Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Concept Art. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

We know it's been a miiinute since we've shared some in-depth development updates from Kristala with you, but we're SUPER STOKED for you to see everything we've been working on since the last time we met. GDC is the game industry's premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft. Concept Art.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. So… DikuMUDs started to add scripting systems , which were generally much more limited than the ones on LPMuds, but fit better with the whole “fill out some rows in a form to add content” development model.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focussed on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. Some players may try to guess an NPC's sexual mood based on stereotypes like muscular tops, skinny submissive twink bottoms, etc. When cops attack NPCs in flagrante delicto, the NPCs disappear from the board and the player loses 0.5 L of semen for each one.

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