The Memory of Eldurim has failed to get funded on kickstarter. Liminal Games has been quiet with no update for a while, but have a post on the games webpage.

The Future of MoE and Liminal Games

Hello everyone,

As many of you are aware, our Kickstarter campaign was unsuccessful. Many of you may have questions about what is going to happen now. Well, here come the answers!

First of all, we want to thank you so much for all the support we had. Obviously we hoped that things would catch on a bit more, but we recognized that success was not the only option. We felt that we had to try at this time because some of us are needing to make life altering decisions and the fate of the Kickstarter is an important variable in deciding what some of us need to do.

That being said, fear not! Development of The Memory of Eldurîm will continue! We are going to have to alter some of our plans, but we are determined to press forward.

Many of us are graduating from university at the end of this year and so finals are upon us as well as the busyness that comes with the holidays so we have been spread pretty thin. We are grateful for your patience.

The Kickstarter did show us that there is a demand for the game. Enough of you were willing to back us that we want to make sure that we keep our idea alive. We are not sure on all the details at the moment, but just know that there are still many things stirring behind the scenes that do look promising for our future.

Nearly 6000 people have downloaded the demo. Additionally, we have had an amazing response on our Steam Greenlight.

As soon as the dust settles from other outside influences in our lives, we will have more news for you.

Thanks again!

Balcony Team has a new post-funding update for Balum showing off a new screenshot of a new environment.

A New Environment!

Hello, everyone!

It's time for an update!

We are working on the chapter 1 dungeons and caves. Designing the caves is really refreshing, because we just finished with the grasslands (640000 tiles of landscape) and it is nice to work on a different kind of environment. :)
Now we only show you 1 screenshot, but you can expect a video of this cave in the near future! ;)

(Click here to see it in full resolution)

Studio Fawn has a new Q&A for Bloom: Memories in the games latest update.

Loose Ends - Q&A

Since we are nearing the end of the campaign, I thought it would be a great chance to answer some questions that have popped up. 

Q: How long will the game be?  

A: Judging the total game time in the final game is pretty difficult this early and without testing, but I can safely say the final game won’t be a short 2 hour experience or anything like that. In fact, even just the small pre-alpha demo took most people roughly 15-25 minutes to run through… and that was a tiny extra bit added before you even enter the “proper” more open world or have even gained your most basic skills.  

It takes a little time to tell the story and build the experience we want, so we plan to take all the time we need to do it right.

Q: And what is the replayability like?  

A: First off, I expect players to be able to play through the game several times on normal settings and still find it very rewarding. Since one of the biggest features is the ability to approach and handle situations differently, replaying the game and trying something new will definitely give you different experiences.

Beyond that though, we are planning a + mode (after you have beaten the game on normal, for an extra challenge), as well as some more involved ideas (such as the prologue chapter, or other ways to unlock additional content).

Added to all of this is a world filled with secrets and accomplishments…and you have quite a bit of content to keep people busy (as well as a game that might make quite a few completionists happy; what fun is achieving things if you aren't rewarded?).

Q: How does your character grow?

A: Well, the progression of your character depends on how you play and what type of person you are. Instead of more traditional “skill trees”, we like to approach abilities in a more grounded way and provide them through the actions you take (certain challenges, or exploration, or making certain choices).

Of course, there will also be a “core set” of abilities that are needed to make sure everyone is able to finish the game. But we see these more as key story events, instead of real individualistic character progression.

Outside of abilities, you also grow in terms of who you meet and the characters (or items) you have access to which help you on your journey.

EDGE has a new preview of the 2D Action RPG Hyper Light Drifter.

What’s the difference between a $27,000 game and a $645,000 game? That’s the question Alex Preston is wrestling with following the runaway success of his Kickstarter campaign for pixel-art RPG Hyper Light Drifter. Preston acknowledges that he’s now able to hire more artists and animators to flesh out the game’s world, as well as recruit talent such as Rich Vreeland (AKA Fez composer Disasterpeace) to write its soundtrack. And yet “the same concepts still apply; we have the same story structure, the same combat methodology and mechanics. It’s just that now we have a chance to build it out bigger than before”.

