Popup Dungeon

Triple.B.Titles · Balor Games

Released: Aug 12, 2020
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 13:35 GMT

Updates & announcements

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13 Aug 2022Developer post
Patch 1.04
Here's what's new in Popup Dungeon's 1.04 patch! New logic available for abilities. Summon Character Action: Like the Summon Action, but it uses Character Data instead of Enemy Data for its summons. Transform Into Character Action: Like the Transform Action, but it uses Character
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Here's what's new in Popup Dungeon's 1.04 patch!
New logic available for abilities.
Summon Character Action: Like the Summon Action, but it uses Character Data instead of Enemy Data for its summons.
Transform Into Character Action: Like the Transform Action, but it uses Character Data instead of Enemy Data for its transformation.
Flavor Text: Allows you to place custom text that will appear in the ability’s logic text area.
Two new search modes
Popular: Sort by most likes all time.
Recently Updated: Sort by last update time.
Game
Added option to clear the save progress for a given game. This can be found at the bottom of the main UI tab when editing a game.
Games with complex campaign hierarchies that use persisted flags to check if campaigns are unlocked should now function properly.
Game Nodes
Enemy Encounter Data Modification: Can now accept an Enemy Pack instead of just a single enemy.
Upgrade Party Equipment Reward: Can now upgrade quality instead of rank.
Content Manager
Dependency Scan has been sped up.
Should now function properly when switching between save profiles.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a rare bug which occurred when selecting an audio reference that was missing waveform data.
Happy adventuring!
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07 Jul 2022Developer post
New Patch!
It's been a while, but a new patch for Popup is now live! It features quality of life improvements, new modifications for game development, and tons of fixes. Here's the patch notes: Workshop Search Improvements Added “Liked” query type which allows searching through all content
It's been a while, but a new patch for Popup is now live! It features quality of life improvements, new modifications for game development, and tons of fixes.
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Here's the patch notes:
Workshop Search Improvements

Added “Liked” query type which allows searching through all content you have previously liked.
Search text now handles creator names and mature content flags.
“Liked Creators” query type now uses your actual Steam data instead of local data to retrieve creators you have liked.
Added option to view content from creators you have previously disliked.
Game Creation

Added 2 new modification types to the Modifier node.
Disable Equipment Drops: Enemies will no longer drop equipment.
Disable Level Up Rewards: Level Up books will no longer be given at the end of a level.
Content Management

Improved logic used to detect content which is safely deletable. Specifically, items that were recursively referencing themselves can now be deleted so long as nothing outside their dependency chain references them.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which had longer Steam Workshop descriptions being cut off.
Fixed a bug that would crash the game when a recursive charm cycle involved a summon charming its owner.
Fixed inconsistencies with Toggle AI control on summons that were transformed. In general, Toggle AI and the “Control Enemies” dev control should respond more consistently across various charm / summon scenarios.
Fixed several bugs across numerous campaigns.
If you have any questions, come ask on Discord.
There's just a week left on our new Kickstarter for Aces and Adventures. We're pushing for the procedural-mode stretch goal, and we'd really appreciate your support!
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24 Mar 2021Developer post
Thousands of Playable Characters!
Since Popup Dungeon's release last year, users have shared over 64,000 items on the workshop , which you can download and use in your own adventures through the in-game interface. There's over 1,000 playable characters spanning every genre, thousands of enemies and pieces of equi
02 Dec 2020Developer post
Here Comes Krampus
Gruß vom Krampus! Krampus is coming to town to make sure that all the little cardboys and girls are properly laden by a holiday lump of coal. And if you happen to have made the naughty list this year, he'll sack you away to somewhere hot and unpleasant... and we're not talkin' Fl
Gruß vom Krampus!
Krampus is coming to town to make sure that all the little cardboys and girls are properly laden by a holiday lump of coal. And if you happen to have made the naughty list this year, he'll sack you away to somewhere hot and unpleasant... and we're not talkin' Florida!
In this update:

