Legends of Iona RPG
Legends Of Iona RPG - SOON TO BE FREE?
Iona was made over a long period of 10 years, with volunteers, part time workers. The lead was driven by pure passion and countless hours of management, production and touch ups. It is many years and lifetime wholehearted investment in this passion game.
The reason why the game took so long to publish is that we developed our own 3D engine and tools called the Decoy3D engine and developed the game part time over 10 years. After 5 years, we decided to test many engines, (CryEngine*, Unreal* 3) and decided for practicality to switch to the Unity3D* engine because of its vast exporting features that Decoy3D did not have.
The game is inspired from classic RPGs like Shinning the Holy Ark* on the Saturn, Zelda*, Some colorisation styling from games like WoW*, labyrinths and guards, found in games like Phantasy Star* 1987. (We are big fans!)
We want to give a big thanks everyone that worked on this project and for their support. The goal for this game was that if it was a hit, that we could hire more people and create jobs. We also recognized that the camera controls and the game art is not top AAA, so we started to work on a second version that was promising but was not able to complete it because of lack of funding. Here is why, after years of efforts and development, we were victims of an unrelated and unfair organized smear campaign and the community that was growing around the game died shortly. But since two years, things calmed down. Maybe it is time to give Iona a second chance?
This game is unique and we wanted to share it with everyone! We wanted to give back to the gaming community and release the game for FREE! Yes for FREE!
We sincerely hope that it is appreciated. We are waiting for Steam to enable the new pricing status for the Legends Of Iona RPG game.
Let's play Iona! ːsteamthumbsupː
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We updated the Fonts !
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Hero for the Legends Of Iona remaster. We want to know what you think.
Version 2 under production
On your left, Unity 4.6 (2014) on your right : Unity 2018
Post rendering and other features help so much! However, porting an old game to newer systems will be a quite a challenge. Pat, FX, Chris and Clau are going to make it happen!
Before making any new teaser. We are preparing a full visual upgrade on the game. This might take a while.
P.s. There will be a new Zaak and UI system (not in screenshot yet)
Big upgrade?
Ok, we uploaded one last version before the big update. The big update will be in a while. Here's why:
-The new controls and camera are almost implemented but would work way better on Unity 2017-18.
-The current version of Iona is on Unity 4.7! So we need time to port all the way to 2017-18. This won't be easy however, we need smooth animations and post rendering features.
-We have assembled a team and time to make the needed 3D facelift on level 1-2! It will go into production in a week. The new team is now working on ZBrush and Substance Painter not only 3dsmax.
-We have an experienced artist that will redo all the UI, get ready for a major change!
-After all this, yes, we will redo the teaser.
Stay tuned!
Play before and after the big upgrade
Before a big upgrade on the camera and controls, we are making a major discount on the game for only 8 days, starting on Feb 20 tomorrow!
During the next days, you will see a big change in the gameplay from the current version to new controls and camera. Some had complained that the character moves are stiff and tank like. That is because it was designed to fit in retro gaming style. But, since we are making efforts to make our gamers happier... well we are programming a big upgrade on this issue and soon it will be available to all.
New review on a gaming site about Iona!
Don't worry we are going to upgrade the camera so it is smoother guys! But if you read well, there is a great adventure for the geek in you in Legends Of Iona RPG !
Score is 7/10
Updated! To make gamers happier
- More instructions before starting your first quest
- Lighting in some zones improved
- Volume control added!
- Trivia bonus questions are disabled by default now
- Combat Log showed by default when you start.
NEXT: we are studying on how we could improve controls and smooth camera without damaging existing functionality. That's not going to be easy...
- We are looking to redo the facade of the level dungeon village to conform to the original design of the game.
Official PS4 controller support released
Please tell us what you think!
Xbox and Steam controller official setup available
Please vote on the official controller setup so it appears first in the choices available for new players.
thanks ;-)
