Firefly Studios

Month: April 2018

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Community Spotlight #2

Following on from our dev Q&A we catapult a fresh dose of Stronghold news and info beyond your castle walls! Episode 2 of Community Spotlight highlights an outstanding Stronghold map, video and content creator, in addition to answering your questions on social media. Once again it is Aaron who serves up this week’s round of community-made content, highlighting the best fan creations for your viewing please. Whether you’re looking for a grand citadel to protect your virtual peasants or simply need a little Stronghold hip-hop in your life, this new episode truly has it all.

MAP – ‘Firefly’ by Dragonheart

VIDEO – ‘Stronghold – Instrumental Rap’ by BEZIX

CREATOR – Pixelated Apollo

Once again thanks to the Stronghold community on YouTube and elsewhere for making such awesome maps, music and videos. We are huge fans of your work at the studio and remember as long as you keep making it, we’ll keep ‘spotlighting’ it!

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Stronghold Next Interview

Our second major update on the Stronghold front comes from the game’s Lead Programmer himself! While at PAX East showing players our new tactical dungeon crawler MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures, we sit down with Tony to discuss the upcoming game’s setting, returning features, overall gameplay and direction.

  • Sequel? – Tony confirms that Stronghold Next will be neither Stronghold Crusader 3 nor Legends 2. These games could still happen, but we have no plans at this time.
  • Returning Features – In addition to confirming skirmish for the game, our new interview sheds light on a few classic features and units returning for this brand new Stronghold.
  • Sim Gameplay – While our next game will retain the full RTS and besieging experience, it will also shift the focus a little back to the simulation gameplay we all know and love.
  • No Magic! – Not a single wand, pointy hat or dragon in sight.

Please look forward to more Stronghold information in the coming months and subscribe on YouTube for the latest Stronghold Next news, trailers and interviews.

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Firefly at Rezzed

Another week, another gaming event! This week various members of the Firefly Studios crew attend our local most local of events EGX Rezzed in east London. We joined our indie friends in the Great Gallery Indie Room to demo our new dungeons and hero released last month for MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures to gather feedback and interest in the game before we add gamepad support and more in our next update.

If you were at the show we hope you got the opportunity to say hello and if not keep on the lookout for more Firefly featured events in your country!

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Firefly at PAX East

This week we look back at the four day whirlwind that was PAX East 2018! A show packed with the hottest new games created by everyone from Nintendo and PlayStation through to indie devs and our friends at Devolver Digital. As a PC heavy show PAX also featured upcoming and newly released tech from ASUS, Corsair and other massive names in hardware, as well as tons of cosplay which was somehow both expertly crafted and in some cases terrifying. Firefly was there showing off our new tactical dungeon crawler MetaMorph: Dungeon Creatures with a brand new demo featuring our recent hero update, remixed dungeons and controller support.

Don’t forget to subscribe for more PAX and EGX Rezzed coverage, as we’ll be releasing more content in the coming weeks!

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Best of GDC

Fireflies Aaron and Nick went over to San Francisco recently to attend GDC 2018. After taking it all in they reminisce about their favourite indie games at the show, giving you a glimpse of the coolest GDC titles. Begin your quest by becoming the jerk of the animal kingdom, traversing your way through fields of creepy hands and finding out what strange connotations Aaron has with the word “plunge”. Alternatively watch as Nick and Aaron put a game through their very own brand of psychiatric testing!

If you liked our GDC 2018 coverage make sure you subscribe on YouTube as we’ll also be covering PAX East, EGX Rezzed and more!

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Stronghold on Console

Today we announce that our favourite 3D castle game Stronghold 2 will be making its way to the SEGA Dreamcast on April 1st 2019! A fully realised demake of the original title, Stronghold 2 for Dreamcast will run at a crisp 640×480 retaining all the game’s original features and online play. In today’s gameplay reveal franchise stalwart Maxwell Chuggerton runs us through this exciting new announcement, confirming that the original castle sim will soon join a rich and variety heritage of console games. Already up and running, powered by the platform’s rare Windows CE operating system, Stronghold 2 for Dreamcast is the first of Firefly’s castle building games to arrive on console. Continue reading