Runestone Keeper (now at v1.4.0) $

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/339400/   $9.99 Win/Mac

Runestone Keeper is a challenging roguelike to roguelite dungeon crawler that blends classic role playing elements and turn based combat strategy.

Dive into the dungeon roguelite-ness and begin your very own epic adventure! Grab your saggy pack, sharpen those dusty swords, step into the dark chamber and fight for glory!

[Features]
Randomly Generated Dungeon Elements – Almost everything is generated differently each time to ensure a unique experience!

Prefix and Suffix Based Equipment – Loots come with random yet rare prefixes and suffixes. Combat, collect and combine for a killer suit!

Diverse Monster Mixes - Tread lightly, or be ganged upon by monsters with complementary abilities that might drive you crazy.

Items, Traps, Devices and Events - Opportunities for a favorable turn even at the most desperate moment. Choose wisely and use the unwelcoming surroundings to your advantage!

Heroes and Goddesses – Create your hero’s attributes build! Sacrifice to receive your mighty God’s blessing (and later betray him to check out his fury)!

Modes and Leaderboards - Multiple modes to choose from and a global ranking system to check yourself among all the dungeon adventurers.

A Challenging Experience - Prepare to have a tragic (not to mention permanent) death

[getter77]

v1.0.9

Greetings keepers of Runestone. Version 1.0.9 introduces many fixes and a few tweaks, and in the next month Runestone Keeper is going to bring everyone some new content that probably will make your dungeon adventure a bit more interesting. So stay tuned, and have a good weekend

General
    Fix a bug when you press ESC in the last screen and are unable to continue the game
    Fix a bug where you could not continue in an event

Equippment
    Fix a bug on switching weapon set to keep ATK after attributes penalty
    Fix a bug on switching an off-hand weapon to mainhand yet the HIT rate still shows off-hand's
    Fix a bug that equippment won't show red cross after attributes penalty

Prefix & Suffix
    Fix a bug on "Chain Attack" - now it will not chain attack the same target
    Fix a bug on "Extra Damage Equal to One's Mana" - Now no extra damage will be inflicted when your mana is zero

Gods
    Fix a bug on the betrayal of the God of Vengeance

Skills
    Fix a bug on Terrorblade that it decreases your ATK

Monster
    Fix a bug on monster suffix "Screen Block" that tiles continue to block if you kill it with a skill

Tweaks
    Drastically reduce the show time of your score and gold at the end
    Minor adjustment to the values on the betrayal of Gods
    Minor adjustment to the mana consumption of the skill "Cannon Expense"

Fixes
    Fixed a bug on swapping equipment to restore mana.
    Fixed a bug on the betrayal of God of Vengeance.
    Various minor bug fixes.

Tweaks
    Hero initial equipment sale price now set to 0.
    Prefix "+ Mana upon Killing" appears on fewer items
    Prefix "Chain Attack on Target" appears on fewer items
    Suffix "Extra Damage Equal to One's Mana" appears less

Fixes
    Fix a bug to use certain directional items for unlimited times.
    Fix the inconsistency between the description and actual effect of the skill "morphing".
    Fix a bug that could lead to screen freeze.
    Add scroll to event dialog box to avoid text cutoffs.
    Other minor bug fixes.

Fix the issue where a local registery glitch would result in the loss of some people's game progress.

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v1.1.4

-Version 1.1.4 sees a revamp of the game's English texts in terms of events and item&skill descriptions.


New Features

Added support for keyboard shortcut.

    ESC - open/close setting menu
    ENTER - open/close hero status menu
    B - open/close equipment menu

    TAB - switch between weapon sets

    Q - use skill number 1
    W - use skill number 2
    E - use skill number 3

    1 - use item number 1
    2 - use item number 2
    3 - use item number 3

Fixes and Optimizations

    Fixed a bug with monster skill "Escape".
    Fixed a bug on switching languages.
    Fixed a bug on the item "pale mask".
    Fixed a bug on the item "wrench".
    Fixed a bug on an event that shields you from ranged monsters.

    Optimized cloud synchronization for unexpected game termination.


Tweaks

    Optimized Steam Cloud Saving
    Stepping on a poison trap now will not decrease your life (although subsequent poison effect still continues)
    A poison dungeon now will not have any spike traps
    Ballistas now have a higher chance to appear in the dungeon
    Worshiping the God of Devastation now rewards you with 50% experience bonus instead of 10%, and its first tier tattoo will reward you with 15% experience bonus instead of 5%

Fix

    Fix a bug that causes incorrect moves with the Skill "Reflection"
    Fix a bug that switching weapons might decrease your life points
    Fix a bug that the suffix "+ life upon killing" might work on a pumpkin explosion


Greetings, keepers of the runestone!

