Happy Holidays from D20Studios
2023 was an exciting year with the 1.0 release of Abalon andseveral major updates, too! I'm looking forward to delivering even more next year, including our mobile build of Abalon and our multiplayer title, Abalon Arena. I'll be continuing to support Abalon with new features and updates such as: [olist]Ability to use satchel cards during battle in adventure mode.
Persistent artifacts on guardians when defeated/removed from party.
Equip/dequip feature to customize heroes
New Game Mode - Fast Adventure
Addressing more player requests
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I'm also looking into how I can address player feedback regarding the "cards as stamina" mechanic, which is one of Abalon's signature features. It's intended to provide an element of resource management and put focus on maximizing the tactical position and abilities of your units. A lot of players love it and some do not.
During early access, I introduced artifacts as a way to modify the rules (for example, allowing you to recover cards after battle, increase your max hand size, etc.). While this helped some, it didn't fully solve the feedback. And, interestingly, some players now want to see challenge modifiers to eliminate these artifacts and bring Abalon back to it's survivalist beginning.
Since Abalon is all about fueling player creativity and satisfying lots of different play-styles, I'm thinking some alternate play modes might be the way to go. Pure survivalist route for some. And a more deckbuilding focused route for others. The key is to find ways to balance these changes so the game remains challenging. Maybe a more traditional deckbuilder mode has tougher enemies or you can't take guardians? I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas on this :)
If you're a current Abalon owner and can't wait to try out our upcoming mobile launch and/or multiplayer features and would like to shape the development by contributing feedback, we're running a closed-beta test. Information available in our Discord in the #multiplayer channel: https://discord.gg/d20studios You can also Wishlist Abalon Arena here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352400/Abalon_Arena/
Thank you so much for being a valued player and supporting our games' development. I can't express enough how much I appreciate our community and all of yourinsightful feedback that has helped us grow and improve. I'll be working through the holiday season, though expect my availability to be more limited than usual as I take some time to spend with my family. If you have issues with the game or want to share feedback, I'll have Discord and Steam alerts running and do my best to respond. You can also report feedback in game using Settings -> Shared Feedback which will provide me with a gamestate I can use to quickly repro and fix any issues. ~Ross
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It's a 3 vs. 3 goblin snowball fight, but no-one said building a snowman was against the rules! Hope this playful piece from our concept artist, Marvin, brings you a smile :)
Happy Holidays from D20Studios
2023 was an exciting year with the 1.0 release of Abalon andseveral major updates, too! I'm looking forward to delivering even more next year, including our mobile build of Abalon and our multiplayer title, Abalon Arena. I'll be continuing to support Abalon with new features and updates such as: [olist]
Prerelease Testing for Mobile & Multiplayer
If you're a current Abalon owner and can't wait to try out our upcoming mobile launch and/or multiplayer features and would like to shape the development by contributing feedback, we're running a closed-beta test. Information available in our Discord in the #multiplayer channel: https://discord.gg/d20studios You can also Wishlist Abalon Arena here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352400/Abalon_Arena/
End-of-Year Goal Achieved: 300 Steam Reviews!
Thank you so much for being a valued player and supporting our games' development. I can't express enough how much I appreciate our community and all of yourinsightful feedback that has helped us grow and improve. I'll be working through the holiday season, though expect my availability to be more limited than usual as I take some time to spend with my family. If you have issues with the game or want to share feedback, I'll have Discord and Steam alerts running and do my best to respond. You can also report feedback in game using Settings -> Shared Feedback which will provide me with a gamestate I can use to quickly repro and fix any issues. ~Ross
Abalon (formerly Summoners Fate)
D20Studios, LLC
D20Studios, LLC
2023-05-11
Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(380 reviews)
https://summonersfate.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681840 
Abalon (formerly Summoners Fate) is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. You're tasked with the challenge of guiding your heroes through perilous quests in search of hidden secrets, powerful cards, titanious team members, and mutated rabbits.
The world of Abalon is inspired by traditional tabletop environments, stretching from its frozen peaks to barren deserts and colorful woodland to dingy dungeons. Each world offers its own characters to find, mysteries to unravel and bosses to slay.
Abalon draws its inspiration from classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, Dungeons and Dragons, and Magic: The Gathering, combining tactical combat with thoughtful events decided with the trusty roll of a D20. Exploring Abalon is done in real-time, allowing you to uncover lore scrolls, shop for powerful cards and even attend a goblin's birthday party (don't forget your gold).
Combat brings Abalon into a turn-based game where unit positioning is as important as your spell casting. These tense encounters play out in arena-style maps where the environment isn't just for show, it's a key part of the battlefield. Equip powerful armor from a statue mid-fight. Slam your foes into a wall of spikes. Transform a tree behind enemy lines into an allied fighter. How you control the battlefield is your choice.
In between the DnD style events and slaying of enemies you'll be collecting cards, lots of cards. Every Summoner is linked to two classes, including Arcane, Celestial, Nature, Void, and Chaos. These classes offer different playstyles: Chaos contains a lot of fire AOE spells for big damage whereas Arcane provides the ability to mind-control your enemies.
Your deck in Abalon is capped at 20 cards, so you can collect all the cards you like knowing they won't hinder your current build. If you wish to change your playstyle halfway through your adventure then simply roast some marshmallows on the campfire and chat with the Cosmic Tortoise.
Abalon offers an ever-changing adventure so it's important to adapt to the situation. The Battle Mode allows you to build a constructed deck from the cards you have discovered during your adventures. Bringing this deck, along with two allied units you can test your might against the toughest of foes!
- 5 Worlds to explore, each with its own events, characters, and bosses
- 20 Summoners to guide through an adventure, each offering unique abilities for you to master
- Over 50 characters to meet through world events, all of which can join your adventure
- Over 400 cards you can collect on your quest to build the perfect deck
- PvE Battle mode, the perfect arena to master your favorite Summoner
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
- Processor: 64-bitMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB
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