Manacaster, the Old-School CCG

A modern, no-bullshit card-battler.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

Unboxing the new @manacaster_game prototype that just arrived yesterday fresh from the factory 😍

#unboxing #manacaster #cardgame
#tabletop #steam #strategygames

[Judit Polgar @GMJuditPolgar]

@chess_freestyle @GM_Huschenbeth You can follow us here👉https://t.co/F7K08a8WDg

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@LiamTwose I want to be the studio that says "we decline awards" but that would be pretty arrogant considering we haven't been nominated for any

But I think we as an industry should begin to move away from ( ehh. SHUN! ) "awards"

We're not hollywood circle jerkers, and lets not forget it

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@Olima would I be out-of-line to suggest that "Together" is going to be among the most important Verbs of gaming on Steam in the coming year?

So many popular games are "do XYZ but together with friends".

A total return to roots, in a way, to the console wars era!

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@LiamTwose i didnt realize we were taking Welsh lessons on farmyard animal words today

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@sylver_dev Did you find the onboarding process to Steam overwhelming as a new dev?

There are so many tiny steps. Did it give you a lot of friction or did you just grind thru all the admin?

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@RVThereYetGame you guys are on that extra shit lately

i love how every character in your game is always smoking

where did that come from

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@d_linkski Most people dream about big numbers because big money

@ManacasterBen dreams about big CCU because bigger numbers = more needs to optimize.

what good is gigascaling architecture w/o giga CCU? not much good'tall is it?

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@CorpseKings bribe him with a share of the treasure he guards.

while he tries to mental math percentages to 3 decimal places ( taxes, vat, duties, levees, fees, fines, confiscations, etc , you know how it goes ) and gets confused

i stab him in the shins and steal the gold.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@88mmgames i thought that the game was called "Android Frontline: WW2 URSS Corps" and thought "that captain guy is mighty lifelike for an android"

its widely known that the devs of Manacaster are dumbbies tho.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

Cats are aliems. we love cat.

everything everywhere is cat.
a l w a y s

i m s o r r y j o n

[Raven Morgoth @morgoth_raven]

@manacaster_game Because this is my cat, his name is Baldur. And these are not cats, these are extraterrestrials. 😂

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@lumikxo @Kappische @geoffkeighley Yep, it seems they buy studios for the talent and tech.

My comment is now more about the frequency, and perhaps i under estimated it.

Is there a canonical list of their acquisitions?

[david @lumikxo]

@manacaster_game @Kappische @geoffkeighley A lot of the games that you would think of as "Valve" Games were developed by other studios that Valve bought out. Best examples are Portal and Left 4 Dead, but also Dota, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat and some others.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

The range of interperatations of "Often" are interesting here.

one guy was like "yeah they buy companes all the fuckin time mate. like once every few years"

compared to most tech companies, this feels small, not big..but maybe i'm the miscalibrated one?

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@Kappische @geoffkeighley Interesting because Valve doesn't often buy other companies as far as I can tell.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@morgoth_raven sorry thought you AI generated that mutant

sorry real alien mutant.

all kitty are good kitty.

we hope he have smol coat for winter

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@LordsGamingNet With respect, the Survivor-Like wave is four years deep. Yes that is "recent" compared to the Rogue-ish craze of 8 years ago.

The next big thing is genre mashups, more broadly.

cozy Roguelite bullet hell survivor

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@mwmoedinger LED under/back lighting is one of those asymmetric things you designers pull off.

We muggles see it and think "Million Dollar Airbnb", but actually DIY It a few times and its kind of an obvious easy little hack.

This is why designers are pro.

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@devabram @glcst nobody did, therefore anybody didnt

but there was no body

therefore no body = anybody didnt

[Sunyata CCG @SunyataCCG]

Our support card mana system is one of the mechanics that separate our game from other CCGs.

Support cards generate mana and special player abilities, and as you choose them each turn, the support card “ranking” changes based on the number of times you’ve select them in total that game.

Only the top 3 ranked are usable, but since this ranking is ever changing, you can adjust your strategy from early to late game!

#SunyataCCG

[Manacaster, the Old-School CCG @manacaster_game]

@devabram @glcst If it wasn't him that didnt do it, then who didnt?