Vapourware That Which Sleeps - Vaporware Strategy RP

I didn't hear about Vic quitting his pc games development, but it seems like a natural progression. Solium Infernum was a great fucking game but I kept thinking how much better it would be as a boardgame - it reminded me a lot of the old Avalon Hill game Republic of Rome, with some cool new twists. I played that game a lot when I was younger.

Wish him luck in his new endeavours. Boardgames are a niche market and the customers are really entitled, but maybe he can make some better cash in that space - I doubt it, though.

 

I saw Modding Tutorial #1 get uploaded today.

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You had me at Dwargs. Looking forward to more, especially about cultures.

 

The full update was posted.

 

Looking great. Heroes look extremely punchable too (especially the bottom row, damn gnomes), which is always a good thing.

 

The portraits look good but the map itself needs more colour saturation and contrast. It is simply too bland considering the other artwork.

 

We don't consider any of the map assets (except for the mountains) to be final at this time - if you watch the Map Builder video you'll see we have an alternate tileset that is more realistic/colorful. Personally I'm trying to get us closer to a cartographic look for the map which will be essentially "bland" but allows the two levels of conflict (military and heroes/agents) to really stand out.

The artist doing the heroes is fantastic to work with - we're going to be pushing the final tally up over 200 so that not just heroes but also notables (advisers, priests, sages) are all recognizable at a glance.

 

Sounds good.
Any estimate on when people who pledged for events/guilds/etc will be able to send them in KingDinosaurGames ?

 

The game really looks great to me.

What's with the heavily bird-themed portraits? Are you aiming to a specific group of customers?

 

We've been holding off on this assuming that people would want to play the Beta first before submitting something, but enough people have asked that maybe we should simply enable it for those who want to submit at this time.

EDIT: We'll release it with a big "IF YOU SUBMIT NOW THIS IS FINAL" warning - I'll need to update the Agenda list before I release it.

We have our tribute to the Codex planned - everyone on this thread up to and including the KS will have a chance to drop some input on what shape exactly this wandering homage will take, I shudder to think of its final form. It will appear in 'What Gods We've Made', one of the supplementary scenarios that involves a wasteland of fallen societies.

Seriously though for our art we identified quality artists and gave them free reign to create and I think that we've had great results. We knew we wouldn't be able to afford a consistent art theme across all elements without sacrificing quality, release date, or (most importantly) the variety of content so we tried to remain consistent within each of our mechanics.

 

Obvious is obvious.

 

Fuck that shit, Codex troll ravaging the countryside or bust.

 

Well then.

 

Perfect.

Now, by "cataclysmic", you mean "awesome", right?

 

Can't wait

 

Nice capital you got there. Shame if a lay line happened to it.

 

Alright here's the deal - as a very special Thank You to the fine people of the Codex who absolutely gave us the critical boost we needed in the early days of the Kickstarter (as did Bay12) we would like to let you describe/design a terrifying or enlightening Fallen Primal that wanders a shattered landscape in the "What Gods We've Made" supplemental scenario. This creature will function similar to a Lesser Evil in that it can be persuaded to help you, work with your enemies, or simply be bartered with to gain access to its unique powers. In addition, the Fallen Primals in this scenario have campaigns associated with them to enact very powerful effects, either one-time or recurring.

One of the current Fallen Primals:

The Fallen Primal of Hope
Image: Corpse-like giant moth shining a weak light over a swamp
Power: Can restore otherwise fatal wounds

Campaign Effect : Heroes Overwhelming Victory - Empowers the Primal to assist the Alliance, greatly increases morale and can lower corruption over time. Agent Overwhelming Victory - Spreads corruption passively and is now now drawn towards high morale areas.

Essentially we'll want a concept, a general idea of how it looks, and some kind of effect. The Primals can also have physical presences and be available as Minions, Elite Units, or Global Threats.

Brofist the idea you like. We reserve to right to reduce the amount of penises by half or take other appropriate modifications.

The Artist we are working with to bring the Fallen Primals to life: http://borjapindado.deviantart.com/

 

Here's my idea then, it might be too ambitious, but feel free to cut as needed if this gets approval of the hivemind.

The codex of vile truths
Image: An open book covered in flesh and gory bits, and from its pages are spawned various tentacled monstrosities and monsters.
Power: Spread corruption, debauchery(I don't remember if this is a thing in the game, brothels and such?) while also increasing tech (is this a thing? It should come with some increase in intellect or civilization)

The codex is an extradimensional entity. As such, it cannot die (upon being defeated it will simply resurface in another part of the world after a couple of turns). The player can bargain with it to send it to certain points of interest or spawn monsters to roam the countryside, pillaging and raping as they go. Heroes can bargain with it to be granted magical powers and such, although this will corrupt them.

 

Perfectly reasonable - Debauchery is handled via a societal value for Decadence and the Lust trait pushes Notables into 'obscene' acts, there isn't "Tech" per say but instead "Lore" which aids either in the development of new spells or allows research into Ancient Lore.

 

Oh yeah ancient lore up that shit aight.

 

Pit of Screaming Dicks (placeholder till something better)
Image: writhing cocks and limbs and tits ringing an abyss

Point of Interested discovered randomly or by arcane means or both. (Likes mountains)

Can order agents into it to receive blessings/curses based on a mix of random arbitrary conditions
Order/throw anything into it for variety of effects I guess.
Increasing chance after each er, sacrifice for it to rise up as relatively powerful elite unit. Belligerent and fanatically protective/destructive towards a certain race/faction arbitrarily decided by game conditions. (Random element like blobs from tiberium sun)
Can be used and activated by player or AI.
If raised looks like a haphazard octopus of human parts with a grotesque head. (crojipjip perhaps could advise)
Spits codex quotes at turn start effecting region for good/bad.

 

Grimoire of False Promise
Image: leather book with titanium cover
Power: Spawns quests for heroes to pursue that when completed give no reward and only waste their time
Campaign effect: Spawns a PoI for heroes to travel to and waste their time in

Dunno if it can be made into a being.

 

So, these "cataclysmic" effects that happen if you overload a place, can you do this intentionally, and if so, is it awesome?