11 Jul 2024Developer post

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is now playable on Controller!

Controller support We've been hard at work bringing Controller support to Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. Let's have a quick peek at how controller gameplay works while I prattle some marketing speech: Navigate your way around the depths with ease using our smart targeting technology!

Controller support

We've been hard at work bringing Controller support to Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. Let's have a quick peek at how controller gameplay works while I prattle some marketing speech:

Navigate your way around the depths with ease using our smart targeting technology! The left stick will automatically select the most interesting tile in the direction it was pushed. This way you can zoom straight to your target, even if it's on the other side of the map. (The D-pad allows micro-adjustments for the true exploration connoisseur)

While you fight, you'll want to be using your items and Glyphs. You can go into your inventory to use items, OR you can also use the Radial Menu to sling spells and quaff potions faster than ever!

This all works on the Steam Deck as well, but we're still working towards verification.

Now isn't that fantastic. On to the next big feature...

The Codex

The Codex is back! Rejoice, revel, write about how glad you are in the Steam Discussions! All of the information you could ever need is at your fingertips. Entries are added when you find something new in a dungeon (including Dailies) or unlock a new Class / Kin.

Information about Gods is also accessible from their altar (no need to alt tab to the wiki anymore!) You'll still need to discover their likes, dislikes, and punishments through experiencing them. So you'll have your inventory deleted at least once :bleaty:

Spanish Localisation

Thanks to the amazingly attractive and intelligent members of our Discord server, Azran and Agus, Desktop Dungeons: Rewind now is now playable in Spanish. Grande! They've done a fantastic job and we are so excited to put their hard work into the game 💖 Muchas gracias!

Difficulty Modifier

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind has a reputation for being difficult, and we don't want this to be something that scares people off. We've added a modifier that should ease players into the game and allow them to experience the terror of later dungeons without sinking hundreds of hours into the game. You can find it in the Gameplay settings.

For the people who like it when the game is difficult, we've added a new feature to the Vicious Token: winning a run with the Vicious Token will raise the Difficulty Modifier by 10%. This can exceed 100%.

We're a little scared to see how far you can take this. :bleaty:

That's all we've got for you today! Enjoy the update, tell your friends, leave a review, follow us on Twitter, join our Discord, and call your grandma.

Lots of love,
- QCF Design

Changelog 2024-07-11: (It's a big one!)

Controller support!
Prevent item usage prediction on selected enemies from being overridden by extra combat prediction.
Improve grid indicator consistency for other clickhandlers.
Make text input easier to see.
Don't deselect text inputs when control type switches.
Better handle rewind screen capture failures & prevent rewind screen capture when rewind is not available.
Prevent badge list from showing in main menu on tutorial dungeons.
Target .Net 4, switch to incremental GC.
Prevent Compression Seal from being usable after the inventory is closed.
Fix bug with full map zoom that would focus the wrong position the second time it was used.
Fix the full rejuve quest item not invalidating Feeling Parched.
Add selection frame around preparations.
Fix bug that could send the player to the map when canceling a run before tutorials were over.
Fix emergent bug with speech bubbles not displaying text correctly.
Optimize smart move over long move distances to minimize pathfinding lookups.
Remove overcomplicated single step movement that was causing issues.
Make left stick always smart movement, dpad always single-step movement. Use newly-free LB for center on player, clean up LT to Zoom Entire Dungeon.
Prevent zoom entire dungeon state getting stuck if the input is released while the UI is in a click-blocking state.
Fix bug with controller inventory conversions not being recorded by replays.
Prevent players opening an empty inventory.
Prevent conversion when opening the inventory with an item already in use.
Remove phantom selectable buttons from the Kingdom layerset for early kingdom states.
Prevent navigating to the camera control buttons when the player is dead.
Tutorials reworked for controllers.
Fix gold transmuter boss using the wrong graphics.
Add JPN localization!
Fix spacing issues on the scoring scene.
Fix mashing input triggering active buttons inbetween advisor animations.
Add new radial menu on RT for the current selected block.
Prevent PQI from creating "get Faithless with Vampire" situations.
Show simulated damage increase from drinking a potion while trisword is in inventory.
Speed up level generation/loading.
Fix score screen kingdom gold label looking off.
Allow players to change resolutions based on current connected monitor.
Fixed bug that could result in localized text displaying old colour codes.
Fix Kingdom gold not updating when buying a veto or locker slot at the bank.
Style text in Jehora's desecration now applies correctly.
Fixed bad wording in Positioning puzzle.
Optimize rewind frame capture and downscale captured frames if they're larger than 1920 horizontal size.
Optimise reveal fog and foliage depression texture updates.
Updated change kingdom UI layout to be more sensible.
Cache various UI objects, optimize UI rendering.
Made JJ's Last Chance boon show accurate cost in the boon info display.
Removed erroneous online check in the run-saving pipeline that could stall saving sometimes.
Added codex!
Fixed infinite menu loop that could happen when trying to load online profiles when the internet connection drops.
Fix issue that could cause a Kingdom to be loaded witout UI, made finishing a Daily return to the start screen if the current save doesn't have a Zepplin.
Fix bug that could send the player to an empty preparations screen if they had an Explorers Guild but no other preps.
Fix bug with locker tutorial that could allow the player to make the lockers unusable.
Simulate enemy health when they're damaged + selected, show regen predictions when moving via controller with a selected enemy.
Add item source display to item info, shop info, pickup info and codex.
Force dungeon runs to be uploaded when forcing a save.
Prevent the game picking the Gaan-telet taunt portal as a random run location.
Prevent menu from opening during gameplay when there's a popup visible.
Fix reviving enemies triggering extra damage pop animations.
Fix controller softlock when selecting random run with no preparations unlocked.
Fix numerous saving/connection issues when not online, update error messages and prevent error spam, fix deletion while offline causing a semi-lock, fix inifinite save loop when offline that prevented progress.
Fix bug that reset codex progress when rewinding.
Fix nullref when rewinding if the game was played entirely unfocused.
Optimize level tiling graphics instantiation.
Fix issue with stat pops losing their animation and sticking around after their parent is disabled.
Guarded against repeated potions in the potion shops.
Fix bug with god count achievements being unlocked by hovering over pactmaker boons.
Prevent translocation seal being used multiple times when targeting another block while the player is standing on a shop.
Prevent show entire dungeon input from working during replays, also make releasing the input during a blocking popup/menu not leave the camera stuck zoomed out.
Fix softlock when starting a new kingdom immediately after playing the daily.
Make all connections have a faster default timeout period.
Add SPA localization!
Prevent input mashing while loading the dungeon from resetting the current setup.
Fix error with daily run name value not being set correctly to prevent false updates.
Text input on Steam Deck/Big Picture.
Don't limit rainbow completion to the exact total.
Prevent advisor hand from being shown on initial startup when no controller is present.
Added global difficulty setting to allow players to adjust difficulty downwards if they want to. Winning with the vicious token increases global difficulty by 10%.
Make global difficulty not have an impact in dailies or puzzles.
Fix touch input support, make touch input use left click select at all times.

