Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch News

Greetings, Dungeon Monarchs!

The Early Access Launch of Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch is right around the corner; the game will be launching into Early Access tomorrow! So, it's definitely about time for you to prepare for what awaits you in our mixture of deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay!

To learn more about it please read the following summary of what to expect from Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch tomorrow. This is the Early Access launch in a nutshell:

• Keep the intruders at bay, in a gameplay loop that blends card game and auto battler mechanics
  
• Place your units strategically on the battlefield and defeat your dungeon against mortal intruders and strong heroes
  
• Focus your strategies around 16 different factions with their own unique cards, buildings and synergies
  
• Collect over 160 cards, utilize nearly 70 perks to upgrade your defending lines, and cast unique and epic spells with your Monarch
  
• Fight 7 Legendary Hero Bosses in Early Access
  
• Train the foes you've beaten on the battlefield and add them to your troops, upgrade your Monarch, improve your synergies with new blueprints and optimize your deck by unlocking new card packs
  
• Follow a traitor's story and reveal the truth behind your dangerous visions, or play in free mode and see if you have what it takes to survive 16 legendary battles

That's it! That's the current state of Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch for the Early Access launch. But this is just the beginning: over the next months we will add more content, balance and optimize the game according to the Early Access Roadmap below! This is what the next few months have in store for you:





See you tomorrow in the depths of the dungeon!
Minho & Dvora Studio


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753600/Vambrace_Dungeon_Monarch/

Happy Monday, Dungeon Monarchs!

We know that a lot of you out there were fans of Vambrace: Cold Soul, and you are wondering how exactly Dungeon Monarch is going to feature the world and lore of the Vambrace universe. After all, it is a completely different style of game than Cold Soul.

But there are some things we can share without spoiling the story of Dungeon Monarch!

First of all, we return to the world of Ethera! You will realise soon into the journey that the eponymous Dungeon is, in fact, located on the continent of Edena. This is the continent of human culture in the world of the Vambrace. Humans from the continent of Edena are referred to as Edeni, of which you will meet plenty on your journey, and you may remember that Evelia Lyric (the heroine of Cold Soul) was Edeni.

On the continent of Edena there exists an expansive human empire, with many different free cities, each with their own goals and ambitions. You will both come up against, and ally with, characters from many of these cities and there will be some familiar faces from the Cold Souls world ... but we won’t say any more on that front, so that you can discover this for yourself.

Finally, if you played Cold Soul, you will be right at home among many familiar terms that are shared across the world of Ethera. All of the races you came to know and love are here: from Human to Sylvani Elf to Drow to Foxier to Dwarf, and even the alien race of the Archons.

... okay, okay! We will give you one tiny spoiler. You will once again meet the Guardians from the Alliance in Dungeon Monarch, but this time from a much different perspective than you may remember from Cold Soul. This time around they are dangerous, powerful, and are eager to crush the player’s Dungeon. Maybe you’re not going to be on the side you thought you were?

Well, there's not too much time left until you can find out tomorrow! Until then, please do us a favor and click on "Follow" as well as "Add To Your Wishlist". That would really help us a lot. ❤️

Have a great start into the new week all!
Minho & Dvora Studio


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Greetings Dungeon Monarchs!

It's about time to announce the Early Access release date for Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch! In one and a half weeks our mix of deck-building, tactics, auto-battling, and dungeon defense will open its gates: more precisely on January 21!

To celebrate this announcement we have published a new trailer showcasing the various gameplay elements of Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Ep9THyfok

And if you're as excited as we are and can't wait for the release, please do us a favor and click on "Follow" as well as "Add To Your Wishlist". That would really help us a lot. ❤️

Talk to you again really soon!
Minho & Dvora Studio


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753600/Vambrace_Dungeon_Monarch/

Happy Steam Next Fest kick-off day, friends!

Once again, it's about time for the fabulous Steam Next Fest! Until October 21 an endlessly large number of demos are live here on Steam, connected to hundreds of streams, developer specials, and much more. Exciting times for sure, and you definitely don't want to miss out!

Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch is part of the Next Fest circus as well! The demo includes the first two main stages including the first boss, running you through the tutorial and teaching you the basic combat mechanics and how the turn-based combat works.

We really hope you will enjoy playing our demo! If you're having a good time, please do us a favour and click on "Follow" as well as on "Add To Your Wishlist". If you want to give us feedback on the demo (highly appreciated!), please do so in our online survey, leave your feedback in the Steam Community Hub, or on our Discord channel. That would really help us a lot!

Happy Steam Next Fest to all of you!
Minho, Dvora Studio & Headup


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753600/Vambrace_Dungeon_Monarch/

Greetings, Dungeon Monarchs!

There are many roguelike game genres out there. Extreme replayability and randomization, game situations that change every time you play again and again, and high difficulty levels that are not easily solved on the first try...

Without unlockables and specialized skill techniques over multiple play-throughs, it's hard to beat the game and see the ending. But this genre has the advantage of being enjoyable for a long time. If you don't get bored, of course.

But in a way, I personally don't like the idea of constant failure and replayability for "one step forward". All of our games have some sort of narrative structure to them, and the narrative has an introduction, it has an arc, and it requires the player to successfully navigate through what's come before in order to get to the conclusion.

So the roguelike genre is actually something we don't do very often (even though some of the team really enjoy it), and we've learned a lot from our previous game, Vambrace: Cold Soul.

The difficulty curve in this game is also designed to not encourage players to fail, and we're hoping that after a long battle, you'll achieve something in this dungeon. Of course, there's a lot of randomness that keeps the game from becoming repetitive, but it's entirely up to the player to try out different legion (synergy) combinations to keep the game fresh. (In other words, it's a game where we want the player's choices to enrich the game).

Regardless, it's a game with rogue-elements. However, I would like to point out to players that there is the main dish out of the genre, and it can be eaten multiple times, because the rouge-lite sauces are varied to make the main dish delicious.

That's it for the "roguelike" part of Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch! Next time I will tell you more about the Monarch. And if you like what you read (or have played with our demo), please do us a favour and click on "Follow" as well as "Add To Your Wishlist". That would really help us a lot. ❤️

Talk to you again really soon!
Minho & Dvora Studio


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753600/Vambrace_Dungeon_Monarch/