In-game event13 Jan 2023v1.10.1 - Performance and bug fix updateThis update fixes several bugs and balance issues introduced in v1.10 as well as fixing the lag when encountering lots of monsters/obstacles (pretty noticeable sometimes on Steam Deck). One big UI issue was the lack of potion tooltips when playing on controller or Steam Deck. All menus with potions now show the full potion tooltip. So with these two improvements to Steam Deck playability, I can…
Hello, my Kronies! Since the release of v1.9 , I've actually been pretty busy with work on Leyliner . A few months ago a player informed me that the controls were completely borked on Steam Deck. I ordered a Steam Deck immediately and just got mine in the mail a few days ago. Good news: I've been able to push out a quick build on the experimental branch that appears to work surprisingly well on…
Thanks to all who joined the v1.9 beta. It's now fully live. v1.9 introduces an explosive new branch plus many new spells and abilities. A huge number of small tweaks and improvements have been included. v1.9 summary: · New branch GREAT HALL: tons of goblins and explosions · Three new spells: VORTEX, FETTER, and QUILLS · Six new abilities: AURA, SHRED, WRING, GUZZLE, ASSASSINATE, and FRENZY · A…
This is a followup to the last announcement that v1.9 is live on the experimental branch. Here are a few fixes and tweaks to that: Major · Fixed a locking issue when selecting demon blood abilities after a save/load · Chests now explode their items onto the surrounding tiles instead of just being a menu · Greatly improved QUILLS damage · Removed the slow moving camera system completely due to p…
tldr: You are invited to come beta test the v1.9 release which you can access in Steam through Golden Krone Hotel -> Properties -> Betas -> experimental. v1.9 summary: · New branch GREAT HALL: tons of goblins and explosions · Three new spells: VORTEX, FETTER, and QUILLS · Six new abilities: AURA, SHRED, WRING, GUZZLE, ASSASSINATE, and FRENZY · Abilities now take 0 turns and can be chosen out of…
Back again with a sizable update right before Halloween. ALSO . This weekend is the 2021 Roguelike Celebration ! I'll be giving a talk on Saturday, October 16th. Golden Krone Hotel is also featured in a Steam sale tied to the celebration . Check it out! Highlights · New sounds and music including 9 new songs by Christopher Loza · Starvation rework with no more instant deaths · New branches: Bat…
Update highlights This update is one of the largest to ever hit GKH. It includes: · Graphical improvements: individual potion icons, wall shadows, rounded corners on water/lava, several new sprites, hovering animations for flying monsters, and more · A complete disguise rework that gives each disguise a Special property · 3 new disguises: Bombardier, Ice Mage, and Commander · New branches: MENA…
I know I said last July that I would no longer update the game. That's generally true as far as big content updates go, but I've wanted to tackle a few quality of life issues. Quality of life stuff These things have been requested for quite a while. I thought the game had ample warning about starvation, but it turns out tunnel vision is forcing a lot of players to miss the standard warning. So…
Several things I want to share today: Patreon I started a Patreon! I made seven 7DRLs and released Golden Krone Hotel all in my spare time while working a regular full time job. With increasingly little free time these days, Patreon will make it easier for me to justify continued work on all my little roguelike projects. Discord Simultaneously, a new Discord server was launched to provide a pla…
The Valentine's Weekend Competition is over. You can see the leaderboards here: You might notice a particular participant there a lot: me ! I never realized how fun the game is with turn restrictions. And the winning runs were quite surprising. Sub-2000 turn wins!?! I don't think anyone of us realized what was possible before this competition. Congratulations to LuckyLuckLuc, Tone, and zxc. The…
We're running another Valentine's competition starting Valentine's Day (Thursday) and going all weekend. This time, it's all about trying to get the lowest turn count . To win, simply beat the game with at least 4 rings and try to do so in the fewest number of turns. You have four days to do so. Rules · Winners will be those with the shortest turn counts on winning runs having a minimum of 4 ri…
Congrats to emikaela for last night's win. The final night of the Halloween contest is about to begin! Tonight's disguise is CULTIST :kronecultist: A few reminders about the rules: · Most importantly, the only way I can verify your win is an uploaded morgue file. Make sure you are playing through steam so your username is captured and turn on automatic morgue upload if desired · Your time must…
Congrats to IceBox and LuckyLuckLuc for winning times on NORMAL and DESPAIR last night respectively. The 2nd night of the Halloween contest is about to begin! Tonight's disguise is MERCHANT A few reminders about the rules: · Most importantly, the only way I can verify your win is an uploaded morgue file. Make sure you are playing through steam so your username is captured and turn on automatic…
The Halloween contest is about to begin! Tonight's disguise is BERSERKER A few reminders about the rules: · Most importantly, the only way I can verify your win is an uploaded morgue file. Make sure you are playing through steam so your username is captured and turn on automatic morgue upload if desired · Your time must begin on or after 10pm EDT · You must play on NORMAL · You must play as the…
