Great Houses of Calderia News

[h3]Our Summer mini-serie shows all of our key art characters' creation processes. Learn more about the references, artists' inspirations, and even discover the first drafts![/h3]

[h2]Second episode: Camilla[/h2]

As the game is located (supposedly) in the Mediterranean area, we had to take inspiration from South cultures and populations. We found great ideas in popular TV Shows and their characters living in Renaissance-like times. We wanted Camilla to be beautiful, ambitious, and ruthless so we obviously chose strong independent figures as references to create her.

[h3]Camilla's face with its references[/h3]

The inspirations we chose are the Queen Anne Boleyn and Mary Tudor from The Tudors TV Show portraying the British Royal Court in the XVIth century. These two women are strong characters with power.

[h3]Camilla's outfit references and the final look[/h3]

The dresses we used as a reference were the ones worn by Catarina de Lurton in the TV Show Deus Salve o Rei and Lady Margaery in Game of Thrones. The collar, structure, and colors of the dress are thought to be luxurious for a wedding gown in Renaissance times. For the puff sleeves, we took inspiration from an artisanal creation made by A l'entrada Shop. Go see their amazing work!

[h3]Camilla, at her wedding feast[/h3]

Camilla stands out in the final key art with her white gown and the intriguing situation with her mother Letizia and Bast. She seems satisfied with what is happening. We learn in the Story Trailer that Camilla is strategic and comes from a broken family. She arranged this alliance with a wealthy family to give her family members the possibility to enrich themselves and live decently.


We hope you enjoyed diving into our creation processes. We really like to share some "behind-the-scene content". Please, tell us if you're interested to see more, we plan to post one character per Friday during Summer!

To be part of the development process of Great Houses of Calderia or simply chat with the devs, join us on Discord!
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[h3]Today will start our Summer mini-serie on our characters' creation processes. Learn more about their creation process, artists' inspirations, and even discover the first drafts![/h3]

[h2]First episode: Maximilian[/h2]

As the game is located (supposedly) in the Mediterranean area, we had to take inspiration from South cultures and populations.

We wanted Maximilian to look fierce but also strategic. The posture was the most important element to embody this. We immediately thought about having him join his hands to show action of "thinking", "plotting".

[h3]Maximilian's first face and inspirations[/h3]

As you can see here, we selected famous personalities like Willem Dafoe, Daniel Craig, and Iggy Pop for the face references. All of these people are know for their "tough guy" looks they often have. We added the scar to give the character even more a look of the Renaissance times. The Duke went to war and has what we can feel is his 'legacy'.

[h3]Maximilian's first outfit and inspirations[/h3]

The inspiration behind the outfit is more on a luxurious theme. The reddish color of the outfit represents braveness, violence, but also royalty. We wanted to fit the medieval theme with the big sleeves, to give a bit more drama to the scene.

The final touch was to implement it with the key art background. The colors and design needed to be altered a bit to fit the whole scene.

[h3]The Duke, Maximilian, in his fiefdom[/h3]



We hope you enjoyed diving into our creation processes. We really like to share some "behind-the-scene content". Please, tell us if you're interested to see more, we plan to post one character per Friday during Summer!

To be part of the development process of Great Houses of Calderia or simply chat with the devs, join us on Discord!
Great Houses of Calderia Discord: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

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[h3]Juha, our Character Artist, made an accelerated video of the creation process of a companion.[/h3]

In this video, you will see how he's drawing the silhouette, adding colors and lights to make the accountant come to life!

https://youtu.be/XV2JHbv3IFc
What are companions?
Companions are units used in social conflicts, much like soldiers are used in battles. They also give players a glimpse of the culture and every life of Calderia.
Their appearance is based on Renaissance dress mixed with classical antiquity and a splash of fantasy elements.


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During the Steam Next Fest, we had two broadcasts of the developers playing the demo of Great Houses of Calderia.

Missed them? Don't worry! They are now available on our Youtube channel.

[h3]Creative Director and Game Designer sharing some anecdotes while playing the game:[/h3]
https://youtu.be/9zRO454WUX8
[h3]Community Managers fooling around and explaining the origin of the Great Houses of Calderia's name:[/h3]
https://youtu.be/ayDveIURUzs

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During the past few days, you have been reporting some issues like crashes and bugs. You also sent us some suggestions and based on your feedback, we just pushed a new update.

The demo has now received some slight changes and bug fixes thanks to you. We collect your feedback really carefully. Don't hesitate to share it with us!

We hope you enjoy the demo!

[h2]Patch note[/h2]
[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Crashes
  
• Bugs
  
• Happiness tooltip text
  

[h3]Improvements:[/h3]

• Resource prices and durations added to the event screen
  
• Companion tooltips added to conflict resolution setup
  
• Button to remove 'overseer'
  
• Fiefdom banner update
  
• Event when character changes age group
  
• Trade-related social conflict slot arrangement changed
  
• Graphics settings
  
• Loading screen with image
  

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