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Gamble Tower
- Released
- Sep 1, 2023
- Platforms
- Last updated
Updates & announcements
- Developer postOriginal post
- Developer post
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Original postGamble Tower has joined the #TurnBasedThursdayFest! Now it's your turn to check out Gamble Tower and some other amazing Turn-based games.
The event ends on April 8th.Buy Gamble Tower:
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- Developer post
Hotfix 1.1.3a
Balancing “Extra Life” and “Turns To Die” can no longer appear in effects that apply random ailments, buffs or debuffs. Bugfixes Functionality Fixed an issue where Wheel’s Curse would persist in between expeditions, and never leave your save file. (Thanks Xærys) Fixed an issue wh
Original postBalancing
- “Extra Life” and “Turns To Die” can no longer appear in effects that apply random ailments, buffs or debuffs.
Bugfixes
Functionality
- Fixed an issue where Wheel’s Curse would persist in between expeditions, and never leave your save file. (Thanks Xærys)
- Fixed an issue where you could lose Rewards if you were to open Loot Boxes before the other rewards showed up. Input during the animation is now blocked, but the animation plays much faster. (Thanks Coel)
UI and HUD
- Fixed an issue where the Reward Board UI would not fit all items from a Level (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Improved the visibility of unlocked Items on the Reward Board UI.
- Fixed an issue where the currently selected tab on the settings menu would not appear selected.
- Developer post
1.1.2a Hotfix
Small patch with some noteworthy fixes. Bugfixes Functionality Fixed softlock that could happen with characters that have the “Hypnotic” skill. (Thanks Jaqueta) Fixed Wildcard having just 1 Extra Life instead of 20. (Thanks Jaqueta and Coel) Fixed issue where orb effects that wou
Original postSmall patch with some noteworthy fixes.
Bugfixes
Functionality
- Fixed softlock that could happen with characters that have the “Hypnotic” skill. (Thanks Jaqueta)
- Fixed Wildcard having just 1 Extra Life instead of 20. (Thanks Jaqueta and Coel)
- Fixed issue where orb effects that would usually break your weapon (Human Sword, Improvised Spear) weren’t breaking it. (Thanks Arkuktor)
Localization
- Fixed typo on Options menu. (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Fixed wrong language on Artifact Modification menu. (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Developer post
All In 1.1.1a
Hey everyone! Quick Hotfix. This fixes a softlock when a single summon dies on the enemy's turn. This should also fix Crystal Specialist's tooltip at the Inn. See you!
Original postHey everyone! Quick Hotfix.
- This fixes a softlock when a single summon dies on the enemy's turn.
- This should also fix Crystal Specialist's tooltip at the Inn.
See you!
- Developer post
Free Expansion: Gamble Tower All In is now available!
Hello everyone! It is finally here! Not much else to say, just a lot of patch notes to unravel. Go play it now! Just download the latest update and you'll be set! :) Just some more info: I don't remember everything we added, so there will be a lot that you won't see on the patch
Original postHello everyone! It is finally here!
Not much else to say, just a lot of patch notes to unravel.Go play it now! Just download the latest update and you'll be set! :)
Just some more info:
- I don't remember everything we added, so there will be a lot that you won't see on the patch notes, go play it to find out new stuff!
- We'll keep patching the game with bugfixes, QOL and more! If you find any bugs, crashes or have any suggestions please report it to us on our Discord or through Steam Discussions.
- While I don't guarantee new content we really want to modify and have some new Traits (and new Achievements), since we ran out of time to do that this might happen in a future smaller content patch.
- I may play the game live or on YouTube in order to find new bugs and also to create some guides for the unlocks, I'll let you guys know if this actually ends up happening.
- Have lots of fun!
Patch Notes
Balancing and Revamps
Loadouts
- Elf’s “Druid” loadout was modified (Added Domesticate)
- Human’s “Engineer” loadout was modified. (Added Turret)
- Human’s “Berserker” loadout was modified. (Added Berserk Hit)
- Elven Charm now triggers upon using 0 cost orbs instead of triggering when using an orb while you have 0 mana.
Other
- Revamped Inn Master at the Tower, she should now sell drink artifacts.
Content
Major Features
- MacZee now appears at the Tower and the Inn after being unlocked, allowing you to customize loadouts and change initial artifacts.
- Added 18 new acquirable upgrade crystals. (unlock them at the Inn)
- Added more than 15 new neutral orbs. (unlock some of them at the Inn)
- Added several new Elf orbs. (unlock some of them at the Inn)
- Added several new Human orbs. (unlock some of them at the Inn)
- Added several new Demon orbs. (unlock some of them at the Inn)
- Added 15 new acquirable and unlockable artifacts.
- Added acquirable shop and gamble rerolls.
- Added Elite Mode
- Added 3 new bosses.
- Added a new miniboss
- Added two final endings: One for those seeking closure, and another for those seeking wealth.
- Most enemies now have Elite counterparts, totalizing 12 new enemies. (and Elite capturable orbs)
- Added 6 new clan loadouts.
- You can buy 5 unique non-clan characters and pets from a new secret salesman, including a duck.
- Added 7 new Tower Dangers, including 3 Elite Dangers. (12 Tower Dangers in Total)
- Added Elite Gambles, which include plenty of new rewards, punishes and challenges.
- Added several new events. (And rebalanced odds of events appearing for better distribution)
- Added the Elite Skill Tier, which adds 3 new Elite Skills for each clan. (9 new Skills total)
Art
- Remade the Rainstorm Background
- Since the new Backgrounds is rendered natively using Particles instead of using a Video Player, this should increase the compatibility in certain systems (Because Unity’s Video Player can be a bit problematic).
