Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story — patch notes and updates

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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| v0.5.7 Patch Notes | 2026-05-03 | Patch NotesNew AchievementAngry Baker Defeat the Angry Baker.New Enemy AttacksAbyssal Echo 3 Dice: Deal Σ × 3 damage, apply Σ Burn, and apply 1 Weakness.Frostbite Piercer 2 Dice: Deal Σ × 2 damage, apply 1 Fatigue, and lock a random player die for Σ rolls.Sandstorm Blast 2 Dice: Deal Σ × 2 damage, apply Σ Blind, and apply 1 Fatigue.Vine Whip 2 Dice: Deal Σ × 2 damage, apply 1 Weakness, and apply Σ Poison.New BlessingsElite BlessingsBattle Hardened Whenever you take more than 10 damage, gain 1 Fortified.Shrine BlessingsMartyr’s Resolve When you lose health, gain +1 Strength for every 5 health lost.Unit BlessingsHydra Head Whenever the enemy ta |
| Drafted PvP | 2024-03-15 | Hi fans of old and new. This is merely an update on what to expect and what to come. At new year I decided to add multiplayer to Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story, a feature requested since day one when the game was first created at the GMTK 2022 GameJam and I have actively worked on the game ever since then. I have gotten so much feedback from the community, helping me steering the first game I have ever launched and made money on, but you are not here to read about that. You wanna know what's next, how multiplayer will work in this game. You will be match up against one other player, before battle you will draft your character. Picking Dic |
| v0.5.6 Patch Notes | 2023-12-20 | General Reworked attack queue system for real-time adjustments during battles. Quick Attack now adds to Attack stats. Modified attack check and removal process, now after attack queue creation. Attacks Added Arcane Explosion - Up to 3 Dice: Σ Range Damage to player. If Triple, apply Σ Blind. Blizzard - 2 Dice: Deal Σ Damage and reduce Strength by Σ / 2. Chain Lightning - 2 Dice: Σ Damage. If Σ >= 8, trigger the next attack in the queue. Frost Nova - 2 Dice: Σ Damage. Apply Σ / 2 Weakness. Infernal Blaze - 1 Dice: Σ Damage. Apply Σ / 2 Burn. Mystic Flare - 1 Dice: Σ Damage. If Σ is even, apply 50 Blind else gain 50 Precision. Mystic Shield - 2 |
| v0.5.4 Patch Notes | 2023-08-24 | General Added new UI layout. Blessings Reward Window will now be in a card layout. Corruption Penalty Window will now be in a card layout. Items will have different borders on uses depending on reload or not. Leaderboard will now slowly load in instead of halting the game for a second. Dice Added Enchantment on Dice Dice will have a shimmer effect when Enchanted. Removed 50-50 Dice from Upgrades. Enchantment Aloe Vera - Remove 1 Burn when used. Armor - Add Block 3 Block when used. Ascendant Roll - When rolled, increase the value by 1, maxing out at the dice's maximum Detox - Remove 1 Poison when used. Energy - Remove 1 Weakness when used. Gam |
| v0.5.3 Patch Notes | 2023-07-19 | Item Status Heavy - Uses Is not effected by Attack. UI Update Updated some Text Fonts to new Text Font, first phase to new UI. Nerfs Items Gold Pot - Added Item Status Heavy Duplicator - Added Item Status Heavy Taunt Horn - Added Item Status Heavy Dice Bag - Added Item Status Heavy Blessings Archer's Blessing - Added "On roll each Pair give +1 Fatigue." Sorcerer's Blessing - Added "Whenever you take Damage, lose all Endurance." Bug Fixes Fixed Charged Armor not working with 1 Die. Fixed so Adrenaline Surge deals damage in the correct phase. Fixed an graphical error when using items to quick. |
| v0.5.2b Patch Notes | 2023-06-30 | Bug Fixes Fixed Echoing Exertion Stacking between runs. Fixed Echoing Exertion not load the double hit from saved run. Fixed so Blessings with counter on them gets proper loaded after save. |
| v0.5.2 Patch Notes | 2023-06-29 | Corruption Someone did a run with all the Corruptions, so i added a few more. Lost (5) - Half the chance of Town on map. Power House (6) - Enemies starts with 5 additional Strength. Perseverance (4) - Enemies starts with 2 additional Endurance. Bugs Codex did not properly update. Optimized loading times. Charged Armor did not give block. |
