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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #32

Astral Clock Tower Studios

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!). Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

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. Mitch wrote "Hierosgamos" as a series of textual fragments that allude to cruising, the hanky code, and various game mechanics.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30

Astral Clock Tower Studios

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. If you're just joining us, welcome! Have a look!

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #34

Astral Clock Tower Studios

To us, creating a game isn't fueled by a desire for money or fame or notoriety, but rather a deep-rooted passion for the art of game development and design. It's home to a special NPC we haven't revealed yet too.one who plays a very important role in Kristala's core storyline.

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Warcraft Rumble - the ULTIMATE Deconstruction

Deconstructor of Fun

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #36

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Not only did we finally reveal the first official gameplay trailer for Kristala , but we also took part in a super exciting rapid pitch event held by our friends at Xsolla.and snagged free tickets to the 2022 Game Developers Conference (known as GDC to all the cool kids)! Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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Deconstructing Warcraft Rumble

Deconstructor of Fun

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focussed on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble, is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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