Words Can Kill

Typing Monkey

Released
Sep 29, 2022
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    Try the demo of Spinny Dungeon: the next game from the creator of Words Can Kill

    The demo of my next game just came out! Spinny Dungeon is a slot machine roguelike inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Plants vs. Zombies. The FULL run with one hero is currently available in the demo. View game page Each time you hit the SPIN button bloody monsters creep closer.

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    Spinny Dungeon - Slot Machine Roguelike From The Dev

    I'm proud to announce my new game. Spinny Dungeon is a slot machine roguelike inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Plants vs. Zombies. Each time you hit the SPIN button bloody monsters creep closer. Stop them before they reach your soul locked deep inside the ancient slot machine.

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    Patch 1.0.14

    Fixed a bug with tiles getting stuck after canceling a move in certain circumstances. Fixed a visual bug with an empty ("-" dash) tile. The dash was too close to the top of the tile. Added a hint during the fight with the final boss of the game. His behavior was not clear. The wo

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    Patch 1.0.12

    Cursed Mode Rework Players get an additional tile at the start of each turn instead of bonuses for long words. The default hand size for the Scout in this mode is 7 instead of 6 tiles. Now it is much easier to make decent words during one turn without hints. Counterplay Against W

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    Patch 1.0.11

    Balance All usual and elite enemies on Levels 1-5 are slightly weaker now. Localization Russian has been added in test mode. The second class (Brute) is currently not available in Russian. Controls Tile placement feels better now (better drag-and-drop accuracy). Although an alter

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    Patch 1.0.10

    Fixed a visual bug with the Blade of Limited Infinity. After the 3rd strike, if you placed a valid word on the Attack board, you could not see the value of this word. Some tiles that were previously upgraded during combat retained their point value after the opponent's "Decrease"

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    Patch 1.0.9

    Some tiles could not be discarded or sacrificed in the rare circumstances. This bug is fixed now. Enemies in the 2nd and 3rd zone on the Level 1 and Level 2 deal less damage. The 2nd, 4th and 5th final bosses deal less damage.

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    Ver. 1.0.8

    Tips for new players were added on the map screen. Fixed a bug with an alternative controls after using Keymaster's ability. Boozer was excluded from the list of potential enemies on the Level 1. His behavior was confusing for new players.

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    Ver. 1.0.7

    Now you can remove unwanted words from the dictionary (ESC >> Options >> Add a word) - ramen - oodle - stygian - loupe(-s) - lich(-s) ki*e(-s) was added to the censored list. Now the game cannot be softlocked after closing the removal service. You receive a starting b

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    Ver. 1.0.6

    Enemies on the first levels are slightly easier now: Damage dealt by enemies: Level 1: Small bat: 3 to 2-3 Wolf: 11 to 10-11 Dog health: 20 to 18 Frost lizard: 10-11 to 10 Frost warrior: 7-8 to 7 (small) and 11-12 to 11 (strong) Turban warrior: 15 (base) to 12 (base) Sand lizard

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    Ver. 1.0.5

    Bug causing music to play when music is turned off has been fixed. A couple of words were added to the dictionary: "fleek" and "haji"

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    Words Can Kill Out Now

    Unleash the power of words and save the princess! Words Can Kill is available on Steam!!!

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    Words Can Kill Launches September 29

    Words Can Kill will be available on September 29 , 2022! Wishlist on Steam today to be the first to save the princess! The full price will be 7.99USD (or your regional equivalent) Launch discount: -15%

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    ​⚔️️​ Words Can Kill: Demo Update

    Several players during the Next Fest reported that they still don't like controls in the game. So I added an alternative way to place tiles on the board for players who prefer the Cursed (or Doomed) mode. It can be activated through the menu (ESC -> Options). 1. You need to cl

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    ​⚔️️​ Words Can Kill Stream

    Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point

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    ​⚔️️​ Words Can Kill Stream

    Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point

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    ​⚔️️​ Words Can Kill Stream

    Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point

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    Pre-Release Demo Update

    Demo was updated - You can try magic effect tiles and new no-hints modes in the demo right now. - Tile placement feels better now. - If you hover over a tile in the Gifted (hinted) mode you can see possible words containing this tile. - Balance was slightly reworked (some items w

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    New classes and magic effect tiles

    Words Can Kill is on the final stages of the development. All enemies and boss battles are ready now. Two new classes were added : Brute and Keymaster. The default character was currently named Pioneer. You can propose your own names for the classes in the comments. - Brute start