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LOFS @ ESGS Indie Arena

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This weekend (October 24 – 25), we will be at the E-Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) at the SMX Convention Center, Philippines.

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We’ll be showing Legends of Fire & Steel and playing multiplayer with everyone!

Other Boomzap games, Super Awesome RPG and Monster Roller, are also part of the Indie Arena Showcase!

You can vote for us through this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wilshireaxon.android.esgs

We’re also giving away Legends posters so please drop by if you’re around. Come and try to defeat Edwin, our lead artist, in multiplayer!


#ScreenshotSaturday: Races

In Legends, heroes lead armies – and you can choose which race you’d like to use in each round, with a set of six classes each.

Players can choose from Human, Fae, or Revenant. This will determine the units that form your armies, which have different attack types and characteristics. This will affect your strategy for the game.

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Humans fight for survival using archers, swordsmen, griffons, ballista, and dragons.

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The Fae are the wild powers of nature with units such as the Treant, Golem, and Phoenix.

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The Revenant are the evil forces of undead who fight with dark knights, wraiths, and skeletons.

All of these units have different attack types: missile, melee, and magic. Battles are resolved automatically based on their tactical abilities.

For more LoFS updates, make sure you follow these:
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/boomzaplegends
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoomzapLegends


#ScreenshotSaturday: Terrain Types

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This week we’re showing a new map: Novali!

Players have several maps to choose from, which have different sizes, number of players, and terrain types.

Some of the terrain types available are farmlands, plains, woodlands, and forests. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages in terms of costs, resources, and more.

For more LoFS updates, make sure you follow these:
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/boomzaplegends
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoomzapLegends


#ScreenshotSaturday: Lochport

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Here we are playing LoFS in multiplayer mode. Lochport is one of several maps you can choose from, and it allows up to 5 players!

If you’ve watched the gameplay video months ago, then you’ll notice that the game has changed a lot. New UI, new map designs, and more. Plus we’ve added cards to make it more exciting.

The colored territories mark those which have already been occupied. The player who conquers the whole map first (or has the most territories at the end of the round if there’s a turn limit) wins!

For more LoFS updates, make sure you follow these:
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/boomzaplegends
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoomzapLegends


Update #9 – Thank you to our backers!

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Hey backers!

So, if you have been following the Kickstarter, you can see that unless something completely magical beyond all reason occurs in the next 72 hours, this Kickstarter is not going to make it. While I won’t pretend we’re happy about that, but that’s how it goes sometimes.

We will be doing a full post-mortem of the Kickstarter in a few weeks, where we’ll discuss what we did wrong and how we could have done better – and you’ll all get a mail about that.

Short version: We started marketing too late, we didn’t explain the project well enough, and our video was too long and not exciting enough.

Let me tell you what DID happen that we’re pretty excited about:

  • We found a group of about a hundred people that really care about what we’re doing.
  • We learned *OODLES* about grassroots marketing
  • We got some great feedback about our game.

Now let me tell you what we’re gonna do from here:

  • We’re gonna make this game, just like we said we would. Because it’s awesome.
  • Everyone who pledged is gonna get FREE access to our EXCLUSIVE CLOSED BETA. Additionally, each of our backers will get FIVE free codes to pass to friends for the Exclusive Closed Beta – so you can play the multiplayer with your buds. We’ll be doing this in mid-August. Current target date is August 20th.
  • Following the Closed Beta, we will be improving the game based on your feedback, and putting together a second round Closed Beta that we will make available about 6 weeks later.
  • We will release the Closed Beta in conjunction with a new Kickstarter, which we will be building using what we learned from this one. We will offer *immediate* beta access to anyone who pledges $1 or more.
  • The new Kickstarter will have all of the same levels as before, and you are welcome to re-back us at the same level or a different one. In fact, we will *guarantee* that those who backed us in this campaign will have the same backing level available in the next campaign, regardless of other limitations.

So – that’s it. We’re refocusing our efforts on getting that great Exclusive Beta now, and will have more news for you soon. Thanks again for supporting this great project.

Cheers,
Cn