Hey everyone! We are hard at work on the feedback we have had so far and have cracked down on a bunch of bugs and QoL fixes already. See the list below:
Bug fixes
Fixed crash caused by a new invasion triggering at the same time as the shrine being destroyed
Fixed issue in the tutorial, where the mouse could get stuck near the shrine and was unable to be moved
Removed hiss that could be heard during Summer turns
The game should now remember the chosen language when you reboot
Quality of Life
New version of the Celtic peacetime gameplay theme has been added
The introductory story video will now play on launch (can be skipped with any key or mouse click)
Your starting deck now includes both the “Relocate” and “Demolish” cards - these can still be purchased during the harvest
At least one house will now be in your very first hand of cards, so you don’t need to redraw your hand to be able to put your followers in their homes!
A warning has been added when you try to end your run, to make it clearer that saved progress will be lost
An option has been added in the main options menu to reset progression data for the game
Thanks for all the feedback so far! Please do leave a review to let us know how you are enjoying the game, it really helps a lot!
Get These Doomed Isles as part of the Fireshine Publisher Sale
Hey everyone!
Fresh off the heels of releasing into early access this morning, we are in the Fireshine Games Publisher sale alongside a host of other awesome indie games!
If you love indie games, check out Fireshine’s Steam page for loads of great discounts across their portfolio of titles - including These Doomed Isles at 10% off. From strategy games to co-op adventures, there’s a whole bunch to choose from. There are also a host of great upcoming indie titles that you can show your support for by wishlisting them now!
The publisher sale kicked off at 6pm BST today and can be found here
These Doomed Isles is Out Now in Early Access!
The trinity of gods is finally here!
Hey everyone,
With huge excitement I can finally say… These Doomed Isles is out TODAY in Early Access!
Acan, the Mayan god of wine, has finally landed and opens up a whole new way of playing.
You can see our out now trailer below:
Save 10% off until 2nd October!
You can grab These Doomed at 10% off for the first week to thank you for supporting the game early on!
Thanks everyone for your support running up to launch, your feedback from playtests has helped shaped These Doomed Isles, and I can’t wait for you to see how far it has come.
We also have a roadmap to let you all see what we plan on doing throughout early access:
The only way we can make this game the best it can be is with your feedback on board and hopefully this roadmap shows that we have big plans for this game throughout early access!
Feel free to join us on Discord to share you strategy and chat with other players about how you rise to victory!
Thanks so much, and hope you enjoy playing as Acan!
/Andrew
News about our demo
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to post a quick message to let you know our demo has now been taken down while we work on getting everything ready for our launch into Early Access.
A big thanks for supporting These Doomed Isles throughout our journey, we can't wait for you to be able to play the new god on the 25th September!
Invaders of the Isles Part 3: Acan!
In the 3rd (and final!) part of this mini-series, we’re going to take a look into all the enemies that you’ll encounter when you play as Acan, the Mayan god of wine. These creatures are themed around both mythological and real enemies that their civilisation would have faced.
Aztec
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
Aztec warriors were skilled and disciplined fighters, and were highly honoured.
Known to be quite bloodthirsty, Aztec warriors preferred to capture their enemies so that they could sacrifice them to the gods.
Aztec’s were the first people to discover chocolate.
In These Doomed Isles, Aztec steal a Trade card from your deck when attacking a building!
Conquistador
The main goal of the Spanish conquistadors was to claim land and resources for their investors and conquer land for treasure and glory.
The word conquistador comes from Spanish and means "he who conquers."
Wherever the conquistadors went, death, disease, and misery for the natives followed.
When a conquistador invades your island, they’ll take 1-5 gold when they attack a building!
Cipactli
In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a primeval sea monster, part crocodilian, part fish, and part toad or frog.
Every joint on its body was adorned with an extra mouth.
This animal had an insatiable hunger which threatened to devour ever creation on earth.
When Cipactli rocks up on your land, they gain +1 attack strength after attacking.