It’s not hard to see why Hyper Light Drifter captured the imaginations of so many. The trailer alone is mesmerising. “Two months of really solid labour” went into its creation, an effort that paid off handsomely when married to Preston’s enthusiastic pitch and beautiful animated sprite art. The footage offers an all-too-brief glimpse at a rich world that combines influences as disparate as Hayao Miyazaki, The Legend Of Zelda, Diablo and Neon Genesis Evangelion. “I think people recognise the love that I have for certain games and certain cartoons and media in general,” Preston explains. “So there’s a shared experience there, and that resonates with people. You see across the comments [on the campaign]: ‘Yeah, that looks like this,’ or ‘This reminds me of that.’ I think people picked up on these little love letters that I put in there.”

In the next kickstarter update for After Reset we get a look how the game handles stats, and alignments of your player character.

Today we have very big, tasty and juicy Update devoted to Game Mechanics of After Reset RPG. So lean back in in your armchairs and get ready to know more about Character Creation Process: let's talk about Alignment and Stats stages...

GAME MECHANICS: ALIGNMENT CHOICE

In the role-playing systems with rolls and dices, the Alignment parameter reflects the ethical and moral values of the character. Alignment is defined by the player when creating a character and affects role-play, and some abilities and limitations for the player.

In accordance with the rules of SACPIC, there are nine possible character alignments (three for each axis of a grid). The alignment for a neutral-neutral character, is usually called true neutral, or simply neutral.

Alignment can change throughout the game: a series of actions committed by a character that do not match their current Alignment will cause that character's Alignment to change in the long run. For example, an unprincipled thief and marauder (chaotic-neutral), seen sharing stolen stuff with the poor, will eventually become chaotic good.

Alignment strongly affects choice of character fractions to join and even professions. For example, a lawful-good (principled) character cannot join raiders or most of tribes; a mercenary of Black Sand faction should be neutral, and Corps Eater profession could be taken only by chaotic-evil characters.

In the latest update for Bloom: Memories we get a look at the games music.

The Music - Adding Depth to Bloom

Hey everyone, Dani here (for just a moment) with another update. Thanks so much for all of the support in getting us this far, it has been an amazing week :) 

But first off...big news! We made it through greenlight!! Now with less than a week to go, we are in our final push to reach some stretch goals. 

Speaking of stretch goals, you might have noticed a new one added to the front page -

$65,000 - Prologue Chapter (Unlocked when you complete Bloom on normal). Play as a key character in the Bloom story leading up to the beginning of the journey. Completion of this chapter unlocks new options in the main story on future games.

Also, here is a new concept for that $5 add-on. Of course, there are still plenty more left to do before voting for the top 2 to print! 

In other news, we have officially teamed up with curse.com who will be providing the Bloom wiki! As more information is released, the wiki will slowly be growing to include all the various bits about Bloom. http://bloom.gamepedia.com/Bloom_Wiki

Anyhow, with those out of the way, onto the update!

Since the last update was about the programming, and before that the artwork, we thought it would be a perfect chance to cover some of the music (which, to us, is much more than "just music"). So, who better to talk about this than our composer Jose Mora-Jimenez.

Those of you that have purchased Eldritch will be pleased to know a new expansion called Mountains of Madness is on the way. The best part is that it will be free.

Eldritch: Mountains of Madness is a free expansion for the Lovecraftian action roguelike game Eldritch from David Pittman and Minor Key Games.

Available December 19 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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Stoic released  a new video for The Banner Saga called,"Rough Guide to Combat”

We have released a brand new tutorial that covers the basics someone new to the game needs to consider when preparing for battle and the tactics they need to think about while in the heat of combat. It includes a useful overview of the hero stats a player should keep an eye on as well as a focus on how 'willpower' can also be used strategically to boost various actions in combat to take out an enemy. Watch it to find out more.

Tahira:Echoes of the Astral Empire is a new tactical turn-based RPG from a new developer called Whale Hammer Games. Not much is known about the game yet, but the site has a blog with more infomation.

