Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Fated Kingdom
Major Update: «Dusktide»
«Dusktide» is the second major update for the digital board game Fated Kingdom. It is dedicated to the struggle of the guilds of of Kinmarr against the mysterious apocalyptic cult. This religious community believes that the Ducktide is coming - the eternal night coming all over the kingdom. Cultists are extremely strong in their faith, and the one who guides them definitely knows more than anyone else.
Update Features:
10 new cards
Revamped game board
3 new board squares
3D Fate Sphere, built into the board
Big Rulebook editions
In addition to a large number of new content, we are very pleased to present you with an improved game board. Now it is fully three-dimensional and has side sections for storing cards, coins and cubes. We also made the 3D sphere of Fate and embedded it in the center of the board. But this is only the beginning, later we plan to decorate the board with a luxurious gold ornament and add other improvements.
The consequences of the undead invasion under the leadership of the rebellious Gothric the Connetable were terrible. The living dead slaughtered people in entire villages, and one of the cities off the coast turned into ruins. The mourning declared by the king did little to help the thousands of families who had suffered heavy losses. It seemed that endless sorrow soaked the air and even the very land of the kingdom of Kinmarr.
Caught in such a distressful situation, people often turn to higher entities for help. Thus, the Cult of Dusk was born - a religious group preaching the approach of the end times. The inhabitants of the kingdom saw with their own eyes the horrors of war, and therefore willingly joined the ministries in exchange for forgiveness.
Perhaps this could have been avoided if the rulers of Kinmarr had immediately suppressed the sect, but it was lost among many other threats. Now cultists are everywhere: the streets are whispering about the doomsday, and dangerous religious artifacts have flooded the black market. Even among the guild members there are believers of this new religion.
Now there is only one way to stop the cult - to hit his very heart and kill the Apostle of Dusk!
Version: 0.3.17.107.
Download size: 32 MB.
New Content:
10 new cards: «Cultist», «Apostle of Dusk» «Stranger’s Gift», «Ritual Dagger», «The Hierophant», «Pumpkin Knight», «Apostle’s Chosen», «Desecrated Monument», «Dusktide» и «Abbot of the Cult».
3 new board squares: «Cult Chambers», «Pentagram» и «Bonfire».
Revamped game board with 2 side sections.
3D Fate Sphere and 2 buttons to control it.
New edition of the Rulebook.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed incorrect display of the properties of 3 cards: «The Hanged Man», «Knight Armor» и «Consecrated Hammer».
Fixed an errorr due to which objects could be accidentally thrown over the edges of the screen.
Fixed a bug due to which the text on the cells of the game board could be slightly blurred.
Fixed a bug due to which the players' inventories did not cast shadows.
Temporarily removed the texture areas for storing decks and store cards, they will be back in future updates.
Other Changes:
Improved graphics of the game board, now it uses several textures with 4K resolution at once.
Storage of game resources is optimized.
Increased the size of the cards in accordance with the new configuration of the game table.
The camera has been reworked, now it is located at a larger angle in relation to the table.
2 zones of a hand are united in one according to the updated rules of the game.
Increased the size of the zone where the card is placed in the hand.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Update #10
Version: 0.2.17.097.
Download size: 38 MB.
With the release of this update, the digital board game Fated Kingdom has crossed an important line - 5 months from the start of early access. During this time, the gaming community has grown significantly. Along with it, the quantity and, more importantly, the quality of the content has grown. We have corrected many of the errors and omissions that you wrote to us about.
In the past couple of months, we have also been involved in improving the development environment, which is why there have been so few technical changes. But now we can work on the game more effectively, because we have laid the foundation for further major improvements. Next, we briefly list the planned innovations.
First, this is a new guild with its unusual abilities. Secondly, it is an improved game board, which will make the games more dynamic and more interesting. Thirdly, this is a set of 10 new cards with new mechanics. We also prepared a little surprise for those who are still planning to purchase Fated Kingdom. After all, what could be Halloween without sitting down at a board game with friends?
New Content:
3 new cards: «Bewitched Dice», «Fool’s Gold» and «The Hermit».
A new square on the inner path - Barracks («Draw 2 cards.»).
Flavor text for 4 cards: «Ancient Knowledge», «Vae Victis», «Mimic» and «Campfire».
Other Changes:
Fixed incorrect display of flavor text on some cards.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Update #9
Version: 0.2.16.094.
Download size: 67 MB.
We have just released the ninth patch for the digital board game Fated Kingdom. We continue to follow the roadmap, preparing the project for the second major update. Its release will take place in late October or early November. There are several large things in development, but so far we are not yet ready to show them.
But now we can tell something about them. Last week we demonstrated the first concepts of the new game board. We are also working on a new guild, which will bring great variety to the gameplay with its unusual features. The main one is the abandonment of abilities and the use of defeated creatures as a resource.
