Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Stay tuned to the Kristala dev blog—and to all our socials—to learn how you can get exclusive, behind-the-scenes access into Harold's entire, step-by-step process. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We're so happy you're joining us for another epically magical installment of the Kristala Dev Blog! This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Though it is easily overlooked, especially for newer devs focused more on the nitty-gritty of game development, the atmosphere is a crucial component for any successful release. Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. All of this creates a more lighthearted fantasy world.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Hello, and welcome back to another issue of the Kristala game dev blog! The event kicks off August 10th and runs through the 16th (that's an entire week of bashin' on baddies and getting immersed in the fantasy world of Ailur). But first, let's dive into what the dev team has been up to over the course of the last sprint.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

I had been struggling to find the fun factor with my entry, which involved players taking control of fantasy monsters and managing resources to try and eat adventurers without taking too much damage. How Pattern Building Arose from the Dropping Mechanic. Thematically, the game is about a fantasy monster enjoying a feast.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Hello, and welcome to the official Kristala dev blog, where we break down the development process for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala each month. If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Kristala at Play NYC 2021. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Welcome, beautiful creatures!

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s got all the elements of the original that gamers liked – the economic strategy and dynamic scoring – plus some new mechanics carefully chosen by the original creator to make the game even better. Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 8, 2021

You can see this reflected in the 9 and 10 scores of Board Game Geek, where people repeat some variation of “I really can’t explain it” and rattle off mechanics while trying to explain it. It has incredibly clever area control and hand management mechanics. This is not some sci-fi fantasy world.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

The reason is that Cover Your Assets’ core mechanic is deceptively quite compelling. The core mechanic of stealing and defending sets of cards that increase in value is essentially the whole game. Wide audiences find the core mechanic of Cover Your Assets really compelling. Two Stacks Per Player.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 11, 2020

If people like sci-fi or fantasy, most publishers will try to make sci-fi games, fantasy games, or both. ” They pick themes they already like with mechanics they already like at price points at which they’ve previously purchased.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 20, 2020

Good games have clever themes and mechanics. If people like sci-fi and fantasy, you give them sci-fi and fantasy. Even something as ideal for Kickstarter as a $20 fantasy worker placement small box game needs something to catch people’s eyes. If people like worker placement, you give them worker placement.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. To sell in this awfully noisy, competitive board gaming environment, you have to have mechanics and art that people really enjoy. On the note of mechanics, we were really lucky.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 10, 2017

It was therefore my great pleasure and fortune to be able to play out my Sergio Leone film fantasies at the game table of my friendly local gaming store. For the purpose of this breakdown’s coherence, I won’t go into details of the shooting and marshal mechanics, nor will I cover the end-game shooting bonus.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 6, 2020

Along with your box, the theme and mechanics of your game, and the reviews you receive, board gamers will make a decision to buy or not to buy. Now, yes, Fantasy Flight does have to charge a lot of money to break even on all those parts. The post How to Price Your Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 3, 2018

There are mechanics in there that nobody’s ever seen!” ” “Why did they retheme my [insert original theme] game into a generic fantasy world?” The post Why Board Game Publishers Like Some Games and Don’t Like Others appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

I also work with indie dev companies on a more casual level discussing challenges, goals and brainstorming solutions. There may even be some storytelling to convey the reason or meaning behind a particular series rules and mechanics. The gameplay section should focus on round mechanics. Is there an edge case? Images help.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. Paths: World of Adia , a fantasy themed tabletop RPG. Paths: Temple of Ukro’Kaah , a fantasy themed dungeon crawling board game. Mechanics are how you bring the basic ideas to life.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

The naive designer may lament that board gamers are only looking at the surface, not seeing the mechanics or the potential for incredible gameplay. Underneath that, though, there’s a complex game with mechanics such as engine building and area control. Let’s say you’re going for a hardcore fantasy audience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cosmetics have included multiple new collection mechanisms that grant rewards when acquiring enough of a specific type. There may be something true to those statements which, I guess, is the reason why now devs have allowed the Hero to move once per match. Source: data.ai

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

After a year of documenting the Highways & Byways development process through the Dev Diary, this is not the post I wanted to write. If you’re in it for money, become a sellout, make a fantasy worker placement / area control game for $19. Decide right now whether you’re in it for creativity, money, or both.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Spacelords is a beautiful tactical sci-fi fantasy game with engaging lore and intense action that helps to push the game’s narrative along. It’s a simple game, with less lore and complexity than some of the other games on this list, but it’s a game with great mechanics and lively gameplay. Spacelords. UFO Online Invasion.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

I would have played it sooner, but I was on this huge Final Fantasy kick (which is still ongoing, to be honest). In JRPGs, when the battles are fun, it’s actually usually that the party-building / character configuration mechanics are good. Use that extra dev time to polish and develop this combat system, the jobs system, etc.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Your theme is that critical in order to nail down some concepts first, before diving into game mechanics. The post How to Find Artists for Your Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Sometimes I don’t even have the basics of a game ironed out, and there is a very specific reason for that. Let us know in the comments.

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Greenheart Games

MARCH 8, 2018

As promised, to celebrate the release of the iOS and Google Play version of Game Dev Tycoon, we’ve now updated the Desktop versions of the game. We felt that the un-modded game lacked a few core topics that prevented players from re-making their favorite game in Game Dev Tycoon. Here are the goodies: Pirate Mode. Full changelog.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

Idle (PvE) — the Appointment Mechanic This is the automated (idle) portion of the game. This functions as your appointment mechanic - eventually your chest will become full with all this automatically collected rewards. This is a major appointment mechanic, driving the player to come back each day.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Perfect for pretending to have played Deathloop if you find yourself talking to a game dev. Not that you should ever talk to a game dev. This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. Limited regen (e.g.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player. Mitch wrote "Hierosgamos" as a series of textual fragments that allude to cruising, the hanky code, and various game mechanics. So for example, instead of redeeming two men for a +3.0 L gain, cop attacks inflict a -1.0

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You are a fantasy monster trying to sate your insatiable appetite. Meeple Word Cloud of Game Mechanics. The post The 2020 Holiday Shopping Guide for Board Game Lovers appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Let’s get started. Hobby Board Games. Tasty Humans – $25. Meeple Word Cloud of Board Games. Vintage Meeple.

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