Cueyatl
Cueyatl are a frog-like race of humanoids that make their homes in swamps and dense jungles.
They have poisonous tongues that could corrode a demigod's body.
When they hop onto your land, they will spawn a copy of themselves if they take zero damange during a turn!
Camazotz
Camazotz is described as an anthropomorphized leaf-nosed bat and is the Mayan god of bats, night, death and sacrifice.
He supposedly fed on blood, and is fiercely dangerous to anyone that comes across it.
In These Doomed Isles, Camazotz will attack housing (or your shrine if it’s closer!)
Huay Chivo
Huay Chivo is a legendary Mayan beast.
He is a half-man, half-beast creature, with burning red eyes.
He was thought to be an evil sorcerer who can transform himself into a supernatural animal, usually a goat, dog or deer, in order to prey upon livestock!
He will cause chaos on your island, so be ready to defend your settlement!
You'll be able to fight against these troublesome enemies on September 25th when the full game releases! These baddies are part of the third God, Acan, who hasn't yet been playable. We're really excited for you to play as Acan, and we'll be sharing more info on this god over the coming weeks!
As always, if you're able to wishlist These Doomed Isles that would really help us get our game noticed. Thank you!
These Doomed Isles Coming to Steam on September 25th!
Hey everyone,
These Doomed Isles is coming to Steam Early Access on the 25th of September at 11am BST. We have just released a brand new trailer revealing gameplay footage of Acan, the Mayan god of wine. Check it out below:
I can’t wait for you all to play the game again at the early access launch and check out all the new stuff we’ve added. We’ve got 3 gods with different playstyles, 10 ascension levels, 15 unique enemies, 9 unique bosses, over 250 cards and over 30 relics and curses ready for the Early Access launch, so there’s plenty there to be getting your teeth into!
This is just the beginning of the adventure for These Doomed Isles, and we will be sharing a roadmap for the early access journey on the 25th of September as well.
In the 2nd part of this mini-series we are going to do a deeper dive into all of the enemies that you can face playing as Plutus, the Greek god of wealth. The enemies that invade the isles varies per god and they are themed around both mythological and real enemies that their civilisations would have faced.
Harpy
Half-human, half-bird and said to be the personification of storm winds, the harpy was known to carry away unsuspecting humans from their homes and blinding them!
Attacks housing unless your shrine is closer
Immortal
An elite heavy infantry unit belonging to the Persian army, these units were a thorn in the side of the Ancient Greeks – legend has it they were called immortals because whenever one of their men died they would recruit someone to take their place immediately.
Attack power is equal to the total number of Immortals
Gryphon
Half lion, half eagle – this terrifying amalgamation of apex predators could be considered the king of all beasts. Famous for guarding treasures but without doubt vicious when provoked.
Attacks your shrine
Usabari
Another enemy from the lands of Persia, the Usabari were warriors who rode camels into battle. The Usabari were particularly useful against Western foes as their cavarly would often get skittish in the face of camels.
Attacks gold sources unless your shrine is closer
Siren
Infamous for luring sailors to a watery grave, the siren is often depicted as a mermaid-like creature. Sirens are known to sing an entrancing song that captivates unsuspecting sailors and before they know it they have dashed their ship among the rocks.
Attacks units and defensive buildings unless your shrine is closer
There are also going to be 3 unique bosses as well that you can face. We are going to keep 2 of them secret so you can discover them yourself when the game comes to Steam Early Access in September but for now let’s take a look at the Hydra.
Hydra
The Hydra was a serpentine water monster from Greek mythology (famously defeated by Hercules but in These Doomed Isles canon that never happened!) whose special ability is that when it is brought down to low health it regenerates and spawns an extra head meaning you have to defeat it all over again!
Wishlist the game to help us out and stay notified when it releases in September!
Also join our Discord to get involved in the discussion and playtesting!
