About Us

[Spellbook]

The Yellow King development team is a small, independent cult.

There are two right-hand magic priests who work the code, three left-hand ritualists crafting wicked imagery and false idols, and some chaos magicians who are adept at lies and deception pretending to be customer service reps.

Castration is optional, but the track suits are not.

[Evil Azrael]

Please fix your texts on the store page. There are a lot of east asia text symbols from the more complex unicode ranges scattered around the page.
Screenshot:
https://evilazrael.net/tmp/theyellowking.png

[Evil Azrael]

In the API it does not look better:
https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails/?appids=1149400&l=english&

[Spellbook]

Ả̸̮͕̹̻͐̎͋̀̓́͘̕͠ŗ̵̢̨̛̛͕͇̹͍̲͇̻̬̩͍͗̄̀̉̒̈́̓͠e̸̛̘͓͉̫͖͙̪̙̤̼̭͉̣̓̍͒̅̅̒̇̈̾̀ ̶̨̛̻̝̖͈̀̓͂͊͊̐̏̈́͑̊̋͒͝ͅy̸̺̗̬͓͛̍͑̇̐̃̇̚ơ̵̼̂̐̑͗͌̍̕̕̕ŭ̶̢̺͇̯̼͖̟̻͖̳͎͖͎͙̣͌ ̵̡̛͉͍͆̏̋̓̐̓̌̿̓̆̿͊ş̵̛̫̯̩̘͚͙̓̾͛̄̇̿͌̕u̸̝̗̠̓̄̇͑́̈͐̀̎̆̍̇̋̚r̸̼̭͓͍͚̠͖͋̈́͊̀̚e̶̩̜͔͔̯̣̞̝͠ͅ ̷̯̳͖̈́͋̚͠i̸̙͓͒͒̈́̎͂͆́̓̇̂̄͆̔̕t̷͇̯̩̹͎̜̮̻͍̿̓̕͜ ̶̧̫͕̤̬̠̱̞̺̯̪͕͖̪̊̔̈̓̓͗̇̕į̶̜́̂s̷̨͍̉̋̋̊̈̂̈́͝͝n̸̨̨̤̜̗̮̭̽͒̀̓̾̇͆͂̆̑̇ͅ'̶̨̘̠͓͈̪̪̮̺̞͆̈́̒̎̏́̀̉̄̈́̊͑̕͜ͅͅt̷̨̗̝̣̗̅̂̃̀̍̓͝͠ ̸̢̫͈̮̘̰̠̣͉͙̫̘͈̺͍̈́̑́̊͝j̸̛̟͛̈́̿̐̆̎̑̎̏̈́̿̚̕͠u̸͙̍̊͌͋̈́͐͋̎͗̿̀̚͝s̴̫̮̹̻̬̫̝̬̓͗͊̿̌̀̊͂̓͂̕͝͝t̸͓̳̞̙̬̯͛͗͆̍̋͆̽͒̈̓͆͆̏̄͜͝ ̷̧͔͓͓̪͉̣͓̖̜͖̩͈̔̆̿͆̑̾͌͆̀̕ǎ̴̠̰̆̅́ḻ̴̡̭͍͈̣̪̦̬̹͙̺̤̃̃́̃́͒̎͘͘͝ͅl̸̨͇͚͇͙̬͇̗̫͉͙͇̠͐̂͛͊̆ͅ ̷̮̺̘̮̖͉̲̻̼̜̯̳̽̅͋i̸͙͗̓̀̈̄̄̚ǹ̵̨̯̤͚̮̠̗͋̏ ̵̙̱͎̟͇̼͔͎͍̅̇͛́ý̵̨͖͗̈́́̌̇̂͐̆͋͝͝o̸̢̢͉͍͚̘̩̯̝̦̻̦̘̯̣͆͋͛̕͝͠u̸̢̙̠̗̹͙͍̪͖̟̣̥̐́͐̀̓̊̓͐̾͂̓͐̿͝͠ͅͅŗ̶͍̘͉͈̬͖̝͍̉̌͋̽̈ͅͅ ̵̧̬̤͇̤͍̻̞͖̳̪̘̼̼͌̽h̴͚̮̙͕͕͓͎̫̺̤̃̓̿̚e̸̹͑̊͒͝ả̸̲̥͌̀̉̐͒̓͐̉͘d̴̖̘̈́̾́̐̔̀̎̀̂͘̕̚?̶͇̋̕

[yo phoon]

Their text is fine, they just used Zalgo. Google "zalgo text generator".

I understand what they're trying to do, but it's just distracting and not selling the product in my opinion.

Also, "The Yellow King is a massively-multiplayer online world unlike anything you've experienced before." sounds so cliché that it detracts my interest from the game.

"Player vs Player encounters, leaderboards and guilds offer more to do when you're sick of killing demons" - You'll get sick of doing one of the main features of our game, so we've thrown in some secondary activities.
Your wording needs work if you're trying to sell a product. Expand on what PvP situations exist (battlegrounds, open world, arenas, etc), what the leaderboards track and what you can do because of/for/with your guild.

