We are proud to announce that Wartales has now entered into Early Access and is available to buy now on Steam!
Well, what a whirlwind of a few months it has been!
From the announcement of Wartales earlier this year, to the mad dash to pull together a demo for the Steam festival, to the recent closed beta and final stretch of develoment before release, to right here, right now, orchestrating the release of our FIFTH game as a company...
First off, we'd like to thank everyone who joined us on our journey from the very start with the demo earlier this year, to have had such a positive reception and to see a community of dedicated and helpful players begin to form around the game at such an early stage was incredibly ecouraging for all of us here at Shiro.
Secondly, a massive thank you to everyone who took part in the recent closed Beta, your feedback and suggestions have been incredible and it is largely down to you that we are now able to release Wartales into Early Access with pride.
A lot of content and features have been added since the demo and the beta, and throughtout Early Access we will continue to develop, expand, iterate and improve every aspect of the game, alongside all of you with your help and support.
New regions, units, items, quests, features, functions, mini games and much more are well underway internally, and will be making their way to the game over time, and we can't wait to hear what all of you think! And we are all ears for any ideas and suggestions you might have that will help us realise the best possible version of Wartales.
There is no firm roadmap available at this time, as we’re still finalising a lot of our plans and working out the logistics in terms of timing but this is something we are discussing internally and hope to share with you all very soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lLyziem3KA
Now it's time for you to write your story in the Wartales, and we hope you'll enjoy your journey throughout the Edoran Empire!
We just thought we’d provide you with a little insight into what we’re currently working on here at Shiro Games!
The team is currently hard at work on the next clan to join the battle, The Clan of the Kraken! This clan will arrive in a couple of weeks. The Clan of the Kraken know first hand how dangerous the sea can be. They worship the gigantic behemoth, fearing it's brutal might, honoring it's instinctual knowledge, and using its powers when he deigns bestow them.
Ho! And for this update, we intend to release something that has been asked for a very, very long time ;-)
The team is also working on a huge new game update that will bring many new and exciting ways to play the game including multiple co-op options. We'll have much more to share on this update very soon!
Finally, we are also working away on the console version of Northgard that will be in stores late September. We can’t wait for you to be able to try it out!
As for what's going on with the rest of the studio, well it’s been a crazy couple of months for sure. Our office was destroyed in a Fire/resulting water damage. We have now settled in to new temporary accommodation and we’re back up and running!
The Darksburg team are hard at work on the game and are really excited with how its all taking shape! We've posted the introductions to the survivors on Steam and Twitter so you can get to know them! You can stay up to date with the development of Darksburg on Twitter @Darksburg or by wishlisting the game on steam here:
We just released a new trailer showcasing the PVP side of the game! Check it out on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/oheCJX5rQpA
Again, we cannot wait to show you everything we have prepared for the next few months!
Cheers,
The Shiro Games Team
Announcement: Evoland Legendary Edition
Interested by Evoland?
We're glad to introduce you Evoland: Legendary Edition!
Evoland: Legendary Edition is a pack which brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!
It contains:
Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full 3D graphics and from active time battles to real time boss fights, all with plenty of humor and references to many classic games.
Evoland 2 graphics style is changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolves as you move along the storyline.
It is also a real RPG at heart, with a deep scenario based on time travel: explore different eras and change the history of the world. But are you sure that the consequences will not make things worse?
Full of humor and references to classic games, the Evoland series brings a truly epic and extraordinary adventure, unlike anything you’ve ever played before!
Evoland is finally available on Linux! Check it out in the Steam Store. It took a while but we are aiming for a simultaneous release for Evoland 2 (along the PC and Mac versions).
Minor Game Update
v1.1.2490:
- overall performances improvements
- optimized monster path finding in hack n slash level
- streaming of some big levels
- upgraded to FP 11.6/AIR 3.8
- optimized light assignement to reduce shader updates in hack level
- changed algorithm for point lights in hack level (use normals + multiply)
- better looking hero ambient lighting in hack level
- use WinXP dinput8.dll (should prevent some pad.exe crashes on XP)
- allow heal during bombs quest
- heal hero when kaeris leave in aogai
- allow talking to merchant while airship is near
- fix airship recovery in sacred grove
- fix hero-in-a-rock when going back to start level
- few typos
