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After an unfortunate and unavoidable pause, we continue to iterate on B2B AI SaaS. Here are the draft mockups of the new card design!

Wonderful playtest today with friends from Japan, Korea, and New Zealand! (Tonight then, maybe?)

Updated the project page for B2B AI SaaS. define.games/b2b-ai-saas

Very dense and fruitful playtest for B2B AI SaaS tonight!

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Another playtest done. Continuing to iterate at high velocity.

Another ukiyo-e masterpiece and an inspiration for Rokuroku. Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Specter Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

First iteration of card design is ready for B2B AI SaaS! Here's a sneak peek of the role card.

B2B AI SaaS: just wrapped up a 2.5-hour online playtest, looking forward to hosting the next dozen this year.

A masterpiece of ukiyo-e and an inspiration for Rokuroku. Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883

Short dev video about our upcoming game B2B AI SaaS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoan...

Quick update on B2B AI SaaS: - New prototype decks are loaded into Tabletop Simulator (and are also ready for print) - Certain progress is made with art direction - The first dev blog video is being edited

We've got something to say about it.

Yesternight game design tinkering session. This is also a sneak peek into B2B AI SaaS, a tabletop game about startups that we're making in our studio.

Feels so rewarding to add new features on top of a decent architecture. I still have reservation about some of my choices, not all of them were that good. But even then, adding new heroes and features turns out to be very simple.

Dev Log #10 New heroes: - Scholar of the Ainu traditions. Supporting role New abilities: - Whirlwind. Damage and move all adjacent heroes counterclockwise - Swap. Teleport two heroes to each other's positions - Switchable passive stats bonus for adjacent heroes

We're excited to invite you to our Discord server! discord.gg/86bymhTWWn

Dev Log #9 The Dota-like mode is completely restored after the big refactoring. It also works now for both 6 people (everyone controlling their own hero) and 2 people (you and your opponent control 3 heroes each)

Dev Log #8 New features: - arbitrary hero spawn at any place in the turn order - new bomb-throwing ability for Demoman Fixes: - prevent double clicks from causing double actions

Who can guess why this particular placement of units?

Dev Log #7 Huge refactor of the core game logic: - standardized API for units and other entities - extendable transaction system - better access to game data across codebase Extra: - new robust animation system - interactive hero avatars reflecting turn order - admin tools

Dev Log #6 Server code overhaul: - automated reconnect on WebSocket failure - player data now stored in a database - logging errors from all the connected users Currently refactoring core game logic. The next batch of playtests is happening in 2 weeks.

Dev Log #5 - Added abilities for the Sumo character - Implemented a limited slot inventory - Make the path highlighted on mouse hover - Parametrize abilities so that dev is easier

Dev Log #4 - Finished the 3v3 game mode implementation - Made hit points discrete - Fixed and refactored a bunch of internal stuff A couple more days to polish the worst parts of UX, and we will be starting early playtests!

Dev Log #3 - Created a 3v3 map & dev-only map editor - Out-of-turn events revamp which fixes many bugs - Fixed camera positioning and UX - Implemented simple auto-turns for NPC units - Boxes now drop items when destroyed

Dev Log #2 - Completed a massive code refactoring - Moved control of the game flow to the server A feature-focused update will follow up soon!

Dev Log #1 - Implemented ability cooldowns - Added hero statuses (stun, bleeding, etc) - Introduced hex statuses (e.g. trap or burning) - Ctrl+LMB to attack any hex (to hit hidden units) - Made possible to draw an arbitrary movement path Stay tuned for further updates!

The beginning of the studio library!