficient.
+ Final Boss: Heavy weapon smash in the second phase cannot be parried anymore (consistency with other AOE attacks)
+ Dark Avatar of the Serpent: Increase summoning cooldown to 35sec (from 30sec)
Weapons:
+ 🍉 Champions’ Weapons: Secret Champions’ Weapons can now also be found in Weapons Sanctuaries once unlocked and bought in the Forsaken Weaponry!
+ Throwing Weapons: Raw damage of all Throwing Weapons has been increased by ~10%
+ Obsidian Stiletto: Increased Raw Damage to 24 (from 20)
+ Bone Shard Whip: Increased Critical damage time after a kill to 5 seconds (from 3). Raw Damage set to 32 (from 29)
+ Blazing Shield: Raw Damage set to 32 (from 35)
+ Barbed Shield: Now reflects 100% damage to parried melee attackers (from 50%)
+ Storm’s Bulwark: Raw Damage set to 28 (from 35)
+ Sky Hammer: Raw Damage set to 36 (from 40)
+ Storm’s Point: Raw Damage set to 22 (from 24)
+ 🍉 “Moonblade”, Night’s Sword: Raw Damage set to 15 (from 12)
+ 🍉 “Gambit”, Xbeltz’aloc’s Gauntlet: Charged Attacks extra hits deal now 200% damage and critical damage (same as final Charged attack hit)
+ 🍉 “Annihilation”, Bow of madness: Raw Damage set to 15 (from 12)
+ 🍉 “Cataclysm”, T’amok’s Fury: Can no longer have the Affix reducing damage dealt in Light
+ 🍉 “Reaper”: Raw damage set to 20 (from 16)
+ 🍉 “Abnegation”, Xbeltz’aloc’s Blade: Raw damage set to 13 (from 12)
+ 🍉 “Fulmination”, Death’s Rempart: Raw damage set to 32 (from 28)
+ 🍉 "Effulgence”, Harbringer of Yaatz: Charged shots no longer cross enemies
Design Notes: With the lightning strikes calculation fixes, this change encourages players to use lightning on multiple targets before releasing the powerful lightning strikes.
🍉 “Disembowler”, Dread Claw: All finishers’ hits now deal critical damage
Design Notes: Many Cursed Weapons were a bit low in terms of damage. In combination with their special affixes review, Cursed Weapons should now get the place they deserve!
🍉 Cursed Affixes:
+ +50% damage taken reduced to +25% damage taken
+ +100% damage taken reduced to +50% damage taken
+ Gold loss on each attack reduced to 5 (from 10)
+ Merged +damage per other Cursed Weapon and +damage per Cursed Relic in a single Affix
+ Added new Cursed Affix: +50% damage to Elite, Champions & Bosses

Visual changes

Relics icons: All relics now have their own pretty icons! Note: We've been putting off relics’ icons for the entire Early Access period to focus on more essential features, but we've finally given each of the game's relics a visual! The main effect is now represented in the item's frame. In addition to the visual enrichment, this should help to better identify the relics in the UI and make it easier to remember their effects.
Main Hub: Pimp my Hub! + Starting weapons altars are now all fancy (and with a progression system!) + A more visual effect to the resurrection of your character + A lot of potteries + Even more potteries
Biomes & Bosses introductions: We added a little name to all the different sections of the Temple. Champions & Bosses also now display their names during their introductions
Xak’ olchir, the Blood Hunter: Changed the look of his invocation portals
🍉 Dreadful Offsprings: Teleportation and projectiles VFXs have been modified to make the combat more clear
Curses: + Dark Fervor: Since Dark Fervor removes the corruption cost of changing rooms, the purple glow of the doors is replaced by the color of the current temple you’re exploring + Gold Puncture: Under the effect of Gold Puncture, a seal marks each door to signify the payment in gold (or life) that the player is about to make
Weapons: + Spears: We added visual emphasis to the tip of Spear attacks to better convey their passive critical effect + Whips: The VFX of the whip off-hand combo has been reworked to better differentiate it from the charged Spear attacks
Stamina while poisoned: Dots representing Stamina are now green when you’re suffering the poison effect

