Hi everyone!
I'm super happy to announce that Desktop Defender's Critical Update releases in 4 days on March 9th! I wanted to give you all a little sneak peak about what the update contains, so that's what this post is for!
Before I start though, we're also releasing a whole new idle game called Card Corner on March 9th! If you own Desktop Defender, you'll get a discount on the game.
They're also both compatible so you can snap their windows to each other for ultimate offscreen progression!
The free demo is available now, and the save carries on to the full game!
Anyways, that's enough about Card Corner, let's get going with Desktop Defender's Critical Update 😎
The main new addition in this update, and its namesake, is the addition of the Critical Chance and Critical Multiplier stats!
Now, you'll be able to invest in the Critical Chance stat to increase how often you get damage-increasing critical hits, and in Critical Multiplier in order to boost how much those do!
This is a huge change both for early and late game, and it has greatly increased the number of builds the game has.
Another thing we've added is greater clarity to how much upgrading stats affects them. This one was super requested. All stats will have their values and units displayed, so now you can strategise more precisely!
The stat viewing has also been applied to loot! So now you can see exactly how your loadout changes affect your build, and that applies both to when checking out your equipped loot, and when deciding on whether to pick up a new one or not.
There has also been tons of new loot added, as well as 3 new loot slots!
Finally, loot no longer disappears from your inventory when you Rebirth, they stay so you won't need to drop everything on the floor anymore (I know many will be happy about this one)!
I know that some of Desktop Defender's mechanics can be a bit obtuse, and that's why we added a new tips menu! Now, you can read about basically anything you'd like to know that might be a bit confusing otherwise! We originally added this to Card Corner, but it was too useful not to backport into Desktop Defender too!
We're also adding 2 new weapons to the game, but I will save these for the release of the update... Can't spoil everything here ;)
Finally, the game is getting an increase in how many levels it has! Previously, the game had 150 levels, and now it's going to have 200! Most of the level bonuses are quite simple, but there are some big ones like the aforementioned extra loot slots, and there's also one big new bonus at level 200 - level damage bonuses.
Now, when you reach level 200, each level will give you +1% damage, so leveling up is no longer useless after you get all the bonuses!
I hope you all enjoyed reading what we've been up to since the skin update last month, I'm super excited to see you all try it :)
You'll notice that we've increased both the cadence and size of our updates, and that's because we've been able to backport lots of the cool features of the new projects we've been working on (e.g. the tips/stat info systems in Card Corner).
If you wanna support us in further updating Desktop Defender, then either reviewing Desktop Defender or wishlisting Card Corner are the best things you can do! :)
Anyways, that's it for this update, but thank you so much for reading! See you soon on March 9th, the release date of both Desktop Defender's Critical Update, and Card Corner!
- Conrad, Lead Developer