Daily Updates

Author Topic: Daily Updates  (Read 301064 times)

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #225 on: June 04, 2018, 08:42:17 AM »
Summoners Fate Monthly Newsletter Sign-Up
It's that time again! Make sure you don't miss fun Summoners Fate content - including our Newsletter 1st Look Exclusive! - by subscribing to our monthly newsletter. It's free and easy; just click here to sign up directly or visit our webpage to sign up.



Character pictured: Celestial Steampunk Timekeeper. Learn more about this unique race here.


GameDev Update
Thanks to your diligent bug reporting and feedback, Ross is hard at work on the next build for the Elites, including the iOS build. Our goal is to get that out as soon as possible.

Also, we've had many people inquire about when the build will be released beyond the Elite group. We will be announcing opportunities for additional playtesters; stay tuned!

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #226 on: June 05, 2018, 01:05:03 PM »
Get Out and Enjoy Nature...
Here's a recent screenshot from gaming with a Kickstarter Elite gamer:


(Name cropped out at top for privacy)

The Nature deck, with its various animal and plant summons as well as "squirrel hurling" and cards such as Animal Growth:



is becoming a favorite among the Kickstarter Elites. Let me point out some fun things of note in this screenshot.

1. Physical representation of explosion on the board




As you can see here, there had been a previous spell cast that caused an explosion. That explosion not only left behind charred Earth, but also burned up a previously-green-and-healthy tree. To note here, the environment of Summoners Fate battlefields on not just for artistic sake, they serve purposes and are dynamic.

2. Transformed Squirrel



Did you notice this strange beast in the initial screenshot? This is the result of casting the Animal Growth card (shown earlier in the post) on a Squirrel. Now it is equipped with a...beatin' stick!  ;D More importantly, it becomes a formidable 4/4 character (possibly more if other effects are on it) playing on your side.
 
« Last Edit: June 05, 2018, 01:45:07 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #227 on: June 06, 2018, 11:01:08 AM »
Liche King Makes His Own Friends
Liche King summons skeletal buddies to his side and doubles his team size. Watch:


Take THAT, Bear!

This clip is from a longer gameplay video. Watch the complete video here.


Newsletter is Out
Summoners Fate Newsletter Volume 21: Gaming Freedom went out today; make sure to check your Inbox and Junk Mail folders. Did you enjoy the Newsletter exclusive first look?  ;D

To subscribe for July's issue, sign up here.

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #228 on: June 07, 2018, 01:54:24 PM »
A Classic Pairing
Angels vs. demons, light vs. dark, good vs. evil...Let's Battle!



Characters pictured - Demons: Incubus, Demon Lord, Red Imp and Hellhound

Characters pictured - Angels: Golden Dragon, Angel Warrior, and Cleric

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #229 on: June 08, 2018, 01:58:12 PM »
Feature: Titus, the Gladiator
One character we are hearing a lot about in early access testing is Titus, our Gladiator:


Titus is a unique character in that he has the ability to throw his harpoon at an opponent (which causes Damage), pull the opponent toward him, and then cause further melee damage. Yes, DOUBLE the damage! This attack can be further satisfying by adding opponents adjacent to where the harpooned character  is pulled:


This video features the "move and shoot" control for special characters like the gladiator, and allows you to release to select designated move and then select a new target to attack at range. As I discussed earlier, this ability allows for some interesting team work combos, such as here as  the Gladiator and Giant Skeleton work together to take down a goblin archer.

Can you see why Titus is quickly becoming a favorite?  ;)

« Last Edit: June 08, 2018, 03:11:47 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #230 on: June 09, 2018, 03:34:24 PM »
Screenshot Saturday
It's always fun when our grinning Air Elemental makes its appearance:



Learn more about the Air Elemental and some other Elementals of Summoners Fate here.

Wondering what that orange aura emanating from our Soul Reaver is? It is the animated physical representation of her Taunt ability. I discuss Taunt and show it in action in a video here.

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #231 on: June 10, 2018, 02:28:25 PM »
Spells & Characters
Some of the art featured on our spell cards are inspired directly from our 200+ characters themselves. Take a look at a few featured here:


« Last Edit: June 10, 2018, 02:30:31 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #232 on: June 11, 2018, 07:54:29 AM »
Vote Now
Which of these characters would you like to meet next?


Vote now by clicking here.

The winning character will be revealed on Tuesday.

« Last Edit: June 11, 2018, 08:56:54 AM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #233 on: June 12, 2018, 04:12:49 PM »
Meet the...
The votes are in and tallied from yesterday. Thank you to all of you who passionately cast your vote, you rock  8) The winning character to be revealed is...






GRUAR!

What do you think of the newest Void character? This scavenger character will have some interesting abilities on the battlefield unlike any other...
« Last Edit: June 12, 2018, 04:27:25 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #234 on: June 13, 2018, 06:59:26 PM »
GameDev Update
Ross is busy working on the rasterizer that will improve textures for iOS and improve gameplay all around.

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #235 on: June 14, 2018, 05:24:27 PM »
Watch Out for This Sucker
Somewhere between Withered and Skeleton lies the summoner Liche King...



His horrifying appearance is matched by his horrifying ability on the battlefield - with each damage he does to his opponent, he heals himself equally - literally sucking the life out of his enemies and getting stronger...
« Last Edit: June 14, 2018, 05:34:43 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #236 on: June 15, 2018, 03:49:21 PM »
Snowy Screenshots
They summoned a Yeti...



so I summoned a Red Dragon!




...I won.  8) Beating a Yeti in its own snowy environment - so much fun.

Have a great Friday night! Hope you all are doing some fun gaming.
« Last Edit: June 15, 2018, 05:54:05 PM by KellyD20Studios »

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #237 on: June 16, 2018, 04:45:26 PM »
GameDev Saturday
Game run quality is very important to Ross and me. To get Summoners Fate to run beautifully on PC, Mac, and various mobile devices, Ross must do a lot of optimization and adaptations. He's been working hard on that today and finishing up the technical design to get the iOS build completed.

KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #238 on: June 17, 2018, 02:37:44 PM »
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to all our father & soon-to-be-father players! Here's some of our "father and child" characters  ;)


KellyD20Studios

  • Marketing & Community Manager, D20Studios
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 500
  • Choose Happy
    • View Profile
Re: Daily Updates
« Reply #239 on: June 18, 2018, 07:33:48 PM »
GameDev Update
Today Ross and our animator Peter discussed some exciting directions for the single-player campaigns. As you know, Summoners Fate will not only be cross-platform but also encompass a rich single-player experience, asynchronous, real-time and on-demand, "desynchronous" cross-platform multiplayer. Of course, you will also play how you want with support for both landscape and portrait modes.

Have some ideas for single-player you'd love to share? We have a board for that;D