Fixed bugs & QoL

Claws: Fixed a bug where you could do a charged attack with the claw without stamina
🍉 T’amok’s Bones: Fixed a bug where players could stack on Constitution with the Blessing “T’amok’s Bones”
🍉 Brutal Temper: Fixed a bug where Brutal Temper wouldn’t apply correctly
🍉 OOB: Fixed some OOB issues, occurring mostly on the Nintendo Switch
🍉 Blood Emblems: Fixed a bug where you couldn’t win a Blood Emblem after an OOB issue in the Abomination’s room
Critters: Fixed an issue where critters (bats, vermins), would count in the ‘Enemies killed’ stats
Final Boss: Fixed a bug where the diving attack of the Final Boss didn’t inflict corruption
🍉 Localization: Fixed some minor localization issues (missing Japanese characters, misspellings)

From the community

Malok Paal By @GuntherGamer7

By @Pascal

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07 Apr 2021Developer post

NEWS - Curse of the Dead Cells update?!

We are proud to announce a partnership with Motion Twin and Evil Empire for “CURSE OF THE DEAD CELLS”, a crossover update releasing on April 14 ! This free update to Curse of the Dead Gods will add a new curse, three new weapons, and a new kind of Challenge Room, all inspired by

04 Mar 2021Developer post

HOTFIX 1.23.3.8 - PS4/PS5 pads & Achievements

Hello, Pretenders! It's been a little over a week since the release of Curse of the Dead Gods on all platforms and we couldn't be more happy and proud of the reception! If you've been hesitant to step foot into the Temple, know that you can get Curse of the Dead Gods with a 10% d

Hello, Pretenders!

It's been a little over a week since the release of Curse of the Dead Gods on all platforms and we couldn't be more happy and proud of the reception! If you've been hesitant to step foot into the Temple, know that you can get Curse of the Dead Gods with a 10% discount until March 9th!

We‘re aware that some explorers have suffered from terrible Curses last week. If you had trouble with PS4/PS5 pads, achievements, and Sincere Offerings, our hotfix today has come to the rescue!

In this minor patch, we fixed (ver. 1.23.3.8):

🍉 PS4 & PS5 pads connectivity: Fixed most issues where PS4 & PS5 controllers weren't recognized by the game at launch or after being disconnected
🍉 Playstation UI buttons: Fixed an issue where the inputs in the HUD wouldn't display the proper buttons for Playstation controllers
🍉 Invulnerability / Omnipotence / Clairvoyance Achievements: Fixed a bug where those 3 Achievements wouldn't unlock
🍉 Sincere Offerings: Fixed a bug where you could pay with Corruption at Altars with your mouse when suffering this Curse
Gold stats: Fixed a bug where the Gold record wasn't updated in the Selection menu

Note: We expect most issues with PS4 & PS5 pads to be fixed, but if you are still encountering problems, let us know on our Discord server or in the comments under this post!

Now close your eyes, Pretenders, if you don't want to get spoiled! We are going to reveal how to drop the Eagle Champions' weapons ⚡️ We know a few of you have already found the conditions, but are still waiting for a confirmation. Here it is!

Both weapons have a 20% chance to drop if the condition is met. There is only one requirement for each Champion, and it is never too late to complete it:

K'ax Taca, High Lord of the Storm

To drop “Effulgence”, Harbinger of Yaatz, you need to inflict the fatal blow to K'ax Taca while he is attacking with his laser/lightning beam.

Malok Paal, the Flesh Monstrosity

To drop “Sunderer”, Fist of Doom, you need to perform 5 perfect dodges when he dashes.

The odds are now in your hands, Pretenders! Let us know what you think of those new weapons ;)

If you want to see them being unlocked live, Margaux from the team is currently doing a devstream! Join her on our Twitch channel.

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23 Feb 2021Developer post

UPDATE - Curse of the Dead Gods is out of Early Access! (v1.0)

Hello, Pretenders! It’s a big day today, probably the biggest of the year for us! Curse of the Dead Gods is officially out of Early Access and available in version 1.0 (actually, 1.23, don’t be surprised). Have a look at our launch trailer down here: There are not enough words to

Hello, Pretenders!

It’s a big day today, probably the biggest of the year for us! Curse of the Dead Gods is officially out of Early Access and available in version 1.0 (actually, 1.23, don’t be surprised). Have a look at our launch trailer down here:

Watch on YouTube

There are not enough words to express how we feel about the game being out, the community’s support throughout the Early Access, and the new journeys that are to come. Thank you very much, and we truly hope you’ll enjoy what the Temple has to offer. Share your feedback with us on the Steam forums or on our Discord server, we cannot wait to read it!