- Improved the Lighting on Character Rendering, allowing certain body parts/textures to glow in the dark.
- Added VFXs for multiple Status Effects, including both new and existing ones.
Progression
- Increased Clan Level Cap from 4 to 8.
- Increased Gambler Level Cap from 5 to 10.
NPCs
- MacZee can now appear at the Inn and the Tower after being unlocked.
- Krystaloblin can now appear at the Inn after being unlocked.
- A secret someone can appear at the Inn after being unlocked.
Artifacts
- Added “Compass” Human Loadout Artifact
- Added “Evil Runestone” Demon Loadout Artifact
- Added “Magic Plant” Elf Loadout Artifact
- Added 12+ other artifacts both for Neutral and Clans.
Orbs
- Added 11 new clan orbs for loadouts.
- Added Grapple (Human Wrestler)
- Added Toss (Human Wrestler)
- Added Wrestling Bandana (Human Wrestler)
- Added Turret (Human Engineer)
- Added Berserk Hit (Demon Berserker)
- Added Sampling (Demon Metamorph)
- Added Metamorphosis (Demon Metamorph)
- Added Metamorph’s Trident (Demon Metamorph)
- Added Domesticate (Elf Druid)
- Added Elven Charge (Elf Shaman)
- Added Shamanic Ritual (Elf Shaman)
- Added a bunch of new capturable orbs
- Added a bunch of new neutral orbs
- Added a bunch of new clan orbs
Loadouts
- Added acquirable “Shaman” loadout for Elf Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added acquirable “Metamorph” loadout for Demon Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added acquirable “Wrestler” loadout for Human Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added acquirable “Dealer” loadout for Elf Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added acquirable “Cheater” loadout for Demon Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added acquirable “Risktaker” loadout for Human Clan. (You can acquire it at the Inn Orb Shop)
- Added 6 new clan loadout artifacts. (2 for each clan)
- Added 5 special character loadouts
Audio
- Added lots of new voicelines.
- Added lots of new songs.
- All endings are now (basically) fully voiced.
HUD
- HUD Elements for Gambles were completely redesigned.
- Certain Gambles (Such as “No Repetition”) will now show important information related to them.
- Round/Turn HUD Element was also completely redesigned.
- Pet Pouch and Artifact Pouch buttons were moved to the Left Side, alongside the rest of your Character’s Loadout.
- The Combat Speed option is now hidden, until you hover the mouse above the Gear Menu. (It will show up for 5s when the combat starts to point out its existence).
UI
- The Character Selection Screen was completely redesigned.
- This also includes the information about your characters on the Gear Menu (Pause).
- Added an Option to skip the Intro under Settings -> Interface
- Warning: Skipping the intro will also skip the Epilepsy Warning.
- Revamped the Credits Section.
- Revamped the Skill Allocation Menu to accommodate for Elite Skills and provide better feedback on Skill Point Cost/Limit.
- The Gamble Selection Menu on the Intersection was redesigned to accommodate 4 Gambles being displayed.
QOL
- Some Particle Effects can be Controlled by a Quality Setting in the Options menu, including the new Rainstorm Effect and Many other Particle Effects.
- Tower Dangers now remain selected between expeditions
- You can now discard Characters and Pets.
- Added a button to clear all Tower Dangers selected.
Localization
- [PT-BR] Localized all of the dialogues that were missing Localization
- [PT-BR] Localized multiple missing strings on the Skill HUD
- [PT-BR] Localized some tooltips on the Intersection
- [PT-BR] Localized the Epilepsy Warning
- [PT-BR] Localized the Credits and the Main Menu Discord Button.
- [PT-BR] Localized tooltips for Flames and Banished Pile
- With this, the game should be fully localized in PT-BR.
- Se você encontrar algum texto não traduzido, ou algum erro de tradução, por favor reporte o erro para nós.
Bugfixes
Please note that I don't actually remember all the bugs that we fixed, we probably fixed a lot more.
(That doesn't stop new ones from appearing though :<)Most Important Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the game would softlock if a character with the “Sped up” buff died before acting.
- Fixed an issue where the game wouldn’t pause when you entered the Gear Menu.
- Fixed an issue where tooltips would disappear permanently.
- Fixed an issue where Janitor would appear multiple times at the ending.
Functionality
- Fixed issue where round was sometimes instantly skipped when the first enemy in the queue died before acting.
- Fixed issue where Sleeping characters wouldn’t show the “My Turn” widget.
UI and UX
- Caffeine Addict should no longer leave Sleep as a 0 stack ailment, it won’t appear at all instead.
- Mana Cost should no longer appear on the top of the Lootbox animations anymore
Audiovisual
- Fixed issue where Mana values would appear above Boss Lootbox.
- Better aligned target areas for some characters like Drakobold
- Broken Toys should no longer visually affect artifacts if the gamble is inactive.
Localization and Text
- Fixed issue where names would not be localized in temporary dialogues.
- Fixed issue where “Discarded” would appear on Upgrade Crystal frames.
- Fixed a bunch of weird localization issues.
Thank you for stopping by!
- Developer post
Sneak Peek: It is almost here!
Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well. It has been almost one month since we announced the All In Expansion/Update. I am here to talk a bit about the release and reveal some more details while we are at it. ( You can read more here ) Release Plan (Our new characters also want t
Original postHey everyone! I hope you are doing well.
It has been almost one month since we announced the All In Expansion/Update. I am here to talk a bit about the release and reveal some more details while we are at it.
(You can read more here)Release Plan
(Our new characters also want to know about that!)
