Dungeon dwellers: Welcome to patch v1.4.0 !


– Hidden realm: The Temple
– New unlockable character: The Rogue
– New friendlies
– New enemies

Update the game and dive in to unlock the new character, find the new area, and make some new friends!


Besides adding the new realm and characters, I made some small changes to balancing things out (especially for the easy mode).

I also made the realms more of a choice to go into or not, as it will mean you now skip one or two levels. So if you are in a hurry and want to speedrun the game, knowing where to find the entries to these realms is certainly key.. but I can imagine it might sometimes be more interesting to NOT take the realm-route and grab some extra loot in the levels you would otherwise skip.

If you need a little spoiler on how/where to find the Rogue unlock tokens, make sure to check the Orangepixel website for the Games Wiki.


I have at least two more realms planned for future updates, and one of those will introduce some sort of "fire power" but I haven't fully figured out yet how to introduce it to the current weapon system. The new realms will of course come with new enemy types, and possibly a few friendlies.

Originally I wanted to add a few more room-layout variations to this update, but I just ran out of time! So those are most likely happening in the next update!

• fixed: Difficulty select using gamepad blocks the selection
  
• added: Rogue level up audio fx (and updated original ones)
  
• added: Rogue visual variations for difficulty modes
  
• added a Rogue unlockachievements for each difficulty mode
  
• added: Medooza
  
• added: Ooze worm big
  
• added: Rogue unlock-shard locations
  
• added: Crab creatures to Temple Realm
  
• added: new Temple world
  
• added: Beetle creature (Temple Realm)
  
• added: Temple End boss (Sandy)
  
• added: new Fiendlies-type
  
• changed: small difference on fire-rate for some creatures
  
• changed: DragonBall now also restores 2 hearts
  
• changed: Dark woods also functions as shortcut to dungeon 3 (skips 2)

Dungeon dwellers: Welcome to patch v1.3.0 !

- Hidden realm: Dark Woods
- The Black Smith
- Friendlies
- New Achievements

Go grab the new version and see if you can find the entrance to the Dark Woods, unlock the new achievements, and make some new friends!


With the first alternate realm added to the game, it's also the ground work done for more of those. I have a few ideas that will slowly drip into the game over the next few updates.  This version also adds all the things needed to add various Friendlies, the first friendlies are simply helping you in your attacks, but it would be cool to also have some Friendlies that maybe collect the loot for you, or maybe defend you?  

I also have plans to add a new unlockable character to the mix, which will use the Knife as the base weapon, so stay tuned for that one!

And finally, high on my list, is a change to the weapons. Right now all weapons fire at the same fire-rate, which is nice, but it would be pretty interesting if not all weapons have the same fire-rate! That would add some extra tactical decisions on what you mount and where you mount it.

It will also open up the game to add a couple of items to increase fire-rate on a weapon or specific type of weapons. The downside is that I need to do a lot of balancing tests after I make some of those changes happen! And that usually takes a lot of gameplay sessions and time.  I'll try to have a BETA branch setup for that once I'm ready, and hopefully you can help me out testing it!

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Full changes list

• fixed: Fairy Crown appears in shop
  
• fixed: Dice changes in shop are not permanent (return to shop and they are reset)
  
• fixed: achievement progress for biologist and collector was not showing correctly
  
• added: new achievements for each character and difficulty mode
  
• added: achievement for Pill Tester
  
• added: Black Smith
  
• added: Black Smith: Unmount option
  
• added: Black Smith: Swap weapon options
  
• added: Black Smith: Repair/Fix weapon option
  
• added: new Wood critters
  
• added: Dark wood area
  
• added: boss: King Stout
  
• added: Friendlies - Fairy
  
• added: Item - Fairy Crown
  
• added: Realm names to Dungeon progress bar
  
• added: Blacksmith: Move option
  
• changed: "Doctor" rooms now folded into "Specialist" rooms (can be BlackSmith + )
  
• changed: Slightly lower HP on Rogue Skully
  
• changed: Small increase in Mimic spawn rate

Adventurous Dungeon Dwellers, beta 1.3.0 is here!

For access to the Beta Branch:

1. Select the game in your steam library, right click and select Properties
2. Go to Beta's and at the top right drop-down box, select the Beta version!


- The Black Smith (modify the weapons in your Gauntlet)
- First of the new realms: The Dark Woods
- First Friendlies - they help you on your adventure!
- New achievements


I hope to have this up and live for everyone pretty soon, but it wouldn't hurt if some of you brave adventurers could help me check out this version first to see if there are any bugs in there!

The main points of testing are: The Blacksmith, see if you encounter him and if he actually helps you out and not destroy your Gauntlet or even crash the game (never know!)

Also, find the entrance to the Dark Woods, and defeat the King Stout end-boss, think he's interesting enough to fight against, and he should ALWAYS spawn the same item.. you'll understand it when you see it.

