Currently the sale is on Steam only; we’ll do a similar sale on GoG in a few weeks. We’re trying to get more players to discover the game and hopefully talk about it to their friends.

Upcoming Patch

We continue to work on improving Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption even while we are getting started on our other projects and finishing the art book and other Rogue to Redemption accessories.

In particular, we’ve fixed an issue that caused the display to not work on some systems with 16:10 ratio monitors. Previously, we only supported 16:9 and 4:3 ratios, the most common displays.

We’re also fine-tuning the Boss Wraith combat, fixing an occasional lockup fighting the Gog Shaman, and fixing some problems with other combat sequences. Then there are some text improvements suggested by players. We plan to package all of these changes into “Patch 3,” likely mid-October.

Cool Crowdfunding Campaigns Concluding Soon

There are nine days left in the Nighthawks Vampire RPG campaign – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/753131002/nighthawks-the-vampire-rpg-0. Nighthawks is being designed by Richard Cobbett, formerly an editor at Rock Paper Shotgun. Richard wrote some insightful articles about Quest for Glory that tell us he “gets” what it takes to make a great adventure game. This one sounds like a hybrid adventure/RPG much like Hero-U. Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games (Blackwell, Unavowed) is producing the game, a good portent that it will actually get done. I’m backing this one personally.

Over on Fig.co, check out the Starflight 3 funding campaign – https://www.fig.co/campaigns/starflight-3. Starflight was a fun and important space exploration RPG. Starflight 2 took it up a notch, and Starflight 3 could become a great game in the series. It’s halfway to the goal with just two days left, so this project will need a lot of last-minute love (or a few dedicated investors) to make it happen. Fig has a similar model to Kickstarter, but also allows investment in the success of products. Their CEO formerly worked at Double Fine and helped launch Broken Age.

Watch for some additional news next month about a small crowdfunding campaign we plan to have to support a Nintendo Switch (and possibly PS4 and XBoxOne) version of Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.

Visit www.hero-u.com for more information or to participate in our forums. And please continue to tell your friends if you love Hero-U. Personal testimonials and social media sharing are our best way to reach out to potential players.