Greetings,

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap and its gorgeous hand-drawn animations (by Lizardcube) and its enchanting soundtrack has a 60% discount with Steam Summer Sale.

Discover the cult classic remake and explore the land’s deepest secret as Hu-Man or Hu-Girl to face the challenge of a lifetime.

Monster Land is calling you...

Dear adventurers,

We have now updated the PC version of the game to support Traditional Chinese!

This translation was brought to us by Carlos Chen, a member of the community, and we are very happy to add it into the game today. Thank you!

With those in, the pig and nurse now speak 12 languages! :)

Best curses,

The team.

Dear adventurers,

We've updated the PC version of the game again with 2 new languages: Polish and Swedish, brought us by members of the community. Monster Land is taking over the world, language by language! :)

The Swedish version was localized by Anton Regnander!

The Polish version was localized by Kacper Kozłowski and his group FateSick!

In addition we made some small fixes to the game:
- Fixed audio stuttering on some configuration (we changed the default audio buffer value in Settings.cfg, please delete your configuration file if you were affected by this issue!)
- Minor display fix in the DirectInput gamepad configuration screen.

With those in, the pig and nurse now speak 11 languages! :)

The team.

Good day all :)

Because the joy of monster land have no boundaries, we've updated the PC version of the game to support 2 more languages: Russian and Simplified Chinese! Those translations were brought to us by members of the community and we are very happy to add them into the game today.

The Russian version was localized by Alex Khayrullin!

The Chinese version was localized by the Project Gutenberg team at Indienova! Big thanks to west, SisseL, Canny, craft and alwaysmadowl for their joint work on this.
You can check their other work and projects there:
https://indienova.com/corp/gutenberg/en

With those in, the pig and nurse now speak 9 languages! :)

Best curses,
The team.

We've now added a Retro-styled Inventory!

You can enable it under Options>Retro. We didn't enable it by default as the Retro Inventory only supports English at the moment. Let us know what you think!


We have made some internal change to the engine to make it easier for people to provide and maintain language mods. Some third-party mods have been in the work for Russian, Chinese Simplified, etc. Check out for the modding/hacking discussion forum where current and future creator may post them!

Traply yours,
The Lizardcube and DotEmu teams.

Hello all :)


The game will be available as native Mac and Linux apps on July 18th!

Ported by Ethan Lee (flibitijibibo.com), who brought plenty of games to those systems (FEZ, Flinthook, Bastion, Transistor, Shenzen I/O or Super Hexagon…), the game will be available next week for both Mac and Linux! You can wishlist the game on Steam, and if you already bought it for Windows it will work on your other computer platforms.


The long awaited and much requested Soundtrack arrives today on Steam and Bandcamp (and soon on PlayStation 4)! Mr Nishizawa helped us sort out the rights for a standalone release :)

And because we are mad and we love you, we made it a two hours long, voluptous 89-tracks album, and it is only $4.99! If you buy or already bought the Steam version it is $3.99. On Bandcamp it is €5 + pay what you want.

OST on Bandcamp >
https://dotemu.bandcamp.com/album/wonder-boy-the-dragons-trap

OST on Steam >
http://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/649330/Wonder_Boy_The_Dragons_Trap__Original_Soundtrack/

Both are DRM free (on Steam you get both MP3 and FLAC, on Bandcamp you can choose from a variety of formats). The Steam MP3+FLAC package is about 1 Gigabyte, so if you only want MP3 you can download it, copy the files out of the Steam folder and then disable the DLC.

The 33 main tracks total over an hour of the game’s music, featuring live musicians performing with a wide variety of styles and instruments. The 56 bonus tracks comprise an exclusive extra hour of alternate versions, sketches, unused and/or rejected material, offering insight into the maddening creative process that has hit the team during development.


DISC 1
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap - Original Soundtrack from the Video Game
Length: 01:04:26

01 - Title
02 - Intro
03 - The Last Dungeon
04 - Vs. Dragon Meka
05 - And now...
06 - Monster-Town
07 - It's a Treasure Box
08 - Shop
09 - Hospital
10 - Mind of Hero - Beach
11 - Desert Zone
12 - The Monster's Lair - Pyramid
13 - Vs. Dragon Mummy
14 - Adventure Zone
15 - The Monster's Lair - Tower
16 - Monsterland
17 - Vs. Dragon Zombie
18 - The Monster's Lair - Sunken Ship
19 - Vs. Dragon Captain
20 - Daimyo Garden
21 - The Monster's Lair - Daimyo Temple
22 - Vs. Dragon Daimyo
23 - The Last Dungeon - Encore
24 - The Monster's Lair - Palace Part 1
25 - The Monster's Lair - Palace Part 2
26 - Vs. Dragon Vampire
27 - Endless War
28 - The Dragon's Trap - Staff Roll
29 - Get Item
30 - The Unknown
31 - Game Over
32 - Gallery
33 - Reveal Trailer

