Hello, DemonCrawl v2.6.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This update introduces special Hero Trial loadouts, 3 new items, 3 new boss mods, and the Kinetic stage mod. We also overhauled our compilation processes - this patch serves as a test of the new tooling, so l
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.6.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This update introduces special Hero Trial loadouts, 3 new items, 3 new boss mods, and the Kinetic stage mod.
We also overhauled our compilation processes - this patch serves as a test of the new tooling, so let us know if you encounter any problems in game.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 72 hours.
Full patch notes are below. Thank you.
Hero Trial Loadouts
The daily Hero Trial now has a small chance to apply a special, hand-crafted item + mastery loadout. There are around 50 of these in the pool; some are good, some are bad, some are memes. They each try to follow a specific theme or idea.
You can submit ideas for new Hero Trial loadouts at the DemonCrawl Discord server. If we accept your idea, your user and loadout name will show up in the Hero Trial tooltip as credit.
Roadmap
We are working on a large content patch, as well as the Halloween and Christmas events. This will keep us busy for a while, but we will try to sprinkle in bug fixes and small updates when time permits. More exciting stuff to come!
New Features
Hero Trials can now feature custom item and mastery loadouts
New magic item: Price Gun - "[80 Mana] Reduce the price of target stranger by half."
New passive item: Clapperboard - "When you open half of all empty cells, trigger items that would trigger when you enter or begin a stage."
New passive item: Rat King - "The only omen you can find is Dead Rodent. Each Dead Rodent has a 20% chance to kill an attacking monster before you can take damage."
New stage mod: Kinetic - "When the stage timer reaches the max stage power in minutes, double the max stage power."
New boss mod: Impenetrable - "You cannot target cells in the same quadrant as the boss."
New boss mod: Siphoning - "You lose mana opening cells in the same quadrant as the boss."
New boss mod: Bloodthirsty - "After movement, kill a nearby visible living object and spawn a Dark Heart in its place."
Quality of Life
Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
Updated Steamworks integration to the latest version
Reworked sprites: Candelabra, Cooties, Fire Totem, Kunai, Lucky Bamboo, Tree of Life
Moved changelog files to `docs/patch_notes/English`
Bug Fixes
Fixed the Mastery Achieved popup showing the wrong mastery tier and mismatched heading colors
Fixed the main menu music restarting shortly after startup
Fixed slightly incorrect canvas dimensions for a number of item sprites
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.5.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also allows players to opt out of Seasonal Events and makes improvements to Arena bot behavior. Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hours. Full patch notes are
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.5.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also allows players to opt out of Seasonal Events and makes improvements to Arena bot behavior.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hours.
Full patch notes are below. Thank you.
Quality of Life
Added a Network option that lets players opt out of active Seasonal Events
Balance Changes
(Arena) Smart bots have better awareness of which stage mods they should only have one copy of, e.g. Captive
(Arena) Smart bots will take advantage of a few more homeland and stage mod combos, such as Prefecture plus Pagan
Bug Fixes
Fixed rare integer overflow in Arena related to lives
Fixed a visual issue related to the Item Tree timer in Arena
Fixed "Baked" summer mission requiring 10 completions instead of 1
Fixed Sunlounger landmark ending up invisible after popped out of a bubble
Fixed repeated Metagate classic skin unlock alert in Dimension 3
Fixed issue related to Gluttony and targeted consumable items
Fixed fragile Divine Shadowbind inventory scan that could miss other omens for removal
Fixed issue related to Island coin payout versus Arena bots
Wow, has it been 250 years already? Time sure does fly. For the next week, you can receive the STAR SPANGLED inventory and STILL MADE IN AMERICA avatar simply for launching DemonCrawl. No promo code required. Then you can get back to that mouth-watering hamburger.
Wow, has it been 250 years already? Time sure does fly.
For the next week, you can receive the STAR SPANGLED inventory and STILL MADE IN AMERICA avatar simply for launching DemonCrawl. No promo code required. Then you can get back to that mouth-watering hamburger.
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.5.3 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also makes a few improvements to Arena bot behavior. Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hours. Full patch notes are below. Thank you. Balance Changes (Arena)
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.5.3 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also makes a few improvements to Arena bot behavior.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hours.
Full patch notes are below. Thank you.
Balance Changes
(Arena) Smart bots will avoid buying Immutable if it is regarded as self-sabotage
(Arena) Smart bots will avoid purchases that benefit opponents with certain masteries
(Arena) The Barbed and Cinder mods are applied more accurately against bots
Bug Fixes
Fixed typo in "Safari Zone" Summer mission
Fixed typo in Starving Plant boss tooltip
Fixed a crash that could occur when using a Fishing Pole on a Wishpool that was not bound to a stage cell
Fixed Book of Faith not applying its status effect immediately after pickup
Fixed Machine stage signs losing text after the first semicolon
Fixed Library Card being unusable during the Arena Detour phase
Fixed Arena clearing in-progress Quest Mode reload data
Fixed the Dumb stage mod sometimes failing to restore your Mastery after stages with board rebuild effects
Fixed Graveyard homeland power increases being overwritten by stale Arena lobby updates
Fixed Larceny Arena mod rewards not reaching the thieving player in human matches
Fixed quest-reloaded Bubbles appearing invisible and stuck in place
Fixed Item Tree loot using the player's board zoom and an incorrect pulse origin
Fixed an issue with Arena bot's evaluation of Cinder mod
Hello, Warm weather is here, and DemonCrawl's Summer Seasonal Event has returned! Participate in Summer tournaments, play Beach Ball, catch Fireflies, and unlock exclusive cosmetics - all of DemonCrawl's original Summer mechanics are back in full form. Let's take a look at some o
Hello,
Warm weather is here, and DemonCrawl's Summer Seasonal Event has returned!
Participate in Summer tournaments, play Beach Ball, catch Fireflies, and unlock exclusive cosmetics - all of DemonCrawl's original Summer mechanics are back in full form.
Let's take a look at some of the new content you can explore between now and July 14th.
Are you feeling CRITICALLY MOIST or like an OLD MAN AND THE SEA? Complete all seasonal missions to unlock 8 new avatars and 2 new inventories.
Cosmetics from previous Summer events are also available in Prizeboxes for the duration of the event.
Summer brings a lot of goodies, but it also poses unique dangers. We have expanded the pool of Summer Afflictions from 6 to 9, increasing the surprise factor in each run.
👑 Arena in the Sun
Our PvP mode doesn't get to escape this crazy weather! Join the battle and try out the time-limited Summer homeland. Can you unlock all 5 sunny emotes from your Arena Prizeboxes?
💀 A Dangerous New Foe
The party doesn't stop when the sun goes down! The v2.5.0 patch also contains evergreen content, such as new items, balance changes, and the Starving Plant boss.
You ever wonder what happened to all those Hungry Plants you declined to feed? They're back. And they're still hungry.
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.5.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This update introduces new content for the Summer seasonal event, the new Starving Plant boss, a handful of items, and various improvements for Arena. Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hou
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.5.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This update introduces new content for the Summer seasonal event, the new Starving Plant boss, a handful of items, and various improvements for Arena.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 24 hours.
Please check our upcoming event announcement for more details.
Thank you.
New Features
New Summer rewards: 8 avatars + 2 inventories
Summer avatars from 2022 moved to Summer Prizeboxes
Added 2 new avatars to Summer Prizeboxes
New boss: Starving Plant - "Spawn Hungry Plants, feed them when you make a mistake, and take damage when the boss eats them."
New mythic emblem: ???
New passive item: Gold Nugget - "When you complete a stage, gain coins equal to the number of stages completed. When you lose this item, gain 5 times that many coins."
New consumable item: Pina Colada - "You have a 90% chance to negate damage until you take damage."
New omen: Demonic Beach Ball - "When you win a stage, cast Beach Ball on a random living object. Opponents are better at Beach Ball and you take 1 damage if you lose at it."
New omen: Melted Ice Cream - "Negate the completion of non-omen status effects."
New omen: Leaky Water Cooler - "Every 10 turns, your fully-charged magic items lose half their total mana."
Added the new omens to list of Summer Afflictions
The Summer Item Shop has a rare chance to offer Pina Colada
Each boss now has a custom item drop table
Implemented standardized trigger event for full damage negation, rewired existing items into it
(Arena) New time-limited homeland: Summer - "When a stranger spawns, it gains Parched if there are fewer Parched strangers than the homeland tier. If a Parched stranger is killed, you take damage equal to the round counter."
(Arena) New Arena stage mod: Purge - "Every 5 seconds, destroy a random visible loot, stranger, or landmark object."
