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K2: Digital Edition Demo is Available on macOS!

Get ready to reach new heights with K2: Digital Edition, a demo is available and live for macOS on Steam! 🏔️ Whether you're scaling cliffs, navigating tricky paths, or taking in breathtaking views, every step of this journey is designed to challenge and thrill.



Download the demo today and start the adventure! Your feedback is crucial as we work towards developing the game! 🧗‍♂️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2561310/K2_Digital_Edition/

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Acram Digital has officially become the publisher of K2!

We are proud to announce that Acram Digital has officially become the publisher of K2: Digital Edition! 🤝

K2 brings the thrill of climbing Earth’s second-highest and one of the most dangerous mountains - right to your screen. Compete against AI with 3 difficulty levels, challenge your friends in real-time or asynchronous multiplayer, test your skills in a fast-paced single-player campaign or face the journey alone. 🧭 The game is easy to learn but hard to survive, offering a gripping and fun experience. Check the weather forecast regularly to adjust for freezing and severe conditions, and aim for the right weather window to set up your camp. 🏔️



Plus, the public demo is live on Steam - so you can get a taste of the challenge every day! Don’t miss out on the adventure - add it to your wishlist and be among the first to conquer K2’s deadly summit! 🥳

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2561310/K2_Digital_Edition/

The current list of peaks that players will be able to climb:

  • K2
  • Broad Peak
  • Mount Everest
  • Lhotse


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K2 on Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice!

We are proud to say that K2: Digital Edition
is one of the presented demos at Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice! on Steam!

It's an event organized by Auroch Digital. Fest to celebrate various tabletop games!

Try K2: Digital Edition demo or grab up to 90% discount for other digital board games
and digital tabletop games.

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tabletopfest

Do developers sometimes treat players as testers? Our thoughts about testing

We have just released an upgraded demo. We believe we fixed all major issues.

But the first version of the demo was out in December, and we were pretty certain we already had a decent game at that moment. But it had a few problems we didn't even know about.



We tested a lot with players to see how well they did. And we think there are a few reasons why we (and sometimes other developers) missed at some points:

  • We have been looking at K2 almost every day since late 2022. We do not see our own mistakes.
  • Tested people knew they are tested and pay more attention to read popups than regular players (and thus rules were more clear for them)
  • testers knew we were developers. And people do not want to hurt your fillings and are more friendly than independent reviewers.
  • too few testers - if you have limited resources, there are always too few testers. And you always missed some issue which are
  • no time / no money: In software development all projects take twice as long as you assumed. Every single time :) So in a lot of cases you simply do not have money to fix those. Sometimes you already have a release date and you do not have time to work on issues. So you improve after release.
  • From the user's perspective it always looks like developers are lazy :) We have experience, but every game is different. And it's why we make mistakes in the process. Simple as that. Hope we are at least learning.


Devon Games is just me and a friend working in our free time. When we realized there is more issues that we expected we simple delayed release date by 2 months (we did not announce it anyway so no damage done)

What have we improved in the demo?
  • We actually rewrote the tutorial. Additionally we create micro tasks to give more context for the user
  • Improved visibility of the board. Rethink which informations are really needed and slightly modify how we present other
  • added extra information how far is to each space and what the shortest path is (see screen below)
  • tooltips (will be more)
  • tons of small fixes not worth to enumerate them here
  • It appears that players love or hate our camera controller. So we add alternative mode (but it is story for completely new devblog)


Play a demo and use the Feedback button!
Let’s create a great adaptation of K2 together.