Hero Generations Heart Shaped Games LLC ** Suggested Minimum Hardware: iPhone 5, iPad 3, iPad Mini 2 ** Hero Generations is an innovative Roguelike/4X Strategy… TouchArcade Rating: $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details** Suggested Minimum Hardware: iPhone 5, iPad 3, iPad Mini 2 ** Hero Generations is an innovative Roguelike/4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Jason Rohrer's Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Hero Generations is simple yet deep: 4X Strategy on the individual level. Each turn is a meaningful choice, without the tedious micromanagement. LIMITED LIFESPAN AND PERMADEATH Each move equals one year of your hero's life. Think carefully about how you spend the hero's time. Explore the world for fame and fortune, but make sure to find a mate before it's too late! GENERATIONS, MATING, AND HAVING CHILDREN Find a mate, start a family, have a child. Then take control of that child in that same world! Choosing the right mate is key, as inheritable traits (special abilities) make your child more powerful and prepared. 6 STRATEGIC PATHS Guide your hero to greatness by pursuing Strength, Love, Exploration, Wealth, Fame, and Building. CITY CRAFTING SYSTEM Construct any of 19 legacy lasting buildings next to towns to give future generations useful resources, powerful new abilities, and attract better mates. EXPANSIVE OVERWORLD Each world is procedurally generated with towns, forests, ancient ruins, heroes, and more. Discover all 6 unique Biomes (Forest, Desert, Meadow, Island, Swamp, and Volcano) through a giant overworld map. MEANING A surprising and thought-provoking experience, that explores themes of death, legacy, family, love, and more. Gorgeous hand drawn art style. OTHER FEATURES - Tech tree and Building Blueprints - Tons of items, traits, buildings, characters and quests, including end-game, generational events, and final boss - Online leaderboards and Achievements - Blazing fast frame rate, lighting, particle effects, and animations powered by the Unity Game Engine Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/heartshapedgame Information Seller:Heart Shaped Games LLC Genre:Role Playing, Strategy Release:Aug 17, 2016 Updated:Nov 16, 2016 Version:1.05 Size:176.7 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (20) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Cerberus_17 Active Member Apr 10, 2014 42 0 6 #2 Cerberus_17, Aug 18, 2016 Taking the plunge rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #3 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 I've been following this for a while. I figured it would hit Steam first but it's not hitting Steam till tomorrow. Looks pretty fantastic from the first look and other videos the Dev put up. Will report back. L.Lawliet Well-Known Member Jun 28, 2011 6,405 420 83 #4 L.Lawliet, Aug 18, 2016 Please do! I have to decide between this and Legend of Skyfish... tough decisions these days. Though this one looks like it would have a longer appeal (possibly). khann Well-Known Member Apr 25, 2013 143 0 0 #5 khann, Aug 18, 2016 I'm waiting for other's impressions, but doesn't 88mb seem small for a game? sugimulm Well-Known Member Aug 28, 2010 2,457 46 48 The last time zone for iOS game releases :( #6 sugimulm, Aug 18, 2016 Did a search, you lose one year of your life with every step, interesting premise. There is perma-death, hence the name generations. Seems interesting indeed. rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #7 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 Oh man. I can't say not to get Legend of Skyfish. I did a little testing on that one and basically love anything Crescent Moon publishes. They have very high standards. But we're going to be talking about Hero Generations here. So give me a few and I'll post some concrete thoughts. HeartShapedGames Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2016 51 0 6 Game Developer #8 HeartShapedGames, Aug 18, 2016 Awesome to see there is already a thread for our game, you guys rock. I'm excited to finally have Hero Generations on iOS, and I really think it's the best game we've ever made. The game is both a lot of fun and a bit personal, so I really hope you get into it. Let me know if you have any questions! A few cool things to point out - there is a full city crafting UI in the game with 22 special towns (check the "info" button on the build bar in game). Also, on newer devices, you may want to try turning on the nice graphical features available in the Settings (Cloud particles, Camera Bloom, Blur, and Tilt Shift Effects). But they are off by default to make sure the game runs blazing fast for everyone. There are also Gamecenter leaderboards, so I look forward to seeing how famous your heroes can get. Thanks so much and I hope you have fun with it. rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #9 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 5 mins in and I'm already adoring this game quite a bit. Start off exploring the over world a bit. Finding items, money & killing enemies (so far battles are more story based than combat based). Then you meet a mate. Once you have enough loot you can go back to that mate and have a child. That child becomes your next hero and the journey continues.. Pretty darn neat if you ask me. Well worth the low $4.99 asking price in the US. I turned on all the extra bits from the beginning too. Looks gorgeous on my 6s+ running on the iOS 10 beta. rangent Well-Known Member Jul 3, 2009 101 1 18 #10 rangent, Aug 18, 2016 