(Arena) Added 5 Summer emotes to unlock
(Arena) Added new unlockable sign parts
Quality of Life
New main menu graphics for Summer event
Improved art of Summer stage
New Summer stage music from PeriTune
Remastered "Sand In My RNG" and repurposed it as Beyond final stage music
(Arena) Added Beyond final stage music when a stage starts with only one opponent remaining
(Arena) Added a Top 4 toast when entering Detour phase with 4 or fewer players remaining
(Supporter Pack DLC) Added original Summer music file
Balance Changes
Reduced frequency of Summer Lightning Bug spawns
Lowered max cost of Priest from 30 to 25 coins
Updated a few emblems to use Starving Plant as their likely boss
(Arena) Mountain homeland nerfed: "Whenever you make a mistake, reduce the stage timer by 3 seconds times the homeland tier."
Bug Fixes
Fixed a rare silent crash related to Blueberry
Fixed boss icon missing in quests other than Endless Multiverse
Rewired Shinobi Veil, Travelog, and Pipe Bomb into the standard "count stages complete" pipeline, which should improve consistency across gamemodes
Fixed a visual bug related to some strangers firing normal greeting alert despite Parched state
(Arena) Fixed stage timeout damage potentially ending a match before available revives could trigger
(Arena) Fixed issue related to persistence of round-cumulative auras
(Arena) Fixed issue with name shown in Shrine homeland toast
(Arena) Fixed a rare server crash related to match end sequence
(Arena) Fixed a few memory leaks specific to this gamemode
(Arena) Fixed an issue where fake values could softlock the autosweeper
(Arena) Fixed a rare crash related to using a Beach Ball just before the timer runs out
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.4.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also improves the Arena AI and enhances board visibility in a few places. Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 48 hours. Full patch notes are below. Thank you! Qua
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.4.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also improves the Arena AI and enhances board visibility in a few places.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 48 hours.
Full patch notes are below. Thank you!
Quality of Life
Increased cell number brightness on Machine to improve readability
Testing gleaned cell numbers at full opacity to see whether it helps or harms readability
Testing gleaned cell inner number always drawn as white
Testing gleaned cell outline color always that of value 1
Balance Changes
Increased Arena bot max rating from 2000 to 2500
Skilled Arena bots place a greater emphasis on monster density growth
Arena bots now have a general "aggression" trait that influences their shopping behavior and item effect preferences
Arena bots have better awareness when they are in lethal range and will play accordingly
Arena bots can now decide to go "all-in" on homeland upgrades, influenced by their personality
Optimized formula that determines how many necessary guesses an Arena bot must make; they are more resilient as a result, especially in early rounds
Bug Fixes
Fixed Leaderboard avatars incorrectly carrying over the "SOLID GOLD" holograph between pages
Arena: Fixed an issue that could cause bots to perceive board difficulty incorrectly
Arena: Fixed visual issue related to Graveyard homeland
Arena: Fixed server-side issue related to Shrine homeland payout
Arena: Fixed server-side AI opponent resolution issue that could interrupt AI sweeps
Arena: Fixed Elysium homeland socket resolution issue in some AI matchups
Arena: Fixed timing issue that could cause Autosweeper to perform incorrect action on cell after opening inventory
Arena: Fixed rare crash related to stale stage transition callbacks
Arena: Fixed rare crash related to stale opponent avatar references in combat toasts
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.4.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This update features the long-awaited Arena Season 2, finally elevating the gamemode out of Beta. It includes 5 new homelands, 4 new Arena-only stage mods, the stats panel, bot overhaul, new cosmetics, and to
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.4.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This update features the long-awaited Arena Season 2, finally elevating the gamemode out of Beta. It includes 5 new homelands, 4 new Arena-only stage mods, the stats panel, bot overhaul, new cosmetics, and tons of fixes specific to Arena.
We preserved the Season 1 player ratings and you can now filter the leaderboards by season. Everyone starts fresh again at 500 MMR.
More details below. Full patch notes are available at the bottom of the post.
Mac and Linux builds expected to follow within 72 hours.
Thank you and have a great day.
🎁 New Rewards
Climb the ladder and unlock five new avatars: FISTICUFFER, BLOBETTE, RON JAMBO, SHROOMCASTER, and LAST LIVING SOUL.
You will need to meet both thresholds of minimum wins and minimum rating to earn each reward.
Additionally, if you achieve a Legendary rating of 2000, you can find Season 1 avatars in Arena Prizeboxes, as well as 3 new avatars that are exclusive to Legendary.
🤖 Better Bots
We want Arena to feel alive and available no matter what time of day or region you queue from. To that end, we spent some time making sure the bots resemble human opponents in new and hopefully interesting ways.
For example, bots now spawn with various "personality traits" that influence their playstyle and social etiquette. A chatty bot will use emoji more often. A frugal bot will be less likely to spend coins on frivolous upgrades. A desperate bot who suspects death awaits him on the next round may abandon his own personality in order maximize his odds of survival.
MMR will also impact personality rolls. Case in point: a highly-skilled bot will often roll higher on the "risk aversion" trait, leading to strategically superior choices such as skipping chests when inventory is deemed "good enough" (avoiding risk of acquiring an omen.) What a smart robot.
By associating MMR with personality, we can shape the difficulty curve in an "organic" way. Arena bots don't cheat or rely on rubberbanding mechanics - they just get better at using the tools that are available to them.
We will monitor the balance and adjust the trait algorithms in case any MMR bracket feels too easy or unfair. We also have a few more traits planned, but we want to see how bots perform before making their behavior more complex.
📊 Stats Screen
You can finally review your Arena stats in detail.
From this panel, you can see placement information and metadata about your recent games (e.g. MMR change, selected Mastery, selected Homeland.)
There are also tabs for Seasonal Records and Trivia, the latter of which contains entries like Max Damage Dealt, Favorite Homeland, Longest Game, and so on.
Additionally, this panel displays your current league. If you click on the helmet icon, you can pull up the seasonal rewards.
🏆 Season 1 Champions
Congratulations to the following players for climbing to the top of the Arena leaderboards during our slightly-overlong first season:
You da real MVPs!
New Features
Arena Season 2 begins!
Added 5 new seasonal Arena avatars to unlock
Performed MMR reset and allow filtering of Arena leaderboards by season
Players who reach legendary (2000 MMR) can still find Season 1 avatars in Arena Prizeboxes
Added 3 new legendary-only avatars in Arena Prizeboxes
Added Arena Stats screen
New Arena homeland: Ash - "Reduce the chance of finding drops by 10% times the homeland tier."
New Arena homeland: Elysium - "When you win the stage, this homeland gains max power equal to your mastery charges, then attempt to use your mastery."
New Arena homeland: Fungus - "When this homeland is upgraded, it gains a copy of each of its different Arena stage mods."
New Arena homeland: Machine - "When this homeland would gain its first Arena mod, it gains 5 copies instead."
New Arena homeland: Skies - "When this homeland is upgraded to tier 5, double its power and stage mods."
New Arena stage mod: Fightclub - "Stage contains 3 additional monsters times the homeland tier."
New Arena stage mod: Nailbiter - "While there are 20 or fewer seconds left, monsters deal extra damage equal to the homeland tier."
New Arena stage mod: Roadwork - "If you lose or win this stage with 20 or fewer seconds left, lock a random stage in your next Detour phase."
New Arena stage mod: Humility - "If you are the top player in the lobby at the start of the stage, lose half of your max lives and revives."
Added 4 new Arena emotes
Added numerous Arena bot traits that shape their playstyle/decision-making logic
Arena bots also now have a "chatty" trait that determines how much they like using emoji
Quality of Life
The Arena sign editor now hides locked sign parts by default
The Arena Homeland Upgrade shop now automatically unfreezes after all three rolled upgrades have been purchased
The Arena Homeland Upgrade shop can no longer be frozen when all rolled upgrades have been purchased
The Arena Autosweeper now has partial glean awareness: it will take advantage of the fact that a gleaned `0` has no nearby monsters
The Arena Homeland HUD tooltip now shows your monster density and damage you dealt last round
Remade Mithril armor sprites to make them more distinct from Steel
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.3.9 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also includes a handful of balance changes. It also makes preparatory changes for the DemonCrawl Supporter Pack DLC , which is scheduled for release later today. Mac and Linux b
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.3.9 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also includes a handful of balance changes.
It also makes preparatory changes for the DemonCrawl Supporter Pack DLC, which is scheduled for release later today.
Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow within 72 hours.
Full patch notes are below. Thank you!
