Devlog

• Minerva Labyrinth OUT NOW!
  November 05, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Minerva Labyrinth is out now, with a 10% launch discount for the first week! If you played the demo earlier this year, here are some of the improvements made over the past seven months: New Aspects an...Continue reading

  
• v0.8.4 - New Aspects and skills, art/writing improvements
  October 24, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  As announced yesterday, Minerva Labyrinth will release on November 5th, 2025! Today I'm also releasing the most up-to-date demo, which features new Aspects, new support skills, a nicer-looking subway,...Continue reading

  
• Release Date: 2025-11-05
  October 23, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Minerva Labyrinth will be released on November 5th, 2025! I will also be publishing an updated demo ahead of release (hopefully today or tomorrow) with all the latest changes, including some new chara...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.10 - Resistance fix
  September 22, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

  Fixed resisted energy attacks having no effect (introduced in v0.7.9)...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.9 - Keyboard glyphs, help menu improvements
  September 21, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Enhancements Mouse and keyboard input prompts will now display glyphs instead of plain text. The gameplay information menu in Diana's room has been migrated into the field menu as Help and can now be...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.8 - Skill description and tutorial enhancements
  September 09, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

  All skill descriptions now explicitly state the range, area of effect, and hit bonus (if any) at the top of the description box. Numeric and status effect values are now color-coded by type. Energy da...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.7 - Tutorial and RNG updates
  August 30, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Prologue / Tutorial Tutorial mode in its previous form has been removed. The prologue (subway) will offer brief instructions / prompts at the top of the screen in certain locations, but will not provi...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.6 - Aspect updates, misc enhancements
  August 16, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  This update brings a number of small balance and QoL improvements that have come out of playtesting, but the biggest changes are the updated skill sets for Hunt, Moon, and Vengeance, which have been i...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.3 - GUI and party creation enhancements
  July 19, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

  Enhancements Added an option to change button selection mode for the mouse from mouseover to click. When in click mode, clicking on the selected (finger pointing) button will confirm it, and clicking...Continue reading

  
• v0.7.2 - GUI enhancements and bug fixes
  July 14, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  We're getting pretty close to release! I don't have a date to announce just yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer now. In the mean time, I've updated the demo with the latest enhancements. Highligh...Continue reading

  
• v0.6.4 - Quicksave, cursor repeat, target highlights and more
  June 22, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  This update adds a ton of interface and QoL improvements, as well as some mechanical tweaks and a handful of bug fixes. Quicksaves, cursor repeat for gamepads, improved status visuals and targeting vi...Continue reading

  
• v0.5.7 - Subway and dialogue updates
  May 31, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Control Room B in the subway can now extend a second bridge to the east as a shortcut back to the recovery point. Revised some NPC dialogue at HQ. Adjusted some visuals in the subway for clarity. Fixa...Continue reading

  
• v0.5.6 - Audio enhancements, misc fixes
  May 29, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  This update makes some significant improvements to audio, especially music, which has been remixed and rearranged. Audio Updated all music tracks with better instrumentation and improved arrangements...Continue reading

  
• v0.5.5 - Sparkles and misc fixes
  May 24, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Gameplay Skills such as Regrowth that grant an additional turn to the user have been changed to not consume the active turn. The primary difference is that status effects will no longer tick multiple...Continue reading

  
• v0.5.4 - magic weapon changes, content improvements, skill fixes
  May 14, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Gameplay / Content Staves and wands now convert the Attack command to M. Attack, which deals medium-range energy damage. They still function as short-range physical weapons when used with weapon skill...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.15 - UI and audio enhancements
  May 07, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  User Interface Added a party quick view menu. This will display a one-page overview of party build information and status. This is bound to the X key or left stick by default, but if you have already...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.14 - Prologue skip and skill fix
  April 15, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  When starting a new game, you will be presented with a menu with three options: default or custom party, tutorials on or off, and play or skip prologue. If you choose to skip the prologue, you will be...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.13 - Misc enhancements and fixes
  April 11, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

