KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[AdolfSatan]

lol at plebs who can't deal with Pierre's superior root-based reading logic

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Man this guy really needs help with anything related to visuals. The video is atrocious

Or he's aware his token visuals are anti-climatic for many people and he wanted to overflow the audience and make them forget about it by throwing the new classes window on the top left corner.
For a solo dev making the best cRPG since ToEE KotC in a basement treehouse, i think it's not that bad.

It's amazing for a solo dev , from the gameplay video it seems clearly superior to vogel games and other indies looks like faithfull D&D something extremely rare ,even if i play all kind of games, that's what i really want to play... And at the same time absolutely catastrophic the presentation so bad i cant possibly get into that.The hard part is done but he's so studborn its completely ruined.Damnit even i can produce better art.

As someone who played many games of D&D board games (Wrath of Ashardalon, Ravenloft, etc.), the token style is so reminiscent of those great memories, but nicely animated with some very clever mechanics.

The way fog of war is implemented and the way rooms are lit/revealed as you cross the precipice is reminiscent of rogue-likes and the way encounters are handled on D&D tabletop. Encounters are revealed through entering space or rooms while dispensing with the KoTC "check the door" mechanics to determine ambush/flat-footedness. Having the next room not even visible until you enter or light it is a rogue-like mechanic which adds mystery. He knows exactly what he is doing IMO.

 

[Alchemist]

Modding will fix the visuals anyway. The exciting thing about this is the game mechanics engine / custom adventure potential. Honestly I wouldn't mind if it was 100% ASCII, as long as it delivers the true turn-based D&D experience.

 

[Infinitron]

lol wth

I've made a series of five short travel videos to post before the launch of the Knights of the Chalice 2 Kickstarter campaign, just to keep things lively and show some of the places I've been staying at. Apologies for the less-than-perfect quality. Please visit www.heroicfantasygames.com for more on KotC 2.

 

[NJClaw]

lol wth

KotC graphics look amazing

 

[Farewell into the night]

This dev is a living legend.

 

[Darth Canoli]

I have no words, AdolfSatan could your apply your superior root reading logic here, i think i'm missing something ...

 

[AdolfSatan]

You have to pay attention to the details. How many elements are those images I showed you comprised of?

I've made a series of five short travel videos

We'll have to wait for him to show us the full picture before its meaning unravels. For now all we can do is sit back and enjoy this carnival of magic.

 

[mindx2]

Looks better with the KotC 1 sprite figures (at least from what I could see with everything going on in that Sega split screen mode of a trailer!).

 

[InD_ImaginE]

I guess sprite is just harder to do or something?

With token he can buy some stock fantasy image and convert them into tokens instead of actually making the sprites.

 

[NJClaw]

I guess sprite is just harder to do or something?

With token he can buy some stock fantasy image and convert them into tokens instead of actually making the sprites.

Tokens are also definitely more convenient for the "build your own modules" aspect of the game.

 

[CappenVarra]

Is Pierre the artist for the game, too? If I didn't already know the name of the game, I wouldn't guess it from this image. I really want this game to succeed, but stuff like this makes me worry.

1) i want to give him money
2) just looking at that lower half font against the background makes my eyes re-focus epilleptically in an infinite loop and causes nausea
3) how does he manage to do it?

 

[Tigranes]

All this time we thought Pierre & Cleve would be the developer team fantasy to win video games forever

Only now do we realise that in that team, Pierre would be the artist

 

[Mortmal]

lol at plebs who can't deal with Pierre's superior root-based reading logic

Amazing find ! And indeed i remember when i saw this last , look at this, the golden number the spiral of fibonaccci.Just with a 90° rotation cause pierre is a bit unconventional.

 

[Rpguy]

HeroicFantasyGames.ComCreatorabout 7 hours ago

... Diamond Knight level includes the Steam keys for all four KotC 2 adventure modules, as soon as they become available.

 

[Dickie]

Interesting news from the forums.

Quick post for a good news: GOG.com has contacted me, so I expect to be able to have KotC and KotC 2 on GOG as well as Steam!

GOG said that the community has been more and more interested in getting KotC on their platform. Thank you guys, you're awesome!

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Interesting news from the forums.

Quick post for a good news: GOG.com has contacted me, so I expect to be able to have KotC and KotC 2 on GOG as well as Steam!

GOG said that the community has been more and more interested in getting KotC on their platform. Thank you guys, you're awesome!

Can I have link for that?

 

[Dickie]

Can I have link for that?

Sure. I'm not sure if you have to log in to see it.

http://heroicfantasygames.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=773&p=5441#p5441

 

[Abu Antar]

 

[Mortmal]

Now i hope we can count on Chris Avellonne to tell him it looks like shit, he might listen this time...

 

[Rpguy]

what does exactly mean that "people who back in the first 24 hours will receive their download details first"?

HeroicFantasyGames.ComCreatorabout 4 hours ago

Hello Valelarch, thank you for your post and great support! You have a cool RPG name. I will add it to the KotC 2 random name selector!
To answer your question, I've created a system for sending out emails containing the download details.
It can take quite a while to send out emails to hundreds or thousands of recipients.
I will make sure to give priority to the people who pledged in the first 24 hours by inputting their email addresses into the system first.
I hope that clarifies things. Cheers!

 

[Damned Registrations]

In before everyone who pledged gets nothing because his system just eats their information and deletes it forever. Not out of malice or greed, but just sheer incompetence.

 

[Darth Canoli]

We all know, when it comes to coding, he's a genius, he's the Salvador Dali of the Video games industry, except he put his mustache on his forehead.

Also, his description from twitter :

HeroicFantasyGames.Com
@HeroicFantasy
#indiedev studio creator of the Knights of the Chalice #turnbased #RPG series based on the OGL 3.5, the ruleset at the root of #DnD 3.5.

 

[Abu Antar]

At least Josh liked the tweet, unlike the other two.

 

[Lukipaluki]

I do so hope he gets the help he needs