Tiles & Vials

Released: Sep 4, 2026
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 13:51 GMT

Updates & announcements

7 posts

04 Sep 2026Developer post
Passive artifacts no longer cause a bugged board state
I knew I had to have missed some bugs, but you move at a record setting pace! It turns out if you had any of the 3 artifacts that upgrade your tiles at the start of your turn and then managed to run out of moves to play, the game would soft lock. This has now been resolved. Thank
04 Sep 2026Developer post
Tiles & Vials is out
After receiving a lot of very useful feedback on the demo, the full version of Tiles & Vials is now out and can be purchased! Thanks to everyone that helped me make it a reality!! If you do find any bugs or have other feedback, please let me know through the in-game feedback
14 Jul 2026Developer post
Demo Update #5
After seeing multiple playtesters miss things in the tutorial or just flat out get discouraged by the text block they had to read, I knew I needed to improve this part of the game. So with this update I've added indicators to highlight which elements require your attention, as we
After seeing multiple playtesters miss things in the tutorial or just flat out get discouraged by the text block they had to read, I knew I needed to improve this part of the game. So with this update I've added indicators to highlight which elements require your attention, as well as improved the pacing massively. You now see each message one by one, instead of as part of a big text block, which was never a good solution.
Quality of Life
Reworked the tutorial
Improved the pacing
Added highlight indicators
Reworded some messages
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09 Jul 2026Developer post
Demo Update #4
Some players rightfully pointed out that the main menu was quite bland compared to the scene where you choose your character. And when watching people play the game for the first time, I noticed that the loadout screen gives a bad first impression because it's not immediately cle
Some players rightfully pointed out that the main menu was quite bland compared to the scene where you choose your character. And when watching people play the game for the first time, I noticed that the loadout screen gives a bad first impression because it's not immediately clear what goes where. While working to improve both of these aspects, I also added some nice transitions between each screen to improve the general feel of the game.
Quality of Life
Redesigned the layout of the loadout screen where you choose your tiles and artifacts
Improved the look of the main menu
Added transitions when navigating to a new screen, instead of having a hard cut
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27 Jun 2026Developer post
Demo Update #3
I realized some players were getting stuck early on in the demo because the fights felt too difficult or because they put themselves in a sticky situation by picking a 3rd tile type right away. So I've tweaked the difficulty a bit, so it's easier to start out and made sure player
I realized some players were getting stuck early on in the demo because the fights felt too difficult or because they put themselves in a sticky situation by picking a 3rd tile type right away. So I've tweaked the difficulty a bit, so it's easier to start out and made sure players don't have the option to pick new tiles for their inventory until they are a few fights in.
Balancing
Lowered the difficulty of the first few fights
Removed tile selection from the first few fights
Content
Added 3 new artifacts to help with board control
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08 Jun 2026Developer post
Demo Update #2
Some playtesters noted a few more things to improve upon, so with the goal of getting the demo nice and polished before Next Fest starts, I made a few more changes. Bugfixes The tutorial no longer breaks if you go in and out of character select before reenabling the tutorial Gett
Some playtesters noted a few more things to improve upon, so with the goal of getting the demo nice and polished before Next Fest starts, I made a few more changes.
Bugfixes
The tutorial no longer breaks if you go in and out of character select before reenabling the tutorial
Getting stuck in the tutorial no longer forces you to choose from the 3 vials that you would in the normal game
You can no longer gain more energy than the amount of energy shown on screen
Quality of Life
Added the same internal border style to the Artifacts window as the Inventory window
Added sound effects for whenever an attack gets fully blocked or dodged
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04 Jun 2026Developer post
Demo Update #1
Thanks to everyone who has played the demo and especially to those leaving me feedback and reviews! It's been really fun seeing people engage with the game. As part of that, there's also been a few small bugs discovered, which have been fixed in the latest patch that just went li
Thanks to everyone who has played the demo and especially to those leaving me feedback and reviews! It's been really fun seeing people engage with the game. As part of that, there's also been a few small bugs discovered, which have been fixed in the latest patch that just went live.
Bugfixes
You can no longer access a certain locked character by going through the tutorial
The artifacts that spawn offensive or defensive tiles now also spawned upgraded versions of those tiles, provided you have them in your inventory
Quality of Life
After beating the tutorial, you are now sent to the character (and loadout) selection first
The coins that spawn after you gain a bunch of gold no longer block your mouse clicks
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Updates & announcements

Passive artifacts no longer cause a bugged board state

Tiles & Vials is out

Demo Update #5

Quality of Life

Demo Update #4

Quality of Life

Demo Update #3

Balancing

Content

Demo Update #2

Bugfixes

Quality of Life

Demo Update #1

Bugfixes

Quality of Life