ONLY 24 HOURS LEFT! Join us at 5pm CET / 8am PST for the Live Stream Finale!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 01:20:00 PM
Livestreaming the last 2 hours!
Join Max on Thursday 19th of November in the remaining 2 hours at 5pm CET / 8am PST for another Q&A just before the very end!
The stream will take place on Twitch here https://www.twitch.tv/cinetek
We will be playing the demo, discussing what we plan to work on after Kickstarter and answering any questions you might have about Chainmonsters and game development.
Thanks so much for everyone for making this campaign successful! We can't wait to give you access to the backer-only Discord channels and the Closed Alpha!
Fan-Art Contest ends tomorrow!
If you haven't submitted your fan-art to the contest yet, make sure to do so!
The submission phase ends at the same time when the campaign is over!
Details here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cinetek/chainmonsters/posts/3003170
Closed Alpha preview and less than 48 hours to go!
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:52:53 PM
What an amazing ride it has been! With over 1000% of our original goal reached we are so excited to see what sort of grand finale might be in store!
This is your last chance to pledge and receive some of our Kickstarter-exclusive backer rewards!
Closed Alpha Preview
Shortly after Kickstarter we are turning off the demo and transition into our Closed Alpha - only available to backers(!) - from there on game content, levels and mechanics will be added continuously including YOUR feedback and suggestions!
Here is a little preview of what is about to come!
Dungeons
Group up with your friends and venture into the depth of the darkest dungeons to find treasures and defeat epic bosses!
These dungeons will be procedurally generated to allow for a different and randomized experience every time you do a run through - so be prepared to do some heavy testing of our algorithms soon!
N-Corp training facility
Everyone starts their career inside the N-Corp training facility where you are equipped with the necessary technology, knowledge and skills to be prepared for your journey.
Pre-Season Pass and exclusive rewards/cosmetics
Everyone who plays during Closed Alpha and therefore helps us test the game receives 25+ exclusive rewards only obtainable during Alpha. These are for example cosmetics for your character and/or Chainmons, taunts/animations in battle and special emojis among other rewards. All of those can be traded with other players anytime - similar to the Kickstarter rewards.
New Stretch Goal
As requested by many, we have revealed our final stretch goal for this campaign - Animated Cutscenes
In addition to the scripted sequences during the story, quests and dialogues we are adding animated Cutscenes to key events during the story.
We will enable late-pledges through BackerKit and alternative payments after the campaign is over so even if we do not reach all stretch goals now, future pledges will continue to count towards these goals!
Other news
Game Server Upgrades
Based on the data of 1.500 Demo testers during this campaign alone we have already started migrating our technology to a new system that will allow us to scale our game servers into the millions if necessary while reducing delays for all players no matter where they are geographically located!
Player outside of Europe will benefit the most from this change.
New Team Members
Due to the overwhelming success we are extending our team with new artists and an additional programmer!
Livestream/Q&A on Thursday!
Join Max on Thursday 19th of November in the remaining 2 hours before the end of the campaign (5pm CET / 8am PST) for another Q&A just before the very end!
Fan Art Spotlight!
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:02:08 PM
Thanks to everyone for helping spread the word by participating in the Fan-Art Contest! We have received a lot of participation so far and want to share some of the awesome fan art submissions!
The contest ends on Thu, November 19 7:00 PM CET / 10am PST (same time as the Kickstarter) so you still have plenty of time to submit!
Fan Art Spotlight
If we missed yours, let us know and we will feature you in the next Spotlight! Also these are in no particular order whatsoever. Thanks so much for everyone that has participated so far!
@vere_lind
Bisloba
@IWillGuideThee
@bLaCkwEwGG
@D4ddyLiLd4rk
@ioyoiioaoi
@ioyoiioaoi
@vere_lind
@marcvanLint3
@lucky4cupcake
Berry Bandit
1000% funded and concept art process
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:07:51 AM
As we head into our final week of the campaign, we have more exciting developments for you!
New Stretch Goal Passed!
Yesterday evening we passed our 100.000 EUR (~$120.000 USD) stretch goal, which means Chainmonsters will now have access to a new area called Eluvia Park (name TBD). Now you'll get to complete dynamic and weekly changing challenges, hang out in a special place during the weekends with your friends and to play with your Mons!
Current MonsterDex!
If you have played the multiplayer demo, there is a good chance you have not found all Chainmons yet! Catch them all and try them out before the demo disappears after Kickstarter!
Concept Breakdown
You love our artworks so we wanted to quickly share a sneak peak behind the scenes of how our key visual was created.
- Choosing the right tone and design
- Finding the right lighting and color balance
Anitons Shout Out
Anitons is an open world monster-collecting RPG where you start your adventure in the wilderness, fight wild Anitons, and collect your own unique squad. Every Aniton you obtain can help you fight and farm. Catch every known Aniton, battle other players, build the biggest farm or just get lost in a world full of life!
Open Development and Shoutout to Arclands
over 3 years ago
– Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 06:43:32 PM
We have only about 12 days left for the campaign and have some exciting developments for you!
Open and Transparent Development
Smart Contracts
In order to make our development processes as open and as transparent as possible, we have just released our initial smart contract set onto Github:
https://github.com/bsidegames/chainmonsters-smart-contracts
Bug-Tracker / Community Ideas
We also have a Discord integration with Codecks which we use to develop features and fix bugs during development. https://open.codecks.io/chainmonsters
When you report a bug or have an amazing idea for the game, this will be added there and can be upvoted by the whole community!
Please note that internally we are on the Alpha version already so the demo won't be updated/fixed as it will be disabled after Kickstarter. Once we open up the Closed Alpha to Kickstarter backers we will start fresh with the bug/issue reporting :)
We have been asked a lot on what impact and involvement you guys will have on the development and here we try to give you some examples:
When we create new Chainmons, we will have regular votings on new potential candidates including their name, appearance and much more. Once we go into Full-Production there will be tons of playable new areas that we create internally or together during livestreams(!) - but the chance is very high that not all of these areas will end up in the game! Help us find the best, playtest them, send us feedback and if you are crazy then access our nightly builds that are literally hot from the press. (No 100% guarantee that these will work properly though)
Any fantastic ideas that would make the game even better? Let us know in Discord!
Content-Creators - We love, adore and actively support fan-art, streamers, youtubers and any kind of content creators! You are allowed to stream and record gameplay videos of the Closed Alpha once it launches and we might be working on a Twitch Drops integration that allows both viewers and streamers to be rewarded for sharing the game... ;)
Shout-out
Our friends at Arclands have a beautiful Kickstarter campaign going and we wanted to use this opportunity to do a quick shoutout to them. With its great design and SNES/ZELDA/Stronghold influenced visuals it definitely caught our attention and it deserves some more exposure in our opinion.
Arclands is a game about creating a buzzing village and becoming a powerful enough wizard to defend it.
You're a wizard who got banished from their home because they rivaled the ruling wizard in power. What you gonna do, that's wizard rule right there. Banished citizens are sent to the Arclands - a treacherous collection of islands inhabited by monsters which are attracted to everything magic. That's bad for you and your followers, so the only way to survive is to grow and fortify your village. You will see it grow from a loose collection of rugged tents to a heavily fortified city, attract other banished refugees and discover the secrets of the Arclands.
