Greetings, Managers! 

It's been a few days since our last update. The weekend was the perfect occasion for our team to review our first week's results and plan future steps. 

Thanks to all of you, Epic Manager has reached more than 33% of it's funding goal in less than a week. It's something we are very proud of and we still have 24 days ahead of us to reach the finish line (and those epic stretch goals as well)! But enough chatter for now - let's get directly to the good stuff! 

The SHOVEL KNIGHT joins the adventurers of Astraeus!

We are very pleased to announce that the iconic SHOVEL KNIGHT will now be featured as a playable character class in Epic Manager, thanks to our fellow Game Devs over at Yacht Club Games. It is a great honour for us to be allowed to showcase this popular gaming icon, and we also salute this new collaboration as a prime example of the great fellowship between studios of the vibrant indie gaming scene. It is, hopefully, the first of many others to come!

Shovel Knights and Prestige Character Classes

The Shovel Knight enters the world of Epic Manager as a Prestige Character Class. Recruitable adventurers who have a high enough ''Epicness Rating'' will have the potential of becoming Shovel Knights once they also pass through the correct combination of basic classes. This Career Path ''recipe'' will remain secret for now, and it will be up to you to unearth it!

What are Prestige Classes? 

The Adventurers of Epic Manager come in many classes. Just as in D&D, a character can go through different classes (also called a Career Path) by multiclassing as they grow in power. If they also meet certain requirements, a multiclassed character will then have the option of becoming one of the Realm's most epic heroes by incarnating a Prestige Class! Beware, though, as once an adventurer acquires a Prestige Class, there is no way for him/her to revert back to a basic class... such is the price to achieve true epicness! 

For example, here's a fairly obvious Career Path option. When a character levels up enough in all 4 Combat Classes (for which Combat is the primary stat) and has an Epicness Level of 5 (out of 5), he/she will have the possibility of becoming one of the dreaded Warmasters! Pretty exciting stuff, uh? This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, as there will be many, many more Prestige Class recipes to discover and experiment with in the game! 

What else have we been up to?

Over the last few days, we've been very busy working on media relations, and we will keep on doing so today. We've received excellent coverage so far, and one of our priorities is to expand this exposure and maintain it throughout the campaign.

We've also taken good note of all your requests in the Comments section. Some of you have asked for things like female character models, armor and weapon variants as well as more details regarding certain game mechanics. Well, they're on the way! We want to take our time to prepare quality material for the future updates, but don't worry, we won't keep you waiting for too long! :)

Friendly Shout-out : DiceTiny

DICETINY is a Digital Tabletop Board Game with RPG & Card Collecting elements where Epic Fantasy and Humorous Parodies coexist. 

Our friends from Fakedice have almost reached their funding goal for Dicetiny and they still have 3 days to go! We think their concept is awesome and the art style is AMAZING! Don't take our word for it, though, and give it a look for yourself by clicking on the image below! 

Friendly Shout-out : Rogue Wizards

Battle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build a Wizard Tower in a turn-based, rogue-like, dungeon-crawling, town-building RPG. Praised by Diablo, Torchlight, Left 4 Dead, and Marvel Heroes creators David Brevik, Mike Booth, and Erich Schaefer!

The friendly Devs over at Spellbind Studios need your help for the final funding push of their awesome game Rogue Wizards! Give their colourful campaign a look by clicking on the image below!  

Thank you!