Balance Changes
Golden Glint buffed: "Begin the quest with 30 extra coins"
Medical Glint reworked: "Gain 3 random potions at the start of the quest"
Cryptic stage mod difficulty rating increased from 1 to 2
You can now interact with Barrels even after you win a stage
Reduced the spawn rate of Dimensional Tabernacle
Quality of Life
Dictionary parser now checks term boundaries to avoid unwanted matches
Dictionary parser now supports optional alias terms
Expanded sign message pool with community suggestions
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Auramancer aura-removal rewards could display negative values during mass aura interactions
Fixed an issue where Scholar could fail to reactivate Quest for Quests when multiple quest statuses completed in the same update window
Fixed teardown issue where carryover bubbles from Bubbler's Memento could persist on the title screen
Fixed an issue where Glacial could remove all auras earlier than intended during explosion-heavy turns
Fixed an issue where Mystic stage mod could fail to auto-activate the Statue during rumble/input-locked transitions
Fixed an Arena crash related to gameover sign generation
Fixed a visual issue where Dimensional Tabernacle would not show the donated item
Standardized use of hyphenated "left-click" and "right-click" in strings
Speculative fix for a crash that could occur when resuming a Beyond quest after returning to menu and using Codex heirloom interactions
Speculative fix for a crash related to Classic Mode UI initialization
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.3.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This patch includes over 100 new blueprints to collect, along with numerous balance changes and bug fixes. Thank you for continuing to provide your feedback here and on our Discord server . We are also prepar
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.3.4 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This patch includes over 100 new blueprints to collect, along with numerous balance changes and bug fixes. Thank you for continuing to provide your feedback here and on our Discord server.
We are also preparing for the release of the DemonCrawl Supporter Pack DLC later this month. Please consider adding it to your wishlist if you are interested!
Full patch notes are below. Mac and Linux builds expected to follow within 72 hours.
Have an awesome day!
Quality of Life
Codex loadout parser now supports `M` and `C` directives to quickly change your Mastery and Special Chest
Modded stage skins can disable inherited holograph masks more reliably
Spatula, Justice Juice, and Planned Obsolescence will self-remove their status effects if the linked item is lost
Clarified Honeypot tooltip
Updated Nightmare Gut sprite
Balance Changes
Added blueprints for 130 items
Arcane Barrier reworked: "Reduce incoming damage by 1 for every 50 mana you have."
Lightning Rod reworked: "Negate incoming damage by randomly using one of your charged magic items."
Herbs can now drop Giga Health Potion and Giga Mana Potion if you have them unlocked
Doubled Wishpool mana reward from 20 to 40 per tick
Doubled Nomad mana reward ceiling from 35 to 70
Expanded Fire Chest pool: "It contains a 'burning' or 'flare' item."
Adjusted Monk's Password for Special Chest: It now only uses slots 1-12
Customer's Password ceiling reduced from 50 to 30
Sentry Gnome price reduced from 16 to 7
Lightning Rod price reduced from 30 to 25
Arcane Barrier price increased from 25 to 34
Fertilizer price increased from 35 to 40
Juggler III nerfed: "Activate Juggling Balls. 15% chance to gain a mastery charge when you evade or powerchord."
Juggler III mastery charges reduced from 3 to 2
Hypnotist III buffed: "Remove status effects with fewer than 10 counters, then increase your other status effect counters by 10."
Bug Fixes
Fixed stage skin reloads inheriting old particle effects after swapping skins
Fixed rare crash related to using a Nomad that sells legendary items
Fixed a rare crash related to depositing a Faulty Bomb into the Bank while Salt is active
Fixed a rare save file issue related to caching the Hero Trial description
Fixed a crash related to Salt negating Smog
Fixed Teleporter missing string
Fixed missing Fishing Pole strings
Fixed in-game error toast related to Zeal of Hate guess branch
Fixed Lil Buddha incorrectly firing on completed stages in some cases
Fixed Wizard Hat triggering on mana depletion instead of magic use
Fixed issue with Whittling Knife not granting mastery charge on Doll pickup
Fixed an issue related to selected mastery reset after playing Arena
Fixed removal of Peaceful stage mod restoring too little stage power and monster count
Fixed Scattered object movement incorrectly triggering Dramatic from recalculated cell values
Fixed Christmas Chest not giving Christmas hats to visible strangers
Fixed a rare Arena crash related to preparing result speech
Fixed Ectodrop/Ectoplasm able to bypass status-end effect via Active stage mod
Fixed Lightstone Helmet showing duplicate alerts when Resounding Rune is active
Fixed Auramancer III skipping visible Frozen cells when activating aura effects
Fixed R stage able to appear as part of Hero Trial
Fixed Unchained chain warnings sometimes appearing green instead of red
Fixed issue with bubble click timing incorrectly activating other effects such as Druid Staff on the same click
Linux: Speculative fix for a crash related to Classic Mode UI
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.3.2 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also includes a handful of balance changes. Thank you for your continued bug reports and feedback. We are still in bug-hunting mode ( Discord is our primary bug tracker ), but w
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.3.2 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This is a stability patch that also includes a handful of balance changes.
Thank you for your continued bug reports and feedback. We are still in bug-hunting mode (Discord is our primary bug tracker), but we also just entered the planning phase for DemonCrawl's next content drop - stay tuned.
Full patch notes are below. Have a great day!
Quality of Life
Updated Thicker Skin item sprite to better differentiate it from Comforter (contribution by Evermore)
Clarified Doll item descriptions that scale from mastery charges
Balance Changes
Divine Mud nerf: "For the next 200 turns, gain a Minion whenever you use a magic item. The next time this activates, get an additional Minion."
Contagion buff: "Chests have an additional 20% chance to contain Contagion."
Sky Net buff: "Whenever you discover a cell of value 4 or greater, destroy a random orb."
Explosive stage mod nerf: "Objects have a 20% chance to explode in a 3x3 area when interacted with. Whenever an object blows up, you take 1 damage."
Added a few more items to the Fishing Pole drop table
Puppeteer, Smithy, and Workshop now respect favored/disfavored item preferences
Bug Fixes
Fixed Endless Multiverse guaranteed Bank placement being biased toward late-stage placement
Fixed additional whitespace issue in certain Hero Trial descriptions
Speculative fix for a crash involving Zen Stones syncing stat loss from effects such as Flying Carpet or False Map
Fixed a rare crash related to loading a Codex profile containing an item that was since renamed
Fixed a crash that could occur when projectile effects overlapped with stage-aborting curse chains
Added safety guard in Trusty autosolver to prevent a rare crash
Fixed an issue with Charitable award incorrectly counting heart drops
Fixed special property counter becoming stuck when entering a substage like Chicken Coop
Fixed an in-game warning related to Divine Evil Container and Gluttony
Fixed the Easter menu appearing briefly after the live event had ended
Fixed an issue with build version to semvar version mapping for the leaderboard filter
Fixed Red Dye not being removed by some omen pickups with on-gain effects
Fixed rare crash related to Arena death-screen after controller object was already destroyed
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.3.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This update introduces a new stranger, leaderboards for Classic mode, mastery balance changes, several quality-of-life improvements for the Codex, and new rewards for Arena Plus owners, including over 1000 si
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.3.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This update introduces a new stranger, leaderboards for Classic mode, mastery balance changes, several quality-of-life improvements for the Codex, and new rewards for Arena Plus owners, including over 1000 sign parts.
Full patch notes are below. Mac and Linux builds expected to follow within 72 hours.
Have an awesome day!
New Features
New stranger: Psychic - "Knows things you wouldn't possibly believe."
Leaderboards for Classic Mode
New passive item: Psychic Medal - "Stages have an additional Psychic."
New passive item: Reverse Card - "Psychics are more common. You may right-click a Psychic to reverse your fate for double her cost."
The game will now draw "quadrant crosshairs" while relevant effects are in play
Dictionary terms are now loaded from the strings json file for localization support
Added "Paste Loadout" in Codex tools, with a confirmation prompt and clipboard validation
DemonCrawl's Easter event 2026 is now live on all desktop platforms! From now until April 15th , you can unlock a set of exclusive cosmetics by completing Holiday-themed missions: We added a total of 10 new avatars and 2 new inventories to collect. Additionally, you can find cosm
DemonCrawl's Easter event 2026 is now live on all desktop platforms!
From now until April 15th, you can unlock a set of exclusive cosmetics by completing Holiday-themed missions:
We added a total of 10 new avatars and 2 new inventories to collect.
Additionally, you can find cosmetics from previous years by opening "Easter Prizeboxes." You can get these by completing Hero Trials, Beyond quests, or by participating in the PVP Arena. There are over 40 more avatars to collect this way!
If this is your first time experiencing DemonCrawl: Easter, there's a ton of in-game seasonal content to explore, including egg collecting, rabbit chasing, Egghead boss-fighting, and more. Check out our original announcement post for details.
