ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 4 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
TOURNAMENT RULES
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 16 sessions
ASIA: the first 8 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards.
PRIZES
The following prizes will be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
5x contraband box of goods, Champion's trail, 1x A Smart Plug
4x contraband box of goods
3x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally:
Every player with 12 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 6 victories in a row (ASIA):
1x illegal box of goods (If 16 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 8 victories in a row (ASIA), 3x illegal box of goods)
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x contraband box of goods (If the winner of this tournament is undefeated, this award will also be given.)
Best of luck!
the Asian server to be upgraded
Dear community:
We appreciate the great response to recent STEAM Summer Sale.
With that, access to the Asian server exceeded our expectations, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused players.
In order to cope with the increased access, we will upgrade the Asian server.
Due to this, access to the Asia server will be unavailable for a few hours starting Friday, July, 19, 10:30 GMT (the schedule says).
Until the situation improves, we ask for the cooperation and understanding of our players, especially those in China, Korea, and Japan, who may be inconvenienced.
ːcardsː Players: 4 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
TOURNAMENT RULES
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 10 sessions
ASIA: the first 20 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards. If a player abandons a session, that player will not receive any points from that session, regardless of placement.
The following prizes will be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
4x illegal box of goods, Champion's trail, Modesty befits you
3x illegal box of goods, Modesty befits you
3x illegal box of goods
2x illegal box of goods
2x illegal box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally: Every player with 6 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 12 victories in a row (ASIA):
1x A Smart Plug
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x contraband box of goods
Secret award (the rule will be disclosed after the tournament):
1x contraband box of goods
Good Luck and Have Fun!!
[Team CO]
8th Anniversary Tournament Announcement of results!!
Dear, Gremlins.
Celebrating the 8th anniversary of the release of Gremlins, Inc. We would like to thank all of our players for enjoying this game for such a long time.
ːcardsː Players: 4 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible ːcheatdiceː Characters: random :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
TOURNAMENT RULES
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 8 sessions
ASIA: the first 16 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards. If a player abandons a session, that player will not receive any points from that session, regardless of placement.
The following prizes will be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
5x contraband box of goods, Champion's trail, Modesty befits you
3x contraband box of goods, Modesty befits you
3x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally: Every player with 6 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 12 victories in a row (ASIA):
1x illegal box of goods
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x contraband box of goods
Secret award (the rule will be disclosed after the tournament):
The prize is also a secret
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
EUROPE TOP10
1st Kaizoku 860 points
2nd VaSYaN 760 points
2nd 扫地焚香 760 points
2nd Snackhunter 760 points
5th Darth_Anyan 744 points
5th saffery 744 points
7th 奶弟 741 points
7th Elite Rogue 741 points
9th cyh 728 points
10th 稀润 725 points
6 victories in a row
Kaizoku 7 victories in a row 稀润 6 victories in a row
Bounty hunter's award
Ruva hunt:Kaizoku
ASIA
TOP10
1st 玉米地里的大棒棒 1820 points
1st 标 1820 points
3rd 向晚の小男友 1720 points
3rd 肥胖原神玩家吸脂科大夫 1720 points
3rd 梯西埃姆 1720 points
6th hasusniper 1620 points
6th yagoodori 1620 points
6th 鼠中龙凤 1620 points
6th DarrenCao 1620 points
6th 划水小z 1620 points
12 victories in a row
标 13 victories in a row
划水小z 12 victories in a row
Bounty hunter's award
Atta Codipeti hunt:玉米地里的大棒棒
破防大队长 hunt:标
Secret Award(One tournament chest)
All tournament participants(For each server on both sides)
If 2 or more players have the same record in each of tournament's special prizes, they share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards.
Players who violated the Fair Play Rules during the tournament were disqualified.
Prizes are currently being distributed. If you have not received your prize, please contact us within 7 days of this announcement.
Thank you to all players who participated in this tournament.
[Team CO]
LUNAR NEW YEAR TOURNAMENT 2024 Announcement of results!!
ːcardsː Players: 5 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Colony (2)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
+1
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 40 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Colony (2)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 8 sessions
ASIA: the first 16 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards.
PRIZE
The following prizes are be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
4x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, Champion's trail, Frame of Ice, A Smart Plug
3x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, Frame of Ice
2x illegal box of goods, Frame of Ice
2x illegal box of goods
2x illegal box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
2x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally:
Every player with 5 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 10 victories in a row (ASIA):
A Smart Plug
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x contraband box of goods
Secret Award (the rule will be disclosed after the tournament):
1x contraband box of goods
Good luck and have fun!!
/ Team CO /
NEW YEAR TOURNAMENT Announcement of results!!
Welcome to the final tournament of the year, which starts in 2023 and ends in 2024!