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18 Mar 2024Developer post

Get 40% off Desktop Dungeons: Rewind!

Not convinced yet? Well, let us convince you! Things that Desktop Dungeons: Rewind guarantees: 🐐 Brain-teasing fun-geons! (I will admit that's a stretch) 🐐 Daily tests of your skill in D.E.R.P missions 🐐 Losing your D.E.R.P streak as Goatperson Things that Desktop Dungeons: Re

22 Dec 2023Developer post

"Winter" is here! Get 30% off Desktop Dungeons: Rewind.

We're not lying about getting 30% off of Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. We would never do that (and we don't think Steam would let us...) What we're lying about is that it's not really winter. If you didn't know, QCF Design is based in South Africa. We make games here, and it's the mi

21 Nov 2023Developer post

Nominate Desktop Dungeons: Rewind as the “Best Game You Suck At”

Hark, Kingdom Administrators, Ye olde Steam Awards are upon us again and we’d love your support! Nominate Desktop Dungeons: Rewind as the “Best Game you Suck At” using the button above. Given that only 1.4% of our players have managed to complete their kingdom, we think you all k

25 Oct 2023Developer post

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind now playable in Japanese!

Hello Administrators! We’re excited to announce that Desktop Dungeons: Rewind has been updated with Japanese language support! The great and illustrious Bliz volunteered to translate the game, all 65,000 words of it… We’re not kidding. It’s a mammoth task, and this contribution t

07 Aug 2023Developer post

The Goatperson - Exploring character classes in Desktop Dungeons: Rewind #14

“Who is the Goatperson? For the hungry, they are water. For the sick, they are a broken kettle. For the sad, they are a kick to the shin. For the poor, they are late stage capitalism. For the debtor, they are a well aimed blunt instrument to the knee.” My time has come. Today is

“Who is the Goatperson? For the hungry, they are water. For the sick, they are a broken kettle. For the sad, they are a kick to the shin. For the poor, they are late stage capitalism. For the debtor, they are a well aimed blunt instrument to the knee.”

My time has come. Today is the day I write about… the Goatperson. The Goatperson was a sick joke for people who complained that the game was “not roguelike enough,” and a way to thank everyone who supported the game during development (we say thanks in strange ways.)

