Kindo Kindo is a fresh new medieval board game from the 21st century. Play against friends using Game Center or locally on you… TouchArcade Rating: $1.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsKindo is a fresh new medieval board game from the 21st century. Play against friends using Game Center or locally on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch! You can also play solo against the AI in three difficulty modes.Expand and fortify your kingdom to take control of the board. Defeat your opponent by capturing their king. Information Seller: Genre:Board, Strategy Release:May 07, 2015 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (14) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,481 171 63 #2 vectorarchitekt, May 7, 2015 I am just not getting this. The "cut tiles from the opponents King" thing doesn't seem to work, meanwhile the AI just takes over mine no problem. No matter how many times I check the tutorial I can't see what I'm doing wrong ROGER-NL Well-Known Member May 21, 2012 4,030 340 83 Male Gamer. THE NETHERLANDS #3 ROGER-NL, May 7, 2015 Last edited: May 7, 2015 I had to check the tutorial 4 times myself before I knew what was going on Ha Ha, but now I get the hang of it, the most important thing I learned so far is to not put a tile on the opponents last move, because than he gets an extra move, and it soon is game over. It's a fun game for people who have the patience. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,481 171 63 #4 vectorarchitekt, May 7, 2015 This is a tough one....I'm slowly getting better at it? Really glad there's an AI option metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #5 metalcasket, May 7, 2015 I've legit lost every single game against the AI on easy. >_> vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,481 171 63 #6 vectorarchitekt, May 7, 2015 It took me a minute to figure out that you essentially have to cut off and separate the opponents tiles from the king. It's hard to sneak around and do that while the AI is creeping on you. I won one game on easy and that's it so far. Trying to play a random dude online but it's much slower going Pedroapan Well-Known Member Aug 25, 2010 313 0 16 #7 Pedroapan, May 7, 2015 Last edited: May 7, 2015 Hi guys! I've been following this game for about a year now and have been part of the beta since day one, and the game is great! I'm sorry to see that you have trouble understanding the rules. I'll try to explain them as good as I can so you don't give up on this gem. The object of the game is to capture your opponents king in the top right corner. You do this by placing a tile in it. Every turn you have at least two actions. An action could be to place a new tile orthogonally adjacent to one of your existing tiles. Diagonally won't do it. An action could also be to fortify one of your tiles. Fortifying means you build a wall facing on of the for directions. A wall prevents this tile from being taken over from the side the wall faces. The last alternative for your actions is to redirect an existing fortification (wall) Your kingdom consist of all your orthogonally adjacent tiles and is easily distinguished by the color. As stated you have at least two actions per turn, but you could have three or ever four. The extra actions are called bonus-actions. You can see how many actions you have this turn by counting the colored boxes under your name. The same goes for the opponent action, look at the small boxes under respective name. Bonus-action are acquired in two ways. Either by cutting of one or more of the opponents tiles. Cutting of means placing your tiles on the opponent tiles in a way that separates one or more of the opponents tiles from its king. Separating means that they no longer are orthogonally adjacent to the rest of their kingdom. For every time you do this you get one extra move next turn (again, look at the boxes under your name). Note that you get one extra action per cut-off not one extra action per cut-off tile. The other way to gain an extra move is when your opponent takes over one of your recently placed tiles on their turn. Those "hot tiles" are market with small boxes so you can easily see which tiles you should avoid if possible. You get one extra move for each tile your opponent "copies", up to the maximum of four total actions per turn (the two regular and two bonus-actions) Lastly, the three middle tiles that look special can not be fortified, you can't protect them with walls. The basic strategy is not to give your opponent bonus-actions, in fact that is often devastating. Think ahead and make sure that your opponent can't cut you of on the next turn by placing two tiles. Use fortifications and do not rush in the beginning. Build your kingdom slowly and try to set it up in a way that gives you bonus-actions without giving them away to your opponent. Good luck and if you have any questions regarding the AI behavior please post the replay link and I'll try to explain what happened. Pedroapan D1vi8 Well-Known Member May 22, 2014 234 5 18 Belgium #8 D1vi8, May 7, 2015 Strange. I am not THAT good in puzzle games, but after quick tutorial Iwon the first 10 games against easy AI. Switched to medium AI and lost the 11th game. Will try further tomorrow. paul-spacebears Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2014 