There’s more to come!

We are planning tons of livestreams this week with the Passtech team and we hope to see you there! Have a look at our Twitch schedule:

Follow us on Twitter or Twitch to not miss any!

If you’re a longtime player, you’ll probably want to read our patch notes below detailing the changes and new additions to Curse of the Dead Gods:

:: PATCH NOTES ::

Version 1.23.2.5 - February 23rd 2021

🍉 = Community additions

New features

Mixed Temples: + Go through all three Temples: The "mixed" explorations have been added and allow you to browse a special assortment of the three Temples and reach the final confrontation!
New Hard Modes & Selection Menu: + The different explorations as well as the menu giving access to them have been reworked Notes for longtime players: "Hard" explorations have been removed from the game. The "Very Hard" explorations can be found in the "Hard" part of the explorations next to new mixed explorations offering new levels of difficulty. The "final" explorations (with the countdown) are now daily events. Daily events are now cumulative up to 3 (instead of 6).
New Weapons: + Cursed Weapon - Bow - "Effulgence", Harbinger of Yaatz + Cursed Weapon - Shield - "Sunderer", Fist of Doom Design note: Two new hidden weapons have been added. Like the other Champions’ Weapons, these can be obtained by defeating the Champions of the Eagle Temple by fulfilling a special condition. + Main Weapon - Throwing Weapon - Evasive Knives
Achievements: + Unlock all 30 achievements on Steam!
Codex entries: + The Eagle bestiary and Pantheon entries have been added!

Balancing

Introduction Champions & Bosses: A quick cinematic introduction has been added at the beginning of the Champion and Boss fights
🍉 Jade Rings: Jade rings are now awarded at each victory against a Champion or Boss (regardless of the exploration chosen). The bonus for the first completion of an exploration has been removed Design note: Crystal Skulls and Jade Rings gains on Champions & Bosses are increased by 40% for difficult explorations.
Weapons: + 🍉 Whips: Acceleration of the "Off-hand Combo” attack. It now hits 0.1s earlier than before. + Spears: Slight increase in the area triggering critical hits when the attack hits with the tip of the spear + Shields: The charged attack now inflicts a light stun instead of a heavy stun. Stopping an enemy attack always inflicts a heavy stun. It is now possible to chain attacks with your main weapon earlier after a charged shield attack + 🍉 Shield - Whispering Aegis: Will no longer trigger an automatic parry during the dodge window + Claw - "Disembowler", Dread Claw: Base damage increased to 13 (instead of 12). Additional swirling attacks have a radius increased to 4m (instead of 3m) + Spear - "Vengeance", Xbeltz’aloc’s Spine: The Riposte triggered during an attack after a successful parry now inflicts critical damage and interrupts standard enemy attacks. The description has been adjusted to clarify the effect
🍉 Curses: We added upsides to some Curses + Shadow Word: The player now deals 20% more damage in the dark when this curse is active. + Visions of Madness: Dodging no longer costs stamina when the hallucination effect of this curse is active
Blessings: + Brutal Temper: The time window during which you have to kill two enemies to activate the effect is increased to 3 seconds (instead of 1 second)
Enemies: + 🍉 Plaguebringer: The protection time of the Plaguebringer has been reduced by 1 second
Environment: + Balancing in the Eagle Temple’s rooms: The waves of enemies in the Weapon, Upgrade, and Challenge rooms of the Eagle Temple are a little harder, to match the difficulty of the other temples + Flamethrowers: Flamethrowers in the Jaguar Temple can be interrupted by a dark attack
Stats: A new and more detailed screen showing more statistics appears on the Victory / Defeat screen
Tips: Tips have been relocated to the Main Hub and can be accessible by pressing the “Map” button

Fixed bugs

🍉 OOB issues: Most Out of Bounds issues have been fixed
🍉 Black screens: Fixed a bug where a black screen would appear if you died at the same time as a Champion
🍉 Blood Priest: Fixed a bug where Blood Priests would get stuck on spike traps.

Known issues

Impossible to reconnect a PS4 pads after it’s been disconnected
Incompatibility with PS5 controllers

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18 Feb 2021Developer post

NEWS - Gameplay Overview Trailer + Devstreams

Hello, Pretenders! We are less than one week away from the official launch of Curse of the Dead Gods! It’s been an amazing year in Early Access on Steam and we’re proud of what the game came out to be. We’ve prepared you a new Gameplay Overview trailer to celebrate the release of

Hello, Pretenders!

