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Coin Crypt development documentation
By jennlbw
originally planned for the 10th anniversary of the full release but delayed due to secondary activities, i decided to document everything i could find about the game's development courtesy of the official Tumblr and other sources (ie. Wayback captures) to piece out a timeline of the game for others to learn about (wip).
   
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Guide Index
Overview
How this will be formatted 
Part 1: Start of development to July 12 2013 
Part 2: July 2013 pt2 
list of coins by appearance 
List of enemies by appearance 
uncategorized enemies 
List of characters by appearance 
Builds and info 
under construction 
Comments
How this will be formatted
this guide will be formatted in this order
Time
*insert event here* (Source)
music tracks will be included with every page
Part 1: Start of development to July 12 2013
Coin Crypt Ost - "Prologue"
Sometime between February and March 2013
development for Coin Crypt started (Approx. Guess)
April 2013
the oldest screenshot i could find of Coin Crypt (Tumblr)
Sometime between April to July 2013
Greg Lobanov (the game's developer) sends Terry Cavanagh (developer of VVVVVV and Dicey Dungeons) test versions of their game (Youtube podcast)
June 11-13 2013
the oldest video of Coin Crypt with the working title "Treasure Pit", shown on mobile devices at E3 (Indiestatik)
Sometime between June 14 to July 13 2013
Treasure Pit's name is changed to "Coin Crypt" (Approx. Guess)
July 12 2013
the oldest article i could find on any form of Coin Crypt, being that of the previously mentioned Treasure Pit (Indiestatik)
Part 2: July 2013 pt2
Coin Crypt Ost - "What's Down Here?"
July 14 2013
the oldest public build of Coin Crypt (TIGForums)
the oldest forum of Coin Crypt (TIGForums)
July 15 2013
the oldest review i could find for "Coin Crypt" (Indiestatik)
the oldest video could find for Coin Crypt (Youtube)
July 18 2013
the oldest post on the Coin Crypt Tumblr (Tumblr)
list of coins by appearance
a list of coins based on their first appearances and final version changes. no numbers will be used for differences in coins. it should be noted that in earlier versions, the colors of healing coins and shielding coins were swapped.

Debut
Name
Effect
Final Number
Final Name
Final Effect
June 11-13 2013
Bronze Penny
deal medium damage
1
Red Blade
unchanged
June 11-13 2013
-
heal medium damage
2
Blue Cross
unchanged
June 11-13 2013
Blue Shield
shield medium damage
3
Jade Shield
unchanged
June 11-13 2013
-
deal small damage
4
Aztec Penny
unchanged
June 11-13 2013
-
heal small damage
5
Rusted Nickel
unchanged
June 11-13 2013
-
steal a coin
15
Copper Hand
unchanged
July 15 2013
-
regenerate over time
10
Aphrodite Coin
unchanged
July 15 2013
-
poison enemy
11
Tendril Chip
unchanged
July 15 2013
-
deal large damage to all
17
Farmer Piece
deal large damage to enemy
July 15 2013
-
speed up
19
Bunny Chip
unchanged
July 15 2013
Zen Piece
trade coins
33
unchanged
unchanged
July 15 2013
Timepiece Chip
freeze enemy casting
34
unchanged
unchanged
July 15 2013
-
deal small damage, slow enemy
35
Rune Token
unchanged
List of enemies by appearance
a list of enemies in Coin Crypt based on their earliest appearance i could find. Arrows point towards the same source

