- \ Resolved an issue where non permanent pets could reduce the permanent pets cap - \ Restored insurances for dead characters through a victory, which had been disabled by mistake a while back
Hello everyone! As we cruise toward a major end-game content update, we'll be releasing smaller content updates, which address recurrent player concerns and add bits of content originally planned for that major update. \ ⦁ \ Dungeon party cap is raised from 21 to 35 (full party), using a new Monster Scaling mechanic to reduce monsters group size. ⦁ \ 2 more character slots ⦁ \ 2 more vault slot…
Hey Folks! It’s been a while, so we’d like to explain what has been happening behind the curtain over the last few months. We announce that from now on, we’ll be self-publishing Escape the Mad Empire. Paradox Arc and us (XperimentalZ Games) came to a mutually beneficial arrangement that will allow us to keep supporting the game for longer than planned for. We’re very grateful for this last 3 ye…
\ rage going Idle sometimes · \ Scrolls sometimes vanishing when transferring between full inventories · \ Identificator does not reset timer when repositioning items · \ character sheet button · \ Enemy's Non-Verbal skills were incorrectly silenced · \ loading screen crash · \ Issue with Ghosts behavior
Hello escapists! We come to you today with a NEW major content update! We wanted to diversify the gameplay experience with more various types of monsters & biomes, which is what we'll be bringing you today! Forest Biome The update includes: 4 new biomes: ⦁ Forest ⦁ Haunted Forest ⦁ Mushrooms ⦁ Ice Caverns Mushroom biome 31 New Monsters, which will be associated to specific biome: ⦁ Crypts: Grav…
- Resolved an issue with Shapeshift skill, which could result in losing an equipped item - Magic items which transform single attacks into AOE will only affect their equipped hand now - Slightly nerfed item of Mad Swings (-20% attack speed) - Total Mayhem now applies Flurry on self instead of target, as intended
- Fixed issues with Dragaclaw to registering hits on 3 of its 4 hitbox tiles - Fixed issues with Vault sometimes having items erased - Fixed issues with some windows rarily getting stuck - Fixed missing text for Vault rebind option - Chicken Strike skill now transforms into chicken for 15 sec instead of 20
- Added 'v' shortcut for the vault - Added 2 more Vault tabs - Empire Items Collector Achievements now requires 40 items instead of 50 - Banishment spell now excludes the caster - Fixed a few issues with armor adding HP - Failing Final Judgment on Pet now releases it
- Preventing a black screen crash when loading tutorial for the first time as new player - Added checks for rest tutorial to help avoiding getting stuck - Solidified save game system to avoid losing characters from the reserve - Minor fixes
- Resolved an issue which could block the progression of the player on the Skill Level-Up quest. - Fixed the weapon of Hit Streak which could result if temporarily losing attack speed. - Fixed the weapon of Cycle which could infinitely add stacks of damage.
Fixed a number of issues: - Creatures getting stuck after being pushed - Party can now exit a boss fight when a character was left stuck on platform - Getting command 'fire a party member' at the wrong moment - Gem not being correctly identified - Localization 'wait for poison ball' - Bosses are now immune to morph/chicken strike - Sleep is now considered a 'hard cc' and will now trigger tempor…
Escape the Mad Empire update 0.18 is out now! With this update, we're overhauling and improving a significant amount of game systems, as well as adding new content and putting heavy focus on balancing and Quality of Life. List of changes and additions in Update 0.18: New Content · Over 50 new armor (cloth and robe armor) and magic weapon items (wands, staves and scepters), mostly based on menta…
Hello everyone! We have an exciting update coming to Escape the Mad Empire this week! Update 0.18 will be released tomorrow, September 4th, at 7a.m. PDT/4p.m. CEST . This is our largest Early Access update to date and comes with numerous additions and tweaks, to improve your experience going mad, in Escape the Mad Empire. List of changes and additions in Update 0.18: New Content · Over 50 new a…
Enjoying the game but still having trouble getting to the last boss? Here's some tips from the veteran Shush from the discord! · Every party should consist of at least one healer. Battle Priests are amazing due to their Heal and Calm Mind & Spirit abilities. Give them medium or heavy armour to allow them to tank some hits, and use their Heal ability whenever off cooldown and Shield in every fig…
Hi! We're still working on new stuff, but here's some sneak peaks at new items we're working on in the meanwhile to soothe your weekly dose of updates. Aaand that's about it for this week. We're still working hard to be able to push this next update soon ™. Liz, the community manager. Follow us on socials: Reddit - Twitter (X) - Discord - BlueSky
We're looking for people who'd be interested in maintaining and setting up a wiki. Join the Discord & React to the message in the "announcements" channel, and we'll get in contact with more info soon! // Liz Follow us on socials: Reddit - Twitter (X) - Discord - BlueSky
Hi chat , As you might know, The game has been in development for 7 years. We've put our hearts and souls into it and we've gotten a lot of questions around new content and about a potential roadmap. (More about that later in this post) Next Update The next content patch should bring achievements, cloth armor, staff/wands, new level 4-6 monsters, Vault device, more advanced character AI. On the…
This is a public service announcement. We read ALL your feedback. But sometimes... It's hard to keep track... We urge ALL players to join the discord and post your extremely well-reasoned and good feedback there. Here's some we've gotten lately which I thought we'd take a closer look at. This is a great idea. We will take a look at a sponsorship soon. Ah, thank you for bringing this to our atte…
The official tierlist of characters is here ! We'll continue to update and support it long, and make sure to leave suggestions for more characters to add. Follow us on socials: Reddit - Twitter (X) - Discord - BlueSky
- Fixing a rare issue with deleted characters We'll be adding save slots redundancies in the next days to help with this sort of issues. In the meantime, if you have save game problems, please visit us on Discord so we can help!
- Upgraded Unity version to try to resolve game freezing issues at launch - Revamped the XP curve to try keep characters in their 'useful' zone longer (deeper and more permanent tweaks will come during EA)
- Issue with rare blocking tile - Soul Ascension issue with loot vanishing when putting a character before collecting gains - Issue with undodgeable telegraph spells - Verbal skills become unselected when silenced - Stealth will not be removed by procs - Advantage system fix (offense / defense advantage/disadvantage rework) - Can no longer interact when incapacitated - UI keybind panel issue -…
Welcome back to what we sometimes call the bone zone. Today it's more of a warzone. The general is in focus! The General is another class which loves to buff it's teammates. Not strong on his own, but together with friends, he's a force to be reckoned with. And also, if he doesn't have friends around him, he can simply summon some. Here's one of his buffs, "Charge!" : A great attack to push ene…
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