• Tweaked the enemies difficulty (increased their level up stats, so every 5 levels they will gain more HP and damage).
• Rebalanced how the positive/negative cards scale (now the negative effects scale up faster and the positive ones scale up slower, instead of both scaling at the same rate)
• Fixed a bug with the saving system which caused the reached level to not be properly saved when playing with the Assassin and with the Pyromancer.
• Now the progress will save when you abandon a run and return to the main menu (the gathered relics will be granted and the reached level will be saved).
• Added a "Leave us a review" button in the main menu :3

[ 2025-07-24 19:00:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are releasing Quest of the Hero and can't wait for you to try it out! We've been working for two years on it, we went through 4 major gameplay changes over this time, and we integrated all the feedback we got from our play testers. We truly believe that we got to a point where the game is fun, engaging and has plenty of content to keep you engaged for a few hours at least.

We are welcoming to any feedback, and we have three communication channels:

• The Community section of the game

• Our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/QuestOfTheHero/

• Our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/zrX3UGBbFa

We also have a website where you can subscribe to our newsletter to find out about our next games, game updates, 'cause we're not stopping here! We're just beginning.

• https://csvgames.com/games/quest-of-the-hero

The three heroes await to embark on a few dungeons runs!

• Valeria Ironheart, the Iron Guard who is a fighter that employes a balanced combination of offensive and defensive skills

• Nyssa Blackthorn, the Assassin who is a quick and swift dagger wielding fighter that relies on quick attacks, critical hits and making her enemies bleed out

• Aria Emberflame, the Pyromancer who bursts down her enemies with fire elemental spells.

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/45173053/aea2c9f946dbfec9f7a7714c42c72415d7b0aa29.png"][/img]

We are excited to hear out your thoughts!

Vlad, founder and developer of CSV Games.

[ 2025-07-18 07:21:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're releasing some new content, with some new items that will be available in the demo. Unfortunately we're using some placeholder art for the next 1-2 weeks for some of these items, but we're working tirelessly to get the proper artwork ready! Here's what other changes we did:

• We removed the hammer weapons. We concluded that their slowness wasn't a good fit for the pace of the game, and their crit based effects were not frequent enough to justify playing a hammer build.
• We increased the attack rate of daggers (to 1 second per attack) and swords (1.4 seconds per attack)
• We reworked the constellations and how they are offering permanent bonuses for your runs, so you can reach further more easily.
• We made the enemies a little bit bulkier because it was too easy to defeat them
• We adjusted how the level progression works. Now, leveling is more liniarily difficult versus exponentially how it was before.
• We added some new recipes - tier 2 recipes that require a tier 1 + orbs.
• We added some new item types to test out: necklaces which improve the bonuses of the cards and rings which offer various in-combat bonuses.
• Enemies now can drop items as loot
• Added a new consumable, Soul Fragment, which can be used to remove one random status (it can remove even the Doom debuff).
• Various bugfixes

Let us know what you think!

[ 2025-05-27 19:22:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

We listened to the feedback and made some changes! The most overwhelming feedback we got so far fell into two categories: lacking a tutorial and the game not being fun enough. We addressed them both. Here's how: 1. Lack of tutorial: we added some tutorial screens that explains a but about what everything means around the screen. This should be enough for anyone to get an idea about what they can do. 2. Game to be more fun: we acknowledge that the initial game lacked the proper incentives to make progress and make that progress feel fun, as it was centered around negative feedback loops (avoiding and minimizing bad effects) when usually fun games offer satisfaction through rewards and positive feedback loops. We redid the core gameplay loop, and now instead of getting three unrelated cards each turn with negative effects, you get a set of three cards: one green, one yellow, one red. The green one is the "safe option" which offers a small reward, the yellow one is a moderate risk one, which offers a bigger reward but also has a small negative attached to it, and the red one is a high risk high reward option. Oh yeah, and choosing the easy option too often is a recipe for getting Doomed and getting hit with a nasty and unfair debuff.

[ 2025-04-09 06:26:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Good news, the Demo for Quest of the Hero is here! After a longer development time than expected and some bugs squashed at the last moment, the demo is here. You can get a taste of the game by playing it, and you'll be able to strategize, try out builds and try to get as far as possible in the endless dungeon full of dangers and hard choices. Will you do a full STR build to maximize damage? Or AGI to maximize attack speed? Or INT to maximize mana and skill damage? Or daggers to attack fast, with lower damage but land more critical strikes? It's up to you. In the Demo, you will have access to one hero, Valeria Ironheart, the Iron Guart. She is balanced hero, with a good balance between offensive and defensive skills. Be part of the community on Reddit, on /r/QuestOfTheHero, and let us know what you think! You can shape the direction of game by sending us ideas and feedback.

[ 2025-03-07 11:57:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Good news about Quest of the Hero. We are approaching the release of our demo in January, but we are still a few steps away from that. Right now, we are working on:

• balancing items, skills
• bugfixing, there are some quirks with the UI. We'll get the hand of it, we promise!
• adding a new enemy type (in the demo, there will be two at the demo release date but we will add more as we finish their artwork).
• we are adding some initial designs for all heroes (but they won't be playable in the demo).
• we are replacing placeholder art with artist made art.
• we are adding a dungeon picker (in the demo, only the Deep Forest will be playable, but in the full game release all the dungeon will be playable).
• we are reworking our trailer. Stay tuned for a new one!

Let us know what you think about it, and send us any ideas/feedback you have so far at contact@csvgames.com ! We read and respond to every email! Cheers! Vlad, the developer of Quest of the Hero.

[ 2024-12-05 12:56:04 CET ] [ Original post ]