An Android exclusive which is in active development, as per the usual Trese Brothers' development routines, which are: launch a beta, engage with the community, update several times a week. Play Store link for the regular version (Free) Play Store link for the Elite version (Paid) The free version doesn't have any ads, and allows you to play pretty much the game to completion. I know it has less content than the Elite version, but I can't say I know the details - less characters, weapons and equipment, I believe, and maybe some game modes? It's basically a cyberpunk game, similar to ShadowRun, where you are a Cyber Knight, and play an in an open-world game taking missions for the various syndicates/factions in the city, hire other people to work with you, buy weapons, cyber implants, hack the "Matrix" to get access to secure data and then sell to potential buyers... It has an immense scope. The gist from the store is: It's a very good game, though some might be dissuaded by the art style, or being rough around the edges. That being said, I can't recommend enough all of their games - Star Traders RPG (which is also available on iOS), Cyber Knights RPG, Templar Assault, and their new Kickstarter for Heroes of Steel, which would be a similar fantasy-based tactical RPG, looks quite promising. They also react very well to the community, and include several of the feedback on their very frequent update. And, as an added thing, if you buy the full version but don't like it, the developers provide their email addresses in the game description, and will honor any request for a refund after the 15-minute window Google allows. If that doesn't tell you how serious these two indie brothers are in terms of their commitment and love for their games, I have a hard time making my case I'll try to create threads for the three of these games, though the gist will be pretty similar. Hope this helps starting the discussion around these Cheers, Paulo
@pjft - thanks for getting the discussion going. Cyber Knights (and especially its art work) is getting a lot of attention and upgrades from the Trese Brothers right now (I am Andrew, one of the two on the team) as we have just released the Story: Made, Not Born which features 12 hours of content, unique characters, Runners, and Operations. Hope everyone will check it out and I will be around to answer questions etc. We also have a fourth game in the works, if you check my signature!
Thanks for dropping by Andrew, and thanks for elaborating on the game. I know Cyber Knights RPG is one of the most promising games you're working on at the moment, given its scope and all the ideas you have for it. I know that I have played it in the past several times, but due to my limited time I end up never playing for long sessions. When I get back to the game a few weeks and several updates later, the game is already substantially improved. Good luck with the Kickstarter!
We've just released v1.0.7 to the markets. It's a major bug fix release and enhancements based on the the forum feedback. Thanks to all our community members requesting changes, new UI, and fixes. v1.0.7 - 3/3/2013 - Fixed Small Screen Support in Hotels - Fixed Matrix Access Crashes and Bugs - Fixed TV DPI Support in MiniMap - Ammo Warning Now Intelligent about Weapons - Armor Displays Cyberware Upgrades in []'s - Fixed Creating Allies from Runners XP cost - Now Showing Faction in all Contact lists - Improved Buying UI to avoid negative credits - Improved Contract Generation Logic
Trese Brothers has just released Cyber Knights 1.0.9 to the Android markets. Please visit the game's web site if you are enjoying this turn based tactical RPG with cyberpunk storyline. http://www.corytrese.com/games/cyberknights/ v1.0.9 - 3/7/2013 BraveStar Security Pass allows travel both ways through gate Story MnB: Balanced job prices within the Tunnels Story MnB: Heaven collects correct amount for bribe Story MnB: new Yakashima Rifle for Free / Elite in Black Row Major Help update for typos / info (thanks @jr8825!) Add "Other" category for Contacts Fixed Contact-Faction affiliation bugs Updated all shop / encounter backgrounds Updated map art for fences
@josue85 - Awesome. Then you'll hopefully enjoy the Trese Brothers and our games. We crank almost weekly releases with new content, feature, and bug fixes for all three of our games. Check 'em out!
