We’ve been a little quiet recently! And while that generally means we’re taking our time with development, I did want to take a minute to share some cool details about Astrea with you here and now! So, without further ado, let’s talk a little about every Oracle’s favorite robot companions, shall we?
Sentinels are good little buddies you can buy at the sentinel shop and after defeating bosses! Each unique sentinel has their own unique die which you roll every turn. You can only have two sentinels active at the same time so picking the sentinels that fit your strategy is a must! Sentinels can take corruption damage and if they lose all their health, they are destroyed, causing you to lose access to their die until the next battle. You can also upgrade the sentinel which will increase the sentinels health and improve the die the sentinels roll!
But let’s get down to some specifics, shall we? The die faces in the images below will be from level 1 sentinels, so the dice can be upgraded and be even stronger! I’ll take you on a deep dive on some of the sentinels that can get a sense for the power and utility that sentinels offer.
Armillary Sphere
Armillary Sphere is the ultimate reroll Sentinel. All the faces of the die have a reroll symbol where you get a do over on either one or two dice in your hand. This is really great for making your dice more consistent and rerolling dice with unwanted die faces. Knowing that you’ll always have access to a reroll means you’ll be able to feel safer picking some of the riskier dice, since if they come up with harmful outcomes, you can try another roll.
You can also use the rerolls on your enemy’s dice to give them a less powerful action for their turn.
Adapted Courier
Adapted Courier allow you to choose a dice to draw from the discard pile! Something fun with Adapted Courier you can do is play the same die twice in the same turn. You can play a die use the adapted courier to bring that die back to your hand to play again. This sentinel can search out that much needed die to really pop off and hold your build together!
Astrolabe
Astrolabe is a sentinel that allows you to turn bad rolls into purifying damage to an enemy. If you roll the correct face, then you can discard a die to deal purifying damage to a random enemy. This sentinel is a very safe sentinel to pick as the other faces are all purify.
Colossus Hand
Colossus Hand is a die with 2 corruption faces and 4 purify faces. Each corruption and purify face can be a random 1 to 6 in power and will change every time you draw the die. So the best you can roll is 6 purify and the worse you can roll is 6 corruption.
This is a great die to have in the early game and allow you to deal loads of purification or to soak some corruption to activate your virtues.
Unknown Device
If you thought Colossus Hand was random, you haven’t seen Unknown Device! Each of the faces has a chance to be any die that is available to you with a 25% chance of becoming an epic die. If this die becomes an epic die, it has the chance to unleash havoc on your enemies!
Also, at the start of each turn this sentinel will do 1 purify to all targets thanks to the passive discharge ability it comes with.
There are many more sentinels in Astrea that I could dive into. If you would like me to dive into more sentinels then let me know!
Here are a couple more sentinel designs from the Astrea Twitter! https://twitter.com/PlayAstrea/status/1599172397734952961 https://twitter.com/PlayAstrea/status/1596669909324423169
-Riv Otter
Cellarius character showcase
Hey Oracle
If you were watching the Akupara section of MIX Next Publisher Spotlight you would have seen Buddy doing a deep dive on Cellarius, the second of six playable oracles. Cellarius is a heavy hitting berserker, dealing tons of purification but in return taking a lot of corruption as well. Managing that damage taken is the key to success with Cellarius.
You can watch the deep dive here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5r8r5_rtMc
Buddy will be streaming Astrea tomorrow at 11AM PST Be sure to watch them and see if they can purify the corruption or will the corruption take them over?
https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames
One final thing, the Astrea demo is now available until November 3rd! May the dice rolls be in your favor!
-Riv Otter
Astrea rolls into MIX Next
Hey, Oracles!
We are still hard at work in developing Astrea: SIX-SIDED ORACLES! I've finally rolled enough purify to announce that Astrea will be featured in the MIX Publisher Spotlight with new exciting announcements! A special section of MIX Next, the Akupara Publisher Showcase will announce details about upcoming titles, drop new content for our released games and even reveal the next, new Akupara game!
The MIX Publisher Showcase will go live on October 27th at 12pm PST | 3PM EST. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/mediaindieexchange
Buddy will also be streaming Astrea on October 28th at 11AM PST | 2PM EST where you can see how Buddy handles the power of the dice. Will the heart of the dice be on his side or his downfall?
https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames
-Riv Otter
Astrea demo is live!
Hey, Oracles!
We’re still working hard on Astrea! I’m excited to announce that Astrea is part of Tacticon! Tacticon is a convention hosted on Steam celebrating strategy video games. Tacticon starts today and will go until September 26th.
To celebrate we’ll be setting the Astrea demo live until the 26th on Steam! Cleanse corrupted creatures as either the wise Moonie or the hulking Cellarius! May the rolls be in your favor!
-Riv Otter
20,000 wishlist on steam!
Hey Oracles!
We are still hard at work in the development of Astrea! While we have been busy avoiding rolling corruption, I am excited to announce that 20,000 purified oracles have wishlisted the game on Steam!
