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We're talking about the updates and the new demo with Capital Vices TV.
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Tanzia Gets a Free Demo!
We know that some people are on the verge of getting Tanzia, but they'd like to try it first. So we've just released a Tanzia FREE DEMO on Steam!
The demo lets you play until the Docks chapter, so you'll get the chance to fight 2 mini bosses and upgrade your gear, check some sidequests and even one of the comic books!
Also your demo savegames will transfer to the full version if you upgrade, so don't worry about losing your progress!
If you haven't bought the game yet, feel free to try the demo, and if you already have the game, please tell everyone you know!
We've also updated the main version of the game with some new stuff, a few bugfixes, and also some things our players requested.
Some of the main changes are:
-Added "kid" difficulty, so it's easier for the young ones to complete the game and enjoy the full story.
-Increased the strafe and strafe jump speed.
-Added super widescreen resolutions.
-Added more key remap options (equipment, spellbook, etc).
Let us know what you think in the comments or in our Discord channel!
Tanzia is out!
We finally made it! You can download Tanzia here
https://store.steampowered.com/app/369700/Tanzia/
Make sure to update your game, and if you played before during Early Access please start a new game. We changed a lot of things that might break old savegames.
Join our Discord if you want to chat with us, we'll be there all day today!
Thank you everyone, we can't wait to hear what you think of the full version of Tanzia!
03/28/2019 FULL LAUNCH!
After 2 years in Early Access (and over 5 years of development time!), we're finally ready to release Tanzia, IN A WEEK! March 28th is the day!
Since April 2017 when Tanzia was released in Early Access (and also later on Nintendo Switch), we listened to our players –to those who loved the game, and especially to those who hated it.
We took a long hard look at what we had and decided to improve and polish every single area of the game: the animations, melee combat, spells, gem system, crafting...
(Please read our prior post for more detail on some of the changes)
So the players who loved the old systems will now have a lot of new things to discover and master, and those who dismissed it then can now give it a fresh look, and hopefully change their minds.
To celebrate the launch, we made two new mini trailers to showcase the combat and exploration aspects of Tanzia. Here they are:
Action Trailer
https://youtu.be/3FdBzX9ow1s
Exploration Trailer
https://youtu.be/BW-X7j5zocY
Those who already own the game can try the beta on Steam and check out the new content right now. On March 28th the full game will unlock for everyone!
We're also working on updating the Switch build with all this new content and also the localizations.
We want to thank everyone who supported us during this long development time, all the people who made LetsPlays of the beta/EA builds, those who after all this time still asks us regularly how the game is doing, and all the friends we made along the way!
Thank you!
OMG! It's almost here!
After we released on Switch and Steam Early Access, we took all the feedback we received to heart. We heard it all, comments about melee being weak, people not liking the floating combat text, the animations being too generic...
We know it took a long time to fix all that, but hopefully when you see all the new stuff we added to Tanzia, you'll forgive us! : )
So let me walk you through some of the biggest changes.
Animations
We remade most of the main character's animations, everything from run, jump, directional damage, spellcasting, etc. We now even have proper walk, strafe and jump melee animations and directional spellcasting!
Everything looks new and fresh!
Check out my fancy new fall animation!
Combat
We've spent a lot of time improving melee combat and combat in general. The hits are sharper, more impactful, and more responsive with directional damage animations, subtle screen shakes and controller vibrations. You can feel every impact, and you can see the enemies reacting accordingly. You're still a shaman, and spells will always be your main form of attack, but now you won't feel like a wimp when out of mana.
Gems
We did a major revision on gems. We added several new artifact gems, remade the effects on some that were previously not super useful, and made all of them drop sooner (no Great Volcano gem drops anymore).
There's a new NPC at The Docks who tells you what every artifact gem actually does (it used to be trial and error, you needed to test each gem to see its effect).
We also made a full set of gems called "Eye of the ..." which actually improve your spells! You can get a bigger fireball, faster Ice Shard, monstrous Fire Totems, and a killer Thunderclap!
The Giant Fire Totems to the right are the improved versions you get with the Eye Of The Summoner Gem.
The new Alchemist's Gem gives you the possibility to craft improved versions of potions.
And now we have a portable Jeweler's Kit that lets you switch your gems anytime!
Spells
We've improved some of the spell FX. More importantly we revamped the spells at the Voodoo Camp. Fear is now a point-blank AOE spell like Thunderclap. Web Totem has been removed entirely and replaced with my new favorite spell, Raise Dead! With it you get your own posse of freshly deceased monsters to follow you around, killing everything in your way. In normal use you only get 3 of them, but just imagine mixing it up with Mako's Rage... you can get a whole army!
You don't have to imagine it anymore, check out my beautiful army of the dead!
Steam Achievements
You can now show the world how good you are at Tanzia!
A NEW COMIC!
We already had one quest which gives you a full digital comic book as a reward, but now we have another comic with even more backstory, and you can get it right away at The Village!
And More!
We have tons of little improvements we're not mentioning in detail here, but expect tweaked loot locations, monsters showing directional damage, the ability to remove floating text, more items to loot, better tutorial windows for each control type, improved controller support, no more cooldown for potions, new FX for some of the spells, monsters now have hitboxes instead of infinite reach and bug fixes galore!
New Fireball FX!
Try the Beta before launch!
This version is available to everyone right now in the beta branch. You might run into a bug or ten, so this is only for the adventurous folk out there.
