Hello everyone! I hope you are doing fantastic!
I come here today to proudly announce the All In Expansion for Gamble Tower!
What is the All In Expansion?
You can call it the All In Expansion, All In Update or just 1.1.
This is the final name for the update that we were previously naming 1.1.
What does it add?
(What a full Inn!)
We are adding a lot of content, doubling a lot of the existing variety of content currently in the game.
So this includes things such as:
- 18 new Upgrade Crystals
- 16 new Artifacts
- 6 new Clan Loadouts (2 for each clan)
- Rerolls for everything! (Gambles, shops, etc.)
- 3 new Elite boss fights.
- 3 new Inn NPCs.
- 8 new Tower Dangers, including 3 Elite Tower Dangers
- Level caps are doubled! Clans now go up to level 8 and Gambler up to level 10!
- Elite Gambles!
- New events!
- New acquirable Orbs, both for clans and neutral ones!
- Elite variants for every enemy in the game. (essentially 12 new enemies)
- And more!
Why "All In?"
I wanted something gamble themed, we thought about "High Stakes", "Double or Nothing" and some other ones, but in the end I think that "All In" was the proper one.
Being the first and last major update planned for Gamble Tower, I think it is a good name.
Last Update?
This is the last content update planned, but we will still update the game with bugfixes, balancing patches and quality of life features.
Nothing is stopping us from releasing other content updates and expansions in the future, but I think it is important to be clear that there is currently no plans for that.
When will it release?
There will be two releases:
Unstable
The Unstable version will be a less polished (and realistically, unstable/buggy) version available later this month (November 2023) on a specific password-protected Steam branch.
If you want to help us playtest the update and have early access to it, join our discord.
We'll announce the password that you need to insert on the game's settings on Steam in order to access this version, but only on Discord. (we want to keep the playtest manageable.)
Stable
The Stable version is the proper release of the update, it is planned to be available early December.
Anyone who owns Gamble Tower will have access to this expansion just by downloading the latest Steam update when it is available.
If everything goes as planned, expect it to be available around December 9th.
Will you show some of the content?
Yes! Let's do it.
Please be aware that content shown here is work in progress!
Elites! Elites Everywhere!
A big part of this update is that I wanted to really amp-up the difficulty for those players who are seeking a bigger challenge, therefore we decided to add what we call Elite Mode.
How to get it?
Elite Mode is unlocked upon finding the Janitor or reaching the top while having 5 Tower Dangers active. If you already did that, when you start the game with All In Expansion, it will be automatically unlocked.
What is it?
After being unlocked, Elite Mode is activated if you have a Danger Level of 3 or more. (each Tower Danger active will increase the Danger Level by 1, Elite Tower Dangers increase it by 3.)
In essence, Elite Mode enables Elite Gambles which then enables Elite Enemies and Elite Bosses.
Why would I do it?
There are several unlockables that you can only unlock by defeating Elite bosses, rewards are much more generous in this mode and you get more XP/GC.
But the main idea is, of course, providing a bigger challenge than ever before.
What else?
I think that is it for now! I prefer that you play the game and discover the content by yourself, I also dislike overpromising, so I just announced what we already have developed.
We plan to keep adding variety (specially Orbs, Events, maybe Skills and Traits) until the release happens.
Until then, I hope you look forward into playing our update!
See you next time, and remember to join our discord to play the expansion early!
- Ian