The Basics

­­­Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire is a turn-based tactics game for the PC, which places you in the role of Princess Tahira leading her people across a dying planet in search of a new home.

Lead Your People

Play as Tahira, the Princess of Avestan. Encounter and deal with a diverse cast of characters whose goals and motivations conflict with yours as you flee the enemy who destroyed your home.

Strategic Turn-Based Combat

Fight alongside legends as you traverse a hostile world, realised in hand painted landscapes. Battles are painstakingly animated and have realistic combat rules that reward good tactics and let you play the way you want.

Echoes of the Astral Empire

Explore a dying world, ravaged by the excesses of humanity’s past and learn about a time when man walked among the stars with impunity.

Double Bear Productions has posted the next post-funding update for Dead State with a new video, and announces the game will be available on Steam Early Access.

Demo Video Update

A look at works in progress and some more information on the demo.

If you have any questions, let us know on the forums. We will have at least one more update before the demo is released, letting everyone know how to get access to it and about when it will be live. Thanks for your patience - it will be worth the wait!

Basilisk Games has sent out a new press release with news that Eschalon: Book III will be released on Valentine's Day, February 14^th, 2014.

Basilisk Games Announces the release date for "Eschalon: Book III"

Indianapolis, IN - December 3^rd, 2013 - Basilisk Games, Inc. is proud to announce that Eschalon: Book III is expected to launch on Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms on Valentine's Day, February 14^th, 2014.

On February 14^th the game will be immediately available, worldwide and DRM-free, through our website at http://basiliskgames.com. Eschalon: Book III was recently approved through Steam's Greenlight service and will be available on most major distribution portals on or shortly after its worldwide Valentine's Day release.

“The last game of the Eschalon trilogy is in the final stages of development now and is expected to wrap up in time for next Valentine's Day” said Thomas Riegsecker, CEO of Basilisk Games. “It is really an exciting time for us to see this project finished, and for everyone waiting to see how the trilogy comes to a close.”

Basilisk Games is expected to begin semi-public Beta Testing of Eschalon: Book III in early January 2014 for fans who want to help balance the game before its release. More information on the beta test program will be posted on the website at http://basiliskgames.com in the coming weeks.

The Rampant Coyote announces on his website that his RPG Frayed Knights is part of a new bundle. Here are the details.

Dan “Indie” Long has hand-picked some favorite games (including the Cognition series, which he worked on) for inclusion in a pretty fun game bundle. Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon is one of the second tier features, available for those who pay more than $5 for the bundle. A portion of the proceeds go to charity – in this case,  the Southern Oregon Humane Society.

A fellow Utah Indie is also featured in the bundle – “Asteria” by Brian Livingston (and friends…). It’s a 2D platform sandbox game with tons of crafting, and a mix of hand-crafted and procedurally generated content. It’s a very cool game.

The bundle also includes the first two episodes of Cognition, 99 Levels to Hell, 99 Spirits, Sky Nations (sort of a Minecraft meets Steampunk multiplayer game), QuestRun, Pyroclysm (a bonus game now unlocked),

I believe this is about the second time I’ve purchased my own game in a bundle…

The Indie Bundle – Hand Picked by Dan Long, AKA “Indie”

Cool games, and the bundle is well on the way to the third bonus already. Check it out! I know, bundle deals are pretty common these days, but hey – you can send the games as a gift for the season, and also support charity!

Black Cloud Studios has posted a new kickstarter update for After Reset talking about The Dallas Incident.

Hey, fellow RPG fans! Mr. Nixon here. As I mentioned earlier, I’d like to devote every update to one of After Reset RPG’s three main features (atmosphere, story, or mechanics). Today’s Update is dedicated to STORY.

