Duelyst is a free and open-sourcedigital collectible card game and turn-based strategy hybrid developed by Counterplay Games, who initially self-published the title but was later published by Bandai Namco. It had been released in an open beta period in 2015, and the full game was released on April 27, 2016.[2][3] Due to declining player counts, servers for Duelyst were shut down on February 27, 2020.
Games are played on a 5 × 9 grid. Here, a general's movement range is highlighted.
In Duelyst, two players battle across a tactical battlefield, taking turns in which they play and position minions and spells, represented by cards drawn from a custom built deck, until one of the players eliminates the enemy general. There are six factions in Duelyst, each with its own unique characteristics that affect strategy and gameplay of the decks the player builds.[5]
The game offers a practice mode, puzzle-like challenges, a ranked season ladder and a draft-style tournament mode.[6]
Developmentedit
Duelyst development was led by Keith Lee, a former lead producer at Blizzard Entertainment, who co-founded Counterplay Games. Lee cites the Fire Emblem and Front Mission series as inspirations for the game. Duelyst was designed to accommodate short play sessions, a game lasting around ten minutes on average.[1]
The game was part funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, raising $137,707 in April 2014.[7][8] Originally intended to follow an up-front pricing model, the game switched to a free-to-play model in 2015. The developers believed that a free-to-play model would allow for ongoing updates to the game rather than relying on less regular expansion packs.[9] The game entered open beta testing in October 2015, and was released in April 2016 on both Microsoft Windows and OS X platforms.[10][11] The iOS version, however, was subsequently removed, and the game exists only for Windows. The first major expansion "Denizens of Shim'zar" was released in August 2016.[12] A second expansion, "Rise of the Bloodborn" was released in December 2016.[13] A third, "Ancient Bonds" followed in March 2017.[14] The fourth, "Unearthed Prophecy" was released in July 2017.[15] The fifth, "Immortal Vanguard" was released in November 2017.[16] The sixth and latest expansion, "Trial of Mythron" was released in November 2018.[17]
Originally self-published, it was announced in July 2017 that the game would henceforth be published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, who would take on responsibilities for marketing and customer support.[18][19]
Counterplay announced in January 2020 that due to declining player counts, the online servers for Duelyst will be shut down on February 27, 2020 at 3PM PST, and the game will become unplayable after that.[20] Three years later, the studio announced that the code and game would be available as an open source project.[21]
The game was well received and holds a rating of 82/100 on reviews aggregation website Metacritic, based on 14 reviews.[22] Tom Marks, writing in PC Gamer, described Duelyst as his favourite card game after Hearthstone and awarded the game 84% in his review.[5][23] Matt Cox, in his review for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, praised Duelyst in comparison to its competitors, adding that the game "does so much more by slapping on a whole other game to the tried and tested CCG formula".[24]
Referencesedit
^ abColin Campbell (2015-03-02). "Duelyst takes Hearthstone and adds a little Final Fantasy Tactics". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^"Gorgeous competitive tactics game 'Duelyst' is out today". 27 April 2016.
^. Archived from the original on 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
^Chalk, Andy (10 January 2023). "Duelyst source code is now free for everyone, 'no strings attached'". PC Gamer. Future plc. from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ abTom Marks (2015-11-06). "Duelyst is my favorite new card game since Hearthstone". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
^Nathan Grayson (2014-03-10). "Revealed: Duelyst, Turn-Based Strategy From Diablo Devs". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
^Counterplay Games (2014-03-09). "DUELYST". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
^Steven Messner (2016-06-23). "Why Duelyst's Developers Think Going Free-To-Play Was The Right Move". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
^Mike Futter (2015-10-21). "Tactical Card Game Duelyst Enters Open Beta Today". Game Informer. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^Tom Marks (2016-04-05). "Duelyst leaving open beta later this month". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^Tom Marks (2016-08-15). "Duelyst's first major expansion launches later this month, here are 8 new cards". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^Tom Marks (2016-12-12). "Duelyst's next expansion is out this week, take a look at six new cards". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
^Tom Marks (2017-03-09). "Duelyst is getting its third expansion next week, here's a first look at six new cards". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^Tom Marks (2017-07-07). "Duelyst's fourth expansion is out next week, take a look at 9 cards with a brand new keyword". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^Brendan Caldwell (2017-11-16). "Duelyst adds 100 cards in Immortal Vanguard expansion". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
^Alice O'Connor (2018-03-20). "Duelyst's Trial Of Mythron expansion out next week". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
^Counterplay Games (2017-07-07). . Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
