Knights of the Chalice 2 Updates, $36,355 and Counting

With roughly three weeks left until the conclusion of Heroic Fantasy Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Knights of the Chalice II, we can check out a fresh batch of information-packed updates. First, there’s update #14 with a detailed look at the game’s magic items. Then, update #15 talks about the game’s traps. And finally, update #16 shows off a gameplay video where the flat tokens are replaced with proper character sprites. Have a look:

Update #16 also poses some sprite-related questions and announces a Reddit AMA that will be going live June 11, 2020. More on that:

Hello everyone! 🙂

I have just uploaded the fifth video in support of the Kickstarter campaign for Knights of the Chalice 2. The new video is the Sprite Video of KotC 2 Augury of Chaos. This is a simple video I’ve recorded just to show what KotC 2 looks like when the game’s tokens are replaced with the animated sprites of KotC 1, which are all available in KotC 2.

Following the Kickstarter campaign, we will get new sprites for KotC 2. Players will have the option to display creatures using the tokens or the sprites.

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On the subject of sprites, simplicissimus on Discord suggested the use of the artwork created by Pioneer Valley Games (PVG). Thank you simplicissimus! The PVG artwork can be used commercially. It includes a number of sprites as well as environmental artwork. Here’s an image from their website[…]

Would you like to have that kind of sprite in KotC 2? Feel free to comment. 🙂

There’s one thing I’m going to ask PVG: how to handle a character’s change of weapon in-game? Can the sprite reflect that change or do we need a different character sprite for each weapon.

Reddit Ask Me Anything on Thursday 11 June

A Reddit AMA session for the Kickstarter campaign of Knights of the Chalice 2 is planned the day after tomorrow from 9 am Eastern Time (3 pm Paris time). The AMA session will take place at r/Games, r/DnD, r/rpg_gamers and r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. Feel free to join! 🙂

Next Knights of the Chalice 2 Video

The next video in support of the KotC 2 Kickstarter campaign will be the Second Combat Video in a series of five KotC 2 Combat Videos. I’m planning to publish it on 18 June.

The Omens are Growing increasingly Dark. A Storm is Rising over the Horizon… a Storm of Pure Chaos!! Can the Adventurers Survive the Onslaught?? We’ll Find Out Soon Enough!

Thank You Everyone for Supporting the Campaign! Let’s Keep Spreading the Word, Heroes! ^^