Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Update v1.0.1 | 2023-10-28 | Hi everyone, Version 1.0.1 is now live. An important balance change and bugfix. Patch notes: Reduced damage of the Shapeless from 99 to 50. Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when playing difficulty 1 or up with the S deck. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Release v1.0.0 | 2023-05-02 | Hi everyone, We are finally here. After more than a year of solo development, after 10 months of Early Access, Shapebreaker is ready for a full release! How it started The idea started when I wanted to combine the classic Tower Defense genre with modern Roguelike Deckbuilders. The success of Roguelike Tower Defense games showed that there were definitely more people out there that would enjoy such a game, just like me. I posted early prototypes on Itch.io. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of people that enjoyed playing such a bareboned game. It was very motivating and I knew I had to keep working on the game. All the feedback was extr |
| Update v0.8.5 | 2023-04-20 | Hi everyone, Version 0.8.5 is now live. Couple of bugfixes and preparations for full release. Patch notes: Feedback info in the bottom left is no longer visible. The in-game feedback feature will stay in the game! You can still press F8 to provide feedback. After your core reaches 0, you now have the option to either start a new run or go to the main menu. The game now handles the case where you survive the Shapeless reaching your core. Fixed a bug that caused the next difficulty to not unlock if you defeat the Shapeless in that run. Fixed a bug that caused you to be able to use items on Shapeless after having played an Bonus Credits card. Fi |
| Update v0.8.2 | 2023-03-28 | Hi everyone, Version 0.8.2 is now live. Ready to take on the Shapeless? Patch notes: The health of the Shapeless now persist between runs. Defeating the Shapeless unlocks a new challenge deck. Fixed a bug that caused attacks/second on a card or tower to be displayed with a lot of digits. Fixed a bug that caused bonusses to max health to not apply to the Collect or die trying challenge deck. Fixed a bug that caused tower tooltips to show range boost as absolute number instead of as a percentage. Fixed a bug that caused the game to not continue after defeating the Shapeless. (Yeah, some players were actually able to defeat the Shapeless in 1 go |
| Update v0.8.0 | 2023-03-24 | Hi everyone, Version 0.8.0 is now live. Big update with new challenge decks, difficulty modes for each deck and Steam achievements! Patch notes: Added 4 new challenge decks. Added 6 difficulties for each deck. Added Steam achievements. Changed the ordering of the challenge decks. The Danger Zone starter deck now draws 1 card less at the start of the turn. Reduced difficulty of Act III first map. Renamed Stock expandor curio to Stock expander. Renamed Credit extractor curio to Credit extracter. Renamed Extended vision curio to Vision Extender. Renamed Core expansion I & II curios to Core expander I & II. The escape menu in the deck selection s |
| Update v0.7.3 | 2023-03-04 | Hi everyone, Version 0.7.4 is now live. Variation in map layouts has been increased as this was the most requested change on Discord. Come vote and hang out if you haven't done so already. Patch notes: Increased map variety for Act I, II & III. Curios that increase credits gained or affect shop prices, can no longer be encountered in the shop. The elite modifier that increases shape density by 100% is replaced by a modifier that increases spawn rate and movement speed by 40%. Renamed Inspirational extendor curio to Inspirational extender. Fixed a bug that caused the game to malfunction when you have more than 7 curios. Fixed a bug that caused |
| Announcing second price increase | 2023-02-22 | Hi everyone, I am hereby announcing the second price increase 2 weeks in advance as promised on the Steam Store page. On March 9 the price of the game will increase from $3.99 to $5.99 or €3.29 to €5.89. This change will also affect other currencies in a similar fashion. This will not affect anyone who has already purchased the game. Thank you all for the support! Alexander |