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.2.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This patch introduces 2 new masteries, 3 new stage mods, 16 new items, an expanded Hero Trial effect pool, and numerous changes based on player feedback. We have also prepped the game for our upcoming Easter
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.2.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This patch introduces 2 new masteries, 3 new stage mods, 16 new items, an expanded Hero Trial effect pool, and numerous changes based on player feedback.
We have also prepped the game for our upcoming Easter event, which runs between April 1st and April 15th - stay tuned for more information on that.
Mac and Linux builds expected to follow within 72 hours.
New Masteries
The core design of this mastery was submitted to us by player LarnoWheels on our Discord server. Here's how they described it:
"I'm a sucker for things that interact with chance-based effects (i play a lotta roguelikes hehe) so i had an idea to mix together two stats that are chance-based into the same mastery. It's probably not a perfectly balanced concept but i like the idea of a Juggler/Jester-based class.
Juggler is a mastery focused around scaling evasion and/or powerchording chances to increase their survivability and offensiveness."
With 40 masteries in DemonCrawl, we are always looking for ideas that occupy new design space - and Juggler definitely checks that box. Managing two diametrically-opposed stats is an interesting playstyle and a welcome addition to the game.
Additional Juggler-related art was submitted by player Evermore. Thank you both!
We wanted to implement the Puppeteer mastery all the way back in v1.63, when Doll items were first introduced. But it needed more time to cook. Almost six years later, we're finally happy with its direction:
Puppeteer accumulates Doll items as you play stages.
You can summon your Dolls as temporary strong familiars for a price.
You can activate any other mastery ability if you have the related Doll for it.
As such, Puppeteer is a sort of "wildcard mastery" that should perform well in the hands of those who have a strong knowledgebase of masteries in general.
16 New Items
After implementing Juggler, we realized that Evasion had surprisingly little support in the item pool. So we're addressing that with new additions like the Decoy Log:
Dedicated Evasion builds can lean into the "double-dip" effect on their evasion, while other builds won't mind picking up a Decoy Log simply for its 1-in-4 chance to dodge any attack.
We also added an expensive new legendary item for "infinite enthusiasts" (if you know you know):
This can undoubtedly enable some absurd comps--possibly too absurd--but we're excited to see what creative uses you can find for it.
Full patch notes are below.
New Features
New Easter rewards: 10 avatars + 2 inventories
Easter avatars from 2023 moved to Easter Prizeboxes
New mastery: Juggler - Strike and dodge in equal measure (suggested by LarnoWheels)
New mastery: Puppeteer - Sculpt dolls and bring them to life
New legendary item: Resounding Rune - "Your other legendary and passive items trigger an additional time."
New legendary item: Juggler's Memento - "Start the next dimension with Juggling Balls for every 10% powerchording and evasion you have."
New legendary item: Puppeteer's Memento - "Start the next dimension with mastery charges equal to your number of Doll items."
New consumable item: Whiskey - "Gain 3 souls and lose 10% pathfinding." (suggested by Balor64)
New consumable item: Stealth Potion - "Gain 10% evasion. For the next 100 turns, your evasion checks activate 4 additional times."
New consumable item: Big Bones - "Bury Bones in target 3x3 visible area."
New consumable item: Juggling Balls - "Powerchord a valid target visible cell, or open target hidden cell and evade if it has a monster."
New passive item: Juggler Doll - "At the start of each stage, powerchord cells for a number of turns equal to your mastery charges. When you activate your ultimate ability, evade monsters for a number of turns equal to your mastery charges."
New passive item: Puppeteer Doll - "Activate random Doll effects equal to your mastery charges at the start of each stage, and when your ultimate ability is activated."
New passive item: Zen Stones - "Changes to evasion, pathfinding, and powerchording will apply to all these stats."
New passive item: Mean Spirit - "When you win a stage, all living objects flee. Gain 1% powerchording whenever an object flees."
New passive item: Archmage Crystal - "When you collect a diamond, duplicast a random magic item." (suggested by Emberflame)
New passive item: Decoy Log - "Gain 25% evasion. When you evade, you have a chance to solve nearby cells equal to your evasion."
New magic item: Airbag - "[150 Mana] Automatically discharges when you're about to take damage. Gain 3% evasion and reduce the damage to 1."
New omen: Rude Goalbug Machine - "Whenever you would restore life, gain defense, or coins, delay it by 50 cells opened."
New omen: Crony Capitalism - "Every 100 turns, lose all of your coins. Reset this status counter when you spend coins."
New stage mod: Intimidating - "Chance to negate evasion, pathfinding, and powerchording by the percentage of stage completion."
New positive stage mod: Ethereal - "Stage contains ethereal cells." (suggested by Zackary4536)
New positive stage mod: Peaceful - "Stage power and monster count are lower than usual." (suggested by Zackary4536)
New sigil crafting material: Lead Lamella - "Downgrade a sigil to the previous level."
New sigil crafting material: Apex Twine - "Reroll the highest-level effects of a sigil."
New gameplay setting: Confirm Stage Finish - "Show a confirmation popup when pressing Finish on a regular stage"
20 new Hero Trial rules
Balance Changes
Undertaker II reworked: "Reduce monster damage by the total value of visible Sanctified cells in the same quadrant."
Auramancer I nerfed: "Each stage has 3 random auras and you are immune to the negative effects of auras. Once per turn, you can remove an aura with right click."
Auramancer III nerfed: Ability charge cost increased from 3 to 4
Ghost form buffed: While in ghost form, any object that flees might drop items, even if the flee is triggered by an item
Ghost mastery unlock requirements changed from Ectoplasm counter to scaring objects in ghost form
Tablet of Lairetam buffed: "Gain a random artifact at the end of each stage, and a stack of 20 artifacts at the end of the quest."
Tabula Rasa buffed: "[200 Mana] Activate effects that would trigger when you enter, begin, win, or complete a stage."
Golden Boots nerfed: Status duration increased from 10 to 20 turns (suggested by Is An Idiot)
Excalibur reworked: "If your morality is 30 or greater, you can kill monsters and bosses and you lose morality instead of taking damage."
Giga Health Potion reworked: "At the start of the stage, restore your life to max and gain 10 souls, then lose this item."
Giga Mana Potion reworked: "At the start of the stage, fully charge and duplicast your magic items, then lose this item."
Golden Chalice reworked: "[150 Mana] Gain between 10 and 15 coins." (suggested by benny)
Bones buffed: "Apply Sanctified to target visible cell without an aura. Restore lives equal to the cell's value."
Divine Handaxe buffed: Chop even more wood
Divine Wishbone buffed: "40% chance to revive on death."
Unstable Compound price increased from 13 to 18 coins
Happy Cloud price increased from 21 to 23 coins
Alcohol renamed to Beer
Celestial stage mod buffed: "Gain 1 revive. At the end of the stage, lose max lives equal to the minimum stage power. Normal heart drops are converted to souls." (suggested by Balor64 and elmarhoppieland)
Love Chest buffed: "Gain souls equal to the minimum stage power when you open this chest. It contains a life item."
Lucid Chest buffed: "Solve a random cell for each visible cell of value 3 or greater. It contains a solve item."
Metal Chest buffed: "Repair damaged armor when you open this chest, then fortify your armor. It contains an armor item."
Labyrinth Chest nerfed: "If you have no pathfinding when you open this chest, gain 3% pathfinding. Otherwise, gain 1% pathfinding. This chest contains a pathfinding item."
Guarded stage mod difficulty rating increased from 1 to 2
Item Shop price ceiling lowered from 1.3x to 1.1x item value (does not include 1.1x multiplier of Hard Mode) (suggested by TEAM WORM)
Updated monster drop tables
Golden Chest and "Charitable" award now use the shared loot-value calculators
Quality of Life
Sky Net no longer produces a toast alert when you don't have any orbs
Updated descriptions of items that trigger on `WIN_STAGE` as opposed to `COMPLETE_STAGE` for clarity
Updated Scout III description for clarity: "Solve a number of cells equal to that which you would solve by your pathfinding."
Improved Tropics stage background art (contribution by Evermore)
Improved graphics for Easter stages and menus
Twitter button removed from main menu for the time being
Reworked item sprites: Beggar's Cup, Blackmail, Bonfire, Breadcrumbs, Blissful Gut, Brainwash, Crystal Veins, Deerstalker, Diamond Dessert, Dirty Soap, Edict of the Old Gods, Flashlight, Frostbite, Heavy Burden, Mana Lung, Millstone, Mucilage, Nuclear Waste, Ouroboros, Padlock, Stinging Nettle, Thought Bubble, Tithing Plate, Trash Bin, Tree of Life
Hello, DemonCrawl v2.1.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch. This patch extends modding support to special stage backgrounds, music outside of stages, and language files. Additionally, you can now group your modded files into a "mod pack" - please check `steamapps/comm
Hello,
DemonCrawl v2.1.0 is now available on the Windows stable branch.
