Development of Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.0 is now well underway!

v3.0’s big new feature is the game’s sixth hero: The Cleric! They’re going to be a divine magic user with a wide variety of defensive, supportive, and utility spells.

I’ll be sharing most posts about them in future posts here, but for now here’s a little peek at their splash art.

(Image description: “A pixel-blurred image of the Cleric’s splash art.”)

  • @KnockKnockShowsEnglish
    2•25 days ago

    Can’t wait to dual-wield some chicken drumsticks :p Thanks for your hard work @00_Evan

  • @shaggy959500English
    2•29 days ago

    I am super excited for this!! Can’t wait to see more about it. Mage is my favorite hero now so I’m really looking forward to trying the cleric.

  • Track_ShovelEnglish
    2•29 days ago

    Oh man! This is so cool! I’m really excited to see where this goes! I love the shit out of this game. It gets a bit stale sometimes, but only enough for me to set it down for a few days and then get right back to it.

    I’m at like 700 games or so

  • Ham Strokers EjaculaEnglish
    1•28 days ago

    So exciting! I’ve been waiting for the cleric for years. Can’t wait to give it a spin!

  • @PickyfanEnglish
    1•29 days ago

    Hey the book they were holding in previous concept splash arts is gone D:

    Interesting

    • 00-EvanOPMEnglish
      6•29 days ago

      Not gone, just moved! You can see it at their side on the right.

      • @PickyfanEnglish
        1•29 days ago

        Oh I see now, I didn’t even notice

        This is the hero I’m most exited about, I love support type characters

        • 00-EvanOPMEnglish
          5•28 days ago

          I do hope a more supportive playstyle is possible, but do keep in mind that because of the way Shattered works, the Cleric will mostly have abilities that support themselves.

  • FiveMacsEnglish
    -1•29 days ago

    Pretty sure that’s just Avatar from the ultima series

    • @VencedorEnglish
      1•28 days ago

      It happens a lot that a very repeated design gets treated as a “normal” thing, and then it looses all sense of link to the original idea, making it not an inspiration but a topic.

    • 00-EvanOPMEnglish
      1•28 days ago

      “Holy Warrior in a mix of cloth and plate” is a pretty common character concept. I will say though that the upper chest guard was a particular stylistic choice by Aleks, but I don’t think it had a specific character inspiration.

      • @polyduekesEnglish
        0•28 days ago

        the design on the chest plate looks like it is screaming “praise the sun” iykyk :P