If you run into any other weird things, let me know.. I'm fairly confident there aren't much weird bugs introduced and if there are, they should really be in the new things like the black smith, the friendlies and the dark woods.


I'll run some test, and I kinda hope to be launching this into full release within a week, but any beta feedback on this would be appreciated!

Dungeon dwellers: Welcome to patch v1.2.0 !

- Choose from three difficulty modes
- More room layout variations
- A "Doctor" with a lot of interesting pills!
- 2 new weapons
- Combat stats on map screen (activate in Options > Preferences)
- Fixed Steam cloud save for Linux

Besides those, I also did a lot of balancing and difficulty tweaks and improvements to this build, added a few new "things" you'll encounter in dungeon rooms, and fixed a host of tiny and rare issues.


For the next update I'll be focussing on "alternate areas" that you can uncover. So let's say you get to push one of those statues at a certain room in a certain level, and it then reveals an opening towards a new special area where you can find an extremely rare item only found in that area?!

Or perhaps you find a "charger" which is needed to operate a Hypergate and gets you in a Space Grunts level to grab a futuristic weapon, opening up all sorts of new combo's and unions? .. I got some ideas here!

Besides that I'm also beta testing the Nintendo Switch version, still some things to fix there and then it takes a few months to get it all setup for a release on Nintendo's platform, but it will launch with the latest updates! Same goes for an Atari VCS release!



I'd also like to thank all the lovely reviews and comments and feedback I'm getting! Don't forget you are always welcome to hang out on The Orangepixel Discord[discord.gg] and talk about the game, give your thoughts and ideas and who knows, they might make it into the next update!



If you really like the game and want to support me some more, I got some cool Gauntlet of Power mousepads available over on the Orangepixel website[orangepixel.net] if you're interested!

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2374320/Heroes_Of__Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/
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Full changes list

• fixed: Codex totals on main-screen aren't correct (does achievement unlock?)
  
• fixed: Floorswitch doesn't keep room doors closed
  
• fixed: Floor switches are reset when resetting the room
  
• fixed: Final-boss progress-dots don't reset on a new game
  
• fixed: Cap'n'bones knife should hammer down more often
  
• fixed: Mimic shows interaction info even when not visible
  
• fixed: Steam Cloud-save
  
• fixed: Difficulty not shown in character art
  
• fixed: Hit count blinking not showing
  
• fixed: missing shadow on player
  
• fixed: Forged card Heart didn't unlock when King Loot said it would
  
• fixed: Floor spikes are not restored when reentering a room
  
• fixed: Monk room has obstacles when returning to it
  
• fixed: Using Compass doesn't store room state
  
• fixed: Cocoon die animation sometimes stalls
  
• fixed: Cocoon sometimes bugs out when destroyed
  
• fixed: Room-switches keep respawning when re-entering room
  
• fixed: Forged Card Dungeon Love now properly restores 1 heart on next level
  
• changed: Block XXL creatures from spawning in small rooms
  
• changed: less chance of empty-corridor rooms
  
• changed: small changes in player-collision box
  
• changed: Quick-restart after death now shows character select first
  
• added: Doctor Pill
  
• added: pill effect Tripping (reversed controls)
  
• added: pill effect Invisible
  
• added: pill effect Upper (+HP)
  
• added: pill effect Downer (-HP)
  
• added: pill effect Knowledge (+XP)
  
• added: pill effect Dumber (-XP and -1 Level)
  
• added: pill effect Energizer (full HP)
  
• added: pill effect Placebo ( )
  
• added: "Killed by" stat for last run
  
• added: show "hitpoint per heart" stat on map screen
  
• added: Weapon Wild Fury (Union)
  
• added: Weapon Ryzor (Union)
  
• added: Extra stats to map screen (Options > Preferences to turn it on)
  
• added: Option to turn on/off Statistics on map screen
  
• added: Make cocoon spawn more critters
  
• added: Difficulty select
  
• added: cobwebs - slow down player
  
• added: Floor switches mechanics
  
• added: Floor-switch room layouts
  
• added: room variations
  
• balancing: wizard dodge/slowmo slightly shorter
  
• balancing: lowered wizard initial loot-magnet attraction
  
• balancing: slight increase in critter hp
  
• balancing: small change in player XP increase levels
  
• balancing: small change in Wizard + Warrior initial movement speed
  
• balancing: Made Bouncy Blob a bit weaker (especially in later levels)

Hello Adventurers!

I'm working towards the v1.2.0 update which will be mostly a balancing and difficulty update.

Had a lot of reports that people breezed through the game (but not everybody luckily!) and most people found the Wizard a bit over powering. Now I originally designed it that way on purpose, and that's the reason both the Elf van Wizard are unlocked at the start as they provide a somewhat different experience!