But before sharing this new lore with you, I’d like to share our plans for the Kickstarter campaign. A lot of people asked me: what will we do after if we don’t reach our goal of $900k? Don’t panic! We have plan B, C, and even D. :)

Our plan B is to offer direct backing on our website, adding unique features for those who supported us here. We will also put all backers into an exclusive group of 'co-founders' on our forum, so that we can keep you updated on our progress, and also give you the ability to participate in the development process together with us - primarily through polls and other interactive formats. Our goal here is to collect $50k in direct donations, as this will be enough to finish the prologue with a high level of quality. We can then proudly put it on Steam Early Access, and gain the momentum we need to complete the game.

Plan C is to merge our team with another developer that has like-minded goals, and I've got two decent proposals from respectful studios. We will reach out to them after the campaign. So the more backs we collect here on Kickstarter, the easier for us will be negotiating process.

We’ll post more info about this as we get closer to the end of the campaign, but regardless of what happens - we’re committed to making this game a reality. Now, back to the Lore…

A new update for Ghost of a Tale popped up with information on the progress of the game and a screenshot.

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since the last update but that’s because work on the game is moving forward at a brisk pace. So here are just a few improvements since the previous update, in no particular order:

• Started testing DX11 global illumination asset (called “Dynamic GI”) for potential future integration (thanks Chris!)
• Integrated new camera with auto-corrective behavior (more on this at the end of this post)
• Deepened the lore and background story elements for characters, locations and quests (thanks Paul!)
• Implemented modular Actor AI with shared behaviors and waypoint system
• The crystal crab is now functional (and quite scary)
• Implemented traps game mechanics
• Footsteps sounds now match the ground material under the actors
• Implemented hiding spots game mechanics (really fun to use)
• Implemented faction system for NPCs (player is no longer the de-facto target)
• Stealth behavior is integrated
• Implemented ladder climbing system (yay for verticality!)
• Created new animation assets (player, skeletal rats, crab, etc…)
• Created additional foley sounds
• Implemented new props attachment and equipment system (great way to customize the character’s look)
• Started testing a new DX 11 Unity asset (called “Fluidity”) in hopes of integrating it in the game (for cool pyrotechnics)

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted a impression article for Consortium.

There are surface similarities with Mass Effect ,and the interaction with crew and the layout of the craft with the pilot in his isolated cockpit, support the comparison. I initially thought of the game as ‘the best parts of Mass Effect’ but that’s unfair to both games. Consortium has more in common with The Last Express or even a recent Telltale release than Bioware’s space opera, and the stories it tells are both far stranger and far more believable than I’ve come to expect from sci-fi games.

In the first post-funding update for The Mandate Perihelion Interactive announces a little surprise as the game reached it's next stretch goal.

Out with a bang and a little surprise!

Wow, we ended up passing 700k on Kickstarter + 15k from PayPal. This last day was our best funding during the entire campaign! Starbase boarding operations will definitely happen! Thank you, thank you, thank you from all of us here at Perihelion Interactive!

Many of you were really keen on getting Knighthoods and were a bit bummed for coming late to the party. So, we have a little announcement to make:

All backers get a Knighthood since we have replaced one of the medals with a Knighthood instead!!!

We will follow up on the Knighthood and their function in The Mandate later but for new backers we wanted to share and example of what it could look like. The specific example below is tied in with Anastasia’s twitter feed which you received a copy of in one of the previous updates:

We are extremely happy and very tired now! Stay tuned for more updates on additional design tiers, lore updates, BackerKit etc etc. We will have announcements about how we plan to engage you in the weeks and months to come so we can keep the fantastic and constructive spirit. Thank you again, you guys rock!

In the latest kickstarter update for Bloom: Memories Studio Fawn announces the game has reached its goal, and is now funded.

We Made It! Goal Reached!

Hey everyone! We have officially made it to our goal! ~celebrates~  

Thanks so so much for the amazing support from each one of you!! It truly means a lot to the entire team that so many people have chipped in to help us move Bloom forward; we won’t let you down.

Good news is, we still have over a week left! So everything from here just means bigger and better! Starting with our first stretch goal at 50k for additional language support on release.

Also, we added a new digital add-on today which might be of interest. 