This patch extends modding support to special stage backgrounds, music outside of stages, and language files. Additionally, you can now group your modded files into a "mod pack" - please check `steamapps/common/DemonCrawl/docs/stage_skin_mods.md` for comprehensive documentation.
Note that DemonCrawl's modding capabilities are still in the experimental stage, so things like filepaths and naming conventions may change from version to version. Also, the runtime's audio systems are particularly delicate, so let us know if you encounter any sound-related problems in this version.
In the future, we would like to extend modding support to most aspects of the game, but right now we're concentrating on stability - we set up a new bug tracker on Discord and have already deployed a few hotfixes for issues players have brought to our attention.
Quick Q&A:
- Mac and Linux builds when?
Probably in 3-5 days. It takes a relatively long time to compile DemonCrawl on these platforms as compared to Windows, so we want to make sure any significant bugs are squashed first.
- Mobile when?
No firm ETA, but we are exploring alternative distribution platforms and monetization models in order to avoid the difficulties we faced when DemonCrawl was last on mobile. Android is likely to return before iOS.
- Option of using original stage skins?
Yes, this has been requested a few times and it is high on our to-do list - the "mod pack" feature in v2.1.0 brings us one step closer to making it possible. We will probably deliver the original skins in the form of a first-party mod. We're still working on the logistics for this.
Full patch notes below. Thank you.
Modding
Added namespaced mod-pack support (`mods//...`)
Added custom background override support under `mods/bg` and `mods//bg`
Added custom sound override support under `mods/sounds` and `mods//sounds` for music and ambience files
Added custom language file support under `mods/strings` and `mods//strings` for localization
Background override randomization now respects the `PREFER MODDED CONTENT` setting
Sound override randomization now respects the `PREFER MODDED CONTENT` setting
Stage skin mods can now override all supported `[holograph]` keys in `properties.ini`
Stage skin mods can now explicitly disable particles with `sprite=none`, `sprite=off`, or `sprite=disabled`
Updated modding documentation with supported file formats
Quality of Life
Updated Honeypot landmark tooltip text for clearer behavior and charge explanation
Adjusted default audio mix (new defaults are 20/25/50/10)
Slightly lowered volume of "spend coins" sound effect
Slightly lowered volume of "gain max life" sound effect
Adjusted coin and heart colors for Minefield stage
Patch notes version selector now sorts semver-style version names more reliably
Bug Fixes
Fixed a Zombie stage mod issue that could leave an untargetable enemy after boss movement
Fixed stage skin ambience precedence so custom variant ambience files are used before vanilla fallback
Fixed stage skin holograph layer precedence so custom holograph files are applied correctly
Fixed language loading fallback to safely return to English if a modded language file is removed
Fixed an Arena Autosweeper issue where runs could softlock after auto-play stopped making moves
Fixed rare Arena mastery sync edge cases that could show invalid mastery icons/tooltips
Fixed Arena timer edge cases during transitions when Arena state was unavailable
Fixed Glacial stage-mod aura clearing not retriggering correctly after a Mystic Statue stage reset
Refactored music stream lifecycle handling to improve reliability when rapidly transitioning between menus, stages, and shops
Refactored audio override path resolution and candidate selection for more consistent vanilla/modded playback behavior
Added extra audio recovery safeguards for runtime-level stream state issues
Adjusted music gain control to target active stream instances, reducing cases where stage or special-stage music could become silent after returning from Options
Improved pause/resume audio-state recovery for music and ambience during focus changes and fast menu transitions
Hi folks, We have deployed the long-awaited DemonCrawl v2.0.0 on the Windows stable branch! This update includes 52 new items, 3 new masteries, a new stranger, a landmark, a special stage, 7 new stage mods, numerous balance changes, and many visual/system upgrades. Note: We are m
Hi folks,
We have deployed the long-awaited DemonCrawl v2.0.0 on the Windows stable branch!
This update includes 52 new items, 3 new masteries, a new stranger, a landmark, a special stage, 7 new stage mods, numerous balance changes, and many visual/system upgrades.
Note:We are monitoring DemonCrawl's online features such as leaderboards and Arena Mode to ensure full compatibility with the update. These features may be intermittently unavailable over the next few days. Thank you for understanding.
Mac and Linux builds will follow once we are confident that the game is free of any major bugs.
Let's check out some of the highlights below (full patch notes are at the bottom):
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In terms of mechanics, the Jock is one of our favorite additions to DemonCrawl! He will wander around the board for free, pushing visible objects out of the way. This already makes him somewhat useful, but should you decide to pay him, he will launch himself in a direction (turning into a projectile) and destroy anything in his path - including hidden monsters! Just keep in mind that the Jock projectile won't wrap the screen or return to his stranger state, so you have to choose the right moment for his launch.
The Honeypot is less flashy but still useful: it pulls in a number of objects, prioritizing those closest to it. Build up the charge counter and try to "dislodge" as many hidden monsters as possible. It's particularly strong when combined with some of the new items in v2. Speaking of which:
50+ New Items
We won't spoil all the surprises, but there's a pretty good spread between support for old archetypes and items that aim to establish new ones. For example, if you find the "Wasp Nest," you can turn your Honeypots into something of a win condition:
Oh, there are also a couple of new Divine items... but it's more fun when you guys figure those out on your own. 👀
New Masteries
Springtime is almost here, and it definitely inspired these new DemonCrawl masteries.
The Gardener mastery acquires copies of the new Hungry Seed item at the start of each stage. You can plant seeds in targeted cells and benefit from creating "chains" of Hungry Plants. Notably, we also added "solve x cells" as a possible reward type for the Hungry Plant - very useful for Gardener.
The Beekeeper creates targeted Honeypots and charges them faster. This mastery's playstyle is straightforward but fairly unique, which is a design I often strive for.
If you're the type of player who wants to turn the game on its head (we're looking at you, Marksman enthusiasts), you might enjoy the new Monk mastery. The Monk is hard-locked to 1 slot, and it starts with the "Transcendence" item, converting all heart drops into souls. Monk can't pick up coins or diamonds, but all ground loot is transformed into damage mitigation. Also, the Tier 3 ability frees up your one and only item slot, in case you want to swap to something other than Transcendence. Yeah, it's a weird one.
New Special Stage: The Bank
This is an exciting one. The Bank lets you deposit up to 3 items (including omens) and accrue coins over time. Like the Smithy, the Bank remains open even after you leave. It permanently closes only when you decide to withdraw your interest.
Endless Multiverse was updated to guarantee 1 Bank per dimension, and your items will persist between dimensions. So basically, this is the Dimensional Vault on steroids.
New Visuals and Music
Some of DemonCrawl's visuals haven't changed since launch. In fact, some of the backgrounds were created almost 15 years ago when I had no idea if the game would even resonate with anyone. So for v2, we wanted to take a stab at improving DemonCrawl's overall presentation:
Stage background color count increased from ~10 to 16, re-exported from the original high-res graphics. This alone makes the game look a lot nicer.
Re-worked approach to dithering. More consistent, more "pixel art-y," less noisy.
Recreated every single Mastery sprite in a consistent style. Someone once joked that the game had about 6 different art styles for Masteries, and it stuck with me because it was so true. So I remade them from scratch; they follow the same color palette and style as most of the game's avatars now.
Wrote an algorithm to harmonize stage cell graphics with the background; I used to do this by "feeling" but it caused inconsistencies in contrast levels, color counts, etc. The algorithm we're using now is a work-in-progress, but it's a step in the right direction.
Plus new holographs! Who doesn't love new holographs?
Oh, you can also make your own stage skins now. Check the game's `docs` folder for more information. So you can make your own "Quest 6" if the wait has been absolutely killing you. 😂
There are also a few new music tracks. In particular, we wanted to swap out the music for Tribe and Bloodway because those tracks had unusual licenses and would often get flagged on places like YouTube and Twitch. As far as we know, the rest of DemonCrawl's soundtrack should be "stream-friendly."
We could go on for a while, discussing the finer points of the new Zombie stage mod, or how liberating it feels to increase DemonCrawl's Max Framerate to 500. But we'll let the patch notes speak for themselves.
On a personal note: Thank you for all of your support over the years. I never imagined DemonCrawl would have appealed to so many people - it was and continues to be an incredible project to work on. It might interest you to know that v2.0.0 only represents about half of the DemonCrawl-related things I was working on in the last few years. I had to cut the other half from this release because, let's be honest, this patch is already enormous and I think it's important we "battle test" some of these changes before moving on to... more exciting things. But I've said too much already.
Enjoy the patch notes.
New Features
New mastery: Gardener - "Grow an army of plants and let nature takes its course."