As discussed in the previous post, we planned two releases:
- Unstable Version - Late November (which is already up for our Discord members)
- Stable Version - Early December
A brief recap to explain the version differences:
Unstable is a buggy and unstable version of the update, accessible only as a password protected beta for anyone in our Discord.
and Stable is the public version that is planned to be released as a regular update, as soon as it is released it you'll be able to download it just by updating your game.
When is Stable coming?
(What an unstable guy!)
While I did not confirm any solid date, the expected date of December 9th announced in the previous post seems no longer feasible.
The update is very close to finished, it is already fully playable and has all necessary content for release but we still need to sort out some time consuming details, which I am going detail below.What is missing
In summary, the main pending elements for the release are:
- Some new Events
- Some Voice Acting
- Elite Skill Tree Icons
- Implement all pending Clan and Neutral Orbs.
The most time consuming of those are the new events (which we are tackling right now), as they usually require everything: voice acting, art, SFX, music and coding.
Each event usually takes 1 to 2 full days of development, which is why we had to delay the planned release date a bit.Skill Tree icons also take some time, Jaqueta and Erik are currently handling those, and I expect to be able to help them at some point after finishing event and orb implementation.
And finally, while Orb implementation and art are not super time consuming (I can usually add multiple in one day) making new Summons and Equipments are usually on the slower side of development, specially Summons, as they need to be rigged and animated.
Any dates?
We are going to release Stable version on or before December 17th.
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(Ouch.)
I know that was a brief sneak peek, but I sincerely hope that this new update adds a ton more gameplay and replayability to the game.
And more importantly, that you have fun with it!See you soon!
- Ian. - Developer post
Announcing the All In Expansion
Hello everyone! I hope you are doing fantastic! I come here today to proudly announce the All In Expansion for Gamble Tower! What is the All In Expansion? You can call it the All In Expansion, All In Update or just 1.1. This is the final name for the update that we were previousl
Original postHello everyone! I hope you are doing fantastic!
I come here today to proudly announce the All In Expansion for Gamble Tower!What is the All In Expansion?
You can call it the All In Expansion, All In Update or just 1.1.
This is the final name for the update that we were previously naming 1.1.What does it add?
(What a full Inn!)
We are adding a lot of content, doubling a lot of the existing variety of content currently in the game.
So this includes things such as:- 18 new Upgrade Crystals
- 16 new Artifacts
- 6 new Clan Loadouts (2 for each clan)
- Rerolls for everything! (Gambles, shops, etc.)
- 3 new Elite boss fights.
- 3 new Inn NPCs.
- 8 new Tower Dangers, including 3 Elite Tower Dangers
- Level caps are doubled! Clans now go up to level 8 and Gambler up to level 10!
- Elite Gambles!
- New events!
- New acquirable Orbs, both for clans and neutral ones!
- Elite variants for every enemy in the game. (essentially 12 new enemies)
- And more!
Why "All In?"
I wanted something gamble themed, we thought about "High Stakes", "Double or Nothing" and some other ones, but in the end I think that "All In" was the proper one.
Being the first and last major update planned for Gamble Tower, I think it is a good name.Last Update?
This is the last content update planned, but we will still update the game with bugfixes, balancing patches and quality of life features.
Nothing is stopping us from releasing other content updates and expansions in the future, but I think it is important to be clear that there is currently no plans for that.When will it release?
There will be two releases:
Unstable
The Unstable version will be a less polished (and realistically, unstable/buggy) version available later this month (November 2023) on a specific password-protected Steam branch.
If you want to help us playtest the update and have early access to it, join our discord.
We'll announce the password that you need to insert on the game's settings on Steam in order to access this version, but only on Discord. (we want to keep the playtest manageable.)Stable
The Stable version is the proper release of the update, it is planned to be available early December.
Anyone who owns Gamble Tower will have access to this expansion just by downloading the latest Steam update when it is available.
If everything goes as planned, expect it to be available around December 9th.Will you show some of the content?
Yes! Let's do it.
Please be aware that content shown here is work in progress!Elites! Elites Everywhere!
A big part of this update is that I wanted to really amp-up the difficulty for those players who are seeking a bigger challenge, therefore we decided to add what we call Elite Mode.
How to get it?
Elite Mode is unlocked upon finding the Janitor or reaching the top while having 5 Tower Dangers active. If you already did that, when you start the game with All In Expansion, it will be automatically unlocked.
What is it?
After being unlocked, Elite Mode is activated if you have a Danger Level of 3 or more. (each Tower Danger active will increase the Danger Level by 1, Elite Tower Dangers increase it by 3.)
In essence, Elite Mode enables Elite Gambles which then enables Elite Enemies and Elite Bosses.
Why would I do it?
There are several unlockables that you can only unlock by defeating Elite bosses, rewards are much more generous in this mode and you get more XP/GC.
But the main idea is, of course, providing a bigger challenge than ever before.What else?
I think that is it for now! I prefer that you play the game and discover the content by yourself, I also dislike overpromising, so I just announced what we already have developed.
We plan to keep adding variety (specially Orbs, Events, maybe Skills and Traits) until the release happens.Until then, I hope you look forward into playing our update!
See you next time, and remember to join our discord to play the expansion early!- Ian
- Developer post
Sneak Peek: Loadout Customization and Bank NPC
Hello everyone! Now that September is over, we are finally able to focus on the brand new update for Gamble Tower: 1.1! As promised, here is a sneak peek of some of the features that are going to be present in this new content patch, please remember that everything you see is sti
Original postHello everyone!