We are less than one week away from the official launch of Curse of the Dead Gods! It’s been an amazing year in Early Access on Steam and we’re proud of what the game came out to be. We’ve prepared you a new Gameplay Overview trailer to celebrate the release of the game! Plus it’s voiced by the delighting Jane Perry who recently played Diana in the Hitman trilogy series and it just sounds wonderful.

Have a look for yourself:

Watch on YouTube

Release week celebration with the Devs

We’ll have a special event for the release week of Curse of the Dead Gods! Tune in from Monday 22nd until Sunday 28th on Twitch!

Meet us each day with a different member of the Passtech team to talk about the development of Curse of the Dead Gods and try some fun challenges in the Temple. We hope to see you there!

Here's the schedule for next week:

Monday 22nd - 17:00 (CET) - Pascal (Level Design) & Margaux (Production & Communication) - IN FRENCH
Tuesday 23rd - 15:00 (CET) - Adrien (Game Design), Margaux & Jérémy (Creative Producer at Focus Home Interactive) - IN FRENCH
Tuesday 23rd - 17: 00 (CET) - Valentin (Art Direction), Margaux & Jérémy - IN ENGLISH
Wednesday 24th - 17:00 (CET) - Adrien & Margaux - IN ENGLISH
Thursday 25th - 17:00 (CET) - All the Passtech team! - IN FRENCH & ENGLISH (we'll try haha)
Friday 26th - 17:00 (CET) - Sylvain (Programming) & Margaux - IN ENGLISH
Saturday 27th - 17:00 (CET) - Margaux - IN ENGLISH
Sunday 28th - 17:00 (CET) - Margaux - IN ENGLISH

Follow us on Twitch to not miss any devstreams!

OST

The soundtrack for Curse of the Dead Gods will be available next week on Steam! 15 tracks of music to explore the dark Temple’s depths and fight the Champions of the Dead Gods. Composed by Léon Shelby and provided in MP3 and FLAC formats, the soundtrack will be available on February 23rd.

Memorable deaths in the Temple

Our Art director Valentin started a series of special artworks representing the most miserable and inevitable deaths you'll suffer in our Temple!

Follow him or us on Twitter to not miss any!

Livestream today

To top it off, Margaux from the team will be streaming today at:
- 17:00 (CET)
- 16:00 (GMT)
- 08:00am (PST)
- 11:00am (EST)

Actually, it just started! Join us on our Twitch channel right now!

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14 Jan 2021Developer post

NEWS - Leaving Early Access on February 23rd (v1.0)

Hello, Pretenders! We have some incredible news for you today! We are very excited and proud to announce that Curse of the Dead Gods will be leaving Early Access on February 23rd of 2021! That’s right! We are planning our full release for next month and we can’t wait to reveal th

17 Dec 2020Developer post

NEWS - Words from the Devs

Hello, Pretenders! We hope you’re still having fun in the Eagle Temple that we released last month! This new temple brings its share of new content with more enemies, traps, Champions and a Temple Boss! Which of you have already climbed the Eagle’s Spire and defeated the Dark Ava

Hello, Pretenders!

We hope you’re still having fun in the Eagle Temple that we released last month! This new temple brings its share of new content with more enemies, traps, Champions and a Temple Boss! Which of you have already climbed the Eagle’s Spire and defeated the Dark Avatar of the Eagle? We’re curious to know!

The third temple was a big step in the Early Access of Curse of the Dead Gods, and we’re so proud to have completed it in time! There are still adjustments that need to be made thanks to your feedback and suggestions. If you’re interested in our creative process, we will publish in our dev diary next week how we made this temple!

In the meantime, here’s a selection of some cool artworks made by Valentin, our art director!

As you may have noticed on our roadmap, we’re close to our v.1.0 release! It will be synchronised with the long-awaited consoles releases and will feature the final Temple of Curse of the Dead Gods! (among other things that you can peek at on the roadmap). We’re reaching the end of the adventure, but it doesn’t mean we’ll stop working on the game. We have at least one update planned after the official release of Curse of the Dead Gods, and for the rest… we’ll have to see how the game does once out on the market!

Right now, we’re focusing all our efforts on putting an end to this incredible journey. All of our time is dedicated to adding the grand finale, polishing every aspect, and correcting bugs to make the game run as smoothly as possible. Plus, the holiday break is coming and we’ll take some time off to celebrate with our loved ones! That’s why there won’t be any update until the final release of Curse of the Dead Gods.

