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Tower Knight has officially exited early access, and version 1.0.0 is now available. Thank you to everyone who purchased in early access. I used to make iOS games but 1 year ago I wanted to make something with a deeper experience for more dedicated players. Tower Knight started a
Hi Everyone. I have been developing Tower Knight for over a year, and it is almost ready to exit Early Access. The expected release date will be Mid September, and the release price will be $6.99. Tower Knight has come a long way. When it first entered Early Access the deck build
In this let's play I try out the latest version of Tower Knight (0.9.5) and I share some details about what I plan to work on next. If you're into marketing on Steam I also briefly show some stats regarding impression, visits, wishlists, and sales/returns.
0.9.5 is a visual update -- the trees are now 3D and the game is going back to using a flat grass ground instead of tiles and fog.
Version 0.9.4 introduces two new enemy types that only appear when their cards are in your hand. When their cards are drawn in your hand, the next wave will include them as additional enemies. If you have enough coins they can be avoided by drawing a new hand. Cherbi The Cherbi i
Version 0.9.3 adds trails to arrows and cannonballs. This update also improves the knights animation when he gets hit by an enemy. Before, the sword just barely intersected with the knight's helmet, but with this latest update that has been fixed. Also, I've added 1 new challenge
Version 0.9.2 includes 9 challenge modes, where each challenge has its own starting deck and fixed number of enemy spawn towers. The latest update also includes an update to the visuals, and also to the procedural map layout algorithm. The algorithm is simple for now, but future
This update improves world generation and gives the player 4 cards to choose from when a deck card is drawn, and updates the graphics quite a bit. This update also improves the art style.
Version 0.9.0 introduces 9 challenge modes to choose from. Challenges consist of different starting decks. The maps and enemy locations are procedurally generated, and the generation parameters are slightly different for each challenge. This is a quiet release because I am still
The latest update uses a neat idea to keep the enemy health bar's position and size correct no matter what angle an enemy is viewed from. You can read more about the approach on this Reddit post
Overview Version 0.8.5 significantly improves graphics performance so that hundreds of enemies can be on screen with negligible impact on the game's fps. Tech Details You can read more, and see performance graphs at the following links: Twitter Reddit
Overview This update is a texture optimization that will make the game perform slightly better with larger waves. This is a small update that might yield better performance for some users. I am also working on a more significant optimization right now, but that optimization is go
Overview Version 0.8 removed the suit system (where players had to play cards on tiles with matching suits to build their deck), and replaced it with an automatic deck building system (build your deck at the end of each wave). Version 0.8.3 updates the deck building system by mak
v0.8.2 The latest release contains a significant graphics update. I'm happy with how the game is looking now, and future minor updates will start to add embellishments (sword trails, movement trails, dust, etc ...). What's Next Campaign System I plan to have a campaign system, wh
v0.8.1 introduces the latest graphics updates. The next v0.8.# releases are all going to be graphics and animation related. I plan to start making v0.9 releases in July. v0.9.# updates will start introducing challenge modes.
Version 0.8 has many changes. Overall, the game looks better and is less based on luck when it comes to the locations of enemy towers. Graphics I've updated the graphics -- I'll continue to iterate on the graphics as I approach 1.0, but 0.8 is the biggest graphics update so far.
Version 0.7.4 turns your score into also an asset. Use it to buy more Health, Energy and Coins. Your high score only updates once victory is achieved, so feel free to go into the negative with your score if you have to. Want to see the Shoppe in action? Checkout the latest Let's
This minor update does the following: Adds a Rampart Card to your starting deck. Removes the Stones card (making room for a more meaningful card in a future update). Adds a fast mode, which makes the simulation speed of each wave 75% faster when enabled.
Flags and High Scores Version 0.7 adds flags to Tower Knight -- plant flags on vacant tiles, Ramparts, or Scouts to increase your score. Your high score will only update if you achieve victory, so you will need to balance expanding land and capturing enemy towers. What's Next? Ve
A flag system is coming soon, and in preparation for designing the flags I needed to update the environment colors to more closely match what I am imagining for the environment when the game exits early access (still aiming for early Q4 of 2024). There is still a lot of work to d