New Campaign - Can you survive the 12 challenges of Krampus? Better write your list to Santy Claus and hope he'll carpet bomb you with some helpful presents. (*Spoiler Alert* He will.)
New Character - The Crowd: a powerful superhero that can reproduce with a single punch!
New Tile Set - It's a snowy winter wonderland.
New Mechanic - Pick One: Add random variety to your abilities.
New Enemies - Not the least of which is ole Krampus himself!
New Hats - Don ye holiday cheer for goodness' sake.
Happy holidays!
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29 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update: 1.011 - Hats!
Content New system: Characters can now define a cosmetic Hat to wear. Added several hats to choose from. As well as one Kickstarter backer-exclusive hat. (We will be sending out DLC keys to unlock it.) Added Kickstarter backer-exclusive charms. (We will be sending out DLC keys to
Content

New system: Characters can now define a cosmetic Hat to wear.

Added several hats to choose from. As well as one Kickstarter backer-exclusive hat. (We will be sending out DLC keys to unlock it.)
Added Kickstarter backer-exclusive charms. (We will be sending out DLC keys to unlock them.)
Added Kickstarter backer-exclusive tabletop visual replacement option. Can be found in the Game tab of the Options Menu. (We will be sending out DLC keys to unlock it.)

Game Creation

Added warning context tip to dialogue event graphs that combine dialogue nodes and combat fx nodes with game mechanic actions. Combining these types of nodes can cause the game state to become invalid in certain situations.
Bug Fixes

Gold reward codes should no longer be able to give negative gold amounts if entered incorrectly.
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24 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon - Dev Stream
Popup Dungeon has recently released a free Halloween expansion with a new campaign, characters, enemies, equipment, and music by rad 80s rock band, Thor! Join the developer, Enrique, as he trick-or-treats through the neighborhood using an old-school, Might-and-Magic-style navigat
21 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon’s Update 1.01: Halloween!
Greetings, Popup Adventurers! It is time for Popup Dungeon’s Free Halloween Expansion! Content New Halloween themed campaign. New Halloween themed characters, enemies, equipment, and media. New unique charm rewarded for completing Halloween campaign. Game Creation Added advanced
Greetings, Popup Adventurers!
It is time for Popup Dungeon’s Free Halloween Expansion!

Content

New Halloween themed campaign.
New Halloween themed characters, enemies, equipment, and media.
New unique charm rewarded for completing Halloween campaign.
Game Creation

Added advanced filtering logic to entity filters. Allows filtering by things like active status effects, hp ratios, statistics, surrounding entities, etc.
AbilityActivationTrigger: Can now use affected targets as event targets.
Game Graph Editor can now scale up to 2x
AbilityActivationTrigger & AbilityActionActedTrigger: Can now restrict triggering based on relative positioning between activator and target.
AbilityActionActedTrigger: Can now set the value of a flag equal to the power of action which triggered the event.
AbilityActionFX: Can now derive power from the value of a flag.
Companion rewards and entities added to combat through CombatFx can now be set to be controlled by AI.
Equipment Rewards now scale quality to better match target reward size.
Presets have now transitioned to using the referenced sub graph system.
Added “Set Flag Value To Filtered Entity Count” FX type to CombatFX node.
Improvements

Optimized game’s launch speed which could become sluggish when multiple thousands of UGC items are installed.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which occurred when a transformation effect was removed from an entity by the same ability that also launched it.
Fixed bug which occurred when a self action was placed under a “number of targets” condition
Fixed a few bugs concerning the Event Graph Registration modification.
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20 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon’s Free Halloween Expansion!!
Greetings, Popup Adventurers! It is time for Popup Dungeon’s Free Halloween Expansion! You find yourself on the far end of your neighborhood on a cursed night in which trick-or-treaters’ costumes have become reality. You must find your way home and discover the source of the evil
Greetings, Popup Adventurers!
It is time for Popup Dungeon’s Free Halloween Expansion!
You find yourself on the far end of your neighborhood on a cursed night in which trick-or-treaters’ costumes have become reality. You must find your way home and discover the source of the evil.
Play through a new unique campaign complete with the following:

