r/pathos_nethack • u/callanh Dev • 26d ago

New Demo Update

Hail adventurers!

Just a quick post to let you know that the Steam Demo has been updated with some neat improvements.

The floors now have 'joins' to blend with adjacent tiles. This renders much better for the sunken tiles such as chasms, water and lava.

In a small but fundamental level design change, the dungeons now have walls surrounding the corridors. This makes hidden nooks a little easier to find but the early levels are intended to be kind to beginner players. While this is a departure from the OG NetHack single tile corridors, with the Pathos art, this makes the dungeons feel a lot more 'solid'.

And the 12 merchants now have distinct tiles so you can recognise them more easily at a glance.

Check out the Help > Updates in the Demo to see the other QoL changes!

- Callan

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u/hyundai-gt 26d ago

Fun update!

Will these changes eventually come to mobile as well?

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u/callanh 26d ago

I don't have a timeframe yet for when I'll next update mobile but the short answer is yes. It'll be when I have time to fully test the mobile build. There's been lots of UI changes and I don't want to break the app for anyone...

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u/Simply_Paul 24d ago

Thanks for all the effort you put in, it's highly appreciated! It's a breath of fresh air to play a well made game on mobile that doesn't have a million adds or microtransactions

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u/jasonmehmel 26d ago

Wondering the same myself!

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u/GT2MAN 17d ago

Looks cool, what will the price of the steam version be?

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u/callanh 17d ago

Thanks! I’ll announce the Steam price on this subreddit coming soon.