• Alpha Access - $35 (Get access to regular builds as we create them, along with a reporting system to report bugs or suggest changes. These builds will be bleeding edge and will probably break often, but you will get to see Bloom grow as we build it.)

And, of course, we still have a lot of other great add-ons on the main page for you to check out.  

But for now, we can finally relax a little bit and breathe. :)

Anyhow, thanks again so so much for helping us finally get through Kickstarter! It is definitely going to be a busy (but exciting) year!

Perihelion Interactive have been busy in the last two days with three more updates for The Mandate. Details and links as usual are below.

Update #27- "When the cat is away... + first stretch-goal reached!"

The other day we “talked” about the poem The Destroyers with a bit of help from David Bradley. So today as a natural continuation we thought we would study language phrases and in particular the one phrase “when the cat is away, the mice will play”. How does this apply to The Mandate you ask? And more importantly who is the cat?

Update #28 - "650k achieved, free stuff, and some announcements..."

We just hit the 650k mini-stretch goal on our Kickstarter which is fantastic news! This means that everybody who pledged a total of $50 or more (irrespective of reward tier) will get the digital add-ons strategy guide, art bible and character pack #3 at no additional cost! Keep in mind that we have 13k from PayPal on top of this so the grand total sits at around 664k currently. If we hit 750k either before or after the Kickstarter campaign (the pledges on BackerKit later will count towards stretch goals), everybody who pledged $25 or higher will get the same digital add-ons as well.

Update #29 - "End of the beginning…AMA NOW!!!"

This will be our final update before the end of our campaign. The Reddit AMA starts NOW. CLICK HERE to check it out. In attendance will be

• Ole (producer & lead designer)
• Garret (art director)
• Vegard (tech director)
• Robert (senior designer)
• Bolek (programmer)
• Jimmy (character artist)
• Greg (environment artist)
• Michael (community manager).

We will keep the Reddit open for several hours and ideally until either a) you guys stop asking questions or b) we collapse from exhaustion. Garret will also do a live stream. What will he be drawing? We do not know! Check the top of the Reddit thread for a link to the stream (it may start a bit after the Reddit itself).

Winged Pixel has released a new update for the Beta version of Heroes of a Broken Land.

Heroes of a Broken Land – Beta 7.6 Released

Another week another version!

Firstly the game now has difficulty levels! The current difficulty is now called Normal. Because the difficulty does affect the world generation you can only select the difficulty at the start of a new game. Time will tell if the new difficulty levels are balanced or not.

Plus, I’ve finally gotten around to adding a full history when exploring dungeons.

Full list of changes in Beta 7.6:

 - Magic affinity now affects all spells and reduces by a % of MP cost
 - Heroes can now be dismissed at the Town Hall
 - Fix bug in stat modifiers display
 - Dungeon message history log added (click on the compass)
 - Damage number colors added
 - Weapon mastery skills descriptions fixed
 - Fix UI breakage when returning to the world map under certain conditions
 - Fix incorrect Town icons on sidebar when switching worlds (by loading a game)
 - Fix auto map switches in multi party dungeons
 - Difficulty settings added to game creation (chosen on world generation)
 - Fix various spelling mistakes

The next kickstarter update for Bloom: Memories gives a small update on the project, and Lead Developer James gives a look at how the game was developed.

The Invisible Magic of Bloom

Heya everyone, Dani here again... but only for a bit. This update will actually be in the hands of James (the developer, who handles the techy side). First off, thanks so much for all of the support! We are just around the corner from reaching the goal, so please keep spreading the word and we can push through.

To help things along, I'm also happy to announce a special $5 add-on. 

Small Print - An 8.5" x 5.5" art print! ((Note: This is not the final version, I will be doing several versions and a vote will decide the most popular TWO to print. So if you get two of these add-ons, you will get both different prints)).

Also, we just made it into the top 10 on steam greenlight, so things are definitely moving in the right direction!

Anyhow, take it away James.

............

Outside of the amazing artwork and beautiful music of Bloom, there is something equally impressive and it’s almost invisible unless you know where to look. Because this is a passion project, every team member has poured their heart and soul into Bloom – and I am no different.

