Hi folks,
The wait is almost over - DemonCrawl's Halloween expansion finally launches TOMORROW!
We wanted to take a moment and spotlight two of the 40+ new items that will be included in tomorrow's update. These are no ordinary items... they were designed and developed in collaboration with DemonCrawl's first-ever Mythic Patron supporters!
Let's dive right in:
First up is a new legendary item called Fireplace, designed by Mythic Patron Emberflame.
With a fitting name like that, you might have already guessed Emberflame wanted to create a powerful option for the Firefly's legendary slot, and we were totally on board!
As it turns out, there's very little elemental support in the legendary item pool - it was clear right away that this idea was a winner.
Fireplace is an interesting concept because it's much more than a mere Burning enabler. It dips into both status effect and gleaning mechanics, offering great synergy with other items and even other masteries. Have you ever wanted to play as a BURNING SPY? Because now you can.
Next is a new magic item called Elemental Fuel, designed by Mythic Patron Tom25w.
Tom brought a few different ideas to the table and let us choose the one that appealed to us most. As soon as we saw Elemental Fuel (originally called Magic Fuel), our mind was made up.
It's such an elegant design. Some of our favorite items are those with unique effects that can be summed up in a single punchy sentence. "Spread all auras to nearby cells." 6 words, no room for confusion, and it fits perfectly into many different builds.
We think Tom's numbers were exactly right too - at just 13 coins and 90 mana per use, Elemental Fuel is something you can pick up without a great deal of buyer's remorse, even if auras never come into play during your run.
At its worst, Elemental Fuel is an affordable safety net. At its best? Probably something nuts involving Ethereal aura and infinite mana.
Other Shoutouts
The Halloween expansion features more ideas from the community than any other DemonCrawl patch to date. Thank you all so much for helping us enrich our game!
We can't wait to see what you guys come up with when we finally add proper modding support...
In the meantime, we want to give a few quick shoutouts to some of the other ideas that made it into v1.60:
- Detective mastery is based heavily on an idea from community member Egg.
- There's a set of "Marshmallow" items inspired by ideas from raisins77. Yummm
- Egg strikes again with an idea for a positive stage mod called "Astral" - rare loot everywhere!
- Community moderator Team Worm gave us a great quality-of-life suggestion for adding Divine-colored borders around completed Mythic Emblems.
There's truly a lot more, but we don't want to give away too much before the expansion launches!
See you tomorrow!