Hey Card Cricketers! Welcome to our first newsletter where you can get the latest news on Card Cricket Quest’s development.
Firstly, a HUGE thanks to our players that have played the previous demo builds and wish-listed the game.
Secondly, there's a major demo update coming around mid-August, and it is absolutely jam-packed with loads of new features. Here's a sneak peek of what you can expect.
SCORE ATTACK mode: Don’t feel like taking on a quest? Just want to hit runs and score tons? Try the new Score Attack mode where you have 20 overs (120 balls) to blast as many runs as possible. Some of early testers have cracked the 300 run barrier!
NEW WILLOWS AND DECKS: Finally, we are able to show off some of our new Willows -- powerful bats that have special perks and their own card deck.
Willow of the Debutant: Your starting willow
The Willow of Automation: Auto-matches your first card each challenge
The Willow of Generational Wealth: Grants $5 for each pair you match
The Willow of Revelation: Start with three Reveal Power-Up cards
MORE ELITE BOWLERS: Elite bowlers are opponents with powers designed to disrupt your batting strategy. The eight Elite types are:
Express: Pace bowlers that decrease your health/timer much faster.
Change Up: Cunning quicks that randomly replace two batter cards with MISS cards.
Tactician: Unsuccessful card matches turn inactive next ball.
Lockdown: Unable to use Power-Up cards this over.
Neutraliser: Randomly deactivates one trinket this over.
Miser: Your first two successful pairs are halved.
Intimidator: HOWZATs do 50% extra damage this over.
Trickster: The sweet spot randomly moves each turn.
MORE TRINKETS: We’ve added another 20+ trinkets and reworked a few existing trinkets to fit the game theme better. Lucky socks that grant extra runs, Fidget spinners that negate spin bowlers, even a Dodgy Scorebook that adds an extra run 'by accident'.
STORY EVENTS: Finally, adding the quest into Card Cricket Quest. We now have light-hearted story scenarios where your character is faced with minor dilemmas that have major consequences...
REWORKED ONBOARDING: We’ve reworked the onboarding/tutorialisation to be clearer and explain some of the gameplay concepts that may not be so obvious. Earlier quest challenges are slightly easier to reduce frustration and educate new players.
MORE TEAMS: More international teams added as opponents with bowling lineups that reflect that country’s strengths. For example, Australia has lots of quicks and Elites, whereas subcontinental teams like Sri Lanka are more spin-heavy.
Well, hopefully you get the idea that our next demo is a big one. We'll send out another newsletter when it's ready to download in a couple of weeks!