New Characters:

Rob the Zombie
Ortho the Bone Doctor (Skeleton)
New Enemies

Samhain, Pumpkin-Mimic, Treant, Mushgloom, Merman, and more…
New Gear

Varied
New Campaign (Unlocked by default)

The players find themselves on the far end of their neighborhood on a cursed night in which trick-or-treaters’ costumes have become reality. They must find their way home and discover the source of the evil.
Non-linear, open-world – Old-school Might-and-Magic-style exploration (travel North, East, South, or West from node to node – a journey through the arcade, sewers, neighbors’ houses, haunted forests, graveyards, and more)
Hardcore (players do not heal/resurrect after a fight) – They must eat candy that they trick-or-treat for to heal.
Approximately 4-6 hours playtime
Highly replayable (total of 20+ hours of exploration)
Light-hearted, spooky Halloween fun.
New music by Gabriel Lefkowitz (our Composer) and fabled 80s Rock-Band, Thor.
So come on, come out, go treat-or-treatin’, and survive the night! You’re not afraid of a fight, aren’t you?
You can watch the whole Halloween trailer here!
Be sure to follow us on our social pages for more updates and exciting news from Popup Dungeon!
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05 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.005
Game Creation Adjust Party Members Modification: Can now target by party slot. Random Node: Fixed bug with no repeat logic. Added additional settings for no repeat logic. Node text should no longer be able to spill outside of the description area on the game table. Added Comment
Game Creation

Adjust Party Members Modification: Can now target by party slot.
Random Node: Fixed bug with no repeat logic. Added additional settings for no repeat logic.
Node text should no longer be able to spill outside of the description area on the game table.
Added Comment node. The comment node is excluded from the generated graph used for gameplay, but can be used to help document your games.
Added Set Difficulty Override modification type. Allows you to set difficulty exactly, ignoring all other settings.
Remove Entity combat fx can now be used during the deployment phase.
Added option to hide automated description from level nodes.
Custom encounters can now be set to match entity ranks exactly as listed. Ignoring party size and current difficulty.
Added disable charm necklace modification.
Added force immediate encounter modification. Ensures encounters are triggered at start of level.
Sub graphs with 0 nodes are now properly flattened.
Loop nodes can now disable false output.
Optimized performance of warp nodes which have exactly one exit for a given tag.
Game node images can now be taken from the full screen image library.
Connection order (vertical) of nodes should now be maintained correctly when the game graph is being generated and sub graphs are being flattened.
Gameplay

Upped maximum duration for ability actions to 10.
Bug fixes

Corrupted content reference files will no longer cause the game to fail.
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05 Oct 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon in the Game Development World Championship!
Hail, Popup Adventurers! We are very excited to announce that Popup Dungeon has been picked to participate at Game Development World Championship Weekly Vote! To vote for the game, just go on GDWC’s website ( and vote for Popup Dungeon. No registration needed, just click vote and
25 Sep 2020Developer post
Introducing the Popup Dungeon Game Jam!
Greetings, Adventurers! Welcome to the Popup Dungeon Game Jam! To enter your team, please fill out this form below. You may begin the creation of your game right away! This event is thanks to community members Edrobot and rabbit of indifference! If you do not know what a Game Jam
Greetings, Adventurers!
Welcome to the Popup Dungeon Game Jam! To enter your team, please fill out this form below. You may begin the creation of your game right away!
This event is thanks to community members Edrobot and rabbit of indifference!
If you do not know what a Game Jam is, you and up to 2 friends must work together to create a Popup Dungeon game from start to finish within a week's time.
Entry form: https://forms.gle/LTDptKA88Cd1BQYJA
The guidelines for the contest will be as follows:

No sexually explicit content.
You can join at any time this week but your deadline will be the same as everyone else (October 2nd, 12 am CT.)
You are not allowed to submit a game that was made before the contest begins.
A maximum team size of 3.
You are not allowed to use art assets from other properties (e.g. video game sprites, concept art).
Your game MUST be submitted before the deadline of October 2nd, 12 am CT to this form: https://forms.gle/tewHaUcChZeF74W78
Voting will work as follows:

