Heroes & Castles (Foursaken Media) - ARPG/Strategy/Defense - Coming Jan 17!

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  1. User58394

    User58394 Well-Known Member

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    Cool. I just wanted to know when the thing I was bashing on for years would die.
     
  2. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Great news - we're submitting any day now, and Heroes & Castles will be live early January (I'll get back to you with a specific date soon)!

    We're really pleased with how the game turned out, and believe that its a game you'll pick up and play and say "Cool - there is nothing else out there like this." Anyway, here are just a couple more screens to hold you over :)
     

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  3. pylos

    pylos Well-Known Member

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    There Is just so much you can add to a game like this! I really hope it goes big so you'll do content updates :)
     
  4. tso5818

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    Best game for iOS right here :D
     
  5. User58394

    User58394 Well-Known Member

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    What's that green button above attack?
     
  6. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    @pylos we've got at least a few content updates already in the works :)

    Run button (green bar is the duration).
     
  7. shadowofze

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    Can't wait to try it, got it on my list of games to get... will it have multiplayer? sorry if I didnt find that
     
  8. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Yep - 2p co-op is in for release. We've also got some interesting pvp modes (attack v defend) in the works for the future :)
     
  9. ninjackid

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    AWESOOOMMMMMEEE

    Great way to launch the new year
     
  10. crex

    crex Doctor of Game of the Week-ology

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    THIS sounds exciting! Can't wait for Heroes and Castles.
     
  11. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Newest icon - more focused than the last one... thoughts?

    [​IMG]
     
  12. araczynski

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    i still think a rat head sticking out would be better, but this'll do in a pinch ;)
    (that poor guy must've had a good dental plan)
     
  13. JoshCM

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    niceee! I dig it. :)
     
  14. Drakeer Melkhor

    Drakeer Melkhor Well-Known Member

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    I would prefer it without that creepy set of teeth. Ugh... :(
     
  15. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Thanks :)

    Haha... well, it is a skull in there :p We do have 2 version actually (empty helmet vs skull in helmet) - but the skull is actually kind of important bc the undead is the primary enemy that you'll be fighting.
     
  16. Rusothil

    Rusothil Well-Known Member

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    I'm looking forward to this! Looks like a lot of fun and I like the concept of the game
     
  17. undeadcow

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    Despite being a big zombie and horror movie fan I don't like the skull because it seems too strong\gory. Keep in mind that althoug dismembered body parts are great, it's important that there be a build up or it just comes across as over the top. The colors of the new icon are much nicer and work better as an iOS icon but the skull strikes me as very off. It looks awkwardly not dead but not alive; maybe it's the angle of tilt because physics wise I'm sure a dismembered head would not land on it's neck (so it looks more alive than dead in "body language". I also wonder if Apple would express concerns because I understand they have been known to censor some things of this nature. I say keep the helmet (which is iconic looking) but ditch the skull. Araczynski's rat idea is a nice subtle creepier suggestion. \rant
     
  18. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Interesting, never even considered the term "gory" with the skull icon at all!

    I like them both and am not quite sold on one or the other yet, but we'd appreciate one final vote, if you don't mind ;)

    [​IMG]

    vs.

    [​IMG]
     
  19. Bankai44

    Bankai44 Well-Known Member

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    I like them both, but my vote is for the skull version! :)

    ;)
     
  20. JBRUU

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    #160 JBRUU, Dec 17, 2012
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    I like the one without the skull, personally. It just...feels more suited to what I've seen about the game. The one with the skull would have to have a lot darker atmosphere, more gory combat, etc for me to prefer it. Of course, I haven't played the game yet and don't really know what I'm talking about, so take my 2 cents with a grain of salt :)

    From what I've seen of the game, it doesn't have a menacing tone like, say, NYZ or Dead Space. An icon with skull or really anything representing deaths carnage, terror etc would be perfectly suited to those games, but I think H&C is more oriented towards creative gameplay.
     

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