Also we will add 10 new cards to the game. Players will be faced with an apocalyptic cult, which by all means will bring the end of the game by discarding the cards from the decks. We will also add a card (or maybe even a couple) dedicated to the upcoming Halloween!
Returning to this update, we want to note the long overdue change in the strength die. Players complained that the Feudal Pact was weaker than other guilds due to its low offensive power. Now «Tools of War» will allow the equipped knights not only to defend themselves, but also to attack their foes.
New Content:
3 new cards: «Mimic», «Troll» and «Amulet of Revival».
Flavor text for 4 cards: «Gathering», «Forlorn Mine», «Ghoul» and «No Time to Wait».
Other Changes:
Changed one of the values of the strength die, there are «Tools of War» instead of «Armor» with the following action: gives «Hit» if you have a Weapon, or gives «Block» if you have an Armor.
Fixed incorrect display of flavor text on some cards.
Fixed incorrect display of illustrations on some cards.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Development of an improved game board!
In the last patchnote, we mentioned the second major update of Fated Kingdom. It will include several new big features, one of which is an improved board board. It has both visual and functional differences.
Now it's not just a board in the literal sense, but a real box with the game inside. It will have real three-dimensional borders and 2 opening sections. At the beginning of the game, the board will be completely closed, but the front side is still being worked on. The pictures show an intermediate version, not the final one.
The Fate Sphere will turn into a real object built into the board, and the usual objects such as tokens, coins, dice and decks will be placed in the side sections. So that they do not fall out, we come up with built-in boxes in the side sections.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Update #8
Version: 0.2.15.091.
Download size: 66 MB.
This is the eighth update we have released for the digital board game Fated Kingdom. It is not as big as the previous one. It includes new cards, board square, flavors a couple of changes in the guild balance. We also took into account the wishes of the players regarding the quick card view feature.
We decided not to make any major changes to the technical part of the project. The fact is that right now we are actively working on the contents of the next major update: an improved game board and the fifth guild. In addition to this, we are reworking the development tools. This will speed up the addition of content and the implementation of the planned features.
In the coming weeks, we will tell more about what will happen in the second major update, but so far we can say that it will be released in the first days of November. There is a lot of work ahead, but we believe that with your support we will succeed!
New Content:
3 new cards: «Bear», «Scroll of Healing» and «Hunting Bow».
A new square on the inner path - Old Halls («Draw 3 cards and choose 2.»).
Flavor text for 3 cards: «Scouting», «Short Road» and «Zombie».
Flavor text for one board square: «Pile of Bodies».
Guild Balance:
The ability of the «Feudal Pact» guild has been changed: knight may to discard cards on the hamlet square as well as on the Castle.
The ability of the «Pathfinders» guild has been changed: pathfinder may steal coins, passing through other players, and also deal wound wounds to players in 3 squares from himself when using an instant action card.
Other Changes:
Quick card view is additionally activated by the right mouse button.
Added a mention of a quick card view in controls section on the help screen.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Update #7
Version: 0.2.14.088.
Download size: 66 MB.
After the release of a major content patch and improved cards, we decided to focus on various errors and flaws. However, the new build of Fated Kingdom includes both new content and an absolutely new feature for quick card view!
New Content:
Card quick view using the ALT key.
3 new cards: «Bandit», «Sixth Sense» and «Backstab».
A new square on the outer path - Stone of Wizdom («Draw a Creature. If you won: draw 2 Skills.»).
Flavor text for 3 cards: «Wandering Mage», «Giant Spider» and «Direwolf».
Icon for designation of wounds in the descriptions of cards and squares.
Bug Fixes:
Incorrect display of Russian font in text chat.
Some special characters could be missing in the card descriptions.
Object could be under the board, if you throw it in a certain way.
Player cursor could remain in the grab state after placing the card into hand zone.
Game could crash, if you leave the server, change the language and re-enter the server.
When the client-player is disconnected, both his cards and host-player cards appear on the table.
Object could leave the table if it was thrown to the left or right with great force.
Other Changes:
Initial optimization of the game, as a result of which the game size and the memory requirements changed.
An empty line is added between the card description and flavor text.
The control buttons of the Fate Sphere are removed from everyone except the host-player.
Icons on the game board are replaced with darker versions.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Early Access Info Updated
Over the past few months, the project has moved far ahead. We added a lot of new content, fixed a heap of bugs and implemented useful functionality. We also slightly revised our positions on the terms of development and pricing of the game at the end of Early Access. To share these changes with you, we decided to update the information on our game Steam page.
We hope that you are also happy with the development of Fated Kingdom!
Update #6
Version: 0.2.13.085.
Download size: 126 MB.
