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- Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Visual and difficulty update
In preperation for the Steam Next fest the demo has seen an update to the visuals to make it easier for players to see enemies, bullets and traps. The demo has also been rebalanced a bit to make players see a bit more c…
Announcement - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Welcome to the Nightmare
Introducing Mr. Sparkle’s Nightmare; a fast, dark, skill-based take on spellcrafting and bullet hell combat! The spell crafting mechanic is at the core of the game, giving players near limitless freedom to combine runes…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Mini-bosses, Healing & Selling
Hi everybody, here's a new update to the demo of Whiskers and Wizardry as I look to make the demo as polished as possible for the Steam Next Fest in October. Check it out! New Mini-bosses to face: 2 new mini-bosses join…
Event8 changesFixGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Pits of Lushwood - Update 0.7.0.7
Demo Hotfix update 0.7.0.7 is now live! The demo has been hotfixed of bugs, and a new terrain piece has been added; Pits. Push ground enemies into them to eliminate them, but be careful not to fall in yourself!
Announcement2 changesFixGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Major Demo Overhaul
I'm happy to announce that the demo now finally has been updated with the big graphics and game design overhaul, that I've been working intensely on for the past 4-5 months. Steam post image After a lot of great feedbac…
Event2 changesGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Challenge Design Revised!
The demo has seen an update, where the design philosophy of the challenges has seen some severe changes. This means: Each room is now hand crafted with care, for a more engaging experience, which makes each room feel li…
Announcement4 changesGameplayBalance - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Playing around Lushwood Forest
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Announcement - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Story, HUD and Baltic Steam Event
Demo 0.6.0.0 is here! The demo includes The story is told through a cinematic in the beginning of the game You can now select to play the cinematic and/or the tutorial again after the first playthrough The magic sequenc…
Event2 changesUI/audio - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Demo Hotfix 0.5.0.1
Just updated the demo with a quick little hotfix adressing: Adding option for fullscreen windowed mode Letting the game run in background while loading. This should help players opening the game and browsing Steam while…
Announcement2 changesFixGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Corrupted Runes have entered the Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare demo!
Today the demo version 0.5.0.0 is out - and it's a good one! I've had a lot of feedback from testers this past week and two of the major points were: The demo is a bit too easy, which means there's an issue with experie…
Event10 changesFixGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Demo v 0.4.2.0 Live
Demo Patch 0.4.2.0 is now live! This is a smaller patch, but it includes some important hotfixes and QOL changes: Increased health on enemies at certain levels/difficulties. Made the curve a bit steeper to make it a bit…
Announcement9 changesFixBalance - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Hotfix Demo 0.4.0.2
I've just updated the demo with a small patch addressing some small issues I found when players were playing: Added proper control icons/names where appropriate when playing with controllers. Enhanced the auto aim sligh…
Announcement4 changesGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
The demo is finally here!
I am super thrilled to announce that the demo for Whiskers and Wizardry is finally live! This also means that the playtest is taken down for now - it might get up later with a more complete build when the release date i…
Announcement2 changesGameplayPerformance - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
From Playtest to Demo!
Today, I've sent my Demo to review at Valve and when that gets approved sometime next week (hopefully) I will shut down the playtest and support the Demo only. That said, the playtest has just been updated so that it is…
Announcement4 changesGameplay - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Feline Powers and Difficulty Updated
I'm excited to share that the playtest update 0.2.0.0 is now live! This patch is a bit bigger and gives some more things to explore and experiment with, encouraging a bit longer playtimes than previously. Revamped the F…
Announcement3 changesFixBalance - Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
Playtest Hotfix #2 now live
The playtest is still going strong - thanks for everyone that plays and especially for the nice feedback you guys give! I really appreciate it! :) The patch includes: Fixed issue where some particle systems wouldn't ren…
Announcement5 changesFixPerformance