We’ll be back soon in 2021 with more news! In the meantime, we hope you all have a good holiday season and that you play some games with your friends and family.

- The Passtech Team 🍉

PS: We won’t go silent during our break, don’t worry! Join our Discord server to chat with us, or follow our Twitch channel to not miss any livestreams!

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25 Nov 2020Developer post

UPDATE 0.22.0 - The Eagle's Spire

Hello, Pretenders ! It’s here! The Eagle Temple is finally ready! The EAGLE’S SPIRE update is now available on Steam. We have a lot to say, so have a good read (and have fun!) :: PATCH NOTES :: Version 0.22.0 - November 25th 2020 🍉 = Community additions New features The Eagle Te

Hello, Pretenders !

It’s here! The Eagle Temple is finally ready! The EAGLE’S SPIRE update is now available on Steam. We have a lot to say, so have a good read (and have fun!)

Watch on YouTube

:: PATCH NOTES ::

Version 0.22.0 - November 25th 2020

🍉 = Community additions

New features

The Eagle Temple: + New environments + New traps + 6 new foes with their elite versions + 2 new Champions + 1 new Temple Boss + 5 new Curses
- Eternal Guardians
- 🍉 Dark Mines
- Biting Breath
- Sky Fire
- Chromatic Defense
Have fun! Give us your feedback on our Discord server or on the Steam forums 🍉

Disclaimer: We had some problems with the writing of certain texts related to the Eagle Temple. What’s missing in this version:
- The bestiary notes for the Eagle enemies
- The introductory texts of the specific Eagle curses
- The mood text of the new blessing
These texts will soon be integrated into the game! Regarding the bestiary notes, please note that this does not prevent the unlocking of the entries in the Eagle bestiary (and the golden portrait version). The texts will be automatically updated when they are integrated into the game.

Also, we were not able to produce the secret weapons that can be obtained when defeating a Champion (under special conditions) in this update. Rest assured, these will arrive soon!