New mastery: Beekeeper -"The monsters simply can't resist your honey."
New mastery: Monk - "Worldly possessions are overrated."
New stranger: Jock - "Get out of the way, bro!"
New landmark: Honeypot - Relocates the closest living objects to this cell, including hidden objects
New special stage: Bank - "Store your items and earn coins over time."
New stage mod: Guarded - "At the start of the stage, spawn monsters in a random hidden column or row."
New stage mod: Scattered - "Whenever a visible object spawns or is revealed, relocate it to a visible numbered cell."
New stage mod: Poverty - "Coins are half as common, diamonds are worth 3 less, coin chests only have half as many coins, and the cost of each stranger is doubled."
New stage mod: Mystic - "The stage has an additional Mystic Statue. Whenever a Mystic Statue appears, it activates immediately."
New stage mod: Captive - "At the start of the stage, spawn monsters near your guaranteed objects."
New stage mod: Secular - "Lose 100 mana at the start of the stage and 50 mana whenever you make a mistake."
New stage mod: Zombie - "Visible monsters chase strangers. When a stranger dies, they return as a zombie and attack you."
7 new inventories
10 new holographs
New avatar for reaching Lv300
Added Library research subjects: Evasion, Chord, Revive, Diamond, Plant
Hungry Plants can now solve cells as a possible reward type
Updated droptables for monsters and strangers
Preliminary support for stage skin mods (check `README.md`)
Migrated multiple stage properties to the ini file, including cell colors, description, prefix, and sign message
New video setting: Max Framerate - DemonCrawl now uses delta timing calculations everywhere to run at framerates above 60
New video setting: Timing Method - The GameMaker timing method to be used for rendering the game
New video setting: Sleep Margin - Helps prevent stuttering and maintain a consistent frame rate
New gameplay setting: Excess Flag Warning - Turn visible cells red if they have too many flags (on by default)
New gameplay setting: Prefer Modded Content - Exclude vanilla stage skin content whenever possible
New gameplay setting: Dictionary Speed - How quickly the dictionary text scrolls by (default speed increased)
New gameplay setting: Solvable Timeout - After this many seconds, the autosolver takes aggressive measures to find a solvable board more quickly
New legendary item: Heart Container - "When you gain this item, double your max lives. Your max lives cannot be reduced."
New legendary item: Gardener's Memento - "Start the next dimension with a Hungry Seed for each Hungry Plant in the Metagate."
New legendary item: Beekeeper's Memento - "Increase your life cap for the next dimension by 3 for every 3 objects you have pulled using Honeypots."
New legendary item: Monk's Memento - "Increase your life cap for the next dimension by 3 for each item on the ground."
New consumable item: Hungry Seed - "Spawn a Hungry Plant in target visible cell if it doesn't have one already. Feed the Plant in this cell a number of times equal to the cell value, without losing any items."
New consumable item: Lucky Barnacle - "For the next 100 turns, chests cannot contain omens."
New consumable item: Honeycomb - "Spawn a Honeypot in target visible cell and relocate all visible living objects 1 cell closer to it."
New consumable item: Energy Drink - "Every 40 turns, gain a mastery charge until you make a mistake."
New consumable item: Protein Powder - "Spawn a Jock in target visible cell. For the next 100 turns, your Jocks destroy objects instead of pushing them and you gain a soul whenever an object is destroyed by a Jock."
New consumable item: Ifrit Contract - "Spawn a familiar on target visible cell. For 10 turns, your familiars create a Burning trail and are immune to Burning. Afterwards, convert all Burning auras into strong familiars." (suggested by player juh9870)
New consumable item: Leafy Helmet - "When equipped, fortify by 1 for each visible Hungry Plant. When you feed a Hungry Plant, reduce the durability of this armor by 1 instead of losing an item."
New consumable item: Leafy Chestplate - "Fortify by 2 whenever you feed a Hungry Plant."
New consumable item: Leafy Boots - "Every 30 turns, spawn a Hungry Plant in the cell you just opened and increase the reward of all visible Hungry Plants by the value of the cell."
New consumable item: Bag of Wind - "Relocate all visible objects on numbered cells to non-numbered cells and gain souls equal to the number of objects relocated this way."
New consumable item: Crawler Key - "Uncomplete every stage, lock all stages except the first."
New passive item: Book of Faces - "Pick up hearts at full life to spawn a random stranger in the same cell."
New passive item: Emergency Hotline - "Whenever you take damage, spawn a Doctor on a random visible cell. Doctors give souls instead of restoring life."
New passive item: Stick of Fetching - "Use Stick at the start of each stage. When you use a Stick, get it back in 10 turns if you have a Minion."
New passive item: Green Thumb - "Spawn a Hungry Plant in the first cell you open each stage. Your Hungry Plants are almost full when they spawn."
New passive item: Dandelion - "At the start of each stage, spawn a Hungry Plant in a bubble. When you complete a Hungry Plant, kill it and spawn 2 Hungry Plants in bubbles."
New passive item: Piranha Flower - "When you feed a Hungry Plant, it sends a flare in a random direction. When you discover a 5, spawn a Hungry Plant in that cell."
New passive item: Gardener Doll - "Gain Hungry Seeds equal to your mastery charges at the start of each stage, and when your ultimate ability is activated."
New passive item: Beekeeper Doll - "Spawn a Honeypot at the start of each stage, and when your ultimate ability is activated. It gains charges equal to your mastery charges."
New passive item: Monk Doll - "Drop a number of items on the ground equal to your mastery charges at the start of each stage and when your ultimate ability is activated."
New passive item: Jock Medal - "Stages have an additional Jock."
New passive item: Treadmill - "At the start of the stage, launch a Jock in a random direction from the first cell you open. Your Jock projectiles can wrap the stage."
New passive item: Lifting Buddy - "Whenever you make a mistake, spawn a nearby Jock. If a Jock sees an incorrect flag, he will activate himself immediately at no cost."
New passive item: Gym Membership - "Every 20 turns, spawn a Jock. Gain 1 defense whenever a Jock pushes an object."
New passive item: Wizardly Whistle - "Whenever you use a magic item, spawn a Mage who knows how to use that item."
New passive item: Diamond Dessert - "After you open a chest, spawn a diamond in that cell."
New passive item: Hot Honey - "Guarantees an extra Honeypot per stage. When you activate a Honeypot, apply Burning to the cells of relocated living objects."
New passive item: Lil Buddha - "When you abort a stage, it gains the Trusty mod."
New passive item: Big Booty - "Chests contain double coins."
New passive item: Wasp Nest - "Spawn a Honeypot in the first cell you open each stage. When a Honeypot gains a charge, reveal cells in a radius equal to the charges, then any living objects within flee."
New passive item: Geyser - "At the start of each stage, apply Ethereal to all visible cells."
New passive item: Flood Light - "Whenever an object spawns on or moves to a numbered visible cell, reveal nearby cells."
New passive item: Fire Spinner Stick - "If a flare would collide with a stranger, the stranger relocates to a nearby cell out of the way."
New passive item: Queen Wasp - "Honeypots are more common. When a Honeypot gains a charge, spawn a strong familiar nearby."
New magic item: Bag of Marbles - "[50 Mana] While charged, your orbs are invisible. Your cankers might auto-discharge this item when you discover a 4 or greater."
New magic item: Fertilizer - "[60 Mana] Enchant target visible cell: Spawn a Hungry Plant in this cell if it doesn't already have one. Every turn, feed the Plant in this cell without losing an item. If a Plant eats this item, activate his effect 5 times."
New magic item: Weight Bench - "[100 Mana] Enchant target visible cell: Spawn a Jock nearby. Reveal and kill a random monster whenever a Jock moves into this cell."
New magic item: Dog Collar - "[100 Mana] Gain a Minion. While charged, your Minions cannot sacrifice themselves."
New magic item: Beehive - "[100 Mana] Spawn a Honeypot on target visible cell, then increase the charges of all visible Honeypots."
New magic item: Tectonic Plate - "[300 Mana] Relocate and unflag everything."
New magic item: Demon Gauntlet - "[500 Mana] Reveal half of all hidden monsters, then kill all visible living objects."
New magic item: Particle Collider "[200 Mana] Automatically discharges when two orbs or projectiles collide in a stage. They explode in a 7x7 area."
New omen: Caution Tape - "You cannot enter a special stage unless the stage after it is complete."
New omen: Haunted Headstone - "When a monster dies, add a monster to the next stage."
New omen: Broken Shield - "Monsters roll twice for damage and use the greater result. Your other shields don't work."
New omen: Toxic Rainbow - "When you apply an aura, 50% chance to apply Toxic instead."
New omen: Limp Wand - "Your projectiles fizzle after 1 second."
