Star Chamber: Incursions is here!
After months of design, weeks of closed beta, weeks of open beta, the time is finally here. Star Chamber: Incursions is here. I am very thankful to be a small part of this excellent game, and all that I contributed to it.
The manual in its truncated and still-needs-to-be-finished form can be found in this location. As of this writing the Strategy and Misc sections are not complete. Those will be done soon. Also the Tip on the right is always the same, something I will update asap.
The full set goes on sale at the Star Chamber store on Monday. While its not exactly a mystery, small game companies don't rake in cash. Star Chamber certainly doesn't. Paul Dennen, the lead developer and financier, does all of this out of his own pocket.
Before I post some relevance, let me give some background: Today (ie, Saturday) we're holding special pre-release tournaments where players can purchase Incursions and Origins packs (the expansion and the original card base) to use in said tournament for even more Incursions prizes. Incursions, as I said, will not be available until Monday, so this is a special event for the players.
That's why this comment infuriated me, as posted on the Star Chamber beta forums:
soljax wrote:
I'm not going to play in this tourney because I think it's unfair to the consumer to force him/her to purchase decks to play in a tournament.
Yeah, because its not like every other online or offline CCG doesn't make you do the same. Not to mention that soljax was a closed beta tester as well. Not to mention the preferred sealed deck of Star Chamber is called 'Phantom', something that has spoiled players as they can play in sealed deck tournaments for just $1 instead of $12, but they don't get to keep the cards. In these pre-release tournaments they can. Those players will get to use/trade Incursions cards and packs before anyone else.
I see the comment as a very spit-in-your-face gesture that was very much hurtful to the playerbase who read it. I post this here, and not in a forum reply, because I'd rather not stir up any bad blood. But if I see soljax, which I have not, I'll be sure to give him my regards.
Perhaps players think that the creators of this game are swimming in money from it, when they are not. All small game studios who make niche games do all they can to get more players and sometimes never break even. I for one am very proud to work with Nayantara, and while this sort of attitude is something that soljax is known for, but is nonetheless just as hurtful to a small company trying to do good.
I guess he'll purchase Incursions packs on Monday just like anyone else, but he didn't have to imply that we were ripping people off by giving them 8 packs for $12 worth of Events Tickets, only a slightly worse deal than buying a box of cards for $50. Not to mention the fact that the participating players get a chance to use/trade Incursions before anyone else.
Grr. I had to get this out, it's been bothering me exponentially.
The manual in its truncated and still-needs-to-be-finished form can be found in this location. As of this writing the Strategy and Misc sections are not complete. Those will be done soon. Also the Tip on the right is always the same, something I will update asap.
The full set goes on sale at the Star Chamber store on Monday. While its not exactly a mystery, small game companies don't rake in cash. Star Chamber certainly doesn't. Paul Dennen, the lead developer and financier, does all of this out of his own pocket.
Before I post some relevance, let me give some background: Today (ie, Saturday) we're holding special pre-release tournaments where players can purchase Incursions and Origins packs (the expansion and the original card base) to use in said tournament for even more Incursions prizes. Incursions, as I said, will not be available until Monday, so this is a special event for the players.
That's why this comment infuriated me, as posted on the Star Chamber beta forums:
soljax wrote:
I'm not going to play in this tourney because I think it's unfair to the consumer to force him/her to purchase decks to play in a tournament.
Yeah, because its not like every other online or offline CCG doesn't make you do the same. Not to mention that soljax was a closed beta tester as well. Not to mention the preferred sealed deck of Star Chamber is called 'Phantom', something that has spoiled players as they can play in sealed deck tournaments for just $1 instead of $12, but they don't get to keep the cards. In these pre-release tournaments they can. Those players will get to use/trade Incursions cards and packs before anyone else.
I see the comment as a very spit-in-your-face gesture that was very much hurtful to the playerbase who read it. I post this here, and not in a forum reply, because I'd rather not stir up any bad blood. But if I see soljax, which I have not, I'll be sure to give him my regards.
Perhaps players think that the creators of this game are swimming in money from it, when they are not. All small game studios who make niche games do all they can to get more players and sometimes never break even. I for one am very proud to work with Nayantara, and while this sort of attitude is something that soljax is known for, but is nonetheless just as hurtful to a small company trying to do good.
I guess he'll purchase Incursions packs on Monday just like anyone else, but he didn't have to imply that we were ripping people off by giving them 8 packs for $12 worth of Events Tickets, only a slightly worse deal than buying a box of cards for $50. Not to mention the fact that the participating players get a chance to use/trade Incursions before anyone else.
Grr. I had to get this out, it's been bothering me exponentially.
1 Comments:
And if you see this soljax guy, will you ask him to "just take two steps backwards, onto that large section of plastic that's covering the floor..."?
(Sorry, when I see irony, I'm sometimes compelled to point it out) ;)
-ec
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