During the Steam Next Fest, we have 4 free game demos up for you to try out. If you played a game published by Rogue Duck Interactive before, you probably love replayable strategy games!

Let me start introducing our games, during the Next Fest, download the demos you are interested and become part of the development by giving us your valueable feedback.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517440/Mini_City_Mayhem/

A city builder where you race against time to build your city! Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/

A memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3056580/HEXAROMA_Village_Builder/

Build your charming medieval hexagon village in this city-builder. Strategize the best hexagon island placements. Place the building pieces strategically, and grow your village and your tiny island.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3204250/Lost_But_Found/

A combination of a job simulator & hidden object game. In a top-down table, you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings.

That's all we have for this Next Fest, we hope you found something you like. In that case, wishlist the games to stay in the loop!



Additionally, we have other demos, that's not participating in this edition of the Next Fest yet, but soon. Check them out too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2449450/Clonizer/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2655590/Kingdoms_Deck/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2945950/Dice_n_Goblins/

Have a strategy-filled Next Fest event, everyone! Follow us on our social media so you don't miss free strategy goodies!

Hey Heroes!

With the nemesis update, seems like we overcorrected things based on data from players who play the game way too much.

We had a lot of feedback about extreme mode being impossible to beat, with this update, the Elite monsters difficulty curve is mostly returned to how it was (just a little bit harder)

We hope you give it another try, let us know what you think.

Cheers! Sorry about the overcorrection!

Hey Heroes!

We are very happy to read your comments and reviews, while we try to better the game. Today I'm happy to share all the details for our 3rd free content update: Nemesis update which adds 10 new heroes to the game and full patch notes.

Let's get into it!


The bosses you previously faced in the game became playable heroes! You can try to beat the Fallen King boss with 10 brand-new playable heroes.

The heroes beat the evil and now nemesis joined the side of good. This angered Fallen King, he will do everything in his power to stop you!

When you enter the dungeon with a Nemesis hero, you will face Fallen King 100% of the time.

Fallen King is hard to beat, which requires you to use colored dice on its slots. It doesn't stop there, he also unfolds random bosses that you need to beat.


With Nemesis update we added a bunch of new Items and trinkets, mostly focusing on the Soul mechanic of the game, which most nemesis heroes (and Warlock) use.

Pro Tip: Pinwheel has some nice combo potential ;)


A few scaling economy items, that related to Gold and Silver gain, that sometimes scaled too hard and created inflation in the game. To combat this and create a better experience, we nerfed the scaling economy items and made non-scaling ones more affordable.


Previously we changed the extreme mode to give at least 2 trinket slots to a hero. This made few heroes near impossible to beat on extreme difficulty.

We decided to revert this change and give all heroes 3 trinket slots in Extreme difficulty.

Elite heroes in Endless Mode was scaling too slowly, compared to scaling of the items offered in the shops, this was making things too easy. Now Endless mode enemies difficulty to fold and attack damage scales on a faster curve.

This should result in a more challenging gameplay for the endless mode.


Now, instead of dragging certain dice, you can click on the Exact slots or Total slots, to make the game automatically drag dice onto slots.

This is a beta feature and only works on Exact, Total, Heal, Shield and Attack slots.


We had various bug reports that we fixed in this update, not all but here is a list of most important fixes;

• Fix Bard's skill being able to silence bosses
  
• Update item effect for Orb of Overkill
  
• Spawn all gold coins at once if the player has more than 20 coins
  
• Fix item cards not being able to be purchased via click in the shop stage
  
• Fix interaction between undo button & Butcher's custom mechanics
  
• Fix dice being able to be placed on dice slots of folded cards
  
• Do not offer Pact of Sacrifice in the shop if Love in a Bottle trinket is used
  
• Fix Jack & Gambler's skills not getting unlocked on undo
  
• Add scrollable unlocked trinkets list to victory screen
  
• Fix the same item being granted too many times by companion & hero skills
  
• Fix interaction between Weeping Stone & Jack
  
• Revise "Stage End" & "Stage Start" items and their interactions with trinkets
  
• Save & load lock states for hero & companion skill slots
  
• Click to drop feature for dice

If you face any bugs, feel free to drop it in Steam Community forums or on our Discord[discord.gg]. We will make sure to track this bug and let you know when we deploy a fix for it.

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Thank you for your continued attention to Dice & Fold. Our publisher Rogue Duck Interactive is publishing another roguelike card battler game called Pairs & Perils, similar to Dice & Fold, which has a free demo to play. Check it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/

Hey Heroes!

