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[RossD20Studios]

Happy Friday the 13th!

Here's two of our playable characters - the Demon Lord and the Imp. Also, see one of our traps to be used in the game, the Spiked Pit.

[RossD20Studios]

Funny Bug Story

Just had this pretty funny bug I wanted to share. So, I'm working on the dungeon room transitions and have added ability for characters to interact with doors. I was testing one of my levels and ended my turn expecting this Orc to come and attack me. But, to my surprise, the level ends instead. What happened? Well, it turns out that instead of attacking me, the Orc decided to turn around, open the door and leave, triggering the "next room event".

Gonna have to turn off the "interact with doors" for the AI I suppose, lol.

[Pixel Noise]

 

[RossD20Studios]

 

[RossD20Studios]

 
With all our recent posts showcasing ambient FX we've been adding to the game (lightning and thunder, rain, snow, butterflies, sunrays, fire, etc.), some concerns people have expressed is that our character animations seem too slow and soft. Well, I hope this video puts those concerns to rest!

Who would want to play as this ferocious Brown Bear in Summoners Fate?

[BusinessDogStudio]

I'm looking at your game for the first time, and I think your animations look great! I really like the fluidity on a lot of them, for example the treant summoning and attack you've got in the first post. Also, maybe it's a small thing, but I really like the look of your movement and LOS arrows; they look nice and clean while also making it immediately visually clear what's going on.

[RossD20Studios]

I'm looking at your game for the first time, and I think your animations look great! I really like the fluidity on a lot of them, for example the treant summoning and attack you've got in the first post. Also, maybe it's a small thing, but I really like the look of your movement and LOS arrows; they look nice and clean while also making it immediately visually clear what's going on.

Thank you BusinessDog! You're the first person to comment on the move/LOS arrows. The pathing arrows was actually a suggestion from one of our long time Hero Mages players. During our early playtesting, you couldn't control pathing, just the location or attack target - but one of our players didn't like this because, while it was simple to control, it wasn't precise at getting your character positioned in the spot you wanted. Later, this became even more important when we introduced directional triggered abilities (counter attack, backstab, etc.). Using the arrows allows player to move, attack, and face desired direction all in the same gesture. This system also helped us with our design goal of faster battles. Most tactical games separate move/attack into separate actions. By combining these into a single gesture, we greatly reduce cognitive lag (human decision making time) by eliminating having to worry about the multitude of permutations with separate actions. Easier decisions -> more fluid gameplay -> happier players 

Can you tell I'm excited? It's such a subtle design thing, but so cool when someone like you calls it out. Thanks again! 

[RossD20Studios]

Reminder: entries for our indie game music competition close at 10:00 am MT on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017! For more information, visit http://d20studios.com/work-for-hire-indie-game-trailer-music-competition/

Feel free to share this post with your musician friends.  

[Pixelologist]

I still think it should be called 'Summoner's Fate'. Because doesn't the Fate belong to them? I don't know, just an opinion.

[RossD20Studios]

Hi Pixelologist - Indeed, I agree with you. Funny story, the topic of the apostrophe was a good afternoon full discussion with the team. In the end, we took a lesson from my wife's maiden name - apostrophes are trouble for search engines, app titles, and so forth, so we finally surrended to going for the plain old trusty 'S'. Ah, the fun of game making!

Thanks for checking us out!

[RossD20Studios]

Are you more of a cat person?  Playable cats - big & small - coming soon to Summoners Fate! Here's some initial sketches.

Have a great Sunday!

[RossD20Studios]

^{Nova the Sorceress - playable character in Summoners Fate}

We're SO close to 150 supporters - can you support our Thunderclap campaign?

To do so:
> Click this link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/62516-summoners-fate
> Click Support, and choose the social media platforms you'd like to support us on (Facebook, Twitter, and/or Tumblr)
> Check that you did it correctly by looking at "Recent Supporters"
> That's it!

Thank you 

[RossD20Studios]

Meet only some of our playable creatures (many more on the way!). Want to fly in the air like a Dragon? Want to fight with a giant war hammer like the Demon Lord? How about cackle as the Skeleton Captain? Now you can - typical "bad guys" are playable in Summoners Fate because...is it your fate to be a hero or a villain?...

What do you think? Which ones would YOU like to play?

[RossD20Studios]

Our entries for our Music Competition has closed. To learn more about what it wasThe original song will accompany our Kickstarter game trailer, which will be unveiled on Monday (10/23/17) with the Kickstarter launch.

Wow, we have received many AMAZING entries for all over the world! It's going to be tough, but our team is going to be listening closely to all the entries and will select 3 finalists.

Check back on Wednesday to cast your vote for the music you think best represents the art, animation and visual style of Summoners Fate. More details coming tomorrow (Wednesday), so check back! We need YOUR input  

[RadicalBradical]

Our entries for our Music Competition has closed. To learn more about what it wasThe original song will accompany our Kickstarter game trailer, which will be unveiled on Monday (10/23/17) with the Kickstarter launch.

Wow, we have received many AMAZING entries for all over the world! It's going to be tough, but our team is going to be listening closely to all the entries and will select 3 finalists.

Check back on Wednesday to cast your vote for the music you think best represents the art, animation and visual style of Summoners Fate. More details coming tomorrow (Wednesday), so check back! We need YOUR input  

Excellent news! Looking forward to finding out and checking out the 3 finalist songs! 

[RossD20Studios]

Yes! They are so good, look forward to sharing them for voting. Thanks for your support, RadicalBradical 

Our entries for our Music Competition has closed. To learn more about what it wasThe original song will accompany our Kickstarter game trailer, which will be unveiled on Monday (10/23/17) with the Kickstarter launch.

Wow, we have received many AMAZING entries for all over the world! It's going to be tough, but our team is going to be listening closely to all the entries and will select 3 finalists.

Check back on Wednesday to cast your vote for the music you think best represents the art, animation and visual style of Summoners Fate. More details coming tomorrow (Wednesday), so check back! We need YOUR input  

Excellent news! Looking forward to finding out and checking out the 3 finalist songs! 

[RossD20Studios]

Voting is OPEN! Please visit > http://ow.ly/DtLT30fXVXZ to vote for the Summoners Fate Kickstarter Game Trailer original song now! 

Voting ends on Thursday, 10/19, at 10am MT.

[RossD20Studios]

We now have less than 12 hours left on open public voting for our Kickstarter Gamer Trailer Music Competition, and many votes have already been cast!

Please visit http://ow.ly/DtLT30fXVXZ to vote for the original song you feel best suits our gameplay. We included a rough cut of gameplay video on the page as well (note: the video is not the finished trailer).

Voting ends on Thursday, 10/19, at 10am MT

[Pixel Noise]

Whoo - one of the folks I sent your way is in the finals! Won't say which one

[RossD20Studios]

Whoo - one of the folks I sent your way is in the finals! Won't say which one

Yeah? That's really cool! Thanks