DR4X

Devlog

• "Bug" Fixing
  January 04, 2024 by Untrustedlife

  Alright, here's an update on my progress so far today (I took off from my "real" job today, just like yesterday). The changes might seem small, but they're significant enough to merit sharing. I've go... Continue reading

  
• I'm Back! Small Update
  January 02, 2024 by Untrustedlife

  Hey folks i'm back from my vacation! Happy new years! I made some updates based on feedback from this video! Thanks for checking it out BTW Changes: -Select ranger popup on tutorial now also explains... Continue reading

  
• A reminder that if you buy DR4X here you also get a steam key for free.
  January 01, 2024 by Untrustedlife

  What it says on the tin. If you buy DR4X here you also get a steam key for free... Continue reading
• Art updates n stuff. DR4X Changelog #83 12/22/2023
  December 23, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hi everyone! Surprise! I chose to create a full changelog. It mostly just includes all the updates from the recent smaller changelogs, which you might not have seen (unless you were really really inte... Continue reading

  
• Minor Updates and Sale!
  December 21, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys! Only a couple days left until I leave for my week and a half long vacation. Been spending the last few days wrpping gifts getting Bella all set up with a dog sitter (My mom, and little siste... Continue reading

  
• Graphics Updates For Comprehensibility (Minor update)
  December 18, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey folks! So I went in and touched up a bunch of the 3d models. SInce i've gotten better at blender to distinguish them better from above and to make them more interesting to look at, also added a ne... Continue reading

  
• You are (Probably) missing the coolest part of DR4X. (Also Changelog)
  December 09, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  #dr4x, #devlog, #game, #indie, #changelog

  You Might Be Missing the Best Part of DR4X! Hey there folks! Did you know there's a 99.6% chance you haven't seen either a good or bad ending of the DR4X campaign? That's crazy, right? What's more, a... Continue reading

  
• Baa. DR4X Changelog #81 11/24/2023
  November 25, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys. This update is pretty big from a gameplay and future perspective. So hang right. Final bit is stuff that was in the minor changelog a few weeks ago, I also updated the store page! Let me kno... Continue reading

  
• Someone got the bad ending... DR4X Changelog #80 11/05/2023
  November 06, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey folks! Guess what just happened in the world of DR4X? Someone actually went and got the bad ending! That's a first AFAIK, and it's pretty awesome, So, I chatted with the player that pulled this of... Continue reading
• The DR4X soundtrack is now out on Spotify and Youtube!
  October 31, 2023 by Untrustedlife#soundtrack, #gamedev, #indiedev, #indiegame, #ost, #dr4x

  Hey folks! I've got a quick update to share with you all! I'm thrilled to announce that "DR4X: The Original Soundtrack, Volume 1" is now available for streaming on both Spotify and YouTube! https://di... Continue reading

  
• Science Trolls. DR4X Changelog #79 10/22/2023
  October 25, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  (Yeah I know its not the 22nd, i just forgot to post this here at the time, i posted it everywhere else, sorry /:) Hey folks! Its been a couple weeks. And I have something! So, I will be adding a new... Continue reading

  
• Status Report 10/3/2023
  October 07, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Forgot to post this here, I posted thi son my steam page a few days ago! Hey guys! UL here, you will notice i didn't do my usual changelog this last weekend. Here is why and here is why i also wont ha... Continue reading
• Unity Pricing Changes And Their Impact on DR4X. DR4X Changelog #78 09/17/2023
  September 17, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys whats up! So some big stuff happened in the last week or so eh? I received 2 additional positive reviews that offered actual constructive criticism and feedback (I appreciate it, folks! Hopin... Continue reading

  
• Steam Strategy Fest Post Mortem
  September 04, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Get a drink, because this is gonna be a long one. Hey guys! Its Me (The dev of DR4X, Michael Hamm, AKA Untrustedlife) I have been developing DR4X since mid 2020, and it has been a passion project sinc... Continue reading

  
• Bailen Reacts. DR4X Changelog #77 09/02/2023
  September 03, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys, I have an unexpected extra changelog for you this week! You might notice that I didn't label it as "#78" even though I did a major update last weekend. That's because major updates are somew... Continue reading

  
• The 'A8B9C0' Update
  August 26, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hee. Hee. Hee, Surprise! We unexpectedly postponed our "going to family reunion" thing to tomorrow, so I managed to complete this update tonight! This update brings a plethora of new features. It's im... Continue reading

