Everyone's favourite pathetic-yet-loveable karate student is finally joining the roster! Welcome the 16th playable fighter, Derrick Stone!

Derrick is a very wacky and unique character who has the ability to pull random items and throw them at the opponent! Each item has unique properties, effects, and uses, so it's important to take note of which ones you get and use them accordingly! Derrick is great at controlling space with his items and his Dust Ball projectile, pressuring an opponent's guard, and performing long air combos! It's not always easy for him to get going, and he lacks meterless defensive options, but his strengths can nonetheless making him a formidable fighter! We hope you enjoy trying out this crazy new character!

In other news, the 10th of August this year marked the 5th anniversary of Duels of Fortune's development. Five years may be a long time to be spending on any project with just two people, but we're very proud of what we've managed to accomplish in that time. We've made a lot of mistakes, and been through some rough patches... but we've also learned and grown so much, crafted characters, a world, and a story that have captured our hearts (and will hopefully capture yours too, soon enough!), and fostered an amazing community that we love engaging with every day. It genuinely warms our hearts to know that there are so many people out there who love what we make, and it's a big part of what drives us to keep working on the game. To all our fans, whether you've been around since the days of Boxer and Dark Boxer, or you've just found out about us recently, we cannot thank you enough for all the love and support you've shown us. We'll keep on working hard to make Duels of Fortune meet our vision.

Enough of all that sentimental stuff though! To celebrate this milestone, we've added 5 new costumes that feature our main quintet dressing sharply for the occasion! ...Well, some more sharply than others, but they're all doing their best!

Aside from that, Derrick has also brought with him some system changes, including a fairly big change to hitstun scaling, an unrelated new costume for Guy, and plenty of bug fixes and balance tweaks!

Included in this update is:

• A new playable character, Derrick Stone!

• 6 new costumes (Anniversary Suits + Karate Gi Guy)

• 2 new Missions

• Changes to hitstun scaling

• Rival Fights in Arcade Mode

• TONS of bug fixes

The full patch notes can be found here: https://cosmic-hat-games.itch.io/duels-of-fortune/devlog/553939/a-derrick-shaped-update-version-050-is-live-5th-anniversary