We released the sixth update for Fated Kingdom. Particular attention was paid to cards when working on it. To implement more advanced game mechanics, we reduced the text of the cards by adding special icons. Also, the first flavor text were added to 5 cards. In the future, there will be more, and gradually they form the plot of the game.
New Content:
3 new cards: «Potion of Fortune», «Camping Flask» and «Potion of Knowledge».
A new square on the inner path - Watch Tower («Draw a card. You may it on the bottom of the deck.»).
A short explanatory video in the «Hand Zones» Rulebook section.
Flavor text for 5 cards: «Grave Robber», «Unknown Hero», «Profaned Grave», «Masked Figure» and «Twist of Fate».
Icons for the designation of coins and Fate in the descriptions of cards and squares.
Graphics:
The shadows became more realistic and got transparency.
Increased the brightness of the lighting to compensate for shading from the vignette at high values of the Fated Sphere.
The side texture of the deck is darkened.
The table texture now has bigger resolution and rotated by 30 degrees.
Bug Fixes:
After the player leaves the game, all the cards from his hand remain on the table.
Fixed incorrect borders of cards descriptions, now the text does not go beyond them.
Fixed a bug due to which the cursor remained in the grab position after the card was taken into the hand.
Other Changes:
Rulebook: The «Hand Zones» section is moved below, now it can be found right after the «Cards» section
Balance Tweaks: cards «Sanctified Hammer», «Leather Armour» and «Masked Figure» have been changed.
The types of cards are shown in bold and are shortened.
Minor text and localization fixes.
Thank you for playing Fated Kingdom!
Check Out the Project Roadmap!
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The development of Fated Kingdom continues, and we are finally ready to share with you an approximate work plan right up to a full pledged release. In order not to scan entire notebooks and other horrors of the game designer, it was decided to make a visual roadmap!
In the attached illustration, you can see that the entire development is conditionally divided into 7 stages. The first and second have already been passed and their results are fixed. Ahead of us there are 4 more major updates, and, of course, the full release of the game. Each update provides planned innovations and an approximate release date.
Attention! Dates and content may change during the development process. This is a work plan, but sometimes we have to postpone something for a later period or add to the game in advance.
«All the King's Men» is the first major update for the digital board game Fated Kingdom. Players will meet face to face with the undead army. To defeat it, they need to get good equipment, learn the necessary skills and become a perfect undead hunters. However, it is possible for victory to become the living dead!
Update Features:
10 new undead cards
3 new squares
Animated player cursors
New music
Bug fixes
During those 2 months that Fated Kingdom was in Early Access, we fixed many bugs and added many useful features: public lobbies, Steam friends list integration, help screen, text chat and sound settings. We also improved the graphics by reworking the dices and coins, and adding new textures. Every 2 weeks we added new cards and squares for the game board.
In this major update we have prepared 10 new cards for you, each of which tells its little story of destruction of the Kingdom of Kinmarr. Play if you want to know it!
With the first rays of the sun, a spear palisade appeared on the horizon. Crimson and golden banners fluttered in the wind. He blew from the sea and seemed to carry the hope that the Kingdom of Kinmarr will finally cope with all the misfortunes. Learning that the army successfully landed on the coast, the king immediately sent his fastest messengers.
None of them returned. Instead of hope, the wind brought a stench of death, mixed with the smell of rotten meat and salted fish. Many years ago, soldiers loaded it on ships to survive on enemy land. Now the army was slowly moving to the west, and the pungent smell of rot was spread all over the region. Places where people still lived, quickly emptied.
It could not be a coincidence. The army, long ago sent over the sea, once again walked on its native land. Skeletons and zombies. Whole or in parts. On undead horses, on foot or even crawling. They all went to an endless horde directly to the border of the kingdom. Very soon they will overwhelm it with the ocean of blood and accomplish what Fate is predestined.
At sunset, the army of Connetable Gothric returned to Kinmarr.
Version: 0.2.12.082.
Download size: 107 MB.
New Content:
10 new cards: «The Death», «Gothric the Connetable», «All the King’s Men», «Zombie», «Fragile Shieldbearer», «Headless Horseman», «Skeleton Archer», «Rotting Feudal», «Moldering Intendant» and«Curse of Unlife».
3 new board squares: «Labyrinth», «Ruins» and «Mound».
Animated cursor with 3 states: default, grab and idle.
Added a new music theme for the main menu, it can also be heard during the game.
Added explanatory icon for the card zones (decks and Store).
Other Changes:
Fixed a bug due to which camera movement speed could be different depending on the graphics settings.
Fixed a rare bug that cause infinite server connection loading screen.
Fixed a bug due to which the server owner could lose control of his cursor when when another player enters the lobby.
Fixed a graphical blur effect when opening the menu during the game.