Diving in tomorrow if I get a chance, or more on Friday if not. HeartShapedGames Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2016 51 0 6 Game Developer #11 HeartShapedGames, Aug 18, 2016 Also, we have a more updated Launch trailer then the one used in the post above. I just uploaded it to YouTube here if you'd like to change the post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcL-kaDyNg&feature=youtu.be And we have new screenshots on our website, herogenerations.com . (P.S. I'm aware a few of our screenshots didn't make it onto our store page - I'm working to remedy that now) rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #12 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 This game is so much fun. I'm really enjoying all the different enemies, generations, items. It has a certain (Zelda-like) nostalgia spilled all over the place. I'd highly recommend Hero Generations to anyone who loves adventures or dungeon crawlers. stubbieoz Well-Known Member Jun 23, 2015 1,880 358 83 Male Grey haired gamer NSW Australia #13 stubbieoz, Aug 18, 2016 Last edited: Aug 18, 2016 Looks interesting though I'm a bit concerned about the gameplay having one year equals one step. Sounds like you will continuously be getting new characters and not fully developing any properly? sugimulm Well-Known Member Aug 28, 2010 2,457 46 48 The last time zone for iOS game releases :( #14 sugimulm, Aug 18, 2016 Hey Rezn, what is the installed size? rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #15 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 220 MB. Not bad. sugimulm Well-Known Member Aug 28, 2010 2,457 46 48 The last time zone for iOS game releases :( #16 sugimulm, Aug 18, 2016 Awesome, thank you very much! Not mush space I need to clear up, haha rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #17 rezn, Aug 18, 2016 Story of my life as well. Roleki Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2012 432 0 0 #18 Roleki, Aug 18, 2016 This looks totally awesome - if it lives up to the game's description, could be GOTY for me! I'll post imps later... sugimulm Well-Known Member Aug 28, 2010 2,457 46 48 The last time zone for iOS game releases :( #19 sugimulm, Aug 18, 2016 Haha, great minds think alike touchy85 Well-Known Member Jan 21, 2015 1,616 1 38 #20 touchy85, Aug 18, 2016 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
I've been following this for a while. I figured it would hit Steam first but it's not hitting Steam till tomorrow. Looks pretty fantastic from the first look and other videos the Dev put up. Will report back.
Please do! I have to decide between this and Legend of Skyfish... tough decisions these days. Though this one looks like it would have a longer appeal (possibly).
Did a search, you lose one year of your life with every step, interesting premise. There is perma-death, hence the name generations. Seems interesting indeed.
Oh man. I can't say not to get Legend of Skyfish. I did a little testing on that one and basically love anything Crescent Moon publishes. They have very high standards. But we're going to be talking about Hero Generations here. So give me a few and I'll post some concrete thoughts.
Awesome to see there is already a thread for our game, you guys rock. I'm excited to finally have Hero Generations on iOS, and I really think it's the best game we've ever made. The game is both a lot of fun and a bit personal, so I really hope you get into it. Let me know if you have any questions! A few cool things to point out - there is a full city crafting UI in the game with 22 special towns (check the "info" button on the build bar in game). Also, on newer devices, you may want to try turning on the nice graphical features available in the Settings (Cloud particles, Camera Bloom, Blur, and Tilt Shift Effects). But they are off by default to make sure the game runs blazing fast for everyone. There are also Gamecenter leaderboards, so I look forward to seeing how famous your heroes can get. Thanks so much and I hope you have fun with it.
5 mins in and I'm already adoring this game quite a bit. Start off exploring the over world a bit. Finding items, money & killing enemies (so far battles are more story based than combat based). Then you meet a mate. Once you have enough loot you can go back to that mate and have a child. That child becomes your next hero and the journey continues.. Pretty darn neat if you ask me. Well worth the low $4.99 asking price in the US. I turned on all the extra bits from the beginning too. Looks gorgeous on my 6s+ running on the iOS 10 beta.
Also, we have a more updated Launch trailer then the one used in the post above. I just uploaded it to YouTube here if you'd like to change the post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcL-kaDyNg&feature=youtu.be And we have new screenshots on our website, herogenerations.com . (P.S. I'm aware a few of our screenshots didn't make it onto our store page - I'm working to remedy that now)
This game is so much fun. I'm really enjoying all the different enemies, generations, items. It has a certain (Zelda-like) nostalgia spilled all over the place. I'd highly recommend Hero Generations to anyone who loves adventures or dungeon crawlers.
Looks interesting though I'm a bit concerned about the gameplay having one year equals one step. Sounds like you will continuously be getting new characters and not fully developing any properly?
This looks totally awesome - if it lives up to the game's description, could be GOTY for me! I'll post imps later...
