Kingshunt
Kingshunt Gameplay Stream
Tune in if you want to beat us at our own game, have a laugh, or if you want to see what the game looks like before playing it yourself!
Watch live on June 27th !
Play Kingshunt during the Gamescom on Steam!
We are participating in the Gamescom Indie Mega booth from Wednesday, August 25th until Sunday, August 29! Kingshunt Demo and servers go live CEST 5 PM (PT 8 AM)
https://indiearenabooth.de/gamescom2021/games
You will be able to play a demo of Kingshunt throughout the entire week of the Gamescom and we also have various streams and other events planned! We will share more information as we get closer to the event, but there are a few things we can share right now:
Gameplay Stream - Wednesday, August 25, 9 PM CET
Join us as we play Kingshunt at the start of the Steam event. Live on Steam, Twitch, and YouTube. A bunch of developers will be joining the stream to answer questions from the community.
What’s New in This Test:
If you didn’t play in the June Beta a couple of months ago, a great place to get started with the new changes is by watching this video:
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Since the Beta Weekend, we have been working hard on bringing more content to the game as well as rebalancing the existing elements:
New Rune menu
With the new rune system, we have also added a bunch of new runes to play with! Another major update is the Rune Power multiplier which increases the strength of your character’s abilities, gives characters ways to grow during the match, and rival stronger minions and towers.
Gamemode Balancing
We have addressed your feedback from the Beta Weekend and the heroes and NPC’s have been rebalanced. For example, Prosecutor, a very popular, but overpowered all-rounder, now received a slightly different damage profile and range to fit better with the tank role, still delivering enough power in the melee combat.
Manual AI upgrades have been removed and now all of your units in the field will get stronger over time from the experience in the battlefield.
Utilities
We have also introduced new utilities and loadout customization to play with! Now players can unlock new towers and spells and add them to their loadouts to find new ways to play the game.
New utilities
Attacker:
- Bomb utility that destroys every structure, trap, and unit in its radius.
- Breacher minion that targets the nearest structure, group of operators, or Guardian and destroys them.
Defender:
- Payload health regen aura
- Commander minion summon to protect a tower
- Barricades can now be built freely anywhere
Other Improvements
It would not be a new test without fixing a bunch of issues and bugs or introducing some smaller usability improvements as well. Expect improvements to general stability, playable maps, UI, in-game settings, and ping markers to name a few.
Congratulations for making it through the whole thing, usually no one gets to the end of the memo. That's all we had in store, for now, we will be sharing more information about events during the Steam Gamescom Event on our social media as we get closer to the event.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on any of our Social Media accounts or Discord. We would love to hear your thoughts about the demo!
Looking forward to seeing you at the Kingshunt Demo!
Join the open beta on Steam.
Gameplay Stream on August 25 // Gamescom 2021
On Wednesday, June 25th, at 9 PM CET, right at the start of the Gamescom, our CEO jumps in to play Kingshunt, discuss the Gamescom, and answer your questions!
Tune in if you want to beat us at our own game, have a laugh, or if you want to see what the game looks like before playing it yourself!
Watch live on June 25th !
Kingshunt Beta Survey
Thank You For Playing Kingshunt Playtest!
Kingshunt Matchmaking is now over, and we want to thank you for playing! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
We would love to hear your feedback regarding the current state of the game, it would really help us identify what to focus on as we continue development.
Please share your thoughts through the form below:
Link
https://6ugp5vhtscr.typeform.com/to/pFt9BRpe
And while you wait for the next test, why not Wishlist on Steam !
Best,
Vaki Games
Kingshunt Open Beta Stream
Ask questions from the development team
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q38bfUR
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Kingshuntgame
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUlio-ZXx1JV_dgT3JpVVew
JUNE 24TH HOTFIX
Warriors,
The downtime has ended and the servers should now be back online!
