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Shattered Pixel
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Solo indie game dev, currently working on Shattered Pixel Dungeon!
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3 is very close to beta, but for now here's a new trinket! The cracked spyglass adds more items to a level, but they're pretty hard to see! There are at least 2 items in each scene in the GIF below, can you spot them all?

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November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It's been a common request, so starting in Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3 you'll have an option to pick a randomized hero, challenges (you choose how many), talents, subclass, and armor ability! There's even a new badge for winning a purely random run!

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An image showing the new badge earnable for winning a randomized run. With the title: "Randomized Victory!" and the text: "Obtain the Amulet of Yendor with a randomized hero, talent upgrades, subclass, and armor ability."
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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In Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3 the Ambitious Imp will spawn in his own dedicated room with a large pit leading to a dwarven vault. The vault is magically sealed, but that won't completely stop you from being able to teleport in...

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November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered Pixel Dungeon has been patched to v3.2.4! This is hopefully the last patch with major technical improvements following v3.2, but it's a doozy. It includes mobile layout improvements and a new title screen background!

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An image of Shattered Pixel Dungeon's new title screen
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The last Shattered Pixel Dungeon update included a little green bow icon for when the Ferret Tuft was the reason an attack missed. I'm now extending that system to all accuracy and evasion effects! This should make their impact much more visible.

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July 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon will feature an overhaul to thrown weapons! They will now work in sets of three, which can be upgraded as a unit. This means lots of weapon properties will apply to them, including enchantments!

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July 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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There's going to be one more new thing in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update: new splash art for the Warrior! As usual the art is by @azsumak.bsky.social. Unfortunately things are also a little delayed, so expect another beta patch soon and a release in very early June.

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A pixel-blurred image teasing the Warrior's new splash art
May 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.1 is going to be ready for beta this coming week hopefully! The update will include two new rare enemies, one of which is the gnoll exile. Exiles won't pick a fight with you, but maybe you'll want to anyway for extra loot.

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A screenshot showing the Cleric hero approaching a gnoll exile. The exile looks similar to a regular gnoll scout, but wields a spear and has grey fur.
May 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update will have a new trinket! The Ferret Tuft universally boosts evasion, but there are lots of ways to counter enemy evasion, go for those surprise attacks! It's a little reference to a favorite ferret. 🍋‍🟩

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An image showing the item info window for the new Ferret Tuft item. It reads: "Ferret Tuft +3: A tuft of silky white ferret fur, held together by a lime green ribbon tied into a bow. Ferrets are known for their agility, mischievousness, and lack of integrity. Some of that power seems to radiate from the trinket, enhancing the evasion of anything nearby. At its current level this trinket will increase the evasion of all characters by 60%."
May 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Here's another smaller change coming in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update. Each region is getting room changes and a new object to enhance variety. The sewers is getting storage barrels, which you can see here with some very unfinished visuals.

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A screenshot showing the sewer region. In the top-right of the room there is a row of storage barrels. The barrels are using placeholder visuals, they are notably lower detail than the other dungeon elements.
April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update has variety of smaller changes, including four new badges to earn! Each is a specific challenge, ranging from using the environment to defeat enemies, to surviving the ascent without killing any enemies.

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an image showing the four new badge being added in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update. The first one is golden (medium difficulty), then one is platinum (high difficulty), and the last two are diamond (extreme difficulty).]
April 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon will make some pretty big changes to the Warrior. His current shielding over time benefit is passive and hard to notice, so I'm changing it to grant him a bunch of shielding up-front, with a cooldown.

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April 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Just yesterday I released another beta round for Shattered Pixel Dungeon that added the Cleric's 2nd lategame armor ability! Trinity is a supremely flexible ability that lets you access the effects of equipment you've found previously in your run.

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An interface screenshot of the player choosing one of trinity's effects. There are several buttons showing the enchantments and glyphs they has previously encountered. An interface screenshot showing Trinity being used with three different effects imbued into it. There are three large buttons with icons and text that let the player choose which of the three effects to apply.
February 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Here's a look at Shattered Pixel Dungeon's new title graphic that I just added to the beta a couple days ago! Just like the splash arts, this title is made by @azsumzaek.bsky.social . There's still a 3 line version for portrait users too.