Now that September is over, we are finally able to focus on the brand new update for Gamble Tower: 1.1!As promised, here is a sneak peek of some of the features that are going to be present in this new content patch, please remember that everything you see is still a big W.I.P!
Before the sneak peek
We got a developer page! Please follow us! :)
https://store.steampowered.com/dev/indiebuildIf you want frequent updates, we have several secondary platforms where we post Gamble Tower content that you may wish to follow or join, based on frequency:
- Discord (very frequent updates)
- Twitch (used to be daily, now it's usually weekly)
- YouTube (monthly-ish...?)
- X? (our good friend Erik handles this platform)
The Bank
After showing the concept art for the bank NPC for so long, I am glad to announce that he is finally in-game and almost fully implemented! and he is fully 3D! (Because why not?)
Stebanks MacZee shows up both at the Inn and at the Tower after you pay the ludicrous amount of 10.000 gold coins to Inn Master. (you need to be at Gambler Level 5)
He provides different services in the different locations he appears, so we'll showcase them separately.
Bank at Expeditions
During expeditions, MacZee has a chance to appear as an intersection NPC on the left side of the Gambler, just like Stebax and Inn Master.
He'll provide you with two different banking services when you talk to him:
Currency Banking (Withdrawal and Deposit)
If you are overflowing with cash, you can conveniently exchange your Inn's gold coins for Gambling Chips by using the withdrawal service.
This allows you to get up to 500 GC per encounter with MacZee. (It is a 2:1 exchange rate though, so you will pay 1000 coins per 500 GC.)
If you are not feeling that rich or if you have A LOT of chips and are afraid of dying early, you can safely deposit as many GC you want and instantly convert them into Inn Gold Coins for posterior usage.
It is a fair exchange rate of 1:1 in this case, no fees for this service.
Item Storage (Retrieve and Store Orbs)
You may safely store a limited amount of orbs inside Stebanks, be it to make your pouch lighter or to retrieve them later.
The fee is a bit hefty (100 GC per storage and retrieval) but items persist in between expeditions! So nothing will stop you from storing and retrieving orbs that would otherwise be VERY difficult to get early on or from completely different clans than what you are playing!
Bank Artifacts
MacZee may or may not sell/give some random bank artifacts like Credit Cards and Lottery Tickets.
We are still testing those and seeing if they work well.
I cannot say for sure if they are going to be present in the final version or not, so take this "sneak peek" with a big grain of salt.Bank at the Inn
At the Inn, MacZee allows you to upgrade its multitude of banking services and customize your loadout!
I am not going to spoil all the upgrades you can acquire from him, but some allow a pretty cool degree of customization, I think. (keep in mind, it is expensive)
Loadout Customization
You can use the orbs that you stored during expeditions to customize your pets and character loadouts permanently.
The way it works, you use orbs stored on the safe to replace up to a certain amount of orbs (upgradeable) from your character's loadout.
Each orb customized makes the price go up though, so be prepared to open up your wallet.This allows you to create pretty strong and wild loadouts! Believe me, you are going to need all the help you can find when facing all the new challenges this patch adds.
More Stuff?
(little game: find the NPC that wasn't there before)
I only covered some of the Bank features in this post, but the patch is planned to add an array of new things for you to unlock, find, fight and do.
(We didn't even got to show the new artifacts yet...)
I think that for this sneak peek we already have shown a good amount of content, so expect more to be shown on the upcoming weeks.
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I sometimes get a biiiit afraid of showing too much as well, because we never know when we have to cut corners :p
(Don't wanna hype anyone up unnecessarily)Everything I've shown so far is confirmed to be there though. (Except bank artifacts, we'll see.)
Anyway, I hope you liked this sneak peek!
Thank you so much for all your support and see you soon! - Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.10c
Hotfix frequency will be reduced from now on, but we'll be able to focus on the big update now! QOL We now have a new skybox that is not a video, so it will run better on several computers. (Thanks Jaqueta) Bugfixes Most Important Fixes Regenerate Orb is no longer Strict nor Over
Original postHotfix frequency will be reduced from now on, but we'll be able to focus on the big update now!
QOL
- We now have a new skybox that is not a video, so it will run better on several computers. (Thanks Jaqueta)
Bugfixes
Most Important Fixes
- Regenerate Orb is no longer Strict nor Overpowered. (sorry for that, it wasn’t intentional.)
- Artifact Liberation menu should no longer softlocks you when you try to return. (Thanks Coel)
Functionality
- Gacha Addict now saves how much money you spend per intersection so it will load the proper data upon saving and reloading the save file (thanks Binho)
UI and UX
- Opening Pause on Orb Merchant should now properly hide the merchant UI.
- Improved Orb hovering check. This fixes an issue where quickly hovering and “unhovering” your mouse from an Orb would not display the orb tooltip.
- Artifact Liberation menu no longer has unaligned orbs.
Audiovisual
- Artifacts now spin when you hover above them.
- “You are Here” should no longer overlap text on the Tower Map. (thanks Arkuktor)
Localization and Text
- Cloning Machine should now say Clone Orb instead of Remove Orb (thanks Coel)
- Fixed “Descarted” instead of “Discarded”.(thanks Arkuktor)
- Artifact Liberation menu’s button now shows “Return” instead of “Orb Shop”
Known Issues
- It seems like Artifact Orbs do not display the 3D model properly on some menus, we couldn’t replicate it internally yet, but we’ll be looking into it for the future. (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.9a
QOL Summon’s abilities (Tank, Backstab) should now appear on the orb tooltip. Bugfixes Most Important Fixes Fixed a softlock that happened on Boss Lootbox and Chest Rewards if your UI scale were above 100% (Thanks Arkuktor) Fixed a softlock that would happen when effects that tar
Original postQOL
- Summon’s abilities (Tank, Backstab) should now appear on the orb tooltip.