And now I’m going to “explain” how to play this beautiful abomination of a class. Here’s a GIF showing what it feels like to play Goatperson:

Abilities

🐐 Scapegoat - Randomly worships a new god per level, no conversion or desecration

🐐 Prototype - No restoration effects on level-up, gold instead of trophies

🐐 Herbivore - Eats food while exploring. Killing enemies yields more food

So let’s sum it up: you can die of starvation, have no choice in which God you worship, and don’t heal when you level up. Great.

Scapegoat is by far the strangest trait in the game. Starting a run, you’ll automatically be worshipping a God and their altar will be revealed on the map. You won’t get any piety for the initial worship, and will not gain any of the glyphs they'd usually give you. When you level up, your worship will be forcefully changed to another God. You’ll have 3 gods in total that will be switched between.

Something worth keeping in mind is that Gods can give boons that will make other Gods ruin your run. If Dracul gives you Life Steal through Blood Hunger, you better pray that Glowing Guardian isn’t in your pool. Otherwise, well, uh… BG I guess.

Prototype hampers you immensely, forcing you to reveal tiles or quaff potions to heal up. Bye bye, well timed level ups! To somewhat make up for this, your conversion bonus is a full health and mana restore… Except it costs 100 conversion points which increases by 10 every time you use it. Oh, did I mention that it doesn’t cure mana burn and poison like levelling up does? Yeah, you’ll need potions or a divine intervention to help you with that.

Herbivore is just here to make your life even more difficult. Whenever you reveal a new tile, you’ll heal up as per usual and eat one goat food. However, if you don’t have goat food you’ll take damage and drain mana instead. You start with 90 goat food, and gain 9 every time you kill an experience-valuable monster. This means using Imawal is usually a bad idea because you’re petrifying your food.

“Eating rocks is not recommended.” - local health care professional.

Prayers for the Goatperson

When playing the goat person, there are only 2 things you can do: play as well as you can, and pray. Here are some prayers I would recommend:

🔪 Taurog, grant me the strength and fortitude to slay my foes, for I am meagre.

✨ Mystera, provide me magic, for Burndayraz was in the corner of the map.

🌲 Earthmother, forgive me for consuming monsters, for I am hungry. Bah.

💸 Tikki, thank you for accepting cash, for I have nothing else to offer.

👀 Jehora, please don’t randomly poison or mana burn me, for I have no potions left.

📜 Glowing Guardian, bestow on me your Prayer Beads to restore my faith, for I have no hope.

🩸 Dracul, I beg that you are by my side when fighting the boss, for I am weak.

🤝 Pactmaker, give me a slight edge in this dungeon, for I am a pillow in a sword fight.

🗿 Binlor, I am a mere pebble, give me the resistance to least be a small rock. Please.

(Thanks to Eable on our Discord for the ideas!)

Glyphs

🐐 Wonafyt - The Goatperson’s food delivery service of choice! Wonafyt teleports an enemy next to the player and slows them. It first teleports monsters that are the same level as the player, and then will teleport lower levels when there are none. Use this to make sure you don’t starve™.

🐐 Pisorf - How do you b(l)eat two bosses at once? You headbutt them into each other! If you can line them up, use this glyph to damage both bosses at once while converting your other items for refills on your health and mana.

🐐 Burndayraz - As you might have guessed by this point, the Goatperson is more parts prey than predator. You’d also be a lot more scared of your prey if they could throw fireballs at you. While you have no bonus to damage like other classes, Burndayraz scales linearly with your level and is almost always useful. It’s worth preparing Flame Magnet to make sure you can get through the first couple levels.

One other very useful glyph is Bludtupowa. Bludtopowa costs health to use, reveals tiles, and restores mana. The great thing is that it reveals 3 tiles but only costs one food. This why you can peak into the fog while saving your snacks for later. As per usual, using what you find is important. Getindare will eventually save you from getting hit and therefore save food, Halpmeh can help with using your tiles efficiently, and Weytwut can get you out of tight spots.

The Goatperson actually has some awesome lore behind them, and existed before any other Kin! If you join our Discord and ask, we have a local lore fanatic who'll gladly tell you about it ːbleatyː

Otherwise, that's all we have for today! Here are some chilled goats to make your day.

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or else...

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05 Aug 2023Developer post

The Transmuter - Exploring character classes in Desktop Dungeons: Rewind #13

“Transmuters are members of the ancient and powerful Order of Change. Their mastery of inner force is a complete mystery to other magic users: they channel their power through glyphs, yet seem to do so without any techniques outlined in the Standard Magical Primer.” Greetings Adm

“Transmuters are members of the ancient and powerful Order of Change. Their mastery of inner force is a complete mystery to other magic users: they channel their power through glyphs, yet seem to do so without any techniques outlined in the Standard Magical Primer.”

Greetings Administrator, and welcome back to another class post! Today we’ll be giving you the basics on how to play the Transmuter.