New omen: Sloth - "50% chance to negate object movement effects."
New special chest: Honey Chest
New glint: Baby Glint - "Random stage mods are limited to difficulty 1."
New glint: Super Mega Glint - "If you win the quest, receive a full artifact and Token refund. If you start a Beyond quest without this glint, you lose this glint."
New mythic emblem: ???
New mythic emblem: ???
Quality of Life
DemonCrawl now uses semantic versioning for better compatibility with various distribution platforms
When picking up a legendary item with a full inventory, the game will attempt to replace your existing legendary instead of telling you that your inventory is full
When you left or right click a visible cell without opening any new cells, nearby visible monsters will briefly pulse to draw your attention
Added "Loadout" tab to the glossary for convenience; shows favored, disfavored, and divine items
Added search filter phrases in the loadout editor: lv1, lv2, lv3, locked, unlocked, broken
You can now copy all loadouts to your clipboard via the Codex
Updated main menu graphics
Updated nearly all stage graphics, including backgrounds, cell colors, and holograph effects
Updated several item sprites
Remade all Mastery sprites in a more consistent style
Masteries are now sorted alphabetically
Token Shop now shows new content badge, similar to Codex
Improved our production pipeline to fix problems in graphics files (ensure sRGB mode, expected color counts, etc)
Wrote new algorithm to harmonize the cell graphics with the background
Stages can now define a cell number inner color, instead of always white
Stages can now define a `bg_holograph_mask.png` to mask the holograph effect
Similarly, stages can define `bg_shader_mask.png` to limit the shader effect
Added pulse effect on Mastery activation
The Beyond Quest overworld screen now shows the current emblem and glint
Replaced music on Tribe stage
Replaced music on Bloodway stage
Replaced music on Lighthouse and Waygate special stages
Re-recorded Gambler sound effect
Replaced Doctor sound effect
Improved audio timing of cell release sound effect
Improved visibility of the loading spinner sprite
Renamed "Chemical Rainbow" to "X Chemical"
Renamed "Dessert" to "Ice Cream"
Hook Hand text-only change: "Your guaranteed chests will be Special Chests. Activate Special Chest effects an extra time."
Added new dialog for the Shopkeeper
Added message on activation of Mutant III
Added `docs` folder with a few helpful articles
Retired `checking.png` stage asset: the mouse-down cell graphic is now generated programmatically based on `full.png`
Upgraded to GameMaker beta runtime `2024.1400.4` to take advantage of raw mouse input and improve performance related to surface cleanups
Optimization pass for cell evaluation logic, moderately improving performance
Improved performance of explosion effects by batching cell recalculations
Caching of mod and item ids for performance
Retired flattened Special Stage title sprites in favor of rendering the text programmatically
Adjusted Endless Multiverse logic to improve readability and aesthetics of hybrid stages
Improved autosolver performance and implemented perturbation-based fallback to dramatically speed up generation of dense boards
The autosolver now uses a confidence threshold to determine if it's possible to find a solvable board and will abort early if the confidence is too low
If the autosolver can't find a solvable config, it will give you the board that was closest to fully solvable instead of a random board
Effects that check for guess situations, such as Novice mastery, will take better advantage of the autosolver's deductive capabilities
Added "please wait..." message while autosolver is generating board
Scaffolding for DLC support on the Quests screen
Balance Changes
Rite of Passage now offers `DESTINY` to increase legendary item cap instead of `SPELLBOUND` to increase mana
Lighthouse now targets the next incomplete stage
Endless Multiverse now has a guaranteed Bank stage, and the Bank will keep your items between dimensions
Dimensional Vault renamed to Dimensional Tabernacle and now lets you give up an item to add a Guide to the Metagate
Omen chance in Normal difficulty reduced from 11% to 5%
Omen chance in all other difficulties reduced from 11% to 10%
New omen rule: if your inventory is empty, omen chance is zero
You can now favor up to 10 items
Items that are disfavored will no longer appear whatsoever
Specialist Token cost scales with tier
Reduced prices of Doll Nomads
Banker II rework: "Visit the Bank after each stage."
Commander I buffed: "For 3 coins, left-click a flagged cell to recruit a familiar to a nearby empty cell and pass a turn."
Ghost II buffed: "If you're in ghost form at the end of a stage, revive with 1 life."
Ghost form buffed: Strangers and monsters you scare away can drop loot
Mutant I buffed: "Begin the quest with 3 Cankers that have Brainiac and Conjoined mutations."
Prophet II buffed: "You are twice as likely to find items you haven't acquired before, blueprints, special chests, and rare loot."
Prophet III buffed: "Gain 5 Tokens."
Bookworm I nerfed: "Gain a Book item whenever you enter a special stage. While in a special stage, you can change your research subject by clicking on a Book item."
Spark III nerfed: increased ability cost from 2 to 3 charges
Overwhelming stage mod nerfed: slightly reduced numbers of monsters added
Dog Food buffed: "Gain a Minion, then upgrade your Minions."
Ectodrop buffed: "You can become a ghost. After 30 turns as a ghost, you lose."
Neoplasm buffed: "[100 Mana] Spawn a Canker. Add a random mutation to each of your Cankers, plus a mutation for each of your Poisons."
Pheromones buffed: "Every 200 cells opened, gain a copy of an item that you have two or more of."
Climbing Claws buffed: "Whenever you discover a cell of value 6 or greater, gain 3% evasion."
Fossil buffed: "Convert target living object into a landmark. Does not work on bosses."
Candelabra buffed: Mana cost reduced from 300 to 200
Brain in a Vat buffed: Mana cost reduced from 80 to 40
Bonfire buffed: Mana cost reduced from 120 to 70
Hurricane nerf: Its effect will destroy the Wishpool as well (text unchanged)
Molotov rework: "Reveal and apply Burning to random hidden cells until it lands on one with a monster."
Friendly Fire price increased from 15 to 22 coins
Banana price increased from 14 to 22 coins
Handaxe price increased from 10 to 14 coins
Urn price increased from 17 to 19 coins
Godmonger price increased from 23 to 35 coins
Astral Spike price increased from 50 to 70 coins
Event Horizon price increased from 50 to 70 coins
Battleaxe price reduced from 40 to 36 coins
Using reveal effects on a Dark mod stage will increase the radius of your vision
Bug Fixes
Fixed Auramancer I generating more auras than intended
Fixed a crash that could occur when a sigil loses all durability
Fixed an Item Tree crash related to Midas Glove
Fixed missing heart sprite in Item Tree
Fixed a rare crash related to pathfinding and mastery swap effects
Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the final stage from being selected as the valid next stage
Fixed visual issue related to tooltip height calculation that caused the Hero Trial modifier text to clip out of the box
Fixed an issue where the stage title graphic could get stuck on the screen if the quest is restarted too quickly
Fixed a z-index issue related to the "Cell Background" option covering up the blue outline of enchanted cells
Fixed an issue related to Hero Trial alt-score toast alerts
Fixed a lasting performance drop that could occur if too many UI elements were created at once (particularly noticeable with Codex search)
Fixed a visual issue related to board-based particle effect misalignment after taking damage
Guarded tween target fetch against stale instance references
Adjusted "Cell Background" draw logic to solve compatibility issues with other effects like enchantment backgrounds
Adjusted audio system to work around a GameMaker race condition that can cause audio to briefly play at full volume
Exciting news! After resolving a number of technical issues with DemonCrawl, the game is once again available for purchase on Steam. Thank you to Valve for their assistance in these matters! The latest version 1.97h is now available on all desktop platforms: Windows, Linux, and m
Exciting news!
After resolving a number of technical issues with DemonCrawl, the game is once again available for purchase on Steam. Thank you to Valve for their assistance in these matters!
The latest version 1.97h is now available on all desktop platforms: Windows, Linux, and macOS.
To celebrate, we are offering a 50% discount for DemonCrawl and its DLC items between February 17th and the 24th.
Mobile remains on hiatus as we explore alternative distribution platforms. Android is likely to return before iOS, but we don't have a timeframe for either of these platforms as of yet.
A running list of fixes between versions 1.97c - 1.97h is provided below. About half of these issues were related to the recent runtime upgrade, while the other half had been affecting the game much longer. We are continuing to monitor our Discord server for bug reports.
