Cogmind

Bigger, better, more X0-1V1! That's the general theme here for Beta 17.1, a pit stop of enhancements and expanded content on the way to a much bigger Beta 18. We've seen lots of crazy X0-1V1 runs sinc…

Have you played DCSS? (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup) If not, then you should definitely consider trying it, a major roguelike in constant development for even longer than Cogmind, and a great game among t…

Ironically for a release dubbed "Unchained More," and one that includes an even wider variety of Unchained personalities and tech, folks are generally going to be seeing them "less" overall xD. This i…

Cogmind's 12th annual review is available over on the dev blog, summarizing a year featuring two major releases that finished off one expansion while kick-starting another. 2025 added a significant ne…

A new expansion begins! Our Beta 16 eponymous opponents are upon us... With them comes upgraded Scanalyzer functionality for all, and a batch of over 200 more achievements to catch us up with the last…

https://i.imgur.com/epnHgYa.png The epic conclusion to the UFD expansion is here, bringing with it a major new map, 100 new items, and Cogmind's 10th unique ending! Within you'll also find a huge rang…

https://i.imgur.com/gpnnhSP.jpeg Cogmind's 11th annual review is available over on the dev blog, summarizing a year of massive updates on both the interface and content side. We got larger fonts, map …

https://i.imgur.com/UZoVaRJ.png THE UFD HAS ARRIVED. A whole new faction introducing new robot classes, mechanics, and a huge collection of lore and dialogue across many dozens of new encounters. This…

Not long after the release (and seventh and final patch) of our latest major new version, Beta 13 "Zoom All The Things", I'd like to do something I've never done here before: talk more about the futur…

We have a new Beta 13 patch, this time with Modal layout QoL enhancements, and some more fixes for new issues. If you recall, back when I planned to release the new layout feature for Beta 13, I wasn'…

It's finally time! For 1.0? No, of course not (that we hit it back in 2017 is just a poorly kept secret), what I mean is raising the price to better reflect what Cogmind is: hundreds of hours of conte…

A few days back I put out a first little patch for the huge Beta 13 "Zoom All The Things" release and left a link to the changelog/notes in the main announcement comments (minor things and save-compat…

https://i.imgur.com/f0muPhE.gif WARNING: Upscaled and zoomable Cogmind has landed :D Beta 13 is here, and with it comes larger text and the ability to double the map tile size on the fly, including a …

https://i.imgur.com/276xdRP.png Early this month I introduced Cogmind's first new upscaled layout option, then immediately followed up with development of our second new option! While the other option…

https://i.imgur.com/4ljXH5b.png I recently finished my Adventures in Map Zooming series over on the dev blog, and the most recent and final part covers what is from a player perspective the most impor…