Thank you for spreading the word! The Nox Archaist Kickstarter more than doubled it's goal in the first day!
To enhance the game further, we've added a new stretch goal and a new reward tier.
Reward Tier
The new Castle Boxed Set offers the opportunity to contribute to the game’s humor by naming an object in Castle Foolery! It is a silly place, but can be very perilous.
Stretch Goal
If we reach $30,000 in funding, we will be commissioning a custom full-color painting from renowned fantasy game artist Denis Loubet, to be used as a piece of artwork within the boxed set, along with a digital download to all backers.
Images from http://www.denisloubet.com/
Denis is famous for his cover paintings for Ultima IV, V, and VI, and he's also done artwork for other games such as Wing Commander and Car Wars. We're honored and thrilled to have the chance to work with Denis. Now, we just need your help to get us to the goal!
What's better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG? Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector's edition box with lots of cool physical goodies!
What's even better than that? When the game will also feature an NPC appearance by Lord British, the alter ego of Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima series of games!
Pledges include the following awesome stuff:
*Full color collector’s game box
*Cloth map
*Printed manual
*Game artifacts such as coins of the realm and various other cool trinkets
All Nox Archaist boxed editions will include 5.25" floppy disks for real Apple II hardware and a flash drive for Mac and Windows PC emulators. The game will also run on real and emulated hard drives with ProDOS installed.
We can't wait to get Nox Archaist into a collector's edition box and put it in your hands.
Development of Nox Archaist is moving along at a steady clip and there are now many areas of the game that are fully playable.
The Lost Sectors video podcast released an episode today that shows gameplay footage while they talk about their experience playing Nox Archaist!
We've released demos on specific features before, but if you've been anxious to see how core activities flow in an actual game session, now's your chance! You'll see up close things like combat, towns, talking to NPCs, casting spells, managing inventory flow, and more!
Fear not! There are no major spoilers. The footage they share is all fairly close to the start of the game.
We hope to earn your support for our Kickstarter launch on May 2nd, 10am US CDT, to fund the production of a boxed edition of Nox Archaist with feelies like a cloth map, printed manual, 5.25" floppy disks, and more!
It's official, Lord British will appear as an NPC in Nox Archaist!
It is a dark time for the metaverse. Ripples of discord radiate out from Vali, the world of Nox Archaist. Lord British learns of the dangerous omens and seeks to return order to the chaos that threatens to consume creation! He has journeyed to the world of Vali to assist and guide adventurers as they unravel the mysteries and face the challenges of Nox Archaist.
This is a big deal for us, as many of the people on our development team grew up playing the Ultima series of games written by Lord British. A lot of our desire to write a tile based Apple II RPG springs from how much enjoyment those games brought us.
We can't wait to show everyone the world that we've created, and having Lord British in it makes it just that much more amazing.
If you would like to be involved, we will be launching our Kickstarter on May 2nd of 2019 to fund the creation of the boxed game and the cool "feelies" that go along with it, such as a cloth map and coins of the realm. Click Here to learn more!
