Montreal, Qc, Canada - January 23nd, 2024 - Honest Demon Studios is excited to unveil the demo release of The Last Citadel. The demo will contain a preview of the first 2 levels of the game and allow player access to more than 18 abilities to create their own loadouts. Players can expect up to 10 hours of content to unlock everything. Simultaneously, the studio announces the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to support the final stages of development to add extra content and an extra layer of polish. Players who back "The Raider" tier or more on kickstarter can unlock immediate access to the current full version of the game.
The Last Citadel is a Role-Based, Roguelike, Third-Person shooter. Embark in an expedition to uncover artifacts inside a Citadel suspended above a black hole where many challenges and deadly encounters await. Explore the ever-changing citadel alone, or with a group of up to 4 players. During your expeditions, build your character up with numerous passives that will change the way you play each run.
Game Features:
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A Role-Base Rogue-lite: take on roles like DPS, Healer or Tank to face the brutal encounters that awaits you.
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Confront the Citadel's Guardians: Encounter unique bosses with distinct mechanics that reward players for understanding their attack patterns.
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Build Your Own Character: Create a personalized character by selecting 4 abilities from a pool of over 45, along with choosing your suit and weapon.
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Diverse Arsenal: Explore a vast arsenal including Rifles, Lasers, Rocket Launchers, and Melee Weapons. Upgrade your weapons with unique modifiers and effects, adapting them to your team's needs for success.
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Procedurally Generated World: Explore the ever-changing Citadel with procedurally generated layouts and encounters, offering a fresh challenge each time you delve into its depths. Uncover secrets like Cursed Weapons, drones, altars to modify your weapons, and more.
The full game, set to release in 2024, will include more than 45 active abilities, 20 weapons, 6 suits in a challenging 6 stage exploration of the Citadel. With more to come after release like additional worlds, suits and more.
"I can’t wait to see how players will approach the game. Just in testing, we’ve had so much fun trying out all sorts of crazy builds and combos. I think people are really gonna dig the customization and liberty of approach of the game." said Martin, The solo developer of The Last Citadel.
The Kickstarter is set to go live the 29th of January and will last for 30 days. The campaign is aiming to raise 45 000 CAD (35 000 USD). The goal of the campaign is to get funding to help finish the project. The Last Citadel is developed by a solo developer and the campaign will enable him to enhance game visuals and add more content. Backing tiers include access to private playtests of the full build of the game, exclusive skins as well as participating in the design of enemies and bosses.
"The main reason I'm seeking funding, as a solo developer with limited skills and time, is to bring on board talented 3D and 2D artists to enhance the final version of the game." said Martin, The solo developer of The Last Citadel.
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ABOUT HONEST DEMON
Honest Demon is a new Montreal-based independent video game company. We believe in the transparency between game makers and gamers. We make all our progress and timelines visible to the public and welcome feedback from the audience during development. We also plan, after our first title "The Last Citadel" releases to the public, to post the number of sales the game made. The objective is to build trust between our audience and ourselves, but also to inform and educate the younger audience, who might want to go into game development, on how games are made from start to finish.Like most devs, it really started as a desire to play a game that we could not find. A Rogue-lite we could play with friends that would really allow us to cooperate and not just be in the same world together. We've played our fair share of Risk of Rain 2 and Gunfire Reborn, but felt there was a need for a better Coop experience in the genre.
Media Contact
Contact: Martin Lemay
email: Contact@honestdemon.com
Influencer and press testing build
If you're interested in playing the influencer only build or have any questions, please let us know. We can provide you with more information, assets, or anything else you may need for a video or article. Also, backers of the kickstarter will get access to a full build of the game that has all current content available to play. To play this version of the game click the link below. This build of the game includes more levels, player abilities, and weapons. Even this build is still a work in progress and not to be considered a final game version.
PUBLIC DEMO: you can download directly from our steam page
Game: The Last Citadel
Genre: Rogue-lite, 4 person co-op
Release Date: 2024
Steam Page | Press Kit | Link to trailer
Photos
1 - Encounter World 1 - Over 45 active abilities
2 - Loadout Editing - Customize loadouts to suit your teams need
3 - Encounter World 2 - Engaging combat
4 - Challenge - Challenge the specter for big rewards
5 - Curse Weapon - Take a risk with a Curse weapon. Devastating, but at what cost?
6 - Exploring World 3 - Will you make it all the way to the sub dimension?
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7 - Boss - Encounter challenging bosses with unique mechanics
8 - Loadout - Customize loadouts to suit your teams need
9 - Loot - With a diverse loot system, every weapon will feel different
10 - Intense Action - A easy game to get into, but a hard one to master
11 - Map Generation - With our module based system, worlds are beautiful and always new
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5 - Curse Weapons.png
6 - Exploring World 3.jpg
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