Abilities

🌟 Dungeons Lore - Starts with a Lemmisi glyph

🌟 Inner Focus - Using glyphs gives free conversion points

🌟 Spirit Sword - Hitting the conversion threshold adds temporary damage based on max mana

Before explaining the Transmuter’s abilities, let's lay some groundwork. Conversion is the ability of all adventurers to turn items and glyphs into power. This power depends on their Kin. When converted, an item will give you a number of Conversion Points specified in its description. Once your Conversion Points reach your conversion threshold, you’ll gain the bonus and start working towards the next threshold.

Transmuters are the masters of conversion. Inner Focus provides you with conversion points equal to your mana spent whenever you cast a glyph, and Spirit Sword gives a massive spike in damage when you hit a conversion threshold! This makes Transmuters an excellent choice in long dungeons where you’re bound to cast plenty of glyphs and convert plenty of items.

The base damage given by Spirit Sword is equal to your maximum mana. This means that finding sources of bonus damage through your Kin, items, or glyphs can go a long way in making you stronger. Much like the Sorcerer, you’ll have a very diverse damage profile, which can make finding fightable enemies a lot easier.

Kin Choices

🌟 Human - Humans gain 10% bonus damage when they reach a conversion threshold. Along with having the best scaling power, this synergises well with Spirit Sword! Human Transmuters can deal truly monstrous damage, and will shine later in a run.

🌟 Elf - Elves gain one maximum mana when they reach their conversion threshold. This obviously synergises with Spirit Sword to give you more damage, but there’s something even better… You have the lowest conversion threshold in the game. You’ll deal more damage, more often, and receive a permanent increase to your mana.

🌟 Dwarf - Dwarves gain +10 max HP per 80 conversion points. This is another cheap threshold, and can lead to a Dwarf Transmuter becoming incredibly tanky. In Desktop Dungeons, the amount of damage you can deal is effectively how much health you can afford to trade without dying. More health, more effective damage. Dwarves become powerful faster than Elves and Humans, but don't scale when enemies start dealing lots of damage.

You’ll be reaching conversion thresholds often as a Transmuter, and so your Kin choice makes more of a difference than most other classes. Below is a table showing each Kin’s conversion bonus and how many conversion points are needed for a threshold. Happy theory crafting!

Gods

🌟 Jehora Jeheyu - The God of Madness appears again. What is change if not Chaos? Transmuters gain their power from casting spells, which Jehora will reward with Piety. Boost Mana will increase your maximum mana and make your Spirit Sword stronger. If you can save enough piety to become the Chaos Avatar, you’ll be rewarded with 100 Conversion Points, a level-up, and a cure for your ailments.

🌟 Mystera Annur - Change is made in a struggle for growth. Jehora and Mystera are two sides of the same coin: Mystera rewards you for casting spells, and can boost your maximum mana through Magic. They also offer mana refills for converting glyphs with Refreshment, and Flames can be picked up if you plan to go full fireball.

🌟 Glowing Guardian - Conversion returns you to order. Humility lowers your level by one without affecting your health or damage, which makes your Spirit Sword damage spikes effective at catapulting you to higher levels. Glowing Guardian will also reward you for converting items. This piety can be used to reach Enlightenment for a boost to maximum mana, damage, health, and conversion points.

Most Gods are useful for the Transmuter. Tikki Tooki is helpful because you aren’t a regen fighter and they give you a free Getindare glyph. With Binlor, you can farm piety and conversion points simultaneously with Endiswal. Knockback damage also has synergy with Spirit Sword!

Glyphs

🌟 Bysseps - Spirit Sword gives you base damage for one attack, and Bysseps give you bonus damage for one attack. If you want to power up your swing as much as possible, this is the biggest it’s going to get! This combo is great for taking down higher level enemies to get you some bonus experience.

🌟 Getindare - As much as we like to believe whoever you’re spiking on will die instantly, sometimes they won’t. Using Getindare in these moments for an extra attack that converts their existence into… Non-existence. If you're feeling fancy, plan ahead and have the conversion points gained from Inner Focus push you over the threshold in the middle of combat!

🌟 Lemmisi - What this Glyph lacks in combat power, it makes up for in utility. Lemmisi reveals 3 random tiles, and the revealed tiles count towards your regeneration. You’ll heal for three tiles of health and one mana. It also has the special property of prioritising helpful tiles. Using it as a substitute for exploring to heal can help to reveal useful glyphs, hidden subdungeons, boosters, and God Altars. It will also give you conversion points through Inner Focus!

That's all for this post. Remember to be kind, and give your parents a call!

