Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall News

👑 Your Grace 👑

THIS is the time you have been waiting for!

We are pleased to announce that the closed Beta to Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall will be available on 10th of November at 4pm GMT!

**We cannot wait for you to get a taste of the excitement we have been feeling the past few months!**

What kind of king will **you** decide to be? Follow up with all your favourite family members and experience a sample of the amazing story we have in store for you!

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More details will follow in the next few days, in the meantime, join our [Discord]
community to share your thoughts, questions and feedback.

Stay brave xx

Brave At Night Team

Ever wondered how the process of making games looks like? Read on for exclusive sneak peaks into what we’ve been up to recently.

[h3]Refreshed UI[/h3]

The user interface (UI) plays a significant role in the game, acting as a frame to a painting. Now that we have finalized all systems and gameplay elements, it's time to enhance the UI!


Unfortunately, we can't share everything just yet. However, we have some exciting updates including new textures, frames, buttons, animations, and icons. Additionally, we have introduced a brand new way to display your inventory and available agents! Take a look at all the details below:

characters used below are for illustration purposes only

Inventory and Agent panel

New frames and icons

New resources levels 👀

Each agent will now have its own menu.

Marketplace, where you will be able to purchase items.

This new UI is likely to go through some more iterations before the final game release but we hope you like it so far!

Stay Brave,

Alina

We are delighted to announce that our highly anticipated kingdom management RPG - Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall is joining the Story Rich Game Festival. This event, which will be held on October 2-8 on Steam, is a true celebration of exceptional games that revolve around captivating and immersive journeys. We are excited to showcase our game and be a part of this incredible festival that honors the art of storytelling in the gaming industry.

There are many other amazing games featured in the event, so be sure to check them out and build up that Wishlist list!!

Check out the event here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tellmeastory2023

We are putting in a tremendous amount of effort to bring you an incredibly captivating storyline. Our team is working tirelessly to ensure that every aspect of the game is carefully crafted to provide you with an unforgettable storyline. As part of our commitment to keeping you engaged and involved, we occasionally share exclusive snippets and sneak peeks on our Discord channel. We invite you to join our server and be a part of the excitement as we collectively anticipate the release of the game. Your support and enthusiasm mean the world to us, and we can't wait to embark on this incredible journey with you! 😍

Discord Invite

A very exciting progress update on Snowfall this month! Read on to get a little sneak peak of some new animations, concept art and plans for the future!

As our team prepares for the Autumn months and we work comfortably wrapped in cosy blankets, we are getting ready to release a Beta build for all of you to try very soon. Keep an eye on the news here for updates! The Beta version will allow you to play through the first hour of the game, featuring random queue quests, new characters and our brand new management mechanics. We're excited to hear your feedback on these new systems!
In the past month we have organised a little field trip to the castle that inspired it all - Malbork castle in Gdansk.



We have gathered some interesting textures, stories and historical facts to help us make the game even more interesting! - Did you know the castle, built in 1400s, had underfloor heating?!


In the meantime, the team has been diligently working on a chapter system. Have been writing captivating main storyline dialogues for chapter III, and also putting a lot of effort effort towards creating numerous new animations that will enhance the overall visual experience.












We also have some lovely concept art pieces for new scenes and some that are already in game!



I'm thrilled to share that the development of the game is going at a fantastic pace right now, and I couldn't be happier to inform you that we are not only meeting but also surpassing all of our milestones and marketing goals. We've been making remarkable progress, and I'm excited to announce that next month is going to be jam-packed with exciting updates. Get ready for new reveals, a fresh and revamped UI, and an epic new trailer that will surely blow you away!

[h2]Unity, Unity, Unity🙄[/h2]

Game development never goes smoothly, and this time is no exception. We have encountered several challenges along the way. Recently, the game engine we use, Unity, announced significant changes to their pricing structure. In addition to the monthly fee, we may also have to pay additional fees based on the number of game installs after a certain threshold. This will have an impact on both Yes, Your Grace and Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall, especially if we decide to participate in subscription-based or charity programs on various platforms. These programs can greatly increase the number of game installs.

We have had numerous discussions in the studio this week, and while we are disappointed with Unity's decisions, we are too far into development to switch engines. Doing so would result in major release delays. We have dedicated years to building our own development workflows and tools around Unity, so this is not a decision we take lightly. However, for future projects, we are likely to explore different game engines.


If you haven’t already, add the game to your wishlist and if you are enjoying these development updates make sure to click that thumbs up button


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373090/Yes_Your_Grace_Snowfall/

The love and excitement we have been receiving from you folks in the past couple of months has been incredible 😍 It’s honestly so rewarding and motivating to see so many of you awaiting the sequel patiently, we’re trying our best to make it the best sequel you’ve played.

We wanted to share a small development writeup to keep you folks updated.

Firstly - we have reached a BIG milestone of writing the entire overarching storyline from start to finish, which means we now know what will be happening to each major character. Check out this sneak peak:



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We have spent a lot of time nailing down management design for the game and we think you’re going to love it! We have focused on making it very approachable and easy to understand, but it will have a ton of depth. We’ll talk some more about the design soon, but in the meantime here is a little behind the scenes on how the prototype design process looked like:



Our team is fully remote, which means we couldn't all be in one place to play the prototype, but we found a way:




Lastly, our team grew 😲 we have welcomed two new team members this month, Leigh, who will bring you to tears with her magnificent dialogue writing skills and Natalia who helps to keep our chaotic team in check.

While we’re working hard, we’d love to hear from you - what are you looking forward to the most? Seeing character stories, resource management or something else? Do you have any feature requests? Now would be the time to share those, we’re here to listen ❤️

Don’t forget this week is No More Robots anniversary sale, they have a ton of very cool games and they are all on sale - check those out here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nmr2023

One last thing, Yes, Your Grace is on a very big sale this week, so if it’s still on your wishlist, now is the perfect time to grab it at a bargain!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1115690/Yes_Your_Grace/



[h3]One VERY last thing, I promise - don’t forget to wishlist Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall! Wishlists are super important to us so if you’d like to support us, click the Wishlist button 🥺[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373090/Yes_Your_Grace_Snowfall/

Brave At Night team
xxx