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What's new in 0.18.4 This patch adds one-shot protection, a once per fight save that keeps a single massive hit from ending your run on the spot. One-shot protection - Once per fight, a hit that would kill you while you have 2 or more HP leaves you at 1 HP instead. GRACE! flashes
What's new in 0.18.3 This patch turns on benchmark-calibrated difficulty, teaches Mother Silk a blackout, and puts your active item's cooldown on the board. Difficulty Calibrated difficulty is now on by default. Descent builds its enemies around your measured speed and strength f
Fix an issue with bonfire
What's new in 0.18.2 This patch gives the reborn Phoenix a final trial, adds a glossary that explains item terms, and brings music to mystery events and shops. The Phoenix Knocking down the reborn Phoenix a third time now triggers a one-time trial: your board is wiped and frozen
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Fix issue in Duo Descent where host and client having different SDF values would cause rubber banding on the client.
What's new in 0.18.0 This release rebuilds all six Descent bosses into staged fights with phases, quotes, and their own battle music. Plus stacked telegraph warnings, act-end stat tables, and a round of balance changes and fixes. Boss reworks The Stone Warden sleeps until you wak
What's new in 0.17.4 A patch that reworks The Pit, adds post-game stats, and gives line clears a sword. Plus a round of Descent balance changes from playtests. The Pit The Pit is now a boss duel. Two bosses fight to a knockout instead of racing to 40 lines. A duel that drags on g
What's new in 0.17.3 A patch focused on Descent sound and item balance, plus a pair of online co-op fixes. Enemies are much louder now, and rare items are actually rare. Balance Branded enemies can now appear in every act. All nine brands share the same odds, ramping as you desce
What's new in 0.17.2 A small patch focused on online co-op stability, based on playtest reports. It also adds a session log that makes connection problems much easier to report. Session log Playing online now writes a diagnostics log to disk. If something goes wrong in an online
What's new in 0.17.1 This release finishes the elemental item roster with five new families, gives every Descent act its own bosses, adds six new enemy brands, environmental hazards, a crafting event, a full Descent visual and audio reskin, and rebuilt online co-op netcode. New i
Patch notes coming soon :) I just wanted to get this out
What's new in 0.16.1 Quick small bug fixes for online Duo Descent Duo Descent The joining player's attacks now hurt Gluttonous enemies. Before, the enemy ate the garbage without taking any damage. When the front player falls, their teammate now moves up to the front.
Adding 0.16.0 build artifacts
What's new in 0.16.0 This release merges 1v1 and Descent into one item pool, sorts items into elemental families, adds new items, and reworks how top-out damage is dealt to HP. Items 1v1 and Descent now draw from one shared item pool Items are sorted into elemental families with
What's new in 0.15.1 Quick small bug fixes Duo Descent - Both players should be able to see and hear Branded enemies' telegraphs. - Gluttonous enemies' regurgitate should hit both players (front still takes 2/3s, while rear takes 1/3) - Vengeful enemies' death now hit both player
What's new in 0.15.0 This release rebuilds the CPU brain in C++ for full-speed play, adds a skill benchmark that scales Descent difficulty to you, and expands Descent with a fourth act, branded enemies, and unique bosses. CPU brain The CPU search now runs as a native C++ module,
# What's new in 0.14.0 Mystery events come to Descent in both solo and co-op, the Descent item set gets a full rework, and the whole game gets a visual-effects pass. This release also reworks map generation, adds animated background transitions, and includes a large batch of fixe
What's new in 0.13.0 The Descent update: a full roguelike campaign, solo or two-player co-op, plus a major bug-fix pass. Descent (new mode) Single-player roguelike campaign: 3 acts of branching maps with fights, elites, shops, and bosses Build a run loadout: permanent relics, cas
What's new in 0.12.1 SDF hotfix, Sandbox item powerup visual fix SDF hotfix SDF properly multiplies value by current gravity Added instant SDF (setting past 40) Sandbox Items don't clip off the viewport anymore