Lords of Xulima v1.8 Patch Released, Console Ports Incoming

In the 40th update to the Lords of Xulima Kickstarter campaign, we learn that the RPG has been updated to version 1.8, that Polish localization has been added with Russian coming soon, and their future plans for porting the game to Xbox One/PlayStation 4 and eventual transition to Lords of Xulima II. An excerpt:

Playing Lords of Xulima with a Gamepad?

No, we are not crazy (yet). We are planning to port LoX to consoles, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. One of the first challenges is changing the input system and allow LoX to be fully managed by a gamepad. Some parts are trivial but others will be challenging tasks. How are we going to implement the search for hidden items/buttons? How will the in-game help of the different GUI elements or map elements be displayed? And there are a hundred more problems that may arise that we are considering first.

Porting or not porting?

Porting the game to consoles or tablets will take a lot of effort, measured in time and money. Should we dedicate months of work for the ports? Or wouldn’t be a better idea to start the development of a new game?

New game? New LoX gameplay mode? Lords of Xulima II ?

We have so many ideas… too many indeed. We have great plans for the sequel but not for the near future. The sequel will require a much bigger budget and important improvements to our engine. We need to think on a smaller project first, that could be a new gameplay mode for Lox (perhaps the Rogue-like Dungeons of Torment we spoke about our Kickstarter campaign) or a different game. So we are starting to prototype both the new gameplay and the new game concept. At the same time, we are improving our engine so that the new technology can be used for the sequel.

So… yes a lot of decisions and work is ahead. What do you think?
As always, we will keep you informed along the way.