As we gear toward the free Nemesis Update which will add 10 new heroes to play to Dice & fold;

A new funky memory-game roguelike from our publisher Rogue Duck Interactive is set to release on Q4 2024. Which has a free demo, that you can try now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/

Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the dungeon's depths in search of The Dealer.

Memorize the cards on the table. Pair heroes with their corresponding weapons to attack enemies and avoid traps at all costs. Traps deal damage and skip your turn. Enemies have their own attack counters that decrease with each passing turn, bringing them closer to attacking.

After every battle you visit the Merchant's Goods, where you are able to purchase new relics and consumable cards. Relics are cards with passive effects which trigger when certain conditions are met and consumables can be used to aid you in battle. Try different builds and see what works for you!

Enemies may have special abilities that can be used against you, ranging from stealing gold to spawning a bunch of skeleton cards on the table. Or, you know, destroying the relic that took you so long to acquire. Ugh, I hate slimes.


Play the free demo & Wishlist Pairs & Perils on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3179860/Pairs__Perils/

Hey Heroes!

We are sending out a new small patch that fixes some more of the known bugs tracked in our bug-tracking system.

We mainly aim to reference the "negative dice bug in endless mode" bug in this patch. Let us know in Discord and here if you face any game-breaking bugs!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eXvm6W3L-O3pnfoh2qt-kzwiqrutRlOvZhyewQjQan0/edit?gid=2077548819#gid=2077548819



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693930/Dice__Fold/

Hey Heroes!

Back with a small patch, where we further balanced the Endless mode depending on the community feedback.

By their per stage scalable nature, some Items were disabled for Endless mode, and we balanced up the difficulty curve of the Endless mode runs. Now it should feel more fair and enjoyable.

Addition to shiny items, here is some items we have disabled;

• Dragon's Horn
  
• Lost Coupon
  
• Gatekeeper's Obol
  
• Dice of Need
  
• Duelist's Cloak
  
• Heart In A Jar
  
• Luckstone
  
• Earrings of Fate
  
• Gold Chest
  
• Cloud Amethyst
  
• Tainted Ruby
  
• Nomad's Flintstone
  
• Bloodbloom
  
• Lumbar Vertebrae
  
• Elixir Of Hope
  
• Wise Voyager's Hat

These are not the whole list, but you get the point, the items that are not unique, that can scale faster than the run's curve is not available in the shop for Endless Mode only.


There was a cap of 149 in the game for these values, we wanted to make it feel intuitive, make all of them capped at 99.

We made some changes to how slots gets unlocked. Because giving 3 slots to a no-slot hero is an instant win;
- hard mode, at least 1 slot unlocks for any hero
- extreme mode, at least 2 slots unlocks for any hero (it was 3 exact)
- endless mode, at least 1 slot unlocks for any hero (it was 1 exact)

eg: if the hero you are playing in the extreme already has 3 slots, it will have 3 slots, if it has no slots, it will have 2 in extreme mode.

• Update item effect for Sleeping Bag
  
• fix coin drop lag (no more fps drops while coins dropping)
  
• Update custom mechanics for Jinn
  
• Do not offer Anvil in the shop while playing with a Soul Hero
  
• Fix interaction between Obsidian Plate & Stone Heart
  
• Update item effect for Orb of Overkill
  
• Update item effect for Chisel
  
• Save & load dice probability list
  
• Fix Triple Dagger not folding Ghoul
  
• Update Endless Mode enemy scaling
  
• Limit max reroll cost to 19
  
• Fix interaction between damage reducing items & Forlorn items
  
• Fix Briar Sword not folding Raven
  
• Update item effect for Savior's Contract
  
• Fix some japanese item descriptions

Thank you for being patient while we fix these issues.

If you face any bugs, feel free to drop it in Steam Community forums or on our Discord[discord.gg]. We will make sure to track this bug and let you know when we deploy a fix for it.

It's a long list of fixes and you can track the bugs that we already solved or currently working on solving in this link[docs.google.com]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693930/Dice__Fold/

Hey Heroes!

Dice & Fold has been the biggest hit of our studio by far with over 40,000 copies sold in less than 2 months. As promised, I'm happy to share the new free content update we promised: Endless Mode.

In this update, even though we didn't plan at the start, we also added a new Hero called Warlock.


This update features a new gameplay mode, where your Hero will keep going deeper into the dungeon after fighting the boss. Every boss fold will increase the level of elite-ness of the monsters you face. Making long-term beneficial item combos are very important if you want to stay alive in this mode.

Endless Mode will be unlocked for a Hero, if you complete it in at least in Easy Mode. And it also features a Steam Achievement, which you can get it by completing the 50th stage with every hero.


We wanted to make sure to add at least a new hero to play in this free content update. Warlock as a concept fits perfectly with Dice & Fold, and this hero also foreshadows the new mechanic we will use for our future Nemesis Update: Soul.

