Community25 Jul 2024Spinny Dungeon - Slot Machine Roguelike From The DevI'm proud to announce my new game. Spinny Dungeon is a slot machine roguelike inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Plants vs. Zombies. Each time you hit the SPIN button bloody monsters creep closer. Stop them before they reach your soul locked deep inside the ancient slot machine. KILL these freaks! LOOT 'em! EAT 'em! Build your own deck from weapons, plants, magic artifacts and companions. These…
Cursed Mode Rework Players get an additional tile at the start of each turn instead of bonuses for long words. The default hand size for the Scout in this mode is 7 instead of 6 tiles. Now it is much easier to make decent words during one turn without hints. Counterplay Against Weakness The only counterplay against Weakness was to finish a fight as soon as possible. Now you can re-roll your han…
Balance All usual and elite enemies on Levels 1-5 are slightly weaker now. Localization Russian has been added in test mode. The second class (Brute) is currently not available in Russian. [Добавлен русский язык в тестовом режиме. Второй класс (Брут) недоступен из-за особенностей языка] Controls Tile placement feels better now (better drag-and-drop accuracy). Although an alternative controls is…
Fixed a visual bug with the Blade of Limited Infinity. After the 3rd strike, if you placed a valid word on the Attack board, you could not see the value of this word. Some tiles that were previously upgraded during combat retained their point value after the opponent's "Decrease" spell. This bug has been fixed. Level 2 final boss now has less HP. This boss also has less HP during challenges. Ad…
Some tiles could not be discarded or sacrificed in the rare circumstances. This bug is fixed now. Enemies in the 2nd and 3rd zone on the Level 1 and Level 2 deal less damage. The 2nd, 4th and 5th final bosses deal less damage.
Tips for new players were added on the map screen. Fixed a bug with an alternative controls after using Keymaster's ability. Boozer was excluded from the list of potential enemies on the Level 1. His behavior was confusing for new players.
Now you can remove unwanted words from the dictionary (ESC >> Options >> Add a word) - ramen - oodle - stygian - loupe(-s) - lich(-s) ki*e(-s) was added to the censored list. Now the game cannot be softlocked after closing the removal service. You receive a starting bonus if your previous run with the selected character was successful. Level 3 difficulty now equals to the old Level 2 difficulty…
Enemies on the first levels are slightly easier now: Damage dealt by enemies: Level 1: Small bat: 3 to 2-3 Wolf: 11 to 10-11 Dog health: 20 to 18 Frost lizard: 10-11 to 10 Frost warrior: 7-8 to 7 (small) and 11-12 to 11 (strong) Turban warrior: 15 (base) to 12 (base) Sand lizard health: 30 to 26 Mummy with a sword: 8-9 to 8 (small) and 13 to 12 (strong) Scarab health: 15 to 13 Sand skeleton war…
Words Can Kill will be available on September 29 , 2022! Wishlist on Steam today to be the first to save the princess! The full price will be 7.99USD (or your regional equivalent) Launch discount: -15%
Several players during the Next Fest reported that they still don't like controls in the game. So I added an alternative way to place tiles on the board for players who prefer the Cursed (or Doomed) mode. It can be activated through the menu (ESC -> Options). 1. You need to click the target board first. 2. Then click tiles you want to add. 3. Then click an Attack (or Block) button if you've bui…
Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point E , a 2-point P and 4-point Z ). During combat you draw tiles from the deck and place them on the Attack or Defense b…
Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point E , a 2-point P and 4-point Z ). During combat you draw tiles from the deck and place them on the Attack or Defense b…
Words Can Kill is a spelling roguelike game hugely inspired by Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. Your deck here is full of letter tiles akin to those in Scrabble. Your journey begins with a random 12-tile deck consisting of the letters without additional effects (like a 1-point E , a 2-point P and 4-point Z ). During combat you draw tiles from the deck and place them on the Attack or Defense b…
Demo was updated - You can try magic effect tiles and new no-hints modes in the demo right now. - Tile placement feels better now. - If you hover over a tile in the Gifted (hinted) mode you can see possible words containing this tile. - Balance was slightly reworked (some items will be reworked for the no-hints modes soon). Remember, the demo is 2/3 of the run on the easiest difficulty. So if y…
Words Can Kill is on the final stages of the development. All enemies and boss battles are ready now. Two new classes were added : Brute and Keymaster. The default character was currently named Pioneer. You can propose your own names for the classes in the comments. - Brute starts his path with the deck full of 2-letter tiles. Once per turn he can split a 2-letter tile into two 1-letter tiles.…
Several players reported that the control system in the game was clunky and more suitable for mobile devices. So time has come to change the way controls works in Words Can Kill. - Now you can click a tile -> click a destination point in addition to the old drag&drop system. - You can insert a tile from your hand between the tiles on the board until any meaningful action (an attack, a block, th…
The Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is coming and I want to invite you to join the Developer Live Stream for an early look at Words Can Kill. Download a free demo and add the game to your wishlist.
Steam Tabletop Fest 2021 will open the demo version for download. If you'd rather watch the developer play the game, come watch my live-stream. Stream date: 21 Oct 10 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. PDT).
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