Dungeon Rats FAQ

[Atchodas]

His avatar is perfect for the character and quest line

 

[makiavelli747]

Well, i'm not saying he is not fun, he reminds me of "Reynard" character, but I still don't get it why so much love for him.

 

[PrzeSzkoda]

It's probably because the game's tone is, in general, pretty grimdark, and Miltiades is a good source of laughs (through tears and gritted teeth).

 

[PlanHex]

I think the excellent portrait helps a lot too. Wouldn't be as fun without that smile.

 

[Whisper]

Yes, Miltiades honours his deals, which is unexpected. You got a lot of money from him, more than from other quests.

 

[Andhaira]

Vault Dweller No magic then? I know it would add more work to design spell effects, but it shouldn't be all that much if you keep magic low key.

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's set in the AoD world so no magic.

 

[Whisper]

It's set in the AoD world so no magic.

We have Psionics in AoD.

With several characters being able to use it, no less.

 

[MediantSamuel]

One of the best portraits in a game full of amazing portraits.

Look at this fucker's grin. Just look at its magnificence.

 

[GuiltyofBeingTrite]

I feel this is going to outsell AOD by a good amount, which is cool.

 

[Bubbles]

I feel this is going to outsell AOD by a good amount

Really? Why?

 

[Atchodas]

I can see how focusing only on combat and being able to spread your skills over 4 characters may be acceptable to wider audience , its simple concept compared to AoD's one man army and all the obstacles you have to pass

 

[t]

Really? Why?

Cause it's dirt cheap, I guess.

 

[GuiltyofBeingTrite]

I feel this is going to outsell AOD by a good amount

Really? Why?

No profound reasons, but a $9 tactics/rpg with strong replayability can fit under the "impulse buy" category for a lot of gamers. I wish this was coming out on iOS, which is a great medium for the genre, Banner Saga has done very well on mobile.

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's a gamble, not a guaranteed sell. There are plenty of combat-focused RPG and many of them are dirt cheap. AoD managed to stand out in the crowd, which is why it sold 60k copies. Whether or not this game sells anything at all remains to be seen.

 

[AbounI]

AoD managed to stand out in the crowd, which is why it sold 60k copies

It sounds fantastic as AoD first birthday from final release is coming very soon.
Not yet a massive success, but that's still more than what you expected.Big & large up!

 

[Rev]

60k in a bit less than a year is a very good result for a challenging and niche game like AoD, congrats to the team. You deserve the success.
Hopefully, most of AoD's owners will buy Dungeon Rats as well (I and many others on the Codex sure will), the cheap price should also help to bring in good sales.

 

[Sitra Achara]

60k sounds like a great success actually, much more than you had expected IIRC. Is there a certain point where you'd consider Dungeon Rats financially "redundant", so to speak?

 

[Andhaira]

There are plenty of combat-focused RPG and many of them are dirt cheap.

Any examples aside from Spider Web games, Shadowrun games and Divinity OS?

 

[Vault Dweller]

60k sounds like a great success actually, much more than you had expected IIRC. Is there a certain point where you'd consider Dungeon Rats financially "redundant", so to speak?

We didn't make DR to earn more money (that's a bonus). We couldn't start working on the CSG right away (without a year of pre-production, it would have been a wasted year full of trial and error), so we had time to make a quick game and gain some hands-on experience with party-based combat. It's better to experiment with a small scale game.

There are plenty of combat-focused RPG and many of them are dirt cheap.

Any examples aside from Spider Web games, Shadowrun games and Divinity OS?

Knights of the Chalice, Blackguards 1&2, Telepath Tactics, Legends of Eisenwald, King's Bounty, The Banner Saga 1&2, Voidspire Tactics, etc. Wait for the next sale and you can buy them at 50-75% off.

 

[Bubbles]

There are plenty of combat-focused RPG and many of them are dirt cheap.

Any examples aside from Spider Web games, Shadowrun games and Divinity OS?

Knights of the Chalice, Blackguards 1&2, Telepath Tactics, Legends of Eisenwald, King's Bounty, The Banner Saga 1&2, Voidspire Tactics, etc.

No Underrail?

 

[HoboForEternity]

So is this to practice implementing party combat too?

 

[Vault Dweller]

So is this to practice implementing party combat too?

Not just practice and not just combat, but the code, features like the sequence bar with status indicators, the CHA-based setup (works well so far, smaller parties have higher skills, bigger parties have more manpower, seems to be well-balanced), group healing and repair, scripts that check other characters' abilities, plus all the feedback we'll get. Our programmer spent 8 months on all the party-related work, which means we just gained 8 months of programming work to spend on something else when we start working on the CSG.

 

[t]

Will the code be easily portable though? If you're switching to a whole new framework...

 

[Vault Dweller]

We don't know yet. Nick's switching to Unreal 4 now and he'll start by porting all systems to see what happens and how long it would take to make it playable again. Still, it's better to have a working code than start completely from scratch.