Three races, three chances to win Golden Krone Hotel has been fully released for one year! To celebrate, we're running a friendly little contest. Be the first player to race to the top of the hotel to win. The contest takes place over 3 nights (10/29 - 10/31) and starts precisely at 10pm EDT each night. Your run must start on or after that time. Rules · To win, be the first to beat the game on…
A really quick announcement: I've pushed a very small but important bugfix update to address issues in the update from last week. Basically, the previous update attempted to fix an issue which would occur if you saved in a treasure room in the Underworld. After loading the save, subsequent levels would be corrupted because they were using the wrong level size. In an attempt to fix that issue (w…
As I said in the last (huge) announcement , I'm winding down the major content updates to Golden Krone Hotel but bug fixes are still fair game. In this update, I've fixed a really weird bug with winning the game, added some cool effects to the Big status, and added one new disguise (I couldn't resist). The new disguise is the Apothecary. Easily the hardest start to the game, this disguise is al…
Some roguelikes never cease development. Well, this ain't one of 'em. When Golden Krone Hotel was released last October, it was absolutely a complete experience, but a handful of things never made the cut. With this last update, the game is as exactly as I envisioned when I first decided to expand it from its humble Seven Day Roguelike origins. Six new branches have been added bringing the tota…
The 2018 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge ran from March 3-11. As I've said before, 7DRL is a big deal for me and I wouldn't be on Steam without it, so I try to participate every year. The challenge has a formal review process and that process just wrapped up today. It turns out my game DEAD FACE did very well this year, getting the top score. To be clear, 7DRL is not a competition. But I'm still…
Thanks to everyone who joined the competition ! We got a great response and lots of solid runs. Player skill was clearly higher than last time and almost all the top scores had extended Underworld visits. I think the number of Twitch followers for the game doubled in the last 3 days too! Here are the leaderboards: A few note about calculating results. Some people dominated the charts, but only…
If there's one day out of the year on which you absolutely must play Golden Krone Hotel, it's Halloween. But if I'm allowed to pick two days, Valentine's Day would also be included. Why? It's a game about blood of course. Hearts pump blood. And hearts represent Valentine's Day. There's more.... but to say any more would spoil it. So where were we? Ah, yes. COMPETITION TIME ! The competition sta…
This small update fixes the Throw bug, makes Despair mode slightly easier, and the end game slightly harder. Changelog · Critical hits from enemies reduced by 20% in DESPAIR mode. Before this change, DESPAIR was clearly impossible (now it's just unclearly impossible) · Keyboard selection on the Disguise menu now scrolls the page too · Fixed a game locking bug when a monster was thrown into a se…
The original soundtrack for Golden Krone Hotel has been released as DLC: It's 15 tracks, 38 minutes long, two bucks. The store page has a samples of each song. I think you'll enjoy it. :) It's on sale for a couple of days.
Quick note first: the game is out and on a 20% launch discount for one week. Go grab it now! Last night's release party was amazing. The crowd was fun, the questions were good, and the streams were absolutely on point. Thanks to everyone who showed up! Thanks again to Esty and Massack for streaming. You can go check their recorded video from the party here and here . Now onto last night's winne…
In preparation of Golden Krone Hotel's full release on Thursday, I have pushed one last update. This is mostly polish stuff, but some of it is quite cool! Bloody sprites I had never actually drawn sprites for the Demon Blood abilities since they were so rarely seen. That has been corrected (and made less rare). These 10 abilities have also been tuned up and made more fun in general. For example…
After 3 years of development and 1 year in Early Access, Golden Krone Hotel is shedding that EA label and fully launching on October 26th at 6pm EDT. The last year been a blast. The community has been great and you've helped the game evolve to be so much more than what it was last October. I have a little party planned for release night. I'm going to hold a competition and give away keys (both…
I hope you're sitting down for this one. OST Golden Krone Hotel now has an original soundtrack by Christopher Loza! You might know Christopher from the KeeperRL soundtrack, but he also made our delightful chiptune title track and trailer music. We've been working on redoing all the game's music for a few months and it's finally done. If, however, you want to switch things up or just get nostalg…
HOLY CATS, WE'RE LEAVING EARLY ACCESS NEXT MONTH. This month it's all about playing the way you want to play. That means Mac and Linux support, tools to prevent stupid deaths, keyboard examine, ASCII mode, and optional 8-way movement. The final class has been added as well: Berserker. With the highest starting strength of all the disguises and an ENRAGE spell, you'll surely wreak havoc on the h…
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