65 0 0 Paris, France http://www.spacebears.fr #9 paul-spacebears, May 7, 2015 Hi guys! I'm sorry that you had some trouble understanding the rules. Hope Pedroapan's post helps! Let me know what you think could be improved in the tutorial. We've been working on the game for a long time and feedback from fresh players is really valuable My Game Center ID is P0lowww by the way! Feel free to add me! See you in the game! rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #10 rezn, May 7, 2015 The game looks stunning. I always tend to buy vs games like this but I'm not huge on competitive gameplay. I tend to suck at it. Does the game happen to have a single player mode that's more than just a practice round? Pedroapan Well-Known Member Aug 25, 2010 313 0 16 #11 Pedroapan, May 7, 2015 The game features AI with three different difficulty-settings, and pass and play, besides async mp. Multiplayer also features matchmaking to make sure you're matched against against someone with equal skill level. P metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #12 metalcasket, May 7, 2015 In my case, it wasn't necessarily not understanding the rules...I guess it was just not being able to win. Since my last comment I've won a handful of easy AI games and am slowly getting more and more comfortable playing the game. I think I may start getting competitive soon. JCho133 Well-Known Member Jul 27, 2012 7,907 27 48 #13 JCho133, May 7, 2015 Such a fantastic game! However, the pricing you guys went with has me worried. Feel like you should have gone with something like Letterpress. Limit the amount of games you can have going at 1 time and also don't allow theme changes, then let us pay $2 for unlimited games and all the themes. With a game like this you need a lot of people playing, that won't happen when it's paid I'm afraid. Wish the market didn't work this way but what can you do, you know? metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #14 metalcasket, May 7, 2015 It's always amusing when comments like these are made after a game has been released. You'd think the developers would've actually thought about pricing models before actually releasing their game! Mythbuster Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2008 1,252 15 38 Journalist In the middle of nowhere #15 Mythbuster, May 7, 2015 Great game! Three little things: 1. More AI level and please even a better AI. 2. A undo function. 3. A easier way to delete old games. Nevertheless, even now a steal for 2 Euros. ROGER-NL Well-Known Member May 21, 2012 4,030 340 83 Male Gamer. THE NETHERLANDS #16 ROGER-NL, May 7, 2015 Last edited: May 7, 2015 I tried the game again, because I find it very intriguing, played the medium AI, but could not win a match Ha Ha, I won once after 25 games, maybe I play to fast and need to think more. Didn't know you made the game Pollowww, so I deleted you from Game Center sorry about that, congrats on your game though, gonna play some more tomorrow see if I get better. Played some easy AI games now and won them all, so getting the hang of it now I think, going to like it now. I play with the Playground theme, like that one the most. JCho133 Well-Known Member Jul 27, 2012 7,907 27 48 #17 JCho133, May 7, 2015 Hey, watch it! Opinions can still be expressed post release. I'll admit, it's my fault. I kinda lost touch during the end of the beta testing, but you know, you can't change the past. And forums are a place for opinions! So eat that metalcasket! irettillib Well-Known Member Sep 28, 2013 47 0 0 #18 irettillib, May 7, 2015 I've had my eye on this one for some time. Looking forward to trying it out this evening! matyou98 Well-Known Member Jun 18, 2012 293 3 18 #19 matyou98, May 7, 2015 I agree that it should be free with a full game unlock as said above for the purpose of getting the game onto as many devices possible. The goal is to be able to play this months down the road and as a paid game I would guess the player base would tail off as the months go by. I wish this wasn't the case but this is a sad reality these days. paul-spacebears Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2014 65 0 0 Paris, France http://www.spacebears.fr #20 paul-spacebears, May 8, 2015 Thanks for the feedback guys! We really thought a lot about the business model of the game over the past year. The mobile game market is a strange and rapidly evolving beast, so we tried to make the most rational choices, the ones that felt right to us regarding this particular game. We strongly considered the Letterpress model, but here's why we didn't use it: The first reason is that Kindo is a game that looks simple but still requires a certain amount of commitment and focus to be understood and enjoyed. We thought that the freemium model might result in more downloads but from people who would churn really fast because of a lack of commitment, or a misunderstanding of what the game is about. Falling in the "hey, let's try this simple puzzle game, it's free!" category would have been a disaster for everybody. Maybe a premium model would get us fewer downloads but hopefully from people more willing to make this effort. And we thought that a smaller, stronger, more engaged core of players would be more valuable. They would drive the competitive side of the game, and would also