I Am Overburdened

Released: Nov 2, 2017
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 13:48 GMT

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20 posts

22 Apr 2022Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.10. don't mess up.
Hello there! Hot-fix time. Sadly version 1.2.9. contained some "glitches" :( Bugs everywhere First and foremost please accept my apology for the bugs that I left in the game. Multiple discussions were started and you reached out to me with detailed descriptions and useful reprodu
24 Mar 2022Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.9. two steps forward, one step back.
Hi everyone! As the title suggests progress has been made, but I took a really bumpy road to get here. I'm done with a new update, but even though I mentioned around two weeks multiple times, it took more than a month :/ Big-ish? Or lots of small-ish? I wanted to release some of
12 Feb 2022Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.8. a trail of broken dreams.
Hello there! Not much news on my front, but I'm doing game development (at least some, sort-of) and I'm still alive :) Where have you been? I disappeared for a looong time from the online world and from I Am Overburdened development. I really wanted to continue releasing updates
21 Dec 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, happy holidays!
No big updates this time, but I wanted to post an entry to wish everyone happy holidays, a fun-filled winter and most importantly an awesome new year :) Plus I'm sharing some info nuggets about the upcoming Overburdened update. Artifacts Progress is steady on the development of t
22 Nov 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.7. what is to come
I Am Overburdened, what is to come. Hi there! Been pretty much out of touch with the online world in the last few weeks. So I guess it is time to break the silence with an I Am Overburdened update and some news about the expansion :) ?! The update Showcasing version 1.2.7. will b
I Am Overburdened, what is to come.
Hi there!
Been pretty much out of touch with the online world in the last few weeks. So I guess it is time to break the silence with an I Am Overburdened update and some news about the expansion :) ?!
The update
Showcasing version 1.2.7. will be short as it is a refinement build. Nothing spectacularly, just a bunch of fixes and tunings.
DPI/mouse issue bug-fix
There was a problem limiting the mouse movement which occurred on non-default DPI settings and/or high desktop resolutions. Now it is fixed and there is no need for using the workaround posted on the community forums of the game.
Book of monsters enhancements
To fix the confusion around the monster unlocks I've added progress visualization. You just have to kill a single monster from a given kind and then you can check how much more of it you have to fight to successfully open detailed information about them. As a tiny addition mouse-wheel scrolling is also supported in the book (forgot to add it in the last update).
Treasury and stash upgrades
To make the item selection more streamlined in treasury mode I moved the "Random artifact" option to the first slot and implemented in-game inventory highlights based on the currently focused item. It works the same way as with other pickups (e.g.: in the shop).
Repositioned the random stash item selection too mainly for consistency.
The expansion pack
It's almost at the finish line, but not properly baked yet. Let see what it already brings to the table!
Warning, spoilers ahead...
New boss fights
The original boss fight feels underwhelming to me mechanically. I like how the story, the characters, and the outcomes turned out, but the fight itself is a bit lame. More like a randomized stronger special enemy and less like a boss :|
I decided to introduce 3 new completely different scenarios, to keep you on your toes while battling the Buzzard wizard.
As you can imagine the new fights will not only make the conclusion of a run more varied, but new strategies will be possible and the value of many existing items will be altered.
New artifacts
More than a dozen new items will find their way into the expanded version. I haven't settled on the final number yet, but at the moment it is close to 140 artifacts total :O ! They will introduce new skills and allow way different strategies especially on the early levels (e.g.: stash choices) and in the end game (e.g.: boss fights).
Another goal with the new set is to introduce more synergies and heavier focus on "neglected" attributes (vitality and defense) too.
New monsters
All the 5 new creatures planed for the update pack are ready to be released. They will work as "variations" of certain enemies. Kind of like mobs in many other dungeon crawlers. In some runs you may encounter the "Leach", in others, you will have to fight the new "Ooze" in the sewers instead. Of course, you'll be able to unlock info about these variants the same way.
This system besides making the existing game more varied will be the foundation for adding even more monsters in the future ;)
New features
These changes are still a bit WIP and subject to change, but they are now in a shape where I can reveal them:

