Age of Gladiators News

Hi All,

The game has been approved by Steam, but with the Spring sale coming up, I've decided to move the release date to Monday, March 27th.

Apologies for the delay.

Hope you enjoy the game - it was a lot of fun and also brought up a lot of memories going back to my first game and revising it to the modern era.

As well, I will be bundling the remake with the original so that previous owners will enjoy a nice discount.

Cheers!

It's been a busy Summer.

Along with Deadwater Saloon, I would also like to announce Age of Gladiators Reforged, a remake of the original 2016 game in the Unity Engine.

The store page can be seen here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2103620/Age_of_Gladiators_Reforged/

As some of you might know, I created the 2016 game in an engine I (barely) cobbled together from several books. It didn't work in most resolutions and UI/quality-of-life changes were near impossible to implement - so I decided to recreate it in Unity from scratch.

The UI has been updated to something made in 2022 (featuring more icons and less text as well as better-looking windows that conform to the overall palette) and many new quality of life additions have been added (daily alert icons across the top for example).



As well, numerous other gameplay and aesthetic changes have been made:

• Combat Mitigation now fed by agility and reflexes as well, making these attributes more useful.
  
• Improved alerts system
  
• Revised Gladiator Expertise system
  
• Revised Player Perks system
  
• Age incline and decline more drastic
  
• Added Killer Instinct and Work Ethic to gladiator personalities
  
• Drastically improved tooltips
  
• Works on most resolutions
  
• Staff, Lender, Other portraits added throughout the UI - now you can put a face to a name
  
• Weapons and Armor now have Stamina costs (making stamina much more important now)
  
• Dodging and Blocking now use Stamina (again, making stamina much more important now)
  
• Greed also affects daily spending of gladiator
  
• Gladiator portraits added to all UI
  
• Stable now contributes to fatigue recovery time
  
• Stable now has countdown for improvements
  
• Custom mouse cursor instead of system one
  
• Added a fight log so players can recap exactly what happened during battle
  
• Scrollbars instead of burdensome next/previous buttons
  
• Animals now have names
  
• More Player Portraits
  
• Fight Setup screens made more efficiently - a fight can now be started with two clicks instead of the many clicks previously
  
• Improved music player
  
• Icons instead of just text
  

These are just some of the changes - there are plenty more I am not thinking of here.



Will keep everyone posted.

[h3]And of course, previous owners of Age of Gladiators will enjoy a discount if they choose to purchase the remastered version.

So please wishlist and follow Age of Gladiators Reforged today. [/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2103620/Age_of_Gladiators_Reforged/

Thanks!

I'm pleased to announce our next game Deadwater Saloon, coming out Spring 2022. Hope to see you all there!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696080/Deadwater_Saloon/

Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overrun and destroyed.





[h3]Create Your Character[/h3]
Playing as a rich and dynamic character in the old west, you will be able to fully customize your attributes to fit your playstyle, such as Mixology, Seduction, and Sneakiness. You will manage your life as well as your saloon, such as maintaining your reputation and getting married. You will struggle with the effects of disease, aging, sanity, and addictions.

[h3]Form Relationships[/h3]
Provide travellers with a distinct drink parlour, gaining legendary stories to regale and build your legend. Interact with townspeople as they populate the town, forging friendships with blacksmiths, sheriffs, and preachers, romance prospective partners, or blackmail, abduct, and murder those who threaten you.

[h3]Build[/h3]
Build your saloon from the ground up. Expand the walls, build bordellos, opium dens, high stakes gambling rooms, and railed porches. Buy and place spittoons, tables, chairs, handcrafted bars, pianos, chandeliers, and diamond dust mirrors.

[h3]Manage[/h3]
Thrive within a complex economy system, stockpiling booze, food, guns, and opium. Research a diverse array of drinks and foods to serve customers. Hire and manage staff from within the town populace, including barkeeps, cooks, servers, prostitutes, croupiers, pianists and bouncers. Help them reach their full potential, or fire and replace them with those more skilled.

[h3]Hundreds of Events[/h3]
Face the forces of nature, meddlesome customers, firebrand Preachers, rival outlaw gangs, and much more. At some point, you will be tested by stronger and more formidable nemesis in longer event chains. Whatever you choose, you will face the consequences of your choices. The frontier is an unforgiving place.









https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696080/Deadwater_Saloon/

Raiders! Forsaken Earth will be going live on Tuesday, November 10th with a launch discount of 15%. All owners of Age of Gladiators will be eligible for a further discount of 10%, making the total discount to 25%.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/972010/Raiders_Forsaken_Earth/

This will be done by purchasing the bundle containing Age of Gladiators and Raiders! Forsaken Earth when the game is live - however, anyone already owning Age of Gladiators will only have to pay for Raiders.

Will keep you posted!

Even the wildest of wasteland raiders require some semblance of order in their lives. No one knows how the ancient tradition started, but the wheel of laws has been a staple in your raider organization for many years now.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/972010/