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Gen Con 2019 Starts Tomorrow - Promos, Live Streams and more!
over 4 years ago
– Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 01:18:45 AM
Another year, another Gen Con!
If you'll be at the show, stop by booth #1437 to check out all things Handelabra specifically:
Live streams from Handelabra and our boothmates, Underbite and Campfire all weekend.
A first look at the newly designed interactive tutorial for Aeon's End. It will be coming soon in an Early Access update!
An exclusive promo card for One Deck Dungeon, featuring Mist, who has fallen through a breach to emerge in Mynerva.
Great deals on Steam keys and other merch.
You will also be able to try out Aeon's End at the Indie Boards and Cards booth #2447.
Jeremy will be streaming Aeon's End Live from booth #1437 at 10 AM Eastern on Friday, so if you can't make it to the show, just watch on Twitch. All live streams from Gen Con will be hosted on our Twitch channel, as well as Greater Than Games and our booth partners.
We love getting to know players, so feel free to just stop by and say hi! Crista, Jenn, and Jeremy will be staffing the booth at various times during the show, and we'd love to chat.
And finally, we'll be breaking ground on our next project soon. The next cooperative strategy game getting the Handelabra treatment will be Spirit Island from Greater Than Games! Visit SpiritIslandDigital.com to answer a short survey to help us plan that project for later this year.
See you in Indianapolis!
Tutorial Creation Dev Stream Today at 1 PM Eastern
almost 5 years ago
– Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 08:10:32 PM
If someone has never seen your game before, how do they learn to play it? A good tutorial makes game concepts clear to the player through gameplay, but doesn't get in the way. With Gen Con right around the corner, there will be lots of people trying Aeon's End for the first time. We've been working on an interactive tutorial and we want to show you how's it's done.
This afternoon at 1 PM Eastern, join John for a dev stream as he works on designing the tutorial and implementing it in the game. Perhaps you'll learn a thing or two!
First Early Access Update is Here - Beware the Prince of Gluttons!
almost 5 years ago
– Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 10:48:50 PM
The first update of the Early Access period is here! Another nemesis threatens to devour the very memories of Gravehold. A new feature allows you to undo misclicks or change your mind. Plus a lot more - read on for all the details!
Prince of Gluttons
I WILL DEVOUR ALL!
At first, it seemed too easy to repel his attacks and send The Prince lumbering back into the bright nothing of the breach. But soon those that survived the attack had forgotten the name of The World That Was... The Prince feeds on our very histories, leaving behind only our fear and doubt. We are a people with no past nor future, trapped only in the fleeting moments before our eyes.
The Prince of Gluttons is part of the core game and so is available for all to play starting with this update. This nemesis insidiously devours cards from the supply piles, growing more and more dangerous as he consumes your resources.
Undo
Already the most-requested feature for Aeon's End has been an undo button. During the game you can use the new Undo button to go back after making a decision in most cases. This means you can change your mind after casting a spell, playing a card, buying a charge, etc.
Whoops, I take it back!
However, when any new information is revealed, you can no longer go back from that point. For example:
When an unknown card is revealed from the turn order deck, you can no longer go back.
When a nemesis card is played, you can no longer go back.
When an unknown card is drawn from your deck (such as a corruption), you can no longer go back.
We hope you enjoy this new feature! It will continue to be refined and improved during development, and we are happy to keep listening if there are ways we can make it better!
Inspecting Mages
Most of the time, you're interacting with a mage's information on their own turn, and they are shown in the central play area. But sometimes you want to look more closely at the other mages, especially if they need to discard a card or take another action.
In version 0.6 you can now get a better look at the other mages using the zoom in button on their panel. All of their interactions work the same way as before - you can just see them better. Click the zoom button again, or anywhere else on the screen, to get back to where you were.
My, what big cards you have!
What's Going On?
We've made various improvements to help make it clear what's happening in the game. Played nemesis cards stay on screen for longer by default, and there's a new option to control that (including "forever" so you must click to dismiss them). Whenever a minion, power, or attack card is acting, it will be highlighted so you can tell what's causing damage or decisions.
So that's where the damage is coming from!
If you've been following our dev streams you will know about other subtle visual elements that are making it into this update. As Gravehold is damaged, the game background will slowly reveal the impact of the terrible attacks of the nemesis and its minions. Mages corrupted by the influence of Crooked Mask will start to look a little... off. We'll be continuing to add more elements like these in future updates to make the digital version of Aeon's End more immersive.
Other Improvements
This first update is chock full of various other bug fixes and improvements. Here's a list of the notable ones:
Audio:
Clicking a spell to prep it now plays a sound effect.
Interactions:
Added confirmation warning when ending turn and actions can still be taken.
Mage names are shown as tooltips on turn order cards.
Visual Polish:
Improved animation for destroying a breach.
Improved damage animations.
Improved display of exhausted mages.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a problem interaction between Jian's ability and Xaxos's Flare spell.
Fixed difficulty selection not being preserved between games.
Fixed vsync not being enabled by default causing high CPU/GPU usage for some players.
What's Next
There is still plenty to come during Early Access! We are working on adding the last nemesis from the core game, the Carapace Queen. Plus there will be additional big features like an interactive tutorial, card library screen, Steam achievements, and much more.
Thanks for playing and keep sending in your feedback!
CritCamp Live Stream Tomorrow Morning, Followed by Dev Stream in the Afternoon!
almost 5 years ago
– Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 01:42:40 AM
Do you have any friends that want to check out Aeon's End, but really want to see how it's played first? They can always check out our Twitch or YouTube channels, but tomorrow at 11 AM Eastern, our friends over at CritCamp will be diving into their first live Aeon's End session! They promise it will be very beginner friendly, so follow them on Twitch now to be notified when they go live.
When they finish up, join Jenn and John for another Dev Stream (around 2 PM Eastern). They'll be doing more UI improvements and integration, including a first look at the next nemesis to threaten Gravehold: Prince of Gluttons!
Aeon's End is Launching Today!
almost 5 years ago
– Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 12:38:49 AM
Early Access Launch day has arrived!
The game will become available on Steam at around 2 pm Eastern this afternoon. If you want to be playing it the moment it arrives, just follow the instructions below.
Head over to your BackerKit dashboard, and you should see a button to "Get your digital downloads".
Behind this button, you will find your Steam key.
In Steam, click the Games menu and then click Activate a Product on Steam (or + ADD A GAME in the bottom left corner of Steam).
Enter the Steam key (product code) you received from BackerKit.
Once you do so, Aeon's End is officially added to your Steam Library, and there's nothing left to do but wait. Login to Steam at 2 pm Eastern, and the game should be unlocked and ready to play! Check out Wednesday's update to see what is available in this release, and how we'll be improving it in the coming weeks!
Thank you for getting us to this day. Now go get your Steam key, and tell your friends that one of the most unique and interesting deck-builders out there is just about ready to play digitally!