If you want to play the Transmuter ASAP, buy Desktop Dungeons: Rewind here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1976950/Desktop_Dungeons_Rewind/

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04 Aug 2023Developer post

The Rogue - Exploring character classes in Desktop Dungeons: Rewind #12

"Rogues are mavericks with a touch of class. Although they inhabit the greyer areas of society, they put themselves above "common" criminals and hone their skills in preparation for all sorts of glory-seeking exploits. Their grace and poise in battle is unmatched. Their durabilit

"Rogues are mavericks with a touch of class. Although they inhabit the greyer areas of society, they put themselves above "common" criminals and hone their skills in preparation for all sorts of glory-seeking exploits. Their grace and poise in battle is unmatched. Their durability, unfortunately, is not."

Welcome back to another Class Post! Sneaking into the fray, today we'll be talking about the Rogue: the epitome of being able to dish it out but not being able to take it. They're a straightforward and versatile class that works around reduced health and quick hits.

Abilities

🔪 Dangerous - -5 health per level, but start off with +40% damage

🔪 Dexterous - Permanent First Strike buff

🔪 Evasive - Starts with 20% Dodge

Dangerous is the Rogue’s Defining trait, turning them into the glassiest cannon of Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. +40% base damage is an unrivalled boost to damage, but they gain health at half the rate of a normal class. This health penalty is sometimes offset by their amazing dexterity.

Dexterous and Evasive can put you up by two hits in a fight: one because you might Dodge their hit, and a second because you have First Strike. This means that you have 2 more attacks worth of effective HP! There are two risks to this though: your dodge chance is only 20% which needs to be maximised by taking more hits, and enemies with First Strike will still hit you first! These can be manoeuvred around, which we’ll get into later.

Kin choices

🔪 Orc - Leaning into the full glass cannon, Orc Rogues can have truly massive amounts of damage. Their Conversion bonus grants them +2 base damage, which turns into a lot of damage after the Rogue’s 40% damage multiplier. Downside is… You’ll need health from somewhere otherwise you will likely die if you don’t kill your target in one or two hits. You can find this health in items or Deities.

🔪 Dwarf - Taking the safer route, Dwarves get 10 HP from their Conversion bonus. This allows them to survive up to two to three hits, increasing the chance of a dodge and still being up an attack from First Strike. You’ll have to find items to boost your base damage to get the most out of Dangerous though.

🔪 Goblin - Orcs and Dwarves are far and away the best Rogues… But an unconventional yet effective choice is the Goblin. Goblins gain experience from their Conversion bonus, and levelling up gives the player +5 base damage. This makes the Rogue’s multiplier more valuable, and on top of that, levelling will fully heal you. Combine this with a Cydtsepp, and watch as the boss takes five massive hits in a row! Who doesn't want to stab people with a pencil?

Glyphs

🔪 Cydstepp - Death Protection is amazing on Rogues as it guarantees you'll be able to take one last hit… And with Rogues, every hit counts. Not only this, but it can be cast before a fight ("precasted") which allows you to regenerate your mana before you fully engage. Combine this with any other combat focused Glyph and you’ll have a killer time!

🔪 Apheelsik - With its fairly low cost and ability to stop enemies from regenerating, you can use this Glyph to sneak in another attack without perishing like milk in a Vegan’s fridge. It’s a little worse than Cydstepp because it doesn’t last long on higher level enemies and isn’t precastable, but still a great pickup.

🔪 Weytwut - Weytwut inflicts the Slowed status effect. When slowing an enemy, you’ll get 1 additional experience for killing them and temporarily remove their First Strike. Goblins and Gorgons are squishy but have First Strike and lots of damage… Completely negating your First Strike and taking advantage of your reduced HP. Pull out Weytwut to turn the tables in your favour!

All of these Glyphs help you to get an extra attack in one way or another. Other Glyphs that help with this are Endiswal for the physical resistances or Halpmeh for some healing. Burndayraz can also serve as a finisher or to mitigate some regeneration!

We’ve talked about Glyphs before Gods in this post because the Glyphs you’re using will likely change based on who you’re worshipping.

Gods

🔪 Tikki Tooki - The main downside of Tikki is that they punish you when you get hit a lot. Well guess what, you can’t get hit a lot anyways! Using Reflexes, you can have dodge prediction from the Quicksilver Potion, and get two attacks in one swing from the Reflex Potion. Dodging can further increase your dodge chance and Tikki rewards you for dodging attacks. Just be careful about using Cydstepp, as you’ll be punished for triggering a Death Protection. That will likely end your run. Use Weytwut and Apheelsik instead to get some free piety!

🔪 Glowing Guardian - Glowing Guardian synergises well with the Rogue on many fronts. Absolution gives you a beneficial health increase, and the downside of Humility lowering your regen doesn’t matter as much because of your low health maximum. Cleansing can turn your massive physical attack into a magical one, and Health Potions weren’t doing too much for us anyways so it doesn't feel bad to convert them. Just make sure to not use Apheelsik, as you’ll be heavily punished. Try Cydstepp or Weytwut instead!

