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Beta 17 "X0-1V1"
Have you played DCSS? (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup) If not, then you should definitely consider trying it, a major roguelike in constant development for even longer than Cogmind, and a great game among those which sent me…
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Beta 16.1 "Unchained More"
Ironically for a release dubbed "Unchained More," and one that includes an even wider variety of Unchained personalities and tech, folks are generally going to be seeing them "less" overall xD. This is due to the inevit…
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Annual Review: Year 12 of the Cogmind
Cogmind's 12th annual review is available over on the dev blog, summarizing a year featuring two major releases that finished off one expansion while kick-starting another. 2025 added a significant new map, over 100 new…
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Beta 16 "The Unchained"
A new expansion begins! Our Beta 16 eponymous opponents are upon us... With them comes upgraded Scanalyzer functionality for all, and a batch of over 200 more achievements to catch us up with the last seven years of eve…
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Beta 15 "0bPrime"
The epic conclusion to the UFD expansion is here, bringing with it a major new map, 100 new items, and Cogmind's 10th unique ending! Within you'll also find a huge range of other updates, notably including Extermination…
Security189 changes3 numericFix - Cogmind
Annual Review: Year 11 of the Cogmind
Cogmind's 11th annual review is available over on the dev blog, summarizing a year of massive updates on both the interface and content side. We got larger fonts, map zooming, multiple UI layouts, a whole new faction an…
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Beta 14 "United Federation of Derelicts"
THE UFD HAS ARRIVED. A whole new faction introducing new robot classes, mechanics, and a huge collection of lore and dialogue across many dozens of new encounters. This expansion includes 83 new items for you to find, s…
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Cogmind Vision 2025
Not long after the release (and seventh and final patch) of our latest major new version, Beta 13 "Zoom All The Things", I'd like to do something I've never done here before: talk more about the future. This is only som…
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Cogmind Beta 13 patch 240318
We have a new Beta 13 patch, this time with Modal layout QoL enhancements, and some more fixes for new issues. If you recall, back when I planned to release the new layout feature for Beta 13, I wasn't sure if it would…
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Cogmind Expansion, Price Increase "Coming Soon"
It's finally time! For 1.0? No, of course not (that we hit it back in 2017 is just a poorly kept secret), what I mean is raising the price to better reflect what Cogmind is: hundreds of hours of content and lovingly-cra…
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Cogmind Beta 13 patches 240229/240304
A few days back I put out a first little patch for the huge Beta 13 "Zoom All The Things" release and left a link to the changelog/notes in the main announcement comments (minor things and save-compatible). This time we…
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Beta 13 "Zoom All The Things"
WARNING: Upscaled and zoomable Cogmind has landed :D Beta 13 is here, and with it comes larger text and the ability to double the map tile size on the fly, including a huge range of supporting QoL features. Yeah there's…
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SITREP Saturday #55: Upscaled Modal Interface
Early this month I introduced Cogmind's first new upscaled layout option, then immediately followed up with development of our second new option! While the other option (to become the new player default) is "Semi-modal,…
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SITREP Saturday #54: Map Zoom QoL
I recently finished my Adventures in Map Zooming series over on the dev blog, and the most recent and final part covers what is from a player perspective the most important zooming-related topic: QoL! You can read the f…
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SITREP Saturday #53: Full UI Upscaling
With map zooming and lots of other work already complete and ready for the upcoming Beta 13 release, early last month I began building the optional new UI layout to make everything larger! I first shared the specificati…
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Annual Review: Year 10 of the Cogmind
Well then, we're well into Cogmind's 10th year now xD As is tradition I've put up an annual review over on the dev blog, looking back over this year's milestones and also giving a heads up about what's to come. Check th…
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