July 15th Dev Update Livestream
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:33:26 AM
Greetings, Tacticians!
It's about that time of the month where we get together and talk about the latest and newest developments in Lost Eidolons on our local Twitch channel!
When:
- 12:00 PM PDT, Thursday July 15th (US West)
- 3:00 PM EDT, Thursday July 15th (US East)
- 8:00 PM BST, Thursday July 15th (London)
- 4:00 AM KST, Thursday July 16th (Korea)
This is our first monthly dev stream in the aftermath of last month's playable demo! Full feedback responses will be coming at the end of this week but we'll be covering some of it tomorrow too!
We'll be taking a local recording and uploading it on YouTube for those who miss the live broadcast, as well as writing up a recap of any questions asked in text. Any questions that anyone has about the game or its development are free to be asked in the comments here or in the #town_hall section of our Discord server and we'll definitely answer it during the cast.
Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/oceandrivestudio
Lost Eidolons Demo Event Winners
almost 3 years ago
– Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 02:50:06 PM
Congratulations to our community members who partook in the Lost Eidolons demo events! We looked through the submissions for both events and have picked out the winners for the Observer Contest and the Master Strategist Contest. Check them out below:
Observer Contest
The goal of the Observer Contest was to take a screenshot of a moment in Lost Eidolons that you enjoyed or stuck to you.
- Nom-Nom (Physical Collector’s Edition)
- kenny (Digital Deluxe Edition)
Master Strategist Contest
The Master Strategist Contest put players' wits to the test by having them complete the daunting Episode 8 scenario without losing a single unit or using the undo command.
- Reserve (Physical Collector’s Edition)
- icyski (Digital Deluxe Edition) (Parts | 1, 2, 3)
Winning entrants will be reached out to via Discord DMs this week so that we can collect additional information to send out your prizes.
Our team is looking forward to holding more contests for our community to challenge in the future. We’ll also look into simplifying the process for entering these contests, since the previous one involved a couple of extra steps too many.
Thank you to each of you who participated this time! We'll be sharing more news soon on the feedback from this demo and our next steps in leveraging them.
Thanks for playing the demo!
almost 3 years ago
– Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 01:13:06 AM
Greetings, Tacticians!
What an amazing Steam Next Fest!
Over the course of the festival, we saw an awesome amount of people try out the Lost Eidolons demo, and the number of people who wishlisted the game quadrupled.
We're floored!
Moreover, the amount of in-depth feedback and critical analysis we received about what players had an opportunity to try out was incredible. We've scoured feedback from sources everywhere including our Discord, Steam forums, external RPG forums, Twitter, YouTube, and more.
We're looking over each of these feedbacks and are planning on creating a summary of your thoughts and our responses to share with you all in the upcoming week or two.
The survey to submit feedback will remain open until Sunday, June 27th at 12:00 PM PT, at which time it'll close. Please submit feedback if you haven't already! For those who didn't back the project, you can gain a beta access key for a future playtest, as up to 100 forms will be provided a key for their feedback. Additionally, 10 forms that provide the best feedback will be given a full digital deluxe copy of the game! Even if you pledged to back the project, you can partake in this as well to provide to a friend.
Survey Link: Click!
Next, concerning the demo that you all have already downloaded, we'll keep it up for a brief period of time before pushing an update to disable it temporarily. However, if you are a content creator or know a content creator that wishes to try out this latest demo build, they should reach out to us either on here or via our Twitter and we'll work something out! It's all part of getting the word out on Lost Eidolons.
Lastly, if you have any friends who tried out the demo and still wants to support Lost Eidolons, they can still pick up a copy of the game or the physical Collector's Edition via BackerKit until Wednesday 5:50 AM PT!
Demo Play 24-Hour Recap
almost 3 years ago
– Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 05:52:30 PM
Greetings, Tacticians!
It’s been over 24 hours since the Lost Eidolons gameplay demo became available to install and try out on our Steam store page. During the preparation for this, our team worked diligently to ensure the game’s build was stable and playable for multiple language options. Some of them were up working until as late as 3 AM in Korea making finishing touches!
Meanwhile on our end, we set up our stream room in our office and tried our hand at streaming on Steam for the first time. It worked swimmingly! And we managed to set up a looping livestream to show newcomers to the game page what the tactical turn-based gameplay was all about.
We were also super excited to see an awesome amount of highly constructive feedback from our community. With their help, we’re planning on creating a game with an open development plan where players can contribute towards the creation of the project together.
Check out just a few of the feedback our players provided so far that we want to act on:
- More detailed combat information. A lot of folks felt like there wasn’t enough information provided in the UI to make detailed decisions. Whether that meant being able to expand status effect menus, see weakness or strengths when using types of attacks against types of armors, or even being able to see when a unit still has an action left in the turn more visible.
- Dealing with line-of-sight issues during combat. Fantasy game aside, units should be able to see where they’re casting or firing an arrow to successfully hit that spot.
- Better camera controls. It might have been a little challenging at times to work the camera to get it in the exact position that you wanted it.
All feedback will be reviewed, and we’ll share a list of the actionable items after Steam Next Fest has concluded.
Before Steam Next Fest ends, we want to do a stream on Monday, June 21st as an opportunity for community members to ask questions about Lost Eidolons while the demo is still playable. The stream will take place on our Twitch channel at 7:00 PM PDT. You can join Community Manager Pat and Creative Director Jin Sang as they answer questions about the demo, the current developments, and what’s ahead for Lost Eidolons.
If you have any questions about the game as well, it’s a good opportunity to head on over to our Discord server and ask them in the #town_hall channel! We answer literally anything and everything. It’s also a great opportunity for you to leave messages in the #feedback channel to directly contribute towards the development of Lost Eidolons!
Enjoy the demo and make sure to check out the special events!
Check us out at the links below:
- Support us on BackerKit
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on Twitch
- Subscribe to us on YouTube
- Like us on Facebook
Lost Eidolons Demo Now Available!
almost 3 years ago
– Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:36:54 PM
Steam Next Fest has begun and Lost Eidolons is participating! You can try out the game demo today until June 22nd!
[What You Can Expect from Demo]
This is an early look at the game and isn't a representation of the final game.
In the demo you'll be able to:
- Challenge Episode 7's battle.
- Visit the camp after Episode 7's battle.
- Challenge Episode 8's battle.
- Visit the camp after Episode 8's battle.
While at the camp, you can perform a variety of activities, as well as prepare for the upcoming battle between episodes 7 and 8. The combat will be set to the Challenging difficulty, and since we are not providing other difficulty options, we are providing unlimited use of "Undo" function for the demo.
Also, since we are not providing a "Save" function, you have an option to "Skip the Battle".
We want to hear about your first impressions of the game! Let us know on our Discord server or in the newly minted sub-forums in the community Discussions! Feedback and bug reports are duly welcome!
Like what you're playing and want to support the project? You can still reserve an early copy of the game or it's limited minted Physical Collector's Edition on our BackerKit!
[Participate in the Events]
We also have prepared events for all the participants!
1. Observer Contest
We want you to capture screenshots of your favorite moment during the gameplay and share them with the community. Share your screenshots in the screenshots section of the Community Hub or on Twitter with the hashtag #LostEidolonsMoments and leave the link on the Discord event channel!
You can learn details of the event here!
2. Master Strategist Challenge
Try to win in the fewest number of turns! Clear Episode 8's combat scenario as quickly as possible and share the video with us! You cannot use the Undo function nor can you lose any units, and the video must be an unedited video of your try. Upload the video on YouTube and share the link with us!
You can learn details of the event here!
