A new sandbox-adventure Eisenwald: Blood of November from the makers of Legends of Eisenwald is now on Kickstarter:
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Eisenwald: Blood of November - Now on Kickstarter
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I loved their first game. If this has similar gameplay, I'll back it.
I still need to play their first game. I did back it but was clearing up my back log.
Yeah. I decided to back it anyway. Its only $7. Its also sandbox, and the original's strength was its story, so I'm not sure how well that will work. I still think they did such a good job with the first game and they were asking for little, that I backed them anyway.
Carnifex
SasqWatch
First game was excellent I've not kicked in for this one yet, might do so at some point. If you've not played the first one, I suggest giving it a whirl.
I would like to see another campaign. Great game, although tactical options are a bit simply.
Aterdux
Watchdog
This game will not be entirely without a story. But it won't be story driven - I think this should work pretty well. Plus, we will add a few more strategic options. It's an experiment for us of course but I think it's going to be good. For some or many it could be better than original game. Sad to say, but majority of players does not expect or looks for a good story in an indie game. And in Legends of Eisenwald beginning was a bit slow and Run Away map is barely necessary.
We'd love to make another campaign but it's a huge effort and I am not sure it will pay off without making another huge development for LoE 2.
We'd love to make another campaign but it's a huge effort and I am not sure it will pay off without making another huge development for LoE 2.
If you haven't bought the first one, you can get a copy by backing this one. Its 15$, which is a pretty good deal, since the base new game is 7$.
Aterdux
Watchdog
There are still 35 copies left to get this game and Legends of Eisenwald for $12. I think it's even better deal than $15 
well i had a copy on steam but wanted a copy on gog; so i guess for $12 i can back this and get my gog copy. Kind of wish we could just buy a game and have it show up everywhere.
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pity they don't support linux. I realize that linux is a small market today but i play most games when i travel and my travel box is a cube that runs linux and not very strong gpu.
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pity they don't support linux. I realize that linux is a small market today but i play most games when i travel and my travel box is a cube that runs linux and not very strong gpu.
Aterdux
Watchdog
Linux is tough to port for a homemade engine, effort is huge, much more than we thought initially. Better sales would have given us the option to do the port.
Ports through codemasters for example are expensive as well, $2000 for Linux and another $2000 for Mac. Someone was even suggesting a Kickstarter for these ports but it would be tough since for press this would not be very exciting.
I've got the season pass but it seems that this one is not included is it ?
By the way will there be an Eisenwald 2?
Aterdux
Watchdog
It is included in the season pass.
Eisenwald 2 is unlikely at the moment - we won't be able to pull off such a big production as Legends of Eisenwald was. Funding is the issue, when we developed LoE, we had some money to start with, then asked friend/family for help, then when we ran out we had the first Kickstarter. Then another investor, Early Access, one more investor and the game was released. In 2012 we had illusions about our abilities and budget, now we don't
I don't know where to find 1m dollars for Eisenwald 2.
It is included in the season pass.
Eisenwald 2 is unlikely at the moment - we won't be able to pull off such a big production as Legends of Eisenwald was. Funding is the issue, when we developed LoE, we had some money to start with, then asked friend/family for help, then when we ran out we had the first Kickstarter. Then another investor, Early Access, one more investor and the game was released. In 2012 we had illusions about our abilities and budget, now we don't
Nice to hear it is included.
You need 1M, That much?
You already got an engine, most of art and sounds. Plus your team is more skilled now.
A shame there will be no sequel
Aterdux
Watchdog
Nice to hear it is included.
You need 1M, That much?
You already got an engine, most of art and sounds. Plus your team is more skilled now.
A shame there will be no sequel
Well, maybe a bit less, but if we develop it again with two programmers then it's another 2-3-4 years, and it's going to be expensive no matter what. Hiring extra staff would speed up development but won't make it less expensive.
Reusing art won't work, since the new game is supposed to have a better look. Plus, I would add voicing and some simpler cut scenes - making a good game is not enough, it has to look good as well. This would be big production. Last time we pulled it off because of Kickstarter, Early Access and investors, overall we had like 6 funding rounds if we count my own money I put into the game and into our studio. It was possible in the past but Kickstarter now is much weaker, Early Access stopped working so we can't repeat the same approach. We will do a sequel sometime in the future I hope.
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I understand, certainly hope you get it done somehow in the future
I really think the engine can be reused, it certainly has details enough. To bad the big investors only invest in "holywood productions".
Aterdux
Watchdog
I understand, certainly hope you get it done somehow in the future
To bad the big investors only invest in "holywood productions".
The engine will be reused for sure but the assets need to be reworked in our opinion. We might add physical rendering in the future - that will make picture much better. In Legends of Eisenwald we went for realistic picture but unfortunately many though the picture was generic. That's something we need to change in some way for Legends of Eisenwald 2 among other things…