Developer posts and news about this game.
Enhancements Impassable pits will now display on the map as walls instead of open space. The news at HQ will now display as "E" on the map instead of the generic "!". Application startup will now display the loading screen instead of a black screen. Minor art updates and correcti
You can now equip items directly from the Equip tab in the inventory menu. Selecting the Equip command will display the target menu, similar to using consumables. The item description panel will update with the highlighted character's required stat, if any. Character names will d
General Most low-level damaging magic (e.g. Detonate, Stone Spike) will now scale better with level. Most will deal similar damage at lower levels and a bit more damage at higher levels. Some skills were further adjusted individually, as listed below. Threat (the likelihood of a
Fixed an issue with analog input getting stuck in a repeating state for both menus and field movement. Some input edge cases may behave slightly differently than before. For boss enemies only, the diminishing returns from hostile turn manipulation will no longer reset after each
Balance The first character in the party will be attacked slightly more frequently than before. The last two characters in the party, and the last character in the front row, will be attacked slightly less frequently than before. Sea: Slightly increased the added threat from Glid
General Player characters in the front row now gain +5 Accuracy. Wound is now the highest-priority status effect, meaning that control cures will always remove it first if present. Slightly increased enemy crit defense. Custom characters that start in the front row can now start
This update improves compatibility with some older display adapters under Windows, which could potentially experience video corruption in OpenGL mode. Since there is no change to the application code, this release will still appear as v1.0.3.
Minerva Labyrinth is out now, with a 10% launch discount for the first week! If you played the demo earlier this year, here are some of the improvements made over the past seven months: New Aspects and support skills, plus revised Hunt, Moon, and Vengeance skill sets. Revamped (n
As announced yesterday, Minerva Labyrinth will release on November 5th, 2025! Today I'm also releasing the most up-to-date demo, which features new Aspects, new support skills, a nicer-looking subway, and a major editing pass over writing (some of these edits made it into the v0.
Minerva Labyrinth will be released on November 5th, 2025! I will also be publishing an updated demo ahead of release (hopefully today or tomorrow) with all the latest changes, including some new character build options!
Fixed resisted energy attacks having no effect (introduced in v0.7.9).
Enhancements Mouse and keyboard input prompts will now display glyphs instead of plain text. The gameplay information menu in Diana's room has been migrated into the field menu as Help and can now be accessed anywhere. The old Help menu has been renamed to Reference and is access
All skill descriptions now explicitly state the range, area of effect, and hit bonus (if any) at the top of the description box. Numeric and status effect values are now color-coded by type. Energy damage numbers will also display ENR in color assist mode. Skill descriptions have
Prologue / Tutorial Tutorial mode in its previous form has been removed. The prologue (subway) will offer brief instructions / prompts at the top of the screen in certain locations, but will not provide any detailed information in the dialogue window. Most of this information can
This update brings a number of small balance and QoL improvements that have come out of playtesting, but the biggest changes are the updated skill sets for Hunt, Moon, and Vengeance, which have been improved to be a bit more dynamic and focused. For simplicity, only changes that
Enhancements Added an option to change button selection mode for the mouse from mouseover to click. When in click mode, clicking on the selected (finger pointing) button will confirm it, and clicking a non-selected button will select it without confirming. Portrait buttons are no
We're getting pretty close to release! I don't have a date to announce just yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer now. In the mean time, I've updated the demo with the latest enhancements. Highlights include improvements to the combat GUI, some fixes to menu and movement respo
This update adds a ton of interface and QoL improvements, as well as some mechanical tweaks and a handful of bug fixes. Quicksaves, cursor repeat for gamepads, improved status visuals and targeting visibility, enemy HP bars for Scouts, more information in certain menus, and impro
Next Fest is well underway. If you've already tried the demo or are planning to, thank you! If you've got feedback you'd like to share, please drop by the forum . There will be more updates as the game progresses towards release, and your feedback will help make it better.
Control Room B in the subway can now extend a second bridge to the east as a shortcut back to the recovery point. Revised some NPC dialogue at HQ. Adjusted some visuals in the subway for clarity. Fixate now ticks down at the end of Skunj's turn instead of the target's. Minor twea