New Demo Update: The Duchess Arrives! ♟️

major update

Dicevaders Demo · published

Hey Commanders!

Great news!!! We have updated our demo for you all. We’re working so hard behind the scenes and wanted to say a huge thank you for all the great feedback we’ve received so far on our game. Please keep it coming! We wanted to share with you all the new improvements you’ve helped us make and add more content that opens up even more strategic possibilities for you.

Enter The Duchess

The highlight of this update is the arrival of our newest commander: The Duchess!

The Duchess grants players access to unique chess-themed units, including the Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, and Pawn. These powerful new units are sure to shake up your strategy! The Duchess is one of 10 commanders that will be available for you to play as at launch. Of course, you can still play as The Core, Blob Girl, and The Captain in the demo.

The Duchess Infinity Score Challenge 🏆

Think you've mastered the Duchess already? We're challenging you to hit Infinity with her! Get your scores ready, because we're looking for the 3 most creative builds that reach Infinity to win a game key at launch!

Keep your eyes peeled on our Discord and social channels for the full details on how to submit your entries.

Demo 0.7 => 0.9 🚀

(We've skipped a version because we had a BETA 0.8 internally! So this is two updates of changes, though many of which are not shown in this log because they aren't in the demo).

Full Patch notes

New Features

  • New Scoring Solar Visualizer

  • Improved Compendium with stickers and completion %

  • New Victory Panel with post-game stats

  • Added Sandbox Settings

  • Added Credits

  • New Pause Menu Counter for # of times an artifact triggered an # of times a unit is scored

  • Improved tutorial again

  • Added a Strategy Guide, unlocks through progression

  • Added Bootup screen

  • All localization for full release implemented! We're still working on it so let us know if there is anything we can improve!

  • A large amount of optimization and performance improvements

  • Updated the size and positions of many tooltips

Balance Pass

  • Shop Rarity scales 20% slower, everything is slightly more rare!

  • Added Full House artifact

  • Watcher removed from demo (now a Constellation-Unique artifact in the full game)

  • Boombox removed from demo (now a Constellation-Unique artifact in the full game)

  • Pentagram reworked => no multiplies mult

  • Deus Ex reworked => now cannot move by triggers, but gives much more Mult

  • Torpedo nerfed => rare

  • Thorncrest balanced => 10% Shop Rarity for 20% STR

  • Commonwealth nerfed => +2 Repeats (from +3)

  • Cuckoo Clock reworked => now gives 2 Chronos but less Mult.

  • Strange Portal nerfed => spawns 2 Warped units.

  • Angel Feather buffed => more STR

  • Worldeater buffed => more Cash

  • Engi89 reworked => now only gives DicePower, but scales slowly

  • Pitchfork nerfed => Less STR

  • Egg reworked => now spawns a DRAGON!

  • Book of Death buffed => more Mult

  • Wastromancer reworked => now levels up your starter perk

  • Cryptic Pattern buffed => more Mult

  • Gemstone buffed => more STR

  • Gemstone and Antimatter now triggers on leaving the shop instead of when your turn begins

  • Wroodmother nerfed => 3 units scored per DicePower (from 4)

  • Greenhouse buffed => more Mult

  • Acid Town nerfed => starts with 1 unit scored

  • Bone Eater nerfed => +50% STR instead of doubling

  • The Bait buffed => better STR scaling

  • Compost buffed => more Mult

  • Nemesis buffed => AutoBombs start with more STR

  • Fish Legs buffed => more Mult and MiniDice

  • Saterpillar buffed => more Mult

  • Red Valve buffed => better Mult scaling

  • Titan Migo reworked => now scales based on non-Migo units

  • Warped Swarmer reworked => now spawns new Swarmers per turns skipped

  • Warped Airship reworked => now multiplies Mult

  • Deadringer reworked => has a 75% chance of respawning, no longer spends budge

  • Toymaker reworked => now spawns copies of the next unit you spawn

  • Wormhole reworked => now scales Mult, gives +3 Chrono

  • Warped Echo nerfed => only has 3 charges

  • Warped Hivemind reworked => now scales linearly, multiplies Mult at end of turn

  • Warped Vengoid nerfed => now gives 50% of its STR

  • Piggybank nerfed => rare

  • Super Migo nerfed => now only triggers during or before BaseDice

  • Oozone => Legendary

  • Solman => Legendary

  • Torpedo => Legendary

  • Wicked Mirror => Legendary and gives 5% more chance per level instead of 3%

Misc

  • Visual improvements across the board!

  • Various controller support improvements

  • Fixed Ruby Shard not giving STR on sacrifice

  • Fixed Landlord only giving 2 Cash

  • Fixed Oculus looking a bit plus

  • Many small tweaks to help fit the longer languages

  • Improved Simplified Chinese font

  • Give XP spell now previews any additional XP from other perks or artifacts

  • Change the order of the type / rarity on tooltips.

  • Clone no longer counts for "On Buy" mechanics

  • Fixed a lot of controller and input bugs

  • Fixed Wastromancer pointing towards all artifacts

  • Multi-click proceed button no longer skips ahead encounter

  • Losing now shows you losing the final heart

  • Fixed some missing tags 

-Dicevaders Team