- Hotfix 4.0.0.3 - 12 July 2026
Added option to disable visual noise. Added option to auto restart boss fights on death. Trio boss now stays in slow-motion after right click. Child is now vulnerable during skull swarm. Child heads have a little less HP.
- Hotfix 4.0.0.2 - 23 June 2026
- Remembrance I Berserk Arrows do not immediately damage player on spawn
- Hotfix 4.0.0.1 - 21 June 2026
Time to vague post my patch notes. Dialogue no longer happens when starting that particular fight. The Hand no longer improves your cooking forever. Achievements no longer automatically unlock when reenabling achievements after defeating bosses. One Hit mode can now unlock "progress."
- TAROT IS OUT NOW - 20 June 2026
MINI-DEAD: TAROT IS OUT NOWIt took a long time but that's only on a human scale. In the scale of the universe it took no time at all.The base game will update automatically. The menu will show version 4.0.0.0Here's a hint: Join the DiscordIt's buzzing right now as everyone discovers the secrets of the game. If you need help on how to progress you can ask the lovely folks herehttps://discord.gg/3RvHuvh
- INACCESSIBILITY - 16 June 2026
You Asked For ThisAs soon as I spoke about Accessibility in Mini-Dead: Tarot, users on the Discord immediately ask for options that did the opposite. They wanted settings that made the game harder.Okay. Yeah. Sure.I want that too. So here you go. Once you've completed Tarot you will unlock the Remembrances in the options menu. RemembrancesEnabling a remembrance will spawn additional attacks at random times.This is not recommended.You can pick which attacks spawn in or enable everything at once.Remembrance IWill spawn attacks from Fetus, Iris and Berserker. Fetus's rotating beam will span the arena, Iris' wall will slide across and four Berserker arrows criss cross the screen in quick succession.Remembrance IIWill spawn attacks from The Abandoned Child, The Sun and the Moon and The Entertainer. The child's skeleton spine thingy will spawn in, The Sun and the Moon make a very small sun th…
- Let's talk ACCESSIBILITY in hard games - 15 June 2026
An Actual Easy Mode?For those of you that have played my other game, Dead, will know that Easy Mode is big fat lie, but should there be an actual easy mode for Dead and Mini-Dead? The topic of whether or not Dark Souls should have an easy mode is very divisive. My answer is yes, so let's go over what the options are and why.Optional settings for those who require them. Completing Mini-Dead with these settings is a valid playthrough.REGENERATE HP MODEEvery three seconds you heal a hit point. In Mini-Dead you get four hits and you're out. There is no way to get health points back but with this mode you can heal over time. Self explanatory and yet I explained it anyway because I'm a silly little guy.SLOW MODEThe game will run at half speed. During play testing, I often observed players running the game at half speed anyway due to a bug (or their bad PCs.) When I'd tell them the game is act…
- "Hello!" - 12 June 2026
HELLO!It took a long time and I could spend another six years tinkering but at some point you just have to say it's good enough. You've all waited far too long but the wait is finally coming to an end on June 20th.Until then, I'll be posting more updates and snippets and thingies leading up to the big day so don't bloody go anywhere!See you then!Join the Discord where I hang out. It's chill and nice there: https://discord.gg/3RvHuvh
- Tarot Development - Roadmap #3 - 1 December 2024
It's been a while. TL;DR 2025 release Look, I've got good news! No bad news either, just good. I know I haven't been as communicative as I should but long story short, Tarot is closer to release. I'm wrapping up the sound design of Tarot now and it's been enlightening. The Mini-Dead base game has about 20 or so audio files. That includes sounds for posses, UI and music. Tarot has over 175 audio files! Bosses are more distinct have more complex move sets. There's also lots of secret things that need audio too. It's all getting a big overhaul and it's been a lot of work! Hats off to sound designers. I have discovered that sound design is tough. Fun...but tough. As for feedback and testing, look I'm gonna be honest. No one has played it. I've let one or two people have a go at the game but they didn't play the original. I've done my best to not make the game stupid hard but I'm sure there'…
