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Genre: Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game

Primateria

Minor Fixes and Upcoming Playtest

Dear Primateria Community Members,

We have just released a minor update focusing on:

Update Contents:

  • Localization fixes.
  • Minor bug fixes and some small adjustments.


Although this update is minor, our attention is now turned to a more significant update that we plan to playtest next week. This playtest is an essential step in addressing the key feedback we have received from you. During this session, we will focus on:


  • Adjustments to bosses and AI behavior.
  • Adjustments to the difficulty curve.
  • Adjustments to the deck building process.
  • Adjustments to the gameplay loop.


Your participation in this playtest is crucial. It is an opportunity for us to implement and test changes directly based on your feedback.

To participate in the playtest, simply activate the playtest beta in your Steam client. You can do this by following the instructions here. We will make another announcement when the playtest begins and the update to your game becomes available.

For more details about the playtest and to share your ideas, please visit our Discord. Your contribution is invaluable in helping us refine these aspects.

We are also diligently working towards our next major update, which will include the much-requested Deck Editor feature, along with fixes to other issues highlighted by your feedback.

Thank you for your continued support and engagement.

Best regards,
Yfrit Team.

Thank You for Supporting Primateria!

We're genuinely grateful for the positive reception Primateria has received. Your support means everything to us.

We're listening closely to your feedback and are already working on updates to enhance your gaming experience. Your thoughts and suggestions are guiding us in refining and improving Primateria.

Here are some of the things we're planning based on your feedback:


  • More content in terms of challenges, nodes, and exploration.
  • Balancing of challenges, battles, and bosses.
  • Quality of life improvements to sounds, animations, keywords, the gallery, and tutorials.
  • Localization fixes and improvements.
  • Multiple bug fixes and minor adjustments.
  • And last but not least, the Deck Editor feature for you to build your own decks.


For more direct interaction and to share your feedback, we invite you to join our Discord community. It's a great place to discuss ideas and help shape the future of the game.

Join us on Discord

Thanks again for your support. Together, we'll make Primateria even better!

Cheers,
Yfrit Team.

It's here, folks! Primateria is out!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Primateria! It's been an incredible journey, and we're delighted with the final product. We can't wait for you to dive in and experience the adventure we've crafted with so much passion.

What's Next?



So what now? With the game released, our journey continues. We're committed to regular updates, squashing any pesky bugs, fine-tuning card balance, and injecting fresh, exciting features and content.

Get Ready for Deck Editor!



Up next is a major update that will introduce the Deck Editor feature. Imagine crafting your own decks with all the cards you've unlocked and saving your favorite combinations for future runs. It's going to revolutionize how you play!

Also, we're excited to share that Primateria now supports Spanish, in addition to English, Portuguese, and Chinese. More players around the globe can enjoy our game in their preferred language.

Streaming Live for Release Week



We'll also be broadcasting a first impressions video as a Steam livestream showcasing the game throughout Release Week.

Join the Adventure!



Grab your copy of Primateria now and be part of an epic adventure. Your support means everything to us.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397130/_Primateria/

We Want to Hear from You!



If you have feedback, questions, criticism or just want to discuss strategies or say hello, please join our Discord Server. We'd love to hear what you have to say!

Thank you for playing!

The Wait is Coming to an End - Jan 8th!

After six long years of development, we're very proud to finally announce that Primateria will be released on January 8th 2024!



This development journey has been incredible for us at Yfrit Games, and we are very excited to show you what we've been cooking.

Here's some of the new and exciting things you can expect on the full game:


  • A complete story mode with 9 unique quests, a thrilling story and a bunch of characters!
  • 100+ cards, with hundreds of effects, mechanics and endless combos!
  • 4 new almighty legendary cards with intricate ways to unlock them!
  • 43 Steam achievements for you to challenge yourselves and unlock!
  • 12 unique pre-built decks with specific archetypes for you to explore, including a Random Deck for experienced players to challenge their might!
  • 20+ special items that can be found and used in runs to enhance your chances of reaching the surface!
  • 10+ challenging nodes for exploration!
  • A new and improved Endless Mode with challenging bosses, enemy encounters, exploration and much more!
  • A gallery system that serves as a compendium for all cards, items and unlockables in the game so you can track your progress!
  • A meta-progression system that allows you to gain experience, level up, and unlock all sorts of magical items and cards for your Primateria journey!
  • And much, much more!


We're incredibly excited about the launch, and hope you enjoy the game! We will continue working on the game, adding content, fixing and balancing things, and making sure the Primateria experience is the best it can be!

Don't forget to add Primateria to your Steam Wishlist, and mark the date of January 8th 2024!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397130/Primateria/

See you all at launch!
Yfrit.

Here Comes a New Demo!

It's been a while since our last announcement, but that is for a good cause: a whole lot of new content! With the release date fast approaching, we are here to announce a whole new demo with a bunch of new things for you to enjoy.

Since our last demo, the game has improved a lot, as we worked towards implementing and fixing everything pointed out by you guys on the feedback we received.

For version v2.11.2, these are the main changes:

New Quest System



As stated in our livestreams and blog posts, Primateria has an exciting world with intriguing lore and an exciting story told by our new quest system. You can now interact with new characters, unfold mysterious adventures of divine beings and you, the player!

Here are the new features accompanying the system:


  • New dialog system with new characters
  • 3 new quests available
  • 10 NPCs with unique character design and personalities





More Decks, More Cards



With the addition of a bunch more cards, new decks were also introduced alongside new mechanics and playstyles for the game.