  
• DR4X VN WHEN? DR4X Changelog #76 08/06/2023
  August 07, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! Things have somewhat calmed down. But Bella still has some separation anxiety from being rehomed, so she doesn't really let me program sometimes. That, and I'm still trying to get used to my... Continue reading

  
• Progress Amidst Pups and Push-ups: DR4X Devlog 7/30/2023
  July 31, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey folks! There won't be a standard changelog this week. The features I had planned for this cycle weren't finished due to a lack of art assets and a reduction in my usual working hours. Firstly, I h... Continue reading

  
• The Lore Axe. DR4X Changelog #75 07/16/2023
  July 17, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hello everyone! My birthday was on the 11th - it was a great day! Not only did I manage to celebrate well, but I also accomplished a lot in the past few weeks on the game. I'm not sure how or why my m... Continue reading

  
• Dark Realms Codex. DR4X Changelog #74 07/01/2023
  July 01, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Greetings, folks! I have several exciting updates to share today. Firstly, i'm excited AF to announce that the original soundtrack for DR4X is set to release in a few weeks. You can wishlist it now at... Continue reading

  
• Optimizations. DR4X Changelog #73 06/09/2023
  June 10, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey there, folks! Got a bit of an unusual timing for a changelog, you ask? Well, the thing is, I'm all set to visit my folks in Arkansas for the next week or so, and believe it or not, I'm the kind wh... Continue reading

  
• Tycoon. DR4X Changelog #72 05/29/2023
  May 30, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys, I have a new release here with a bunch of new updates and improvements to the game. Thank you all for your continued support, and I hope you enjoy playing this new version. The plumbing saga... Continue reading

  
• Map Generation Hotfix (+Some More Stuff)
  May 10, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  It seems that I accidentally introduced a bug affecting non-Pangea maps when I implemented the new Pangea maps feature that made them entirely snowy mountains. This issue has now been resolved. Additi... Continue reading

  
• Empowering Your Towers. DR4X Changelog #71 04/30/2023
  April 30, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys, I have a new release here with a bunch of new updates and improvements to the game. Thank you all for your continued support, and I hope you enjoy playing this new version. One of the neates... Continue reading

  
• Polish & Progress. DR4X Changelog #70 04/02/2023
  April 11, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys. Whats up. Thanks for all the buys in the last week or so. Thats awesome. This week Is mostly polish stuff. Grim is back on his feet and did some art this week! Gameplay and UI -Added a thank... Continue reading

  
• "4B1E1E" Major update! DR4X Changelog #68 03/04/2023
  March 04, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey folks! It's been over a month since my last "proper" changelog, but fear not, i'm back with a bang! Introducing the "4B1E1E" update, which, for extremely totally completely entirely obvious reason... Continue reading

  
• Fixing newb traps! DR4X Changelog #67 1/22/2023
  January 23, 2023 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys! Loads of useful changes this time around! This is one of those rare dev cycles where I actually managed to get most of what i wanted done done! Mostly in the area of UI, Balance, and removin... Continue reading

  
• Map Modes! DR4X Changelog #66 1/08/2023
  January 09, 2023 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! Loads of useful changes this time around! Most notably! Map modes! And other UI updates like i've been doing. Gameplay and UI -There are now two map modes "normal" and "resource". Resources... Continue reading

  
• Nothing Big DR4X Changelog #64 12/10/2022
  December 11, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! So ive been sick for about the last two and a half weeks, only recovering by yesterday really. So I havent been able to get much game dev done this cycle. I still dont feel 100% more like 95... Continue reading

  
• Dialogue DR4X Changelog #63 11/27/2022
  November 27, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! Sorry for the late devlog this time! I accidentally got a cold. So yesterday I was resting. Still not feeling great, stuffy and a sore throat. But things must go on. Not so weekly Changelog... Continue reading

  
• Optimizations DR4X Changelog #62 11/12/2022
  November 13, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  It is 8pm on a saturday and i'm drinking a glass of super alcoholic punch. So that means, new dr4x changelog! Not so weekly Changelog number 62 So as usual this is just kinda a summary of all the chan... Continue reading

  
• Spooky Changes DR4X Changelog #61 10/29/2022
  October 29, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Happy (early) Halloween! Not so weekly Changelog number 61 So this week I worked on fleshing out some more esoteric parts of the game. But I also added some useful new features. I decided to focus on... Continue reading