Debut
Enemy
Source
Beta Art?
June 11-13 2013
Bandit
E3 treasure pit demo
Yes!+new art-style sketch
June 11-13 2013
Pirate
E3 treasure pit demo
Yes!+three new art-style sketches
July 15 2013
Ghost
TIGForums/v
Yes!
July 15 2013
Lost Kid
Official Coin Crypt video
Yes!
July 15 2013
Loon
^
Yes!
July 15 2013
Skeleton
^
Yes!
July 15 2013
Old Explorer
^
Yes!
July 20 2013
Mimic
Unofficial Coin Crypt video
Yes!
August 2 2013
Undead
Tumblr
Yes!
August 2 2013
Shadeling
^
Yes!
August 3 2013
Shaman
Tumblr
Yes!
August 3 2013
Rogue
^
Yes!
September 15 2013
Magician
Tumblr
Yes!+in-process picture
November 3 2013
Apprentice
Tumblr
Yes!+new art-style sketch
November 3 2013
Grandma
^
Yes!
November 5 2013
Piggy Bank
Tumblr
Yes!
November 5 2013
Shade
^
Yes!
November 28 2013
Pesorcerer
Tumblr
Yes!
November 28 2013
Witch
^
Yes!
November 28 2013
CEO
^
Yes!
July 2 2014
King
Tumblr
No+sketch
July 10 2014
Golem
Tumblr
No+sketch
uncategorized enemies
I haven't found any debut dates of these enemies yet. if i find the "earliest media containing _" for these guys then i will add them to the list. no number denotes that it has beta art, 75 is likely, 50 is split down the middle, 25 is not likely and 0 will pretty much never be used but you can guess what it means. October 2014 and March 2014 are mostly placeholders for now

Enemy
beta art chance
minimal debut
Ecoplasm
50
October 2014
Minstrel
75
October 2014
Armor
-
March 2014
Fight Chest
-
November 2013
Suit
-
November 2013
Prince
25
October 2014
Graverobber
-
July 2014
Anubis
-
November 2013
Priest
-
July 2014
Captain
-
November 2013
Cardinal
50
October 2014
Coinman
-
November 2013
Prodigy
75
October 2014
Smelter
50
October 2014
Coineye
50
October 2014
Corruptor
50
October 2014
Mega Ecto
25
October 2014
Ghost King
25
October 2014
Gold Idol
25
October 2014
Tycoon
-
March 2014
Queen
-
March 2014
Lootmaster
25
October 2014
Sorceress
25
October 2014
Archbishop
25
October 2014
Shadomega
-
March 2014
Bullion, Sacagawea, Ouguiya, Kaichin, Loonie, Frank
25
October 2014
List of characters by appearance
a list of every playable character in coin crypt based on debut. characters are sorted by their mechanics rather than the characters themselves.
Date
Class
Mechanic
Final Game Mechanic
Start of development
Adventurer
Jack of all trades
unchanged
w.i.p
-
-
-
w.i.p
-
-
-
Builds and info
a list of builds i could find. w.i.p obviously
Date
Unofficial Name/Term
Coin Count
Enemy Count
Floor Count
Track count
Notes
April 2013
snapshot 01
at least 1
at least 1
at least 1 floor, at least 1 level
unknown
only 1 image.
June 11-13 2013
E3 Treasure Pit demo
at least 6
at least 2
at least 1 floor, at least 1 level
-
shown at E3 2013 on mobile, nearly identical to the next few demos outside of name, performance, and platform.
July 14 2013
Forum demo
13-19
at least 6
at least 1 floor, at least 2 levels
at least 4
video is on the official dev's channel
July 15 2013
Forum demo v2
13-20
at least 6
-
at least 5
keyboard movement added, common enemies are slower, shops are more common.
July 16 2013
Forum demo v3
13-20
at least 6
-
at least 5
more visual cues, shops are (yes, again) more common.
July 16 2013
Forum demo v3
13-20
at least 6
-
at least 5
new loot and deckbuilding mechanics.
July 30 2013
Forum demo v4
22
at least 6
-
at least 5
new level features, new shop item.
August 5 2013
Forum demo v5
40
15
at least 2 floors,-
at least 6
new level features, new shop item.
October 2 2013
Forum demo v6
40
15
at least 2 floors,-
at least 6
more accessible to newcomers.
November 19 2013
Steam v1
40
15
3 floors, 3 levels each
at least 6
transition into paid beta.
under construction
not a new section but a disclaimer about this guide. i won't be able to work on this much but i hope to work on more of it in the summer. Keep Mancin!