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February 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Hey Folks, I've just released another beta which adds the Cleric's Paladin subclass!

This is a big step toward release, and I'm hoping to get the Cleric content-complete in about another two weeks.

Here's a little GIF of one of their spells: Wall of Light

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January 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Hey folks, apologies for the delay, but the Paladin subclass for Shattered Pixel Dungeon's upcoming Cleric hero is almost ready to release to beta! In addition to the four new spells below, they also get empowered versions of holy weapon and holy ward!

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An interface screenshot showing a brief description of each of the Paladins four spells: "Smite: The Paladin infuses a melee strike with righteous destructive power." "Lay on Hands: The Paladin channels holy energy through their hands, healing or protecting whatever they touch." "Aura of Protection: The Paladin begins radiating protective energy for 20 turns." "Wall of Light: The Paladin creates a wall of solid light directly in front of themselves that's 1 tile thick, 7 tiles wide, and lasts for 20 turns."
January 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Expect an early beta for Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.0.0 tomorrow, just in time for the holidays! The beta will include the new Cleric hero, with a fully implemented base class, 1/2 subclasses, and 1/3 lategame armor abilities. Here's a look at the Cleric's full splash art!
Full detail splash art for the Cleric hero.
December 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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A bless spell is a fantasy Cleric stable, so of course Shattered Pixel Dungeon's upcoming Cleric hero needs one. Bless increases accuracy and evasion, making it useful for the Cleric to use on themselves, but on allies it offers a longer buff and healing!

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December 14, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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Time for another spell teaser for Shattered Pixel Dungeon's upcoming Cleric hero! Recall Glyph expends holy tome charges to recreate the most recently used scroll or runestone. This is a really flexible spell, with almost 40 different items you can duplicate.

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December 7, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Happy 12th birthday to the original Pixel Dungeon, which Shattered Pixel Dungeon is based on! Unfortunately it's a bit hard to find the original Android versions these days, but if you're okay with APK downloads, you can find an archive of old versions here: github.com/00-Evan/pixe...
The banner graphic for Pixel Dungeon
December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Here's another Cleric spell, first shared in this week's blog post. Sunray deals a bit more damage than guiding light and blinds the target for a few turns. Casting the spell twice in a row will upgrade the blind to a stun, but only once per enemy.

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November 30, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Expect a blog post early next week with a bunch more info on Shattered Pixel Dungeons's upcoming hero! In the meantime, here are two more Cleric spells: Holy Weapon and Holy Ward. These grant temporary weapon and armor boosts, perfect for drawn out fights.

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November 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon's upcoming Cleric hero has a variety of spells, the first is a simple supportive ranged option: Guiding Light. It does some damage and 'illuminates' the target, guaranteeing that the next physical attack made against them will hit.

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November 16, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Here's how Shattered Pixel Dungeon's mobile hero select screen will look with the upcoming Cleric added to it. Some visuals are still a WIP, but all the important bits are in place. I'll be sharing more info about some of the Cleric's abilities soon!

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A screenshot from Shattered Pixel Dungeon showing the hero select screen and the Cleric selected. On the left the screen is shown with no info window open, on the right the hero info window is open, showing various information relating to the new hero. Most notably: "The Cleric starts with a unique holy tome, which they can use to cast various spells. Most of the Cleric's talents are focused around learning or upgrading spells."
November 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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In a way the Cleric is the first hero to appear in the original Pixel Dungeon, back in 2012! For about 6 days PD had a hero design that ended up getting scrapped. This was my earliest inspiration for the Cleric, although the design has changed since then.

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A screenshot from the original Pixel Dungeon circa 2012. Several graphical elements are outdated compared to the current version of Pixel Dungeon, and compared to Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Most notably, the hero sprite is completely different in this screenshot, using a design that was scrapped shortly after.
November 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM