Mysterious Castle

July 11, 2024

* Angel enemies and epic characters are now more powerful. * Demon enemies are now slightly more powerful. * More enemies are generated in very high level dungeons. * Increased the size of the necromancers party by 50%! * Rebalanced `banish` spell: - It cost more to prepare. - It has a lower chance to banish enemies. - It deals more damage to enemies that resist banishment. * Added "out of bow range" message when enemy is too far to shoot. * You can now use help mode to see epic characters racial modifiers. * Tapping on an item name when in help mode now brings up item info. * Fixed a bug when moving equipped offhand items broke your inventory. * Fixed a bug where if you 'put' an item in your inventory it would disappear. * Fixed a bug where a corpse over a secret door would prevent selecting either, and block 5 foot steps. * Fixed a bug where you couldn't dismiss the map view unless tapping on specific areas. * Fixed iOS tap coordinates bug for multiple iPad and iPhone models. * Fixed resolution for iPad Mini 6th gen.

June 27, 2024

* Added epic characters vampyr, demon, and angel for solo or duo runs. * Trees hiding entrances to caves and groves can now be spotted. * Elves and half-elves now get a bonus to spot. * Fruit trees and bushes now visibly show whether they have fruit. * Added scrolls of escape, to warp you away from battles. * Made action point meters disappear for party members who are not the current actor. * Upgraded status animation to be smoother and less obstructing. * You can now cancel a non-combat move by tapping anywhere. * Optimized path dragging to prevent slowdown. * Fixed super low resolution on newest iPhones. * Fixed bug where party leader could sneak in heavy armor. * Removed buggy `dismiss` action.

March 19, 2024

Huge update with too many changes to list: - Play in your browser at mysterious-castle.com - Tactically rich, open dungeons - Hugely expanded list of spells, abilities, and items - Many UI improvements and bug fixes

October 14, 2019

* Big version bump to commemorate years of refactoring and work. * Support for latest iPhones, including X, XS, XR, 11, 11 Pro. * New saving/loading system, always tracks game progress. * New touch input system for more intuitive control. * New help system lets you inspect any monster, item, or menu option for information. * Totally new world generation, featuring: - Underground multi-level dungeons - Underground hell level - Vaults - Streams * Dungeons now have double doors, opening up tactical possibilities. * New sounds, including: - Ambient streams, shore waves - Footsteps * New spells "Chain bolt" and "Fireball". * New combat action "Charge" * "Block" is now a partial action. * New movement options to "Tap", "Tap twice", and "Tap twice in combat". * . New "Warp Stones" in the forest for fast travel. * Many more improvements, enhancements, and bug-fixes...

February 3, 2015

* Support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 5 screen formats. * Support for older devices improved, fewer save/load crashes. * Increased resolution on iPads for larger view of game world. * Menus and buttons now have normal button semantics. * Centered action buttons in action bar. * Added inventory and spellbook actions to action bar, as well as dismiss buttons in these panes. * Fixed solo mode. Now you can make tactical arrangements easily. * Increased stoic and rage values. * You can now pan and zoom the camera while long actions are taking place. * Improvements to touch targeting. * Lots of behind the scenes bug fixes.

April 18, 2013

FINALLY! Pinch zoom support! Now you can accurately touch any object, even on an iPhone screen. Also added a ton of cool world features like winding rivers with fords, monolith gardens, cemeteries, and more!

March 17, 2013

WARNING! Old game files are incompatible! Your current game progress will be deleted. Mysterious Castle finally goes universal in 1.10! Explore the forest in glorious 640x480 VGA resolution on your iPad! The list of changes is too big to mention here, so go to www.mysteriouscastle.com for the latest!

March 9, 2012

Mysterious Castle 1.9 brings new creatures, a better interface, and awesome dungeon interiors. Explore hand-crafted, yet randomly assembled dungeons, complete with furnishings, fireplaces and items. In order to avoid crashes please free as much memory as possible by closing unused apps.

December 8, 2011

***WARNING*** Saved games from previous versions are incompatible with 1.8. You might like to finish any ongoing adventures before downloading this update. Mysterious Castle 1.8 is a huge improvement over 1.6 and brings many changes and enhancements. Some of the more notable include much better battery usage and lower heat generation, a whole new world generation algorithm that makes more mazelike forests, tons of new monsters, items and abilities, and many interface improvements and bugfixes. Visit www.mysteriouscastle.com to find the latest news, documentation, and desktop versions.

September 29, 2011

Much more efficient memory usage should eliminate crashes at load time and improve overall performance. Also includes enhanced combat round management, new creatures including ancient vampires and ghosts, and a simple help screen.