We’re proud to present the new teaser video for ARTICA, which was done by Hugo Delmotte (Cameo Studio).
The teaser gives you a good sneak peek of the game and a general idea of how it plays. (A longer, fuller trailer will be shown when the campaign is launched later this year).
Check out the teaser here!:
ARCTICA COMING TO BGA! 💻
Exciting news! ARCTICA will eventually be coming to Boardgame Arena!
For those that don’t know, BGA is an online platform where you can play digital versions of your favorite boardgames! They have a huge catalogue of games — many are free, and others are available as a Premium member.
The full version of ARCTICA will eventually be on BGA as a Premium game.
HOWEVER — everyone will also have a chance to try out the game for FREE while the campaign is live, and also before for a short time.
And if you just can’t wait, and want to try the game earlier, it’s also available in private “Alpha phase” right now, and we’re looking for volunteers to help us iron out any bugs that the Alpha version may still have.
How can you become an Alpha tester?
— Head on over to our Discord here.
— Find the BoardGame Arena channel and tell us your BGA username
— Learn the rules and schedule some games with other Alpha testers (This Way team members will also be around to help facilitate some playtests, and possibly join games as well).
Some things you should know before applying:
— We are limiting Alpha tester spots to only the first 200 people that apply! (Sorry we can’t take more than that, but it becomes too difficult to track comments with too many people). If you don’t apply in time and are not a part of this initial 200, remember that the game will be available for a limited time for everyone to try it out during the campaign later this year.
— As we mentioned, the game is in Alpha, so expect some bugs. Please keep this in mind, and also help us by reporting bugs through the official bug-reporting system in BGA.
— Yes, when we say “learn the rules” above, it means we have an early “Work In Progress” version of the rulebook available on our Discord. Please note that this is absolutely NOT a final version by any means — it could include typos, and still doesn’t have the most updated graphics (which are being updated nearly daily). We don’t want people poring over the rulebook to find typos just yet. We WILL be sending out a more final version before the campaign launch and THEN we will be asking for more eyes on the rules, and we will gladly accept suggestions at that time — just not sooner. So if you’re curious about the rules, go ahead and take a peek… just know it’s NOT final, and not meant to be yet.
ARCTICA IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE 🇩🇪
We’re also proud to announce our first localization partnership with Board Game Circus, who will be localizing ARCTICA in German for us.We are very excited to be working with the publisher who localized *Endeavor Deep Sea*, a game that has achieved the success we all know it has by winning the Spiel des Jahres Expert award. In addition, Daniel Theuerkaufer has been very supportive ever since we first met at the last Essen fair; thank you very much for your confidence in this project.
This is just the first of many MANY languages that will be available for this project. We will be announcing each and every new language in future Updates as soon as contracts are officially signed, but we can safely say that there’s a LOT of interest from other publishers from around the world at this moment. 🔥
ARCTICA LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER 🚀
We wanted to let followers of this campaign know that ARCTICA will now be launching in September this year, and we’ll have a more exact launch date in our next Reveal Update. (The project page will also be updated in the coming weeks to reflect the new launch time and the latest game graphics — we’re just waiting for our graphic designer to be free again).
The reason for the later launch is simple: We are making sure to have our previous projects delivered to backers before we launch anything new!
While some of you may be disappointed that the launch has been pushed to a later time, there’s no need to worry too much! We’ll be even MORE further ahead in the project by then, which means the window of time between campaign end and mass production will be even shorter — so the ultimate delivery date won’t actually change by that much, even with a later launch. (And our goal is still to be even earlier than expected with this project — we’re already quite far ahead!).
We have a bunch more Reveal Updates coming, which will give you more information on components, game production, more gameplay, pledge structures, and a lot more! Reveal Updates will continue on a (roughly) monthly basis, and may speed up a bit right before launch. So stay tuned!
— Team This Way!
