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Side Effect
Also known as Side Effect, se, side effect
Side Effect combines a game of chess with a roguelike experience. Experiment, discover combos, carve out your own path by expanding your spellbook and collecting artifacts. Lose, learn and try again.
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21 May 2026
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- May 2025
- 1.0.1 - Bug fixPatch day 1. But day 8.
- Last Update.Last update before the release. Big in game UI improvements.
- August 2024
- 1.8.29 - New level: PyramidsHola. For absolutely no reason, I've been focusing on projectile-type spells and project organization. You shouldn't notice any major difference. However, I leave you with a new level in Act I: Pyramids. Earthquake: Kin…
- July 2024
- Hello everyone! It's been a while since there was an update. I have been working a lot on UE5, and I have to admit: it's not worth porting the project to UE5. The benefit is very low compared to the cost in time and ene…Patch notes
- May 2024
- 1.8.26 - Ice spear / Ice needleNothing really interesting here. I bought a ice VFX pack and I played with it. You can see it on the ice needle and the ice spear (both spells have cool modifications). Don't ask me why, I'm remaking the project from sc…
- April 2024
- Mordangar Easy: no change Normal: no change Hard: infernos have queen abilities Illusionist Easy / normal / hard: king has pawn ability on ice wave Hard: queen / king have queen ability on frozen aura Other Toxic tree:…Patch notes
- It is time for AI rebalance! French town Easy: no change Normal: no change Hard: pawn have better ability Fix: pawns can't move as kngiths anymore Water Temple This is an hard rework of the level. Simplification is the…Patch notes
- March 2024
- 1.8.23 - Holy reworked.Hello everyone. It's been a while since the last update, and that one was complicated. It was like a real spider web in the code. Global Holy no longer provides attack bonuses to AI units, but mana regeneration instead.…
- February 2024
- Crashes - RevertDue to major crashes, this is a revert to the previous version. I apologize.
- 1.8.22 - Level visualHello everyone! For this update, I wanted to finalize the visuals of the levels. Everything is in a "marble" style (except for the tutorial). As planned, the game takes up less space on the hard drive. There are still 2…
- 1.8.21 - Small updateHello hello! Not a big update today. Just chilling on remaking levels. Song of the archdeacon up (needed) Cathedral visual remastered Jungle visual remastered
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