Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
DwarfHeim
Summing up The Builder
We’ve now spent a month putting the spotlight on The Builder in Dwarfheim! It’s time to let the builders do what they do best and keep building while we shift our spotlight towards another class.
To sum up: We've looked at how The Builder also provides the food for the city and works hard at farming: See it here
We've looked at how The Builder can build strong defences for the city and the mines: check it out
In May, we're going to give The Builder some time away from the Spotlight, as this is thirsty work, for sure.
The Builder will still be available to play when we open for the next beta. But we'll be shining the spotlight and learning about another DwarfHeim class in May.
Stay tuned!
Tower and gate defences
Builders are also incredibly good at building defences for the Dwarven city. Gates and towers are brilliant defences against the hordes that are constantly trying to attack your city. If you have enough resources - make sure that you make some defences that will slow down and dampen the attacks from trolls and other armies.
If you play The Builder, don’t forget to build these defences in the underworld, as well, to protect the miners digging out those precious minerals!
Live AMA tomorrow!
Make sure to tune in to our Twitch channel tomorrow at 7 pm CEST! Some of our dev team will be available to answer any questions that you have about Dwarfheim for an AMA! On this AMA you will meet:
Hans-Andreas Kleven - co-founder, CEO and Game Director. Hans-Andreas is leading the charge in all the development aspects of DwarfHeim. He’s been a part of the birth of the concept of DwarfHeim and has carried the whole vision so far. He’s the busiest member of our team so we’re lucky to have him for a whole hour! Take advantage of it!
Marianne Nathalie Austvik - Producer, COO and Sound Director. Marianne started off as our Sound Designer but ended up having better control of the whole game development landscape than anyone else and very naturally slid into a COO position while also carrying out many producer tasks. Marianne is a diamond for Pineleaf and a knowledgeable gamer, we’re lucky to have her on the team and the stream.
Sigurd Murad - CTO and Master of Technology. Sigurd is a kind of genius that we’re so lucky to have leading our programing and technology development. He's a vital part of our design and admin team.
Kenneth Kristensen - Lead Programmer. Kenneth is such a vital member of our team and filled to the brink with information about the game. This is your chance to prod him of as many details as you can!
Also - remember that our servers will be up for 24 hours this weekend, from 8 pm CEST Friday to 8 pm CEST Saturday! Sign-up here if you want to play with us: https://forms.gle/TD8Guw1pq9efpsex7
It's not all just wood and rocks for The Builder. They are also responsible for building and maintaining the farms that grow the essential food to help the Dwarven city grow.
All the classes are dependent on food to grow and The Builder needs to keep the stock up for to keep the hard working Builders, Warriors and Miners hard at work to keep the city safe and productive!
Actually ... at one point, The Builder can build a house where they can cultivate an advanced Farmer - any guesses on what type of house this could be?
If you have any questions or just want to join our awesome community, find us @ our #Dwarfheim Discord
Note that we'll be keeping the servers open for 24h this time, so that we can maximise the number of players online at the same time, and ensure shorter waiting times in the lobbies.
Time to kick ass, chew bubblegum and be all out of bubblegum!
Bulder Class Stream Live!
"It'll be built in no time!"
DwarfHeim has a number of classes to choose from to suit what you're craving to play.
Since Tuesday we have been streaming the Warrior Class, showing how to defend your settlement and cut through your enemies.
From today, we're showcasing the Builder Class in another Live Stream! Because what's the point of defeating your enemies if you don't have a home to come back to?!
Check out the DwarfHeim Live-Stream on the steam page here
Be sure to let us know what you think and if you have any questions feel free to ask the devs here or on the dedicated DwarfHeim Discord server
That's all for now, See you in Agartha!
Pineleaf Studio and Merge Games Announce Partnership!
Today we’re thrilled to announce that we have signed a publishing deal for DwarfHeim with Merge Games to bring our Co-op Multi-Player RTS to PC. In Merge we have found a partner that is just as passionate about making innovative games as we are and we’re excited to be working with them.
