Sons of Valhalla News

Steam Next Fest
We will be attending the Steam Next Fest on Monday, February 6th - 13th. That means that you will have the chance to check out and play our demo from the 6th - 13th. Expect about two hours of gameplay with Thorald, Hallstein and Valgard! Make sure you don’t miss it!

State of the game
We worked through the feedback we got from the first demo and implemented all the necessary changes, right in time to celebrate the Steam Next Fest with our new demo. This new demo will be enjoyable through the events happening in 2023.
The next step is now to add or further develop some basic features. This includes, for example, the possibility to save your game.

Voice-over
We gave it a try and we really liked it, so here is the great news: All dialogues in SoV will be fully voiced at least in English. Other languages are to be discussed.

Kickstarter Rewards reminder
About 3 months ago we reached out to all backers of the following tiers: For Eternity, Love Carving, Statue Designer, to find out how they imagined their reward to be. Unfortunately, only 1/3 of the backers have responded yet. If you're one of those missing backers, please check your Kickstarter mailbox and follow the instructions. Please be aware that we will no longer be able to implement rewards for the final version after a certain point in time! So hurry up!

That's all for now! If you have any questions, you are very welcome to join our discord!
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Sons of Valhalla Team

Hello folks, we have another update for you!

IG Rewards
We have processed the first visible rewards in the game. Specifically, these are "Statue Designer", "For Eternity", "Portrait" and "Love Carving". The Bakers who purchased this reward received a message on Kickstarter with further information.

Discord
Anyone who's been on Discord lately will have noticed that we're now using Discord's new forum system for our main chat channels. We hope to get a better overview by that - both for you and for us.

Release date
Thanks to the constructive feedback from our community we decided to overhaul some systems. As a result, it is unfortunately no longer possible for us to stick the release date in December. We have set the third quarter of 2023 as the new date. We’re sorry and hope you're not too disappointed, but we really want to do everything we can to give you the best gaming experience possible.

New alpha demo
In the upcoming days we will release the first revisions for all alpha testers. It's not everything what we envision for a 1.0 demo, but we're adding new stuff every day. The demo also includes bug fixes. Due to the many changes, however, new bugs can occur, which is why the demo is only published for the alpha testers.

If you have any questions, you are very welcome to join our discord!
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Sons of Valhalla Team

Hello folks, we have another update for you! As announced in the last update, we are currently overhauling several systems:


The new rune system will replace the old techtree and it's almost ready. We needed a lot more time for this system than planned, but we believe that it was worth it. Runes can still be found in the world or looted from enemies. But not every rune is the same:

Rarity
There are 4 rarities: Common, Rare , Epic and Legendary. All rarities are identified by different colors. The runes attribute is enhanced by the rarity. For example, a common rune has a damage value of +10 and a legendary +30. This system is not new, but it offers a lot of variety and a high replay value.

Categories/Slots
As you already know from the old Techtree system, there will be 4 categories. Each category has a limited number of free slots that can be expanded as the game progresses. For example you still have the option to focus on the fight first and then take care of your economy later.



The new dialogue system wasn't much of a challenge. However, it took a while to create portraits of each character. Maybe you already recognize some of them 😉


We created the new system for a greater visibility of text at distance. For all couch potatoes, and later on for the console versions.


Closing remarks
Due to the conversion of the old system, we are a little behind our roadmap-timesheet. But we are still making good progress! We were able to win new pixel artists who do an incredibly good job! The team is motivated, what else could you ask for?

If you have any questions, you are very welcome to join our discord!
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Sons of Valhalla Team

Hello folks! We are participate in the Steam Dreamhack-Beyond event. The event runs from May 31st - June 6th and we provided a Demo for it. So everyone can play Sons of Valhalla until June 6th. The demo is already live, so go check it out!

Sons of Valhalla has been in the news recently, so we wanted to share a few articles that have come out in the last couple of weeks, including new screenshots and details about the game.

https://www.pcgamer.com/beautiful-pixels-meet-brutal-vikings-in-this-sidescrolling-base-builder/

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/sons-of-valhalla-invites-you-to-build-fortress-and-besiege-others

https://cogconnected.com/2022/04/sons-of-valhalla-2d-singleplayer-viking-combat/

Sons of Valhalla can be wishlisted here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1409830/