- Mini-Dead Tarot: Development Road Map #2 - 29 May 2023
GETTING THERE Good news. Even though the last update was nearly a year ago, I am happy to update you all on what's been going on and where we are now. If you're not on the Milo Games discord server, I hang out there every hour and post updates quite frequently. A big milestone was completed this evening: Transitions and cut scenes. Up to now, going from boss to menu was just a simple transition from one screen to another. Not very exciting and not very rewarding when you spend 3 hours on a boss only for a default windows "YOU COMPLETED" to flash up. Well now, it's all slick 'n stuff. When you kill a boss and when you do certain actions I can't talk about, it's all cool and animated. This stuff took some time but it's there. Now you may notice I haven't ticked off "cut scenes." I still have one more to go, but it's sort of a bonus one and doesn't really count as a standard transition. Ba…
- Mini-Dead: Tarot - Big news and development roadmap - 13 July 2022
Hi everyone, Alec here. This is the biggest part of the development is complete! The game play is 100% finished and no more creative decisions need to be made and I’m finally happy with how the bosses play. Making a game that feels fun takes a lot of work and getting to the point where, at minimum, everything is playable is a big achievement! What's next? Balancing - Beta testing, feedback and making sure the game is fun. Bug fixing - More beta testing and tidying up loose ends. Checking for exploits and ensuring Steam works. Sound - All music is DONE. The bosses just need sound now which is a fairly sizeable job but not too bad in grand scheme of things. UI - Menus and boring stuff. Saving and loading. Accessibility Polish - Particles, smooth animations, cut scenes and cool stuff. Fun! Other - Who knows what might happen? It's just good to account for unknowable factors. And marketing.…
- Soundtrack Preview - Abandoned Child - 27 March 2022
A preview of the OST for the upcoming Mini-Dead: Tarot with music from the lovely Mudeth. Mudeth's Twitter: https://twitter.com/htedum Mudeth's Bandcamp: https://mudeth.bandcamp.com/ Join the discord for the latest updates: https://discord.gg/3RvHuvh
- Mini-Dead: Tarot - March Progress Report - 26 March 2022
Hi everyone, It's been a long time and I don't update you frequently enough. I'm very active over on the Milo Games discord server which you can join with the link below: https://discord.gg/3RvHuvh Release Date It's looking very likely it'll be this year. I can't give a month yet, but progress is steady enough that it should be sometime in 2022. My personal life is very busy so working on the game is not a regular thing. However, I've not given up on it since it's conception in 2016 so I won't stop now. What's left to be done? Three bosses are fully playable. The secret boss has turned into something far, far more ambitious than I anticipated. It has taken, by far, the most time out of any individual thing so far. It's the most complex and asset heavy boss fight I've ever done across Mini-Dead and Dead. Once the secret boss is complete the game will then be the minimum viable product. M…
- Mini-Dead is fast again + DLC Progress - 25 July 2021
Mini-Dead is now fast Mini-Dead is now on v2.0.0.6. This solves an issue which must have existed for months now in which the game actually runs at half the speed. This has now been fixed, so I recommend trying the game again at the true intended difficulty. Other changes include: Changing the behaviour of buttons to trigger on mouse press, rather than mouse release. This should make menus feel more responsive. Safety period at the start of the fight Now, when a fight begins, Ember cannot be damaged. You are free to watch the bosses perform their attacks in total safety. Once you click, you become vulnerable. This is a good quality of life update to ensure you don't spawn in taking damage, but more importantly, helps you learn what the boss will do. Critical for the upcoming DLC. Freeze frame on death A lot of the times you may die in Mini-Dead and not know why. Now, when you die, the sc…
- Mini-Dead: Tarot status - 16 February 2021