29/12/2023 (12:00 GMT) – 04/01/2024 (12:00 GMT)
EUROPE
ːcardsː Players: 4 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
+120
+20
TOURNAMENT RULES
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 10 sessions
ASIA: the first 20 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards.
PRIZES
The following prizes will be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
5x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, Champion's trail, A Smart Plug, Gremlichaun
4x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, A Smart Plug
3x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps
2x illegal box of goods
2x illegal box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods
1x illegal box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally:
Every player with 5 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 12 victories in a row (ASIA):
A Smart Plug
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x illegal box of goods
Secret Award (the rule will be disclosed after the tournament):
1x illegal box of goods
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
EUROPE
TOP20
1st ^_^ 1100 points
2nd auLe 968 points
3rd MonarcH 884 points
4th passoutsky 881 points
5th 快乐小皮哥 865 points
6th 我网不好 862 points
7th _joker_ 852 points
7th hymirshead 852 points
9th Domina 800 points
10th tomoya.no.7 784 points
10th ehey111 784 points
12th 气球 781 points
12th panblch 781 points
14th るどる 768 points
14th Stark 768 points
14th Baz 768 points
14th semga99999 768 points
18th kirilloid1 765 points
19th Galacduck 764 points
20th Изумрудный Барин 762 points
12 victories in a row
auLe 8 victories in a row
^_^ 7 victories in a row
_joker_ 5 victories in a row
ehey111 5 victories in a row
passoutsky 5 victories in a row
Baz 5 victories in a row
semga99999 5 victories in a row
half-man half-amazing 5 victories in a row
kiral 5 victories in a row
Bounty hunter's award
fs1258 hunt:^_^
Secret Award(Lucky Award: 50th, 100th, 150th, and 200th player from the top on the tournament board)
50th augustzhang
100th ostin
150th Loucetios
200th Agent M
ASIA
TOP20
1st 繁星月移 2300 points
2nd 256nya 2200 points
3rd 标 2100 points
3rd 灰の魔女イレイナ 2100 points
4th dlv 2060 points
6th 我不想赢 2000 points
6th 河童老怪 2000 points
8th 明亮懿达 1900 points
8th ZuuFe 1900 points
8th Meowth 1900 points
11th 糖分AwA 1800 points
11th zcxy 1800 points
11th Deuuum 1800 points
11th yagoodori 1800 points
11th Just-A-Crush 1800 points
11th Declan 1800 points
11th 明 1800 points
11th Social man 1800 points
19th 隐藏鬼鬼 1780 points
19th Handagote88 1780 points
12 victories in a row
标 14 victories in a row
河童老怪 12 victories in a row
Bounty hunter's award
SUI染钟楼 hunt:繁星月移
Secret Award(Lucky Award: 50th, 100th, 150th, and 200th player from the top on the tournament board)
50th 小心女人
100th 76561198821416066
150th iorafuture
200th 君无名
If 2 or more players have the same record in each of tournament's special prizes, they share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards.
Players who violated the Fair Play Rules during the tournament were disqualified.
Prizes have already been distributed. If you have not received your prize, please contact us within 7 days of this announcement.
Thank you to all players who participated in this tournament.
[Team CO]
New Year Tournament
Welcome to the final tournament of the year, which starts in 2023 and ends in 2024!
29/12/2023 (12:00 GMT) – 04/01/2024 (12:00 GMT)
EUROPE
ːcardsː Players: 4 ːscoreː Victory condition: 30 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
Tournament points (place/points):
+120
+20
+4
+1
ASIA
ːcardsː Players: 2 ːscoreː Victory condition: 35 points ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: none :magic_sparkles: Character Abilities: allowed ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: hidden ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set :RatsClock: Timer: normal :Location: Field: Clockwork Town (1)
+120
+20
TOURNAMENT RULES
Players get tournament points for the following sessions:
EUROPE: the first 10 sessions
ASIA: the first 20 sessions
Only the results from these sessions will be eligible for awards.
PRIZES
The following prizes will be issued to the players who occupy the following places:
5x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, Champion's trail, A Smart Plug, Gremlichaun
4x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps, A Smart Plug
3x illegal box of goods, Frosty Footsteps
2x illegal box of goods
2x illegal box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods, 1x contraband box of goods
1x illegal box of goods
1x illegal box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
1x contraband box of goods
Additionally:
Every player with 5 victories in a row (EUROPE) or 12 victories in a row (ASIA):
A Smart Plug
Bounty hunter's award: The first player to win against the player with the best tournament points.
1x illegal box of goods
Secret Award (the rule will be disclosed after the tournament):
1x illegal box of goods
Happy New Year, and best of luck!
Status Update
Hello peoples,
It's been a long time since we shared a development update in this community, and today being a properly foggy and moody morning, I thought I'd just write a short note; send a signal into space, so to speak (talking about signals, I've been watching Apollo 11 this weekend; in all the scenes, someone is smoking in the room – this is how you truly know it's the footage form the '60s...).