I am James, the lead (and only) developer. My job is building the game engine; to pull all the amazing assets together to create the game.

While many programmers view code as a means to an end, a tool… I see it as an art form. To produce beautiful code, to achieve the impossible, to turn a bunch of unconnected stuff into an amazing experience for the player.

A new development update for Underrail is available that shows off some new content for the next update that deals with combat mechanics.

The most significant change to the combat mechanics is the addition of initiative. Character's base initiative is determined like this: 5 + agility + dexterity. At the start of the combat, each combat participant randomly adds 1-15 points to the base initiative and the modified value is used when sorting the turn order. The only exception is when the player initiates combat manually (by pressing ENTER) or by simply attacking. In this case the player will always act first, but because of this, the AP cost of the opening attack/action will be deducted from his first turn. Additionally, this also applies to some other non-combat action performed just before entering combat, such as opening doors.

Also, player will no longer be able to quickly initiated combat manually when exiting a dialog to get a jump on their enemies, but I will be going through all situations that involve dialog initiated combat to make sure the player receives appropriate initiative bonus depending on the situation. That is, if you are having a dialog with someone who is already wary of you (such as GMS hostage situation) you do not get any initiative bonus (though you still "roll" standard initiative and may in fact play first), while in situation in which you surprise attack someone through a dialog you will get a substantial initiative bonus, effectively granting you first strike.

I think it's pretty clear what the purpose of this change is - I want to remove the ability (and the need) to "cheese" your way into attacking first, while providing a game mechanic that will allow you to do this in a more meaningful way instead using your reflexes. I think these changes will particularly benefit non-stealth characters who are often hard pressed to survive when ambushed by multiple attackers. For now the initiative is only dependent on the start mentioned above, but later on I plan to add feats/abilities/psi that will allow you to increase this base value. I'm also considering adding initiative modifiers to weapons.

The cyberpunk 2D RPG Dex had a few more updates this week were we get to meet the develiopment team,  get news of new reward tiers, and get to sample some music.

Dex Team

Now that we’re midway through our campaign, we decided it would be a good time to introduce our small team. Three of us work in the office, the rest are external freelancers who contribute to the project in their own specific ways.

More Music & New Reward Tiers!

Many of you have offered positive comments about the music from the game soundtrack and some of you have written us to release more samples. Karel Antonin, our music composer, has created a new piece – possibly a main theme for the game menu or intro. We talked a bit and decided to share it with you!

It might sound even better with a live singer, right? Keep those contributions coming! ;) And let us know how you like this one! Do you think it would make a good main theme for the game?

Music Lover Tier

We decided to try a little experiment and added a “Music Lover” tier. If you like the Dex soundtrack and music from Karel Antonin (www.karelantonin.com), you can choose this tier and Karel will compose a track specifically for you, based on your suggestions about mood, atmosphere, rhythm, etc. Limited to three backers only!

Deluxe Physical Edition - Tier Extension

Based on numerous messages from you, we also decided to open an extension tier for the Deluxe Physical Edition. It is exactly the same as the £50 tier, except with a modest price increase (+ £5), so as to reward those early backers who already committed. We are making 50 additional slots available for the extended Deluxe Physical Edition.

Himalaya Studios has posted a new progress report in the next post-funding update for Mage's Initiation.

November Progress Report

Salutations, patrons of the arts arcane!  

Al Emmo Digital Download Reward Available

First off the bat, if you pledged at the $50 Spellbinder or $70 Shaman tier, you’re in for a treat! 

We haven’t officially announced the release of Al Emmo Enhanced (v4.0) -- but as we promised, you will be receiving your DRM-Free copies of the game and soundtrack first! Due to the large amount of keys we need to give out, registering an account at IndieGameStand is required. 

The e-mail on your account needs to match the e-mail address you backed with, so we can be sure the keys go to the right people. We’ll be sending out a separate e-mail to all $50 and $70 backers with further instructions.