Attribute redesign! "Defense" will get a bigger boost and both "Vitality" and "Speed" will receive a little reinforcement.
The help menus will get more detailed information on certain topics (attributes & pickups).
A new game mode affecting pickups is under development.
Enhancements on the unlocks and statistics front.
Re-balancing some of the existing items and obviously the boss battle(s).
+ A big secret I'm keeping to myself until release :P
The release?
All that is left is the when and how!
I really wanted to let this package loose this year as a Christmas present latest, but I'm not 100% sure I can do it. Will try my best and in the worst case, it will be an early new year's gift :)
I settled on the pricing though. Essentially it will be a free DLC. But! I'm going to charge more for the game once it is out in the wild. Only raising it by a few bucks, since charging 10$ for it would not be reasonable.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read my post and thanks for your continued support.
Stay tuned!
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16 Sep 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.6. looney tuning
Hello there! Time for one last small update before I go into full promotion mode regarding the new I Am Overburdened expansion pack ;) Update The new 1.2.6. version is more of a refinement over the existing stuff, but it packs a lovely change which I hope receives a warm welcome.
16 Aug 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.5. optimize prime
Hi everyone! Here comes a not so spectacular, but hopefully funny update for I Am Overburdened. As the name suggest version 1.2.5. is way more swift than the previous one, plus it is equipped with a nasty new trick to terrorize artifact hunters ːsteammockingː Hallucination 2.0 Pl
23 Jul 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.4. cracks showing
Hello everyone! This update is a tiny one with bug-fixes only. Life has interesting ways of slowing things down. If you stay till the end of the post and can put up with my whining I'll explain how come I could only make a hot-fix build in a whole month. The update Some glaring i
25 Jun 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.3. experience tidbits
Hi there! So it came to pass, that only a tiny update gets completed within two weeks while working on another way bigger project :D Hopefully, the user interface enhancements in version 1.2.3. will be appreciated still ;) The book of monsters The biggest (albeit functionally neg
13 Jun 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.2. cosmetics
Hello everyone! This time instead of launching new content or features I'm upgrading the graphics of the game a little. Graphical facelift This is the first update for I Am Overburdened focusing only on the visual aspect. If the response is good I may create another similar one :
31 May 2019Developer post
Incoming graphical facelift #1
Hello there! I don't usually share upcoming updates in detail as I've fallen into the trap of failing to deliver on time before ːsteamfacepalmː, but I'm really close to the finish line with this one. I'm planning to release a series of graphical facelift features and this is how
16 May 2019Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.1. journal entry
Hi there! My apologies for being dormant for so long. I'll explain what happened, but I want to jump right into the details of the latest update I've just released. I'm leaving the boring rambling to the end ːsteammockingː ! Update Version 1.2.1. has a plethora of changes, but mo
14 Nov 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.2.0. saving my soul update
Hello everyone, I've been away from working on games for months, but thanks to some new opportunities it looks like the time has come for me to return to active development again ;) Version 1.2.0 is live and the highlight of it is the save-game feature! Besides this one major add
Hello everyone,
I've been away from working on games for months, but thanks to some new opportunities it looks like the time has come for me to return to active development again ;)
Version 1.2.0 is live and the highlight of it is the save-game feature! Besides this one major addition, it is mostly a bug-fix and tweak build.
Save & Exit
Finally the game can be suspended in the dungeon and continued later. Since a full play-through is relatively short plus I Am Overburdened is primarily a rogue-like and save-scumming would undermine this core idea so only one save slot exists. Of course more could be added with slots only having a continue option if there are genuine requests for it, but I think the game works well this way.
This is more like a convenience feature to be able to stop playing at any point you wish and finish the run when you have the time to spare.
The pause menu had to be reorganized a bit, since it was already crammed. As you can see it's cleaner now and the last option saves and closes the game.
Immediate (Save &) Exit
The immediate exit hot-key was remapped from F10 to F9. Sorry about this change, it was a necessity (os/platform reasons), but as a bright side it also supports saving the game. So now if you hit F9 during play and the game could be continued (e.g.: the player is not dead :) ), the state will be saved just like when saving and exiting using the pause menu. This change is already reflected in the input guide.
Pesky bugs
I've been working on the game on and off in short bursts in the last months and alongside with the community I discovered some problems too. I fixed quite a few things so I'm simply going to list them:

