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Shattered Pixel Dungeon's next major update will be going to beta early this coming week.

Here's one more new thing coming in v2.5: new cursed wand effects! I'm adding 16 new effects, ranging from simple bubbles to a rare but extreme supernova explosion! The bubbles are harmless but you really, really want to avoid the explosion.

(Image description: A GIF showing the new supernova explosion effect. A yellow glowing orb keeps growing in size while danger indicators litter the floor. After 10 turns the orb explodes, killing the player)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

So, can you outrun this, are you safe behind a corner or is the only way to safety a decent teleport?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yes, yes, and only if you activate it in a locked room

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Does it only trigger an explosion blob on the red indicators? If so, then you could even outlive it if healthy enough, and it'd be kinda easy to dodge, if you are not trapped. You could make it so it also beckons all the enemies to that location, after all, a huge light followed by a huge explosion just happened. A way of making it more impactful

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is an explosion effect at each tile. Having it attract enemies would make it a little too clearly positive I think, as you'd be basically getting a guaranteed kill on everything within 20 or so tiles of the explosion center.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

At the end of the explosion, I meant

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