Version 1.1.0 - Greedy Little Imp - has brought the much anticipated Steam Cloud feature, no more data switching between home and office (yah)! In addition, this version introduces 9 more new items in the game, they are

    Lantern - Reveal an usable item in the mist.
    Ancient Codes of Devil - Kill a monster whose life is higher than yours.
    Chest of Devour - Turn a non-elite monster into a pile of gold.
    Wrench - Fix a ballista to usable state.
    Golden Heart - Turn Heart of Life into gold.
    Vicious Cauldron - Reduce a monster's ATK to its minimum.
    Pale Mask - Get rid of all monsters' skills.
    Potion of Confusion - Interchange a monster's ATK and life points.
    Unstable Crystal - Make all monsters drop mana when it's killed.

We look forward to seeing how the community can be creative with these items. Below is fix and tweak list for Version 1.1.0

[New Features]

    Steam Cloud feature
    Nine new items

[Tweaks]

Equipment

    Increase ATK of two handed weapons

Traps

    Decrease damage from bomb traps
    Trap immune effect bought in the UPGRADES panel now shows in game

Attributes

    Hero's max hit limited to 95%, monsters' dodge rate lowered
    Hero's max life limited to 999, max mana limited to 25

Monsters

    Elite monster suffix skill now shows up on non-elite monsters
    Monster skill "Reinforcement" now won't heal mobs with the same skill

Skills

    Prerequisite dexterity for skill "Reflection" changed to 6
    Skill "Block" changed to block 2 attacks

Affix

    Prefix that rebounds attack equal to one's armor now rebounds damage equal to 50% armor

Gods

    Worshipping God of Rock now reward 15 life points instead of 10
    Worshipping God of Vengeance now rewards 50% life for clearing out a dungeon
    Cost changes for worshipping Gods and Goddess before entering the dungeon
    Changed the trigger chance for the 3rd tattoo for the Goddess of Magic
    Worshipping the Goddess of Benevolence now decrease your max soul point by 20 instead of 30

UI

    Added a confirming dialog box for forgetting skills and abandoning items
    Added a confirming dialog box for quit the game by clicking on the red cross
    Changed a few words on the user interface

[Fix]

    Fix an issue that one can still click on the background during levelling up
    Fix an issue that traps don't show in arenas with God of Evil tattoos
    Fix an issue that comes with changing volume
    Fix an issue with the monster skill "Escapist"
    Fix an issue that rare suffix shows up twice in the same equipment
    Fix an issue that entering the arena can cause errors
    Fix the damage value when equipment becomes invalid
    Fix an issue that can cause certain upgrade effect to be invalid
    Fix an issue where the upgrades "Prospector" effect applies in shops
    Fix an issue that certain achievements do not unlock
    Fix an issue that switching gears can cause incorrect hit rate
    Fix an issue that getting equipment from your corpse can generate Godlike equipment
    Fix an issue that skill "vampire gnash" won't heal with monsters that attacks first
    Fix a tattoo for the Goddess of Benevolence
    Fix an issue that two monsters with skill "Screen Block" can cause a deadlock
    Fix an issue with the skill "Mist Zone"
    Fix an issue that can cause incorrect moves counting with monster skill "First Strike"
    Fix a few language errors
    Fix an issue where the same two options appear in an event encounter

Seems to be advancing and polishing at a reasonably good clip---nice.   

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v1.2.15

Greetings Adventurers!

Version 1.2.15 is now officially out with new heroes, bosses, items, devices and modes. Pick up your swords and staves, and let us dig into the dungeon to get a fresh taste of these new features!

[New Features]

    Three new Heroes
    Two new Bosses
    Three new Difficulty Modes
    Seven new in-game Items
    New Praying System
    New Runeword System (aka the 4th shop)
    The "Continue" Feature

We can’t wait for you to try the new content out. Feel free to leave your thoughts and suggestions on the RSK Steam forum, or at support@runestonekeeper.com.

The multilingual version of Runestone Keeper is also on the way, so stay tuned and dig in, the new legend awaits you!

[Details]
Heroes

    Added Merlyn the Druid
    Added Alexander the Paladin
    Added Azar the Chef

Level

    Added 2 new bosses
    Added 3 difficulty modes - Normal, Nightmare and Chaos mode

Gods

    Added the ability to pray to one's God when you are in desperate situation (but at a cost)
    Adjusted Tattoos effects

Runeword

    Added the Runeword System - Obtain Runeword scrolls through dungeon exploration and activate them in the 4th shop with Runestones to experience tougher challenges that yield greater rewards
    Adjusted Endless and Abyss mode into Runewords - The former abyss mode and endless mode have now become part of the Runeword system

Monsters

    Added 2 new monsters - Gladiator and Mr.Devil

Items

    Added 7 new items - (1)Master Key (2)Blood Mask (3)Satanic Eyes (4)Metal Potion (5)Witch Staff (6)Black Dice (7)Skeleton Key

Devices

    Added a new device - the Deadfall trap

Ranking

    Added Local Ranking - compete with yourself or with friends
    Adjusted Global Ranking - now accessible only through the Steam Community

Misc

    Added new background music and achievements
    Minor adjustments to heroes’ initial stats
    Added the Continue feature - You can now quit an unfinished game and use the "Continue" feature to come back to it later

Be sure to restart your Steam client to get the latest update. The new legend awaits you!