🔪 Jehora Jeheyu - The god of Primordial Chaos appears again! Boost Health is great for the Rogue, as well as giving you a free Weytwut glyph when you begin worshipping them. Just make sure you have a plan to deal with the small punishments, as a level or two of Weakened can make your run a lot harder. Reaching Chaos Avatar is always a noteworthy spike

Unlike with Kin, Rogues can make great use of many different Deities. Earthmother gives health with Vine Form and slows enemies with Entanglement, Binlor can help you build up some resistances, and Taurog can be dipped into early for armour and Skullpicker before converting out. Even Mystera can give you some bonus mana and lower the cost of useful spells!

That’s the entire pantheon, so keep an eye out for cheeky conversions and play around the Glyphs that you find.

Rogues can tackle the hardest Dungeons your Desktop has to offer and now you know the basics of how to play them!

If you want to play the Rogue ASAP, buy Desktop Dungeons: Rewind!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1976950/Desktop_Dungeons_Rewind/

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03 Aug 2023Developer post

The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase starts now!

The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is a Steam event hosted by Draknek and Friends, Astra Games, and Thinky Games. If you enjoy titles like Fez , Baba is You , or Desktop Dungeons , then this event is for you! This event runs from the 3rd until the 7th of August, featuring the best puzz

12 May 2023Developer post

Every Dungeon and Quest... Explained in one guide!

Our amazing community has done it again! Laberca, Rewind playtester and veteran Desktop Dungeons player, has compiled every Dungeon and Quest into one guide. Each section contains details about bosses, map mechanics, quests, and strategies to help you complete them. As a preview

Our amazing community has done it again!

Laberca, Rewind playtester and veteran Desktop Dungeons player, has compiled every Dungeon and Quest into one guide. Each section contains details about bosses, map mechanics, quests, and strategies to help you complete them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2967962296

As a preview of the guide, here is Laberca's break down of Havendale Bridge:

Hard Dungeons - Havendale Bridge

Difficulty

★★★★★★ (Hard - 105%)

Enemies

Goats, goblins, bandits, and one other common enemy.

Rusalka:
Attack: 100%
Health: 100%
Corrosive (inflicts 1 stack of corrosion when it hits you, permanently increasing all damage you take by 1 - the stacks are hard to get rid of. Also leaves a corrosive pool instead of a blood pool)

Tokoloshe:
Attack: 100%
Health: 100%
50% physical resist
Cowardly
Trophy: Tokoloshe charm (small item that grants +5% magic resist)

Druid:
Attack: 80%
Health: 80%
Death protection
Magical attack

Bosses

One random common boss

Bridge Troll: (Optional level 5 miniboss, but guards the bridge. Can be bypassed by spending 20 gold or with magic)
Attack: 19
Health: 70
Fast regen
Berserks at 50%
50% resists
Trophy: Sensation stone (lockerable item that can be converted for 150 CP)

Zin Kibaru:
Attack: 78
Health: 415
Magical attack
25% magic resist
Undead
Bloodless

Gimmicks

The dungeon is divided in half by a river, guarded by the Bridge Troll. You can skip the bridge troll by paying it 20 gold.

Recommended Classes + Races

Any can work, but Berserker will utterly trivialize Zin Kibaru, Bloodmage has an easier start than most, and Monk scales well due to the charms.

Strategy

This dungeon has a forgiving difficulty modifier, but the divided map can make the early game a bit tough. For new players, you might want to consider just paying the Troll Toll of 20 gold to get past him.

If you are having a strong early game, it is definitely worth fighting the troll - he gives you 5 XP and an extra 150 CP, plus you won't have to spend 20 gold.

Alternatively, if you find WEYTWUT or PISORF, you can use that to bypass him without spending gold and save him for later, when you are a higher level! This is basically always the ideal approach if you can do it.

The monster set here is pretty varied. Rusalkas are tough for non-casters, as you don't want to get corroded. Tokoloshe's are tough but drop a charm that boosts your magic resist. Druids are very weak and super easy to kill, especially if you have some tokoloshe charms. Look for high level druids!

Zin Kibaru is usually quite easy because of the charms, so usually you want to go after him first.

Quests

Troll Toll: Defeat Havendale Bridge. (Unlocks the Labyrinth and Magma Mines)
★★★★★★
All you have to do for this quest is win. Just follow the general strategy tips! Probably the most straightforward build here is an Orc Berserker.