Anyways, what would I like to know, ifI were a player of Gremlins, Inc.?
Is the development team alive?
Do you plan to add any new cards or features?
What's up with Gremlins, Inc. 2 ("Gremlins Unlimited")?
Tell me something funny/interesting related to the game.
Let's start:
Is the development team still alive?
Yes! Unbelievably, huh? We are now seven people plus some extras freelancing for us, and from the folks who worked on the original Gremlins, Inc., we have 3 people still on the team (including myself).
Geographically, we have 1 person working from Spain, 1 from Japan, 2 from Russia and the rest – from Lithuania. Which makes for some interesting time zone coordination when we need to talk to each other.
100% of our focus – aside from supporting the community of Gremlins, Inc. (thanks, Standard of Ur!) – is currently on our new game, which we develop for about a year / a year and a half now.
ːsummer_magicː History time:
In 2013-2018 we focused on Gremlins, Inc. In 2018-2019 we focused on releasing Spire of Sorcery into Early Access In 2020-2021 we focused on fixing the damn thing (changing genres, all the works) In 2022-2023 we focus on a new game (unannounced, I just created a Steam page today...)
Good news: for the new game, we collaborate with a bright game designer who shipped one, two, three, four games, that sold several million copies (he's both smart and rich), with two more in production at his studio at the moment. And this new game of ours has a mechanics that revolve around evolving tokens, combos, bi-directional battle matrix, and many other things that make us happy...
So there's a pretty high chance that if you enjoy Gremlins, Inc., then you will dig the new project as well. When we are ready some time in 2024, we will start by releasing the playable demo, so that you can see for yourself, if it's up your alley (it also has a story that is somewhat relevant to real life: corruption, discrimination, racism, we have it all; including a female protagonist).
Do you plan to add any new cards or features?
Surprisingly, yes, we do.
I mean, it's a game from 2015, so maybe it's already good enough, right? ːtelegramː
What we have is a new card (or two), and a few balancing tweaks, that have been on the back burner for months and months.
We now have agreed that once we're done with the demo of our new project, we'll take a week or two to spend on finalising that content, and releasing it here. Probably, that's Q1 2024. Don't hate us for slow-walking the thing, we are currently like a team of deep divers, submerged down below for almost two years, with Standard of Ur calling us from the surface with the updates on how things are going in the real world).
What's up with Gremlins, Inc. 2 ("Gremlins Unlimited")?
We saw strong interest from players (you guys rock!), but we couldn't raise the development budget from publishers or investors because the game was "too big and too small at the same time".
We may get around to taking the series further once we ship the new game – and if it's successful enough, to provide the extra money that we can throw on this concept.
Nobody wants to do a version 2.0 that will have only marginal improvements. We discussed some out of the box ideas that can take the game to the next level (with cards that you can construct, etc.), and if we will do G2, then we will do it like that. But for the moment, it's not happening, not in 2024 for sure.
Some trivia
Good news: A.Fruit, the composer who wrote all the music for Gremlins, Inc., continues to collaborate with us, and already wrote over 12 tracks for our new game. From that side alone, it's a feast for ears! The music changes as you progress through the game... different adventures have their own themes... and we even got around to creating "the theme of the lead character", "the theme of her best friend", etc., which is the level that we haven't tried before.
Lessons learned: the biggest lesson that we took home following our "death march" of 2020-2021, is that we have to stop trying to be "the indie team that works like a big corporation". All of our developer friends are pretty crappy at posting updates, or responding to bug reports on the forums. It is a given, when you're small, that you simply don't have the time to act like a SEGA subsidiary.
The sabbatical from the social media that I took in 2022 taught me that most of the time spent on posting regular news in 6 languages and responding to comments on Discord, was mostly time spent inefficiently. Because, ultimately, if the game is doing well, then you can post just in English, whenever you have news, and it's good enough. Whereas if the game's in trouble, no amount of localisation will save your ass.
Finally: Gremlins, Inc. is still performing well enough to pay for its servers in Asia and in Europe, and to support the community and live ops. For which I'm very thankful. It's lovely to see that we have new players coming in every month, and having a good experience with the project. No game is ideal, and very few games can afford to keep re-inventing themselves (ours definitely wasn't built for that, we were like the blind people painting a picture in a dark room, in terms of architecture). But to see that we still have thousand+ sessions a day in Gremlins, Inc. in 2023, is a big motivation for our team to try our bestest to deliver a new game for you all, which would surprise you, and make you happy with its multiple challenges along the dramatic story.
I cannot wait to share more on that project – at some point between now and the release of the demo, we'll start posting dev diaries, and so on.
As for now, I'm wishing you all a nice day, and here's a high five to everyone who sent a kind word or two my way over the last year. We're not yet back to regular communication, but we're getting ready to share more. See you around!
