Game News Dungeon Rats, Iron Tower Studio's Age of Decadence dungeon crawler, officially announced

[Got bored and left]

I wonder if this time we'll get more language versions than English and Russian, this could improve sales greatly. In fact, translating interface only in a combat heavy game could do the trick. Sure, people with zero English/Russian skills wouldn't be able to enjoy Vince's writing anyway but it's not that important in a dungeon crawler.

Vault Dweller and Elhoim
Would you consider adding partial translations to your game or would that be out of the question and only "all or nothing" would interest you?

Jakby ktoś chciał zabrać się za tłumaczenie na polski to jestem skłonny pomóc, chociaż mój angielski jest średniawy. Może właśnie przetłumaczylibyśmy chociaż interfejs/opcje + ewentualnie początek rozgrywki, by zarysować fabułę i pozwolić graczowi poczuć dekadencką atmosferę? Pozwolę sobie zawołać Polaków, jeśli tutaj nie uda się zebrać ekipy to nigdzie się nie uda.
Ninja Destroyer Darth Roxor Jvegi Havoc Manjuice Nutella Zdzisiu Zboj Lamignat Awor Szurkrarz Idiott yellowcake JudasIscariot warpig Bahamut Hellraiser Konjad covr Black_Willow Wise Emperor Exxos Necroscope panzertoter Bitcher1 bonescraper meanwhileInPoland Brzęczyszczykiewicz mikaelis trais Ivar the Boner Storyfag WhiskeyWolf @t Tytus Ptosio Robert Jarzebina Cowboy Moment Malakal Oesophagus lukaszek veevoir SmartCheetah Gangrelrumbler ArtB trais spectre MotherMachinae janior123tlen.pl Krivol Quatlo jcd Dwemer Puzzle Box Black Perkel Veelq bozia2012 Ovg Gerrard hell bovine hoverdog t norolim Jedi Master Radek Urbanolo

I'd be more than happy to help with translating and/or proofreading.

And, naturally, I'm buying the fuck out of this game when it's out!

 

[covr]

Vault Dweller, just out of curiosity - does the announcement of Dungeon Rats increased daily sales of AoD anyhow?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Vault Dweller, just out of curiosity - does the announcement of Dungeon Rats increased daily sales of AoD anyhow?

Impossible to say as we announced it when the sale started. The sale did well but it's hard to say whether the announcement played any role. Lately there's been a number of very positive threads like the one on NeoGaf and they might have played a bigger role than the announcement.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1276830

I predict 75% casualties by choosing to make that jump if I understand Age of Decadence correctly

Different design. You can't die outside of combat.

 

[Saduj]

IndieRPGs.com article about Dungeon Rats announcement:

http://indierpgs.com/2016/09/dungeon-rats-announced/

Nothing new in this one. But its a cool little Tier 4 site.

 

[Excidium II]

Different design. You can't die outside of combat.

 

[Jaedar]

Different design. You can't die outside of combat.

Tentative

 

[Saduj]

So can Critical Strike still be used in dialogue?

 

[AbounI]

Not really a problem for me, afterall it was the same for AoD.Only few situations led to the death ( like the well in the slums).

 

[Lurker King]

You can't die outside combat.

Different levels of difficulty.

4 party members.

They're going to port this bullshit to PS4. It is not just Fargo. You can't trust anyone these days.

 

[Elwro]

Those are only a small fraction, too. Some of our most prestigious potato forums members were shamefully omitted.

That's true

 

[commie]

Those are only a small fraction, too. Some of our most prestigious potato forums members were shamefully omitted.

That's true

Yep..Bastards.

 

[Vault Dweller]

So can Critical Strike still be used in dialogue?

No. Only stats are checked in dialogues.

Different design. You can't die outside of combat.

