- ⚔️ Combat Feedback Update Is Live! ⚔️ - 29 August 2026
⚔️ MONSTER PORTAL COMBAT UPDATE IS LIVE! Now only $3.99 !!!A new Monster Portal update is live! This update focuses on making combat feel more responsive, impactful, and easier to read — with improved player feedback, sounds, and more! 🔥⚔️✨Here’s what’s new:🩸 Improved Player Hit Feedback - Taking damage now feels much more impactful! Player hits now include blood spurts, new hit sound effects, and a blinking health bar, making it easier to instantly recognize when you've taken damage during chaotic battles.⭐ Experience Bar Feedback - Your experience bar now blinks whenever you gain XP, giving you clearer visual feedback as you fight enemies and progress toward your next level.👹 Boss Damage Feedback - Boss health bars now blink when bosses take damage, making your attacks easier to track and giving boss fights more satisfying visual feedback.💀 Updated Boss Intros - Boss encounters no…
- Monster Portal Update! - 27 May 2026
⚔️ MONSTER PORTAL UPDATE IS LIVE! ⚔️ Now only $3.99 !!!Just rolled out a big Quality of Life update focused on making game play smoother, clearer, and more satisfying during the chaos! Here’s what’s new:🎮 Controller Update - Remapped the controller buttons to make game play feel smoother, easier, and more enjoyable for players. The new layout should feel more natural in combat and help make the overall experience in Monster Portal more comfortable to play. ⚔️🔥✨🎮 Controller Rumble - Controllers now support rumble effects, adding extra feedback and immersion to game play.💰 Pickup Text Added - Gold, health potions, and more now display clearer pickup text so it’s easier to track what you’re grabbing in the middle of battle.💎 Gems Are Easier To Spot - Gems now feature larger, more visible banners so you can quickly locate important gems across the map.🗺️ Objectives Always Visible - Ma…
- Global changes for MONSTER PORTAL - 15 December 2025
Just a few global changes that I think will improve the game play and make MONSTER PORTAL even more fun!!!20% faster base leveling up!10% global speed boost for everything! Enemy "Slowed" effects going from -50% to -20%As always, any of your feedback is great to hear!! I really appreciate it!!
- Controller Support is now LIVE!!! - 1 September 2025
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!
- Monster Portal! – Big Gameplay Overhaul! Just in time for the Steam Summer Sale - 27 June 2025
Monster Portal – Major Patch Update! 🌀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. 🔥 NEW & IMPROVED FEATURES🧭 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 + ENEMY UPDATES🧠 Boss AI Overhaul Bosses and minibosses no longer get stuck on the player — there's always a way out!💥 Boss Fights…
- Game mechanics update! - 17 March 2025
Hello everyone! It was an awesome launch and I continue to make the game even better with more feedback! Here are some updates below, and I am hoping to implement steam leader-boards soon so that it can be more competitive with other players since this is a solo player game. Game mechanics update! Game now pauses when pressing so you can take the time arranging your gems and reading about their spells/abilities, not having to worry about the chaos going on around you. Updated the tutorial and GUI to help inform the player more on the mechanics of the game. Added some new features to hopefully help the player understand how to bring out the bosses. Further balanced monsters. Added some lighting effects
- Post launch gameplay update! - 12 March 2025
Zoomed the camera out. Will help with three things: Gives player more vision of map to help orient themselves and see things to access. Adds more monsters on screen to add more chaos. There is now more room for GUI elements to make the screen feel less cluttered. ------ Fixed objects to bounce off new camera size. Fixed the pressing "e" crash while in chaos totem. Updated most font for legibility. Updated the tutorial. Made the hero starting AOE lighting bigger to start. Made first level easier to access boss hint to guide players. Fixed a few bugs because of the new camera size.
- Monster Portal - OFFICIAL RELEASE LIVE NOW ! ! ! - 5 March 2025
Monster Portal – Official Release! 🎉 Today is the day! After countless hours of hard work, passion, and dedication, Monster Portal is finally released! This has been an incredible journey, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with all of you. Creating this game has been a labor of love—designing every enemy, balancing every mechanic, and fine-tuning the experience to make it as fun and engaging as possible. There were challenges along the way, but every late night and every tough decision was worth it to bring Monster Portal to life. To everyone who has followed along, given feedback, and supported me—thank you. Your encouragement, ideas, and excitement have meant the world. This is just the beginning, and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts, see how you play, and continue improving and expanding Monster Portal in the future. Let’s open the portal together and face the monsters th…
- Final game update before release on March 5th, 2025! New and expanded content! - 2 March 2025
Game update and changes! Added option for random starting gems so now you can play the game with the main three characters and different starting gems. Made it so you run into less things and get stuck less. Updated the gem store. Chaos totem spawns more often on each level. Chaos totem now displays 12 options as well as being mandatory. Also added new options. Updated loot boss attacks. Updated mage attack on 2nd level. Added more sound effects. Updated enemy AI. Updated tutorial at the beginning of game. Changed 2nd level boss attacks and added lighting effects to aoe attacks. Added lighting effects to level 3 Minions. I am excited for the release on March 5th and will continue to update the game or fix things that people run into! Looking forward to it!
- March 5th, 2025!! Full release of "Monster Portal" at 10am Pacific Time! - 1 March 2025
Time has finally come for the full release of Monster Portal! I have been developing it for a long time and I am super excited to finally release the game! Mark your calendars!