Balancing

🍉 Perception: The Perception stat now increases, in addition to the amount of gold found, the chance of killed enemies dropping a piece of equipment. Usually, one enemy per room can release a piece of equipment. Perception now increases the chance of two enemies releasing an item (or even more if you exceed 100% found treasure!)
🍉 Cursed weapons & Dark damage: The Cursed weapons and the functioning of Dark damage have been reworked + Cursed weapons now have 2 exclusive affixes, 1 positive and 1 negative, randomly selected from the existing ones + Dark attacks now take advantage of the other 3 elements! + Dark attacks extinguish a flaming enemy and apply the ‘Weaken’ effect to them + Dark attacks inflict poison on a poisoned enemy + Dark attacks instantly trigger lightning on an electrified enemy.
Revision of the damage formula: We have reworked the way we calculate the final damage of the main character's attack. The calculation is based on several factors: • A: The basic power of the weapon (white number in its description sheet) • B: The basic damage increase factor (final result in yellow numbers in its description sheet, including the dexterity bonus) • C: The contextual additional bonus damage factor (e.g. additional damage to fire attacks, in the back damage bonus affixes) • D: The movement factor (e.g. a charged sword attack inflicts 200% damage) • E: The critical hit factor (+50% by default, increased by effects increasing critical hit damage) • F: The weakened factor when hitting a weakened enemy (+50% by default, increased by the effects increasing the damage on weakened enemies) Previously the calculation was as follows: A x B x C x D x E x F The new formula is now: A x (B + C) x D x (E + F) The purpose of this change is to temper the damage curve when the damage becomes very high. Previously, the formula was very explosive and allowed for final damage that was too high compared to the game progress curve when damage based synergies were created. Don't worry, it is still possible to inflict very heavy damage ;)
🍉 Review of Blessings: Some of the blessings have been reworked to better balance them and offer more attractive effects. + Tamok's Breath: Your physical attacks (non-elementary) have a 50% chance to turn into fire attacks + Indomitable: Restore 50% max health after defeating a non-optional Champion or Boss + T’amok’s Bones: Gain 5 Constitution at the start of your exploration and 1 Constitution at the beginning of each room if your health is below 50% of its maximum + Skillful Adaptation: After defeating an enemy with your Main or Secondary weapon, your Two-Handed weapon deals 50% more damage and vice-versa + Gust of Agility: Gain 5 Dexterity at the start of your exploration. Any Perfect Dodge triggers Haste (increased movement speed for 5 seconds) + Sich’al’s Treasures: Gain 2 Perception each time you make a Gold Offering + Favor of Sich’al: Gain 1000 gold and 5 Perception at the start of your exploration + Gift of Transmutation: Sich’al’s Trove has been replaced by Gift of Transmutation: any healing that exceeds max health is turned into gold + Reptilian Hunger: The maximum damage bonus is now 50% (instead of 100%) + The costs and conditions of unlocking have been adjusted for certain blessings. For long-time players who have already unlocked these blessings, they will now be re-locked and will have to be purchased again. Crystal Skulls previously invested in these blessings will be re-credited to you.
Removal of relics: Some relics were removed, either because they did not provide enough benefit to the player, or because their effect was too circumstantial, or because their effects were introduced into the redesign of blessings. + Crystal Shards + Crystal Orb + Crown of Purgation + Jewel of Transmutation
Relic - Temple’s Heart: Healing effects increased to 4%/8%/12% (instead of 3/6/9)
Relic - Torture Ring: Healing effects increased to 3%/6%/9% (instead of 2/4/6)
Relic - Humble Tiara: Healing effects increased to 6%/12%/18% (instead of 5/10/15)
Lightning: The time during which enemies are electrified is increased to 8 seconds (instead of 5 seconds)
Weapons altars: Once the altar's upgrades are achieved, the chance of common weapons (with special effects) appearing on the weapon's altars is now 75% (instead of 100%)
Locked defense windows: In the past, certain movements such as charged attacks prevented the use of dodge or parry for a short period of time. All of these locking windows have been removed, except for heavy two-handed weapons where they remain in place on each attack
Whips: The charged attack with whips now requires only one point of stamina (instead of 2)
Shields: The distance traveled by the character during a charged attack with a shield has been reduced by about 10%
🍉 Seeker’s Mace: Now grants +5% basic damage per level of transported relic (instead of 2%)
Curse - Gold Puncture: If gold is paid, now restores 10% of maximum health (instead of 5%)
🍉 Prophetesses: The prophetesses in trance will no longer trigger their counterattack if they are hit by the environment
🍉 Titan Skulls: Adjustment of the life span of the spinning blades sent by the Titan Skulls + Normal version: the lifetime reduces to 2.5 seconds (instead of 3.5) + Elite version: lifetime increases to 4.5 seconds (instead of 3.5)

Visual changes

FX: Addition of electric impacts on the ground for heavy two-handed weapons

Fixed bugs et QoL

🍉 Graphic options: Graphic options: We have added an option to remove the SSAO and replace it with an outline; and an option to enable or disable the bloom
Damage: Damage that breaks the enemy's guards does its damage correctly
Shadows: Fixed a bug that did not make the shadows disappear once an object was destroyed

Known bugs

Champions and Bosses slip out of their arenas, preventing you from finishing the fight
It is possible to die at the same time as a Champion or a Boss, preventing the display of the victory or defeat screen

What’s cooking in the Temple

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19 Nov 2020Developer post

NEWS - What's coming this November

Hello, Pretenders! The whole Passtech team has been working on the upcoming EAGLE’S SPIRE update, coming out on November 25th ! It’s almost ready, mark it in your calendars! 🦅 This new update brings a whole new Temple with a new environment, as well as new enemies & traps. W

29 Oct 2020Developer post

UPDATE 0.21.0 - The Armory + Sales 33% off!

Hello, Pretenders! Are you ready for our monthly update? Here comes the ARMORY! New weapons, a new Underworld, and the Lightning element await you in the Temple! ⚡️⚔ Check out our new Trailer! ALSO! Curse of the Dead Gods is 33% off for a limited time 🎃 Grab it now! :: PATCH NOT

Hello, Pretenders!

Are you ready for our monthly update? Here comes the ARMORY! New weapons, a new Underworld, and the Lightning element await you in the Temple! ⚡️⚔

Check out our new Trailer!

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ALSO! Curse of the Dead Gods is 33% off for a limited time 🎃 Grab it now!