Bugfixes
Most Important Fixes
- Fixed a softlock that happened on Boss Lootbox and Chest Rewards if your UI scale were above 100% (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Fixed a softlock that would happen when effects that targeted random characters could not execute because there were no possible targets to execute the effect. (Thanks Coel)
- Potentially fixed a softlock that happened when moving invalid characters.
Functionality
- Fixed issue where effects that drew orbs at the same time that Magnetic orbs would be added to hand could draw the same Magnetic orbs that were already supposed to be added to the hand. (Making so that effects like Please Come Home seemed like they didn’t trigger)
- Magnetic Crystal orbs are now always drawn alongside your first hand.
- Improved button collision issues on some UI scales.
Audiovisual
- Fixed stacked artifacts getting out of frame.
- Fixed pet hats showing up fully black at intersections. (Specifically The Jungle and The Mansion)
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.8g
This fixes an issue where Loadout and Rename Button didn't work.
Original postThis fixes an issue where Loadout and Rename Button didn't work.
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.8f
This fixes an issue where Dark Coin costed 10 mana. (and had "Strict" and "Overpowered" tags)
Original postThis fixes an issue where Dark Coin costed 10 mana. (and had "Strict" and "Overpowered" tags)
- Developer post
Update 1.0.8
This adds plenty of QOL and fixes. But also adds new Gambles, Capturable Orbs and one new unlockable. We hope you enjoy it! Balancing and Revamps Enemies Mimics no longer steal 5 GC per attack. Drakobolds no longer steal 5 GC per attack. Pumpkin Lord Eskyuven now has 100 AP inste
Original postThis adds plenty of QOL and fixes.
But also adds new Gambles, Capturable Orbs and one new unlockable.We hope you enjoy it!
Balancing and Revamps
Enemies
- Mimics no longer steal 5 GC per attack.
- Drakobolds no longer steal 5 GC per attack.
- Pumpkin Lord Eskyuven now has 100 AP instead of 50.
- Pumpkin Lord Eskyuven now has 2 DEF instead of 1.
- Pumpkin Lord Eskyuven now receives 2 stacks of each buff instead of 1 upon triggering Latent Rage.
- Added more orbs that Orbot Galter can potentially generate.
- Tricksters now have 25 HP instead of 20.
- Banshee now has 25 ATK instead of 20.
Orbs
- Some Capturable Orbs now have different chances of being added instead of every single one of them having equal odds.
- Fallen Trickster Hat now costs 2 Mana instead of 4. Also gives 2 ATK.
- Desperate Bargain now has the “Overpowered” tag.
- Artifact Portmanteau now has the “Overpowered” and “Strict” tags.
Artifacts
- Mana Shard now gives 1 extra Mana on combat start in addition to giving 1 extra mana every turn.
Content
Gameplay
- Added “Strict” orb tag. (Can’t be played through alternative methods.)
- Added “Overpowered” orb tag. (Mana cost won’t go below 10, but they have cool RGB visuals)
New Capturable Orbs
- Hollow Body now has a capturable summon.
- Drakobold now has a capturable weapon.
- Snatcher now has a capturable weapon.
- Trickster now has a capturable special orb… summon?
- All Pumpkins now have more capturable summons.
- Orbot Galter now has a VERY low % capturable summon.
- Orbot Guchris now has a VERY low % capturable summon
New Orbs
- Added Black Capture Gemstone
New Tower and Inn Developments
- Added the “Capturedex” upgrade, a Tower Upgrade that allows you to check what are the capturable orbs (and the odds of each one) from an enemy by right-clicking them. (Thanks Kaziglu Bey)
New Unlockables
- Added Black Capture Gemstone as an Unlockable.
New Gambles
- Added “Broken Toys” gamble.
- Added “Too Hot!” gamble.
- Added “Handicap X” gamble.
- Added “Black Capture Gemstone” reward.
QOL
- Save and Load: Changed UIs to now have a time stamp. (thanks Bloopers, Serulin and Jaqueta)
- Save and Load: Autosaves are now stored inside each individual save file, and are not separate saves. (Thanks Jaqueta)
- Inn Orb Shop: Orb Tooltips now appear by default instead of you having to hover on it.
- Reward Board (Levels): Orb Tooltips now appear instead of descriptions. (Won’t show Summons though)
- You can now see your active skills beneath your character’s HP.
- You can now check what you can capture from a specific character by right-clicking it. (But only if you have the Capturedex upgrade)
- The Camera will now widen the Field of View when playing at low Aspect Ratios, such as 16/10 and 3/2.
- Skills are now visible during Combat on the Left Side of the HUD.
- This can be toggled off under Settings > Interface.
Bugfixes
Most Important Fixes
- Potentially fixed a softlock where Confirm/Skip button sometimes wouldn’t work on Orb Chest. (Thanks Arkuktor)
- Fixed issue where orb draws and additions to hand would become inconsistent when the player succeeded a Fear check upon using an Attack Orb. (Thanks WhiteFalcon.)
- Fixed issue where Attack Orbs wouldn’t go to the Burnt Pile after succeeding a Fear check.
- Fixed issue where Levels and Expedition UI frequently overlapped other Inn UI elements. (Thanks Arkuktor)
Functionality
- Fixed issue where Mana Crystal could make other Upgrade Crystal effects not execute. (Damage Crystals, Cloning Crystals, etc.)
- Fixed issue where Upgrade Crystals would sometimes not work if you had two or more distinct Crystals on the same orb.
