Hiiii from Springloaded,
Hope you're having a great August! We've been working away on Let's Build a Dungeon and have quite a few updates to share with you, including an upcoming livestream and beta key giveaway. Keep reading for:
Developer Livestream & Giveaway
Game Mode Breakdown: 4 Ways to Play
Exclusive Art Drop
BitSummit, PGDX & Tacticon
1. Developer Livestream & Giveaway
Let's Build a Dungeon now has more than 140,000 wishlists!!!
This is such a crazy amount for us to comprehend and we're really grateful for the support.
We try not to look at the wishlist numbers too much, because our focus is on making the best game that we can regardless of the total. But... it feels really nice to know that we have 140,000 of you along for the ride, excited to create alongside us when the game releases. So thank you for making that happen <3
To celebrate and say thank you properly, we're hosting a Developer Livestream on August 28th over on our Twitch channel. (You can use that link to receive a reminder on the day.)
Join us at 9am EDT / 1pm UTC / 9pm SGT for:
Beta key giveaway
Let's Build a Zoo key giveaway
A behind the scenes look at the current build
Q&A with Game Director James Barnard
Please submit your questions for the Q&A using this form or the button above. Feel free to ask us anything about Let's Build a Dungeon, Springloaded, our summer plans or games we've been playing - (almost) anything goes and we can't wait to see you in Twitch chat.
2. Game Mode Breakdown: 4 Ways to Play
Want to know more about the different ways you can play Let's Build a Dungeon? We've made a handy video explaining everything you need to know, which you can check out below:
There are 4 distinct game modes and each one offers a unique gameplay experience. Here's a very quick overview:
Campaign Mode - In-depth game dev sim with studio management and game making
Just Build Mode - Streamlined game dev sim focused on world building, solo or with friends
Creative Mode - Open sandbox ft. all game-making tools
Dungeoneering - Community game library
3. Exclusive Art Drop
We're constantly drawing and painting new in-game assets and thought it's probably about time we shared some previews of what we've been up to. There are hundreds of new items being added to Let's Build a Dungeon weekly, including countless buildings, dungeons and interiors. We picked out a couple of our favourites to share, starting with... the Swap and Sell shop interior and an introduction to GameLink.
Swap and Sell Shop
Inspired by the old Exchange and Mart stores that used to be in the UK, (anyone remember those?!) the Swap and Sell shop is a nostalgic junk store selling every kind of item you could think of. From instruments to arcade machines, computers to books - the shop is small but full to the brim of treasures. This interior was especially fun to design, as it contains a real mix of items and themes, which is pretty different to a lot of the other pre-set buildings in Let's Build a Dungeon.
GameLink Capsule Images
In Campaign Mode, you'll track the performance of any games your studio releases on GameLink: a virtual storefront that is definitely, 100% legally distinct from any other real world digital storefronts that sell video games.
GameLink will show you how your own game is charting, alongside the performance of other games that have been released too. It also does a whole bunch of other stuff that we can't wait to share with you, but that's for another time.
So for the past few weeks, we've been coming up with a host of inspired fake game titles that you may come across whilst browsing GameLink. You can see a couple of the titles below, each with unique key art created by our artist Ryan.
4. BitSummit, PGDX & Tacticon
Last month we took our event demo back out on the road, setting up booths at both BitSummit in Kyoto and the Philippine Game Dev Expo in Manila. We always enjoy sharing the game in person and the feedback we've received so far has been invaluable. Thank you to anyone that stopped by to say hi! The Let's Build a Dungeon Steam demo is still live, so if you want a taster and missed our event showings, please check it out and consider leaving us a review - every one helps!
We were also invited to take part in our first ever Tacticon, which is a celebration of all things strategy games. James joined a panel to discuss the challenges of making games that are low stress but high strategy, so if that's your kind of thing you can watch it over on the official Tacticon YouTube channel.
And that's a wrap for now! We're continuing to make good progress and we're really seeing Let's Build a Dungeon coming to life piece by piece. If you'd like to see a behind the scenes look at the current build, make sure to join us on August 28th for the livestream, and don't forget to send in your questions for the Q&A.
Thanks for continuing to support Let's Build a Dungeon. We'll see you again soon for more updates.
Team Springloaded