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Version 0.21.0 - October 29th, 2020

🍉 = Community additions

New features

New Underworld:
- The Armory: New upgrade tab in the Underworld: + Unlock new weapons to find them in all your next explorations! + All weapons from the game have been separated into two categories: a starting selection matching all the default weapons you can find in the Temple, and a selection of weapons to unlock in the Underworld + When you unlock a new weapon, it can appear in any of your future explorations + Champions’ weapons have to be unveiled first: unlocking them in the Underworld will give you a chance to find them in weapon Sanctuaries + The Armory is destined to evolve! Please share your feedback with us to make it better
- 🍉 Weapons altars: New game mechanic + You’ll now find in the Main Hall some weapon altars that will offer you different equippable weapons before each exploration! + A new upgrade tab appears in the Underworld: Restore weapon altars to expand your starting weapon choices and upgrade them to increase their quality + Choices offered by weapon altars are renewed after each exploration or when you upgrade the altars in the Underworld

New currency: Jade rings + Defeat the last Champion or Boss of each exploration to gain Jade rings! + Jade rings can be spent to unlock new weapons in the Underworld + A first victory will award you a large number of Jade rings. Each additional victory for an already completed exploration will give you a few more Jade rings + Note that some previously available by default weapons are now to be unlocked in the Underworld. For the pre-update players, Jade rings will be credited depending on the completed explorations.

New fighting styles:
- Throwing weapons, main weapons + Simple attack (x2): launches a projectile at mid-range + Final blow of the combo (1 stamina point required): launches a projectile at mid-range that inflicts critical damage at 200% of the weapon's damage + Charged attack (1 stamina point required): launches 4 projectiles on 4 different close targets. Each projectile inflicts 150% of the weapon's damage. + New weapons list:
  - Throwing Knives
  - Weighted Blades
  - Hunting Axes
  - Silver Stars
  - Chromatic Knives
  - “Heartseekers”, Teeth of Death
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- 🍉 Whips, secondary weapons + Simple attack (x1) (1 stamina point required): hits at medium distance + Final blow of the combo (1 stamina point required): hits at medium distance, inflicts critical damage + "Off-Hand Combo" (1 stamina point required): launches a swirling attack that deals 150% of the weapon's damage to all nearby targets. + Charged attack (2 stamina points required): attracts hit enemies close to the character. Can interrupt enemy attacks New weapons list:
  - Braided Whip
  - Barbed Whip
  - Desperation’s Flail
  - Stinger Lash
  - Bone Shard Whip
  - Storm Lash
  - “Flagellation”, Mistress of Agony
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New element: Lightning + Lightning completes the trinity of elements alongside fire and poison! + Lightning weapons apply an “electrified” status to hit enemies + Final attacks with lightning weapons trigger a lightning bolt, which will strike all surrounding electrified enemies (each lightning bolt inflicts 50% of the final attack's damage). + Entities struck by lightning are also set on fire + New weapon affixes and relics related to lightning and new weapon styles have been added

New weapons + New weapons from previous fighting styles have been added:
- Main weapon - Sword: Gusting Glaive
- Main weapon - Mace: Spark Hammer
- Main weapon - Claw: Warmonger Claws
- Main weapon - Claw: Blunt Claws
- Secondary weapon - Pistol: Alchemist’s Firestick
- Secondary weapon - Shield: Storm’s Bulwark
- Secondary weapon - Shield: Worn Shield
- Secondary weapon - Dagger: Obsidian Stiletto
- Secondary weapon - Dagger: Chipped Dagger
- Two-handed weapon - Heavy: Sky Hammer
- Two-handed weapon - Heavy: Stone Hammer
- Two-handed weapon - Heavy: Broken Longsword
- Two-handed weapon - Spear: Storm’s Point
- Two-handed weapon - Spear: Primitive Spear
- 🍉 Two-handed weapon - Bow: Serpent Bow
- Two-handed weapon - Bow: Stiff Bow

New Champion’s weapon: “Cataclysm”, T’amok’s Fury - Whip + A new Champion’s weapon can now be found when fighting the Cursed Twins of the Jaguar Temple! + The special condition is different from the one for "Moonblade", Night’s Sword (but they are indeed "Twins", aren’t they?... 😉) + Only one Champion’s weapon can be obtained during a fight: if both conditions are met, a random draw determines the weapon released

