For those who have not been following us on discord, we have an official release date for early access to share in this update, as well as explaining why we moved from a June release to a July one. We also have a lot to share in regards to updates we have made to the game and what will be shown in the new version.
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So the reason we were not able to share about why we delayed our June release was due to the steam summer sales. We were not made aware of the sale till much later in our process and releasing during the sale would have flooded both the sales and new releases so that we wouldn’t be noticed.
Our early access will be released on July 12th at 8am PDT/ 3pm UTC / 5pm CEST, if you have not put it into your wishlist you can do it here: Dungeons of Tal'Doria on Steam
We have the prices set for $19.99 / 16,99€ / £15.99 but will have 10% sale for the first week to celebrate the launch.
During the Early Access you can expect us to continue to roll out new features and systems like the skill progression and quests, below show you some of the newest things we have been recently working on.
You can now destroy pots and boxes that are found in the dungeons:
We now have the knight showing off shields that he gains access to.
You can now customize the UI to fit your needs, whether you are a streamer who wants the UI to not interfere with your overlays or just a player who wants the UI in a given place!
We have also included a smart tutorial system that will share information as you come across those activities. (IE moving, going into your first dungeon, equipment, vendors, etc.)
The Minimap has been updated to include harvestable ore and trees on the map so that you quickly identify resource nodes.
We can't wait to join you on steam and finally be able to jump into the game with our beautiful community. I will be planning a couple of community days where you will be able to join us to play. Please leave feedback in the discord or on the steam forums as we will be actively looking to engage comments!
DDD #22 - Early Access, Wishlists, Graveyards, and Streamers
Hey Tal'Dorians!
We are incredibly excited for all the news we have to share in this update, not only we do have a steam page up, but we have a new never before seen graveyard biome that we been secretly working on!
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Our steam page is now live, and what this means for you is you can now follow and wishlist the game so that you will get updates and really help out our team! How? Well, the more people who add the game to their wishlist makes it more likely that Valve/Steam will promote the game on launch. So if you're one of our players that can get the game during EA or don't generally buy games till they get out of EA please consider just adding us to your wishlist, that one button will make a huge difference for us!
This is also our first DDD on the steam page, for those of you who don't know what DDD stands for, it's: Development-Diary-Dienstag or -Donnerstag, we are a German dev team, and Dienstag means Tuesday / Donnerstag means Thursday. We are always aiming for one of those days for news! (DDT did not sound as nice as DDD sounds! :D)
Lastly, we are hoping to have an early access version ready for sale in June. This depends highly on how far along we are and also how many streamers and YouTubers we can gather for the June release. We want to hit the ground running, but it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that our marketing budget is akin to what most indie devs face; that makes it very hard to reach out to Streamers and YouTubers even if we want to!
That's where you readers come in, we are looking for your help to make streamers aware of us and us aware of them if you have a Streamer that you are incredibly loyal to we want to know from you who they are and how to get in touch with them. And even better if your able to get them ahold of us that would help us tremendously!
Go to this thread to hear about how to do so and also the giveaways we have for those who do: Thread on Steam Discussions
Finally, the newest biome that will be added to the game and ready for early access is *drum roll* THE GRAVEYARD! This eerie landscape will be filled with crypts, tombstones, and the undead. With some crypts actually being able to be explored as dungeons.
That's all for today, but we are looking forward to sharing more details about new content as you join us through this early access. Thank you for being apart of the start of this journey, and we look forward to joining you in the world of Tal’doria!