In this hotfix, we’ve fixed the balance issues and ensure a more balanced match flow. Keep reading to learn the full details.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed: Depth of Field
- Fixed: Voicelines should now be more audible
- Adjustment to Flame- and Icetower collision so it is easier to navigate and combat around them
Balance Changes
- Tower building cooldowns are longer, so less towers in a match
- Tower operator 10% damage nerf
- Nerf Guardian health so it takes 3 less shots from payloads
- Match lenght now +60 Seconds longer
All the changes and hotfixes we roll out are direct results of all the amazing feedback, bug-reporting and suggestions that come directly from our community. Thank you and please keep sharing your feedback with us!
Best,
Vaki Team
The Kingshunt PC Playtest Live Now
Hey folks,
The moment you have been waiting for is here, the Kingshunt Beta has now officially started. You will be able to play Kingshunt: June 22 (6 AM PT, 3PM CEST) until Friday, June 25 (6 AM PT, 3PM CEST).
Jump into Steam, request access, download the game and start your fight!
The test is open for everyone, but you do need to request access on our Steam page to be able to play!
If you encounter any bugs or in-game issues or have questions, feel free to reach out to us via the Discord server or the Steam Community, there you can give feedback, team up with other players, discuss strategies and builds, or even chat with the developers!
Patch notes
In this version of Kingshunt we are bringing you changes to balance and gameplay, more improved and polished graphics and new features such as
- Rune upgrades
- New runes
- New playable champion: Malakai
- New map: Fortress
- New utilities
- Tutorial
- Custom games
Upgrading runes works by pressing the “upgrade” button on top of a bought rune.
New utilities include:
- Flame tower deals aoe damage to passing minions in a short range through banners
- Frost tower is a long range tower that stuns enemy unit caught in its aoe blast
- Flame trap deals DOT damage to all units in its area
- Shock trap deals a burst of damage to one unit at a time in its area
New champion arrives from the abyss:
Malakai
Malakai is a utility focused support character that traps its enemies with snaring abilities and area blocking walls
Mouse 1 Melee swing that applies a bleed on enemies
Mouse 2 “Crippling Scythe” Malakai swings his arm toward target location passing through AI units, dealing damage and snaring enemy players
Q “Abyssal Rejuvenation” Malakai heals all near friendly players for a duration
E “Bone Wall” Malakai summons a bone wall from the ground that can be damaged in three parts. Press LMB to rotate and release to cast
R “Terror” Malakai moves quickly to target location dealing AOE damage for the duration to all enemy units slowing them and eventually rooting them. Enemy units in the area receive 25% more damage and Malakai takes 25% less damage
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q38bfUR
TWITTER: @Kingshuntgame
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUlio-ZXx1JV_dgT3JpVVew
Kingshunt Open Beta Live Now
Hey folks,
The moment you have been waiting for is here, the Kingshunt Beta has now officially started. You will be able to play Kingshunt: June 22 (6 AM PT, 3PM CEST) until Friday, June 25 (6 AM PT, 3PM CEST).
Jump into Steam, request access, download the game and start your fight!
The test is open for everyone, but you do need to request access on our Steam page to be able to play!
If you encounter any bugs or in-game issues or have questions, feel free to reach out to us via the Discord server or the Steam Community, there you can give feedback, team up with other players, discuss strategies and builds, or even chat with the developers!
Patch notes
In this version of Kingshunt we are bringing you changes to balance and gameplay, more improved and polished graphics and new features such as
- Rune upgrades
- New runes
- New playable champion: Malakai
- New map: Fortress
- New utilities
- Tutorial
- Custom games
Upgrading runes works by pressing the “upgrade” button on top of a bought rune.