We have a Discord channel were you can post about any bugs you find in the beta, or if you just want to talk to us. We're friendly!
Launch and Early Access discounts
As we mentioned before, Tanzia's final price will be $19.99, right now you can buy it at $14.99 during EA, but in order to be able to feature a launch discount, we need to increase the price at least 30 days before the full release.
You have until Friday, February 8th to buy it at $14.99, after that we're increasing it to $19.99, so it's a great time to buy Tanzia with a big discount!
We're working on a release candidate now and we'll announce the full release date soon. Stay tuned for any updates!
Thank you for reading!
A little update!
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to make a quick announcement to let you know what we're up to!
We promised to have the Steam build ready really close to the Switch launch, but after releasing on the Nintendo portable we received a lot of feedback. Most of it was great, people loved the game and the story. But at the same time some people commented on melee, and how it wasn't up to par with the rest of the game.
So we've decided to revamp melee to make it as awesome as the rest of the game.
This means the full version of Tanzia needs a little more time in the oven...
But as promised, you can access the beta build on Steam right now, and play what's practically the same content as we have on Switch!
If you want to play the beta content right now, this is what you need to do:
/On your Steam library, right click on Tanzia, select "properties".
/Go to the "Betas" tab
/On the dropdown menu select "beta"
/Close the properties window and let Tanzia update.
Now Tanzia on your library should say "Tanzia [beta]". You can start playing the beta! : )
We're really sorry about all the delays, but as you know we're only two guys working full time on Tanzia, and only one of us is a programmer!
Thank you for being patient!
If you have any questions for us or if you want to chat about the details of Tanzia, drop by our Discord.
Ask Us Anything Tomorrow on Reddit!
Hey everyone!
Tanzia launched last week on Nintendo Switch! We'll be on Reddit tomorrow where you can ask us anything about the game.
When? July 24th at 2pm ET / 11am PT / 6pm GMT.
Here's the link to the Reddit Nintendo Switch community where we're having the AMA.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/
You're also invited to our Tanzia Discord Server, you can drop by anytime and chat with us.
Also, did you know you can also win Jason's Nintendo 64??? Read all about it here
Soon we'll have news about the Steam version of Tanzia, so stay tuned here or in our Twitter and Facebook accounts!
See you on Reddit!
We're doing a Discord AMA!
Did I tell you we're releasing Tanzia tomorrow July 19th on Nintendo Switch? (and really soon on Steam).
We've been working on Tanzia for over 3 years, and you probably have questions for us! So we're doing a few AMA's so everyone can jump in and well... ask us anything!
The first AMA is tomorrow, July 19th, right during launch! It's going to be on SwitchRPG's Discord server (#tanzia-ama channel) at 2PM ET.
So join us there and ask us about Tanzia, or anything you want really, it's a AMA after all!
SwitchRPG Discord Server - AMA at 2PM on July 19
We're also going to be all day, drinking coffee and biting our nails on our own Discord channel, you can visit us any time and say hello!
Tanzia Discord Server
See you there!
Win Jason's Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR!!!!
To celebrate this momentous occasion, Jason (our lead designer, Tanzia's mastermind) wants to give away his boxed, mint condition, still with that new console smell, Nintendo 64!
OMG!!! A NINTENDO Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR!!!! : O
In Jason's own words: "I've always loved comics and video games. I'm also a bit of a collector. A few years ago I bought a mint condition Nintendo 64 still in the original box. I've decided to give it away. I'm reluctant to give it up, but with Tanzia launching on Switch, this seems like a good time."
just look at this beauty!
OMG! So new and untouched!
We want to make a little game out of it, so here's the deal:
- Step 1: Retweet our Twitter post about this giveaway ( link here ) with the name of your favorite Nintendo game EVER.
- Step 2: Reply to that tweet with a screenshot from that game.
- Step 3: Make sure you follow us on our @Playtanzia Twitter account.
- Step 4: ?????
- Step 5: Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR!!!! (if you get the lucky pick!)
Easy right?
Next week we're going to pick a winner! And that Winner can be YOU!
Tanzia Comic Books! (And How To Get One)
You might have already heard that we have a couple of Tanzia comics. The story is a big focus in Tanzia and we had a lot of fun creating and telling it. So we had the idea that comics would let us focus on specific parts of the story in more detail. Also Saige and I always wanted to make a comic book :) The first comic tells the story of Grandfather Mako's discovery of Arcanity and his original battle with The Skeleton King. The 2nd comic continues later some years after the first and fills in some details about Grandfather's disappearance. I'm really happy with how both comics came out. I wish we had the time and resources to do more. I had so much fun with them honestly after doing the first 2 comics I wanted to make a series of 10 or 20 comic books that tells the whole story arc of Grandfather and The Young Hero.
Tanzia #1 and #2 covers.
The 2nd comic unlocks in game when you collect all of the Lost Pages of Grandfather's Journal.
A panel from Tanzia #1
The 1st comic you can get right now if you pre-order Tanzia on either Steam or Nintendo Switch. Just forward your digital receipt to promo@arcanity.com and we'll send you the 1st comic as a PDF file. If you can't find the receipt, snap a screenshot of Tanzia in your game library and email that to us. You also get a discount for buying the game early in most regions (We had an issue setting up the store for Nintendo of Europe and couldn't get the discount set up in time there.)
Taken from Tanzia #2
I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks of the first comic. So pre-order Tanzia now and email that receipt to us. Then let us know right here if you liked it.
-Jason