The Big Changes Coming for Early Access! Dev Blog #9
Dear Tacticians,
Skygard Arena launches in Early Access in only 4 days! You’ll be able to discover all the new features in the game when it becomes available on November 18 at 5pm (CET).
In this Devblog, we’d like to share with you what we learned from the demo and introduce you to the new features and updates coming for the Early Access launch.
We were very glad to see that many demo players enjoyed the core mechanics of Skygard Arena, its colorful roster of Champions, and the artistic direction of the game. The addition of the Artifact system to personalize your Champions allowed you to create plenty of diverse teams and test different strategies, including a few quite smart and efficient ones! The possibility to play against an experimental AI with a more advanced difficulty level has also been appreciated. This AI wins almost 50% of its matches against real players, a proof that it offers a real tactical challenge. We also noted that many players were looking forward to playing the solo Campaign mode, which will be coming with Early Access!
For Early Access, our intention has been to improve the game by taking into account suggestions and feedback shared by players who played the public demo that was available from September 16 to November 6. Upcoming updates include the possibility to skip the guided steps of the tutorial missions, several changes to make the defense of your Major Pillar easier, and a nerf of several team compositions that were a bit too strong.
You will find on Steam the detailed patch note for the upcoming 0.6 version (which will start Early Access).
We’re also excited to announce that we’ll hold a Dev Stream this Friday, November 15, from 6pm to 8pm (CET) on the official Skygard Arena channel on Twitch!
Don’t hesitate to come ask your questions directly to the dev team, chat about the recent changes and watch a few games of Arena mode with the new Champions Vallya and Bu Shin! Speaking of which, you can discover Vallya Vanguard in the video we released this week, which you can watch below.
Thanks for your support and see you soon in the Arena,
-The Gemelli Games team