  Vulkan and OpenGL launch options should work properly in the Itch client now. Shell and batch files for OpenGL are also included with the standalone version. You can now hold down a movement direction...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.12 - Misc fixes
  March 24, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Shield Wall now terminates correctly. Random encounters now correctly reset when leaving and re-entering the dungeon. Fixed minor misalignments on some enemy status indicators. Fixed a tutorial-only e...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.11 - Fixed potential accept binding conflict
  March 15, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  This update fixes an issue where the accept button would close the active menu instead of confirming the current selection if accept was bound to the same key as the currently open menu (e.g. X is bou...Continue reading

  
• v0.4.10 - Fix for subway lock
  March 14, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  This update fixes a lock that could occur when interacting with the optional switch at the end of the subway. Very sorry about that!...Continue reading

  
• Demo available now!
  March 13, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  The free demo of Minerva Labyrinth is now available! In the demo, you'll be able to attain the fourth level of experience and explore three full dungeon levels: the prologue in the subway, plus the fi...Continue reading

  
• C# Obfuscation in Godot
  March 05, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  2025-03-21: Updated with a fix for missing resource references. Code obfuscation (in this context) refers to the practice of disguising code after it is built to make it more difficult to understand o...Continue reading

  
• Demo Work
  February 23, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  I have spent most of the last few weeks on presentation and polish, since I want to have a reasonably polished demo available in the near future. This includes things like getting the Steam page up an...Continue reading

  
• Trailer + almost there
  February 04, 2025 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Here's a short trailer for Minerva Labyrinth! We are not too far from the finish line. The migration to Godot is complete, and content is very close to complete. There is a bit of work left to do on t...Continue reading

  
• Update on Godot Migration
  October 31, 2024 byMidnight Spire Games

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  How about a quick update for Halloween? I had to take a lengthy hiatus from the project this year, but it is back on track and going well. The migration from Unity to Godot is not finished yet, but I...Continue reading

  
• Progress with Godot
  November 09, 2023 byMidnight Spire Games

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  #Godot

  This is just a quick status report of where I am with Godot after about six weeks of work porting from Unity . Here's a summary of the major components that are done, or close to it: Player movement a...Continue reading

  
• Where We Are
  October 21, 2023 byMidnight Spire Games

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  A few weeks ago, Unity made some catastrophically bad business decisions that severely impacted all of its users. As a result, even though Minerva Labyrinth is reasonably far into development, I have...Continue reading

  
• First Gameplay Footage
  July 29, 2023 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Here's a look at a few minutes of gameplay from the first true dungeon - the old hospital building. The party is still quite weak at this stage of the game, with poor equipment and little experience...Continue reading

  
• The Unexpected Hassles of Colorful Text
  April 30, 2023 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Something different today. I had a somewhat silly time implementing a small feature and thought I'd log what happened, since it was an amusing reminder that simple things aren't always simple. There's...Continue reading

  
• Building a Dungeon Crawler in Unity - Part I
  January 07, 2023 byMidnight Spire Games

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  [Edit: this post was originally going to be part of a series, but between the amount of time it took to write and Unity blowing itself up, I never ended up continuing it. Still, I'm leaving it up in c...Continue reading

  
• Bosses, encounters, and other bits
  July 20, 2022 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Level 8 is the first level of the third labyrinth. I have it laid out on paper, but I'm not quite ready to start implementing it yet. Instead, I'm finishing up level 6 and 7 and taking care of some ot...Continue reading

  
• Brief Progress Update and Designing on Paper
  July 04, 2022 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Unfortunately this year has been even more difficult than the last, so it has been a while since I had any progress to report, but I am getting back to work now. I've completed the sixth dungeon level...Continue reading

  
• Second Dungeon
  February 27, 2022 byMidnight Spire Games

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  Just a quick update with a few screenshots of the second major dungeon, the steel mill. This dungeon isn't as friendly as the first, with more traps, tougher obstacles, and of course, deadlier monster...Continue reading

  
• Early playtesting
  January 05, 2022 byMidnight Spire Games

  I recently finished implementing the first real dungeon (following the tutorial zone), and I spent a few days playtesting it. I don't want to put too fine a point on playtesting at this stage, but I a...Continue reading

  
• Announcing Minerva Labyrinth, a magical girl dungeon crawl
  December 07, 2021 byMidnight Spire Games

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  2021 did not go as planned. I had to put game development on hold for the first half of the year to recover from RSI in my wrists. I was able to get back to it around June, but after working on my new...Continue reading