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tsunekazu5 days ago(+2)

Loving this

I had such strong nostalgia for Heroes of Might and Magic III - one of the best games ever made IMO .. but every time I actually tried to go back to it... I bounced off. I wanted THAT FEELING again, but not necessarily to spend hours going back and forth across an old HoMM3 map doing all the HoMM3 things again : )

I basically wanted something I could play in quick comfy runs and still get that little fantasy-world feeling of ooo what's over there → grab this → build this → get stronger → oh shit there's an army there → maybe I can take that castle ...

And Kingdom Hex somehow does it !

It feels almost like a "liberated HoMM3" to me... Like somebody took the part I was actually nostalgic for.. exploring a comfy fantasy world, building up your little kingdom and army, finding treasures and weird things, getting stronger, deciding where to push next...... and then just LET IT OUT into this gorgeous hex world

the map is beautiful and there's always some little thing you want to go uncover or grab or do next... and it has that dangerous "ok one more run" feeling... you know the one


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Crow18 hours ago

That is what we were going for! Thanks for the comment.

When we started this game I was like "How do we get the vibes of those big games in a short amount of time?!". So we sort of squished all the stuff you can do during a HOMM3 game, and then added an auto-battler similar to Warlords to save on time. Then we sort of stuck the buttons where you might expect them on a really streamlined game like Polytopia.

It all sounds sort of simple when you say it, but the real challenges are where to add complexity back into the game, to add depth to the systems and make progression feel more meaningful. All this while trying to keep the cognitive load in a comfortable place for the player. So, things like the fairly simple combat system from Warlords become quite complex, with wounds, abilities and spells, etc.

We got a big hero and tavern system coming out soon, and that adds a lot to the game. Plus, we still have a spell system to look forward to. So, we are hoping our simple little game is solid enough to hold these more complex features.

Thanks again for your comment and I hope to hear from you again after heroes have arrived!

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