School start and Castle Story

Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of activity during the summer, but I'm the kind of person that without a schedule can't find the time to do things. But now, when school is back and running, I will try to update as often as possible. Hopefully every friday, but we all know how that will go...

So anyway, the first thing I'd like to talk about is... a video game?
I know, video games are neither my specialty, nor my main interest, but this game sure caught my eye.

So, what's this game you ask?
Well, easiest way to describe it in as few words as possible would be "Voxel-based RTS castle building simulator"... Or something along those lines. I suggest we look at each aspect of the game separately.

As might have guessed, the main thing with Castle Story is that you're building castles. Tadaa! What's more interesting though is that you're building them brick by brick. I'm sure most of you guys out there wanted to build your own castle, so here's your chance to build it exactly as you want it.
But you don't have an unlimited amount of bricks. In fact, to start you don't have a single one, and this is where your small yellow fat minions, the Bricktrons, come in. They do all the dirty work for you. You send the to harvest lumber or mine for stone... Which is used to make bricks to build with. They'll even fight for you if you give them the tools.

Oh yes, I did say fight. In the game world, there are bad guys too, known as the Corruptrons, whom are a primal version of the Bricktrons, and boy do they hate your Bricktrons. Luckily, you have got your castle up to defend yourself with from the assaults of Corruptrons.

So, I'm thinking you'r beginning to get the picture here. First, you send to minions to gather resources. They you send your minions to build a castle to defend yourself from the evil Corruptrons. I don't know about you, but I see a true beauty in being able to build the castle just as you want it. I know I'm gonna aim to build a castle in connection to a mountain, in which I will have a grand main hall. And of course a moat and a drawbridge. And some Archers on the walls, supporting my catapult whilst my knights hold the gate (should the Corruptrons break in).

Anyway, that's all the good things about the game. And yes, there is a bad thing: The game is not done yet! Sauropod Studios, the guys who are making this indie game have so far been working on it for two years, and they just finished their Kickstarter which collected 700k worth of dollars!!! Which incidentally is just a tad more than their goal of 80k. Heh. But for now, they're working on their Prototype and Beta, and the estimated delivery of the Beta would be November earliest. Or at least, that's the common crowd's best guess, since Sauropod Studios themselves hasn't been able to estimate how much longer it will take. I think that's fine, since this actually is their first game nd they want to get it right.

So, that's the game in a nutshell. If you're not convinced yet or convinced and want to see more, here's the official trailer Sauropod Studios released in July:



Hope you enjoyed it, and happy gaming!

The Savage Tide has been unleashed

A group of four heroes born in the city of Sasserine had ended up saving the city from smugglers that attempted to seize control of the city's trade. The group had risen up from nothing, into being the talk of every citizen of Sasserine. The four heroes were as follow, Lady gold, Ayna, Violet the Oracle and lastly Lord Malfeitor. Their story began with the young lady Lavinia Vanderborren's request to open her family vault.

Lady Gold was a mysterious witch with unknown background, it was known she had lived her earlier days in Sasserine but that she one day dissapeared, only to return with great powers. She became feared and hated during these years, but also loved. For she had alone financed the building of one of the city's first orphanages. She brought many children out of the slum of the Azure District, but only for a while. The money was gone and Lady Gold never returned from her last journey. The children with time, was forced to return to the streets.

Yet even more interesting is the tale of the young girl Ayna, she was one of the girls taken care personally by Lady Gold. The girl possessed strong and powerful magic, always being surrounded by a magical beast that protected her in time of danger. Her mother had died in childbirt and her father had died by the very beast the now protects her. Now though, it is believed Ayna followered her parents into the beyond.

The third member of the party, was an oracle known only as Violet. At an early stage of her life she had lost both her parents out at sea, her only living relative, uncle Jack. Had her sent to a monastery after recognizing her godly powers, there she was guided on her path until the day she left after Lavinia requested her aid. She left no standing legacy of her own.

The tale of the tiefling known as Malfeitor ended like the others, without conclusion. Malfeitor had seized control of the poor district Shadowshore through an more or less open war with the current holder of title. Scandals surrounded him every since the day he was born, but none as big as the ones of the love between him and Lady Lavinia. People used to ask, how could a young beatiful maiden come to love a hideous demon? And how could a demon do the same? Was their love doomed to fail or was it strong enough to persist through death?

We shall never know, for their story ended after departing from Shadowshore on a journey to The Isle of Dread. The heroes were never heard of again and The Savage Tide was unleashed upon the world.

With this, I mean to tell you that the campaign Savage Tide was very recently laid of by the groups decision. Which greatly saddens me, it is my first truly successfull and serious campaign. I had never before put so much effort into one game and nor have I had so much fun role playing before.

Thank you, I hope I was a good game leader.