Shortly after the development period has ended, a 48-hour voting period will begin.
Voting will be done on a Google Sheets form and will be available to anyone on the Pop Up Dungeon discord server.
If you participated in the game jam, you may not vote for your own game.
Awards:

Jammer’s Choice: Decided by the other game jam participants.
Dev’s Choice: Decided by members of Triple B. Titles, developers of Pop-Up Dungeon.
Grand Prize: Decided by overall vote count.
Prizes for the team:

Jammer’s Choice: 3 codes of Popup Dungeon.
Dev’s Choice: Design a custom skin art for your character with the game's developer.
Grand Prize: 3 codes of Popup Dungeon, soundtracks of Popup Dungeon, early supporters’ exclusive digital artbook and a Discord tag for your bragging rights.
Good luck adventurers and we can not wait to see what you can do!
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19 Sep 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.0043
Balance Tweaked balance of Aim vs Cover and Focus vs Reflexes to curb chances of a target becoming nearly invulnerable. The stats no longer completely cancel each other out, instead the proportion of the two determines the result. Increased cost of hostile transformations to be i
Balance

Tweaked balance of Aim vs Cover and Focus vs Reflexes to curb chances of a target becoming nearly invulnerable. The stats no longer completely cancel each other out, instead the proportion of the two determines the result.
Increased cost of hostile transformations to be in line with recent hostile status cost increase.
Improvements

Improved steam workshop searches to not reset queries as often in response to search text changes or install status changes. Search text now uses fuzzy matching.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which could cause failure to launch back into a run when a invalid buff was left on a party member between levels.
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16 Sep 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update: 1.0042
Features Show Image node subtitles can now use parsed text. Added equipment rank punish type to punishment node. Added prop destruction event trigger for event dialogue graphs. Balance Changes Armor penetration reworked to allow a percentage of an action’s power through the targe
Features

Show Image node subtitles can now use parsed text.
Added equipment rank punish type to punishment node.
Added prop destruction event trigger for event dialogue graphs.
Balance Changes

Armor penetration reworked to allow a percentage of an action’s power through the target’s defenses. The percentage is based on the ratio of armor penetration to defenses.
Increased cost of armor penetration slightly
Increased cost of hostile status effects.
Increased cost of burden (transfer damage).
Very Sudden Death now gives party members a critical chance buff.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug where a launch and summon action on the same ability could cause entities to end up on the same tile.
Fixed bug which caused game node presets to not load properly if the content they depended on was deleted.
Fixed bug that occurred when a game Show Image node had no image set.
Upcoming changes

We will be deprecating game node presets in the near future. Please transition any presets you wish to keep to the referenced sub graph system. Presets are being deprecated since they do not play nicely with the content manager system, and are basically redundant with referenced subgraphs.
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14 Sep 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.0041
Balance Party’s starting equipment rank is now based on Charm Necklace level. Emerald = Uncommon, Sapphire = Rare, Alexandrite = Epic, Diamond = Legendary Critical Chance and Evasion multipliers now have diminishing returns for values over 100% Extremely high values are the most
Balance

Party’s starting equipment rank is now based on Charm Necklace level.

Emerald = Uncommon, Sapphire = Rare, Alexandrite = Epic, Diamond = Legendary
Critical Chance and Evasion multipliers now have diminishing returns for values over 100%

Extremely high values are the most affected.
Increased cost of imbue damage slightly.

Added diminishing returns for imbued damage over 100% (This is based on all imbued damage buffs on an entity)

Extremely high values are the most affected.