New utilities include:
- Flame tower deals aoe damage to passing minions in a short range through banners
- Frost tower is a long range tower that stuns enemy unit caught in its aoe blast
- Flame trap deals DOT damage to all units in its area
- Shock trap deals a burst of damage to one unit at a time in its area
New champion arrives from the abyss:
Malakai
Malakai is a utility focused support character that traps its enemies with snaring abilities and area blocking walls
Mouse 1 Melee swing that applies a bleed on enemies
Mouse 2 “Crippling Scythe” Malakai swings his arm toward target location passing through AI units, dealing damage and snaring enemy players
Q “Abyssal Rejuvenation” Malakai heals all near friendly players for a duration
E “Bone Wall” Malakai summons a bone wall from the ground that can be damaged in three parts. Press LMB to rotate and release to cast
R “Terror” Malakai moves quickly to target location dealing AOE damage for the duration to all enemy units slowing them and eventually rooting them. Enemy units in the area receive 25% more damage and Malakai takes 25% less damage
Kingshunt Open Beta Stream
Ask questions from the development team
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q38bfUR
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Kingshuntgame
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUlio-ZXx1JV_dgT3JpVVew
Kingshunt Development Update June
Hello warriors,
We’ve had a busy spring, first preparing for the steam game festival and then iterating Kingshunt from the feedback.
First, we want to thank all of you who participated in the playtests, shared their feedback with us, and those who streamed and created Kingshunt content! All of this helps us to shape Kingshunt to the correct direction. A lot of improvements have been made on these since the last test, and we will be covering them more in upcoming development updates.
Finally, We are happy to announce that Kingshunt beta testing will begin in June 22nd. The whole purpose of testing Kingshunt is to create a solid and enjoyable experience, while iterating on game design and implementation. The important takeaway of this announcement is that we are making progress towards a playable experience. We aim to invite all Kingshunt players to participate in four day long testing session and push the limits of our Kingshunt experience
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We will continue development as planned, implementing changes based on the test, and we hope to have you all playing an even better version of the game soon. Even with the general feedback being positive, there were still some topics that were discussed in the community that we would like to address: mainly the performance, game mode, new towers, new hero and time to kill.
UPCOMING CHANGES AND UPDATES
There is still some work ahead of us for Kingshunt beta. For beta we wanted to introduce new utilities, hero, tutorial!, map and game mode updates.
New Towers
Ready to burn the opposing team to ashes? There was a clear need for new kinds of towers to play with. Flame tower acts as a close range defensive placement against attacking side minions.
New Hero
This bad boy is something else. We will introduce him properly before beta
New Runes and Upgrade system
Customize your character with rune upgrades and create your own unique builds.
Also we have identified the following areas required more love:
Time to kill
The Time to Kill (TTK) is one of the discussion topics from the playtests. Since the previous test, we've made a lot of changes to the second-to-second gameplay. For example, we rebalanced characters, updated visual effects, all of which has affected the time-to-kill one way or another
However, it is important to mention that the TTK is still not final, and the feedback will be taken into consideration.
HUD & UI
- HUD updates. Fixing busy HUD elements and quality.
- Minimap Updates. Simplifying and clearer goals.
- Payload icon. Adding a clearer Icon and color for objectives
- Hero icons
- Ping Menu for quick comms!
Visual & Animations
- Animations polished
- Character Optimisations and graphical Updates
- VFX Elements updated for character skills
- New Status Effects
Audio
- Audio system. Fixing bugs in the audio system to get better sound propagation.
- Combat sounds. Weapon swings and impact sounds.
- Voice Overs for Characters
Level Design
- Collisions. It's always annoying to get stuck!
- Level Design changes
- Polished and Updated Church level
Flows
- Tutorial. Adding a tutorial and improving the onboarding to make gameplay features clearer for new players.
- Settings. Building options, Rune autobuilds and more.
- Keybinds. Creating additional keybind options to allow players to remap and reset their settings.
- New Main Menu
- Controller support. Adding more precise sensitivity settings and controls
- Quality settings
Performance
Quite many of you reached out to us regarding performance. Some of these problems were caused by simply missing optimization, and we have addressed these issues and we will continue optimizing. During Beta we will be able to investigate these further.
Overall, we are striving for a balance between performance and quality, where players could run the game well on older hardware with some limitations in the graphics, as well as push the visuals or framerates to the moon on high-end machines. We still have some way to go, but we are continuously working on optimization and other performance fixes that should make the game run a lot smoother going forward.