It's been a while since us, the humble servants of the King, have spoken to you... We didn't have much to say, but we have been quietly watching you from the castle's highest tower all along, you know... Your deads in the Kingdom haven't gone unnoticed, rest assured! Many of you have chosen the path of the true good, many others that of the most evil, and some something in between... yet all of you contributed equally to make Just One Line one of the best of its kind thanks to your feedback, to your content shared online, and to the many hours you have played the game. Thank you!
But now, it is time for Just One Line, to make another step forward, as we would really love more people to have the opportunity to enjoy the game, to grow our community and make its playerbase bigger still. We are glad to announce that in the very near future, Just One Line is going free here on Steam! You don't hear such a news frequently... but you heard it right! Just One Line is going free to play! And no! You -new and old players- will still be able to play the game as it currently is, no in-app purchases will be added to game as of the current content of the game (start to finish, all unlocks and achievements). But please, all of you who are going to get it for free, are indeed encouraged to at least spread the word about this incredible text-adventure 2.0 .
Drinks are on us!
Thank you all and see you in the Kingdom! - The humble servants of the King
Quest Editor Contest (Gift Card!) & JOL Merch
Greetings fellow adventurers, we have good news for you:
Quest Editor Contest
Starting today, you got until the end of the month (August 31st) to submit your best piece of work in the JOL Quest Editor.
The best and most voted entry will be awarded a $50 Amazon Gift Card! For more info about the contest or just to have more insights and talk to other participants join our Discord.
Good Luck and, most importantly, have fun!
JOL Merch
As many of you already knows, we have launched a JOL Merch channel on Teespring!
Have a look at our page, you may find your next fashionable article of clothing or an amazing gift for your best ones. But as always, the choice is yours!
The humble servants of the King,
- JOL Studios
Out of Early Access! And Patch 1.0.1
Greetings, fellow Adventurers!
It's been a while, isn't it? We have been working very hard on the next big update that will... Well, the title says it all... Just One Line has left Early Access and is officially a fully released title now! Cheers, all hail the King!
We are profoundly moved and excited about this date and we hope you are excited too! You got to be!
It is worth noting though, that this is a huge milestone for Just One Line but it is not nearly the end of its story! We have envisioned JOL as an ever-growing game both in updates and in its content. We could have gone on forever developing and adding new content, but we realized that the game is solid and it fulfills most of the expectations you and us have set. We believe Just One Line is now ready, solid, stable, polished and rich in content. We will continue to update and patch the game but it is also your turn, Adventurers, to make this game even better: you have the tools (Quest Editor, Contests, etc) and a community to join (Discord and the Steam Community Hub)!
But that's not just like "Hey, we are leaving Early Access" and that's it. Not at all! We said we feel the game is ready for its big time, but that would not be true without a huge update to back it up! In fact, we are glad to announce that we have just shipped the biggest update we have ever shipped to our game! Get ready for Just One Line version 1.0.1!
(We realize that there are quite a lot of exclamation marks in the present announcement... but we could barely contain the excitement. We hope you feel the same! Darn, there it is one more.)
Please note: Early Access game saves and profile progress are still compatible. However, if you have a game session with an active adventurer, we recommend to start anew to fully benefit from the new update
Here is the update changelog:
New localizations:
Polish
Russian
New quests
Arcane Tournament
Wild Hunt
The Call
New backgrounds unlockable:
Druid
Mage
All backgrounds and races are now unlockable.
New location:
The lighthouse
Skin and Variants:
Salamander robe
Storm robe
Lightning spell
Fireball spell
Hawk
Thunderstriker
Spellbook of fire
War axe
Tomahawk
Steel Finger
Boiling Magma
Wooden sword
New titles
New achievements
Huge overall balancing and fine tuning
Just One Line now features:
18 Quests (accounting for more than 120,000 words and 1,000 distinct choices)
A story-driven experience in which most of your actions have real consequences on the future of your adventurer.
Adventurer customization with more than 15,000 unique combinations
Achievements and Trading Cards
Please note: Just One Line is currently on a -15% launch discount. When the discount ends the real price will be higher the the current shown one -which was only for Early Access customers.
JOIN THE TEAM! Would you like to be a part of the JOL Studios team? We are looking for great game masters. If you love to write stories and aventurers and to role-play (of course!), the JOL QUEST EDITOR will be your best friend!
Try the Quest Editor, play with it and submit your adventures. We will choose the best and we will bring them to the game! The more talented will be choosen as parterns of JOL Studios.
Bring it on, Adventurers! You might be the JOL Master we are looking for!
So then... this is the end of an -Early- era... and the beginning of an amazing new Adventure. Come and join us in the Kingdom, Adventurers! The future is bright and full of fun! But as always... The choice is Yours!
The humble servants of the King,
- JOL Studios
Leaving Early Access...
Greetings Fellow Adventurers!
We are VERY EXCITED to announce... that Just One Line is finally leaving Early Access on September 12!
But not just like that, a simple statement and that's it... Subjects and Citizens of the Kingdom: we are also releasing our biggest update yet! So, get ready and get excited. Thank you all for making this possible, thanks to our amazing community!
See you in a few days!
- The humble servants of the King
JOL Studios
Good V Evil - Patch 0.12.3
Greetings Adventurers!