| Update v0.7.3 | 2023-02-22 | Hi everyone, Version 0.7.3 is now live. Big update with 18 new curios! Curio patch notes: Added a major and minor curio that reduce shop prices by 40% and 15% respectively. Added a major and minor curio that increase max core health by 15 and 5 respectively. Added a major and minor curio that increase the base damage of towers by 2 and 1 respectively. Added a major and minor curio that increase the base attack speed of towers by 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. Added a major and minor curio that increase the base range of towers by 0.5 and 0.2 respectively. Added a major curio that increases energy gained each turn by 1 but reduces card options from |
| Competition winners | 2023-02-16 | Hi everyone, The competition has ended and I am happy to announce our winners! 🥇 chuckjirka 40590 🥈 Tobbzn 16390 🥉 Kn1nJa 11438 Congratulations to our top 3 competitors! These scores are once again amazing. Winners will receive the following rewards: • 🥇 Design a new card, curio, shape, event or elite modifier with me • 🥇🥈🥉 Name or nickname permanently added to the source code of the game • 🥇🥈🥉 Role competition-winner with bragging rights on this Discord server until the next competition Our winners were kind enough to provide us with some insights into their strategy: 🥉Kn1nJa🥉 "My strategy was to focus on lucid towers as they hav |
| Competition Leaderboard | 2023-02-09 | Hi everyone, The competition is still going strong. Here's the current status: • 🥇chuckjirka: 40590 • 🥈Tobbzn: 16390 • 🥉Kn1nJa: 11438 Last competition winner chuckjirka is protecting their position on the throne with a whopping 40590. Tobbzn and Kn1nJa have entered the ranks with a very competitive score. Can you beat them? The competition lasts until February 13, 15:00 CEST. For more information check out the details on the Discord server: https://discord.gg/EKxcb63DvP Enjoy! Alexander |
| Steam Next Fest Competition | 2023-02-03 | Hi everyone, EDIT: Steam has messaged me that they made a mistake and are undoing their earlier decision. They will not be allowing Shapebreaker to participate due to it being available in Early Access. That's unfortunate news. This means the Steam Next Fest live-streams are unfortunately cancelled, but the competition will go on as planned! Shapebreaker will be participating in Steam Next Fest from February 6 to February 13. Steam Next Fest is an online festival that features upcoming releases here on Steam! You can check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest I am organising a new competition. The competition will run fro |
| Update v0.7.0 | 2023-02-03 | Hi everyone, Version 0.7.0 is now live. Big update with the introduction of elite maps and a bunch of balance changes! Consider your options before going into elite maps. They provide some juicy minor curio's but are you sure your deck can handle the extra challenge? Patch notes: • Curio's have been split into major and minor curio's. • Major curio's can be obtained from boss maps. • Minor curio's can be obtained from elite maps. • Each Act now contains an elite map with a random elite modifier. • Shield generator is now a minor curio and prevents first 3 damage taken each map instead of first 7 damage. • Credits extractor is now a minor curi |
| New release date - May 2, 2023 | 2023-01-24 | Hi everyone, I have decided to move the release date for Shapebreaker from February 21 to May 2. I want to deliver a high quality full release and this will no longer be possible to achieve by February 21. There are multiple factors playing a role here which I would like to clarify below. First of all I misjudged the impact of becoming a father. I knew that taking care of a child would take a lot of time and energy, but it's taking even more than I thought. My nights have been thoroughly and structurally invaded by my little baby girl and her constant requirement for sustenance. Even though my night rests are slowly being restored to an accep |
| Update v0.6.5 | 2022-12-01 | Hi everyone, Version 0.6.5 is now live. Shape spawn points now show a preview of the shape that will spawn. Maps with multiple spawn points now have a smoother start. Patch notes: • Shape spawn points now show a preview of the shape that will be spawned. • Maps with multiple shape spawn points now only have 1 active spawn point during wave 1, and 2 during wave 2. • Increased damage of Burn element from 75% of hit to 120% of hit. • Increased the chances of obtaining an item after a map in Act II and Act III. • Increased the difficulty of the Act III boss map but reduced the health of the boss itself. • Decreased life of Vessel shapes by 15%. • |