DISC 2
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Bonus Disc - The good, the bad and the unused
Length: 01:01:06

34 - Bonus - Adventure Zone (16-bit FM) [2015-08]
35 - Bonus - Adventure Zone (Underground) [2017-01]
36 - Bonus - And Now... (Electro) [2015-11]
37 - Bonus - And Now... (Piano) [2014-11]
38 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Arrasta P‚) [2015-12]
39 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Baritone) [2015-12]
40 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Fanfare) [2015-08]
41 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Hard) [2014-11]
42 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Hell) [2015-08]
43 - Bonus - Desert Zone (Jazz) [2015-09]
44 - Bonus - Endless War (Nanana) [2016-06]
45 - Bonus - Endless War (Piano) [2014-11]
46 - Bonus - Endless War (Rhodes, Accordion) [2015-11]
47 - Bonus - Game Over (Piano) [2014-11]
48 - Bonus - It's a Treasure Box (Piano) [2014-11]
49 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (1st of April) [2017-04]
50 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Baiao) [2015-01]
51 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Forro) [2015-11]
52 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Lounge) [2015-11]
53 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Salsa) [2016-04]
54 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Samba) [2015-12]
55 - Bonus - Mind of Hero - Beach (Ukulele) (by Romain Gauthier) [2016-12]
56 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Accordion) [2014-11]
57 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Afternoon TV show) [2015-11]
58 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Celtic) [2016-04]
59 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Jazz) [2015-11]
60 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Marching band) [2015-09]
61 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Musette) [2016-02]
62 - Bonus - Monster-Town (N'goni Kora Base) [2015-10]
63 - Bonus - Monster-Town (N'goni Kora Moog) [2015-12]
64 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Piano) [2014-11]
65 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Recorder) (by Romain Gauthier) [2015-01]
66 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Toy) [2015-12]
67 - Bonus - Monster-Town (Violin) [2015-11]
68 - Bonus - Monsterland (Piano) [2016-04]
69 - Bonus - Shop (909) [2016-04]
70 - Bonus - Shop (Electro) [2015-12]
71 - Bonus - Shop (Elevator) [2016-02]
72 - Bonus - Shop (Funky) [2015-10]
73 - Bonus - Shop (Mystical password) [2016-12]
74 - Bonus - Shop (Pork Shop Suey) [2015-12]
75 - Bonus - Shop (Raduga) [2015-12]
76 - Bonus - Shop (Tinkerer) [2015-02]
77 - Bonus - The Last Dungeon (Hard Electro) [2015-08]
78 - Bonus - The Last Dungeon (Outsider) [2016-08]
79 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Fugue) [2015-12]
80 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Japan 1) [2015-03]
81 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Japan 2 Don Don) [2015-03]
82 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Piano) [2014-11]
83 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Pyramid Alt) [2015-03]
84 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Pyramid Yalili) [2016-08]
85 - Bonus - The Monster's Lair (Synth Pop) [2015-12]
86 - Bonus - Title (Alt) [2016-11]
87 - Bonus - Vs. Dragon (Latin Jazz) [2016-04]
88 - Bonus - Vs. Dragon (Prog Rock) (by Kenneth C M Young) [2016-04]
89 - Bonus - Vs. Dragon (Square) [2014-11]


Music by: Michael Geyre
Based on original work by: Shinichi Sakamoto
Additional Arrangements by: Romain Gauthier

Direction, Arrangements, Programming, Accordion, Piano, Synthesizers: Michael Geyre
Alto: Marie-Laure Prioleau
Bandoneon: Patrick Brugalières
Bansuri Flute: Émilie Calmé
Cello: Emmanuelle Faure
Clarinet: Eric Moncoucout
Double Bass: Mathieu Sternat
Drums: Ersoj Kazimov
Guitar: Loïc le Guillanton
Mandolin, Violin: Camille Raibaud
Oboe: Eric Cassen
Oud: Ziad Ben Youssef
Tenor Sax: Ernest W Hillard
Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone: Michael W Hillard
Violin: Yann Brébia, Jean-Christophe Morel
Whistle: Arnaud Bibone
Additional Arrangements, Programming: Romain Gauthier
Additional Drums: Gaétan Diaz
Additional Violin: Adèle Docherty
Recording: Pierre Delmas, Olivier Grall
Mixing, Mastering: Olivier Grall
Bonus Track 88 by: Kenneth C M Young

Recorded at Studio Patrick Brugalières, France.