"Additional Notes: Best experienced in TempleOS". Come on, I get wanting to be fun/creative but sell your product first before creating small content that negates the positives you do. I mean it's clear from the first reply that not everyone even knows about Zalgo.

Below your copyright, you add a small excerpt from I don't know what, but clearly Lovecraftian. But how does this relate to the game? It reads like a passage from a single player RPG yet your game is roguelike and you don't mention if there's an overall story to The Yellow King.

[ryanrem]

Originally posted by yo phoon:

Below your copyright, you add a small excerpt from I don't know what, but clearly Lovecraftian. But how does this relate to the game? It reads like a passage from a single player RPG yet your game is roguelike and you don't mention if there's an overall story to The Yellow King.

What are you talking about, there is nothing below the copyrights on the store page, are you sure you are F̷̴̵̨̼͖͕͇̪̫̼̜̫͈̹̝͐ͩ̃ͨͧ͌͌͊̽ͨ̃ͭ̈͌́ḙ͚͉̮̬̫̳͚̯͓̦͚̙ͦͯ̓̇ͮͭ͡͝ė̛̙̯̩̥̟̼͆̉ͨ̉ͧ̊̐͛͗̔́̾ͤ̆̚̕͘͜l̵̪̻̰̺͓̾̑͋̌͊ͬ̈̂ͥ͗̌͋͑̌͢͢͜͡ͅîͣͧ̃ͪͥ̉ͭͮ̉ͭ̏ͣ̅ͨ͏̴҉̶̯̜̗͖͚̹͎ͅn̶͇̮̪͙̥̭͔̰̤̹̞̩̱̲̉͋ͣ̒͗̍̍ͭ̐̀̇g̶̵̰̫̼̳͕̗̪̖͙̖̙̯͚̏ͫͦ̈̿ͨ̾ͣͩ̕͢͠ͅ ̦̭͓̗͎̑ͫ̾̇̓̾̚̕͡o̴̧̙̻͍ͪͭ̌ͣ͐̿̈́ͣ͒ͥ͆̉͛ͪ́̚͟k̳̯͚̤̭̪͈͓͛͑͂̅͂̄͐ͯ͂̃́͑̒ͦ͆ͩͥ̚͟a̶̷͖̠̮̲̲̬̝̹̬̜͉̲̟͖̎̏ͥͭ̆ͣͤ̑ͯͨy̡̛̛͙͉̹̖̘̺̣͍̼̙̙̮̝͙͉̯̆̅ͪ͋ͣ̈́ͭ́͛͑ͭ́̃̓̏̇̈́ͮͫ͠͠?



But in all seriousness I enjoy that the developers are trying to be mysterious with certain aspects of the game to spark curiosity. I have enough of an understanding of the game at this point in time to keep this game on my radar but not enough to sell me on the game. When the game is released into Early Access I'll be able to get that additional information easily and make my choice.

[Evil Azrael]

𝔒𝔥, 𝔦 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔗𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔒𝔖 𝔧𝔬𝔨𝔢 𝔞𝔰 ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔷𝔞𝔩𝔤𝔬 𝔠𝔯𝔞𝔭. ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔬𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱'𝔰 𝔨𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.𝔖𝔬 ℑ 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔜𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱. 𝔄𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 ℑ 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔴.

[Spellbook]

Originally posted by yo phoon:

I understand what they're trying to do, but it's just distracting and not selling the product in my opinion....

Thanks for the feedback. We'll make some changes today.

There's a balance between informative and mysterious! If we did what every other indie game does, you'd probably not be here right now!

[Plasquar]

Originally posted by Spellbook:

Thanks for the feedback. We'll make some changes today.

Hopefully not too many.
The "mysterious" text and the fact that the devs actually talk to people in here is the reason why I'm here.

But you know what would be awesome?



A̲̼̹̳̖̱͚̅̈́ ̹͉̺̰̹̹͕ͦ̇̈́ͧ̚g̯̟̳̭̭̯͈͍̓̃̈̏̀̀̏̇̚ǎ̱͖̣ͥ̆͂ͥ͗̿͊ͭm̟ͮ̈ͣe͔͚͇͔̘̮̣͚͆̒ͩ͂ͮ̒̚p̻̖̺̜͍̜̺͐͒̑ͯ̍̈́l͔̥͆̓͆ã̘̞̞̘̼͈̜̐ͥ̑y̟̤̥̬͕̣̺̙̙̋ͣ̾͋ͤ̂ͨ̚̚ ̤̱͚̻̱̫̹̭̃ͤ͛ͬv̫̦ͧͦi̟̤̭̞͚̬̠̿̇ͦ̐̑ͫ́̒d̘̭͚͖̝̪ͭͣ̐̐̚e͚̗̳͒ͩ́̋̀̚̚o͍̙͇̭ͦ̊͊ͯ͂̉̚ͅ!͈̟̽̎͌͑̎ͅ