Announcement Of Changes

Hello guys, Nomo here.

So wanted, to make an update post on some changes to Hreinn Games. To begin with, we parted ways with Sierra a few months ago, just before the end of the last update to be precise. It was nothing sudden, nor a conflict. It was an amicable decision made after several long discussions regarding some creative differences. Essentially, Sierra came to the conclusion that the best thing for Kingdom of Deception, Hreinn and its patrons would be for her to step down and allow others to take over some of the direction of the project, in order to lead to a game that would better fulfill everyone’s expectations.

So in the end of the last update, I contacted a few people and I am happy to say the two new members are Monsinne as writer and Ndsferrari as coder. Ndsferrari has been helping us code for while now, and Monsinne worked on last month's art packs plus helping finish last update, and the last months I have been preparing the new update and familiarizing them with the code and story.

The transition was easier than usual because both of them had prior history with the game. Ndsferrari has already done significant chunks of the code, or significant chunks were revised by him. Monsinne has been a passionate fan since before even Kingdom of Deception started, and has been around to bounce ideas off of often, and for feedback - I helped introduce him to some of the worldbuilding, lore, characters and plot plans we’ve had for Kingdom of Deception as well.

It might surprise to some to learn that all of the characters, most of the story and plot, history and backstory, as well as even some of the speech patterns of characters are also my creation. Sierra did an amazing job bringing all of my ideas to life - far better than I could. I am confident Monsinne will continue to do the same.

We already have plans and timelines on how to take things from here based on my old plans we had with Sierra, so characters and events won’t be changing, Kingdom of Deception will still be the same game in essence. However we do hope our focus on things that you guys care about will bring new life to Kingdom of Deception, and make everyone enjoy it more. When the new version hits tomorrow, you can experience on your own the work we did.

We will also be aiming to change the release schedules, and be more active in feedback gathering and communications from now on. Monsinne is very communicative, and he’ll be making sure to keep lines of communication open.  We’re already doing some of this with the feedback threads and short story post concept which we will continue to do more of.

I am also very thankful to Sierra for the long years of work and creation we did together, managing to finish one big project in Noxian Nights, and making a vast new one in Kingdom of Deception. I wouldn’t be where I am without her, but all things come to an end and this will hopefully be for the best for both us and Kingdom of Deception. I hope in the future we can work together again on some new project, and wish her all the best in all of her projects and life.

This announcement comes a lot after the fact of Sierra leaving, but I wanted first to be confident I had the right people to do justice of what you expect of Kingdom of Deception before bringing it out. Now that we have finished a big update as an example of that I will leave it to you to see for yourself all the new and exciting things we are adding.

-Nomo.