Increased cost of Kill, Damage Percentage, and Heal Percentage actions slightly.
Reduced evasion amount for high end ascension scaling slightly.
Reduced difficulty curve multiplier for high difficulty settings.
Content

Added new unique charm (gold rarity)
Added Dual Stat charms. Can be crafted by combining corresponding stats. (Currently 7 dual stat charms exist but this will likely continue to grow)
Bug Fixes

Fixed AI bug which would incorrectly value overriding fields/traps.
Fixed bug when attempting to loop directly back into a challenge node upon failure.
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08 Sep 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.0032
Features Added Save Profiles Up to 50 profiles Each profile has its own User Generated Content folder Can set login and logout passwords per profile via security questions Can switch profiles via the Options Menu in the new Profiles tab Can switch profiles during a run or from ma
Features

Added Save Profiles

Up to 50 profiles
Each profile has its own User Generated Content folder
Can set login and logout passwords per profile via security questions
Can switch profiles via the Options Menu in the new Profiles tab
Can switch profiles during a run or from main menu
Improved backup save system to further reduce chance of corrupted saves
Added now global parsed variables for game creation.

{g:difficulty} (Parsed to the name of current difficulty)
{g:difficulty#} (Parsed to the number of current difficulty)
Balance

Base health increased from 100 to 200

Increased cost of Kill, Damage Percentage, and -Heal Percentage actions to compensate.
Added a limit of 30 AP for ability activations per round per entity.

To help prevent the possibility of infinite activation chains.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which allowed “give ability” actions that were on delay to give abilities to an entity that was already at max ability count.
Fixed bug which could hard lock the game when an entity had extremely high levels of Haste.
Fixed bug which caused soft lock of the game when a field or trap had a levitate action on it.
Game

Run Home has received several improvements and modifications.
The Endless Run now has starting point options.
The ending portion of the Top 10 run has been shortened slightly.
Multiple fixes to the Sweetwater Campaign.
Minor rebalances of certain enemies.
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01 Sep 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.0021
Features Added Ability Inspection feature. Right click on an ability card to be able to get information about all its individual components. Characters uploaded to the workshop which have custom audio clips assigned to the Select or Start cues will now have the first set audio cl
Features

Added Ability Inspection feature. Right click on an ability card to be able to get information about all its individual components.
Characters uploaded to the workshop which have custom audio clips assigned to the Select or Start cues will now have the first set audio clip play when they are inspected during workshop character searches.
Added ability to position entity to left of, or right of, the target for combat fx node add entity actions.
Balance

Reduced effectiveness of self Add AP actions.
Increased power cost of Give Ability actions which gave abilities with limited uses.
Made low end ascension scaling lean a bit more towards defensive statistics to make combat less fiery.
The Mimic action can now target self.
Increased default deployment distance from 5 to 6.
Deployment now uses the levitation graph instead of movement graph for calculating its spread from the party leader. This means that deployment will no longer be blocked by impassable tiles (i.e. holes, water, lava, etc).
Tactician’s Charm now additionally forces initiative rolls for enemies to be 1, and initiative rolls for party members to be 10.
Berserker Enemy Roll has been modified to be a bit more balanced.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which could cause screen to go blank when a charged ability was beginning to be charged.
Fixed bug which could occur when an entity died as a result of being pushed off a trap and was immediately resurrected by the Sweetwater charm.
Fixed bug which could cause exploration to unsync from character.
Removed multithreading from logic used to generate equipment meshes in hopes that it will fix the load state hang certain users have experienced while doing content searches.
UI

Added ability for the reflected UI system to display tooltips for enumerations.
Added tooltips for Statistics and Statuses in creation UIs.
We will continue to add more tooltips to enumerations used in creation UIs.
Added a few simple context sensitive tips to the game graph editor.
Added several new game node tutorial videos.
Added new character creation tutorial video.
Added tooltips for ability upgrade books.
Game

