Posted January 02, 2026 by ppowersteef
Overall:
- Added an "Isopod" Cheat code, when active, any damage is an instant game-over. (There's no reward for completing the game with this cheatcode on)
- Added an option to change Brightness.
HertenHeld:
- Changed the enemies that appear in the center horizontal rooms at a certain point, making it more progressive difficult.
- The Green Beetle now has an indicator before firing it's projectile.
- Added a minor reference to a fellow character.
Overgrowth:
- When grounded, you'll throw daggers faster.
(This is done so dealing with tanky enemies at distance is less tedious.)
- Touching the Slime enemy is now lethal.
Alraune changes:
- The method to unlock Alraune Hardmode no longer needs all heart petals collected to appear, and is now available at any time when the hidden room is found.
- The heart petal that appeared in the same room is moved to a new hidden room.
- Added a bigger visual clue that Alraune Hardmode is enabled.
- The huge thorns in the Alraune's final attack are now immume to damage.
- Fixed a bug where the hitboxes in the same thorn attack weren't aligned with the sprite.
As for other news, lately on Bluesky I've been making posts about little details and fun facts of HertenHeld.
You can find it here:
https://bsky.app/hashtag/HertenHeld?author=ppowersteef.bsky.social
This update kinda happened because I was playing through the whole game for these posts, and found some things that made me want to come back for and address.
This update was finished around Christmas, but decided to wait until after the holidays to find the time to release it.
Thank you for playing HertenHeld.