| Update v0.6.3 | 2022-11-24 | Hi everyone, Version 0.6.3 is now live. Bit of a big update again. Acts now have branching paths instead of one linear path. This update also introduces events into the game! Patch notes: • Added branching paths for Acts. • Added events which can be encountered as an alternative to maps. • Decreased the number of waves for some of the Act III maps from 7 to 6. • Decreased the number of cards drawn when playing a targeting priority card from 2 to 1. • You can no longer receive more than one type of Target System Syphon curio. • You now receive a warning when you still have a card you can play when ending your turn instead of when you still hav |
| Update v0.6.0 | 2022-11-10 | Hi everyone, Version 0.6.0 is now live. Big update. You can now unlock other starter decks. A starter deck may contain either different cards or unique curio's or both! Thereby providing you with fresh challenges. I've kept the patch notes free of spoilers. Details can be found on the patch notes on Discord. Looking forward to hearing your opinion on the decks. My favorite is deck 3, closely followed by deck 6. Patch notes: • Added first starter deck to unlock: Deck 2. • Added second starter deck to unlock: Deck 3. • Added third starter deck to unlock: Deck 4. • Added fourth starter deck to unlock: Deck 5. • Added fifth starter deck to unlock |
| Tabletop Gathering 2022 | 2022-11-03 | Hi everyone, Shapebreaker is participating in the Tabletop Gathering 2022 online Steam festival. The festival has already started and you can check it out here. I will be streaming a pre-recorded video of me playing through the game on November 3 and November 4. You can check it out here, on the Steam store page or on the festival page. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Release date revealed | 2022-10-27 | Hi everyone, It is with great pleasure that I share with you all the full release date for Shapebreaker. The game will be exiting Early Access on... - February 21, 2023 - The road to full release is also accompanied by a new roadmap! This will remain a living document. Feel free to keep sharing your feedback here, on the Steam community forums and on Discord! https://i.imgur.com/yMUsAbz.png Enjoy! Alexander |
| Update v0.5.5 | 2022-10-27 | Hi everyone, Version 0.5.5 is now live. I have increased the layout diversity of many levels and gave some love to underused cards. Patch notes: • Increased the layout diversity of almost all levels in act 1 and 2. • Added a new curio Battlements. • Increased attack speed of Machine Gun Towers from 1.5 to 1.7. • Increased damage and attack speed of Omni I Tower from 1.3 to 1.4. • Increased damage of Pistol Tower from 1.6 to 1.8. • Increased attack speed of Tempo Tower from 1.3 to 1.4. • Increased attack speed bonus per missing life of Berserk element from 4% to 5%. • Decreased attack speed bonus of Moon element from 25% to 20%. • Decreased de |
| Update v0.5.4 | 2022-10-20 | Hi everyone, Version 0.5.4 is now live. The game now supports all aspect ratios instead of only 16:9. Patch notes: • Added support for all aspect ratios, not just 16:9. • Added a new option in the settings screen that determines if a tower card shows its stats when hovering on the card or always. • Fixed a bug that caused Shape Bomb item to remain visible in UI after using it to kill the last shapes of a wave. • Fixed a bug that caused the Credits Extractor curio to not double the credits received when skipping a card reward. • Fixed a bug that caused game speed to affect the animations of the title screen. Got any feedback? Help improve the |
| Live-stream October 14 & 15 | 2022-10-13 | Hi everyone, In celebration of Shapebreaker's participation in the Dreamhack Beyond Indie Showcase, I am proud to announce the game's first ever developer live-stream. I will be playing through the game and answering any questions. Come join me during the live-streams on: October 14 from 19:00 to 20:00 CEST or 1 to 2 PM Eastern Time October 15 from 22:00 to 23:00 CEST or 4 to 5 PM Eastern Time Cancelled due to personal reasons. My apologies for any inconvenience. I will also be streaming a pre-recorded playthrough from now until the end of the festival. Hope to see you on the live-streams! Enjoy! Alexander |
