The store page for Granser is now Live, please wish-list if you like it.
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2725350/Granser/

There will be a steam Demo for it for the summer Steam Next festival, stay tuned.

Early Access will follow after that at some point this year.


If you got any questions please ask on Granser's page, or find the official Discord here:
https://discord.gg/6wXmtWrKSh


Thank you, and hope you will like Granser.

Time to share some of the details on how development is going.

First the cover art:
First of all I have a few portraits that should set the tone.
They should be familiar to Skautfold players.

I have plenty of mock-ups to share too, such as:

Combat
Airship combat (yes its a thing)
Menu
A segment of the first town:
Finally early development on the overworld map, it will be VERY lively with active air traffic, events, and plenty ground and airship battles.
Lastly the very much work in progress snippet of the intro.
Granser is basically my "dream game" project and Skautfold was built to be a prequel to it, and as a learning experience to have the skill to deliver my dream project.
If you want to see more and prety much live just follow my twitter:
https://twitter.com/pugwaredev
I will post every step of developement there.

Loosely following up the story of Skautfold after a few thousand year time skip on a new planet distant from earth, Granser is a new 3 game series in the style of a "jrpg".

The story of Granser will be presented as 3 games serving as the 3 acts of the same story following the same group of characters. Saves will be transferable game to game.

The games will be story focused turn based rpgs in the more Japanese style.

---The setting and story
-I have little to reveal about this yet besides the fact it takes place in an entirely new world but still rooted in elements set up in Skautfold. I have spent a considerable part of my lifetime building this setting and Skautfold was built to serve as a prequel to this setting. The story was mainly inspired by Xenogears, Xenosaga and early Tales of games.

---Combat is a much improved version of the Knight's End combat system, featuring a full party of 4 characters.
-A much improved "Guard System" returning from Usurper, Moonless Knight and Knight's End.
-A refined implementation of timed attack and defence inputs from Knight's End, rewarding good timing and knowledge of the combat triangle.
-A "Burst System" where party wide resource called "Burst Points" are used to unleash a flurry of directional combo inputs used to execute Finishing Strike skills, inspired by the system of Xenogears.
-A fresh take on statuses and their interactions.
-A setup and set-off system for a more engaging interplay of party member's skills.

---Exploration and additional gameplay
-Aside from the mandatory story content, you will be periodically be let loose to engage with the more free-form content of the world, engaging in hunts, dynamic world map conflict events, and dungeon delving.
-Character and gear progression unique to each of the 4 party members.
-Instead of grinding against weak mobs, you can train and duel your party members to learn new skills and improve synergy among them.
-Engage in airship to airship combat! Around halfway through the first game you unlock your airship, the sky is not safe however and you will have to engage in ship to ship combat, as well as face flying beasts with it.
-Fishing... in the sky, Sky fishing will be a more relaxing activity to take a break with.


Recently I started learning 3d modelling and animation to accelerate my production of sprites, as well as significantly increase their quality, so expect a noticeable jump in quality and a far more animated, and clear presentation.

Overall the games will each be approximately 25-30 hours long, much larger than any of my previous ones.

The first of the 3 games should arrive on steam early access spring 2023 and develop chapter by chapter till its conclusion.

I will share more when I open a new Granser and Skautfold focused DIscord, and maybe I have something fun to sharer about one of my old games soon? Who knows..... :P

-Hopefully fixes the final boss skips.

-Attempting to fix a nade launcher related error that occurs on certain machines, hopefully it fixes it, sadly I cant test it since I could not even reproduce the issue.

As of now Knight's End is in 1.0.

However this is not the end.
The game will enjoy a few months of active development post launch, as well as the "Final Step" as a free dlc/content update, which will conclude the whole series in a climactic finale, as well as two more summons to collect.

Additionally the game now has its achievements unlocked, and available to collect.


Once the post launch work is completed, I will be moving on to Usurper to touch up the game, a process I plan to do for Into the Fray, and Moonless Knight too, in preparation for the future.

After that, hopefully I will be able to start on Border, the new series that serves as the sequel to Skautfold separated by thousands of years and quite a few light-years.

Its now live in Early Access, there is a clear roadmap, and it is getting daily updates.
The game should be finished and 1.0 by Christmas.

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1778830/Skautfold_Knights_End/

The page is now live, wish-list and follow, or ask questions on the discussion page.

Early Access planned for Halloween, full version planned for Christmas.

That is all.

The Finale has taken shape.

The last game in the Skautfold story-ark will be titled Knight's End, will feature Len the First Knight, and take place only days before the inevitable destruction of life on earth.

Gameplay will be a mix of exploration and a separate screen timeline based combat system, with active defensive and aggressive play using the final iteration of the Guard system.

Planned release date is this Halloween, so October 31st.




If you wish to know more in detail read on.

Story:
The finale will follow the First Knight Lennecia as she undertakes a personal journey to save Saragat from a rather unfortunate fate. To do this she will venture onto the now abandoned Waltham Industries factory site, and delve deep into its secrets, facing the worst possible adversary for such a mission, Waltham himself.
The story takes place only days prior to the now broken Moon's pieces laying absolute and final destruction to all complex life on Earth, and just before the Human built Citadel is to take off from London with as many humans as it can carry for a possible escape.
The story wont revolve around some contrived way to save humanity from the pieces of the Moon, but rather her personal mission to save Saragat from a horrible fate that awaits him.

Gameplay:
Exploration will be very similar to the original game Shrouded in Sanity, with easier navigation.
Expect a similar style an atmosphere as you delve into Waltham's deepest secrets on his factory grounds and below.
However Combat will take place on a different screen, akin to jrpgs where you are transported on contact with the enemy.
Combat uses a timeline based system where actions take time to execute and have different cooldowns, both for you and the enemy. At all times you can see exactly what the order is via the visible timeline, allowing for precise planning.
Unlike most turn based rpgs you CAN an should actively defend yourself, minimising downtime and rewarding good timing, using the correct defensive action, or taking a bigger risk attempting to parry.
Each of your attacks have a status effect tied to them, with 3 different types of qtes to increase damage and chance of applying the status tied to the weapon.
Good timing on defensive and offensive actions will reward you with Chain, a resource you can use to unleash one of three different finishers, all playing into the rock paper scissor style weakness system, where the old-school combat triangle comes into play.
The battlefield will be reactive in that all attacks will leave a mark, so by the end of some fights it will get quiet messy.

All in all combat may sound complex, but its far easier to understand in practice, and I worked hard to ensure its far more engaging than the old-school simple turn based combat systems of the past. Controls are fast simplified to ensure no slow and cumbersome menu browsing will occur.

Here is a sneakpeek at a test combat screen

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