This is a story about the development of Nine Parchments, a multiplayer video game about young wizard students collecting spells and sometimes blowing themselves up accidentally while learning them. For your amusement, this story is illustrated with images and outtakes from across the development period. The Journey Begins In the autumn of 2015, Frozenbyte published the third installment of the Trine series. Trine 3: The Artefacts of Power was an ambitious project, which near broke our hearts as we were forced to release a game with only a partly finished story. As we labored in the smoldering ruins of our […]
Nine Parchments will be out tomorrow, December 5th on Nintendo Switch eShop in North America and Europe, and on December 7th in Japan. Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/nine-parchments-switch The PC (Windows) version will be available tomorrow as well from Steam, GOG and Humble Store: Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/471550/Nine_Parchments/ GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/nine_parchments Humble Store: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/nine-parchments The PS4 and Xbox One release dates will be confirmed as soon as we have the information. If you’re a content creator or reviewer and would like to try out Nine Parchments, you can email [email protected] and request a review key. We are also taking in requests via keymailer: https://www.keymailer.co/g/games/28765 We don’t have all the different […]
It’s December already! Time really flies when you’re having fun, or if you just have a million things to do… anyway let’s go to the point! We know how much you guys loved our Christmas Calendar last year (or at least the chance to win codes for our games). Unfortunately at the moment the Support team, or make it the whole Frozenbyte company, is super busy with getting Nine Parchments ready. This is why we decided to go with quality over quantity this year, meaning that during December we will have a weekly Yuletide calendar instead. Our version will be […]
Nine Parchments is a very fast-paced game about a group of ragtag truant wizarding students going out into the world to look for some missing spell parchments, and while they encounter terrible foes and breath-taking vistas, any dramatic moments of confronting difficult narrative choices (other than, should I throw a fireball at my friend or not) are less than featured in the game’s short, sweet and few cutscenes. Party Banters To match the game’s lively speed and our intention that you would like to experience the action more than just once, we wrote you some Party Banters. You may have […]
We have some good news for Nintendo Switch fans! Nine Parchments just got a demo added onto Nintendo eShop in Europe and US. The demo will have three playable levels: The tutorial at the Astral Academy A beautiful beach level A Boss Fight against the gigantic Treasure Mantis Some features such as getting additional spells, the skill/leveling system, as well as online co-op have been disabled in the demo but will be made available in the full game. You can, however, play this demo with up to four players in local co-op, and try out the one Joy-Con mode. I […]
It’s time for a monthly report! As you may have guessed we have been quite busy with Nine Parchments and other projects. And no, we still don’t have news about the release date. So hang in there, we’ll tell you the date as soon as we have one! Meanwhile it’s good to check what we have been up to! 😊 Firstly we do have smaller news about Nine Parchments: Redonkulous Gaming released an interview that they had with our marketing lead. The interview is in two parts, so remember to read both. First part is about Frozenbyte in general, and […]
Frozenbyte has a new Logo! In the near future we are preparing to release multiple new games, so this felt like a suitable moment to change our logo. Over the years, the Frozenbyte logo has remained largely the same, not counting a few facelifts, and we wanted something a bit different this time around…Something recognizable, yet new, so here it is, the Frozenbyte logo from this point onward: The new logo is a reflection of our creative values and dedication – It is a symbol for the many amazing new projects coming out next year. All the logo files can […]
Has-Been Heroes has just received a massive free expansion pack! It’s out now on all platforms and we’ve got a short video to celebrate: The expansion adds tons of new content for players to discover and includes the Trine heroes – Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief – as playable characters once you have unlocked the Epic Quest mode. The Epic Quest mode will be a true test of skill for the most veteran players as the heroes have no starting spells! Complete with custom animations (Amadeus attacks with a box!) and beautiful 2D visuals in […]
September cleared and it’s time for a Monthly Report! Yes, it was quite an achievement with the events. Below is what we have been up to, this time with many pictures! Firstly below are couple pictures from Seattle where we visited PAX West 2017 with Indie Megabooth. This event happened at the beginning of last month and we are happy to say that our booth was very busy. 🙂 Our booth at PAX before visitors got in! The right picture is from a pre-event. Click the pictures for a bigger view. After PAX our Marketing team got back to office […]
Holidays 2017 are almost behind the corner, and so is the release date for Nine Parchments. This means that now is last chance to playtest Nine Parchments here at our office in Finland. You can fill out the application form from here, but I recommend reading through this post first. 🙂 What is playtesting? We are interested to hear what individuals from outside the company think about our games. This is why we invite players to our office to play our games and give us feedback and fresh perspective to them. Right now we are testing Nine Parchments, but next […]
August was a busy month! A lot happened, especially compared to the few previous months. And from this, I bet the most exciting thing for many players was the moment when we announced that Amadeus is a playable character in Nine Parchments. How many of you saw this coming? 😉 Nine Parchments team probably had most of the pressure here with our QA team, as they prepared the game’s demo build to Gamescom and PAX West. Also our marketing team was super busy due to these events, below is a bit about their journey. First, three of our guys drove […]
Hey everyone! We can’t believe that so much time has passed since we released Has-Been Heroes back in March – many stepped up and found a one-of-kind, addicting and unforgettable experience. We can’t wait to see how many more of you will push to be a part of the Hall Of Heroes. As of now, we have 19 members who can definitively call themselves the best! With that said, we’re ecstatic to announce that Has-Been Heroes will be available in Japan on August 31, 2017 exclusively on Nintendo Switch. With the love and support you all have shown us on […]