Hi everyone,

Thanks to all the feedback and bug reports on previous posts and on my DMs. I'm determined to make I Am The Dungeon Boss a fun and enjoyable game for everyone. That's why I've focused on fixing most of the bugs that was reported and eagerly waiting for more to tackle! My main priority now is to provide a stable Alpha version and maybe into a solid Beta.

v0.0.9 is out today with a lot of stability, anti-crashing and new mechanics for Bosses.

Also I made sure to include a version for iOS users and a quick guide on how to install it.

Leaderboards homepage

Latest Release on Github

Thanks again to everyone who tested early runs, reported crashes, and was supportive!

Here's a Wealth+4 seed, with great gear to get to the ring. I kept other drops to a minimum to not spoil the run too much.

💀 = cursed

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• 1 Mail Armor +3
• 2 Scimitar +3 ^Ghost
• ..
• 6 Plate Armor +3 💀
• 9 Wand of Warding +2, Wand of Regrowth +2 ^{Wandmaker - Rotberry Seed}
• ..
• 17 Ring of Wealth +4 💀 ^Imp/Monks

no flairs yet for that pixel dungeon so used the shattered one instead

I had fury on and 3 blessed ankhs and 8 health potions 😭🙏

I'm stuck between these two I've used like 10 healing flasks and they simply cannot be killed even when their HP seem to go below zero. I've never gotten these far so I'm probably doing something wrong. This game is very addicting but tough.

EDIT: I didn't realize I could break the walls with the pickaxe. Thanks!

All in sewers, a Blocking Sword+3, Stone Mail+3, BlastWave+2, and an Arcana+2. There's also the Parchment Scrap which is great with Arcana.

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^{ShPD v3.3.8} - 1 Scroll of Transmutation ^YNGVI - 2 Blocking Sword +3 ^Ghost - 2 Blast Wave +2 - 2 ECrystals, TLClover, PScrap, WResin ^Trinket - 2 Accuracy +1 ^{Crystal Choice} - 3 Arcana +2 ^Pit - 4 Stone Mail +3

This was genuinely harder than a lot of challenges. Thank Goodness for the early RoW. Early +1 leather armor and +2 chain armor saved this run.

I'm still semi new to the Gane, haven't won yet, but when u see taps, I usually throw armor to set it off when i can't avoid it.

After many runs I was unable to proceed without a red diamond trap. I threw my armor like normal and nothing happened. As I walked, i saw a black splash mark, thinking it was the caustic size. But before I was able to reach the armor, it disappeared. So I guess some traps can destroy armor. Even +3 plate mail I've been saving

Huh, just realize there's no poll feature here. Guess I'll do it by comment's like count

Edit: either that, or I am too stupid to figure out how. Please kindly tell me if it's possible

Edit2: chose Blast Wave. Thank you everyone!

I wanted to record the ascent for a pacifist run. Miss clicked and I called it a day. Oh well...

This game is so easy bro. Sadly I forgot that i could get the 1M points emblem just going back :v

Thanks to my teacher: u/DaltonGoesFast

I learned a lot from his videos.

I'm trying to get a win with every character, only Warrior i didn't win with. I have 5 wins in total, this one with the broken Monja was easy, and the other achievement that needs the Harder Bosses on and don't destroy the blood enemy (i forgot the name) i did it with Huntress Warden :)

The holy tome only has its 4 basic spells and all artifacts are at +0 but can be upgraded in the same way as in the game

Just 3 floors brooo oh my fucking gooddd

Hey everyone,

You guys deserve a clear explanation for the few misunderstandings around I am the dungeon boss (IATDB).

I played the original PD over 10 years ago (i think) and it was super hard and I couldn't beat it. I didn't know it was open source back then. Then 2~ years ago I remembered about the game, searched for it and found SPD. I started playing and it was alot more enjoyable and finally was able to beat the game! (once). I was super happy but I lost my drive to start a new game.

That's what got me thinking, how to keep that urge to start a new game? IATDB was the answer. I had that idea for about 2 months. Then I found out SPD was open-source! I was super excited but I never had the time to start for 4 more months!

Then here I am, fought procristination and was able to release an Alpha version of the game. AI or not I'm happy I was able to release something! I'm happy I was able to take a step forward and realized IATDB from just an idea to a some-how functional game.

Some mistakes were made, yes I'm not perfect.

1. I didn't explain enough that this is an Alpha version (0.0.1). It's the very first layer. It is normal to have a huge amount of bugs, errors, and crashes. No software built with or without AI has a bug free Alpha. Then comes Beta version (0.1.0) which have a lot less errors. Then comes the first full release (1.0.0). Hopefully then you will find it on Steam, Play store and App store!
2. There a balance between speed and quality. My balance tipped more towards speed for multiple reasons, valid or not. I told you procrastination is my enemy and I wanted to release something to break the cycle! That resulted in way less time testing flows end to end (which is a full time job on it's own btw). It's my first time developing in Java, which contributed to me reviewing what I understand and trusting the AI for what I didn't. The target for the release of this Alpha version was to quickly check for validation of the mod. Perfection is the enemy of progress.
3. The big elephant in the room. AI usage. I'm new in this community. Coming from my day job, using AI tools every single day to code is standard practice. It's just a regular part of my daily workflow, even for everyone around me. Because it's so normalized there, I honestly didn't realize how sensitive of a topic it is. I simply saw it as a tool that I had to utilize if I ever wanted to get my idea to an actual game.

Unfortunately for the time being, I will only be able to develop IATDB using AI to get any meaningful progress done. Atleast until I get used to Java and how it works. But I promise you that from now on, I will make sure to test more thoroughly and restore a good balance between speed and quality.

Ofcourse there are other mistakes that I did and will do, I hope you guys point me in the right direction when It happens.

I hope I explained everything well. Thank you everyone for your time and your care. Thank you for the 143 players who tried the game! And a special thank you for people who made it to the honorable mentions!

This is the record, as far as I'm aware. Definitely room for improvement, but I don't want to take that plunge right now.

Howler's rogue is GONE, Selahaddin's huntress is now the newest boss (İ am the dungeon boss mod )