Welcome to another dev diary, this time in a slightly new style AND format! As you can see from the spiffy banner and thumbnail, Joe has given this part an update to make it a bit better to look at (with hopefully the positive effect of more people actually reading these updates :D). We’ll split the updates into two parts: a short summary of what we’ve been working on in the last weeks, as well as a look at what is coming in the near future!
The last few weeks have been pretty weird, and lead to a slower pace (which might actually be healthy sometimes, or so I hear). That said, we’ve still managed to add quite a few new things!
Firstly, we’ve reanimated the main characters as well as the entire early bestiary of Stranglevine Ridge. They really needed an update, and we’re honestly very happy with the results!
The story of the game has been given a proper rewrite, which means we’re finally ready to implement the next chapters of the Campaign.
Joe has been hard at work on the interior tileset of the Murkfall region, and its weird laboratories are starting to look really great!
For this week, I wanted to have a closer look at the first region of the game, Stranglevine Ridge. Stranglevine features heavily in the demo, since it’s the only playable region there, meaning most players will be reasonably familiar with it.
Stranglevine Ridge is a coastal jungle region situated in the southern parts of the Wild. Inhabited by a wide variety of animals that have adapted to life in the abundant humidity of the region, the major faction of Stranglevine is the Bonefang Clan.
First introduced in the card game through the Rhino and Tiger factions, the Bonefang Clan is a collection of several animals that value the spiritual and physical in equal measure. Their practices and rituals are aimed at communicating and appeasing the Spirits of Stranglevine. The druids of their tribe, mages that have a special connection to the Spirits around them, often lead or at least guide their people as to live in balance with the surrounding nature. Balance in this case does not mean they are peaceful: many of the strongest warriors of the Wilds originate from the Bonefang. The jungle houses many dangers, both animal and environmental, and the Bonefang Clan thrives in this environment.
Spiritsong Refuge is the main town where the Bonefang Clan reside, and the home of the triumvirate that is looked upon to lead the Bonefang Clan: the unwavering druid Mo’Gara, the stoic warrior Baldur, and his reckless but equally powerful younger brother Rak’han.
Mo’Gara, familiar to those who’ve played Untamed Feral Factions, is a druid that doesn’t take no for an answer. From a young age, she was born with the gift (or curse) of sensing the whims of the Spirits around her. Equally wise as she is feared, age has only sharpened both her senses and her affinity with the Spirits.
Rak’han and Baldur, two brothers sometimes referred to as the Bite and the Bark respectively, are the most respected warriors of the Bonefang Clan. Their deep love for their Clan is what has kept them united, as the brothers are often in direct conflict with each other. Baldur is seen as loud, quick to anger but forgiving and kind, whereas Rak’han is known to be more quiet and harboring a dark rage inside. What exactly happens to this explosive duo, is something to find out in the upcoming Chapters of the Campaign, as players will have the chance to play as Baldur.
We're thrilled to announce that Untamed Tactics 🐰 was featured at the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview! We're excited to unveil our brand new gameplay trailer, and it's available for viewing now!
This is a huge step for our game, which we were able to achieve thanks to your continuous support! ❤️
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Untamed Tactics is a narrative-driven turn-based RPG set in the universe of Untamed Feral Factions card game where you play through the memories of the retired rabbit general Greycoat – a disgraced soldier to become the leader of free animals and their hometown.
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Untamed Tactics on PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview
Hi, everyone!
We are extremely happy to share that Untamed Tactics 🐰 is going to be a part of the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview! We are also going to share our new trailer during the event!
📅 PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview will be live on 17.11.22 at 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern / 18:00 GMT).
Watch it on:
📹 http://twitch.tv/pcgamer 📹 youtube.com/pcgamer
This is a huge step for our game, which we were able to achieve thanks to your continuous support! ❤️
Remember to add Untamed Tactics to your wishlists!
Hey everyone! With our demo launch for SteamNextFest being successful, netting us a bunch of Steam wishlists and good feedback, which we've immediately implemented. This means that the core systems are 'finished', though visual improvements and polish will definitely still be done.
And with that, it's time to move on to the next part of development: EVERYTHING ELSE!
