20 Minutes Till Dawn — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Blessings & Curses - Coming to Beta Branch Soon | 2024-10-28 | New major update, "Blessings & Curses" is currently in closed beta testing. After a round of closed testing the update will be available for public beta testing soon. The main goal of this update is to offer more variety and replayability between different runs. Major Update Content New Blessings Mechanic New Curse upgrades Enemy overhaul Runes reworked Character upgrades reworked Overhaul of existing upgrades New Characters Blessings At certain early levels, players will be given a choice of 3 blessings to take. Blessings offer powerful and varied effects that range from powerful stat boosts to giving you a unique version of an upgrade. Bles |
| Get 10% of Pesticide Not Required! | 2024-03-18 | Owners of 20 Minutes Till Dawn can get the new horde survival roguelike "Pesticide Not Required" for an extra 10% in our new bundle! Pesticide Not Required combines cozy farming mechanics with the action of a horde survival roguelike for a unique gameplay experience. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39792/Frogs_in_the_Dawn/ |
| More Info About What's Coming in the Next Patch | 2024-03-14 | Hey everyone! The upcoming patch is very substantial and taking a while to finish so I just wanted to give another quick update on what is to come. New Characters Here's a small teaser for some of the upcoming new characters! New Ways to Power Up Your Runs I'm introducing some new systems that'll add more build variety to the game. A quick sneak peek: Major Upgrade Perk Overhaul I mentioned this in a previous post, but almost all upgrade trees are getting some perks reworked as well as a ton of new upgrade perks are being added. Here's the revolver with some of the new upgrades in action: Endless Mode Rework Some people were concerned from my |
| Next Patch Delayed / What I'm Working On | 2024-01-07 | Hi, everyone! In my a previous announcement, I mentioned that a new patch would be coming late in December. However, the upcoming patch ended being much more substantial than what I had initially planned, so it'll be a delayed. I wanted to share a quick update on what I'm working on. New Monsters, and Enemies Rebalancing New enemies are coming! Some existing enemies will be reworked as well. New Upgrade Perks and Major Rebalancing Some existing upgrades that don't do enough, like Blazing Speed, are getting reworked or replaced. New upgrades and synergies are getting introduced as well! Rerolls and other Quality of Life Improvements Rerolls wi |
| Switch Pre-Order, "Apocalypse Party" Crossover, and Other News! | 2023-12-15 | Hello, everyone! I've got some news to share: 1. Switch Pre-Order Now Available: I'm excited to announce that you can now pre-order "20 Minutes Till Dawn" on the Nintendo e-shop for Switch! The official release set for Dec 21st. Nintendo eShop （Pre-order for EU and other regions is expected to be available around Dec 18th)： US：https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/20-minutes-till-dawn-switch/ JP：https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000061071.html HK：https://ec.nintendo.com/HK/zh/titles/70010000061070 KR：https://store.nintendo.co.kr/70010000061069 2. Free Crossover DLC with Apocalypse Party: My friends that are developing "Apo |
| Get an Extra 10% Off on "Death Must Die"! | 2023-11-22 | Owners of 20 Minutes Till Dawn can get the new horde survival roguelike "Death Must Die" for an extra 10% in our new bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36089/Death_at_Dawn/ |
| Katana description bugfix | 2023-11-11 | -Fixed a typo on Katana's Fire Edge description. |
| Enjoy 35% Off During Bullet Heaven Fest NOW! | 2023-11-06 | Hi, everyone! 20 Minutes Till Dawn will be on a 35% discount during Bullet Heaven Fest. If you are interested in the bullet heaven genre or similar games, check out the event below! Follow and Wishlist my new name 20MTD: Emberpath: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2578510/20MTD_Emberpath/ Thank you very much for your continued support! |
| New Character: Katana! Also Announcing a NEW "20 Minutes Till Dawn" Game! | 2023-11-06 | NEW Character: Katana! Summon an army of swords that slice and dices across the battlefield! 20 Minutes Till Dawn: Emberpath I'm excited to share with you all what I've been working on in the past few months! 20MTD: Emberpath is a new game with brand new mechanics but in the same horde-survival roguelike genre. Featuring the original 20 Minutes Till Dawn cast as well as some new faces, discover new ways to build familiar characters. It would mean the world to me if you can check out and wishlist 20MTD: Emberpath: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2578510/20MTD_Emberpath/ |
| Get 10% off on Dawn of Zombies Bundle! | 2023-10-24 | Hello, everyone! 20 Minutes Till Dawn bundled up with FatalZone today. FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost! If you already own 20 Minutes Till Dawn, you can get FatalZone with 10% off in the bundle below: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36018/Dawn_of_Zombies/ Thank you for your support! Erabit |
| Get 10% off on a new Erabit game! | 2023-10-02 | The publisher of 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Erabit, has teamed up with a new game - Methods: The Canada Files! In this game, you play as a team of detectives, participating in a mysterious crime-solving competition. Each of your detectives possess a unique crime-solving method, ranging from the ability to analyze poisons by eating them, to the ability to hack into any computer. If you already own 20 Minutes Till Dawn, you can get Methods: The Canada Files with 10% off in the bundle below: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35397/Erabit_Bundle/ |