  
• QOL&Necromancy DR4X Changelog #60 10/16/2022
  October 17, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Not so weekly Changelog number 60 This week I went hard into QOL updates So as usual this is just kinda a summary of all the changes from the past couple weeks ignoring some simpler changes. Anyway le... Continue reading

  
• Smoother Transitions DR4X Changelog #59 10/02/2022
  October 02, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Not so weekly Changelogs number whatever the heck. Some polish stuff this time. Most notably the main menu has loading screens instead of just freezing while loading, so that should help. So as usual... Continue reading

  
• Liminal Update DR4X Changelog #58 9/16/2022
  September 17, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Added some cool new stuff in the last couple weeks, this changelog includes all changes in the "mini logs" on gamejolt and all other changes made in the last two weeks. Anyway letsa go... Gameplay and... Continue reading

  
• The Void. DR4X Changelog #57: 9/02/2022
  September 03, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! This is teh first of the not-weekly changelogs! Anyway letsa go... Gameplay and UI -Added a new goal for repairing the capital if you are a kingdom in a setting with any kind of ruined capit... Continue reading

  
• A devlog from the heart on the future of my passion project. 8/26/2022
  August 25, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Intro Hey guys! Its Untrustedlife here. This week has been very busy, and very stressful. So I had nearly no time to work on the game this week. I think I just need a bit of a vacation this week. Ther... Continue reading
• No changelog this week. See you next week.
  August 25, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  This week has been busy, and stressful, i just had no time to work on the game this week, so no changelog... Continue reading
• ■[NODEOSERROR]■. DR4X Weekly Changelog #56: 8/19/2022
  August 20, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  This week i actually was more focused on getting all my games onto gamejolt and making the game pages on there than working on the game. And the stuff i did work on is [NODEOSERROR] Anyway letsa go... Continue reading

  
• Calling the guards. DR4X Weekly Changelog #55: 8/12/2022
  August 14, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Hello itch.io people, as discussed in my last devlog, here is this weeks changelog. This week was mostly polish stuff. Anyway letsa go... Gameplay and UI -I briefly no clipped out of reality -Improved... Continue reading

  
• Breathing Room. New DR4X Weekly Changelog #54: 8/05/2022
  August 06, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Posting todays changelog here, not sure if i should start posting this here every week, let me know if you would like that! Usually i only post these on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/... Continue reading

  
• Now when you buy DR4X on itch you also get a steam key!
  March 15, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  Now every dr4x purchase on itch comes with a steam key! If you already bought it you should also now have the option to grab a key! Thanks folks!... Continue reading

  
• Updates
  January 09, 2022 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys, just so you know this is kept up to date with the steam version. And i update that every day. So be sure to redownload every few days heh. Weekly changelogs are also posted on steam! https:/... Continue reading
• You can buy DR4X on itch now!
  January 04, 2022 by Untrustedlife

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  A couple weeks back i enabled the ability to buy DR4X early on itch without an anouncement as an experiment. Steam release will still be on the 15th, but the experiment worked, people saw it and bough... Continue reading

  
• I've moved where i'm posting changelogs! And updated the itch.io page!
  December 12, 2021 by Untrustedlife

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  I have been only posting the changelogs to my patrreon and steam page lately: And I plan to do so permanently. As i get basiclaly no views on itch, and so its rather pointless. I did however, fully up... Continue reading

  
• Fungal Urban Warfare! DR4X Weekly Changelog #20: 11/19/2021
  November 20, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Lots of changes to the Pqvv Ger faction this time! Gameplay and UI -Added new profile piic for all tiers of tower -Added profile pic for ruined cities and ruined towns -You can now click the unit port... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #19: 11/12/2021 Totally normal update.
  November 14, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Gameplay and UI -Improvements to the office -NodeOs terminal emulation improvements -Added library -Added more secrety secrets -Brought back the living pearwood crates, that everyone loved, from rldr... Continue reading

  
• Unite the Rat Clans! DR4X Weekly Changelog #18: 11/05/2021
  November 06, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  A lot of content this time! Gameplay and UI -Added ratmen stalkers and ratmen stalker guild for rat faction -Goal popups now have the correct font on the button -Improvements to gameplay -kingdoms now... Continue reading