provide better word of mouth, or "organic growth" as they say. As with most things in Kindo, we thought that we would have to fight on quality instead of quantity, which is a battle we couldn't have won, or even afford to fight. We believe that it makes the whole experience, the gameplay, the visuals, the community, more consistent, in a "Less is More" kind of way The other reason is that we've seen Apple start promoting and supporting premium apps again over the past year. We thought that having an iOS look and feel and a premium model would increase our chances to be featured, as we were going to be exclusive to iOS anyway (at least for a while), for technical reasons. We had the devices, the skills and the online game feature on Game Center was a low hanging fruit. As you can see, our "strategy" was at best an educated guess! We'll see how this goes. So far it seems to be working, as the game is being featured in the Best New Games category, but it's maybe not for any of those reasons in particular, or this exact combination, who knows! Anyway, we're definitely not ruling out any option and we might adapt the business model depending on the platform, the feedback of our community (you!) Hope it helps shed some light on the business strategy! Let me know what you think and if you have any more questions on this topic, feel free to ask! Ok time to go to bed now, it's been a looooong and stressful day. But mostly a very exciting one Thank you for joining us on this adventure! Paul (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
I am just not getting this. The "cut tiles from the opponents King" thing doesn't seem to work, meanwhile the AI just takes over mine no problem. No matter how many times I check the tutorial I can't see what I'm doing wrong
I had to check the tutorial 4 times myself before I knew what was going on Ha Ha, but now I get the hang of it, the most important thing I learned so far is to not put a tile on the opponents last move, because than he gets an extra move, and it soon is game over. It's a fun game for people who have the patience.
It took me a minute to figure out that you essentially have to cut off and separate the opponents tiles from the king. It's hard to sneak around and do that while the AI is creeping on you. I won one game on easy and that's it so far. Trying to play a random dude online but it's much slower going
Hi guys! I've been following this game for about a year now and have been part of the beta since day one, and the game is great! I'm sorry to see that you have trouble understanding the rules. I'll try to explain them as good as I can so you don't give up on this gem. The object of the game is to capture your opponents king in the top right corner. You do this by placing a tile in it. Every turn you have at least two actions. An action could be to place a new tile orthogonally adjacent to one of your existing tiles. Diagonally won't do it. An action could also be to fortify one of your tiles. Fortifying means you build a wall facing on of the for directions. A wall prevents this tile from being taken over from the side the wall faces. The last alternative for your actions is to redirect an existing fortification (wall) Your kingdom consist of all your orthogonally adjacent tiles and is easily distinguished by the color. As stated you have at least two actions per turn, but you could have three or ever four. The extra actions are called bonus-actions. You can see how many actions you have this turn by counting the colored boxes under your name. The same goes for the opponent action, look at the small boxes under respective name. Bonus-action are acquired in two ways. Either by cutting of one or more of the opponents tiles. Cutting of means placing your tiles on the opponent tiles in a way that separates one or more of the opponents tiles from its king. Separating means that they no longer are orthogonally adjacent to the rest of their kingdom. For every time you do this you get one extra move next turn (again, look at the boxes under your name). Note that you get one extra action per cut-off not one extra action per cut-off tile. The other way to gain an extra move is when your opponent takes over one of your recently placed tiles on their turn. Those "hot tiles" are market with small boxes so you can easily see which tiles you should avoid if possible. You get one extra move for each tile your opponent "copies", up to the maximum of four total actions per turn (the two regular and two bonus-actions) Lastly, the three middle tiles that look special can not be fortified, you can't protect them with walls. The basic strategy is not to give your opponent bonus-actions, in fact that is often devastating. Think ahead and make sure that your opponent can't cut you of on the next turn by placing two tiles. Use fortifications and do not rush in the beginning. Build your kingdom slowly and try to set it up in a way that gives you bonus-actions without giving them away to your opponent. Good luck and if you have any questions regarding the AI behavior please post the replay link and I'll try to explain what happened. Pedroapan
Strange. I am not THAT good in puzzle games, but after quick tutorial Iwon the first 10 games against easy AI. Switched to medium AI and lost the 11th game. Will try further tomorrow.
