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Hey everyone!
Old school Brood War TLer/lurker here, I wanted to share something very special with you that I've been working on for the last 8 years.
Competitive BW and SC2 have always been very dear to my heart because of their strategic richness... the nuanced build decisions, attack timings, and counterplay. I've always wondered what it would be like if a game was focused entirely on that richness... and many years ago, working alongside some friends (mostly TLers from U Waterloo and MIT), I found out.
We made a dumb cardboard prototype of a game that was basically a "build order simulator", with very elegant, simple economic and combat mechanics, and no map. It was... oddly compelling. Way more interesting and deep than we expected. We couldn't stop playing it for months. A dumb cardboard prototype.
Fast forward through many years of slowly developing and fine-tuning the game, dropping out of my CS PhD at MIT to work on it full time, starting my own company (Lunarch Studios), and many lucky breaks (and terrible setbacks)... Now, after more than three quarters of a decade, Prismata is finally out!!
Steam link here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/490220/Prismata/
I don't want to spam you with info about the game (it's all there on the Steam page for you to read)... but one thing you should know is that it's not a collectible card game and is definitely not some pay-to-win garbage. It's a pure strategy game that aims to distill the most interesting parts of RTS, deckbuilding games, and board games down to their ultimate form.
I have many Steam keys and I'd be happy to share them with anyone here who wants one, within reason! Of course I would love it if you supported the game too, but really I just want as many people to try it as possible. PM me if you'd like a key.
Finally, here's a testimonial from one of my favourite TLers:
Prismata sets the bar out of reach for nearly every other competitive game I've played. Almost nothing comes close to achieving the level of polish, depth, and replayability.
qxc
I hope you get a chance to check it out!
~ Elyot
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This seems super interesting, thanks for sharing, I'll buy it when I am not broke.
I have the odd feeling like I've seen this exact game before. Did you have some sort of f2p alpha version?
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Looks really cool, will def. be getting this on steam
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Dave Churchill, who created the UAlberta StarCraft bot, is the AI developer in this game.
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Hooray! It's been so long I forgot where I first heard about the game from. The game is a total brain drain like chess or Go, but its also very cool. Having a random set in each game gives it the addictiveness like re-queuing up for ladder or starting another card draft.
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I'll definitely take a look at some streams/videos of it this weekend, looks pretty interesting!
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23 bucks for a card game? yikes
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On March 09 2018 09:29 Essbee wrote:Did you have some sort of f2p alpha version?
Celerity made a thread on it in 2014 during our Kickstarter. It's been a long time!
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On March 09 2018 19:13 Trizz wrote:23 bucks for a card game? yikes
It's not really a card game. Think of it more like a tabletop strategy game, or a game like Civ or something like that. There are no card packs to buy, no pay-to-win.
Also, we have a huge number of features and game modes. 25 bucks includes a full single-player story campaign with cutscenes, secret missions, hidden achievements, and expert mode. Plus there are ~50 more combat training challenges (kinda like puzzles), a bot ladder, ranked and casual PvP, event modes (a bit like Hearthstone tavern brawl), replays, live observing, and custom games. I've never heard anyone complain that they didn't get their money's worth.
That said, we will be offering a much more affordable version later in Early Access with less single player content (paywall after the first chapter but full access to PvP and bot games).
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I definitely played this a long time ago. I remember liking it but stopped playing for some reason or another. I'll have to check it out!
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has anyone played this? is it good?
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This is getting some amazing reviews on Steam. Good stuff!
Will it work on a shitty old laptop with integrated graphics? I have no gaming pc right now and I'm looking for something with depth I can play.
Is there a demo available?
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On March 10 2018 08:21 Jockmcplop wrote:
This is getting some amazing reviews on Steam. Good stuff!
Will it work on a shitty old laptop with integrated graphics? I have no gaming pc right now and I'm looking for something with depth I can play.
Is there a demo available?
It works fine on the integrated graphics on my 2013-era laptop, but your mileage may vary.
I'll send you a Steam key if you want to try it, PM me.
(Same goes for anyone reading this, I'm happy to give out keys)
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Not sure if it's my kind of game and I won't be enjoying games a for a couple of months... But it's on my watch and wish list in Steam now -- hope that counts at least as interest for Valve's side of things!
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Oh shit, I remember this from when a few cardstone streamers played it like 3~? years ago.
How's development come along?
Also I must ask, how much Single-Player content can we expect? Is there anything like a campaign? Or will there be one when you're coming out of Early Access?
Sadly don't have the inclination for multiplayer these days, but I do like the concept of the game quite a bit so I'd definitely be interested in it if there's a reasonable amount of SP content.
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On March 10 2018 12:11 Elyot wrote:Show nested quote +On March 10 2018 08:21 Jockmcplop wrote:
This is getting some amazing reviews on Steam. Good stuff!
Will it work on a shitty old laptop with integrated graphics? I have no gaming pc right now and I'm looking for something with depth I can play.
Is there a demo available? It works fine on the integrated graphics on my 2013-era laptop, but your mileage may vary. I'll send you a Steam key if you want to try it, PM me. (Same goes for anyone reading this, I'm happy to give out keys)
I'd be happy to try it out before eventually buying, are those some kind of demo keys or how does this work?
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On steam there are 2 options: Standard (10% off) and Founders Edition (55% off) for the same price ~21€. They seem to have the same content. Is this because Early Access? Or what is the content of the Founders Edition DLC after that? Is the complete SP campaign always included or is this later in the DLC?
Not gona lie, of course interested in a free game key :-D
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Keeping an eye out for when the multiplayer focused version comes out, seems really neat!
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I watched some videos and it looks amazing. The only reason I'm not buying it right now is because I'm afraid I would get hopelessly hooked. On my summer vacation from school however...
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On March 11 2018 04:07 Archile wrote:
Keeping an eye out for when the multiplayer focused version comes out, seems really neat!
Multiplayer is already out! The *new* content is the single-player campaign. Multiplayer has actually been going on for quite some time during alpha and we have a robust competitive ladder with ratings, automatching, and in-game tournaments.
There is also casual 1v1, a bot ladder with 30 different bot personalities, friendly games, etc..
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