Gauntmaggedon Devlog #5 [5/4/2025]

Version 0.1.4.1 Update

Hey guys, this update is not fully complete. Unfortunately, I was very busy this week and unable to accomplish everything I wanted with this update. However, this update does add more effects for items to be generated with. Here is a list of the following functional effects:

• Speed Effect: Grants player a bonus to their speed.
• Damage Effect: Grants player a bonus to their damage.
• Pierce Effect: Grants player's spear projectiles the ability to pierce x more times. (where x = the bonus applied)
• Lifesteal Effect: Grants player's vampire (godot icon temporarily) projectile the ability to heal for x more health on hit. (where x is the bonus applied)

The effect I could not get functional was the fireball effect. The effect applies properly, but behaves weirdly with the XP system causing insane XP jumps causing the player to hit levels in the 100s in a matter of minutes. Which is definitely unintended. However, I am working on this, and I hope to have it fixed and in the game by sometime later this week.

Feedback is very important to us, so if you have any comments feel free to reach out to us using the contact information at the bottom of the post! Also, our artist is hard at work converting all the programmer art into something that we feel fits the game much better. Please be patient because there is a lot to fix.

Update Notes

• Speed Effect Added
• Damage Effect Added
• Pierce Effect Added
• Lifesteal Effect Added

Minor Notes:

Currently there is nothing preventing you from swapping to items that could kill you. For example, if your current item adds 10 hp to your character and you lose 5hp of the bonus 10hp, then you swap to an item that adds 5 hp, it could potentially drop you to 0hp. These interactions have not been tested completely, so please proceed with caution.

Known Bugs

• Powerup menu will sometimes randomly add a 4th card option, and I have not been able to replicate it intentionally. If you can find the steps to replicate it please reach out!

Reporting Bugs

Please feel free to reach out with any comments, questions, or concerns, and we would like to extend our gratitude to those who have played these early versions of the project. We know it hasn't gotten far, but we are committed to bringing this idea to fruition. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We will see you all next week with another update!

Feel free to reach out here on the games page, (for communal discussion) here or at my email ironcutterstudios@gmail.com.