Invaders of the Isles Part 1: Cernunnos
In this mini-series we are going to do a deeper dive into all of the enemies that you can face playing as each god, starting with Cernunnos, the Celtic god of nature. The enemies that invade the isles varies per god and they are themed around both mythological and real enemies that their civilisations would have faced.
Viking raider
The isles of Scotland and Ireland often faced raids from Vikings from the 8th through 13th centuries and these mean customers mean to pillage your gold if you don’t stop them.
Attacks gold sources unless your shrine is closer
Saxon raider
Vikings weren’t the only problem that the isles of Scotland and Ireland were facing with Saxons also invading from the 7th – 10th centuries
Attacks food sources unless your shrine is closer
Blight witch
A common myth throughout the histories, this witch is rumoured to plague livestock, corrupt crops and bring famine wherever they go
Attacks food sources unless your shrine is closer (attacks in an AOE)
Sluagh
These mythological creatures were said to be the hosts of the unforgiven dead in Irish and Scottish folklore that would terrorise locals by dropping them from heights or transporting them to other islands.
Attacks housing unless your shrine is closer
Banshee
Irish and Scottish folklore wailing at night was believed to foretell the death of a member of the family of the person who heard the spirit. In These Doomed Isles banshees don’t just foretell, they can also bring down devastation as well.
Attacks housing unless your shrine is closer
There are also going to be 3 unique bosses as well that you can face. We are going to keep 2 of them secret so you can discover them yourself when the game comes to Steam Early Access in September but for now let’s take a look...
Balor
In Celtic mythology, Balor is described as a giant with a large eye that wreaks destruction when opened and has been interpreted as a personification of the scorching sun. In These Doomed Isles Balor boasts very high health and their damage increases each turn you don’t vanquish it!
Hope you feel ready now to take on all of the foes Cernunnos has to face to lead their people to victory!
Wishlist the game to help us out and stay notified when it releases in September!
Also join our Discord to get involved in the discussion and playtesting!
Closed Testing for the Mayan God
Hey everyone,
TLDR:
We are doing a closed test of the Mayan God starting this Friday!
Join the Discord and react to the post in #Announcements before Friday at 2pm BST
You will then receive a DM with an NDA that you must sign to take part
You will then get a special role and have access to a private section of the Discord where we will share more details on Friday!
It has been great to see all the feedback recently on the Greek god as part of the demo being live but we have another exciting playtest opportunity starting this Friday!
We need to start playtesting the Mayan god to make sure it is balanced fairly and to find any last minute bugs and we would love your help to do so! Starting this Friday you will have the opportunity to be the first people in the whole world to check out the Mayan god in These Doomed Isles!
All you need to do is join our Discord and react to the post in #announcements before Friday at 2pm BST and one of the team will reach out to you.
We will be doing this closed test under NDA so we do ask that all participants sign our NDA and that you don't share any footage or images from the playtest with others that aren't other playtesters under NDA.
If you participated in a previous closed test and already signed an NDA then you are eligible to be involved in this closed test as well but please do react to the post again so we can make sure you are looped in to the correct channels.
We will enable a private section of the Discord to collect feedback separately so that we can collate this without sharing spoilers with everyone.
Looking forward to seeing your reactions with the Mayan god - I think it is potentially the most fun one yet!
The demo is live again as part of Tiny Teams!
Hey everyone!
These Doomed Isles is taking part in The Yogscast’s Tiny Teams Steam event! As a solo developer I really appreciate showcases like this highlighting the work of small teams!
As part of this we are bringing back the demo so you can play for the duration of the event again with both Cernunnos, the Celtic god of nature and Plutus, the Greek god of wealth!
This build has some fixes and balancing changes since the build we took to Steam Next Fest so definitely check it out! All progress should carry over to the main game when it comes out in September as well!
There are also a bunch of other great indie games participating in the event so check them out here and hopefully These Doomed Isles will be covered as part of The Yogscast streaming schedule as well so keep your eyes peeled!
Wishlist the game to help an indie dev out and to stay notified when it releases in September!
Also join our Discord to get involved in the discussion and playtesting!