Here are the new things:


  • 60+ playable cards
  • 4 playable decks
  • New random deck mechanic for the experienced players looking for a new challenge




New Legendary Cards



To make playing cards even more exciting, new legendary cards can be summoned by fulfilling very specific conditions and challenges during a run. These incredibly powerful cards have amazing new art and represent the divine characters in the game.

Here are our imponent legendary cards:



New Map Exploring Content



For a more fun and long term experience, we have completely reworked the map exploring game loop, adding a lot of new content and improvements to it. Here are some of those things:


  • 5+ new nodes and gameplay modes
  • Reworked the shop node
  • Added a micro-tutorial node and broke down the initial tutorial into a more streamlined experience
  • New and improved consumables and equipment items
  • New blessing system that gives the player passive effects and abilities to use on their runs




Gallery and Meta-progression System



Improving on the roguelite aspect of Primateria, we have reworked the gameloop with a meta-progression system. It allows players to gain experience points and level up on each run they play. Levels are attached to the in-game unlocks, that are now available on the new Gallery system, a resource compendium with everything in the game you can unlock!




UI and Graphics Overhaul



Following the feedback we received from the players, we have reworked our UI systems and redone a lot of the graphics to enhance the playing experience and make the game as beautiful as possible.

Here are all the new and reworked features:


  • Reworked the card frame
  • New background art for battle arenas, menus and the map exploring scene
  • Completely new screen for listing cards, items, and other in-game resources
  • Improved fonts





New and Improved Animations



Also listening to your feedback, we have reworked and added a bunch of new animations to the game, making it feel more lively and prettier.

Here are some of those animations:


  • New and improved attack animations
  • New victory/defeat animations
  • New reward animation
  • New game state representations animations
  • New screen transitions
  • New damage/discard/mana animations
  • New battle-phase transitions
  • Improved playing animations




Bug Fixing, Polishing and a Ton of Improvements



To enhance the experience for new and experienced players, a lot of quality of life features, bug fixes and changes were introduced. Here's a list of them:


  • New run saving system that allows for resuming runs stopped in the middle
  • Improved usability when playing cards in the backrow
  • Improved and shortened animations and clicks for multiple actions
  • New graphical options
  • Rebalanced and reworked multiple cards and game rules
  • Improved effect texts to make them more consistent and easier to understand
  • Improved translations on Portuguese and Chinese versions
  • New music and sound effects




More to Come!



And that's it for this new demo and announcement! We hope you enjoy the new version, we have worked very hard to improve the game as much as possible for the upcoming release. If you have any feedback, feel free to message us on Discord, X.com (former Twitter) or our Website.

Thanks and have a good game!

Steam Next Fest Special Developer Live

Join us, the developers of Primateria, on a casual playthrough livestream where we talk about the game, mechanics, the future and much more!

New Key Art Design & Steam Next Fest Playtest Invitation

Hello, dear players!

The upcoming Steam Next Fest will be going on from October 3 to October 10, and Primateria will also officially participate in this event that everyone all can play this new and polished demo! If you love the public demo, feel free to apply for a playtest so that you can enjoy the whole new UI and more cards and enemies! BTW, I hope you like our new key art design :)



About the new public DEMO:
Optimized some previous inaccurate card descriptions and other known issues, and also added Chinese language support.

About the playtest build:
The build now has a whole new in-game UI interface, while some card faces have been redesigned, so we're looking forward to your feedback! Please don't hesitate to apply for Playtest that you can enjoy all the updated game content.

Please feel free to give it a try and let us know your suggestions and feedback!

Thanks again for your support and see you in Steam Next Fest!


全新主视觉启用&新品节试玩邀请

各位玩家,大家好!

Steam新一届的新品节将于10月3日到10月10日举行,卡牌游戏《未元物质》也将正式参与本次新品节,届时玩家可以体验到全新打磨的游戏DEMO,并可以申请Playtest测试,体验到最新的游戏内容,欢迎关注并参与试玩!同时,我们也于近日启用了全新的游戏主视觉,希望各位能够喜欢!



关于新品节DEMO:
此次新品节DEMO优化了此前部分卡牌描述不准确及其他已知问题,同时也追加了中文语言支持。

关于Playtest测试:
游戏内目前已经启用了全新的游戏内UI界面,同时对部分卡牌的卡面进行了重新绘制,我们很期待各位能够早日体验这部分的内容,并给我们提出反馈!所以除了DEMO试玩之外,我们还将在近期开放Playtest测试申请,参与测试的玩家都可以体验到更新的游戏内容。

希望大家能够踊跃试玩,并通过各种你们认为方便的方式将意见或建议传递给我们,你们的反馈是让我们前进的巨大动力!

再次感谢大家对《未元物质》的持续关注!我们新品节见!


Going Rogue!

Primateria is Going Rogue!



Hi everyone, long time no see! For this update, we have a lot of new and exciting things to show you. Primateria is participating in the Going Rogue event with a new demo!

New Demo



For this release of the game, a bunch of new features were added in, such as:


  • New deck unlocking system
  • New items system: equipment and consumables
  • New awesome animations
  • New awesome art
  • A new character and lots of world building
  • A new progression system that makes doing runs even more fun
  • New battle types, nodes, and much, much more


The game was thoroughly updated according to the feedback we received from last year's Steam Next Fest event. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that participated and contributed with feedback that helped us improve the game, especially the difficulty, which was adjusted to make the game more accepting and receptive for all types of players.

We hope you have a lot of fun with Primateria!

Sneak peek on Primateria gameplay

Come with us on a journey to learn a bit more about Primateria! Take a dive in a Card Game experience dipped in Roguelike and Deckbulding.