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Duelyst is a free and open source digital collectible card game and turn based strategy hybrid developed by Counterplay Games who initially self published the title but was later published by Bandai Namco It had been released in an open beta period in 2015 and the full game was released on April 27 2016 2 3 Due to declining player counts servers for Duelyst were shut down on February 27 2020 DuelystDeveloper s Counterplay GamesPublisher s Bandai Namco EntertainmentProducer s Keith LeeDesigner s Eric Lang 1 Kevin Holmes June CuervoProgrammer s Emil Anticevic Collin Hover Marwan Hilmi Michael Kanter Robert CookArtist s Glauber Kotaki Anton FadeevComposer s Ben MacDougallPlatform s Microsoft Windows MacOSReleaseApril 27 2016Genre s Collectible card game Turn based StrategyMode s Multiplayersingle player On January 10 2023 the complete source code and assets for the game were uploaded to GitHub under the CC0 license 4 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Development 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Games are played on a 5 9 grid Here a general s movement range is highlighted In Duelyst two players battle across a tactical battlefield taking turns in which they play and position minions and spells represented by cards drawn from a custom built deck until one of the players eliminates the enemy general There are six factions in Duelyst each with its own unique characteristics that affect strategy and gameplay of the decks the player builds 5 The game offers a practice mode puzzle like challenges a ranked season ladder and a draft style tournament mode 6 Development editDuelyst development was led by Keith Lee a former lead producer at Blizzard Entertainment who co founded Counterplay Games Lee cites the Fire Emblem and Front Mission series as inspirations for the game Duelyst was designed to accommodate short play sessions a game lasting around ten minutes on average 1 The game was part funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign raising 137 707 in April 2014 7 8 Originally intended to follow an up front pricing model the game switched to a free to play model in 2015 The developers believed that a free to play model would allow for ongoing updates to the game rather than relying on less regular expansion packs 9 The game entered open beta testing in October 2015 and was released in April 2016 on both Microsoft Windows and OS X platforms 10 11 The iOS version however was subsequently removed and the game exists only for Windows The first major expansion Denizens of Shim zar was released in August 2016 12 A second expansion Rise of the Bloodborn was released in December 2016 13 A third Ancient Bonds followed in March 2017 14 The fourth Unearthed Prophecy was released in July 2017 15 The fifth Immortal Vanguard was released in November 2017 16 The sixth and latest expansion Trial of Mythron was released in November 2018 17 Originally self published it was announced in July 2017 that the game would henceforth be published by Bandai Namco Entertainment who would take on responsibilities for marketing and customer support 18 19 Counterplay announced in January 2020 that due to declining player counts the online servers for Duelyst will be shut down on February 27 2020 at 3PM PST and the game will become unplayable after that 20 Three years later the studio announced that the code and game would be available as an open source project 21 Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic82 100 22 The game was well received and holds a rating of 82 100 on reviews aggregation website Metacritic based on 14 reviews 22 Tom Marks writing in PC Gamer described Duelyst as his favourite card game after Hearthstone and awarded the game 84 in his review 5 23 Matt Cox in his review for Rock Paper Shotgun praised Duelyst in comparison to its competitors adding that the game does so much more by slapping on a whole other game to the tried and tested CCG formula 24 References edit a b Colin Campbell 2015 03 02 Duelyst takes Hearthstone and adds a little Final Fantasy Tactics Polygon Retrieved 2016 09 03 Gorgeous competitive tactics game Duelyst is out today 27 April 2016 Duelyst is the best and prettiest alternative to Hearthstone Archived from the original on 2016 07 10 Retrieved 2016 07 23 Chalk Andy 10 January 2023 Duelyst source code is now free for everyone no strings attached PC Gamer Future plc Archived from the original on 2023 01 10 Retrieved 10 January 2023 a b Tom Marks 2015 11 06 Duelyst is my favorite new card game since Hearthstone PC Gamer Retrieved 2016 08 06 Janine Hawkins 2016 06 01 Duelyst Review GameSpot Retrieved 2016 08 06 Nathan Grayson 2014 03 10 Revealed Duelyst Turn Based Strategy From Diablo Devs Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2016 08 06 Counterplay Games 2014 03 09 DUELYST Kickstarter Retrieved 2016 08 06 Steven Messner 2016 06 23 Why Duelyst s Developers Think Going Free To Play Was The Right Move Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2016 08 06 Mike Futter 2015 10 21 Tactical Card Game Duelyst Enters Open Beta Today Game Informer Retrieved 2016 09 03 Tom Marks 2016 04 05 Duelyst leaving open beta later this month PC Gamer Retrieved 2016 09 03 Tom Marks 2016 08 15 Duelyst s first major expansion launches later this month here are 8 new cards PC Gamer Retrieved 2016 09 03 Tom Marks 2016 12 12 Duelyst s next expansion is out this week take a look at six new cards PC Gamer Retrieved 2016 12 16 Tom Marks 2017 03 09 Duelyst is getting its third expansion next week here s a first look at six new cards PC Gamer Retrieved 2017 03 18 Tom Marks 2017 07 07 Duelyst s fourth expansion is out next week take a look at 9 cards with a brand new keyword PC Gamer Retrieved 2017 07 13 Brendan Caldwell 2017 11 16 Duelyst adds 100 cards in Immortal Vanguard expansion Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2018 11 19 Alice O Connor 2018 03 20 Duelyst s Trial Of Mythron expansion out next week Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2018 11 19 Counterplay Games 2017 07 07 BANDAI NAMCO Publisher Announcement Archived from the original on 2017 08 04 Retrieved 2017 07 13 Jessica Conditt 2017 07 14 How Bandai Namco is and isn t changing Duelyst Engadget Retrieved 2017 07 14 Bolding Jonathan January 25 2020 Duelyst to shut down servers forever PC Gamer Retrieved January 25 2020 Smith Graham 2023 01 10 Tactical card battler Duelyst is now completely open source Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2023 01 14 a b Duelyst for PC Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved 2020 03 01 Tom Marks 2016 05 03 Duelyst review PC Gamer Retrieved 2016 08 06 Cox Matt 2016 09 21 Wot I Think Duelyst Rock Paper Shotgun Retrieved 2016 09 29 External links editOfficial website Duelyst on GitHub Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duelyst amp oldid 1195240541, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
