We have also just launched a brilliant new DLC called 'Out Of Time'. Get stuck in a time loop in this standalone adventure with Jess and friends!

Check out the wonderful trailer:

This is available now on Steam & Epic for PC players, as well as on Switch, PS4 and Xbox.

Thanks for your support, and remember to hop onto our Discord server if you want to chat with us:
https://discord.gg/gambrinous

We have been working away on our new game Cardpocalypse for the last few months and I'm super excited to share our announcement trailer with you! I'm sure anyone who enjoyed Guild of Dungeoneering will also be excited by our new game. It's all about collecting cards, making best friends, and saving the world…

Check out the wonderful trailer:

Kudos to Tommy Buckley who composed the track in the trailer, and to Jason Paige who sang it. (You may know Jason's voice from the Pokemon theme tune!)

And there's some more info on the game right over here:
http://cardpocalyp.se/

Looking forward to showing much more details of Cardpocalypse in future!

My goal like last time is to find a publisher that can help promote & market our game (and front the money to do so), and on top of that this time I'm also looking for someone who will co-fund development. This is for a PC & console game, so mobile-only publishers have not been included. There's also a couple here that would be money-only rather than a regular publishing arrangement, like the Indie Fund and Jonathan Blow's offer.

• Indie Fund - http://indie-fund.com
• Versus Evil - http://vsevil.net
• Devolver Digital - http://www.devolverdigital.com
• Double Fine Presents - http://www.doublefine.com
• Paradox Interactive - https://www.paradoxplaza.com
• Team 17 - http://www.team17.com
• Humble Bundle - https://www.humblebundle.com/publishing
• Adult Swim - http://games.adultswim.com
• Curve Digital - http://www.curve-studios.com
• Chucklefish - http://www.chucklefish.org
• tinyBuild Games - http://tinybuild.com
• Raw Fury - http://rawfury.com
• No More Robots - http://nomorerobots.io
• Rooster Teeth Games - https://games.roosterteeth.com
• Square Enix Collective - https://collective.square-enix.com/about
• Annapurna Interactive - http://annapurna.pictures/interactive
• Kongregate - http://developers.kongregate.com
• Positech - http://positech.co.uk
• Finji - http://www.finjigames.com
• Jonathan Blow - https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/906322590779576320
• Daedalic Entertainment - http://www.daedalic.de
• nkidu - http://www.nkidu.com
• Reverb - http://reverbinc.com
• Digital Tribe Games - http://digitaltribegames.com
• Surprise Attack - http://surpriseattackgames.com
• Telltale publishing - https://twitter.com/telltalepublish
• Headup Games - http://www.headupgames.com
• Kasedo Games - http://www.kasedogames.com
• Ripstone - https://ripstone.com
• 505 Games - http://505games.com
• Double 11 -  http://www.double11.com
• Serenity Forge - http://serenityforge.com/publishing
• Atlus - http://atlus.com
• 11 bit studios - http://www.11bitstudios.com/publishing
• Mode 7 - http://www.mode7games.com/content/publishing.html
• Wadjet Eye Games – http://www.wadjeteyegames.com
• Kalypso Media – http://www.kalypsomedia.com
• Deck 13 – https://www.deck13.de
• bitComposer – http://www.bit-composer.com/www_en/developerinfo.aspx
• Grip Digital – http://www.grip-digital.com/company.html
• Klabater – https://klabater.com/contact
• Good Shepherd – http://www.goodshepherd.games

Thanks to the everyone who helped me put this list together. If you have any suggestions to add to this list feel free to mail or tweet me!

Hi folks!

We are looking to hire two people to work on our next game: a Game Designer and a Writer.

This is a chance to join the award winning games studio Gambrinous as we embark on our second game making adventure.

The ideal person for the Game Designer position would

• love creating engaging, elegant systems that are a joy to play, learn and master
• have a deep interest in board games and card games and what makes them tick
• be keen to apply board & card game mechanics to a digital game
• have a portfolio of previous games or prototypes they have built
• enjoy working in a small team where everyone's effort makes a big difference

The ideal person for the Writer position would

• be able to absolutely nail character and dialogue
• deliver branching interactive narrative with humour and charm
• have a knowledge and passion for 80s and 90s toys, games and pop culture
• have previous creative writing experience – not necessarily in gaming
• work autonomously to deadlines
• be happy to absorb ideas from all team members – we’re sharers

We are based in Dublin, Ireland but are also willing to talk about working remotely with the right person.

We're looking for someone to join us full time (or 4 days a week) for the game design position, while for the writing position we can be much more flexible.

Interested? Great! Drop us an email (jobs@gambrinous.com) and tell us about yourself. We would also love to see some of your previous work and get an idea of your salary expectations.

The closing date for applications is April 21st 2017.

Thank you!
Colm Larkin

About Gambrinous

Gambrinous is an independent game studio based in Dublin, Ireland. We make digital games inspired by the wonder of tabletop & board games. Our first title Guild of Dungeoneering was released for PC in July 2015 to much acclaim and has since seen two expansions and been ported to iOS & Android.