| 1.0.1 - Steam Deck Verified & Bugfixes | 2023-06-15 | 20 Minutes Till Dawn is now officially "Verified" for the Steam Deck! Fixed Holy Shield's invulnerability frames after breaking not triggering, causing players to instantly take damage right after the shield breaks. Fixed weapons sometime continuously firing, ignoring the need to reload. Fixed Assassin's effect from sometimes trigger on-death effects twice (including enemies dropping extra exp orbs) |
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn - 1.0 Released! | 2023-06-08 | After exactly 1 year in Early Access, "20 Minutes Till Dawn" is finally exiting Early Access. Thank you to everyone for playing my game! Thank you so much! -Flanne New Content Weapon Evolutions! All weapon in the game will have 3 unique variants that players will get to choose from once they reach level 20 in a run! New Weapons Cyclone Sword Perform a spin attack to cut through large swarms of monsters with this sword! Salvo Knives This knife tracks enemies as you run around. Throw a barrage of knives at every tracked enemies. Watering Gun This gun starts with a Spore Flower summon. Water your Spore Flower and it'll shoot out Spores like an a |
| Closed Beta for the Last Early Access Patch Has Started! | 2023-05-24 | Thanks for patiently waiting for 20 Minutes Till Dawn to be updated! A closed beta test has started for the final patch before 20 Minutes Till Dawn launches out of Early Access. To access the closed beta, join the official 20 Minutes Till Dawn Discord for more information. Preview of the New Stuff! Weapon Evolutions Each weapon in the game has been given a set of unique evolutions that powers them up and change how they play! You can choose one of them once you reach level 20 in a run. New Weapons The new Cyclone Sword does a powerful spin-to-win attack during its "reload". There's More to Come! The final patch isn't done yet, and more stuff |
| V0.9.1 - Small Bugfixes | 2022-12-22 | Fixed Holy Arts having the incorrect description. Fixed Eye of the Storm having no description. Dodge should now be properly capped to a max of 70% chance (Will add a description for this in the future). |
| V0.9.0 - New Character Dasher + Summoning Rework | 2022-12-21 | New Character: Dasher! Transform into a deer and stomp through hordes of enemies! Summoning Rework New summoning perks have been added, and old summoning perks have been changed to, hopefully, provide greater build variability. Ghost Friend Ghost Friend’s attacks now are much faster and can trigger on-hit effects, making it a valuable companion for Burn/Freeze/Lightning builds . (Yes, I know it was bugged for a few patches and triggered on-hit effects anyways, but now the bug is a feature!) Magic Scythe Magic Daggers were removed, and now the whole upgrade tree is focused on powering up the Magic Scythe! Its damage increases based on your bul |
| V0.8.5 - New Upgrade Perks - Aero Magic and Dodge! | 2022-11-12 | Aero Magic Become master of the wind with Aero magic! Shoot out gales to tear monster apart! Dodge Dodge enemy attacks with the Evasive upgrade perks. These new perks give players more defensive options to help survive until dawn! Other Changes Getting ping-ponged around by enemies when players got hit was a frustrating experience. So now, getting hit by enemies will no longer knock the player around. Instead, enemies are knocked away. Bullet bounce was causing bullets to go back towards the player and was often obscuring the player sprite. So bounce has been changed to ricochet towards the nearest enemy, reducing the chance that the player s |
| V0.8.4 Bugfixes + New Bundle with Discount! | 2022-11-02 | Bug Fixes 1.Enemy projectiles changed to disappear after hitting player instead of continuously pushing players around. 2.Enemies now stop movement instantly when frozen to prevent them from 'gliding' and hitting players. 3.Fixed Grenade Launcher's explosions not triggering some on-hit effects. 4.Fixed players being knocked out of bounds on the Pumpkin Patch map. 5.Fixed Raven's Flock of Crows' damage buff not applying to both crows. 6.Fixed enemy outline setting not working when set from the main menu. Bundle 20 Minutes till Dawn X Spellbook Demoslayers Bunlde is NOW live on Steam. An additional 10% discount will be available for a limited t |
| V0.8.3 - Pumpkin Patch + New Character | 2022-10-25 | New Map: Pumpkin Patch Fight spooky monsters in this Halloween-themed map! New Character: Raven Survive the Pumpkin Patch map to unlock Raven. Summon Crows that inflict curses on enemies. Join Discord to give me feedback You can report bugs here: https://20minutestilldawn.youtrack.cloud/issues I hope you guys continue to support&enjoy 20 Minutes Till Dawn! Happy Halloween! |
| V0.8.2 - Visual Update | 2022-10-10 | Monster Animations Most monsters are now animated! Enemy Outlines Players can now have the option to turn on outlines on enemies for better visibility. Other Changes Temple now only unlocks after clearing 20 minutes mode once. Reduced the amount of ranged enemies in the last 4 minutes of Temple. Fixes Fixed Glare not always hitting every enemy in range. Fixed Sight Magic not working. Join Discord to give me feedback You can report bugs here: https://20minutestilldawn.youtrack.cloud/issues |