Developer Diary: Kingdom Wars

[Alex Walz]

Dawn of Fantasy publisher 505 Games has released a second video diary of the game earlier today, this time showcasing the game's innovative single-player adventure mode, Kingdom Wars, with new in-game footage and narration from the team at Reverie World Studios as well as a sneak-peak of some of the game's voice-overs currently being scripted into the game.

After watching the video, head on over to our Media Fair forum for more information and screenshots on this exciting game mode!

Los Angeles, CA - May 18, 2011 - In Dawn of Fantasy's second developer diary, Assistant Producer and Lead Writer Gordon Farrell is back to guide viewers through another game mode - this time with the help of Arielle Parkas, Assistant Voice-Over Director and Voice Actor for several elven characters. The captivating duo takes players through Dawn of Fantasy's innovative 'Kingdom Wars' game mode.

Kingdom Wars is an exclusively single-player Conquer-the-World style campaign mode with a mix of Skirmish and MMORTS gameplay elements to create a new, action-packed experience. This game mode takes the epic siege warfare, continuous army progression, army construction, and World Map from the massively multiplayer Online Kingdom mode and pairs it with an intelligent and aggressive AI, improved diplomacy features, and the ability to control conquered strongholds. At the same time, Kingdom Wars leaves out select Online Kingdom mode elements including city construction, advanced economic micromanagement, and story-driven quests to promote fast-paced action at every turn.

While introducing the Kingdom Wars mode, Gordon and Arielle detail key elements including World Map interaction, stronghold and economic management specific to KW, diplomacy, army camps, and epic stronghold sieges. The pair discusses some of their favorite features, with their competing biases thrown in for good measure. Viewers are in for a definite treat, as Gordon and Arielle take players to exotic locations never-before-seen in video, such as the dwarven mines where the player can stock up on gold reserves.

Developer Diary #2: Kingdom Wars

The three great realms of Mythador await a unifying leader... Will you step up to the challenge? Stay tuned for the third developer diary, which will show off Dawn of Fantasy's premier game mode, the story-driven massively multiplayer 'Online Kingdom' campaign!

Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Erh6P5-ZI

About 505 Games
Based in Los Angeles, CA, 505 Games (U.S.) is the North American division of 505 Games, a global videogame publisher. The U.S. operations launched in May 2008 to bring interactive entertainment to North America on all game platforms including Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Nintendo Wii and DS, as well as PC, online, and mobile. The company offers a broad selection of videogame titles in all genres for players of all ages.

Thanks for watching, and be sure to tell us your thoughts as well as what you would like to see in future Developer Diaries and/or Fantasy Fridays. In case you missed it, the first Developer Diary can be viewed here. As always, a big thanks to Reverie's media team, spearheaded by videographer Danny Vink and composer Joel Steudler, for putting together these video showcases, as well as Gordon Farrell and Arielle Parkas for the thrilling narration! Follow ReverieWorld on YouTube for more Dawn of Fantasy videos!

[Novakiller]

Epic!!!! :d

[iHunterKiller]

Awww! I was all:
Noooo! dont end i Need! to see how it ends
Rofl, the siege fight looked like so much fun too.

I really love all the different layers on these maps, it really showed in that map in the mines, looked pretty epic. If they had of rushed all down that path, they woulda been cut off from the upper region were the ranged units were. It isnt all a flat map, all sorts of vantage points, very nice.

Aww it looks so pretty too
So close now cant wait. :)

[Vigilus]

awesome voice overs!

[Rainbowsand]

RAWR would be there a WErreWOlVES? And felling elven trees is ouch insulting. Also is your Zelazny personally related to that legendary one?

[channal1]

Thanks for the nice article. It is very useful.