Content, content and more content
Obviously there is still a lot to be done, especially content-wise, so we've divided the remainder of the work into content patches for the game. Each content patch roughly corresponds to a region of the game, and focuses on Campaign Chapters and Adventure (the part you play when finishing the Campaign) content. Campaign Chapters are similar to the one shown in the demo, but slightly longer (about 1.5 hour per Chapter). Adventure content includes new battle maps, new variations of battle maps, more and refined enemy types, and new Events.
Character Events
We've also introduced a new Event type: the Character Event. These are very short snippets of backstory related to the characters currently in your party, to flesh out their backstories and relationships. In addition to fleshing out the lore, Character Events reward the main character they are about with a minor, permanent stat increase.
Update 1: StrangleFINE
In this amazingly named update, we are working on adding content and polish to Stranglevine Ridge (SVR. This means replacing the early placeholder animations made with Unity3D's animation system with nicer ones made in Spine 2D, adding and refining around 30 SVR battle maps, and adding 10 SVR-specific Events. The events we will be adding include an encounter with an over-caffeinated Squirrel, a mysterious Snake hidden in the foliage, a talking coin and a dancing tree.
In addition, we will redo the animations of the main characters and update their models, as well as introduce Character Events.
Next time
Once we’ve finished Update 1, the next big milestone will be revamping the second region, the dark alchemical wasteland of Murkfall! That region is in serious need of some serious love, so we can’t wait to improve it and enable you all to play through both the second part of the Campaign as well as the myriad of new maps and events we will add there!
Live Stream: Devs Play the Demo for SteamNext Fest!
Hey everyone,
We hope you're enjoying SteamFest Next to the fullest, playing a BUNCH of cool game demos. And, of course, we hope Untamed Tactics will be one of them :D
In case you're curious about the game, want to ask us some direct questions, or learn how bad developers actually are at their own games (hint: very bad), come join us at 19:00 PM CET (Central European Time) for a playthrough of the game!
Miltos will be playing and tell you about the game!
~ Milan of the Grumpy Owls.
Live Stream: Devs Play the Demo for SteamNext Fest!
Hey everyone,
We hope you're enjoying SteamFest Next to the fullest, playing a BUNCH of cool game demos. And, of course, we hope Untamed Tactics will be one of them :D
In case you're curious about the game, want to ask us some direct questions, or learn how bad developers actually are at their own games (hint: very bad), come join us at 21:00 PM CET (Central European Time) for a playthrough of the game!
~ Milan of the Grumpy Owls.
Official Untamed Tactics Demo Release!
Dear everyone,
After 2 years of hard work and dedication we’re very proud to finally present you with the demo version of Untamed Tactics! We’re VERY excited for everyone to get a chance to play Untamed Tactics, and are equally scared of our baby finally setting foot in the big, scary world outside of our own minds and computers.
This demo is meant as an appetizer: an initial look at the main systems, game flow and adventures that are to come in the full version of Untamed Tactics that is slated to release in the (hopefully somewhat near) future. It contains the full first introductory chapter of the game, totalling about 45 minutes of gameplay, and features Greycoat, Lynn and Mortimer as playable characters as well as a look at the first region of the game: Stranglevine Ridge. Fans of the card game (we haven’t forgotten about Spirit Strike) will surely recognize some of their favorite characters, many of whom will appear as allies and enemies in the final release!
We’ve been polishing the game as much as we can in the last few weeks, but we realize we have quite a way to go. Your feedback is INVALUABLE for making Untamed Tactics into the amazing experience we have envisioned, so be sure to stop by our Discord and leave your comments and feedback with us. The whole team can’t wait to chat with you all about both what you like and what could use improvement!
If you like the game, please wishlist the game on Steam: you’re doing us a huge favor and we’d love to keep you posted about the game’s progress!
TL;DR: PLAY THE UNTAMED TACTICS DEMO NOW :D
~ Milan and the entire Grumpy Owl Games team (Miltos, Joe and Vincent).
DreamHack Beyond Untamed Livestream (attempt #2)
Hey everyone,
After a failed attempt, we'll be trying to broadcast Untamed Tactics again today! Please come by and watch me embarrass myself in my first livestream ever!
