Zoeti News

Hey, adventurers!

Oil your armor, sharpen your blades, and prepare your spells, Zoeti is now out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VCnbPaE7ck

Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.

[h3]Features[/h3]

• A Royal Flush - Every ability is associated with a poker hand; the more complex the hand, the more impactful the ability!
  
• Create a Powerful Arsenal - Upgrade, purchase, or quest for new skills for your runs. Discover new synergies to overcome your opposition and create mechanically rich strategies.
  
• Your Choices Have Consequences - Risk everything on a tough fight with an exceptional reward or take the easy path to guarantee victory.
  
• Meet Fuzzy Friends - From Winfred the cheerful innkeeper with a powerful secret to Rabelle, the devious scoundrel just as likely to trick you as to help you.
  
• Endless Possibilities - Three different game modes playable with three different characters at five different difficulties featuring dozens of different builds and hundreds of different enemies... Every run is unique!
  

To celebrate the launch of Zoeti, Zoeti is launching with a 10% discount!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1434540/Zoeti/

Remember to give Zoeti a review when you play it!

-Riv Otter

Hey adventurers,

Get your decks ready, Zoeti is coming out this Thursday!

I want to go through the exciting things happening this week in celebration of the launch!

Today content creators that got early access may start streaming Zoeti today! Be sure to give them a watch if you want to get a sneak peek!

My good friend Buddy, our marketing lead, will be streaming Zoeti on Thursday at 9am (an early day for him) to celebrate the launch! He’s going to try to beat Story Mode without losing a run so I think now’s a good time to redeem that “Buddy Must Die” reward!

https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames

I hope to see you guys on Thursday with the Launch of Zoeti!

- Riv Otter

Hey, adventurers!

It’s time to go into a deeper dive on the second playable character, Alves! An elusive trickster, Alves knows how to hamstring her enemies' quickest attacks, evade their most devastating blows, and make them bleed for every swing they take. Play Alves if you like outsmarting opponents with clever ploys and deadly combos.

If you want to learn more about Alves, then check out the Alves spotlight where my good friend Buddy goes into a deeper dive into this assassin.

https://youtu.be/p5Qsb0adkzY

-Riv Otter

Hey, adventurers!

I’m excited to finally talk about Zoeti and some of the strategies that go into each run! In this dev log, I’m going to break down the choices that go into your decisions on the map. In the future, I’ll talk about each turn, the different character playstyles, and more.

Choosing the best path will be a foundational skill for each run you begin. One wrong move on the map can lead to the run ending or receiving tons of preventable damage. Each path will have its own layout and rewards for completing them and those rewards can be sand dollars that you use in shops, accessory items to help in battle, skills to refine your build, items which can swing a battle, and soulstone fragments which help you upgrade your abilities. Understanding which each path brings will help evaluate the risks and rewards of each path.



Each node in the path contains a different interaction that triggers when you arrive there the lines connecting the nodes show where you can travel next. At the end of the path, there will be a special encounter such as an elite battle or boss that you must face in order to continue on.

[h2]Type of Spaces[/h2]


[h3]Enemy[/h3]

The enemy will be the most common node on the path. Here you can expect a battle with various enemies. For beating the enemies, you can gain sand coins for shops, soulstone fragments to upgrade your character, and a skill to add to your deck.

[h3]Shop[/h3]

At shop nodes, you can use your sand coins to buy accessories and items. Accessories are passive buffs that affect battle and items help turn the tide of battle when you activate them.

[h3]Campfire[/h3]

Campfire nodes allow you to heal and mediate. You can rest, healing 25% of your hp and meditate, upgrading your skills or abilities using soulstone fragments. These are most common right before the end of the path.

[h3]Idol[/h3]

When you go to an idol node, you will discover an idol to one of the game’s four gods that will give you up to four different options. Early in the game, you’ll be presented with two choices: One free, one costing a small amount for a small boon. But as you progress deeper, idols will progressively offer you more and more powerful accessories and items for higher and higher costs.. Different idols will have different rewards and costs, depending on which of the four gods you’re asking for favor. Keep an eye out for another devlog in the not-too-distant future showing off the four gods and what powerful items they have on offer!.

[h3]Boss[/h3]

You have made it! You hit the final node at the end of the path where you will have your toughest fight! Will it be a boss monster demanding all your skill, power and cunning? Will it be an elite battle, pitting you against a collection of the strongest fiends on the field? Will it be an event battle, where you fight against waves of enemies without the opportunity to rest? Will you need to defend on the altars of the gods from assailing monsters, teaming up with other star envoys to do so? Depends on your map and its pathing!

That is everything in the map! Remember to choose your path carefully and plan ahead in your route. That can be the difference between a successful run and a failed one. My good friend Buddy has been streaming Zoeti on Fridays, which will include this upcoming Friday for some brand new game content!. If you would like to get notified when he goes live, join the Akupara Games Discord!

- Riv Otter

Hey, adventurers!

With the release of Zoeti coming very soon on April 20th, I want to take the time to focus on the playable characters. Today we focus on the first playable character you will play as, Valentina, who focuses on increasing her strength to deal massive damage and increasing her armor to limit the damage she take!

Check out the Valentina Adventurer Spotlight to learn more about Valentina's playstyle and a couple builds you can use to get through the different evils that infect the lands.

https://youtu.be/Jsugk2wK8-Q

-Riv Otter