“We grew up playing RTS-games,” says CEO/Game Director Hans-Andreas Kleven, “but in recent years we find ourselves playing more and more online co-op with our friends. So at Pineleaf we wanted to be the first to bring REAL co-operational multiplayer to our loved RTS genre. Merge Games understood this desire from our first meeting and have truly proved to be the partner that we need to make DwarfHeim the best that it can be and get it to market.”
We’re excited about this partnership and relieved to finally be able to tell you all this fantastic news. To celebrate this announcement we’re launching a new trailer and screenshots today!
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As if that wasn't enough, we're also broadcasting a live stream of DwarfHeim! If you want to see some Warrior Class action head to DwarfHeim's game page!
Stay tuned to hear more from us, because there’s a lot of great things ahead and we can’t wait to share it with you all.
Thank you, Roar
More trolls are coming!
This troll is ready to pummel some more dwarves! During our last beta, where we gave survival a try, 90% of the matches were shorter than ten minutes. That means this troll had the time of his life. The dwarves? Not so much, unfortunately. Some players liked the difficulty spike while others hated it. Survival is still a relatively new feature, and there are still lots of variations left to implement.
We're gonna do some more tweaking, as well as some general updates to the game. We got some really radical changes planned down the line that we are aching to show you!
Thanks for your support so far, and remember: You ain't seen nothing yet! - Roar
New Beta gamemode and map! Cliffside and Survival
Welcome to Cliffside, our new Survival and Sandbox map.
This weekend another round of exclusive beta testing begins. This time featuring a new game mode: Survival. The game mode can be played by you and 1-2 friends, and will have you try to survive for as long as possible. Join our Discord, discuss how far you get and hopefully have a fun weekend together with us at Pineleaf.
Remember to sign-up, wishlist DwarfHeim and have fun testing the game.
https://forms.gle/8ms9paLuUzvnVuex7
The beta begins later TODAY at 20:00 CET / 11 AM PST and you can still grab a beta key if you join the Discord. The rest of the schedule is listed at the bottom of this post.
In addition, if you head over to an hour before the servers open you can join our dev Q&A in which we answer all your burning DwarfHeim related questions.
Join our discord
You should join our Discord community right now. Do it and help us by giving feedback, come with suggestions and, just like, have a good time together with us: https://www.discord.gg/dwarfheim
DwarfHeim at Dreamhack Anaheim, Q&A and Beta weekend!
Hans, Sigurd, and Marianne are all heading to, as we say in Norweigan, the "big out-land" of LA and bringing DwarfHeim to Dreamhack. If you're at the event, run by our booth and we might have some cool limited swag for our lovely clan members!
During the whole event, servers will remain open for all of our beta testers, so if you haven't gotten around to trying out DwarfHeim, now's your chance.
Remember to sign-up, wishlist DwarfHeim and have fun testing the game.
The beta begins later TODAY at 20:00 CET / 11 AM PST and you can still grab a beta key if you join the Discord. The rest of the schedule is listed at the bottom of this post.
In addition, if you head over to an hour before the servers open you can join our dev Q&A in which we answer all your burning DwarfHeim related questions.
Some of the new features since last time are:
Revamped the Conquest map - Woah! Look at those graphics!
Completely new underworld - with lava!
Gates! - Protect your city! ("What about us miners?") Includes open/close/auto abilities. Yes, all team members can toggle these.
Wood Walls/Gates - The cheaper alternative.
Brewmaster - Finally a way to heal your darlings. (Are they op?)
New Forge visuals - Zoom in on that beauty!
More miner materials? - Are they even useful yet?? Nah, but they look cool!
Join our discord
You should join our Discord community right now. Do it and help us by giving feedback, come with suggestions and, just like, have a good time together with us: https://www.discord.gg/dwarfheim