Cyber Knights v1.0.11 was just released to the Android markets last night in part of a "triple-release" effort in which all three of our games received awesome new updates. We've continued doing work to balance the beginning of the story mode based on community feedback (introducing new weapons that were missing from the spread, fixing dialog, tweaking job prices) and are working hard to stream-lining the play experience, especially around contracts! Who doesn't love new guns? Enjoy! Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.0.11 - 3/X/2013 - Job Offer Screen Displays Region and Building - Change "Center" icon in HUD to target - Story MnB: Fixing new Rifle in Black Row (Free / Elite) - Fixed Mar Faction "Info" button - Updated all help file screenshots - Devan's Bar Connector gives Yakashima jobs - Typo and story dialog fixes - Fixed Play/Pause Navigation Arrow Buttons
If you are interested in reading more about the depth of the Cyber Knights world, this post recently on our forum was a synthesis of answers to many different questions from the community. It really illuminates the depth of the world itself and how Cyber Knights stands apart from other cyberpunk games: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ckrpgtalk&thread=3805&page=4#43491
Thanks for sharing - interesting read! Actually, wouldn't you want to write some sort of epilogue short stories for the world? I noticed in the Heroes of Steel KickStarter that you sometimes had fun writing some small stories about the world and some of the characters... Cheers!
@pjft - the Heroes of Steel short fiction was a lot of fun to write ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tresebrothers/heroes-of-steel-fantasy-rpg/posts/416956 and http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tresebrothers/heroes-of-steel-fantasy-rpg/posts/405102 ). We have a lot of people writing and posting Cyber Knights fan fiction on our forums, almost a new story a week -- check out the "Tell it to 'Em Straight" board on our forum: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ckstories
A new release of Cyber Knights RPG has been released. Cyber Knights is a deep, turn based RPG/strategy game set in a dystopian cyberpunk universe. In the game you'll take command of a squad of elite shadow soldiers and runners. Will your team rise to fame and fortune? Or die in the gutter? This update to Cyber Knights fixes a few issues with the Elite edition and adds some new HUD elements to make it easier to keep track of the state of New Boston Zone. Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.0.13 - 3/15/2013 - Clarified story advice about staying at hotels - Added new icon in HUD to indicate rumors - Added new icon in HUD to indicate Exhaustion - Fixed Custom Difficulty for Gryon - Free Stays at $25 Hotels now burn Heat - Fixed job inconsistencies - Standardized implant removal pricing
We are really lucky to have an active group of community members who are writing new short fictions in the Cyber Knights world almost weekly! Check out one of the latest on our forum - http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ckstories&action=display&thread=3866
In the shadow conflict of this cyberpunk future, the soldiers are called Cyber Knights. Elite urban mercenaries they are expendable, deniable and effective. The megacorporations need them to do the dirty work in the grey beneath of the metroplex. Take control of a Cyber Knight and recruit, train, and equip a team of specialists to complete the most high paying but high risk jobs. Hack the Global Matrix, capture or assassinate targets, bodyguard dignitaries, packages, and encrypted data across the crumbling city of New Boston in 2217. The newest update of Cyber Knights introduces two powerful characters in the New Boston Zone -- Sean Kelly who leads the Fennian gang on the old Irish streets of Boston, and Side-Arm Gerrin, the ruthless street leader of the Los Valenitnos an up-and-coming street gang hell-bent on clawing its way into the NBZ power structure. The newest update also helps clarify the rules about Experience spending and puts the primary calculated Combat Statistics (Action Points) and its equation front and center in the UI. Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.1.1 - 3/24/2013 - Kass Bad-Eye intros Los V gang boss, Side-Arm Gerrin - Cava Saint intros Fennian gang boss, Sean Kelly - There will be upcoming subplots for both gang bosses - Calculated base AP shown on character stat's page - Re-formatting Experience spending interface - Story MnB: no more V-Chips leaked in tunnels - Fixed Yakashima battle group loyalty issues - Clarified XP cost of raising key attribute in help file - Story MnB: Lt. Simon stops mentioning Texas Powers so much - Resolved hall of mirrors with grass map tiles - Fixed dialog to the "back entrance" of Blue Steel Parlor Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....es.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....berknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM
One of our new players on the forum has put together the following "Get Your Knight Started" checklist showing how he plays the game. It's an interesting strategy to avoid cybernetics so long, but it can help maximize your XP gain! Gravling, who has LOADS more experience with the game than myself, has it right with the implants stuff. My tactic QUICKLY moved from implants to attribute skill upgrade first. After 3 mucked up test games I moved to the following priority schedule. 1) Stim up to 9+ 2) doctor up to 9 (the 100n-Y medkit is the only one I've seen that is cheaper per health than the doctors, and is relatively useless in combat) 3) get the best weapon you can for your money/experience levels 4) get the best armor you can for your money/experience levels 5) get a multiple job comp (2 is good 3-4 is better, there's a 4 job comp for 10k but I don't know where yet.) 6) prioritize your xp for either dex/stealth (my pref.) or athletics/brawling(Firearms)/AP when you're at 5's in all of this (10 in AP) 7) after ALL of that buy whatever implants you like. (one notable exception I make to this is dermal plating which is like 25 IDV for +1 Body, +1 Ballistics, +2 Deflection Which I consider to be worth the 8&1/3% chance of no experience point). Your runners/allies should follow the same path as you. Which kind of dictates no implants until you're combat ready. (Note that the hackers dataport I is only 5IDV which is less than 2%) Read more: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ckrpgtalk&action=display&thread=3650#ixzz2Ojvh9Ndt
Trese Brothers has just released a new exciting update to our turn-based cyberpunk RPG, Cyber Knights. Check it out, and stay tuned for more! Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.1.3 - 4/10/2013 Rename Team Members and Knights Calculated base initiative shown on character stat's page Added a clock display to Backrooms across the NBZ Fixed Contact titles and "Call contact" UI Fixed weapon and item typos Fixed Backroom dealer shop titles Balanced Weapon Prices New: AzTek Global AutoFire Liquid New: Street Stub SMG New: Mars Corp M21 Assault Rifle Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM
The newest release of Cyber Knights for players who like higher difficulties or are using the Custom Difficulty feature in Cyber Knights. Now your game difficulty has a big impact on prices seen across the NBZ for all items, gear, and services and Elite Knights will have to fight even harder to get access to the best of the best. Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.1.5 - 4/24/2013 - Updates to Custom Difficulty and Economy Index - Game Difficulty impacts all prices - All new art for gang Soldiers and Runners - Reload Sounds in Combat - Removed Water-damaged Apt from market - Fixing I-93 Barrens map bug - Resort PDA to newest entry first - MnB Tutorial story fixes - MnB Tutorial fixes for end-game dialog / choices Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....es.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....berknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM
The latest update to Cyber Knights RPG fixes a pile of bugs in the Made, Not Born story. Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.1.7 - 4/30/2013 - Fixed critical Lt. Simon bug that prevented Operation start - Lt. Simon now responds to new MnB Knights correctly - Using a duplicate data file from EQ deletes it - MnB dialog tweaks and fixes - Display Headware Memory in Computer Status - Added Rumors / Conflicts to Help File - Update Faction Politics Status Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....es.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....berknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM Read more:http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ckups&action=display&thread=4109#ixzz2S0gZOhrL
The newest set of releases introduces a fifth Cyber Knight to the game and helps balance difficulty around Reputation and Exhaustion, especially for middle tier difficulty players. Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.2.3 - 5/15/2013 - Fixed Hotel FC - Runners now show weapon options in Team Status - Last Hotel / Safehouse shown in PDA v1.2.1 - 5/14/2013 - New Elite Knight - Female III (thanks Facebook!) - Story ally for MnB can use gloves / heavy weapons - Updating Backroom UI, resolving small screen issues - Fixed Bug: Negotiate affects weapon, armor, gear prices - Re-balanced escape rules - Resolving map issues with fences Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM?tag=vglnkc5651-20 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8/ref=pd_sim_mas_1
The newest Cyber Knights release is the beginning of a major push to re-vamp the entire hacking system and to bring it to the glorious level where it belongs. It's going to get complicated and fun as you load programs, deploy decoys, and battle security deckers. For now, we've started with the first steps of the UI overhaul, and you can read about the new changes on our blog: http://tresebrothers.blogspot.com/2013/05/improved-matrix-system-phase-1.html Please Leave a 5 Star Rating if you enjoy this game v1.2.7 - 5/23/2013 - Fixed MnB repetitive battle in Los V vault - Snipers no longer start with low ammo - Stocking nano-ready Medkits at Mars Co Importers - Display Augmented Values in XP Screen - Improved Matrix Hacking Interface - Updated Hacking Documentation in Help Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknights Google Play Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknightselite Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N1AM8 Amazon Cyber Knights RPG Elite http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Cyber-Knights/dp/B0060N19OM