Here's how to reach us:

Twitter: @gambrinous
Discord: Gambrinous server
Facebook: Gambrinous page
Email: dungeoneering@gambrinous.com
Steam: forums

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Also, if you'd like to be the first to hear about what we come up with next I'd recommend joining our email newsletter. I only send very occasional emails for big announcements. You can join right here:

The dev team, glad not to be in the dungeon themselves!

Mobile Edition

This is a pretty faithful port of the PC version of the game. As it's all turn based and using simple controls it's been quite straightforward to make work on a touch screen. The only fiddly bit has been keeping things legible on phones, which has meant a redesign of a few screens.

We've got it running now on tablets AND phones, both iOS and Android. We aren't quite ready to announce our launch date but will do so quite soon.

In the meantime, we're planning a closed beta test so if you want to help out please fill out your details over here.

What else is coming?

We haven't forgotten about Trophy Trial mode – that's just been put on the back burner temporarily while we finish up mobile edition. We'll get back to that once we launch on iOS and Android. We've also started work on a new expansion pack, similar in size to Pirate's Cove. More news on that soon!

As always, a big thank you to everyone who's supported our game and made all of this possible!

Thanks,
Colm Larkin

Trophy Trial

Here's how it's going to work. You start a new Trophy Trial run by choosing which region you want to play in. You then do a little bit of pre-Trial preparation by picking from one of two possible Dungeoneers, Blessings, Loot upgrades and the special twist that is Fates. More detail on these below. The challenge then is to take your chosen dungeoneer & upgrades and take on an ever-more-difficult series of boss fights. As usual you start each boss fight at level 1 and need to level up and find the right equipment to emerge victorious.

Every time you beat a boss you gain a Trophy towards your high score, and then we alter the rules to make things more difficult. Just simple little things like adding health to every monster from here on out, that kind of thing. You are then given a choice, do you think you can take on another boss with these new rules, or do you want to head home with your current haul of trophies? If you push your luck and die in the next dungeon you score NOTHING!

It's all about knowing when to quit!

High Scores

For each class of dungeoneer in the game we will keep track of the highest Trophy Trial score you managed with that class. We also give you a global score that is made up of your four best classes at each tier.

Trophy Trial will be the perfect way to show your friends just how good you are with that class they keep saying is terrible! (none of these screens are finished by the way, hence the unusual amount of Chumps you see here!)

What are the special rules of a Trial?

When you start a new Trophy Trial you need to make four choices that define the rules of the Trial. Remember, this is all completely separate to any saved games you have where you might have unlocked classes & loot for your guild. In Trophy Trial mode everyone competes from the same blank slate.

First, you need a hero. You are given a choice of only two volunteers who were willing to undertake this Trophy Trial. They will be of two different classes of the tier that matches the region you are in. So if you are doing a Trial in the grasslands you might get to choose between a Mime and a Cat Burglar. They might also be carrying some Battle Scars, too, so you'll have to factor that into your choice!

Second, you get to unlock some loot. For the duration of the Trial the loot that shows up will be the basic starting loot, plus any loot upgrades from lower tiers than the region this Trial is in, plus ONE upgrade of your choice out of two we offer at random. By loot upgrades I mean the ones you can build in your guild in the single player campaign, each of which adds 4-6 new items. For example, if you are doing a Trophy Trial in the Jungle then all tier 1 upgrades will be added to the loot pool, and you can pick one of two possible tier 2 upgrades to add to that.

Third, you get a blessing. We will pick two possible blessings at random and you pick the one you want. The strength of blessing will again be tied to the tier of Trial. So running the Dwarven Mines will give you maxed out tier 3 blessings and running the grasslands you'll only have a choice of the starting blessings.

Finally, it's time for a twist. The final choice is the one that changes everything. You will be given a choice of two possible Fates and must choose one. Each Fate has a helpful positive effect AND a terrible negative effect. They change the rules of the game slightly and will be in effect for the entire Trophy Trial run. I've listed some of the effects we're thinking of below.

Then you start the trial with a random boss fight suitable to your tier. Just like in the campaign, you'll need to build out your dungeon, place monsters, and get strong enough to take on the boss or die trying. If you succeed you gain a Trophy, we turn up the difficulty, and it's time to choose: take your Trophies home and commit to this score, or risk it all and take on another boss!

Fate effects

We're building up a set of positive and negative Fate effects. One of each is chosen at random and combined to form that Fate. You must take both the good AND the bad effect together, but maybe you'll be able to work around them thanks to your class or blessing choice. Or just by being that good at dungeoneering!

Here are some of the positive effects:

• Nimble: All monsters gain the Predictable trait
• Resourceful: Hero gets one more loot choice than normal
• Piercing: Hero’s Unblockable attacks gain 1 magical damage
• Prepared: Hero’s starting hand size increased by 2
• Overachiever: One of the loot choices is at +1 level than normal

Here are some of the negative effects:

• Prey: All monsters get the Aggressive trait
• Cursed: All monsters get the Blessed trait
• Clumsy: The first card in every fight is concealed
• Stupid: Hero gets +2 Stupidity
• Nihilist: Hero gets one less loot choice

So in a given Trial you might be choosing between one Fate that is (Nimble AND Clumsy) and a second Fate that is (Prepared AND Stupid). As you can see these are really going to change how the entire Trial plays out!

