Lost Viking - Kingdom of Women News

Heil!

Lately, we were heavily involved in the back-end part of creating Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women or as many are calling it "invisible changes" so there wasn't much to share. Now we are back with news and new content. First and foremost:

We have decided to delay the Kickstarter launch

There are few reasons for this:

We have decided to increase the amount of content available in the Kickstarter Demo
We have encountered some unexpected issues while implementing new mechanics
We put great effort into game optimization that took longer than we expected.

We will post a separate announcement about the Kickstarter launch. Meanwhile, one can follow the project here to receive notification:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingfactory/lost-viking-kingdom-of-women-action-adventure-survival

Currently, we are working on several survival mechanics that will accompany Ragnald in his journey through the Kingdom of Women.

1. Raga the Wolf - our four-legged companion. We will talk more about him in the next Devlog when we connect more mechanics related to him, like hunting for food.
   Who is a good boy? Raga is!
   
   
2. Wildlife, both useful and dangerous.
   Wounded and unprepared Viking stands no chance against a healthy Deer.
   
   
3. Main character injuries and statuses:
   
   • getting wet while in water,
     
   • getting burned while in fire,
     
   • getting poisoned while eating raw food or mushrooms,
     
   • getting ill,
     
   • twisting ankles when falling from heights,
     
   • open-wound system, currently limited to twisting ankle for the second time. It Will be developed further in Full Release.
     
   • other that probably would not be included in Kickstarter demo (all above will)
     
   Being wounded on hostile land is no joke.
   
   
4. More crafting and cooking recipes
   
   • Acquiring food will be an essential part of Lost Viking's survival: Kingdom of Women. We are adding more food sources and cooking recipes to the game
     
   • Overall, we are steadily increasing the number of items, materials and usables in the game
   work in progress
   
   
   
5. Raft building process and rafting mechanic
   
   • No spoilers for now ;)

Besides new mechanics, we constantly improve overall graphics quality, performance, QoL, and UI solutions.
Small things matter

Lighting work progress deserves its own Devlog. We are also implementing more sounds and voices into the game. Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women keeps us busy and it's continuously growing. More news soon!

Sjáumst!

Forestlight Games Development Team
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155850/Lost_Viking_Kingdom_of_Women/

Heil!

We are happy to announce Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women is coming to Kickstarter!

What at the beginning seemed to be a short expedition has grown to the size of a true Nordic saga.
The interest of our project has grown to a massive size a so project itself.

During Steam Demo Festival we have collected a lot of wishes, questions, ideas and feedback that we have melted and forged into our game but to really meet the expectations and our own vision we need to launch Kickstarter.

Kickstarter will launch in February and as soon as we know the exact date we will notify You about this.
Kickstarter project page here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingfactory/lost-viking-kingdom-of-women-action-adventure-survival


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Hear the story of Ragnal the Lost, who sailed out to Eastern Lands with great force,
Ambushed, nearly drown, saw Valkyries sad smile, saved by Raga the Wolf, a companion of his exile,
Wounded and alone on a hostile land, how could he victorious with those events stand?
Clever with senses as sharp as a fine knife, will he be able to find his children and beloved wife?
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Sjáumst!

Forestlight Games Development Team
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155850/Lost_Viking_Kingdom_of_Women/

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Ragnal woke on impulse. a simple fire burned out near a half-collapsed shelter, which the survivor was lucky enough to find before sunset. In a sudden rush of memories, he remembered yesterday's events. Cursed be this day! Ship, ambush, river, death and... life!

Only now did he realize that Raga, the Grey Wolf companion of his has gone.

Ragnald stood up suddenly, looking for his friend, but the fresh wounds, though temporarily bandaged,
did not bode well for him in battle any time soon.
A few strong curses disturb the silence of the morning

A weapon... Ragnald had to get one. A veteran warrior without a weapon felt almost naked.
- Tools might be more important for now - Ragnald whispered to himself while looking at the agonal state of his shelter and start looking for Raga.
His four-legged friend probably went hunting and that means, he doesn't found any dangers around.
Fortunately, the wounds, though aching, did not prevent Ragnald from moving. The herbs he found worked wonders!

- Time to see, where exactly am I - Lost Viking decided after finishing yesterday meal.
Last day he saw friendly boats crashing on another side of a river. On his side, nobody has survived.

A few hours later, Ragnald and Raga found a lumberjack camp.
- They have to have tools, maybe weapons, an axe for sure. Stay low Raga! - Ragnal whispered.
- We cannot fight them...not yet...
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Lumberjack Camp is well guarded... but they have tools Ragnal need to survive

Heil!

Two months have passed since we have published our Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition demo. Thanks to You Vikings we were able to collect a tremendous amount of feedback! Since then we put a lot of hard work into our game to make the Kingdom of Woman a place, where one can truly feel lost... and charmed.
Our brave Viking crashed on enemy territory, lost his equipment and most of the companions. To survive Ragnal need to prepare for his journey and he is Viking after all, he is going to take what he needs straight from the enemy. Preferably without them noticing this... Nec Hercules contra plures...

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Still improving Enemy AI and playing with balance but we like how sneaking feel for now

[h3]Beware cautious guards!:[/h3]
They know somebody could survive a crash

Currently, we are working on:
- New missions
- Enemy AI
- Raga AI (our four-legged friend)
- Wildlife AI
- Improving Visuals and sounds
- and much, much more!

Sjáumst!

Forestlight Games Development Team

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