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v1.2.24
   

God of Rock
    Effect of faith: Initial life +10, max life +1 upon picking up a heart of life.
    Sacrifice at the hall: initial stamina -2

    God of Devastation
    Effect of faith: +50% experience, +5 soul points cost to use an item and restore 1 mana upon using an item.

    God of Treasure
    Effect of faith: +1 gold when revealing a mist-tile and 20% more gold at game's end, but damage -3.
    Hero may find skill “Mercenary Assault” during the adventure.

    God of Vengeance
    Effect of faith: Restore 50% max life if all monster are killed, otherwise lose 50% current life and 20 soul points when entering a new dungeon.
    The third tattoo: Obtain an extra 20% dodge chance and 20% ATK when life drops below 30%.

    Hero Merlyn’s Passive: Restore 5+5% life upon using an item.

    Rewrite the Gladiator’s description.

    Other minor bug fixes.

Fix and Tweaks

    Fixed an issue where one would be able to use items while in the dungeon shop
    Fixed an issue that repeatedly click on a chest that might lead to UI freeze
    Fixed an issue that two-hand and off-hand weapons can be equipped simutanelously
    Fixed an issue that causes the bomb ticking sound fail to stop at the statistics panel
    Fixed an issue on the disappearance of the boss's replication
    Fixed an issue with some of the status display
    Fixed an issue with runestone forge
    Fixed an issue with UI caused by language switches
    Fixed an issue with some monsters' surffix effect

Fix and Tweaks

    Added language support for Japanese.
    Fixed a number of issues with unlocking achievement.
    Fixed an issue that tattooes from God of Rock will not heal the player.
    Fixed an issue of incorrect difficulty level appearance.
    Fixed a display issue with some buff.
    Fixed an issue where non-believers can still discover gods statues.
    Fixed an issue that result in the monster disappearance on some levels in endless mode.
    Optimized game saving upload mechanism with Steam Cloud.

Hero

    Enhanced hit rate for Azar


Skill

    Magic cost of skill "Immortal Fire" reduced to 4
    Magic cost of skill "Block" reduced to 3
    Magic cost for skill "Mist Exchange" reduced to 4
    Magic cost of skill "Polymorph" increased to 4
    Duration of skill "Shapeshift" increased to 4 moves
    Duration of skill "Terrorblade" increased to 4 moves
    Damage of skill "Multicast" inceased by 100%
    Damage of skill "Fireball" reduced by 50%
    Base damage of skill "Power Absorption" increased to 4


Misc

    Added language support for four languages
    Added triggers for various events
    More even drop distribution for scrolls
    Tweaks to a few monsters' attributes
    Optimization for game scene loading
    Fixed a bug that does not update Runeword scrolls
    Fixed a description error on the skill "Vampire Fury"

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v1.3.0

Greetings adventurers of the dungeon.

We are pleased to introduce 2 new heroes to Runestone Keeper and the language support for Russian today. May they bring you a new experience along your epic journey!

[Details]

Hero - Added 2 heroes
Balerio
Being half-human half-dragon saved Balerio’s life on many occasions. He has always been confused about the world that surrounds him, and the only thing his mother left him was a rare ruby; the only clue he now possesses on his existence.

Lilith
The warlock that summoned Lilith into this world was weak and was easily taken care of by the succubus. She is now thinking about either looking for a new, powerful master, or going back in the Netherworld. She finally found her purpose when she heard about the mysterious power hidden within the Runestone Dungeon.

Misc
Added language support for Russian
Various bug fixes

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v1.4.0

Introducing new heroes Morte and Dellamorey.

Mort from the graveyard and Dellamorey who works in the graveyard has now joined Runestone Keeper as the latest heroes, along with varies antiques and items digged from the graveyard!

[New items]
Bomb
Deals ATK equivalent damage to all monsters

Soul Lantern
+ (soul * 5) experience

Magiclust Worm
+ (magic * 10) life

Black Fire Blade
Deals memory loss to one monster and removes its skills

Strange box monster
Transforms two other items into soul

Goblin in bottle
Summons a goblin that virulently attacks another monster

Pocket watch
Kills one elite monster

Medusa's skull
Petrifies all monsters on the screen

Gravedigger's shovel
Digs a square

Forsaken Skull
Reduces 50% attack power of all monsters
[New skills]
Revenge
Undertakes next attack but returns double damage to the attacking monster

Piercing wind
Removes the shield of 1-5 random monsters on the screen

Prophet
Locates 1-5 monsters or traps on the map
Also an important hidden feature has been added to the game, now players will be able seek info on our next product in the game.

Various bug fixes.