Michael W Hillard and his dad Ernest were kind enough to provide their talent and record trumpets, tenor sax, trombone in their studio to replace our sampled ones in two tracks of the game ("Staff Roll" and the second variation of "The Last Dungeon" that plays when you return to the castle with Hawk-Man). Michael, between two concerts, went back and integrated the new recordings and remastered the tracks.

We also started rebalancing the Hard mode. I think it is better balanced now it will be a little easier in early stages and harder in later stages. Your feedback is appreciated!

Here's a summary of what happened:

- Music: Updated "Staff Roll" and "The Last Dungeon - Encore" tracks with real recordings for Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone (Michael W Hillard) and Tenor Sax (Ernest W Hillard).
- Audio: Better overall audio balance for retro PSG/FM sfx and music. Lowered retro sfx volumes relative to respective retro music volumes. Upped retro music volumes by 10% to match modern music volumes.
- Gameplay: Hard mode balancing: Timer turns every 30 seconds (instead of 25).
- Gameplay: Hard mode balancing: Timer resets when entering Dragon Room.
- Gameplay: Hard mode balancing: Timer removes health proportionally to current health amount (typically easier in early stage, harder in later stages of the game, vs old code didn't do much in later stages).
- Gameplay: Hard mode balancing: Various minor tweaks in Sky Palace.
- Gameplay: Hard mode balancing: Made the Yellow Shadow have little less Attack Points in Hard mode.
- Achievements: Now it doesn't grant "Hard-Earned" achievement on Hard Clear if the slot was started from a password.
- Graphics: Added floor reflections in the magical room prior to the Sky Palace.
- UI: Added Sky Palace location banner.
- UI: Fixed Ending Credits play time being rightfully included in the saveslot timer when returning to title screen, but not actually saved to disk, so quitting immediately would remove a few minutes on the timer.
- UI: Fixed in-game door & mouse rotate popup timers from triggering when Pause is active.
- UI/Retro: Fixed the Hourglass rotation in Retro UI from being painfully slow.
- Audio: Fixed playing the "Landing" sound effect when appearing in the Last Dungeon after the Intro.
- Credits: Added Seaven's Pascal & Olivier young faces.
- Graphics: Enable the option to change the fullscreen resolution.
- Graphics: Frame Limiter back on by default.
- Graphics: Double default windowed mode size on 4K screens.
- Inputs: Fixed legacy non-xinput controller remapping referring to xinput buttons names ("A") instead of actions ("Jump").
- Inputs: Disabled UP/DOWN analog threshold added on Build 1884005 which makes Mouse-Man harder to play.

You can follow day to day patches (pushed to the BETAS branch of the MAIN branch) at http://steamproxy.com/app/543260/discussions/0/1354868867711830598/

Thanks for reading!

The game released on Thursday, thanks to all the feedback posted in the community forums we pushed several patches on Steam+GOG over the past few days.

Here's a summary of what happened:

- We added support for legacy (non-xinput) game controllers.
- We fixed issues when the game was installed in a folder using non-ascii characters (such as local-page accents).
- We fixed issues with the mouse cursor not always disappearing.
- We fixed issues of flickering on 4:3 and 16:10 screens.
- We made the game start in Windowed mode on the first launch, because a small fraction of people are experiencing issues with Fullscreen mode. While this is being worked on, we thought it would be safer to start the game in Windowed mode. You can always press ALT+ENTER or use the OPTIONS menu to switch back to Fullscreen.
- We increase the audio mixing buffer size as some people were experience audio distortion with the default value.
- We tweaked the Retro Monitor filter so it would works better in lower resolutions.
- We fixed the vertical positioning of Japanese text relative to numbers and non-Japanese text (it was off by a few pixels!).
- We moved the default game controller mapping for Retro Audio from R3 (Right stick press) to L2 (Left Analog Trigger) to be fully symmetrical
- We increased the analog threshold to Open Door and Crouch, in case you are using an analog stick.
- We added more information into the diagnostic file WB.LOG which is useful for us to track down issues. If you have an issue, we will probably ask you to post this file so we can know more about your configuration.
- We disabled the FRAME LIMITER by default. Note that if your screen is not refreshing at 60 Hz you'll probably want to enable it.

You can more more details about day to day patches (pushed to the BETAS branch of the MAIN branch) at http://steamproxy.com/app/543260/discussions/0/1354868867711830598/

In a future post we would also like to discuss the small updates we made to the game since the console launch (the console versions will also catch up with them later).

Thanks for your help and your patience,
The teams at Lizardcube & DotEmu