Improved Run Home upgrade interfaces
Unlock downloadable Gooliette character by keeping her alive until the end of the Run Home campaign.
Improved Tutorial
Wizards Tower: Items of Power are no longer consumed when used.
Improved the Ensign Ricky character
Added new items
Retuned various enemies and abilities
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31 Aug 2020Developer post
Calling All Popup Adventurers, Vote for the Features You Want!
Hail, Popup Adventurers! We are currently looking at a list of features we would want to add to the game in the future. As we mentioned from our earlier posts, we have a quest for you! You can cast your vote for the features you want to see the next time you go for an adventure t
29 Aug 2020Developer post
The Future of Popup Dungeon
Hail, Popup Adventurers! The support and community feedback that we’ve received since our release on August 12th has been amazing! We’re continuing to fix bugs, and improve gameplay and usability. But soon, we’ll be ready to move on to new content. We’ve prepared a list of your s
Hail, Popup Adventurers!
The support and community feedback that we’ve received since our release on August 12th has been amazing! We’re continuing to fix bugs, and improve gameplay and usability. But soon, we’ll be ready to move on to new content. We’ve prepared a list of your suggested features that may be added to Popup Dungeon in the near future:
Gameplay and Mechanics Features:

Additional Game Mechanics - We are planning to expand on the already extensive ability creation with new mechanics like combo points.
New Charms - Expand your charm collection with all-new unique charms and dual statistic charms to help customize each of your runs.
Additional Story-Driven Campaigns - New quests and challenges for your party of adventurers to face and all-new stories to unfold.
Sticker Manager - An option to disable or enable stickers that appear on the loading screen doors.
Added Creation Features:

Creator Dashboard - A creator’s hub where you can manage all your uploaded characters, maps, campaigns, etc. See how many times other adventurers downloaded and upvoted your creations.
Custom Interactable Props - Create your own in-level interactable! It could be anything from townspeople with simple dialogue to mercenary boards and resurrection shrines. Similar to enemy creation, you can import an image to act as the cutout to represent the prop, then control where and how often it will appear.
Additional Tile Sets (Cyberpunk / Underwater / Ice and Snow) - To help you conjure an immersive environment, we’ll provide new tilesets for the specific world you have in mind.
Tabletop Props - Spice up your favorite Popup adventurer! These new cosmetic rewards could be a variety of objects that surround the game board. Dress your created characters in cute hats!
Multiple Profiles and Saved Data

Save Profiles - Maintain multiple save files on the same computer to support more than one user.
Cloud Saves - Transfer your save files between systems using Steam’s cloud save system.
As you can see there’s lots to choose from, and we may not have time to complete it all, so we’d like your help in choosing what to prioritize.
If you accept this quest, join us on Discord and choose the features that interest you most! There’s a great community there ready to answer your questions!
We look forward to meeting you there!
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24 Aug 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon Update 1.0011
Features Added Automated Backup Save system. Should hopefully protect against potential corruption of save files. Added “Ability Pointer Over Scale” option. Determines the size of ability cards when the mouse is over them. Can be found in the Game tab of the Options Menu under th
Features

Added Automated Backup Save system. Should hopefully protect against potential corruption of save files.
Added “Ability Pointer Over Scale” option. Determines the size of ability cards when the mouse is over them. Can be found in the Game tab of the Options Menu under the User Interface category.
Bug Fixes

Fixed bug which caused the game to lock when all party members were defeated in Hardcore mode.
Fixed bug which occurred when the campaigns in a game graph had recursive connections.
Fixed bug which occurred when a summon was killed while Sweetwater Charm and Summoner’s Charm were equipped.
Added debugging logic to help track down the cause of cases where content searches fail to properly close.
Gameplay

Ascension Scaling for high-end difficulty now maps a larger percentage of additional potency into the Evasion statistic. We will continue to tune this to get the pacing of the high end to feel right.
UI

Added several tooltips throughout creation interfaces.
Added more tutorial videos for game creation nodes.
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12 Aug 2020Developer post
Popup Dungeon is OUT NOW!
The time to celebrate is finally here, Adventurers! After a 7-year development journey, the day has finally come to launch Popup Dungeon, this is a huge moment for us and the community! We also want to give a massive thank you to the backers who have helped us get this far and th

Updates & announcements

Workshop Search Improvements

Game Creation

Content Management

Bug Fixes

Gruß vom Krampus!

In this update:

Happy holidays!

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