- Monster Portal update! New release date, March 5th 2025!!! - 2 February 2025
Hello everyone! New update here! Let me know your thoughts! Currently, I plan is to fully release the game on March 5th! That way it doesn't coincide with Steam Next Fest. Biggest Changes Added monster shards! Currency that transfers between runs to upgrade your hero! Added global +20% speed boost Added player dashes Made it easier to level up (40% faster) Smaller updates Added moveable, lockable, and deletable GUI Added more particles effects Balanced level 3, enemy fire attacks Boss 3 destroys all enemies when killed Audio death sound level 3 explosion Update death particles for level 3 minion Updated chaos totem Buffed aoe sword gem Buffed totem gem Balanced minibosses Fixed bugs
- Major update for "Monster Portal" before planned release in February 2025! - 22 October 2024
Major update! Major changes Each hero now has his own ultimate ability Added 2 loot bosses that randomly spawn Game play paths are now unlock-able through various tasks ("Way of the X") Created a Chaos Totem with random positive/negative effects chosen at random if accepted Added an instance where magical "fairies" spawn and if you catch enough you level up Toggle on/off new gem refresh rates (quick reference GUI) New gem info window when hovering over gems No cap for gem/player leveling anymore Gems are now named Added new monsters Added new monster player effect (confusion) Added text when poisoned, slowed, stunned, or confused for player visibility Updated knock-back for certain gems Audio/Visual updates Various new sound effects and particle effects New particles on upgrade screen Updated 3nd level boss AOE attacks Updated 2nd level boss AOE attacks Updated 1st level boss spore AOE…
- Introducing MONSTER PORTAL !!! - 27 June 2024
Hello! I had debated this for awhile and finally decided to pull the trigger on it. There are many major updates and bug fixes to the game as well as 7 new gems!! Also changed a game mechanic where passive slot gems can refresh when not in active slots so you can real-time flip back and for to fully utilize your spells! It is a fun mechanic that engages more gems and is skill based in the heat of battle to know which spells you need and when. Updates: Added 7 new unique gems that can only drop from monsters/bosses/or paths Created new particle effects for the new gems as well as implemented them into level up choices (can't buy in the store) Made it so gems new can refresh while in passive slots Added text below gems when on the ground to reference what they do Fixed Greedy and Death Eater path bugs Updated 2nd level with how boss comes out Fixed bug with 1st level boss Updated concept…
- New patch! - 17 April 2024
- Reworked final boss level - atmosphere, level layout, creative direction, boss fight - Updated numerous particle effects - Updated 2nd level buildings - Fixed bugs and various AI game play events - Implements new minion death particle effects
- New update! - 10 March 2024
Added a pause menu song Balanced some more gems Updated a boss Updated and optimized code Optimized some particle effects Fixed an issue when finding journals on maps
- Update notes for 3/3/2024 - 4 March 2024
Added voice over for intro, shop keep, and journal entries. New level up menu. Updated some mini-boss fights. Added icons for poisoned, slowed, and rooted above character to make an easy visual for the player. Balanced some of the gem abilities and upgrades. General bug fixes and optimizations.
- Little Big Monsters Update! - 13 February 2024
Hello everyone! I have been working a lot on the overall mechanics of the game! ~ NEW ~ You now receive 3 options when you level that you can choose to upgrade. They range from gem upgrades for every gem, leveling aspects of your given character (like speed, sprint duration, health, health regeneration, etc), or receiving 1 random gem! This really adds a lot of dynamic game-play and increases the depth of your character depending on the base path you take when choosing your character before each game! There is new music, updated particle effects, and much more! Monsters now slightly increase as you level to balance the game and the base speed of everything has increased. I have updated the main splash screen and character select screen as well. There are also numerous bug fixes and code optimizations! Please feel free to play and let me know what you think! Any bug fixes you report or i…
- 2022 Steam Winter Sale - Little Big Monsters - 22 December 2022
Time of the year again for Steam's Winter Sale! Pick up your copy of Little Big Monsters now for 75% off! There are a lot of new things in the most recent game update that you will enjoy! Look forward to future developments and updates! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Little Big Monsters
- 75% off Little Big Monsters - Steam Summer Sale!!! - 23 June 2022
It is that time of the year again! A perfect time to pick up your copy of Little Big Monsters!!! A bunch of added new content in game! -Gameplay- 5 new gems with new abilities including 2nd tier additions! Life Leech Magic Orbs AOE Electric Field Ray Beam Void Blast 1 new enemy! Updated a lot of ability particle effects Single sword attack can now attack in all directions 30% global move increase Boots went from 100%/50% increase to 50%/25% because of overall global speed boost update. Health/Mana gems auto give pots every 30 seconds (no more clicking to place on ground and you can also add them to the passive gem slot) -General- New music! New sound effects! Updated menu screens Fixed numerous bugs Gems that you used on your run now show up on death screen More settings Fixed Lag issues -Brainstorming things to come- Every character level up could have a choice between 3 things to make…
- Little Big Monsters - Update! - 23 June 2022
-Gameplay- 5 new gems with new abilities including 2nd tier additions! Life Leech Magic Orbs AOE Electric Field Ray Beam Void Blast 1 new enemy! Updated a lot of ability particle effects Single sword attack can now attack in all directions 30% global move increase Boots went from 100%/50% increase to 50%/25% because of overall global speed boost update. Health/Mana gems auto give pots every 30 seconds (no more clicking to place on ground and you can also add them to the passive gem slot) -General- New music! New sound effects! Updated menu screens Fixed numerous bugs Gems that you used on your run now show up on death screen More settings Fixed Lag issues -Brainstorming things to come- Every character level up could have a choice between 3 things to make your character/gems better Maybe every 5 levels get a divine choice (ex-2% dmg, % exp to gems, free level, permanent speed increase, i…