Balancing

🍉 Bows: The playstyle of bows has been revised + Single shots can now be chained together very quickly, making it possible to inflict damage quickly from a distance + Perfect shots become charged shots: once fully loaded, they inflict a critical attack based on 200% of the weapon's damage + Fully charged shots from all bows are now piercing; each enemy hit restores 1 stamina point + Keen Bow now has a new special effect: fully charged shots increase their damage by 50% for each enemy hit
Jaguar Hammer: Base damage adjusted to 45 (instead of 40)
🍉 Stone Breaker: Base damage adjusted to 45 (instead of 40)
Two-handed Weapons - Heavy: The distance traveled in a charged attack with a heavy weapon has been reduced by about 20%. The impact zone has been reduced by about 10%
Dodge: The dodge time for rolls is now 24 frames (instead of 18) Design note: The previous window could cause frustration when a highly anticipated dodge resulted in damage while the character still seemed to be visually rolling.
Loot: The chance of obtaining a Relic or Weapon from a chest or an enemy is now 60% for a Relic and 40% for a Weapon (previously 50/50)
Corruption: Corrupt prices for weapon upgrades were increased by 10 points
Off-hand Combo: All "Off-hand Combo" now inflict 150% of the weapon's damage (instead of 100%)

Visual changes

Redesign of the Underworld interface: The different Underworld menus have been redesigned and harmonized
Hero's Hand: The FX of the hero's corrupted hand now adapts to his number of curses
Weapon frames: Frames of the equipped weapons change according to the quality of the equipment

Fixed bugs & QoL

🍉 Victory Cinematics: Fixed a bug that would cause the hero to leave the arena during victory cinematics against a Champion or Boss
🍉 Calendar door: Fixed a bug that caused the calendar door to rotate too fast when canceling during the Exploration menu
🍉 Screenshake: Added an option to disable screenshake
Lost focus: The game now pauses when you alt-tab, return to the desktop or just lose focus. This option is enabled by default but can be disabled if necessary (streaming purpose, etc.) Note: The game officially shifted to 64-bit. If you’re having troubles with your 32-bit operating system and launching the game, please contact us at [email protected]

Known Bugs

Champions and Bosses slip out of their arenas, preventing you from finishing the fight
It is possible to die at the same time as a Champion or a Boss, preventing the display of the victory or defeat screen

What’s cooking in the Temple

Original post

22 Oct 2020Developer post

NEWS - What's coming this October

Hello, Pretenders! We’re so excited to reveal more about our upcoming major update: THE ARMORY ! If you want to keep everything fresh, skip this post to avoid any spoilers. We are about to give you an extensive preview of what’s coming in just a few days! To remind you, THE ARMOR

24 Sep 2020Developer post

NEWS - Some behind the scenes!

Hello, Pretenders! The Passtech team is working hard on our next two updates: THE ARMORY and THE EAGLE'S SPIRE . In case you missed it, we released another minor update this September: PATH OF TRIALS . Have a look at our roadmap to get a more comprehensive look at what's coming t

18 Sep 2020Developer post

NEWS - Fan kit

Hello, Pretenders! In this week’s community post, we’ll have a fan kit of wallpapers and avatars to share with you! Have a look below for some sweet little goodies: ➡️ Download the fan kit here PATH OF TRIALS UPDATE If you’ve missed it, we released a new update last week: PATH OF

Updates & announcements

The world of Dead Cells is getting Curse of the Dead Gods-inspired items as part of our collab’ with Motion Twin!

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Version 1.24.4 - June 15th, 2021

Fixed bugs

From the Community

:: PATCH NOTES ::

Version 1.24.2 - April 14th, 2021

Dead Cells crossover

New features

Balancing

Visual changes

Fixed bugs & QoL

From the community

What kind of Dead Cells-themed content can you expect?

K'ax Taca, High Lord of the Storm

Malok Paal, the Flesh Monstrosity

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Version 1.23.2.5 - February 23rd 2021

New features

Balancing

Fixed bugs

Known issues

Release week celebration with the Devs

OST

Memorable deaths in the Temple

Livestream today

» Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen

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Version 0.22.0 - November 25th 2020

New features

Balancing

Visual changes

Fixed bugs et QoL

Known bugs

What’s cooking in the Temple

:: PATCH NOTE ::

Version 0.21.0 - October 29th, 2020

New features

Balancing

Visual changes

Fixed bugs & QoL

Known Bugs

What’s cooking in the Temple

• LIGHTNING

• NEW FIGHTING STYLES

• NEW UNDERWORLD

➡️ Download the fan kit here

PATH OF TRIALS UPDATE