2026-09-11 20:38 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
Game Crash related to glyphs Chicken + borrow life exploit Burning glyph friendly fire End of dungeon stats not showing anymore Cannot enter dungeon when Crew Member exceeds limit (same logic as overflow chest) Removed Domination as a level up class skill (it was available by mistake) Removed small odds to get Flawless Empire items, as those items are meant to be introduced in a future update Cheers!
2026-06-22 00:47 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Resolved an issue with procs not working on offhand - Trying to improve pets movement
2026-06-18 17:06 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
This update introduces new ways to mitigate instability and thirst mechanics, new items and a training dummy to test your DPS!\ Altar of the hero (selected character has 50% less instability and can equip items attuned to other characters)\ New magic offhand items: Magic Orb (resistance to magic), Magic Book (10% proc damage bonus), Magic Lantern (random stat bonus), Demonic Skull (chance to re-imburse skill charge on cast), Rune Stone (random elemental damage bonus), Floating Eyeball (crit chance bonus)\ New consumable (stackable bandages which stop bleeding and heal a little, minor potion/sc
2026-05-07 19:49 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- \ Resolved an issue where non permanent pets could reduce the permanent pets cap - \ Restored insurances for dead characters through a victory, which had been disabled by mistake a while back
2026-05-07 16:27 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
Hello everyone! As we cruise toward a major end-game content update, we'll be releasing smaller content updates, which address recurrent player concerns and add bits of content originally planned for that major update. \ ⦁ \ Dungeon party cap is raised from 21 to 35 (full party), using a new Monster Scaling mechanic to reduce monsters group size. ⦁ \ 2 more character slots ⦁ \ 2 more vault slots ⦁ \ Dungeon Enchanting Event (free item upgrade 3 choices) ⦁ \ Dungeon Holo-Chest Event (3 items choices) ⦁ \ Dungeon Gems Vendor Event ⦁ \ Some resource icons polish ⦁ \ Overlord now casts Mass Silenc
2026-05-01 17:11 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
Hey Folks!It’s been a while, so we’d like to explain what has been happening behind the curtain over the last few months.We announce that from now on, we’ll be self-publishing Escape the Mad Empire. Paradox Arc and us (XperimentalZ Games) came to a mutually beneficial arrangement that will allow us to keep supporting the game for longer than planned for.We’re very grateful for this last 3 years of partnership, the game would not be where it is now without their continuous support!The original plan was to release in 1.0 last March with a big end-game content update, then probably put developmen
2025-12-17 18:21 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
\ rage going Idle sometimes\ Scrolls sometimes vanishing when transferring between full inventories\ Identificator does not reset timer when repositioning items\ character sheet button\ Enemy's Non-Verbal skills were incorrectly silenced\ loading screen crash\ Issue with Ghosts behavior
2025-11-27 16:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Labubu mommy
Hello escapists! We come to you today with a NEW major content update! We wanted to diversify the gameplay experience with more various types of monsters & biomes, which is what we'll be bringing you today! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41588788/51e113c00d187b717a924970116384beb94ceab2.pngForest Biome The update includes: 4 new biomes: ⦁ Forest ⦁ Haunted Forest ⦁ Mushrooms ⦁ Ice Caverns {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41588788/4428c9475791863d76d8b9275c89e3094c15f4ac.pngMushroom biome 31 New Monsters, which will be associated to specific biome: ⦁ Crypts: Grave Diggers ⦁ Prison: Jail Keepers & Bones Collectors ⦁ Barra
2025-10-03 20:33 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Resolving a potential security issue with Unity
2025-09-27 01:58 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Resolved an issue with Shapeshift skill, which could result in losing an equipped item - Magic items which transform single attacks into AOE will only affect their equipped hand now - Slightly nerfed item of Mad Swings (-20% attack speed) - Total Mayhem now applies Flurry on self instead of target, as intended
2025-09-19 22:26 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Fixed issue with some chests items being weirdly placed and had missing items
2025-09-18 14:31 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Fixed an issue with the enchanting device, which prevented to enchant certain items.
2025-09-18 02:19 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Fixed issues with Dragaclaw to registering hits on 3 of its 4 hitbox tiles - Fixed issues with Vault sometimes having items erased - Fixed issues with some windows rarily getting stuck - Fixed missing text for Vault rebind option - Chicken Strike skill now transforms into chicken for 15 sec instead of 20
2025-09-17 02:41 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Added 'v' shortcut for the vault - Added 2 more Vault tabs - Empire Items Collector Achievements now requires 40 items instead of 50 - Banishment spell now excludes the caster - Fixed a few issues with armor adding HP - Failing Final Judgment on Pet now releases it
2025-09-09 21:53 UTC · Community Announcements · XperimentalZ Games
- Resolved another issue for new players which prevented to enter the full tutorial smoothly - Disabled an exploit which allowed to loot shops
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