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18 Jan

News about our upcoming game

Albeit we’re trying to sort out a few technical issues right now, we’ve not stopped working! In fact, we started 2024 working hard! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re hard at work on a new Match 3 game project, as we commented previously. While we can’t reveal all the details just yet, we couldn’t contain our excitement and wanted to share a sneak peek into what’s to come. Rest assured, there’s plenty to look forward to! First and foremost, we’re planning to release not just one, but two versions of the game: a standard edition and a Collector’s Edition, following a similar approach to our management of Nocturnarya and Spooky Dwellers 2. We believe that this will cater to the diverse preferences of our gaming community. Whether you’re a casual player or a dedicated collector, we’ve got you covered!

The development process is in full swing, with all the levels of the game already designed (90 for the standard version, 150 for the Collector’s Edition). Our artist is currently pouring her creativity into crafting stunning visuals that will transport players into a captivating setting. The game will revolve around a female lead who is determined to beat the odds and surpass those who have disparaged her.

However, we must admit that there’s still a lot of work ahead. We’re currently focused on designing the minigames and other essential elements that will make this game stand out. Stay tuned for more updates in the upcoming weeks as we reveal more about this new project. We like how the game is coming out and can’t wait to share it with all of you!

11 Nov

Nocturnarya: localized versions

Our current project is the localization of Nocturnarya Collector’s Edition. As usual, our target languages are: German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. It’ll be a Windows-only release. This localization is a daunting task, which comprises a few intricate parts:

The Story: Nocturnarya’s story is a bit long, as the game builds a particular vampire lore, with adventure, scheming, military invaders, treasons and loyalty. The game portrays several characters of which the most important is you, the player. At its core, it’s a battle between you and Grysmore, the boss of the human invaders.
The vampire and the vampiress: In the original English game, you can choose how you want to be referred to as the story progresses: as a vampire, a vampiress, or a rockstar renegade. Localizing this is tricky, because of articles and genre-specific details in all the target languages. We’ll be removing the rockstar renegade option, and will do our best to keep the vampire and vampiress options. However, if it proves to be too error-prone we’ll just scrap this option altogether.
The Village: The game has a section that allows you to build a 3D village for your vampire tribe. However, the help window and the tutorials amount to a lot of text to translate.
The Match 3 levels: This includes all the help texts, instructions and user interface of the Match 3 levels.
Collector’s Edition goodies: Last but not least, we’ll have to translate the extra stories and minigames offered as Collector’s Edition exclusive bonuses.

If everything goes smoothly, this localization should be completed by the end of this month.

05 Dec

Next game: Nocturnarya

We’re currently focused on our next Match 3 game, entitled Nocturnarya. At the time of this writing, the vampiric story is fully completed and all the new code for level design is already tested. Regarding the gameplay, our goal with Nocturnarya is to include a few levels with a bit of screen scrolling, and also a new type of path on the boards. And some Match 3 puzzles, of course.

According to our plans, the game should be completed by Q2 2023. Hopefully. For the time being, here’s the logo and Raphaela’s guidance.

The kingdom of Nocturnarya has been done in by the human troops. Follow Raphaela or perish!

Update (September, 2023): Nocturnarya is now available here on ikigames.com, both the Collector’s Edition and the Standard edition. And the guide for Nocturnarya can be found here. Furthermore, a lot of things were changed in the final version of the game, including the logo originally presented in this post.