However, I hear ya! so in v1.2.0 there will be a proper difficulty-select, adding an Easy, Normal and Hard mode (old difficulty would be somewhere between Easy and Normal) and I'm rebalancing some other things to make the game more challenging at the start, and more fair at the end!

For access to the Beta Branch:

1. Select the game in your steam library, right click and select Properties
2. Go to Beta's and at the top right drop-down box, select the Beta version!

(don't worry: you can always disable this and go back to the non-buggy official release in case of problems)

I'm still heavily tweaking these difficulties, which takes a bunch of time as it requires me to do a lot of playthroughs ! And this is where you can help me out, activate the Beta 1.2.0 branch on Steam and give it some play-sessions.. then let me know if it feels right in your preferred difficulty - preferably you let me know over on the Orangepixel Discord[discord.gg] where I have a Gauntlet of Power channel setup for this.

The beta version will receive a bunch of tiny updates very rapidly until I get it right and am ready for a release hopefully within a few weeks from now.

There's also a few new features in v1.2.0 and a few others I'm working on before it releases, so look out for those changes also ;)

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2374320/Heroes_Of__Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/


- Pascal

Hello Adventurers!

It's time for the first update to the game! Based on a lot of your feedback in discussions and over on the Discord a bunch of tiny balancing and gameplay tweaks have been made and a few bug fixes here and there are solved in this update.

BUT! The dungeon also received a host of new inhabitants, new creatures, new enemies, and some of the existing enemies and bosses learned a few new attack patterns and skills .. so be ware!

You'll run into the Summoner, who will be summoning a bunch of creatures and won't stop until you kill him! Also say hi to Blobby : he looks happy and cute, but looks can be deceiving !


- Weapon evolutions at higher levels will create a higher-level evolution (never more than 2 levels below the weapon you are evolving). So you can still evolve a level 6 arrow into something new, and not worry about it becoming a level 1 Evolution, it will be a level 4 evolution! (and Evolution weapons are stronger than the base weapon by nature).

- You now have a max-amount of heart containers available to fill from the start. So you start with 3 hearts, and you have a max of 6 heart containers. BUT you can find a Gold heart to increase the maximum amount during your run!

- And the only real big bug is now fixed, some players were "randomly" losing weapons at later levels of the game. This is now resolved!


Next on my plan is to add more "NPC" like areas, comparable to the monk. Already got a few interesting ideas for that, and the aim is to add alternate dungeon area's for special items or weapons.

I also plan on designing some Character-specific weapons that can only be unlocked and used by a specific class.

If you got ideas, don't be shy and come hang out on the Orangepixel Discord[discord.gg], and I'll see you there!

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2374320/Heroes_Of__Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/

Full changes list:

• added: Codex-Statistics now opened after a run
  
• added: Heart-container limit
  
• added: Gold heart - increases Heart-container limit
  
• added: Forged-cards now always visible on start of new game
  
• added: Last-Run statistics to Codex
  
• added: Item: Wings of Perseverance, Elven Stone, Orbus Magicus, Valkyrie Helmet, Liquid Haste, TrueHeart, Arrow of Time, Ooze Rage
  
• added: New monsters: Mimic, Summoner, Blobby, Cocoon, Shielded Skullies, Imp XL, Skull XL, Bat Buff, Imp Buff, Flame Buff
  
• added: Increased Temporal Chest pool, so no "return" of items
  
• added: max "Dungeon" for each character to Codex page
  
• changed: Balancing tweaks
  
• changed: Balanced Wizard, lower Magic starting level and longer cooldown on Dodge move
  
• changed: Shooting critters have better reach and stand still for the shot
  
• changed: Chef's Cap only triggers if at 50% or less HP
  
• changed: ToFu now protected against attacks outside his circle
  
• changed: Random critter spawns now take into account player's location
  
• changed: increased chance of a Monk
  
• changed: lowered effect of the Blood Drip (forged card) to 1hp per 15 seconds instead of 1hp per second
  
• changed: Evolution weapons never more than 2 levels lower than the origin weapon
  
