Shattered Pixel

I'm working on some tech improvements to ShatteredPD for the next patch, including a brightness slider that actually does something! It will now amp up(or down) brightness/contrast across the entire game. Here's how that looks going from -2 to +2: #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

It's our *last* day of Roguelike Celebration 2026 and we're now live with a whole set of amazing talks coming up shortly! Please get a free / pay-what-you're able ticket at ti.to/roguelike-celebration/roguelike-celebration-2026 and join us in our custom event space!

Roguelike Celebration 2026 is now happening! Please pick up a pay-what-you're-able ticket at ti.to/roguelike-celebration/roguelike-celebration-2026 and join us in our custom event space for the first of two days of many fun and interesting talks!

I've been helping out with this year's Roguelike Celebration, which is this weekend! It's a community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, so check it out if you're interested! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.2 is now releasing! Just a quick followup bugfix patch this time. In particular v4.0.2 fixes a nasty bug added in v4.0.1 that caused crystal weapons to degrade MUCH faster than intended. #gamedev #roguelike

Our full schedule is up, and what an amazing one it is! roguelike.club/event2026.html Our delightful alternate-sports themed MUD will be open for you to watch all of this goodness live on October 17-18!

After a bit too long of a wait, Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.1 has released! This patch is aimed at smaller changes to improve on v4.0, but there are pretty big changes to the new crystal enchantment and unseen enemies in the vault quest: #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Secretly cursing @katkruger.bsky.social for telling me about Shattered Pixel Dungeon shatteredpixel.com. 😂 I forgive her, tho, because I found out she's one of the writers for BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL (3rd ed) boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35... - one of my favourite co-operative board games!

We are live now!! Grab a ticket and join us. ti.to/roguelike-ce...

Hey Dungeoneers, ShatteredPD v4.0.0 has been released! v4.0.0 is arguably Shattered's biggest update yet! There's a massive new quest, a bunch of new in-game art, 6 new enchantments, and plenty smaller changes and adjustments. shatteredpixel.com/blog/shatter... #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart

Excited to see y'all in our freshly painted MUD space with preview event speakers @martinpi.bsky.social, @matronboy.bsky.social, and Greg L. who made this lovely little ad as part of a coding demo for his talk! September 13, 2026, 2PM PDT | 21:00 UTC www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

The Roguelike Celebration Preview Event is coming soon to an internet near you! Join us on September 14th for these exciting talks explore our exciting custom-built multiplayer game/chat space, and see cool talks! Get your free ticket here: ti.to/roguelike-ce...

Coming Soon to Shattered: The Vault Quest! After far too long of a wait, v4.0.0 is finally ready for beta! This update ended up ballooning in size from just adding a new quest, I'd say it's arguably Shattered's biggest update yet! shatteredpixel.com/blog/coming-... #gamedev #roguelike

Hey folks, the beta for Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0 should be ready tomorrow or Saturday! Here's one final teaser, if you're able to get to the end of the vault, expect an assortment of upgraded loot! You can only take one thing back though, choose wisely! #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is 12 years old as of today! Polish on the next update is coming along well, expect the beta before August 15th! Here's one more upcoming vault treasure room with some pretty rapid fire traps. You'll need some item to get past them unscathed. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart

Status Update: v4.0 Beta Soon! v4.0 is extremely close to being beta-ready, but to ensure that it's not rushed (and also for the sake of my stress levels) I'm going to be moving that beta ETA back a little bit to the first half of August. shatteredpixel.com/blog/status-... #gamedev #roguelike

Work continues on Shattered Pixel Dungeon's next quest! I'm working on the final boss currently: the Greater Elemental can swap forms, each one has weaknesses and attacks! Here's probably the simplest attack, a wave of fire with a convenient gap: #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

I'll have more new content to show off next weekend, but here's a QOL change coming in Shattered Pixel Dungeon's next update. Instead of fading, danger indicators will now persist until the thing they are warning you about actually happens! #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Shattered Pixel Dungeon's upcoming quest has an important room with a strange mirror. You can't take items when into the vault, so wouldn't it be nice if there was a way for the heroes to regain their signature items... (visuals are a WIP) #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

It's crazy how long every little aspect of game development takes. You're like, "Oh, I'll just fix this little thing," so you work on it for around 30 minutes then look at the clock and realize that actually 3 hours has gone by.

