VEmpire - The Kings of Darkness
Next game update->Tomorrow!
Although it was planned for today, i want a little more testing!
There comes a little change in game-mechanics:
Recruiting Mercenaries will be available always! This means
you can choose as many mercenaries as you need for every card in the marketplace, for sure just once per turn!
Until now it is only available if at the start of the turn there is no card affordable. But this is confusing because what if drawing ability is available... so this seem to be a little confusing and because of your feedback we've decided
to try it with this change...
curious about your opinion on this!
cheers, wolf....
THANK YOU! Some love from the devs to You!!!
This one is for you, for you that have purchased, for you that supports us actively!
In a time where everybody wants everything for free on the one hand but want to get paid well on the other hand this means a lot!
I appreciate your engagement and willingness to spend money on an Early-Access game and even better help us to improve the game!
This gives back a lot of energy - energy that we urgently need ;-)
We are super-excited about having (even if still small) a community that really cares about the game & joins our passion for this project!
Everyone that wants to dive deeper into the project, or want to know more about it, or want to do something actively: a blog, videos, streams, whatever: you have our full support, just contact me!
Thanks for joining & sharing our passion and our dream!
yours, wolf.....
In-game notification for PVP play uploaded! [ingame_notification]
For the PvP fanatics:
I've uploaded a test brunch, go to properties-betas and choose
ingame_notification -brunch
this brings notifications if you have been invited, or if the player has accepted, while
elsewhere in the game, but not if you are already in a PvP duel!
furthermore you see immediately how many are online in the online-page.
You can not invite vice-versa anymore...
please check the brunch - this will help us a lot!
you can always switch back!
also you can turn off notification in the settings!
hope you like it...
cheers, wolf....
About the consistency and future plans of VEmpire & THANK YOU!
A lot of you might be unsure about how consistent and reliable our game is, i guess this because of the huge amount of players that have wish-listed the game.
I can tell you a few things...
We are working and investing into this project since 4 years (I started on twitter even 2012: https://twitter.com/WLueger) and there are no plans to stop, the opposite is the case:
We've just started yet, and we already see how beneficial it is to have the game in Early Access.
There is a lot more to come, i promise you.
We believe in this game because we are playing it 4 our self and compare it to the competition and we honestly come to the conclusion: we do not have to hide behind the much bigger and famous titles, there are just a few that are really good!
For sure there are things to improve - but the thing is: with your help we can! Not only faster but also better than others.
I really want to thank all that supported us so far!
The development of this game is absolutely save because we all have "true" jobs aside, although for sure we need sales for further investments!
Here about current tasks: (already in work, so no 'it might come'...')
- Bug-fixes and support for EA-Version, continuous improvements
- PvP improvements
- Storymode
- VEmpire for mobile, iOS already in work
Thanks for reading dudes....
cheers, much love, wolf................
First Tournament !!!
We are planning a first tournament, with money prices!
For the top 3 i would say ;-)
Dependent on how many participate of course!
We will do it on http://challonge.com/
Before this i will organize some 'training' events, so that we can meet on a certain time frame!
Please check in here, to have a first feeling about the interest!
Any feedback & suggestions very welcome...
cheers, wolf...
Meet for multiplayer here!
Please let us meet for PvP games here:
https://discord.gg/uWCbjRt
looking forward to see you!
we've already had several great duels, which we enjoyed a lot
-thx for that!
cheers, wolf...
VEmpire Early Access Release Statement!
It has been a long journey until here, some of you are new, and some of you are with us from the beginning!
VEmpire is our “baby” since 4 years now, but now it is the time to let it be “our” baby to stay with this metaphor!
We have made this game for you, it is nothing without the fanbase!
We would love if you help us to build up a strong and loyal community around the game.
But even more we want to hear and listen to your feedback. We want to improve and extend the game together with you. Let’s discuss whatever it might be around VEmpire here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/619230/discussions/
We know VEmpire is a niche game, and maybe it will stay there. There are thousands of games out there but we hope we’ve created something special and you will enjoy the experience.
Last but not least:
Unfortunately I see a lot of disrespect and hate on comments & reviews on steam. You might love or even hate the game, but please always stay respectful, and keep in mind that a lot of people already share a lot of passion for the game.
Much love, Wolfgang!
Release shifted just for one day!
We've had a stressful day, believe us!
There is all right with the game and we would have been on track...
since i realized yesterday that our "marketing-partner" disappeared..from the internet with our money...
however we have to do all now for ourselfs, we have no press-release, no contact lists and so on...
due to this issues - the new delay, please continue staying with us &
thanks for your understanding!
i've entered 3 Oktober for release, don't know why he shows 4th...
much love & cheers, wolf.....
Preview: the upcoming EA-Version of VEmpire!
The last weeks we've highly focused on the game-mechanics & game-play of VEmpire.
Although we loved it as it was, we wanted it to be more "accessible"!
But this does not mean that it will become more casual or simpler but decide for yourself, just very roughly the main changes:
- It is not to collect 50 points first to win anymore!
- Both player start with a certain amount of empire-points, and it is your goal to knock down your opponent to zero first, to win!
- Therefore we'll introduce "attacking" as new mechanic!
- So there will be a new type of cards: attack-cards, which can also be used to buy better cards just like empire-cards, but in opposite to empire-cards which are gone once they are played into the empire, they can be used for attacking again because they are drawn again!
- Blocking: this is so awesome because it just works in your hand! This means: if your hand contains blocking cards they defend attacking-points, but: your opponent do not see them!!!! Every time they are drawn the blocking power is refreshed!
This are the planned main-changes which are....
...awesome!!! as far as we've tried it until now....
I truly believe that VEmpire brings so many new mechanics into the genre!
It is not a hearthstone-like game as 99% of the card-games out there!
With the newest additions it will bring much more interaction into the genre of deck building also!
Additionally, we have so many plans to improve the game-genre even more in the future: e.g. "Cooperative Buying" etc...
But all this needs really a lot of time to work properly, so I realized that patience is very important, not only for you guys, but also for us developers.
At least as it is with us: we can not rush it!
It is enough for now, please let us know what you think, and do not hesitate to ask: whatever...
cheers, wolfgang!
New Release-Date!
I've set a new date for the EA-Release: 2.Oktober!
Since this page has gone live we’ve got a lot of great feedback & contribution for VEmpire, I really did not expect this, thank you all!
But we also realized that there is a lot to improve!
We use the next weeks to sit back in a dark room and prepare the best
VEmpire we can!
Even if also really tired from all the work: We are more excited about making VEmpire a great game for you then ever!
I'll keep you in the loop...
thanks &
cheers, wolf....