Few items and their related skills could cause a crash under super specific circumstances. It's not likely many of you run into these issues, but if your play was interrupted by a crash I'm sorry.
Certain item skills with persisting effects (e.g.: Fear, Cripple) could get stuck or be triggered on freshly summoned/resurrected monsters in rare cases. These were not visible, but could affect how well you did, so my apologies for the occasional unfair (de-)buffs.
The positioning of hallucinations from toxicity effects (e.g.: Toad monsters, poison in potion) were not correctly randomized. These hallucinated monsters were always placed in the upper-left quarter of the map, breaking the illusion. Now this is fixed.
A while ago I added item-slot notifications to item pickups and chests when standing nearby. It did not occur to me though, that with this modification the treasury pickups and chests triggered unnecessary ones too. Oops, fixed!
In balance
With this update balance tweaks found their way into the game too. There were still some complaints regarding this aspect, so I made normal mode a tad bit harder and nightmare difficulty a tiny bit more forgiving. These are not substantial changes, only slightly affecting the pickup and chest spawn rates. Another extra is "near death" detection. Simply put if you end up in a really bad situation at some point, the game tries not to punish you even harder on the next dungeon level :D
These changes are subtle, so they keep the game challenging, but they were introduced to make it more fair at the same time.
Boss confusion
Some people found the boss level corpses confusing. I don't know if the new version will work out better (this is not the first time I change this :S ), but now the number of corpses (below the one serving as the story hint) are tied to the unlock progress of the boss entry in the monster book.
I know some other unlocks still need more and better hints too. I'm going to work on these problems in the near future...
Still alive?
Is the game still supported and under active development? Yes, pretty much. Due to personal and financial reasons I had to put game development on hold for a long while, but I'm back now and I will be working on it in the upcoming months. Before I vanished I teased possible ports, a bigger content update and more official translations for I Am Overburdened. These are not forgotten and progressing well ;) In a few weeks I will reveal more details about my plans.
Until then, have a fun-filled time.
Thanks for reading and take care!
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07 Jun 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.1.8. tiny achievement update
Hi there artifact hunters! It is time for another tiny update. 1.1.8 is online, featuring mostly fixes and fine-tunings, but lets see in detail what it has to offer! Changes Achievement bug fixed Due to some timing and file-reading mistakes in rare cases some achievements were no
24 Apr 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.1.7. first language update
Hello there dungeon crawlers! It's been a long while since my last I Am Overburdened update and I haven't posted anything online for more than a month now ːsteamsadː . Version 1.1.7 is online now containing some nice additions ːsteamhappyː , so I'll showcase the changes and I'll
24 Feb 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.1.6. tiny "input" update
Hello there dungeon crawlers! I know it's been a while since the last update, but this one will be a relatively small one regardless :( . I'll go into why this is the case but lets start with the list of changes and additions first ;) ! Changes Now the game supports a much wider
Hello there dungeon crawlers!
I know it's been a while since the last update, but this one will be a relatively small one regardless :( . I'll go into why this is the case but lets start with the list of changes and additions first ;) !
Changes

Now the game supports a much wider range of controller devices. With older joysticks and game-pads it tries to emulate the mapping of the Xbox 360 controller automatically. In the "Controls" menu you can re-map your buttons if the game fails to capture a sensible layout. If you had to use x360ce before you probably don't need it anymore :) !
Pressing Left Ctrl + R in the dungeon restarts the run immediately without confirmation now. I forgot about this modification, but many of you requested it multiple times so I finally added this hot-key.
A little balance fix: the skill of the Zombie was tweaked heavily. Their regeneration now only triggers if you can damage them for a given minimum amount (5), so you won't hit a wall going against these monsters regardless of your build having high defense/health/dodge but low damage. I hope this is another step in the right direction for making the game feel challenging, but fair.
Another tiny extra is the InputGuide. It's an official documentation containing all the relevant information about possible control mechanisms, hot-keys and default button mappings. I'll do my best to keep it up-to-date if something changes and I'll provide localized versions too in the future!
So as I mentioned it is not a huge list, but took some time to deliver. The reasons behind this are the larger features I'm working on. I'm currently juggling between several longer-term projects and they take up all my time. These are: organizing and delivering official localizations, more robust tools and guidelines for translators, the "save and continue later" feature, porting the game to other desktop operating systems (Mac & Linux) and I'm also working on a "secret" big update, but that is all I can tell about this as I want it to be a surprise plus I'm super unsure when I will be able to finish and release it.
I'm hiding in my room, working in silence, but development on I Am Overburdened is still going strong :) !
You can check the Trello board or follow me on Twitter for more frequent updates.
Thanks for your understanding and patience.
Good luck and have fun!
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24 Feb 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.1.6. tiny "input" update
Hello there dungeon crawlers! I know it's been a while since the last update, but this one will be a relatively small one regardless :( . I'll go into why this is the case but lets start with the list of changes and additions first ;) ! Changes Now the game supports a much wider
Hello there dungeon crawlers!
I know it's been a while since the last update, but this one will be a relatively small one regardless :( . I'll go into why this is the case but lets start with the list of changes and additions first ;) !
Changes

