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Roun is a free to play, fantasy themed, role playing card game.

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Roun is being retired

Jan 27, 2021

After a lot of thought I've decided to retire Roun while I work on it's as yet unnamed successor.

Roun mutated a bit during development and then had to change radically after launch when performance issues made it clear the initial concept of a fully online, multiplayer game was unrealistic given my skills and resources. It morphed into a single player game with local database server and I was never very happy with that approach.

The local database server was problematic for several reasons, greatly complicating installation and troubleshooting. There were also some dependencies on external web resources left over from the original design that couldn't really be removed without a thorough rebuilding.

In the almost two years since launch I have naturally imagined many gameplay improvements and feel there is now a better game within me. So the time has come to take down Roun's external dependencies and begin work on a successor with the following goals in mind:

Gameplay

Purely single player.
Emphasis on avatar development whilst retaining the concept of improvable followers joining the party but on a more of a temporary, swapping in and out basis.
Redesigned core combat, removing limitations carried over from the original online concept. Combat rounds will be conducted on a party, not character basis.
Surrender mechanic removed and replaced with quest driven way of temporarily recruiting non human followers.
Deeper crafting system with no random elements.

Development

New game engine for faster development and easier maintenance.
No dependency on local (or other) database server.
No web dependencies other than cloud saves.

Roun's successor will, like the original, be free to play.

I don't know the exact date yet when the current game will be removed from the Steam store but I have submitted a request for it to be taken down. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Steam, without which Roun would likely have never seen the light of day.

Roun

Game start problem.

So, I'm trying to turn this game on by any means, i tried restarting my computer, reinstalling etc. etc. but all this game does is turning on the updater, then it turns off itself, can someone, if anyone already started playing, help me?

nattes

Jan 28, 2018 @ 2:45pm

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Backend Overhaul And Referral System

Mar 24, 2019

After a long time away I'm finally back to working on Roun. Some changes have been made in the last couple of weeks.

Roun's backend has been completely replaced. The old web service, which was built back when Roun was a totally online game, is gone. All server side functionality now runs completely on serverless functions. So the backend is easier to maintain and monthly hosting costs have been very drastically reduced.

A new referral system has been implemented. Want more fortune cards? Visit Faturna's temple and the Lady of Fortune's acolytes will share a secret code with you. Have a friend quote that code and you will both be rewarded with tokens of the Lady's favour. The temple can entered by clicking the appropriate button on the party selection (campfire) screen.

With the backend service redevelopment out of the way expect more content additions soon.

Roun

Out of early access!

Aug 23, 2018

Roun is coming out of early access today!

I think it's at a point where the new single player version is stable and there's enough content to hopefully keep people happy for quite a while.

It's been some time since the last news again. A big change has been it is now possible to recruit non human characters into your party. It's not easy though. The prospective recruit needs to surrender to you during battle. This can only happen under certain conditions (things have to be going really badly for them) and even when those conditions are met the chances of them having a surrender card in their hand is pretty slim.

Once in your party the new member can learn and equip ability cards appropriate to their skills just like their human compatriots. They cannot however use equipment other than one use cards. I'm hoping this adds a bit of a new dimension. Sick of having cards you can't use like Bite played against you? Get a Wolf into your party and suddenly those Bite cards become desirable!

Tier three trials are in! Visit locations such as Hidden Lake, East Duskmoor and West Marwich to prove your mettle and be rewarded with tier three ability cards!

The foul depths of Spitefang Burrow are now a little deeper. Adventurers familiar with this location should return and explore the lair of the Milk Mother herself.

As ever there is still more to do. Coming priorites are:

New heroic encounters for those locations that lack them.
New named encounters with tier two and above special weapon drops.
More ability card and random item quests.
More tier three and four locations.
Sequel neck item quests for their glowing and shining versions.

Always happy to hear other suggestions, drop by the steam community page and let me know.

Roun

SQL server error

Game wont run keeps saying I have a tampered with SQL and to uninstall and reinstall. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled 7 times to no avail. Game doesn't work

Abel

Mar 18, 2018 @ 7:32pm

General Discussions

Help..... save corrupted?

I crashed when doing a battle, now when I startup I can't load my save file anymore. Creating a new party is fine but I can't load my current party. Pleae don't tell me I have to start again, I have 38 hours into the game...... Please tell me where I can find the save to send for fix.......

glenn3e

Apr 16, 2018 @ 2:43am

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Single player, pvp and load times.

Ive put some many hours into this so far. Its a good concept and fun even with repedetive, randomized chances. Pure single player games can work but personally people only build around communication. I would never personally play a fully single player ga...

Abel

Feb 9, 2018 @ 12:21am

General Discussions

Trial Rewards Not Triggering

Enjoying the game , but have noticed the 'trial' rewards do not always trigger. It seems a few give an alert when completed but others won't complete at all. Not sure why. This is not character related (not having right class) as I have ensured I am playing the right cards and claiming while having right character class in party. Wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue?...

AndyG

Mar 26, 2018 @ 1:40am

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