We bring a lot of new content to the game with today's patch! The update focuses on the morality and addresses an issue that many of you brought up, allowing you to play and succeed quests more oftern by playing as an evil adventurer. But if you are more into the good and heroic deeds, fear not, this update is great for you as well!
2 Quests (Impartial Judgement and Business meeting, currently localized in English and Italian, we are working on the other supported languages).
New background unlock: the Rogue.
2 new Good/Evil weapon variants: the Twisted broadsword and the Blessed maul.
2 more weapon variants.
2 more weapon skins.
2 new Good/Evil armor variants: the Overlord armor and the Heroic armor.
2 mor armor skins.
The humble servants of the King
- JOL Studios
Language Pack Update 0.12.2
Greetings Adventurers!
We are excited to announce the release of a big update! Just One Line has got four
new languages:
French (Thanks to: Serge Mercereau, Léo Faggianelli)
German (Thanks to: Michael Kufner)
Portuguese (Brazilian) (Thanks to: Márcia Regina Olivieri)
Spanish (Thanks to: Lucas Marín Arenas, Jaume Ferrà Marcús)
If your language is not in the list, fear not, we are working hard to add more languages in the near future. Please note that -given the huge amount of lines in the game- there still could be typos and errors, feel free to report those issues, we will address them quickly.
- The humble servants of the King,
JOL Studios,
Community Quest Editor in Open Alpha!
Greetings fellow Adventurers!
We have great news to share with you today: we are glad to announce the first release of the Just One Line - Community Quest Editor (JCQE)!
The tool is online now and available to all our Steam players. It is worth noting that the tool is in an alpha stage at the moment and issues may arise and features will be added(, changed, removed) during development.
Here is a list of features:
Use a fun and easy-to-use tool resembling the game interface.
Create brand new stories.
Make up your own characters: trustworthy allies or fearsome enemies?
Write about new and extraordinary locations.
Create events for the player to take part in.
Choose what to check when branching your storyline (attributes, relationships, race, background, gender, etc!).
Choose consequences for the player's actions!
Add traps, fights and (de)buffs!
Entwint your quest(s) with other player's quests or with your previous quests. Create follow-up quests (or prequels).
Make the game remember about specific events during your quests.
Play-test your quests while you write them.
Submit the quests to the Steam Workshop: the best and high-quality quests -by JOL Studio's and the Community's approval- will be added to the game.
The best thing about the Community Quest Editor is that it is completely free to anyone owning a Steam copy of the game!
CLICK HERE to head to the editor. It runs on your modern web browser, no need to install any additional software!
We are excited and can't wait to see what you all will come up with and your interesting ways of turning your imagination into a JOL quest.
Here is a list of features and issues we will be dealing with during the next stages of development. Some may be addressed, some may be not... in any case those are things we are aware of:
Users can only write quests in languages that JOL Studios can understand in revisioning. At the moment only English and Italian quests will be accepted.
Prompt for confirmation on situation/fight/interaction deletion.
Icons and UI improvements.
Interaction copy and paste.
Search in whole situation text in "Next Situation" window.
Quest map (overview).
Display confirmation when deleting an important interaction/fight.
Check other users' public quests, fights and interactions.
Bookmark fights.
Add character counters.
Update texts globally in the UI when editing fields (bookmarks, navigation, quest title, etc).
Warn when there still exists a check on a deleted important fight/interaction.
"If-Else" for terminal nodes (succ/fail).
Editor localization in other languages.
Read-only mode for "In Review" or "Accepted/Published" quests.
Quest autosave.
Buttons to delete the notes content.
Tooltip on next situation (both fail and success) containing a snippet of the following situation.
Option to delete a quest (while in progress).
UI responsive for small displays.
Convenient way to jump to a specific situation.
Feature to swap first situation of a quest with another one.
Coloring for different types of situations in the prompt.
List of interactions leading to the current situation.
ESC to close windows.
If you have any issue to report or you want to leave a feedback and give us suggestions please vist our Steam Community Hub and Join our Discord!
Enjoy and have fun!
Patch 0.12.0.3 Changelog:
Dead-end in "Un-arranged" Marriage fixed. (Thanks to krbrowning)
Lights option is now properly stored.
Quest Editor button added to the main menu.
The Humble Servants of the King,
- JOL Studios
Patch 0.12.0.2 is live!
Greetings Adventurers,
we have just released the minor patch 0.12.0.2 addressing a bunch of typos in the interface and quests.
Thank you all for your reports!
If you have any typo or bug to report, please reach out to us on our Steam Community Hub. :)
The humble servants of the King
- JOL Studios
Winter Sale & Theme
Greetings Adventurers!
First and foremost, thank you all for being here with us this time of the year! It is the first time for us and we are glad to have such a great Community of Adventurers as you are! We have prepared a special winter-y update for Just One Line... Let's just say that winter -and Christmas- has come to the Kingdom, just temporarily...
But that's not enough: we have set a -20% discount on the game as well! This is your opportunity as a gift idea for someone you care of or for you yourselves. :)
JOL Studios wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
See you in the Tavern, folks.
- The King's humble servants,
JOL Studios.
Patch 0.12.0.1
Greetings Adventurers!
We have just released a new patch (v. 0.12.0.1), we have fixed a few annoying bugs with dead ends during the quests (thanks to Shattered Seraph) and updated the whole quest library to match the game balance changes of the previous update.
Enjoy!