- Potentially fixed issue where burning door would damage you even if you had the “Aggressive” trait.
- Fixed inconsistent Trick or Treat activations and action changes for Eskyuven. (e.g: when receiving Burning damage, he would perform ToT twice)
- Pouch Pocket now properly draws +1 orb on your first turn.
- Fixed issue where Snatcher Shop would snatch things that you didn’t really have.
- Fixed issue where hovering your mouse on highlighted links on the Spoils menu didn’t work well for Orb Tooltips.
- Fixed out of bounds exception that could happen when burning Bombkins.
Audiovisual
- Fixed a bug where the Chest Unboxing Animation would appear incorrectly when using lower Interface Scale values.
- Drastically reduced Pumpkin Pile light intensity.
- “Return” button should no longer overlap the Tower Dangers button on the Inn.
- Added simple BG to Skill Tree
Localization, Typos, Text
- Fixed small text issue on “Trick” description
- Fixed “Gulsing” typo. (should now say “Guising”)
- Improved “Puppet Strings”’s description.
- Fixed other minor text issues.
- [PT-BR] Localized Mana Tooltip on the HUD.
- [PT-BR] Localized The Spoils “Cards”.
- [PT-BR] Localized Chest Unboxing UI.
- [PT-BR] Localized Boss Loot Box UI.
Performance
- Improved the Performance of the Pouch Rendering, the resolution of the “Pouch Camera Render” (Used to render the 3D orbs inside the UI) now scales based on which resolution the game is running.
- Same performance improvements were made to Artifact Rendering, in both the HUD, and Artifact Pouch.
- These improvements will have a large impact on Systems with Integrated Graphics and Lower-end GPUs.
- Same Improvements were added to Character Selection screens (Buy/Borrow/Select)
- Additionally, the game will limit how many characters are rendered in Real-time in the UI up to 2. Rest will be frozen.
- Further optimizations were made as well, all of these improvements should give a huge performance boost when selecting characters, especially for a large collection of characters. (Thanks for reporting the performance issues Wolfgang)
Known Issues
We’ll be looking into fixing these for the next patches.
- There may still be a Pumpkin Lord softlock that may happen under specific conditions, we are still investigating, if you experienced it please let us know! (Thanks WhiteFalcon!)
- Stacked artifacts are getting out of frame.
- Gacha Addict progress doesn’t properly save, so if you spent 25 GC, saved and loaded, you’ll need to spend again.
- Red Tricksters sometimes don’t attack, we are still investigating that.
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.7a
This one fixes plenty of annoying issues. Now we'll start working on weekly hotfixes and some more QOL, here are the notes: Most Important Fixes Fixed softlock that would happen if “Pumpkin Pile” or “Pumpkin Pile of Two” died before being able to act and was the last character to
Original postThis one fixes plenty of annoying issues.
Now we'll start working on weekly hotfixes and some more QOL, here are the notes:Most Important Fixes
- Fixed softlock that would happen if “Pumpkin Pile” or “Pumpkin Pile of Two” died before being able to act and was the last character to act. (This would block you from pressing End Turn.) (Thanks Wolf)
- Fixed softlock that would happen when a Pumpkin enemy that transformed from Pumpkin Pile or Pile of Two while trying to attack, tried to attack. (Thanks Wolf)
- Fixed an issue where using Tokens would be blocked if you had less Clan Tokens than the total invested previously (Thanks Hornchen)
- Fixed an issue where autosaves would eventually start concatenating into “SaveAuto0Auto0”, “SaveAuto0Auto1Auto0”, and similar. (Previous saves named like this will still remain though, new ones will correct themselves.)
Functionality
- “Bomb” can no longer attack if forced to by using orbs. (Thanks Wolf)
- Made so that the orb draw calculation ignores orbs that you just used (specially useful for orbs that add other orbs into your hand).
- ^ This should fix an issue where the game tells your hand is full even if it only has 9 orbs.
- Fixed an issue where Toll Crystal would execute twice, costing 20 GC or Life per 1 Mana instead of 10. (Thanks Jonesboy33)
- Fixed issue where Crystal Upgrade rewards would sometimes mimic the Crystal Upgrade Shop.
Stability
- Fixed some stability issues related to Hideable UIs
Audiovisual
- Fixed issue where Status Effect Particles sometimes appeared below character parts, clothes or equipment. (specially on Player characters)
- Inn Master should no longer say another dialogue when you enter the “Inn and Tower Developments” menu.
UX and UI
- Fixed issue where Upgrade Crystals would show the incorrect targets on the Spoils Menu if there were 2 crystals. (a Crystal that could be applied to any orb would sometimes show “Summon Only”, or “Special Only”, etc.)
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.6a
Balancing and Revamps Revamped Chest of Time’s effects: - Artifact Effect is “On your turn end: Draw one random orb from your Burnt Pile.” - Orb Effect is “Draw 3 random orbs from your Banished Pile.” - Orb now costs 1 Mana instead of 0. Increased Contraption Gear’s cost to 300 C
Original postBalancing and Revamps
- Revamped Chest of Time’s effects: - Artifact Effect is “On your turn end: Draw one random orb from your Burnt Pile.” - Orb Effect is “Draw 3 random orbs from your Banished Pile.” - Orb now costs 1 Mana instead of 0.
- Increased Contraption Gear’s cost to 300 Chips.
Bugfixes
Most Important Fixes
- Fixed floor skip upon getting out of an event combat.
- Gambler XP not going above 1980 and blocking reaching Level 5 (this blocked Clan Lord achievement, thanks Coel and Wolf for the reports)
Functionality
- Fixed an issue where you couldn’t disable all Tower Dangers after activating them.