Unlikely Heroes: Forest Edition Win with a Halfling Wizard, Halfling Monk, and Halfling Rogue. (Rewards 500 gold)
★★★★★★★
This is part of the Unlikely Heroes quest line, which forces you to use suboptimal race+class combos.

Fortunately, none of these combos are horrible - they just aren't very good. You don't really need any special strats for these runs. The wizard especially shouldn't be tough. The monk run is harder, but monk is a good class here - just look for some damage bonuses and prep a base damage item if you can. The rogue combo is a little unfortunate because rogue isn't the best class here, but if you just focus on getting your health up with items or gods like Jehora Jeheyu, you shouldn't have much of an issue.

And that's all! Make sure to join our Discord and thank Laberca yourself if you found this guide helpful.

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24 Apr 2023Developer post

🧩 Put your problem-solving skills to the test in Steam’s Puzzle Fest!

Greetings, mighty Kingdom Administrators! This week is Steam’s Puzzle Fest and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is taking part! We’re extending our launch discount throughout this entire week, making it the perfect time to pick up the game if you haven’t already! How is Desktop Dungeons:

20 Apr 2023Developer post

Struggling to fight your way through dangerous dungeons? Read this guide!

Are the goats bleating you death? Or are the meat men mushing your under-leveled and ill-prepared adventurer? With these seven simple tips, you'll be showing them who the boss is! Eable2 , long time Desktop Dungeons player and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind playtester, has put together

Are the goats bleating you death? Or are the meat men mushing your under-leveled and ill-prepared adventurer? With these seven simple tips, you'll be showing them who the boss is!

Eable2, long time Desktop Dungeons player and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind playtester, has put together an amazing guide to help out anyone who is struggling. Here's a link to the full guide:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2964276019

While you should read the full guide, here are some snippets of the seven habits:

#1: Don't fight your equals ❌

Killing higher level enemies gives you bonus experience
Monster that are the same level as you will attack first anyways and not give bonus XP
If you don't punch up, you'll be too weak to fight the boss

#2: Leverage Levels 🔼

Levelling fully restores mana and health, it also cures poison and mana-burn
Levelling up during a boss fight can be incredibly potent
Do this by eating your snacks (see #3)

#3: Save Snacks for Later 🍿

You can kill low level enemies in 1 hit, we call them "popcorn"
Use WONAFYT to make a popcorn bowl and munch for a spike
Some enemies aren't good snacks

#4: Know Your Tools 🔨

Glyphs help immensely with killing higher level enemies
Class Abilities can help you find power in specific situation
Find items that synergise with your strategy

#5: Explore with Intention 🥽

Enemies also regenerate when you explore, so be careful!
Wasting tiles by not regenerating something is usually a bad play
Sneakily reveal small amounts of tiles while fighting to get kills

#6: Save Your Spikes 💪

Save potions for a major fight, try not to use them on curing status effects (see #2)
This also applies to items that give you a temporary boost
Save your snacks! Patience!

#7: Eyes on the Prize 🏆

Remember, you win by killing the boss. Don't get distracted!
Power up before the boss fight as much as possible by buying new things and converting what you don't need

And that's it! Again, massive thanks to Eable for putting this guide together and helping out the fresh blood. If you want to say thanks personally, join our Discord! There are multiple magnificent and seasoned Administrators who are here to help!

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19 Apr 2023Developer post

So... What's different in Rewind?

Hey there! So there have been a couple changes from the original Desktop Dungeons to Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. Over the years, we've become wiser goats and made some adjustments to past choices. Sorry it's a day late, but here's a list of all the design changes we've made! Kin No

Hey there! So there have been a couple changes from the original Desktop Dungeons to Desktop Dungeons: Rewind. Over the years, we've become wiser goats and made some adjustments to past choices. Sorry it's a day late, but here's a list of all the design changes we've made!

Kin

Nomenclature

"There are better words in the English language, and we want to use them!"

Nomenclature: Race >>> Kin

Orc

"Orcs were by far the most dominant Kin in Desktop Dungeons, so we're taking them down a notch. They're still good, just not quite as OP."

Orc Conversion Threshold: 80 >>> 100

Dwarf

"The Dwarf conversion felt a little lacklustre because of its delayed strength, and on top of this they were a little weak. Let's fix both of those, and make them beefy earlier while scaling up to the same point."

Dwarf Conversion Bonus: +1 Max HP per level >>> 10 Max HP

Classes

Fighter

"The Fighter is the first class you unlock, and it teaches you to play the game wrong. The old Fighter encouraged you to seek out and farm low level enemies, starving you of experience late game. The new fighter encourages you to hit higher level enemies, maybe even realise you can kill them for bonus XP!"