| v0.5.1 Patch Notes | 2023-06-26 | Sorry for bugs item Item Charged Armor - Up to 2 Dice: Give Σ x 3 Block and N Strength. Item Status Temporal Stasis Remove all uses at start of combat. Remove Temporal Stasis and add Disarm at end of turn. Buff You now get Elite Blessing from Farwell Brother Nerf Grand Warding Lose 75% Max Health All Damage taken in combat is reduced to 1. All Heal taken in combat is reduced to 1. Layout Changed Leaderboard display to be easier on the eyes. Bugs Leaderboard does not load after a run. Shuffle Enemy attack queue too fast messed up the order. Endless Start position was wrong. Endless Save load loaded without endless mode. Upgrade Dice display ca |
| v0.5.0 Patch Notes | 2023-06-24 | Feature Endless Mode Once the Void Dragon is slain you can enter Endless Mode and play harder and harder units until you die. Leaderboard There will be leaderboards for each character Corrupted Champions Endless Champions Blessings Unique Character Blessing Archer's Blessing - On roll each Triple give +2 Attack. Knight's Blessing - Whenever you take damage, gain 1 Fortified. Samurai's Blessing - Whenever you deal damage, apply 2 Poison. Sorcerer's Blessing - On roll each Pair give +1 Strength. On roll each Triple give +1 Endurance. Traveler's Blessing - Select an additional option in Town. May select multiple of same in Town. Shrine Blinded P |
| v0.4.2b Patch Notes | 2023-05-21 | Sorry for the bugs item Rouge's Pants - 2 Dice: Give Σ x 5 Precision. Bugs Fixed Tooltip show from behind UI elements thats on top. Fixed Attack Stat bug on player removing uses on next combat. Fixed Missing continue game button in menu |
| v0.4.2 Patch Notes | 2023-05-18 | QoL Codex Tutorial Save/Load & Copy/Paste Units in Custom Battle Save/Load & Copy/Paste Characters in Custom Battle Save Characters from Death and Victory Dialoge Visuals Added smooth popup Attacks Slam Taunted Shield Block Slash Quick Strike Blessings Unit Agro Strength - Whenever Enemy takes Damages, Enemy gain 1 Strength. Confusion - Whenever Enemy takes Damage, shuffle all enemy attacks. Player Elite Confusion Catalyst - Enemy gain Confusion at start of combat. Hawk Eye - Gain 10 Precision each turn. Custom Grinded Feather - Gain +1 Max Health at end of each Battle. Chance Event Waterfall Keywords Add Precision - Has a 1% chance to deal d |
| v0.4.1 Patch Notes | 2023-03-13 | Release notes - Dice Hero: The Unoriginal Story - 0.4.1 Feature Add Save functionality Chance Changed Shiver my timber, less likely to occur Task Changed Cleanse, now also includes Blind Changed Ice Spike to deal Range Damage QoL Added deselect all selected dice with right click Added version number in main menu Blessings Added Defensive Stance Changed Chitin Barrier to cap the damage instead of preventing. Changed Mystic Ward to reduce 90% Damage instead of cap to 1. Changed Disable, now remove all uses on Main-Hand items instead. Attacks Changed Thorn Hardening from Σ * 2 to Σ Items Added Smoke Bomb Added Shuriken Added Heavy Crossbow Chang |
| v0.4.0 Patch Notes | 2023-03-02 | Boss Changes Dragon Health 500 -> 350 Added option to fully heal after boss Added Additional Option after boss Added World selection after first boss World Changes Added Tundra World Changed Forest Battle Background QoL Added Corruption tooltip Added smooth screen jump to target Map Marker. Added Quit Button in Main Menu Added Screen Settings Added unit Stats in Custom Battle. Changed Combat Text Feedback speed. Keyword Added Keyword - Range, Ignore Thorn Units Added Void Unit - Globglogabgalab Blessings Added Blessing - Outer Balance Added Blessing - Opportunist Added Blessing - Adrenaline Surge Added Blessing - Grand Warding Added Blessing |
| v0.3.2 Patch Notes | 2023-02-12 | QoL Quick Select, select item with Keyboard. (No keybinding yet) Renamed 2 Pair and 3 Pair to Pair and Triple, added Keyword tooltip. Event New Desert Event: Desert Baker. Unit Baker Chef - Desert Event. Void Thorny - Void. Void Explosive Chicken - Void. Items Sandcake - No Effect, we all know it already. Cake is a lie, or is it? Item Upgrade Added Elven Bow & Arrow upgrade. Blessing Spontaneous Surge - Random Item gets Bloody Respite at start of combat. Corruption Rust and Rot - Remove 100% Block instead of 75% at end of turn. Balance Deceitful Chest - Changed Corruption Points from 8 -> 3. Blessed Meal gave an error and didn't work. Lower t |