- Fixed Contraption Gear Artifact not giving Sped Up to Automated characters. (Thanks Jonesboy33)
- Fixed an issue where Varied Party (Basic) was giving 1 AP per ally instead of 2. (Thanks Kamai)
- Multiple Orb Chests should no longer contain identical shared orbs if opened in the same Spoils menu. (Thanks Stafford’s Bees)
- Fixed issue where Guchris’s Helmet’s effect never stops executing if used on a Special Orb with the Specialist Crystal. (Thanks Stafford’s Bees)
- Fixed an issue where Locked Chest would instead unlock the Trap Orb. Locked Chest should now appear normally.
Audiovisual
- Increased epilepsy warning time in 2 seconds. (Thanks MadHatRavenDesk for the idea)
- Fixed Orbs not showing up visually on Inn Orb Shop.
- Fixed super small Artifacts on Inn Artifact Shop.
- Fixed issue where Master audio volume was reset upon game start. (thanks Hörnchen for the report and clip)
UX and UI
- Fixed orb counter not updating when drawing orbs from Magnetic Crystal
- Fixed orb counter sometimes not updating when getting orbs from Burnt Pile or Banished Pile
Localization
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for Tower Dangers
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for Character Selection Confirmation
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for Currency Exchange
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for “Your Turn”/”Enemy Turn” message
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for “You Won!” Message
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for many Enemy/Summon Actions
- [PT-BR] Fixed Several missing Localization on Orb Shop and Orb Removal.
- [EN] ^ This includes a fix where the Orb Removal section would show “Buy Orb” instead of “Remove Orb” instead.
- [PT-BR] Added Localization for Trick/Treat and Heads/Tails UI.
Performance
- Significant Performance improvements on UI rendering.
Known Issues
- Performance issues (mainly stutters) when loading, saving or opening character menus while having too many characters.
- Adding orbs to hand becomes inconsistent under certain conditions (Thanks WhiteFalcon)
- Pumpkin Pile seems to still cause some kind of softlock, still investigating. (Thanks Wolf)
Could not replicate
Those issues were reported, but we couldn’t replicate them, please let us know if you still encounter them.
- Heart of the Forest Orb giving 5 mana instead of 1. (Thanks Jonesboy33)
- Rank 2 regenerative (Elf level 1) only gives 1 regeneration instead of 2 as it says. (Thanks Kamai)
- I found an issue with infinite Automated on an old save that I had, please let me know if it happens with you. I only managed to perform that once, still investigating.
- Developer post
Our Update Schedule
Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the amazing support! This is a follow up from the previous post where I'll tell you everything that we have decided related to the updates. Reminder I mentioned this on our previous post as well, but here it is again: If you want frequent updat
Original postHey everyone! Thank you so much for the amazing support!
This is a follow up from the previous post where I'll tell you everything that we have decided related to the updates.Reminder
I mentioned this on our previous post as well, but here it is again:
If you want frequent updates, we have several secondary platforms where we post Gamble Tower content that you may wish to follow or join, based on frequency:- Discord (very frequent updates)
- Twitch (used to be daily, now it's usually weekly)
- YouTube (monthly-ish...?)
- X? (our good friend Erik handles this platform)
We usually reserve Steam announcements for big stuff, but since the game is now out, I'll try to be a bit more frequent around here!
So feel free to follow us here through our Steam Page as well! (We'll also make a developer page, ...eventually.)In Short
Schedule Summary
If you don't want to read everything, I won't blame you! Here is a summary of our schedule:
- Sep 1st - Sep 8th: Daily hotfixes. (for most part)
- Sep 9th - Sep 30th: Weekly hotfixes + QOL, we'll be focusing on making the game as stable (and less annoying) as we can.
- Oct 1st - Oct 31st: Weeklyish hotfixes, Focus on QOL + we'll start proper development on the next content patch, expect more sneak peeks and news around this time.
- November: Full focus on 1.1 Update, we'll try to release it around the end of the month.
- December: Frequent hotfixes for 1.1 Update, we'll probably plan more stuff around this time.
1.1 Update Content Summarized
Now, if you want to know the confirmed content we have planned for 1.1:
- Bank NPC: Unlocked after you amass some amount of money, will allow for things related to retrieving and storing gold, chips... orbs? Shenanigans may include a credit card.
- New Loadouts: Starting deck variety, as well as a secondary starting artifact for each clan.
- New Tower Dangers: More difficulties! ...I guess you guys like that?
- New Orbs: Specially for clans!
- Late Game Content: Some of you already unlocked almost everything, somehow! I am happy! So we'll have more for you.
- And more!
Now, the Details
Hotfixes and Stability
Probably the most important situation to address is that yes, Gamble Tower is pretty unstable, and I deeply apologize for it.
There is a lot of different reasons, but here is no place for excuses. (I'll be making a video for our YouTube channel explaining why, if you are interested!)Launch Week
More importantly is: that during this week we are trying to deploy hotfixes almost every single day (yesterday was an exception), and we hope to be able to provide a much more stable experience by the end of the week.
We are doing everything in our power to fix the plethora of bugs and lack of QOL that are popping up, so please, feel free to continue sending any issues that you find through Steam Discussions or our Discord!It's only through your reports that we become aware of some bugs, and some reports are so helpful that they help us understand what is happening and how to fix it! So don't be shy!
You are helping Gamble Tower become a better game! :)Post-Launch Week
However! I cannot keep this frequency up for post-launch.
And as such from the next week onwards we'll be deploying 1 to 2 hotfixes per week instead of daily.
