The Royal Writ News

The Fool King is dead, long live the Deckbuilder King. The Decking, if you will. Publishers Yogscast Games have announced that festive card-based roguelite The Royal Writ will launch on 7th August.

The Royal Writ seems pretty spesh, and yet, we have never covered it before, because we are blundering philistines. Sorry about that. In our defence, this is yet another cousin of Balatro on some level, and there's only so many of those I can process in one year before my thumbs and eyes swell up in protest. But based on a quick snort of the Steam demo, The Royal Writ stands apart thanks to 1) immensely jovial animated storybook visuals 2) an interesting set of card sacrifice mechanics. Here is a trailer.

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The moment ye have all been awaiting has arrived! Following our grand reveal at the Secret Sauce Showcase, we are thrilled to announce that The Royal Writ shall be released upon the realm to all you eager and loyal subjects on August 7th! [/p][p][/p][p]Mark thy calendars, for on this auspicious date, all strategists may finally command their full army of warriors in the complete campaign of sacrifice and glory! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]🎬 New Trailer![/h3][p]Our court scribes have prepared moving images to commemorate this momentous occasion! Witness the splendour that awaits thee in our official release date trailer - [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]The time draws near when permanent consequences and strategic sacrifice shall be yours to command in full![/p][p][/p][p]Be sure to wishlist The Royal Writ and join the Discord legion to stay up to date with all things The Royal Writ. Fear not - our demo shall tide thee over until the glorious day![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]P.S., did you hear Ludwig call our game very wishlistable? He's not wrong. It is. It's addictive. Sometimes I play it for so long I forget I'm actually meant to be working.[/p]

[p]Wake up Kingdom, it's time for another From The Court! We love asking the devs about their inspirations and thought processes during development and sharing them when you![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Have you ever paid much attention to the background in game?[/h3][p][/p][p]I know I wanted to put little animations everywhere in the game, because generally not a lot of deckbuilders use 2d hand-drawn animations, and us working with it all the time it seemed like an opportunity to stand out visually this way. While it is a ton of work going through all the traditional animation phases (layout-animation-cleanup-coloring) it has such a unique vibe that we didn’t want to cut corners in this way.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]One example is that all the backgrounds have little characters going about their day, all of them do something fun if you happen to take a look at it.[/p][p][/p][p]We love the little details![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Secret Sauce is TOMORROW??[/h3][p][/p][p]Y'all. Time has simply crept up on us. We've been so so excited for this event and to hopefully welcome loads of new people into our royal and amazing kingdom humble little community! The debut showcase premieres at 11 AM PDT / 2 PM EST / 7 PM BST / 8 PM CEST. ICYMI: We've got a pretty exciting announcement during the showcase so you definitely don't want to miss it 👀[/p][p][/p][p]You can watch it at any of the below links![/p][p]Offbrand Games YouTube Ludwig Twitch Ludwig YouTube[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
Alright love y'all, support us in the showcase, let us know if you caught the big announcement and remember, permadeath will haunt you:)[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[h2]Welcome back to another royal decree From the Court![/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]⏰Have you ever caught yourself playing The Royal Writ so much that you've almost missed something important?[/h3][p][/p][p]Well, our MD, Simon sure did. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3][/h3][p]What's the longest you've played in one sitting? I feel like we should probably throw a warning label on the game.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]🐑 If you're a hardcore LEGO fan, you may have noticed something...[/h3][p][/p][p]Have you ever wondered why some of the characters look a little bit familiar?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Straight from the dev, Kornél: As I’m an avid collector of old LEGO sets, it's no wonder that a lot of times I’m inspired by their whimsical world. I’m especially a big fan of Fabuland, which I think found a perfect balance with their characters’ proportions and general cuteness, so from that point on they were the blueprint and some of the earliest characters are very much directly based on them.[/p][p][/p][p]Fabuland was introduced in 1979, btw. That's so much older than I am.[/p][p][/p][p]Here's another set that Kornél shared with us, you might notice the Robert Horka inspiration![/p][p][/p][p]This is the Camouflaged Outpost from way back in 1987![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And a personal favourite from Kornél, the Fabulands fellas on their steamboat from 1985.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Inspiration can really come from anywhere![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]🔎 Community Spotlight: Our King by BubbleWizardOG[/h3][p][/p][p]One of our community members has graciously immortalised the King in a royal portrait! Thank you for this super cool drawing![/p][p][/p][p]@wladternovik on TikTok[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If you have anything cool to share with us, don't forget to join the Discord and do so, we love seeing your stuff![/p][p][/p][p]Until next time 🫡[/p]