It is time for our second @Frozenbyte Instagram takeover, and it’s a doozy. One of our Frozenbytees visited the Game UX Summit in Vancouver last week, and shared us some great pictures and stories from there. She also gave us a small inside look on what she does and what goes on designing a working UX. According to her, User Experience (UX) design is not an easy field to explain, and many people still assume that it only includes game menus. However, the subject is much vaster and more complex, since it encompasses the ‘entire’ user journey, and the field […]
One of our Frozenbytees, or employees, took over our Instagram account @Frozenbyte for ten days, and the pictures she shared were fun and adorable! She gave our viewers and us a glimpse of her work, what she likes to do on her free time, and the love she feels for Disney, cats, and badgers. So, please head to our Instagram to see what happened, or see a recap of it below. Also remember to follow us to see what’s up next. We got big plans ahead and more takeovers to come. 😉 Here’s the recap!
These lovely crochet wizards were made by one of our designers! As seen on Twitter and Facebook, our students, while adventuring amongst monsters and caves, have had some thoughtful and sometimes very insightful conversations. They’ve told stories about flowerbeds and peacocks, blushing and spell books, and even suggested methods on how to get friends. If you missed the conversations, or just seen a few during your own adventures, here is a few. Enjoy! These and the rest of the videos can be found on our Facebook playlist, or on Twitter. So, did you learn something new? Or found a favorite video? […]
“It seemed like a perfect time to focus on finding new accessories.” – The Narrator The students of the Astral Academy are not after only their school’s missing spell parchments, but there are other fascinating things to be found out there in the great wide yonder. Hats There are chests hidden all across the perilous journey, and while some are sadly empty, others contain fashionable pieces of millinery: hats! Each student has their own hat, but they find stranger and more wondrous hats as their quest progresses. Playing on a harder difficulty allows you to find more interesting, rarer hats, […]
“This is Fire, this is Ice This is Death, this is Life This is Lightning, this is Steam And this is all that’s in-between” – The Principles of Magic for Elementary School Levels by Professor Butternut Nine Parchments is all about runaway students from the Astral Academy going after missing magic parchments on their own, so here we take a closer look at what kind of magic we have in question. The spells cast by the students, as well as the spells they find out in the wilderness, fall into seven categories: six kinds of elemental spells; and non-elemental spells, […]
Amadeus the Wizard “By my trousers, I must flee!” – Amadeus the Wizard Favourite spell: Amadeus’s Box While the box is no fireball, Amadeus is fond of his long-time companion. The box can be used as a counterweight, a weapon, and sometimes a mild annoyance to adventuring companions. Amadeus the Wizard is a long-time student of the Astral Academy where many years ago he was abducted by a magical artefact, Trine, in order to save the kingdom from an undead hostile takeover. His companions Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief may have helped a little bit there. Amadeus has […]
Prince Selius Heatherwood “You’d best keep your guard around me.” – Prince Selius Favourite spell: Piercing Shadow The spell is as intense as the Prince’s dark gaze. Prince Selius has been stumbled upon by his fellow students in the underground quarters of the Astral Academy, and joins their suspicious hunt for the Nine Parchments. The fact that the Prince has been locked up in the dungeons by the wizards for some reason may or not be cause for alarm for his fellow travelers. He certainly does have interesting moods, each more sinister than the previous one. Prince Selius has an […]
We are currently looking for a talented 3D asset artist to join our team. Our artists have gathered teaching materials that show you how we create assets fit for our games, to help you make the best portfolio possible. http://wiki.frozenbyte.com/index.php/3D_Asset_Workflow Some of the materials and guides have been written by us, while some are links to external sources we’ve found to be useful. The wiki page is a transformed version of our internal guidelines with some of the most top-secret bits edited out. We hope that our wiki inspires you to join our Frozenbyte family. Come see more information on […]
We’ve been working on new content for Nine Parchments ever since we first released the game, and now we’re excited to finally share what we’ve got for you! The Astral Challenges free content update is making its way towards all our players on all our Nine Parchments platforms. The highlights of the Astral Challenges update include: Six new Arena levels that will challenge even the most battle-hardened wizard veterans. The arenas are designed for characters who are at least level 40, so better get ready for a rough ride. Simply put… you will die. A new unlockable character, Selius, waiting […]
“You are all disqualified.” – Professor Butternut Professor Butternut is the teacher in charge of the class of students hunting for the Nine Parchments. He has not been pleased with all his apprentices rushing off into the wilderness after the missing spells, and plans on remedying all absences with punishing new classes. Professor Butternut’s Thoughts on Summer Holidays The students have returned from their dubious little trek to recover the missing spell parchments, which went missing after Anastasia blew up a wall in the library. It was my impression that our young apprentices were not happy to deliver the spells […]
We have once more patched the game on Nintendo Switch (now version 1.0.2.). Log for some of the changes below: – A few changes to save slot menu – Fixed an issue with Everbloom that caused the game to crash – Fixed some dialog lines not playing properly – Fixed an issue when players could get disconnected when loading into Astral Academy – Various battle config fixes in the last few levels (in some cases the battle would not trigger or enemies could spawn off the battle-area) – New Icon – Support for video capture enabled How do you like […]
The wait is finally over, Nine Parchments is now out on Xbox One! The version available at launch will have all the improvements/updates we’ve brought to the Switch and PC version so far, including the multiple save files. You can play Nine Parchments for free for 60 minutes with the trial version, check out the details from the Xbox One Store. Xbox One version quick facts: Price 19.99€ / $19.99 Trial available at launch (60 minutes) 1080p/60fps with dynamic resolution scaling 4k/60fps on Xbox One X Store page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/Nine-Parchments/BZM82SL2TP6V We hope you enjoy the game:)
