Great Houses of Calderia News

[h3]We are glad to announce that we will be taking part in the upcoming Steam Next Fest![/h3]
The event will start on June 13th and end on the 20th.

We are proud to share our first-ever public demo! We can't wait to hear your feedback about it.

[h2]Play the demo[/h2]



To dive into the game and give you some exclusive info, we will be running two developer livestreams / AMAs on our Steam page:

• The Creative Director and Game Designer play the game and share some anecdotes on Tuesday 06.14.2022 at 8pm EEST
  
• Community Managers play the demo! on Thursday 06.16.2022 at 8pm EEST
  

Make sure to click the 'set a reminder' button to not miss the streams.

We work closely with the community. Join our Discord to get involved in the development of Great Houses of Calderia: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

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[h3]Find our Announcement trailer here:[/h3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWrEpqnsLo
It is the trailer we are going to analyze today. Learn more about how we proceed to create it from scratch.

First, we created the first draft of what we want to show in the trailer. The names of the characters were not determined at this time. It only came some weeks after, and the community could vote for the names.



Then, we had to write the lyrics, because we wanted to tell a story around these visuals. We iterated many times on them, to finally have to ones you all know:
I and my family are doing what we can to rise in the ranks of the Great Houses of Calderia,
The marriage of Bast to the daughter of our strongest rivals will secure important lands and funds to our House.
My son Bast had such a promise, but disasters struck again and again, a poet... really?
Then he met Camilla and now our Houses will be united!

Then, we needed to find someone, a voice, to embody The Duke. We selected Jonathan (Jono) Oldham for his strong powerful voice. Find his work here. He did 3 different takes for the Duke's voice. We selected the one you can now hear.



To go with The Duke's voice, we needed a piece of good music that could also fit the video and its dynamic. We chose Royalty-free music since we did not have a theme at that time. The music is called 'The Crown' by Alexander Nakarada: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

You can hear the theme Janne Kariniemi, our sound director, created for Great Houses of Calderia in the second trailer we shared last month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RToRy4bv69o

After selecting all the above elements, we had to record qualitative in-game footage for the video.

Then, Resistance Games, the development studio of the game, made some magic, edited, and created the Announcement trailer you all know!


Do you want to see more? Join our Discord to get involved in the development of Great Houses of Calderia: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

- Great Houses of Calderia Team -

[h3]One of the most important things in strategy games is the map.[/h3]
Indeed, for players to oversee their kingdom, how they progressed, and check what happens in the neighborhood, that's necessary!

The first version of the world map was this one:


As Antti, game designer, said on the Great Houses of Calderia's Discord: "This is what the map of Calderia looked like when I designed the layout of it to the artists. Surprisingly, quite little has changed from the original designs."

And yes, it hasn't changed that much! We were really confident with the overall look of the map. We especially appreciate its bright Mediterranean colors.

Have a look at our last version of the map (still a work in progress):


[h3]So what do you think of the current Great Houses of Calderia's map?[/h3]


See these elements in preview in our Discord! Join us there to chat with the team and get involved in the development of Great Houses of Calderia: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

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[h2]We just posted our new Story Trailer - Camilla's Plan:[/h2] https://youtu.be/RToRy4bv69o
Learn more about Camilla and her story in Calderia. Life was not always easy for her!


Join us on Discord to chat with the team and get involved in the development of Great Houses of Calderia: https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J

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[h2]Register to our 2nd public playtest: HERE [/h2]

Our playtest session will start on May 6, 2022 (5PM CEST). New features will be available. Plus, we polished the actual content and corrected some bugs.


Great Houses of Calderia, is an upcoming Grand Strategy PC game mixing GOT and Crusader Kings. In the playtest, the player will have the tools to manage both battles and social conflicts at a strategic level in a fantasy renaissance setting.

[h3]To play the Great Houses of Calderia Beta, you will need to:[/h3]
1. Fill this form: Register Now.
2. Then, we will contact you very soon with a key to play the Beta.
3. You'll be able to write your feedback in our Discord or in the Steam discussion especially created for the occasion.

[h3]Your feedback is really important to us![/h3]


Don't forget to join our Discord to chat with the devs: https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://discord.gg/vsxD6n8P8J
Register to the playtest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YwWIGtKNv1w9iDjly_tn_hpw_mMG2NGd6Px61BqIhGc

- Great Houses of Calderia Team -