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Gameplay video!

Update #5 · Jun 9, 2012 · 11 comments

Hi everyone!  We hope you are having a lovely weekend.

We finally made a gameplay video! It (like the beta) is a bit rough around the edges, but we're not used to this whole self-promotion business. In the video we show some examples of fights and one of the mini-games. We also show interface elements like the inventory, skill screen, player journal, and a conversation with an NPC. Sorry in advance about the subtitles!

(FYI: Riff shuffles his letter tiles a lot — that's something he is actively doing, and not something the game does by itself. The game can be played almost entirely with a keyboard, or entirely with a mouse, or (more likely) with some of both. Oh, and the music in the video is an early concept piece by Gaby, but is not used in the actual game at the moment.)

Support has picked up a lot in recent days — we're well on our way!  Thanks for gettin' the word out, all you sexy backers, you.

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      Creator Matt Archibald on July 26, 2012

      How do you shuffle the tiles?

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      Creator Douglas Storz on June 10, 2012

      I agree that this should be front page for the Kickstarter. It would've helped me make my decision to pledge EVEN EASIER. Also now I can't wait for the beta.

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      Creator Gearge on June 10, 2012

      @chris The dictionary used accepts both american English as well as the alternative.

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      Creator eberron on June 10, 2012

      dont know if you all saw but this made the project of the day on the main page.

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      Creator Sam Hayes on June 10, 2012

      Just have to say that I love the title of the page after the mini-game. "Your father will never hit you again" I actually chuckled really well.

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      Creator Chris Ciosk on June 9, 2012

      Are you gonna humour us Canadians and let us spell words the non American way?

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      Creator The Flying Banana on June 9, 2012

      Goodness but this makes me want to play the game.

      As someone who has played more than a few games of scrabble, it was painful watching you not get either source or course.

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      Creator Dion on June 9, 2012

      This should be on the project home page. Seeing the screens outside of battle really show how much more of *game* this is than it first seems via the description / main kickstarter video. It's evident how much time you've spent working on it. I'm excited for the beta!

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      Creator AJHunter on June 9, 2012

      I like the style so far! Can't wait for it to finally be released!

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      Creator Atarun on June 9, 2012

      Awesome!! Can't wait to play it! :D

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      Creator Larry Fine on June 9, 2012

      Just what was missing, thanks!

      You might consider linking to the kickstarter or wordrealms.com from the YouTube description and also your YouTube channel page.

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