We are ecstatic to see all the people who are interested in the game! Thank you all for the support!
I will have some more exciting news very soon and I can’t wait to talk about it!
-Riv Otter
Check Out the Moonie Oracle Spotlight!
Hey, Oracles!
The first Astrea Oracle Spotlight for our very first playable character, Moonie, is now live!
A scholar using wisdom and intellect to enhance and manipulate her dice, Moonie's specialty in converting corruption to purification and undoing the curse of hex dice will carry you to victory! If you've played the demo that we set live for Gamescom 2022, you're probably well aware of Moonie and all that she offers, but I also want to mention that the demo will be live until next Monday, September 5th! If you want to dig into Moonie for yourself (or our next Oracle, Cellarius!) feel free to find some time over the weekend.
If you've never played the demo before, here's what's on offer: Play through a short run of battles and one boss, collecting dice, star blessings, and sentinels along the way, to see what Astrea is all about! While runs in the base game will be longer, with more battles and bosses to overcome, this should give you a good understanding of what the Astrea experience will be like!
I'll be making more Oracle Spotlights (for all six playable Oracles in Astrea) so be on the lookout for future spotlights over the next few months!
Enjoy! -Buddy
A New Astrea Demo is Live Featuring Cellarius, the Tide Hammer!
Hey, Oracles!
Gamescom 2022 is now live and attendees in Cologne will have the incredible opportunity to play Astrea live at the event! But we didn't want players at home to be left in the dark, so we've set a brand, new version of the Astrea Demo live, featuring Cellarius the Tide Hammer! In order to unlock Cellarius, you'll need to beat the demo once with Moonie!
Whereas Moonie specializes in converting corrupt dice, enhancing small amounts of purification, and turning hex dice to her advantage, Cellarius specializes in empowering his purification, accepting corruption for big hits of purification, and having enemies unleash purification when they're defeated. An altogether more aggressive, powerful character, Cellarius is sure to show you the kind of power you can bring to bear when you're willing to accept corruption to fuel your attacks!
If you've never played the demo before, here's what's on offer: Play through a short run of battles and one boss, collecting dice, star blessings, and sentinels along the way, to see what Astrea is all about! While runs in the base game will be longer, with more battles and bosses to overcome, this should give you a good understanding of what the Astrea experience will be like!
Enjoy! -Buddy
Crush Enemies with Cellarius in our April 22nd Livestream!
Hey, oracles!
It's your ol' pal, Buddy, Community Manager for Akupara Games and I'm hosting a special in-development livestream of the Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles alpha on Friday April 22nd at 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific Time! A game like Astrea really benefits from lots of playtesting so I thought to myself: "Why not bring the community in on that?" I'll be hanging out for about two or three hours and definitely running at least one giveaway for another Akupara game, so stop by our Twitch channel and give us a follow.
Last time I ran an in-development stream, we beat the game with an exceptionally powerful Moonie build and this time I wanna try my hand at a little shark punching action. Cellarius, a big beefy hammerhead shark with an anchor for a weapon, has a number of different mechanics compared to Moonie, so I'm going to have to switch up my tactics and strategies if I want to win.
I'll also do my best to answer any and all questions that pop up during the stream, which is good for you and bad for my ability to focus on not getting corrupted. So, I promise to show you exciting gameplay, most of which will end in me losing my runs.
That's all from me! See you Friday, April 22nd at 10AM Pacific!
-Buddy
Play the Astrea Demo Today!
Hey, Oracles!
Because we're featured in the very cool, very awesome MIX Showcase at GDC, we thought it'd be a good time to put a little Astrea out there in the world. For a treat.
Today, the demo for Astrea: Six-sided Oracles is now live! Play through a short run of battles and one boss, collecting dice, star blessings and sentinels along the way, to see what Astrea is all about! While runs in the base game will be longer, with more battles and bosses to overcome, this is the best way we could put something polished into your hands now.
If you didn't catch the gameplay reveal we debuted at the Mix, you can take a gander down below!
Get a Sneak Peak at Astrea in our January 28th Twitch Livestream!
Hey, purifiers!
I'm Buddy, Community Manager for Akupara Games and I'm hosting a special in-development livestream of the Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles alpha on Friday January 28th at 11AM Pacific Time! A game like Astrea really benefits from lots of playtesting so I thought to myself: "Why not bring the community in on that?"
I'll be hanging out for about two or three hours and definitely running at least one giveaway for another Akupara game, so stop by our Twitch channel and give us a follow. I'm planning to feature Astrea (and our other in-development titles!) a lot over 2022 so it's definitely the inside track for our games. On Friday, you'll see plenty of unedited gameplay footage, get a sense for all the bells and whistles that haven't been announced yet, and get an inside look into the different builds, tactics and strategies available to players as they make their way through the game.
I'll also do my best to answer any and all questions that pop up during the stream, which is good for you and bad for my ability to focus on not getting corrupted. So, I promise to show you exciting gameplay, most of which will end in me losing my runs.
That's all from me! See you Friday, January 28th at 11AM Pacific!