Veteran XP bonus: +1XP per kill >>> Level difference in XP when first attacked by a higher level enemy Instincts: Same and lower enemies revealed >>> Sense enemies 1 tile further into the fog

Transmuter

"The idea for Transmuters is awesome: cast spells to gain Conversion Points, and get a massive spike when you hit a Conversion Threshold. Except... Only a small portion of the spells are efficient, and hitting that threshold drained you mana so you can't cast spells. We've moved some of their power around to make them more fun and slightly stronger."

Spirit Sword: No longer drains mana on Conversion Threshold Spirit Sword temporary damage: Max mana + level >>> Max mana Inner Focus: Gives 3 Conversion Points on glyph cast >>> Gives mana cost as Conversion Points on glyph cast

Berserker

"Berserkers could use some more flavour, and now we have a new inventory system... Let's use it! Also, the Goblin Berserker showed their fashion prowess in Berserker Fashion Week, so we gave them a prize. You go, Gobzerker!"

Inventory size: 30 >>> 35 Goblin Berserker start with a Golden Spork

Chemist

"Who plays Chemist anyways?"

Potion resource restore: 10% >>> 20% Multiple casts of Bysseps now stacks erosion

Inventory

"This is more of a convenience change and fits better with the new UI. It also gives us something to play with (see the Berserker and a new item.)"

No longer split into 5 slots, now a total of 30 size Small items have a size of 1 Large items have a size of 5

Early Game Difficulty

"Players found that the difficulty spike when fighting the bankers was too large. We don't want people to be put off by that and so there have been a couple changes to welcome new players. Some are direct (changed early enemy strength) and some are indirect (scouting and predictive combat logs.) Overall, new players should have a better time."

Scouting

"This applies to all classes, and should give players a better sense of which direction to explore. Also the looming presence of enemies is fun."

All classes will now scout one tile into the fog, showing the presence of enemies and their levels Enemies with Life-steal will not be revealed in this way

Rewind Insurance

"He said the name of the game. Roll the credits."

Defeating the Bankers will grant you Rewind insurance! Once per run when die for the first time, you’ll have the option to go back to about half way through your run

Simulated Predictions

"One of the biggest changes in Rewind is simulated predictions. In combat your damage may change from being weakened or corroding your enemy. The game now does the maths for you.

Combat is now simulated, giving more accurate combat predictions that change based on status effects God punishments, random events, and some more complicated effects are not simulated

Banker difficulty

"The numbers on this are hard to describe. Just trust us, it's easier than it was."

Dungeons leading up to and including the Bankers have been nerfed.

Dungeon Generation

"The purpose of Desktop Dungeons: Rewind was to bring fresh life into Desktop Dungeons, including better visual compatibility with wide ratio screens. Square dungeons on rectangular screens didn't feel great, so now the shape of Dungeons will adapt to your monitor (this doesn't affect difficulty!)"

Dungeons will be 25 x 16 tiles for wide aspect ratio Dungeons will be 20 x 20 tiles for squarer aspect ratio

Goat Glade

"This used to be a part of the DLC that we didn't want to be mandatory for high level play. Now that it's part of the base game, we can make it better!"

Item Lottery: removed Item Registry: After bringing an item to the Goat Glade three times, the goats will be able to make the item as many times as you want at prep cost. There's no lore behind this :bleaty:

And that's all the changes we made! Well, not all of them, we also added a new item. But you'll find it eventually :bleaty: We hope these changes make the game more enjoyable!

Stay happy, stay healthy, and stay away from murderous goats! With love,

The QCF Design team ❤

Oh, and leave a review 👀👅👀

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Updates & announcements

Controller support

The Codex

Spanish Localisation

Difficulty Modifier

Not convinced yet? Well, let us convince you!

Things that Desktop Dungeons: Rewind guarantees:

Things that Desktop Dungeons: Rewind does not guarantee:

Abilities

Prayers for the Goatperson

Glyphs

Abilities

Kin Choices

Gods

Glyphs

If you want to play the Transmuter ASAP, buy Desktop Dungeons: Rewind here!

Abilities

Kin choices

Glyphs

Gods

Our amazing community has done it again!

Hard Dungeons - Havendale Bridge

Difficulty

Enemies

Bosses

Gimmicks

Recommended Classes + Races

Strategy

Quests

How is Desktop Dungeons: Rewind a puzzle game?

#1: Don't fight your equals ❌

#2: Leverage Levels 🔼

#3: Save Snacks for Later 🍿

#4: Know Your Tools 🔨

#5: Explore with Intention 🥽

#6: Save Your Spikes 💪

#7: Eyes on the Prize 🏆

Kin

Nomenclature

Orc

Dwarf

Classes

Fighter

Transmuter

Berserker

Chemist

Inventory

Early Game Difficulty

Scouting

Rewind Insurance

Simulated Predictions

Banker difficulty

Dungeon Generation

Goat Glade