Soul is a type of hero stat that you acquire by folding enemies. You gain a new Soul by folding a monster card. Soul Mechanic also adds a new dice type: Purple Dice. This can be dropped on your hero's Soul Slot to increase it, just like Gray and Red Dice.

Some heroes, in this case, Warlock skill use Soul to function: Warlock's skill is called Soul Eater, discards all your available souls and Rolls a dice for every 3 souls.

Warlock Hero will especially be fun to play in the Endless mode ;)


With the update, Dice & Fold now features 2 additional bosses that you will have to beat. Fallen King
& Nuckelavee.

Fallen King, Turn End: Unfolds a random enemy of any rarity
Nuckelavee, When a Slot is Completed: Damages you by 15

Additionally, to flatten the difficulty curve, we added some additional monsters to the game for specific monster tiers. These are mostly to balance the game, and hopefully fun to fold.

Stone Knight, Turn End: Gains +2 Damage
Gravedigger, Once Folded: Unfolds as Ghoul
Solitary Knight, Once Folded: Heals your Hero by 4
Ghoul, Turn End: Gains +1 Damage

Let us know what you think about the new monster art :)


This update also adds around 20 new items & 5 new trinkets.

You can see the details of these new items in the Codex section of your game. While the items focused on synergic and combo potential for their function, the new trinkets focus on heroes with Shields. Our goal was to balance the difficulty of the shield heroes with the new trinkets.


In this update, we solved a crazy amount of bugs and implemented some fallbacks to some issues that we are confident will make the game feel way more polished. We fixed the most common bugs and focused on fixing some niche interactions.

It's a long list of fixes and you can track the bugs that we already solved or currently working on solving in this link[docs.google.com]:

- Stuck in Shop (unable to leave or progress forward)
- Shop bug (Gold coins not dropping as item cards unfold)
- Shop freezes while gold coins are dropping causes a soft lock; player is able to save and exit but rerolls the shop
- Cannot choose items or re-roll (a Save and Quit, then Continue fixed the issue)
- Golden whip to appear at earlier stage shops
- Silver engraved cauldron not working as described (a varying amount of shields, still only get 10/20 silver coins)
- Trinket issues (Select trinkets before the game, does not show up in the game; Pickled remains unable to use if player skips purchasing item in the first shop)
- Player purchased a lot of items during the game but unable to scroll through the items on the victory screen
- Hero Health Cap (players found all heroes cap at 149)
- Game freezes after hero is defeated but companion still alive (all buttons shadowed but music keeps going)
- Progress bug (player got to 100% completion on easy mode but played one run as Blood Mage on -Normal and lost, -25% on progress and some heroes got locked)
- Hero Folded at Stage 15 but player still able to play the next stages with companion, companion also folded but player was able to play up to Boss Level and folded hero took ATK damage
- Hero folded but game didn’t end (workaround: save & exit). Player able to play the same stage again.
- Savant + Coup de Grace skill permanently reduces dice rolled
- Lucent Dagger deactivates Knight's skill "Sword Mastery"
- Savant Skills - stuck on jester head skill & no coupe de grace on muted enemies
- Synchronization of trinkets and hero (Knight Sword mastery + Shiny hammer)
- Sage tea doesn’t trigger at the beginning of the stage and during Boss fights
- Solitarian and Virtuoso's Cookbook interaction exploit
- Player used companion (Bard) skill to silence Devourer until the attack is at 96 but somehow End turn button doesn’t work anymore and roll again.
- Player unable to get back to menu after defeating Boss on the Victory page, Player force close which makes all their progress lost (no trinkets or victory from the match)
- Extreme difficulty missing on victory screen
- Shop stage soft lock (header says choose companion; player able to save and quit, then continue to fix the lock)
- First companion pick softlock
- Soft Lock on Boss using Paladin; Boss changed on Save & Quit Reload
- Dungeon Master bug
- Booby trap and garlic items don’t work on Boss dragon fight
- Mad Villager + Seer (Wisdom of Night ability) - enemy card stuck behind another enemy card and player unable to fill slots
- Following enemy Cards bugged after Watcher skill killed an enemy
- Fold an enemy that spawns another enemy with weak ATK and fold the dungeon master; player can loop the game to farm dice
- If an enemy appears with the "double" slots and you fill one slot, you are unable to undo your move
- Human Trap enemies stacked on top of each other


If you face any bugs, feel free to drop it in Steam Community forums or on our Discord[discord.gg]. We will make sure to track this bug and let you know when we deploy a fix for it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693930/Dice__Fold/

Hey Heroes!

