Controller support has been requested and is now delivered!! Please let me know if you have any feedback! I am super excited to bring this to the players and expand the playing experience for you all!!!

I still have ideas to expand out the game in certain ways and would love to hear any ideas you all may have as well!

New Features, Performance Improvements, and Huge Balancing Overhaul!📢 Ready to dive back in?

With all-new balance, smoother game-play, and clearer UI — this update makes Monster Portal better than ever.

• 🧭 Mini Map Added!
  See shops, portals, quests, health regen zones, and bosses at a glance.

• 💠 Gem Store Upgrade!
  Make your gold matter with powerful gem upgrades and a cleaner buying/selling experience.

• 🚨 Danger Indicators
  Now you'll know what hurts — new danger icons alert you to threats.

• 🎯 Ultimate Abilities Rebalanced
  Stronger ultimates, smoother gameplay, bigger impact!

• 🧼 Improved Help Menu & Color-Coded Hints
  Understand everything faster with better tool-tips and clearer guidance.

• 🧠 Boss AI Overhaul
  Bosses and minibosses no longer get stuck on the player — there's always a way out!

• 💥 Boss Fights Revamped
  Major improvements to Boss 1, Boss 2, and Boss 4 (including projectile defenses and shield interactions).

• 👿 Miniboss Attack Variants
  Minibosses now use alternate attack patterns on levels 2, 3, and 4.

• 😵 Improved Enemy Status Effects
  Buffed Eye Stun, new stun/poison particles, and visible player effect icons (stun, buff, poisoned, etc.).

• 💨 Sprint & Dodge Reworks

  • Sprint now respects slow debuffs

  • Dodge now moves through objects to help escape sticky situations and buildings

  • Shift = Sprint / Space = Dodge

• 💰 Gold & Gem Economy Rebalance

  • Reduced gem drops from minibosses to make gold buying at the shop more integral

  • Lower shop gem chance = more value for gold

• 🧙 Path Buffs & Debuffs

  • 🛡️ Path of Death Eater buffed to +15 hit-points gained per kill

  • 🐉 Dragon & Veteran Paths fixed

  • 👟 Debuff Shoes scale by level (10% base + 5%/lvl)

  • 🎭 Level 3 Hooded Demon slightly nerfed

  • ⚡ Miniboss speed reduced on levels 4 & 5

• 🩸 Health & Shield Adjustments

  • Health gem auto-give takes longer (balanced)

  • Shield gem duration slightly reduced

• 🚶 Easy Mode Enhanced

  • Slower enemy cooldowns, slower projectiles, increased spawn time between monsters

  • "Made easy... even easier"

• 🌪️ New screen shake effects for certain attacks

• 🔥 New particle effects for enemies, flamethrower, Boots of Haste, stunned/poisoned states

• 🎵 New sound effects for spike hits and dodge shots

• 🛍️ New Steam Store + Library art

• ✅ Fixed: Health regen upgrade now improves negative regen until positive (aka -1 will not go to -1.15 if upgraded, will now go to -1 -> -0.85 etc)

• ✅ Fixed: Gambler & Greedy Path bugs

• ✅ Fixed: Massive lag caused by 3rd boss

• ✅ Fixed: Totem speed bug with loot boss shots

• ✅ Fixed: Store logic issues and clarity

• ✅ Fixed: Text display after boss fights

• ✅ Fixed: Incorrect speed values in character select

• ✅ Fixed: Damage passing through Boss 4’s shields

• ✅ Fixed: "R" not opening the store reliably

• ✅ Fixed: Multiple shop UI bugs and text clipping

• ✅ Fixed: Boost of Haste logic bug

• Higher shop appearance rate

• Updated tutorial

• Giving better hints and objectives when finding travelers notebook

• Reduced snowflake opacity

• Improved visual cues for Confuse effect

• Dodge Bomb added + shots & distance rework

• Slight increase in Fire-shot refresh rate