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Court of Ashes Now Available

Hello, Councilors! As this message is being written, Court of Ashes is building in the background before packaging and upload to Steam. With it, so too are our own sentiments building. Court of Ashes will be available to play at 6:00am CT. The release of this game doesnt mark the finish line for us, but rather a grand goalpost from which to proceed. There are innumerable features were interested in adding to the game post-release; a few animations, controller support, a number of scenarios, additional scenes, etc. The old quote, Art is never finished, only abandoned, sometimes attributed to da Vinci, sometimes Vasari, and sometimes even others certainly applies to this situation. In short were not done. With that thought in mind, we are delivering what we set out to deliver:

We offer five distinct characters, each with their own perspective of an overarching story.
We set out to deliver 60 special scenes unlocked by affinity and actually created 79.
We wanted around 250 scenarios and, through playtesting and balance, arrived at 238.
We logged in around 189,000 words and 1.5million characters. This smashed our original goal to make 100k-130k (general novel-length) words of focused content.

Ultimately, what we set out to create was something that you would enjoy playing. Every component that went into Court of Ashes was scrutinized and debated, sometimes across many months. The game itself has gone through four playable iterations, each one marching towards the title which you will see today; a distillation of the good and a rejection of the bad. In that spirit, there is nothing preventing us from creating a fifth iteration. If you find something which vexes you, we want to know. If theres something you enjoy, wed love to hear it. If you find a bug, and Im afraid that with the legion of narrative branches and variables which shape the world of Court of Ashes there will be some, please let us know. This is our first game and weve delivered our very best up to this point with your feedback will grow better still. Thank you for all of your support up to this day. We really hope you enjoy what weve created. It is for you, after all. Yours reverently, Chris & C.S. Cratel

[ 2019-10-10 11:01:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Court of Ashes
Cratel Studios

Developer

Cratel Studios

Publisher

2019-10-10

Release

Indie Strategy Singleplayer

Five Separate Journeys

Choose any one of the five council members to play as and witness the Court of Ashes story through different lenses. Explore how each character has their own ideas about rule and how those ideas manifest into strengths and weaknesses for them. Develop your relationship with each council member to unlock all 60 individualized affinity scenes.

Responsive Storytelling

Discover 18 different endings, with various subendings, driven by your choices. Decide which path to follow in a branching narrative which follows your responses to both the war and the other council members.

Continual Discovery

Explore the story a second, third, or fourth time through different characters, approaches to conflict, and alliances. Earn unlockable outfits, starting options, and scenes to enhance each new dive into the choices and experiences of Court of Ashes.

Original Soundtrack

Each character has a voice on the council, and those voices come to life through the Court of Ashes OST by Eric Britt of Orchestorm Productions. Sample the diverse voices, themes, and anthems that encapsulate this story by visiting https://soundcloud.com/ericbrittmusic/sets/court-of-ashes-soundtrack.