With a bunch of new pixel art coming in the next ShatteredPD update, I've decided to update the changes scene to use historically accurate visuals, and I've also added change notes from the original Pixel Dungeon! Current on left and new on right: #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

I'm still working away at Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0, for now here's another easy treasure room appearing in the upcoming quest! You'll need to make use of that pillar to avoid getting caught by the scanning sentry on the way to the treasure. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Coming Soon to Shattered: New Enchants and Pixel Art! v4.0 has ended up being a much bigger update than expected! I'm going to share a quick update on the vault quest, then go over some very exciting things also coming in v4.0. shatteredpixel.com/blog/coming-... #gamedev #roguelike

Expect a status update blog post about Shattered Pixel Dungeon later this coming week. In the meantime though, here's another new larger room coming in the vault quest! It's a long hallway with a patrolling enemy and alcoves to duck out of sight. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Expect a blog post about progress toward Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0 the next week or so, but first here's a little teaser. A bunch of improvements are coming to environment visuals, including to the upcoming vault quest before it even releases! #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

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Here's two more new/returning enchantments coming in the next Shattered Pixel Dungeon update! Eldritch has a chance to fear visible enemies other than your target. Crystal ALWAYS deals +25% magic damage but will crack and break if used too heavily. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

The Call for Proposals for Roguelike Celebration 2026 is OPEN! We're looking for speakers to deliver cool talks about procedural content, roguelike game design, generative art, and more! Roguelike Celebration is a virtual conference, no physical attendance required. Check it out and tell a friend!

I'm also planning to add four new weapon enchantments and two new weapon curses in the next update to Shattered Pixel Dungeon! Here's two: venemous can stack up a lot of DOT but on a delay, and vorpal can replace regular damage with a bleed effect. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Here's a QOL life tweak that's coming in the next ShatteredPD update. Health bars will indicate the amount of incoming DOT by partly darkening. There are some other additions that will benefit from the player seeing total DOT at a glance. #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

I want enemy designs in ShatteredPD's upcoming quest to be based in the existing dungeon regions, which gives me a chance to bring back and old enemy that was removed just about 6 years ago, the inexplicably bearded dwarven skeleton! #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

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I see what you did there @shatteredpixel.com

Here's a room for ShatteredPD's upcoming quest that I didn't share in the recent blog. The waves of lasers can be dodged with good movement, but a harder variant of the room could turn the beam speed up and require a consumable to get past. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Hey Rat Punchers! I've just released one tiny final patch for Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3, mainly just a little internal cleanup and fixes for a couple minor bugs. I'll hopefully be starting up on sharing more incremental updates about the next major update here soon! #gamedev #indiedev

Hey folks! I've been busy with expanding the tester area for Shattered Pixel Dungeon's new quest in patches to v3.3. In this blog post I'm going over all of the things I've added, and how I think they're going to fit together into a new quest! shatteredpixel.com/blog/coming-... #gamedev #indiedev

Hey folks, I'm just now releasing Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3.6! There are now a variety of implemented hazards in the new quest tester area, although they aren't currently harmful and I still need to work on more rooms types for them to appear in. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

I've just patched Shattered Pixel Dungeon to v3.3.5! In addition to some smaller misc. changes, some enemies have been added to the tester area for the upcoming quest! They mainly exist to test out new enemy AI logic that's meant to better facilitate stealth gameplay. #gamedev #indiedev

The upcoming quest in Shattered Pixel Dungeon involves a more stealth than normal, and so enemy AI needs some tweaks to accommodate that. 'Investigating' is a new AI state that gives you just a little more time to duck away behind a corner or door. #gamedev #indiedev

Hey folks, I've just released Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3.4! It's another small patch as I continue to make incremental improvements to the tester area for the new quest, plus fix a few bugs and make a few small other changes. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

✨Shattered Pixel Dungeon in 2026✨ Hey Rat Punchers, Happy New Year! This post starts with a year in review, and then lists the major changes and additions that I have planned for Shattered Pixel Dungeon in 2026 and beyond! Read the full blog post here: shatteredpixel.com/blog/shatter...

Happy New Year Everyone, Shattered Pixel Dungeon has been patched to v3.3.2! I've made some progress over the holidays on the new quest tester area. It's now entirely generated by the game's levelgen system, whereas the previous iteration was mostly hardcoded. #gamedev #indiedev

Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered Pixel Dungeon has been patched to v3.3.1! Nothing really exciting to note with this patch, it's just some bugfixes to various reports I've received since v3.3.0 launched about a week ago. #gamedev #indiedev

Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3.0 has been released! v3.3 includes a tester area for the upcoming overhaul to the city quest, new items, and a bunch of smaller tweaks and improvements. shatteredpixel.com/blog/shatter...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3 is in beta right now, and it includes the game's first new artifact in a very long time! The Skeleton Key can be used to open almost any lock, lock doors that weren't previously locked, and create temporary magical walls! #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

Hey Dungeoneers, it’s been a couple of months since the last patch for v3.2, so it’s time to an update! shatteredpixel.com/blog/coming-...

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? #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

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! #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

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... #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

Sorry for being so quiet over the last month! The new quest is sadly still a little ways off, but Shattered v3.3 should be ready in a couple of weeks with a 'tester area' for the new quest, plus some smaller additions and fixes. Expect more posts about it in the coming weeks! #gamedev #indiedev