Tentative

Different game, different goals. AoD is a full-scale RPG with strong non-combat aspects. DR is a combat RPG with extra flavor. That flavor shouldn't kill you or affect the combat aspect in any way. What we're doing with CHA is a field test for the CSG: to try different things, gain some "perspective" and feedback.

 

[Goral]

Yep..Bastards.

That's true

I've added Elwro but can't be sure about commie. Translate this to Polish:

I've also added Jedi Master Radek and MicoSelva. Anyone else I've missed?

 

[commie]

:D To be honest,been so long since I've lived in the old country that my language skills are a bit mediocre. Enough to get by but grammatically I've been often mistaken for a US 'Polack' so it's better to have actual PiS voters to do the job of translating.

 

[HobGoblin42]

Different design. You can't die outside of combat.

Not even by traps or failed skill checks e.g. lockpicking or disarming?

 

[Vault Dweller]

No traps; most non-combat skills have been removed as it's not a fuill-scale RPG.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/gallery/15102.jpg
^ char screen

 

[Johannes]

Is having a crafting expert and an alchemy expert how mandatory, or can you purchase comparable stuff reasonably?

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's a prison mine and you're fighting your way out, so you can't buy or sell anything. You'll be able to gather supplies, loot vials, bombs, etc.

 

[Grape_You_In_the_Mouth]

You guys convinced me and I apologize, the portraits are better than what I was saying. I think the impression they give off just rubbed me the wrong way, possibly due to a sandy color palette with no background colors. Anyways thanks for the disagreement

 

[Old One]

My guess was it was trying to be a play on the Vietnam war Tunnel Rats.

No, it's actually a play on the Desert Rats, British 7th Armoured Division.

Interesting you say that, because the first thing I thought of when I heard the name was the old television show I used to watch as a kid, Rat Patrol.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060018/

 

[AbounI]

more screens for the early game as it shows how Marcus will join the party

http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,7255.0.html

So I guess dialogues sequences could be quite different for the solo mode, unless the game only cancels the *Marcus join the party* line
Vince, will the game handle the dialogues differently for the solo mode from the party based mode?There is no need in the solo mode of the lines like "Marcus go with him..."

 

[duanth123]

No traps

Or locked doors in the prison mine, neither anyone thrown in prison who is able to pick a locked door outside of scripted moments, if you removed lock-picking.

It's unfortunate (but I'm assuming a reality of your budget) you would remove non-combat skills that could otherwise naturally compliment the setting and more importantly those inhabiting it (thieves, charlatans, pickpockets.)

most non-combat skills have been removed as it's not a fuill-scale RPG.

But you're kind of punting here. In RL combat, people someone need to open doors or sneak past enemy forces.

Fallout Tactics would be an example of how this is accomplished without necessarily writing up a full RPG.

 

[Elhoim]

more screens for the early game as it shows how Marcus will join the party

http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,7255.0.html

So I guess dialogues sequences could be quite different for the solo mode, unless the game only cancels the *Marcus join the party* line
Vince, will the game handle the dialogues differently for the solo mode from the party based mode?There is no need in the solo mode of the lines like "Marcus go with him..."

Yes, it does handle them differently.

 

[Vault Dweller]

No traps

Or locked doors in the prison mine, neither anyone thrown in prison who is able to pick a locked door outside of scripted moments, if you removed lock-picking.

It's unfortunate (but I'm assuming a reality of your budget) you would remove non-combat skills that could otherwise naturally compliment the setting and more importantly those inhabiting it (thieves, charlatans, pickpockets.)

Like I said, it's a combat game. It wasn't meant to be anything else because we couldn't do anything else in 10 months. If we add lockpicking, then we need to justify the investment in that skill (I don't think anyone liked the way it worked in Wasteland 2) and make it a viable choice. The more non-combat skills we have, the more complex the task gets. Before you know we have different paths through the game and it takes us 3 years to release it.

 

[Severian Silk]

Will your Teleporting Space Christians (TSC) make an appearance in this game? A crossover between games would be nice.