Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons

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therevills(Posted 2014) [#1]
Hi All,

We are pleased to announce our latest release:

Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons







It has just been released on iWin and is currently at No.1 in their Top 100 :)

http://www.iwin.com/games/legends-of-solitaire-curse-of-the-dragons

BFG release should be later this month along with GH.


Pingus(Posted 2014) [#2]
Congratulations !
It's a nice game, lots of good ideas there. That kind of solitaire is so addictive :-) !


GfK(Posted 2014) [#3]
Looking good!


Taron(Posted 2014) [#4]
Oh yes, Congratulations! Looks fancy for sure! 8)


Ravl(Posted 2014) [#5]
hey, nice one. i was just saw it on iwin :D

4 stars its ok :D


Grey Alien(Posted 2014) [#6]
Congrats on the launch. It does look good indeed. I will be testing it out soon for sure.


therevills(Posted 2014) [#7]
Thanks guys :)

Glad to get another done (even if its another Solitaire).... this one is our largest budgets game yet (art, vo and story) so hopefully it does well :)


AdamRedwoods(Posted 2014) [#8]
cool, i like the concept. congrats on the release!


Why0Why(Posted 2014) [#9]
I know what the wifey will be doing tonight :)


Hotshot2005(Posted 2014) [#10]
Is there any chance of coming on steam?


Grisu(Posted 2014) [#11]
I'm not much into solitaire. But a card game with dragons is always welcome. :)

Looking good!


therevills(Posted 2014) [#12]
@Hotshot2005 - Nah, I don't think its Steam material... and trying the Greenlight doesn't really appeal to me.

LoS:COTD is now available on GameHouse:

http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/legends-of-solitaire-curse-of-the-dragons


GfK(Posted 2014) [#13]
How's it doing so far?


Why0Why(Posted 2014) [#14]
Do you have a date for BFG? My wife is in the club and she wants tog et it there.


therevills(Posted 2014) [#15]
How's it doing so far?

Don't know yet... I'm waiting on the royalty reports :)

Do you have a date for BFG?

Not yet :( They have a back log of games to QA test, apparently the Mac version was passed ages ago but the game is still in the queue for PC QA...


therevills(Posted 2014) [#16]
Still waiting on BFG :(

But its now available on MacGameStore.com:

http://www.macgamestore.com/product/3181/Legends-of-Solitaire-Curse-of-the-Dragons/

And in the future a full retail release will be available in Germany, thanks to INTENIUM!!! (Meaning you can actually buy it in an actual brick store!!)


Why0Why(Posted 2014) [#17]
Awesome news. Still waiting on the BFG release :)

Can you tell us how it is doing so far?


Why0Why(Posted 2014) [#18]
Steve,

What's been happening with this? Doing well? Ever make it to BFG?


therevills(Posted 2014) [#19]
Finally released on BFG!!! :)

http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/26575/legends-of-solitaire-curse-of-the-dragons/index.html

Its doing okay, not as good as we hoped... hopefully now its on BFG it'll pick up.


therevills(Posted 2014) [#20]
Finally in the Top 100 of BFG at #70 and #2 in the Cards and Board games charts \o/

Totally different from The Lost Cards a couple of years ago though, which got to #8 in the Top 100... the market is quite different this time around I guess, especially with games like BFG Casino in there (which is FTP).


GfK(Posted 2014) [#21]
You're up to 54 now.

I don't get why people want to get "free" games then have to pay money on top of money to KEEP playing them. Don't they realise it isn't bloody free at all??


Steve Elliott(Posted 2014) [#22]

I don't get why people want to get "free" games then have to pay money on top of money to KEEP playing them. Don't they realise it isn't bloody free at all??



Beats me too. Some people are very naive.


xlsior(Posted 2014) [#23]
Don't they realize it isn't bloody free at all?


Think about how dumb the average person is -- then remind yourself that half the people out there are dumber than that.


Hardcoal(Posted 2014) [#24]
Actualy its good that you dont need to pay at start..
But if they start sucking your soul like dam candy crash then its explotation
And also should be limited by law if its up to me. (Although i hate rules ;)

People aint dumb.. but they tend to get addicted.
They hook you and its hard to unhook even when you are strong in charecter.
Offcourse, some ppl are also unwise on top.
But i dont like to patronize.