(There may be more, but that is the amount that we can promise to have.)We are not full time devs, so during weekdays I usually only have the early morning and the very late night to do develop, which unfortunately is not enough for deploying a significant amount or quality of fixes that you guys deserve.
Another reason is that some bugs and QOL features NEED time, specially when they involve changing how something works. (refactoring stuff.)
If we rush fixing things, we'll end breaking more stuff than we are fixing, so I hope you understand.1.1 Content Planning
Yes, we made a tier list. Actually... four tier lists.
We still need to meet and plan the nitty'n gritty of everything we plan to add, but we managed to at least confirm most of the core content we wish to have for the 1.1.
disclaimer: tier list subject to change.Basically, the tier lists for each one of us (Ian, Camila and Jaqueta) is just a tool to express what we can and want to have in the game the most.
There is some content we really wanted to add but it is completely unviable development-wise, reasons usually include: too much development time, having to rebuild core systems from scratch or the infamous "this will certainly break all the other systems".After 1.1 Update (1.2?)
We'll decide and plan when we are there (well, a little bit before that, I hope).
But for most part, if something doesn't make the cut for 1.1, we'll transfer that to another patch, if feasible.Thank you!
That is it for now! Hopefully we'll be able to share some more info and update sneak peeks soon!
See you later!- Ian
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.5b
Emergency fix for: Wrong Gambles appearing on Boss 2 and 3 Potentially skipping floor when returning from Combat Event (Thanks Jonesboy33!)
Original postEmergency fix for:
- Wrong Gambles appearing on Boss 2 and 3
- Potentially skipping floor when returning from Combat Event
(Thanks Jonesboy33!)
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.5a
Polish Saving Popup now has sound QOL Camera Sway effect is reduced as some players were having trouble hovering certain elements on screen. It can still be fully disabled on the Options. Bugfixes Most Important Fixes Janitor should now properly appears upon finishing the game wh
Original postPolish
- Saving Popup now has sound
QOL
- Camera Sway effect is reduced as some players were having trouble hovering certain elements on screen. It can still be fully disabled on the Options.
Bugfixes
Most Important Fixes
- Janitor should now properly appears upon finishing the game while meeting the proper conditions. (thanks Coel and Pipichu)
- Fixed “Dafter Punks” achievement unlock condition. (thanks Wolf)
- Fixed an issue where for Chapter 2 onward you were able to select multiple Gambles on boss battles and forced to select just 1 on the floor before. (thanks Coel and Jonesboy33)
- Fixed a softlock if opening Gear Menu (Pause) on the Orb Shop. (thanks Jonesboy33)
- Fixed issue where autosaving would stop working after entering Tower Tutorials.
- Fixed an issue where autosave only saved on Auto0 if Auto1 and Auto2 existed (thanks Wolf for the report)
UI and UX
- Added collision behind Boss Lootbox UI.
- Saving Popup now doesn’t show up for temporary (tutorial) save files.
- Artifact Pouch is now arranged correctly
- Expedition Results “Talk to Gambler” text is now displayed correctly.
- Combat Gamble UI will temporarily hide while a Character Hover Information UI is visible.
- Fixed an issue where receiving Mana would show “+X Armor” instead of “+X Mana”.
- Saves on the Inn should now properly show “The Inn” instead of garbage expedition data.
- Continue Button now displays “The Inn” thumbnail for saves on the Inn. (instead of garbage expedition data)
- Pause Menu should now appear above any other UI and have a subtle black background
Functionality
- Fixed a NullReferenceException when using orbs while having the “Crystallized Magic” skill. (Could cause a bunch of errors and inconsistencies)
- Fixed a NullReferenceException related to the Saving Popup
- Fixed a NullReferenceException related to the Warden and Loan Shark character cards
- Disabled autosave during tutorials
Localization, Strange Wording and Typos
- Fixed double “to” on: Crystal Shop - Aggression Crystal "Until the end of combat, add 12 ATK to to the target." (Thanks Kaziglu Bey)
Known Issues
- There are some unlocks that may happen between saves. (Sometimes if you are on a specific save and then start a new game or load another save, an unlock from the previous save may happen on the new save)
- Audio settings reset upon clicking off the game and back again (thanks Hörnchen for the report and clip)
- Gambler XP not going above 1980 when reaching Level 4 (this blocks Clan Lord achievement, thanks Coel and Wolf for the reports)
- Epilepsy warning leaves too fast (Thanks MadHatRavenDesk for the report)
- Issues related to Artifact Orbs (Thanks Jonesboy33 for the reports)
- Issues related to Skills (Lots of reports, thanks to Kamai, Jonesboy33 and more.)
- Plenty of wording oddities and badly explained effects, we’ll be working on that slowly.
- Token usage on Skill Trees sometimes is blocked even when it shouldn’t, still investigating.
- Pumpkin Pile seems to still cause some kind of softlock, still investigating.
- A lot of other issues, we are doing our best to fix those asap.
Planned for Next Hotfix
QOL
(You can expect those for the very next hotfixes, there is more in the way though)
- Right-clicking on a Character’s hud will also display Character HUD.
- Save Menu revamp to display dates and autosaves inside the original save
- Character Discard Service. (probably some NPC that lets you remove Characters)
- More settings.
- Developer post
Hotfix 1.0.4c
Yet another emergency fix! This one fixes the boss skip glitch on Floor 6. ...What a small patch note. 1.0.5 will come with far more changes though. (probably tomorrow)
Original postYet another emergency fix!
This one fixes the boss skip glitch on Floor 6....What a small patch note.
1.0.5 will come with far more changes though. (probably tomorrow)