We need votes on Greenlight to help get the new version of Al Emmo on Steam. You can help us accomplish that by clicking the image below and voting "yes":

From the Frontline

The 16:10 conversion of Mage’s Initiation is coming to an end, which means that we can start turning our attention back to scripting in more of the actual game events...and expanding the world of Iginor, to boot!

JP has been working arduously, making the game world flourish (and fester) with sketches of new locations, such as the bandit camp! He’s also been working regularly with Chris to completely overhaul some of the older background screens which, for various reasons, weren’t really conveying the right visual impact. We’re pleased to say that the new revisions really do improve the atmosphere and make a big difference to the look and feel of the land. 

Who resides at this mysterious forest camp?

 And thanks to our bodacious backers...the Northern Wastelands have opened for business! 

There be Burrowers in dem dar flatlands!

As you read this, we are working on getting this area of the game implemented and our next milestone will involve scripting the combat encounters and game events that take place here. We can’t wait to make these barren wastelands a fully-playable area, and it wouldn’t be in the game without your support. The Burrowers thank you too, for all the tasty humans they’ll now get to feast on!

Pyrodactyl Games has a new status report on their ancient India RPG Unrest.

Progress on all fronts

We’re going to do the usual update stuff in another paragraph or so – talk about what we’re doing, show you pretty screenshots, give the date and url of the next scheduled developer stream.

But in case you’re busy, your computer has another ten second of battery life, or you just heard local crime lords setting fire to your car, let me give you the summary: We’re on schedule. We’re on budget. No development problems. Everything is fine.

Interdimensional Games has a few more short updates for Consortium with news about rewards, and shares a new gameplay trailer.

Full Gameplay Trailer...

We're just going to leave this right here...

THANK-YOU to those of you who posted comments on our Greenlight page.  We're in the top 50's out of 1400 games. While that's not bad, lets shoot to get to the 20's by the end of this month!!  To do this, we need a LOT more traffic....if you have a Steam account, please visit and drop a comment...

GREENLIGHT!  GREENLIGHT!  GREENLIGHT!

Please share this video with your friends, social networks, etc and help us spread the word! 

Think of all the poor sci-fi RPG gamers who have still never heard of us... :-)

Back to the bug killin' and game polishin' grindstone for us!

Rewards...

Some of you may be wondering when the rewards will start being sent out.  Well, the creative contribution rewards have all been fulfilled.  Many of you fine folks have contributed your awesome ideas to our lore, and it has become much richer because of it.  THANK-YOU!   Those of you esteemed backers who contributed your photo to be included in the game...you have something new to hunt for when playing, because you are in there now.

As for the non-game contribution rewards, it should be noted that we need to launch the game first before the team is able to start working in earnest on this stuff. That said, the ZENLIL poster / HD wallpaper is almost done.  The digital soundtrack won't be released until after the game is publicly available.   As for the physical rewards (posters, T-shirts, etc) they will also be given our full attention as soon as the game is released.

Cheers everybody, and on-wards to getting successfully greenlit on STEAM!

-The iDGi team

In the latest post-funding update for Sui Generis the developers address the concerns over the released pre-alpha video.

Running improvements and combat controls

Many people found the poor running motion in our latest video quite distracting so we made an immediate effort to improve it. There also seems to be quite a lot of confusion about how the combat works so we made a new, more detailed explanation of the controls as they are in their current state.

There is a lot of room for improvement in the animation system in general and inevitably it draws people's attention. While we do want to continue improving animation we're currently focusing on other aspects of the game.

You may notice that at times the characters seem off balance and recover somewhat unrealistically. While this is relatively easy to improve in a way that would look better in a video it would also take away control from the player by causing involuntary steps and shuffles. We're prioritising gameplay, better to have something that's fun to play and not just nice to watch! That said we can probably improve this but again we don't consider it a priority right now.

Forum member Lucky Day sent news that his indie phone RPG The Wizard's Grave is now available. Here are the details.

Just in time for Black Friday my game The Wizard's Grave is now available.

Formerly called Wizard War! the name had to be change as another game beat me to it.  Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.