Hi guys! I'm sorry that you had some trouble understanding the rules. Hope Pedroapan's post helps! Let me know what you think could be improved in the tutorial. We've been working on the game for a long time and feedback from fresh players is really valuable My Game Center ID is P0lowww by the way! Feel free to add me! See you in the game!
The game looks stunning. I always tend to buy vs games like this but I'm not huge on competitive gameplay. I tend to suck at it. Does the game happen to have a single player mode that's more than just a practice round?
The game features AI with three different difficulty-settings, and pass and play, besides async mp. Multiplayer also features matchmaking to make sure you're matched against against someone with equal skill level. P
In my case, it wasn't necessarily not understanding the rules...I guess it was just not being able to win. Since my last comment I've won a handful of easy AI games and am slowly getting more and more comfortable playing the game. I think I may start getting competitive soon.
Such a fantastic game! However, the pricing you guys went with has me worried. Feel like you should have gone with something like Letterpress. Limit the amount of games you can have going at 1 time and also don't allow theme changes, then let us pay $2 for unlimited games and all the themes. With a game like this you need a lot of people playing, that won't happen when it's paid I'm afraid. Wish the market didn't work this way but what can you do, you know?
It's always amusing when comments like these are made after a game has been released. You'd think the developers would've actually thought about pricing models before actually releasing their game!
Great game! Three little things: 1. More AI level and please even a better AI. 2. A undo function. 3. A easier way to delete old games. Nevertheless, even now a steal for 2 Euros.
I tried the game again, because I find it very intriguing, played the medium AI, but could not win a match Ha Ha, I won once after 25 games, maybe I play to fast and need to think more. Didn't know you made the game Pollowww, so I deleted you from Game Center sorry about that, congrats on your game though, gonna play some more tomorrow see if I get better. Played some easy AI games now and won them all, so getting the hang of it now I think, going to like it now. I play with the Playground theme, like that one the most.
Hey, watch it! Opinions can still be expressed post release. I'll admit, it's my fault. I kinda lost touch during the end of the beta testing, but you know, you can't change the past. And forums are a place for opinions! So eat that metalcasket!
I agree that it should be free with a full game unlock as said above for the purpose of getting the game onto as many devices possible. The goal is to be able to play this months down the road and as a paid game I would guess the player base would tail off as the months go by. I wish this wasn't the case but this is a sad reality these days.
Thanks for the feedback guys! We really thought a lot about the business model of the game over the past year. The mobile game market is a strange and rapidly evolving beast, so we tried to make the most rational choices, the ones that felt right to us regarding this particular game. We strongly considered the Letterpress model, but here's why we didn't use it: The first reason is that Kindo is a game that looks simple but still requires a certain amount of commitment and focus to be understood and enjoyed. We thought that the freemium model might result in more downloads but from people who would churn really fast because of a lack of commitment, or a misunderstanding of what the game is about. Falling in the "hey, let's try this simple puzzle game, it's free!" category would have been a disaster for everybody. Maybe a premium model would get us fewer downloads but hopefully from people more willing to make this effort. And we thought that a smaller, stronger, more engaged core of players would be more valuable. They would drive the competitive side of the game, and would also provide better word of mouth, or "organic growth" as they say. As with most things in Kindo, we thought that we would have to fight on quality instead of quantity, which is a battle we couldn't have won, or even afford to fight. We believe that it makes the whole experience, the gameplay, the visuals, the community, more consistent, in a "Less is More" kind of way The other reason is that we've seen Apple start promoting and supporting premium apps again over the past year. We thought that having an iOS look and feel and a premium model would increase our chances to be featured, as we were going to be exclusive to iOS anyway (at least for a while), for technical reasons. We had the devices, the skills and the online game feature on Game Center was a low hanging fruit. As you can see, our "strategy" was at best an educated guess! We'll see how this goes. So far it seems to be working, as the game is being featured in the Best New Games category, but it's maybe not for any of those reasons in particular, or this exact combination, who knows! Anyway, we're definitely not ruling out any option and we might adapt the business model depending on the platform, the feedback of our community (you!) Hope it helps shed some light on the business strategy! Let me know what you think and if you have any more questions on this topic, feel free to ask! Ok time to go to bed now, it's been a looooong and stressful day. But mostly a very exciting one Thank you for joining us on this adventure! Paul
