Dear Steam Monster Keepers,
sorry for neglecting to post our Kickstarter updates to the Steam channel. From now on we will post all relevant updates on Steam as well. And that's why we decided to retroactively post our December & January Progress Updates here.
December Progress Update
These are the things we've been working on in December:
- New Monsters with new skills: Goblin Brute, Goblin Archer, Goblin Warlock & more
- New Area: Ancient Woods
- Modified jump physics (faster jumps, less floaty) for better jump challenges
- Monster Journal texts (all texts for the 18 Demo Monsters + Goblins have been written)
- Changed the Keeper's Tower part of the Keeper's Stronghold visually
January Progress Update
This is what we've been working on for January:
- Keeper Duels against NPCs. As you progress through the Monster Sanctuary, you will encounter many enemy Monster Keepers to challenge - most of these will be optional challenges, but there will be a number of Keeper Duels you have to win to progress in the story of the game. The rules of these Keeper Duels will be similar to the official PVP battle rules which will be implemented later: Both Monster Keepers use their whole team of six Monsters to fight. After one of their active three Monsters gets knocked out, they may switch in one of their other Monsters.
- New Monsters: Magmamoth, Druid Oak, Molebear
- Added ingame Monster Journal with Monster texts, where you will be able to view all the Monsters that you encounter in the game.
- Updated the Ancient Woods area visually (as well as added many new rooms to it).
Backer Beta draws closer
Also, we'd like to give you an overall update on the status of the upcoming Backer Beta for 25€+ backers. We plan to include two new areas for this beta: Ancients Woods and Stronghold Dungeon. A large portion of Ancient Woods (as well as new game features) has been finished so far; still, it will take until the second half of March for us to finish work on both areas. Expect to see the Backer Beta released during that time. We look forward to being able to give you our next big game update then!
If you would like to back our project, you can still do so (even though the Kickstarter is over). Back with Paypal here: Paypal Shop
The next big version after Backer Beta will be the Early Access version on Steam, which is planned to cost 15€ (same as on full game release). Early Access is planned to release in August this year.
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