Now the game supports a much wider range of controller devices. With older joysticks and game-pads it tries to emulate the mapping of the Xbox 360 controller automatically. In the "Controls" menu you can re-map your buttons if the game fails to capture a sensible layout. If you had to use x360ce before you probably don't need it anymore :) !
Pressing Left Ctrl + R in the dungeon restarts the run immediately without confirmation now. I forgot about this modification, but many of you requested it multiple times so I finally added this hot-key.
A little balance fix: the skill of the Zombie was tweaked heavily. Their regeneration now only triggers if you can damage them for a given minimum amount (5), so you won't hit a wall going against these monsters regardless of your build having high defense/health/dodge but low damage. I hope this is another step in the right direction for making the game feel challenging, but fair.
Another tiny extra is the InputGuide. It's an official documentation containing all the relevant information about possible control mechanisms, hot-keys and default button mappings. I'll do my best to keep it up-to-date if something changes and I'll provide localized versions too in the future!
So as I mentioned it is not a huge list, but took some time to deliver. The reasons behind this are the larger features I'm working on. I'm currently juggling between several longer-term projects and they take up all my time. These are: organizing and delivering official localizations, more robust tools and guidelines for translators, the "save and continue later" feature, porting the game to other desktop operating systems (Mac & Linux) and I'm also working on a "secret" big update, but that is all I can tell about this as I want it to be a surprise plus I'm super unsure when I will be able to finish and release it.
I'm hiding in my room, working in silence, but development on I Am Overburdened is still going strong :) !
You can check the Trello board or follow me on Twitter for more frequent updates.
Thanks for your understanding and patience.
Good luck and have fun!
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30 Jan 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, not so "elite" hotfix.
Hello everyone. Sadly I made a mistake in the code of the latest "elite" update ːsteamfacepalmː so I had to upload a new build today. A pesky bug crashed the game on startup if you completed the game prior to the update once (and only once). I guess still many people could run in
30 Jan 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, not so "elite" hotfix.
Hello everyone. Sadly I made a mistake in the code of the latest "elite" update ːsteamfacepalmː so I had to upload a new build today. A pesky bug crashed the game on startup if you completed the game prior to the update once (and only once). I guess still many people could run in
29 Jan 2018Developer post
I Am Overburdened, 1.1.4. "elite" update.
I've just released another update for I Am Overburdened. It is now at 1.1.4. and received quite a few enhancements since the first major update ;) . Latest additions Elite variant There is a new "decoration" in the inn. If you complete the game twice on normal or on nightmare dif
I've just released another update for I Am Overburdened.
It is now at 1.1.4. and received quite a few enhancements since the first major update ;) .
Latest additions

Elite variant There is a new "decoration" in the inn. If you complete the game twice on normal or on nightmare difficulty you unlock the skull candle. Once lit, there will be one tougher "elite" monster on each dungeon level. If you completed it before the candle will be unlocked automatically. I don't consider this a new difficulty as it is a variant working on both levels, but if someone finds nightmare too easy :P or too painful :( with normal not being a challenge any longer it can spice them up ;) .
Ease-of-use The most requested UI enhancement was inventory screen access through the in-game inventory bar. Plenty other UI and mouse control enhancement found their way into the game (e.g.: the handling of speech bubble fade-out effects are not instantaneous when using the mouse).
Effects beef-up Both the battle effects and the level entry (player spawn) got a little more love. The later one especially got many complaints. Hopefully from now on the player will be instantly recognizable when reaching a new dungeon level.
Fixes & fine-tuning There were some annoying problems which were fixed with this build. Rendering and input handling works correctly when the application is not in focus and there was a more serious item skill problem too (dodge wasn't canceling some penalties & de-buffs even though at the end not suffering the hit causing them) which is history now :) !
The future
As always I have quite a few plans for the future! I would like to add more variants (like the Elite or the Treasury) in the near future and I started working on the next big update: Saving. Don't worry no save scamming, this is a roguelike after all :D . This feature would only allow you to suspend and close the game any time and be able to continue later on where you left off.
Sadly I don't have the capital to pay for professional localization yet, but who knows, the game is sold on a special promotional price for a week and it may turn out well, fingers crossed ;) !
Good luck and have fun in the dungeons ;) .
Stay tuned!
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Updates & announcements

Bugs everywhere

Nightmare retry

Achievements

Teleport path-NOT-finding

Next stop

Big-ish? Or lots of small-ish?

Teleport to target

Localization

Where credit is due

Nightmare and Treasury confusion

Only fools seek their own destruction

Quality of life

Is it over?

Where have you been?

Where are you going to?

I want to know what is new!

New dungeon templates

Level balance fixes

An achievement hint

Miles of endless roads

Artifacts

The update

The expansion pack

The release?

Update

Upcoming

Hallucination 2.0

Inventory triviality

Optimization

Upcoming?

The update

The unexpected

Is this the end?!

The book of monsters

Nearby beasts

In-game inventory on steroids!

What's next?

Graphical facelift

Bugs & Performance

Next stop?

Update

Mouse and UI

Book graphics and controls

In-game UI

Inn renovation

Stash confusion

Bug-fixes and tweaks

Path-finding

So what's up?

Save & Exit

Immediate (Save &) Exit

Pesky bugs

In balance

Boss confusion

Still alive?

Changes

What's next?

Changes

What is up?

Changes

Changes

Latest additions

The future