Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Codename Entertaiment will bring Forgotten Realms into clicker/incremental games world! =D
As of now there is very little known about the game as it was just announced today. However, you can read this article that will give you a broad overview what to expect. -> link
There is also already page on Steam -> link.
Finally, you can subscribe to newsletter -> here
Alpha test signup -> Link
I am very excited for the game as I have been playing CNE's biggest hit - Crusaders of the Lost Idols - for almost two years now. In my quite long gamer career, there were couple titles I come back from time to time, even after years (BG, IWD, PT, ME), but CotLI is bit different, because I have been playing it EVERY day for past 694 days! Due to frequent updates the meta shifts almost all the time, so there strategies and best formations fluctuate all the time (on top of that, they are dependent on what player has at the moment). Thus discussions about optimizations, weird tactics and latest additions seem to never end! =] I really hope that Idle Champions will be at least as big success for CNE as CotLI was =D
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Apologies for plenty of exclamation marks =P But I am really excited XD
As of now there is very little known about the game as it was just announced today. However, you can read this article that will give you a broad overview what to expect. -> link
There is also already page on Steam -> link.
Finally, you can subscribe to newsletter -> here
Alpha test signup -> Link
I am very excited for the game as I have been playing CNE's biggest hit - Crusaders of the Lost Idols - for almost two years now. In my quite long gamer career, there were couple titles I come back from time to time, even after years (BG, IWD, PT, ME), but CotLI is bit different, because I have been playing it EVERY day for past 694 days! Due to frequent updates the meta shifts almost all the time, so there strategies and best formations fluctuate all the time (on top of that, they are dependent on what player has at the moment). Thus discussions about optimizations, weird tactics and latest additions seem to never end! =] I really hope that Idle Champions will be at least as big success for CNE as CotLI was =D
P.S.
Apologies for plenty of exclamation marks =P But I am really excited XD
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Minsc is officially revealed, but the rest is yours to guess. Unfortunately, my DnD lore is very limited, so I hope there are some loremasters willing to lend a helping brain =D
idiotMinsc, another elf (probably drow), human, female tiefling, male tiefling, and half-elf.Not enough oozes that's for sure.
@PaulaMigrate, what picture?
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kittenlord
Took me a while and only 'famous' one I could find was Sallek, Who Screams, not sure though whether it's based on official material or fanmade.
Also currently there is now chance to join alpha tests if someone is interested -> http://help.idlechampions.com/?page=alpha_signup
Also for now, Minsc is one of my best Champions =D
I would like to start with two excerpts from Wiki page about Incremental games. One giving a bit more detailed definition of genre and the other saying why people find it so addicting.
A common theme is to give the player sources of time-based income displayed as "buildings", such as factories or farms. In some games, even the clicking becomes unnecessary after a time, as the game plays itself, including in the player's absence, hence the moniker "idle game". Most games feature a reset-based system where the player resets the progress of their game and gain another form of currency. This new currency is normally used to gain global bonuses which does not disappear after a reset, allowing the player to go further than the previous reset.
— Justin Davis, IGN.
Just like any other video games genres incremental games are not for everybody, because it simply depends on your taste. However, if you haven't tried any yet, I would imply you do so. Though I would suggest to start with something that's not in alpha stage, cause lack of fun features and presences of multiple bugs might give you a wrong impression. Titles worth mentioning:
- Cookie Clicker - 'The Father' of genre
- AdventureCapitalist (AdCap)
- Clicker Heroes (CH)
- Crusaders of the Lost Idols (CotLI)
Myself, I started with AdCap about 3 years ago, played it with breaks and finished it not too long ago, in meantime I had a period with CH until I lost my save. Finally, bit over 2 years ago I found CotLI. At the beginning it was nigh clone of CH, the only distinguishable feature was formation, but it was a very interesting change and required a different approach than CH. Currently you can still see it has some inspirations from CH, but it clearly went its own path and made name for itself.From titles above I would recommend CotLI, becuase both, Champions and Crusaders, are created by same game studio - CodenameEntertainment. Also from looks in alpha Champions will have similar relationship with CotLI as CotLi had with CH. Therefore it should give you the best approximation of whether or not Champions are for you.