Kickstarter

Creator Douglas Miller on February 1

The dev team is still pounding away, we're sharing smaller updates via Twitter and Facebook, if you're not already follow us and/or like us if you're interested in more frequent updates. https://twitter.com/auratactics http://www.facebook.com/AuraTactics We'll be returning to large format Kickstarter updates around the middle of this month.

Creator Douglas Miller on August 6, 2012

@ Charles, valid point! We're taking your request to heart, check out our most recent update, we'll be bringing you weekly updates, even if it's quick and dirty to let you know we've not up and vaporized... is that the verb for becoming vaporware?

Creator Douglas Miller on July 23, 2012

@ Daniel Nothing yet, we're as eager to give you guys information regarding a release date as you are to hear it. As soon as we know when we're releasing the game, you'll all be the first to know. @John We're aiming to have a big update featuring a new build of the game for the end of this quarter/beginning of next. The next update will be finalization of the t-shirts (it's taken a while to get all of the responses accumulated and the orders processed) but after that we'll be getting back to status updates about the game, as well as more content to consume.

Creator Douglas Miller on July 12, 2012

@Kyle It should! Considering Ouya is running Android, and we'll be supporting game pads in the future, it should be a pretty smooth port. It will be a while before they ship though, so we'll update you when we know more.

Creator Douglas Miller on June 18, 2012

Some of you may be excited to learn that Unity 4 will be supporting native Linux releases. We can't say anything for sure yet, but if we deploy to desktop, we should be able to deploy to Linux easily.

@David Sorry for the delayed response on this, we don't have a date yet, but we're aiming to get a connected multiplayer beta in everyone's hands as soon as possible. Currently we're in the process of developing our server architecture, once we're to the point where we can support players, it won't be long before we open that up to our backers.

Creator Douglas Miller on May 7, 2012

@William We'll be profiling some of our job classes in the future, so look forward to it!

Creator Douglas Miller on May 2, 2012

@Kyle Sorry for the delay answering this question, I wanted to do some research and speak with our programmer. Of course it will be a while before we get to optimization and can post definitive system specs. However, our goal is for the game to run smoothly on current generation Android phones. Essentially, phones featuring dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and 1GB of RAM are our minimum target. If possible, we'd like to support lower system specs, and we will post our definitive specs when we reach that point.

Creator Douglas Miller on April 30, 2012

@ William There's still a lot of content to build, so there's no definitive release date yet. We're working hard though, and we'll definitely be bringing you updates as we move forward. As soon as we have a more concrete date we'll be letting everyone know.

Creator Douglas Miller on April 24, 2012

@ William elevation does indeed play into the game more than simply blocking a player's movement! In addition, many spells and abilities have a vertical range, meaning that you cannot for instance, attack a player with a standard melee weapon if they are too high above or far below you. In addition, area of effect spells may be limited to a certain height variation. On top of this, walls can block line of sight skills, and elevation can impact the effectiveness of bows and guns, which are not included in the proof of concept.

Creator Douglas Miller on April 5, 2012

@William The elements are, from the top, clockwise: metal, wood, wind, earth, water, fire!

Creator Douglas Miller on April 5, 2012

@William It's earth!

Creator Douglas Miller on April 5, 2012

@William It wasn't intentional, but we are aware that the term was used in Revenant Wings and in the War of the Lions remake. The reality is that just about any fantasy-crystal-themed word amalgamation you can come up with appears at some point in the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy Tactics was a big inspiration for us, so if anything it's a nod to that inspiration as well. However, when we all played Final Fantasy Tactics, they were just called "Holy Stones!"

Creator Douglas Miller on April 4, 2012

@Peter I'll be sure to check it out! For the record though, abilities in the proof of concept are not an indicator of what is to come, they are intentionally very straightforward example abilities. Trust us, we have lots of fantastic, exciting and unique abilities planned!

Creator Douglas Miller on April 4, 2012

@Steven Awesome question! Stat growth is determined by a character's elemental alignment, as well as the auracite they have equipped at the moment they level up. And these base stats remain regardless of class, though classes will have offsets and potentially multipliers. (Hooks in for both, but it's a long way out before we finalize the numbers.) So yes, hardcore players will be able to use class swapping to great effect to train their characters with the stats they desire!

Creator Douglas Miller on April 4, 2012

@David You can leave a comment directly on the update if you'd like to discuss that topic in particular! Feel free to answer these questions on the update page if you make your next comment there.
○ What makes you say Play Style B?
○ I don't wish to influence your decision, but we do have plans for a fantasy style that will feature not only influences from Europe, but the near east, as well as other regions of the globe, and purely fantastic styles.

Creator Douglas Miller on April 4, 2012

@Omnifarious To follow up, if you'd like to gift multiple rewards the ideal way to do that would be to create additional accounts and make separate donations in your friends names! However, if that's not an option or too difficult, please send me a personal message and we can work out another solution!