Wizard's Grave can be found on the Google Play store here for only $2:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.start.wizardwar&hl=en

The Wizard's Grave is a single player turned based Western style dungeon RPG dungeon crawler written in Android.  You play a student wizard trapped in the secret warren of the late Headmaster.  The dungeon is filled with all kinds of beasts and your former masters who, for some reason, are bent on your destruction.

A discussion thread for the game can be found here:

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22520

To read the blog thread for what went into making the game, you can find it here:

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18078

Thanks all to the Watch community for the feedback, encouragment and help with Beta testing.

The Madate developers Perihelion Interactive have been busy in the games last few days by releaseing a few updates. As usual the details and links are below.

Update #25- "Captain Wrack's Thanksgiving"

Captain Wrack's Thanksgiving

First of all Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it! Captain Wrack and all his friends wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving (PS! That is a cyber-parrot, not a turkey!)

On the topic of Captain Wrack our design example from the Great Captain Doc in our previous update (Page 1 and Page 2) generated some internal discussion about the length of each captain backstory. We have decided that each Great Captain will be assigned a full two pages for text and pictures so you can really flesh out the lore and backstory similar to our Captain Wrack example. The Great Captain Doc with nearly 300 captains will be a minimum of 600 pages long (lore captain’s from our writers will come on top!). Our writers and designers will work with those of you who have set out to design captains and ensure both language and content is of high quality.

Update #26 -"The Destroyers"

The Destroyers

Today we have a very special something to share with you, namely the third and last piece which we recorded with David Bradley (as Lord High Admiral Suvarov) for use with our Kickstarter campaign. Before we get to that, we thought we would touch on a couple of things.

We have already gotten quite a bit of media coverage from both press and youtube gamers which is damn cool, but getting an endorsement from industry veterans is cool and very humbling at the same time:

"It looks like a fantastic project."- Julian Gollop - Designer of XCOM/UFO:EU (1994)

"They’ve done a really great Kickstarter campaign, are already funded, but are now looking to make it to their stretch goals, which frankly speaking are worth it. " - Swen Vincke, Larian Studios, Divine Divinity series++

Thanks guys!

We will be doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on this Sunday to answer questions as a count down towards the end of the campaign. We expect to start around 9 PM CET / 8 PM GMT / 3 PM EST / 12 AM PST and will keep it running for several hours until we a) pass out or b) you stop asking questions. Announcements will be made on the official twitter @Mandategame as well as on our Facebook page. As a special treat we will try to get Garret to do a live stream and do some drawing while we are taking questions! 

Now, then, we have made you wait long enough. Here is the final video for our Kickstarter, called “The Destroyers”, after an old poem by Rudyard Kipling. It focuses on boarding combat and should hopefully answer some questions. Remember, this is pre-production footage but it should illustrate the direction we want to go in. Expect the final game to be at least 10x more awesome! Enjoy!

In the first post-funding update for Lords of Xulima Numantian Games says thanks to all the backers, and gives a link to a pre-order page.

The Lords of Xulima are with us! Funding successful!

Talk about going out with a bang! Who would’ve thought all your activity and energy could spread so wildly? That your support and cheers in the comments (and everywhere else) could accomplish so much? But it did, and now we’re looking at an amazing conclusion for this exhausting, but exciting month of November.

It has been so much work, but it’s all worth it when we get to see how so many others believe in Lords of Xulima.  As you might know, we only asked for contributions towards the end of the game’s development cycle, so we could get LoX into your hands as soon as possible. We promise to you that we will!

Also, there has been talk of Paypal donations post-campaign. You humble us, really, but there’s no way we can accept a donation without at least offering something in return!

The Pre-order page is up: There are 6 different editions and new 4 add-on packages to choose from, so plenty of fun shopping to do if you’re thrilled about the game or missed out on some cool perks! 

We’re really working hard on our website at the moment, so I hope you’ll consider visiting from time to time. The pre-order banner is also stickied on our Kickstarter front page. Now I think the Numantian Horse is getting quite restless, and needs some sleep very soon. He’s the team Mascot, so we have to take good care of him.