Hello! Alec here. ːdeadhuskyː Let's talk about Mini-Dead: Tarot and it's progress. Not Dead Firstly, it's alive and still in development. Summer 2020 was the original goal and, you may have noticed, that didn't happen. Last year was eventful and it wasn't easy for me to work on the game. I have real life things to do that eat up my time, plus developing a game that's fun is hard. Release date It's hard to say. This is why I don't usually announce release dates because I'm very likely to miss it. I assume it'll come out this year. The game is currently...well lets put it like this. There are ten parts to the game. What that means exactly is spoilers, but, there are ten, large parts that need developing. Once those are done, the rest of the development is sound effects and polish. Out of those ten parts, seven are complete. One of those parts, in particular, is using up a lot load of time…
- Tarot Soundtrack Preview! - 11 February 2020
Really happy to share this with you. Mini-Dead: Tarot has some amazing music and here's just one track from a surprisingly long list of tracks. Big thanks to mudeth for taking on this job. He's doing amazing work and really bringing the game to life. Give him some love! Mudeth's Twitter: https://twitter.com/htedum Mudeth's Bandcamp: https://mudeth.bandcamp.com/
- Mini-Dead: Tarot Announcement Trailer - 27 November 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5TRbilK8WY Mini-Dead: Tarot is an expansion for Mini-Dead introducing more bosses, more original music, more achievements and more secrets. Incredibly excited to finally show something tangible for this next instalment. Check out the storepage below and add it to your wish list so you don't miss out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1199310/MiniDead_Tarot/ I'll be talking about it more openly and frequently now.
- Announcement Trailer is Coming - 20 November 2019
Lately, I've been working on the trailer for what is currently known as "Mini-Dead DLC." This trailer will reveal the bosses you'll be fighting and the official name of DLC. It will also mark the cross over-point to a project I can start talking about more openly, including what progress I'm making specifically. Keep an eye out! DLC will be out in 2020. I couldn't tell you which month but, 2020.
- Mini-Dead DLC: Progress and official statements - 10 September 2019
Alec here. ːdeadhuskyː I spend a lot of my time on the Milo Games discord channel and not enough here on the Steam community so here is the official stance on the DLC. You can join the discord here: https://discord.gg/nrP9zmM DLC is happening! I don't know when it will be released but I will reveal more information when the game is further along. I think it will be sometime this year, if not early next year. What's in the DLC? Three more bosses with lots of secrets. I think it will be a really good challenge. There are technically more than three but for now let's all pretend there's three. There will be new achievements so for those that have 100%'d Mini-Dead be prepared to re-earn your title. How much will the DLC be? About $5. Maybe more. It's really good content and so far I'm really happy with it. The bosses are way more complicated than the three currently in the game. Is the secr…
- Discord Server - 8 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32624832%2Fc903b231e37abc4f1d03cbb9579836f37b9fb464.png INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/3RvHuvh We have a Discord Server now! I'll be posting all progress on future projects (including Mini-Dead DLC.) This will be the place if you want see secret things, beta test our games or talk about dumb stuff. If you want secrets this is the place.
- Halloween Sale - Mini-Dead was always free so there is no increase in value - 30 October 2018
Bad at Marketing It's true! Here at Milo Games we are not good at marketing. Mini-Dead is free and has always been free so when the Steam sale comes around it is completely unaffected. Therefore, if you download and play Mini-Dead right now you are, in a small way, losing value. That said, it's bloody fun so give it a go. :deadhusky: Quick Note on DLC Hey, so, I said I was going to have the DLC done by the end of the year but turns out I grossly under estimated how long this would take. One boss is 90% done and I want the DLC pack to contain a good collection of 3 bosses + 1 secret boss. I cannot tell you when this will all be done as I can only work on it when I get the time. All I can do is keep you posted on progress. Do you know what my biggest fear is? Not being relevant anymore and no one caring about my games. Hahhaha classic fear hahaha.