Daily Challenges

We are also going to use the wonderful Daily Challenge idea in this new mode (hat tip to Spelunky!). Once per day you can have ONE attempt at the daily challenge Trophy Trial. Everyone in the world will get the same set of four choices to set up their Trial and then we will see who gets the highest score!

Questions?

We're still building Trophy Trial but hope to have it ready sometime in the next couple of months. Got suggestions? Feedback? I'd love to hear what you think about this new game mode! Here's the thread to tell me about it.

Thanks for supporting us!

Finally I'd just like to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone out there who has given our tiny team a chance on our first game. You have really made 2015 a wonderful year for us here at Gambrinous! Have a wonderful Christmas & New Year's celebrations wherever you are.

Thanks,
Colm Larkin

Guild of Dungeoneering: Pirate’s Cove is the first Adventure Pack we have created for Guild of Dungeoneering. What’s included?

• A new region of the world to explore with 21 new quests to take on, all set in a new watery cave tileset
• Rescue 3 new classes of dungeoneer to adventure with: the Drunken Sailor, the H20mancer and the Swashbuckler.
• Battle 29 new monsters including Merfolk, Giant Crabs, Three-Headed Monkeys and of course more pirates than you shake a wooden leg at!
• Find 27 new equippable items like the Eye Patch, the Barrel O’ Rum, or the Newspaper Hat.
• Listen to a brand new background track & 5 new musical asides from the Bard

This represents about one third more content compared to the base game.

Where do you find Pirate’s Cove ingame?

To find the entrance to the Pirate’s Cove region you need to first reach the Jungle in the main game. Once there you will find a Pirate’s Map that unlocks the new region.

The reason for this is that difficulty-wise the new quests and monsters are at the same tier as the rest of the jungle area. Think of these new quests as an optional extra area within the Jungle (that is about the same size again as the Jungle itself).

While adventuring in Pirate’s Cove you will have the opportunity to rescue the three new classes of dungeoneer to permanently unlock them for your guild. This is a change from how classes are unlocked in the main game (paying for them with gold).

If you have previously beaten the game and just want to check out the new quests straight away we’ve added a shortcut. When you start a new game simply choose the ‘Jungle Shortcut’ option and we’ll skip the whole Grasslands starting region and land you straight into the Jungle.

How does it tie into the existing Guild of Dungeoneering experience?

The idea of the Adventure Pack is to extend the entire Guild of Dungeoneering experience. It’s not just a standalone series of quests to take on. The main mechanism for this is all the new equippable loot you can find.

All of the loot included in Pirate’s Cove can be found anywhere in Guild of Dungeoneering, not just in the new region. We’ve split up the Pirate’s Cove loot between all the existing Guild upgrades that add loot, plus thrown some of them into the starting loot deck. So you will be finding new Pirate’s Cove loot throughout your game, unlocking new pieces as you unlock loot upgrades for your guild.

For example this is the Steel Anvil upgrade which unlocks four new items in the base game. If you have Pirate’s Cove installed a further two are added.

Show us some of the new classes!

Sure thing! First the Drunken Sailor. Their defining feature is the new ‘Rum’ trait: the first time they reach exactly one health in each combat they will swig their rum and heal themselves for two. This is an interesting twist because you want to reach exactly one health to avail of it, which can be risky!

Their starting deck also has a couple of attacks that do self-damage. Turn this disadvantage into a way of triggering Rum exactly when you want it to be successful with the Drunken Sailor!

What about the H2Omancer? This magic based class uses a new battle mechanic called Recycle. The H2Omancer’s cards have self-recycle, but you’ll also find some enemies that cause you to recycle as part of their attacks. A recycle makes you discard a card at random but lets you draw a bonus card to replace it. It can be bad (losing a key card you need to win the next turn) or good (turn that stupidity card into something good, or to dig through your deck for your power cards quicker).

The H2Omancer also has a ‘High Tide’ trait that interacts with the recycle ability. Whenever you have 4 or more cards in your discard pile the enemy you are facing gains the ‘Predictable’ trait, letting you see the card on top of their deck that they will be playing next turn!

I’ll leave the details of the third class you can find in Pirate’s Cove, the Swashbuckler, as a surprise for you. I will say if you enjoyed the Bruiser’s playstyle you’ll also like the Swashbuckler!

Thanks again for your continued support and we hope you enjoy this new content!
Colm Larkin

We also have a wonderful new trailer for you to enjoy. And yes, that song IS in the soundtrack included in the Deluxe Edition.

It's been an incredible two year journey putting the game together and I'm very proud of what we've built. I sincerely hope you all enjoy it!

Thank you everyone for all your support!

What's Next?

We're going to keep working on Guild of Dungeoneering. We have plans for new features, some DLC, ports, lots of things. I'll be sharing a roadmap of our goals very soon.

A note on the Mac version

We ran into a problem at the very last minute with our Mac build so unfortunately we've had to delay it. We're working on it right now and will have it up as soon as we possibly can. More info here.