New content coming soon. Stay frosty. 👀
Bug Fixes
Fixed a recursion issue related to Parting Gift and Gambler
Fixed missing "Downgrade" Arena mod string
Fixed a potential crash in Arena related to stage mod indexing
Fixed an issue that could cause toast alerts to linger indefinitely
Fixed a rare crash when opening a cell that could auto-activate and remove a newly spawned stranger before initialization finished (e.g. with Peddler arena mod)
Fixed a crash caused by invalid particle emitter references on certain loaded loot/landmarks (such as Mystic Statue, Token, and Meteorite)
Testing "Use legacy DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_DISCARD" build option in latest GameMaker as a few users have reported unusual performance issues they weren't having before
Fixed an issue that could display repeated "String not found" alerts when Auramancer aura effects were triggered by large aura conversions (such as Electro Pulse)
Fixed an issue where correctly chording cells would not always advance chain length, which could cause inconsistent behavior for chain-based effects
Hardened profile repair when Steam is unavailable: the system now attempts local device-key backup recovery
Reworked fullscreen display mode switching to use GameMaker's native borderless fullscreen behavior on Windows/macOS, and gracefully disabled unsupported borderless mode on Linux
Fixed a crash where an Arena-themed sign landmark could appear in a normal Quest stage and fail while generating its message text
Fixed rare crashes where temporary object sprites were cleaned up before initialization (affecting some special chest interactions and item-location markers)
Fixed Burning aura overlay alignment on unopened cells so it renders centered instead of shifted toward the top-left
Fixed an Item Tree issue that could trigger a false-positive anticheat shutdown
Fixed a crash that could occur after dying in Item Tree and returning to menu
Fixed incorrect string for Ruins homeland effect
Issue related to bubble pop fallback logic
Arena Homeland mod purchases will now show up in your player panel immediately, rather than waiting for the next screen
Potential fix for crash that could occur when winning an Arena run while taking damage
Added safeguards in tweening library to prevent crashes related to non-existent surfaces
Fixed a rare crash related to background sprite change logic
Removed in-game links to Patreon per Valve's guidelines
Hello, We have deployed a small patch on the Windows stable branch to address a few issues, mainly related to the 1.97 runtime upgrade. Regarding DemonCrawl store availability: We have an open support ticket with Valve asking if it's possible to restore DemonCrawl to a purchase-a
Hello,
We have deployed a small patch on the Windows stable branch to address a few issues, mainly related to the 1.97 runtime upgrade.
Regarding DemonCrawl store availability: We have an open support ticket with Valve asking if it's possible to restore DemonCrawl to a purchase-able state on Steam (we missed our deadline for fixing the Wi-Fi related crashes - this was our fault, not Valve's), but we cannot make any promises/provide an ETA at this time. We will post a follow-up announcement once we know more. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Bug Fixes
Speculative fix for a crash related to Blacksmith item reward
Added safe fallbacks for issues with orb-related variables
Fixed sprite for Forgotten stage mod
Replaced a few calls to legacy methods from Steamworks extension with modern equivalents
Hello, We have deployed a patch for DemonCrawl on the Windows stable branch. ⚠️ Context surrounding v1.96 crash: we determined that DemonCrawl would not launch when the device was connected via wi-fi due to a very old GameMaker runtime. After updating our tooling, this issue appe
Hello,
We have deployed a patch for DemonCrawl on the Windows stable branch.
⚠️ Context surrounding v1.96 crash: we determined that DemonCrawl would not launch when the device was connected via wi-fi due to a very old GameMaker runtime. After updating our tooling, this issue appears to be resolved in v1.97; we tested this new version on two separate Windows 11 devices--one connected via ethernet and the other via wi-fi--both of which worked fine.
No ETA yet for other platforms as we're looking for player feedback regarding client stability. However, we're trying some server-side changes that may allow 1.96 to run on Mac and Linux - feedback would be appreciated on this as well.
Note that 32-bit support has been retired as it's no longer available in GameMaker.
Thank you and have a nice day!
New Features
New video setting "Cell Background": draws a dark border behind cells to help separate stage graphics from the main background
Added 5 new avatars
Updated numerous old avatar sprites
Balance Changes
Increased starting lives in Hard Mode from 3 to 4
Reduced the Item Shop price multiplier in Hard Mode from 125% to 110%
Reduced the material cost of Lv3 emblems from 1000 to 300
Hand of Glory buffed: "Whenever you leave a stage, gain 10 coins then steal coins from all visible strangers equal to their price."
Healthy Heart buffed: "Whenever you restore life, restore the same amount of life after 40 turns."
Appetizer buffed: "Restore 1 life whenever you spend at least 4 coins."
Stake nerfed: "Every 60 turns without making a mistake, double the stage power."
Shopping Bag price increased from 7 to 14 coins
Lucky Bamboo price increased from 5 to 7 coins
Big Wallet price increased from 8 to 9 coins
Arcane Barrier price increased from 15 to 25 coins
Reflector Blade price increased from 26 to 32 coins
Mind Gut price decreased from 38 to 22 coins
Fake Moustache price decreased from 45 to 38 coins
Rosin price decreased from 22 to 19 coins
Dawn Binder price decreased from 50 to 35 coins
Dusk Binder price decreased from 50 to 35 coins
System
Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
Updated Steamworks extension to the latest version
Set default leaderboard version to 1.97
Bug Fixes
Fixed several potential memory leaks
Fixed multiple issues related to networked events
Reworked fragile Smithy stage item logic
Added guardrails around `sprite_delete()` calls to prevent issues with newer GameMaker runtime
Fixed crash that could occur when clicking on an achievement
Fixed a few different crashes that could occur when clicking on objects in the Item Tree special stage
Hi folks, We just released a new version of DemonCrawl! v1.95 focuses on balance changes and stability. Perhaps the most significant change is a buff to all Mastery Dolls. With a pricetag of 30 coins, we found that most Dolls were not paying off as quickly as we would have liked.
Hi folks,
We just released a new version of DemonCrawl! v1.95 focuses on balance changes and stability.
Perhaps the most significant change is a buff to all Mastery Dolls. With a pricetag of 30 coins, we found that most Dolls were not paying off as quickly as we would have liked. Now, these items will activate at the start of every stage, and their effects scale based on your current number of mastery charges as opposed to your max charge count.
This should create some interesting opportunities where you have to decide between keeping your charges for empowered Doll effects, or spending them on a clutch ultimate ability.
Additionally, v1.95 allows us to start and end holiday events without needing to push a client update. This change was motivated by a recent hardware failure that caused the Easter event to last a lot longer than intended.
Here is the new schedule for DemonCrawl holidays going forward:
Easter: In real life, this holiday can take place anywhere between March to May, depending on the year. The in-game event will take place on either the first two or last two weeks of the month of Easter.
Summer: July 1st - July 14th
Halloween: October 15th - October 31st
Birthday: November 1st - November 7th
Christmas: December 15th - December 31st
Finally, we rewrote the borderless windowed implemention using native GameMaker functions, which should fix an issue with the taskbar appearing in front of the game on some operating systems.
Full patch notes are below. Mac and Linux builds are expected to follow in 24 hours. Enjoy!
New Features
New passive item: Varnish - "Favor all armor items. Whenever you equip armor, fortify it by 3."
New passive item: Whittling Knife - "Favor all Doll items. Whenever you gain a Doll, gain a mastery charge."
New passive item: Birthright - "Gain a random favored item at the start of each stage. You are even more likely to find favored items."
Quality of Life
Added dictionary definition for "evasion"
Replaced hacky Borderless Windowed method in favor of native GameMaker functions
Special Events can now be applied without requiring a client patch
Updated GameMaker runtime to the latest version
Balance Changes
Mastery Dolls buffed: all Mastery Dolls now activate at the start of each stage, in addition to whenever you activate your mastery
Related to the above change, Dolls now consider your current number of mastery charges instead of max mastery charges
Altar of Blood buffed: "Automatically discharges whenever you take less damage than the max stage power. The max stage power becomes the amount of damage taken."
Apple Bonsai buffed: status duration reduced from 40 turns to 10 turns
Grappling Hook buffed: "Reveal the corner cells."
Mud buffed: "For the next 100 turns, gain a Minion whenever you use a magic item."
Divine Mud reworked: "For the next 500 turns, gain a Minion whenever you use a magic item. The next time this activates, get an additional Minion."
Scrap Hopper buffed: "Destroy target chest. The next time you open a chest, gain souls equal to your number of Scrap Hopper status effects."
Horoscope price reduced from 10 to 7 coins
The Gambler now has a several-turn "buffer" when he spawns to prevent him from immediately losing coins
Guild cost of Scientist increased slightly
Negative evasion now gives monsters a chance to strike repeatedly
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with the "Confine Mouse Cursor" option
Fixed an issue with the "Auto" aspect ratio button
Fixed an issue with Sundrop and Lumberjack Doll that would allow them to affect cells without monsters if all monsters were already revealed
Fixed a minor visual issue with the HUD's XP bar
Fixed several avatars that were incorrectly sized
Fixed Lead Balloon duplicate toast alert
Fixed a couple visual issues with particles being removed prematurely