• changed: lowered requirements for RichyRich achievement
  
• changed: double powerup items (Chefs cap) now correctly increase usage count
  
• fixed: Temporal Chest bugging out in later dungeons
  
• fixed: added extra checks for creatures spawning inside statues
  
• fixed: D6 always gives health, no other items
  
• fixed: Stats losses isn't updated correctly
  
• fixed: Dutch language credits color highlight is wrong
  
• fixed: Block "map"+compass when player is already moving to next dungeon
  
• fixed: Crash on level-up when "no option" is selected
  
• fixed: cheat-way to play as locked characters
  
• fixed: Statusbars on "jumping" creatures doesn't move up with them
  
• fixed: Some "single drop" items were dropping at later dungeons
  
• fixed: some Evolved weapons didn't level up according to Book items
  
• fixed: weapons disappearing later in the game
  
• fixed: Only one Rune of Fire shows up when multiple mounted
  
• fixed: Item info-box in shops sometimes not big enough
  
• fixed: Using Panic button in Boss room, generates different Boss
  
• fixed: Some rooms spawn 2 statues when returning to it
  
• fixed: Union weapon removes both slots next to the "new union" slot
  
• fixed: Valkyrie helmet has no information
  
• fixed: unlocking x2 and x4 XP and 6hearts runes
  
• fixed: ToFu energy bar is always very low
  
• fixed: Certain monster kills weren't registered in Codex
  
• fixed: Codex weapon info resetting

Hey Looters!

It's been a wild first couple of days of releasing this game! But I think the dust is slowly settlings and we can venture deeper into the dungeons!

I've been hard at work preparing the first "big" content update, and decided to make a Beta Branch available for those that want to help out and take a early look at the game and see if I messed up anything ;)

If you got stuff to talk about based on this Beta branch, drop by on The Orangepixel Discord[discord.gg]

For access to the Beta Branch:

1. Select the game in your steam library, right click and select Properties
2. Go to Beta's and at the top right drop-down box, select the Beta version!

Steam will now download that version and it's updates and you can check out all the new stuff that's coming!

I plan to push this v1.1.0 live in a few days, it mostly needs a bit of gameplay/testing to see if I didn't wrongly balance things with all the new stuff added!

Hello Adventurer!

Welcome to version 1.0.0 of Gauntlet of Power!
Last weeks Next Fest demo got a lot of new fans into the game, and I've been watching a lot of Youtube and Twitch videos playing the game, which is so cool to see :)

Based on those videos I was constantly making small changes and tweaks and fixes to the game, so this version isn't only the official release, it is also a very nice balanced update to the demo and the Steam Playtest build!

So go enjoy your time in the dungeon !

If you run into any issue or got questions, I'll try to monitor Steam discussions , but you are also more than welcome to visit the Discord (https://discord.gg/orangepixel) where I'll be hanging out most hours of the day in the coming week.

I'm already working on things for the first content update, but all ideas are very welcome, as I think together we can really build this game into one of our favorite roguelikes !

Full changes list

• added: Gauntlet now shown on "game over "screen
  
• added: playing-time now properly shows 2-digits for HH,MM,SS
  
• added: load game now shows 2 digits for time played
  
• added: Blackcard of Power now also triggers powerup
  
• added: Blackcards to Codex ("Loot")
  
• added: Forged cards to Codex ("Loot")
  
• added: Monk now locks room until done talking
  
• added: Run stats tracking
  
• added: extra union-weapon info to Codex pages
  
• added: Statistics to Codex
  
• changed: balance changes to droprates
  
• changed: Gem-trade rooms appear less frequent
  
• changed: minor balancing tweak to Flame critters and their dropped-falmes
  
• changed: small improvement to Muddy's attack patterns
  
• changed: improved Cap'n'Bone attack pattern
  
• changed: balance-tweak for tiny-key droprate in later dungeons
  
• changed: new Monster-spawn effect
  
• fixed: energy-decrease digits sometimes seem to render wrong
  
• fixed: Bombies were sometimes attacking due to a level-up event
  
• fixed: using panic-button when in start room does take Loot, does not give HP (and should be blocked maybe?)
  
• fixed: ToFu energy decrease is instant (bug)
  
• fixed: Blackcards not activating
  
• fixed: rebalanced Rogue Skully energy levels (less grindy)
  
• fixed: King Loot giving forged card animations
  
• changed: Changed dungeon-level progress (avoiding player confusion on dungeon 2 and 4)
  
• fixed: when in boss-room, minimap doesn't show boss-icon
  
• fixed: Shoproom pool is not reset, only spawns hearts at some point
  
• fixed: Shovel of descent should be "blocked" before dungeon 5 is reached
  
• fixed: Leave gold key, return to room, gives double gold keys
  
• fixed: continue game from pause menu can trigger a button press in-game
  
• fixed: End-level or Pause sometimes show glowing Mount directions

What if Binding of Isaac and Vampire Survivors had a Zelda like love baby, with a kick-ass weapon system?

Mount and upgrade your weapons unlocking special combos and other weapon-alteration effects in this randomly generated action RPG shooter.

Mow down thousands of dungeon dwelling creatures and survive as you descend deeper into the dungeon!

Unlock items, complete quests, and find all the secrets to help you reach the boss of bosses in this Infinite Roguelike!

Check out some gameplay footage while the developer explains some of the gameplay features like the weapon-upgrade system, various room types, some tips and tricks!

Don't forget to grab the demo and try it out for yourself, and Wishlist the game: it will launch right after Next Fest!