We are amazed by the reception of Dice & Fold. We sold almost 30,000 copies and we have a growing community on Discord[discord.gg] for our new shiny game!

Over 2,000 players completed all the heroes in the game, and some of them finished it in Hard mode for all heroes. We didn't want you to wait for a new update to get back into the game, so did some schedule changes on our 5 free updates.

In light of this much attention from you, we are releasing our First update: "Extreme Mode Update" earlier than we planned to previously. (This update is extra, so it won't change the timeline of when the Endless update will be released)

Extreme Mode introduces the highest difficulty mode. This mode will be very hard, almost all enemies are Elite, and even harder dungeon curve than the hard mode. The bonus is, you will be able to use 3 trinket slots for all heroes while you play in this difficulty mode.

So, having unlocked all trinkets and the strategy of choosing the right trinket for the right hero in Extreme mode will add an additional challenge to this mode.

Extreme Difficulty will be playable once you beat the game with Savant.


We 6 previous updates focusing on the game's difficulty, and we made numerous changes in those updates to get the current curve of the difficulties.

In this update, we made it so that you can't roll colored dice while Dungeon Master is present. What we noticed was that some heroes are prone to spamming Red Dice heals or Blue Dice skill completions. This change will prevent this cheese play-style.

Trinket Drops: Your hero can drop lower-tier trinkets if all current-tier trinkets are already dropped. Also, there were some trinkets that were not dropping, we fixed that. This will allow you to play your favorite legendary hero to potentially drop all the trinkets.

Hard Mode: Now in hard mode, all heroes have at least 1 trinket. We noticed it is very hard to get a good run going with heroes that doesn't have any trinket slots, for example, Jack. This makes it more pleasant to play in hard mode with these heroes.

Queen: She now has 1 trinket slot, we want her to be more approachable.

Gladiator: Had a considerably low boss beat rate, and most players lose in the early stages, so we increased its health from 18 to 24.


Here is some bugs we fixed;
- fix wide screen mainmenu bg
- fix: windowed mode scene change resolution issue
- Do not display continue button if last save was on hero selection panel
- better quality settings
- extreme mode save and sync system
- end game no trinket indicator
- Limit min silver conversion rate to 1
- fix difficulty button frames
- reverse hero selection panel scroll behavior
- companion selection, clearer text
- goto menu make sure didPlayWithJack = 1
- reverse display of recent trinkets
- fix no trinket exception
- Check if DM is folded when all the other enemies are folded
- Allow a maximum of 28 dice on the board at the same time
- Fix Savant's skill not getting reset after Coup De Grace is used during boss stage
- Display localized special ability tooltip for Savant
- Do not offer shiny and regular versions of an item card in the same shop
- fix savant unlocking extreme
- Check if all cards are folded 2 seconds after the last enemy is folded & activate end turn button
- fix white spaces on "To unlock" text for some languages.


Steam unlocked our Trading Cards and profile features for Dice & Fold. We have submitted the assets for review, the cards are approved, it should be dropping for your steam account now.


We have been reading the reviews and your comments on Discord[discord.gg] and are glad to see so many players passionate about the game. We have close to 1000 reviews, If you haven't already, share your thoughts as a review on the Steam Page.

Hey Heroes!

This one will be a small update, the beat rates based on heroes are where we want them right now. However the feel of the game still can use more polishing. My team is reviewing your thoughts and ideas on Discord and Steam community forums, and we also play the game continuously to see how the changes feel.

As long as your voice and the stats data we have align, we are making changes to the game.

Over 700 players completed all the heroes by far, we decided to release the "Extreme Update" early. We just implemented the system for it, and testing it right now, it will be available as a free content update next weekend when we fine-tune it enough to show it to you.

If you are into almost impossible challenges, Extreme difficulty will be for you, we will also have Steam achievements for the extreme difficulty.

Let's get into what we changed in this update;


Queen and Sorceress had a low beat rate compared to other hero curves. To reference this, Queen now has 1 trinket slot and Sorceress starts the game with extra HP. We will see the effects of these in the data and make more changes to it.

Normal difficulty early runs for the first 3 heroes now get lower-tier monsters. This will let beginner players conserve health in the early stages.

Other Updates

We had placeholder skill icons in the game. Our artist did these for both heroes and companion skills in the style of the game.

Changed the Hard mode finish icon indicator.


Here is some bugs we fixed:
- Fix companion stage issue regarding clicking on "pass" with no current companion
- Remove dismantle dice & shield dice tutorial message exceptions


We have been reading the reviews and your comments on Discord[discord.gg] and are glad to see so many players passionate about the game. If you haven't already, consider sharing your thoughts as a review on the Steam Page.