The Iron Oath – New Year Update

The developers over at Curious Panda bring us a new Kickstarter update for their upcoming turn-based RPG The Iron Oath. The update lets us know that the team is targeting Q1 2022 as the game’s release window, promises a new demo soon, shows off some combat gameplay, and more.

Let’s start with some gameplay:

And here are the text bits:

Happy New Year to everyone! We hope you all had a safe and happy Holiday. With 2021 behind us, we wanted to give you a quick update on the development status of the game. You may have already seen us share this information elsewhere, but for those who who haven’t seen it: the game is close to being ready, and we are currently targeting a Q1 2022 release. We have one more demo planned which will be available in late February during the Steam Next Fest. For those who have played the previously available demo, this new one has quite a few changes, and will run the average player about 45-60 minutes. Needless to say, we’re very excited about the next few months, and we can’t wait for you all to see what we’ve been working on!

Gameplay Video

In that spirit, we wanted to share a 5minute montage of combat gameplay from our recent playtests. Some enemies and abilities still need a bit of balancing, but we feel the combat is in an enjoyable state at the moment. Hope you like it!

Character Portraits and Class Skins

Another thing we wanted to share was our finalized character portraits. As mentioned in a previous update, each portrait face is customizable by the player (aside from the wrinkles from aging). There are 5 male and 5 female faces, but their appearance can change quite drastically based on the toggles and choices available. This is something we’ll continue to expand upon after release, so you can expect the addition of more faces, hairstyles, tattoos, etc.

We also have added a few alternate skins for each class sprite, so you can more easily tell apart characters that are of the same class.

When you change the hair color and skin tone of a character’s portrait, those changes will also be reflected on their sprite. For now, their hairstyle won’t change, but we’ll be adding that capability sometime after release.

That’s all for now! Thanks for reading and we wish you all the best in 2022!