  
• New Goal System! DR4X Weekly Changelog #17
  November 04, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  I forgot to post this here last week, I post it on steam and on my patreon though! In this week's release there is a new system called the "Goal" system, which is a dynamically generated list of objec... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #16: 10/22/2021
  October 23, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  So, some graphical and qol tweaks, and new smart AI toggle in skirmish. AI improvements, new sounds, a lot of bug fixes. Gameplay and UI - Graphical changes to rust spitters --Add tentacles to queen -... Continue reading

  
• Rats, Markets and Gambling Halls oh my!
  October 16, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  DR4X Weekly Changelog #15: 10/15/2021 Last time I said I would either work on sovereign spells this week or add a bunch of new buildings, or both, I went with the latter and other gameplay feel improv... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #14: 10/08/2021
  October 09, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Added a new deployment mechanic that lets you select tiles that units will be built onto based on the building you are building from, for example the walled city now allows you to build units and buil... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #13: 10/01/2021
  October 02, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Smaller update than usual because I worked for like 2 days trying to get a new shader to work to no avail but hey! Gameplay and UI -Cleaned up my dialogue code in the back end -Added new skeleton arch... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #12: 9/24/2021
  September 24, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Gameplay and UI -Adde d new U I for saving and loading as many save files as you want, -Renamed old save and load to quick save and quick load -New briefing menu for campaign scenarios --New voice int... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #11: 9/17/2021
  September 17, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Gameplay and UI -Added stealth system -- The way it works is that units can have stealth level from 1-3, when a unit walks adjacent to it the sheathed unit the unit is revealed for 3 turns, if more pl... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #10: 9/10/2021
  September 10, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Gameplay and UI -Made clicking on news item in news list center on the source of the news -Added mouse sensitivity slider to options menu which changes the sensitivity of the click to drag functionali... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #9: 9/03/2021
  September 03, 2021 by Untrustedlife

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  Hey guys! Its your DR4X weekly changelog! A lot of great changes this week: Gameplay and UI -Improved graphics, added new graphical upgrades, added toggle for them in options -New UI, thank you Grimwi... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Weekly Changelog #8: 8/27/2021
  August 28, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  I did not finish implementing the flag for cut purses today, so that will have to be finished over the weekend. But there are a lot of goodies this week. Most of these changes are live on steam the da... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build #7: 8/20/2021
  August 21, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Hey guys, lots of cool stuff in todays release! Changes: -You can now open news whenever you feel like it -News also keeps track of all previous news now -Gave a bunch of new abilities and techs to ro... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build #6: 8/13/2021 (Science Update!)
  August 14, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  First big news, my steam page has launched! Do Wishlist it on there! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1704830/DR4X/ Changes: -Added new science mechanic (Right now there aren't many techs but i plan... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build #5: 8/06/2021
  August 06, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Newest big Friday build! Enjoy! First things first! I have a trailer of the game now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSgBOiD4EU Changes: - Added ritual of mastery command for all types of cultists w... Continue reading
• DR4X Friday build #4: 7/30/2021
  July 30, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Newest big Friday build! Enjoy! In other news i'll soon have a trailer released for all you awesome folks! Also steam page incoming. Changes: -Added new music track to game, it plays on campaign and s... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build #3: 7/23/2021
  July 23, 2021 by Untrustedlife

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  I've felt quite ill all week, some kind of stomach bug (cant be covid, am fully vaccinated,) So this weeks build is smaller than usual, hopefully ill feel better soon. Changes: -Added new farm control... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build #2: 7/16/2021
  July 16, 2021 by Untrustedlife

  Lots of changes this week, as usual, but this time with many screenshots at the bottom, enjoy reading :) Changes: -Added new vigilance mode ---How this works: Its a button a lot like the swap button,... Continue reading

  
• DR4X Friday build: 7/9/2021
  July 09, 2021 by Untrustedlife#patreon, #dr4x build, #dr4x

  Like I said, I'm going to start posting changelogs here, the game still needs to be downloaded via patreon though, so if you want it, 1 dollar a month is enough. ;) Massive DR4X Friday build: 7/9/2021... Continue reading

  
• Going to start posting changelog links here for patrons.
  July 09, 2021 by Untrustedlife#patreon

  Hey guys, tonight i'll be releasing the second "big Friday" build of dr4x, to my patrons Previously I was putting out a dev build or multiple every single day. And only giving it to patrons. I have no... Continue reading