Btw. Good looking design!


Steve Elliott(Posted 2014) [#25]
Yes, people are getting conned. It's about time laws were introduced to deal with this. Telling people it's free when it clearly isn't is plain wrong. It's not made clear enough for many they will have to pay sooner or later.


therevills(Posted 2014) [#26]
Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons came in at #3 in the Big Fish Games Best PC Card Game of 2014 :)

http://www.bigfishgames.com/daily/best-of-2014-pc/

(Thanks for the heads up Dave/Gfk!)


videz(Posted 2014) [#27]
Very nice game. Just curious, so is this game all done in Monkey? How did you generate the background 3D Stuff? from another 3D engine or just painted concept art?

Also, a direct trial download would be nice. I don't trust the site downloaders..


therevills(Posted 2014) [#28]
Thanks Videz.

Nope this one was done in BlitzMax and the backgrounds were hand created by my artist.

Sorry we haven't got a direct download, we found over the years that once its on a portal site 99% of people would just download from there.

You can get it from iWin, GameHouse and BFG...


Grey Alien(Posted 2015) [#29]
Well done, but it should have been no.1 as those other ones weren't any good (the user rating speaks for itself plus I feel I'm somewhat qualified to make that assessment too).

I didn't release any games in 2015 but have just released my latest game today (I still sell on my site despite it only being <1% of revenue). Will post here soon about it.


therevills(Posted 2015) [#30]
Cheers Jake - I've got no idea how they come up with their lists, but we are still happy to get in there :)

Good luck with your new release.


therevills(Posted 2015) [#31]
LoS2 came in at 2nd place over on "AllAboutcasualGame.com":

Best Match 3/Puzzle Game - Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons - 2nd Place

http://www.allaboutcasualgame.com/p/best-of-2014.html

:)


Why0Why(Posted 2015) [#32]
Congrats! My wife finished the first LoS, but I am not sure if she ever got to the second one.


therevills(Posted 2015) [#33]
Hey guys,

Thought we would try our luck with Greenlight since it looks like Jake is having some success with it ;)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478781453

We could really do with your vote and a comment would be great, thanks!


Why0Why(Posted 2015) [#34]
Voted. Good luck!


Grey Alien(Posted 2015) [#35]
I wish you luck but I think you'll find it very hard to get Greenlit, unless they just start waving games through (still it's worth getting familiar with the experience). Spooky Bonus is still in GL nearly a year later, and Regency got a little help. Also it doesn't make much money on Steam despite all the press. Your theme might resonate better though.


therevills(Posted 2015) [#36]
Cheers Why0Why :D

Thanks Jake, yeah its a shot in the dark but least its a one off fee and it might make me create non-casual games in the future :)

When you say Regency got a little help what do you mean?


Grey Alien(Posted 2015) [#37]
Contacts.

Also Spooky Bonus finally got Greenlit today, yay! Had about 650 votes.


Why0Why(Posted 2015) [#38]
Great news! Just in time for Halloween(sorta ;)


Gabriel(Posted 2015) [#39]
I wish you luck but I think you'll find it very hard to get Greenlit, unless they just start waving games through (still it's worth getting familiar with the experience).

When I first put Supreme League of Patriots up on Greenlight, you had to get around 18-20,000 upvotes (downvotes are ignored) in order to get to the top 100. So, I don't know about waving through, but they've certainly made it much easier than it used to be.


therevills(Posted 2015) [#40]
Congrats Jake!


therevills(Posted 2015) [#41]
Legends of Solitaire Curse of the Dragons has been Greenlit!!!

Now to do all the processes to get it onto Steam itself! :)

Thanks to all that voted!


therevills(Posted 2015) [#42]
Legends of Solitaire Curse of the Dragons Steam Edition will be soon released on Steam :)

It includes the following:

* Widescreen support
* Steam Achievements
* Emoticons
* Trading Cards

http://store.steampowered.com/app/399040


Why0Why(Posted 2015) [#43]
Woot! Great news!


therevills(Posted 2015) [#44]
It's now available to buy on Steam (after a slight hiccup on Steamworks):

http://store.steampowered.com/app/399040


Steve Elliott(Posted 2015) [#45]
Congrats :)