| Free demo, live-stream and more! | 2022-10-13 | Hi everyone, Tomorrow Shapebreaker will be taking part in its first online festival! Dreamhack Beyond starts tomorrow October 14 and lasts until October 23. I want to celebrate the occasion with a couple of things: • A demo of the game will be available exclusively from now until the end of the festival. • I will be doing a live-stream at October 14 - 19:00 CEST (1 pm Eastern Time) and October 15 - 22:00 CEST (4 pm Eastern Time). I will be playing through the game and answering questions. You will find the live-stream on Shapebreaker's store page. Would love to see you there. • I will be streaming a pre-recorded playthrough during the whole f |
| Update v0.5.2 | 2022-10-07 | Hi everyone, Version 0.5.2 is now live. Couple of improvements and bugfixes. Patch notes: • Skipping a card reward now rewards you with 10 credits. • Viewing a deck of cards is now scrollable for large decks. • Fixed a bug that caused the act 3 boss to not reward the correct amount of credits. • Fixed a bug that caused you to be able to load your saved file after suffering a defeat. • Fixed a bug that caused the done-button on the shop screen to rendered partially out of screen for 16:10 resolutions. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Update v0.5.1 | 2022-10-02 | Hi everyone, Version 0.5.1 is now live. Couple of balance changes. Patch notes: • Increased the difficult of the act 2 boss level. • Decreased the difficulty of act 3 level 1. • Decreased the difficulty of act 3 level 2. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Update v0.5.0 | 2022-09-30 | Hi everyone, Version 0.5.0 is now live. Act 3 is now available to play! Would love to hear your feedback, especially on the current difficulty. Patch notes: • Added Act 3. • Added new card: Wall. • Added new card: Bonus Credits. • Slightly changed the wording of the Moon tooltip. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on the official Shapebreaker Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Dreamhack Beyond participation | 2022-09-29 | Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Shapebreaker will be participating in the Dreamhack Beyond Indie Showcase on Steam! To celebrate, I will be doing a live-stream on Steam at the following times: October 14 - 19:00 to 20:00 CEST - 1 to 2 pm Eastern Time October 15 - 22:00 to 23:00 CEST - 4 to 5 pm Eastern Time I hope to see you at the live-stream and be sure to check out the festival. There will be a lot of games with free demo's, discounts and live-streams! Enjoy! Alexander |
| Update v0.4.3 | 2022-09-19 | Hi everyone, Version 0.4.3 is now live. I've added 5 new element cards! Patch notes: • Added a new element card: Wealth. Increases damage of tower by 50% and an additional 15% for each 10 credits you have. Up to a maximum of 200 credits. • Added a new element card: Renounce. Increases attack speed of tower by 140%. Also reduces attack speed of tower by 10% for every 10 credits you have. • Added a new element card: Thief. Increases the attack speed of the tower by 50%. Each attack of the tower has 10% to reward you with 1 credit. • Added a new element card: Hoard. Increases damage of a tower by 100% and an additional 10% for each card you own. |
| Update v0.4.2 | 2022-09-15 | Hi everyone, Version 0.4.2 is now live. I've added 3 new Curio's and improved UI for players that like to have a lot of cards in their hand. Patch notes: • Added new Curio: Credit extractor • Added new Curio: Credit scrapper • Added new Curio: Item excavator • Cards are now shown in more appropriate positions in your hand when you have more than 6 cards. • Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when trying to draw a card while the draw deck and discard deck are empty. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |
| Announcing the first price increase | 2022-09-15 | Hi everyone, I am hereby announcing the first price increase 2 weeks in advance as promised on the Steam Store page. On September 29 the price of the game will increase from $2.99 to $3.99 or €2.39 to €3.29. This change will also affect other currencies in a similar fashion. This will not affect anyone who has already purchased the game. Thank you all for the support! Alexander |
| Update v0.4.1 | 2022-09-10 | Hi everyone, Version 0.4.1 is now live. Just some bugfixes. Patch notes: • Fixed a bug that caused items to not be clickable. • Fixed a bug that caused escape menu to be rendered in front of shop items in the shop screen. Got any feedback? Help improve the game by sharing by pressing F8 in-game, on the discussion forums on Steam or on Discord. Enjoy! Alexander |