Abalon News

Hi everyone -

First off, I’m so grateful and excited to welcome so many new players to Summoners Fate. I’m overjoyed by the positive reviews you’ve written already, and I hope to do my best to win over the couple negative ones by addressing your concerns as quickly as possible. Your feedback is invaluable in supporting us take the game to the next level, so please keep this up. Truly, thank you!

I also appreciate your bug reports and giving me the chance to fix these for you. I’ve personally read everyone’s feedback, and I’m planning another game update for Monday with some new content and QoL fixes you’ve recommended. For today, I wanted to address the most urgent issues.

[h2]Here’s the changes:[/h2]

• Fixed bug where the game threw exception during battles where the player or AI used knockback abilities (most commonly occurred with Battle Mage or when using Gust of Wind). This was a tricky bug to solve, but was responsible for the majority of the reported issues so far. Effectively, what happened was the AI was measuring the trajectory of the knockback differently than player (the player space has awareness of the entire world grid, while the AI only knows about the current battlefield) and that little bit of difference made the math round differently, and so the AI would think it’s characters had been pushed to a different space than the player. We call this a "desync error" because each player sees a different game state.
  
• Fixed bug where the AI would throw an exception for attempting to simulate summoning creatures after the player had died during its turn (another "desync error").
  
• Fixed bug that threw exception "Error: Target id cannot be 0" when either opening the map or moving your character while entering or exiting a shop.
  

Our next most pressing issue is to resolve the "Game Won’t Run on M1 Macs" - and we have a dedicated support thread for it with progress updates and workaround solutions here.

Much appreciated,

~Ross

After six years in development, a lot of hard work and a whole lotta love, I'm pleased to announce that Summoners Fate has officially launched on Steam!

Buy the game now in Early Access and become part of an amazing journey to shape the future of development and help Summoners Fate become the premier tactical deckbuilder experience.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681840/Summoners_Fate/



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Yesterday was a very exciting day for Summoners Fate! Not one, but two amazing Youtubers famous for playing roguelike indie games released videos on their respective channels: Wanderbots and Retromation.

We're super grateful and delighted that they enjoyed playing Summoners Fate.

Here's the videos, so sit back, and enjoy!

"I’m impressed… I’m pleasantly surprised. This is not like anything I’ve ever played…while being a little like everything I’ve ever played" - Retromation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3-S3D0gltE

"This is a solid deck builder roguelike. It’s got a lot of features that I love. It plays completely differently from a lot of other ones on the market [closer to Hearthstone or MtG]. It is a ton of fun." - Wanderbots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4RdCFfW9w

You get Summoners Fate!


Roll D20's to pass fate encounters and recruit new members to your party!


Unleash devasting combos with deep turn-based tactics combat where position, facing and terrain all play an important role in battle!


Choose from over 300 cards to build your perfect deck!

Join us during our Next Fest Broadcast to see gameplay in action and ask any questions you like in our developer Q&A!

Greetings Steam players!

In our Next Fest debut of Summoners Fate, we're bringing the tabletop fantasy world to life with an epic fusion of turn-based tactics and strategic deckbuilding.


Are you ready to hurl squirrels at the Liche King? I mean, how else does one defeat a life stealing undead overlord?

[h2]Summoners Fate Demo[/h2]
We're kicking things off with a killer demo, new and improved for the Next Fest. Here's what to expect:

• Claim the staff of squirrel hurling, rain firey death upon menacing goblins, and rescue a cosmic tortoise (and that's just the tutorial).
  
• Play the first chapter of adventure mode with the Druid where you must dungeon crawl into the chambers of the dreaded Liche King and face his heinous undead horde.
  
• Unlock the Battle Mage and return to the dungeons in advanced and hardcore modes with all new tactics and cards to try.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo our progression system and check out all of the 300+ cards and 84 achievements you can unlock in the full game. You'll be able to unlock cards associated with the two playable characters in the demo and your progress will carry over into the full game (available June 20th, right after Next Fest ends).
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Customize your Summoner's starting deck with cards you've unlocked from previous runs.
  
• NEW for Next Fest on June 13: Demo Battle mode. Choose from either the Squirrel Hurlers or Hard Knocks All-star teams (once you've unlocked them) and even customize your own deck from the cards and characters you've unlocked through adventures and battle against the AI's teams in gratifying 5-7 minute battles.
  

[h2]Developer Live Stream Let's Play + Q&A[/h2]
Throughout the Next Fest, we'll also be broadcasting footage of the Early Access build so you can get a peak at the exciting content in store for you at the end of the week when our game launches on June 20th.

We'll also be hosting 2 Live Q&A sessions during our scheduled broadcast times via the chat channel, which you can access here.

The first will start Tuesday 6AM PT / 2PM BST and run 4 hours until 10AM PT / 6PM BST.
Tip: Click the "Set a reminder" option at the top of this page.

Our second Q&A will be announced later during the Next Fest. Wishlist Summoners Fate to receive notifications as soon as these are announced.

We'll also do our best to answer any questions in our broadcast loops throughout the event.



Here's what to expect:

[h2]Ever-Changing Adventure[/h2]

Explore an ever-changing open world inspired by classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, D&D and Magic the Gathering. Collect and roll D20 to put fate in your favor and recruit new party members.

[h2]Accessible Strategic Depth[/h2]

Battle on the grid with deep yet intuitive combat mechanics. Your position, facing and environment matter in ways never before seen in a tactical RPG.

[h2]Turn-Based Combat Fused with Card Mechanics[/h2]

Play cards to summon skeletal legions, rain meteor showers upon your enemies, gravity blast foes across the map, mind control your opponents and even travel through time!

[h2]Creative Deck Building[/h2]

Customize your team and your deck to create powerful synergies. Discover new strategies and win in the most satisfying ways possible!

[h2]Community Driven Design[/h2]

Become a part of a warm and welcoming community of players. Here are D20Studios, we are community-driven developers and our greatest designs (like our super-slap treant) were the result of direct collaboration with our players. Help us shape Summoners Fate into the premier tabletop roguelike.

[h2]Helpful Links:[/h2]
- Steam discussion board: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1681840/discussions/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/d20studios
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/d20studio
- Email: [email protected]

See you on the battlefield!

~Ross (Discord: RossD20Studios#2359)