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 […]
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 […]
There are many wizards in the world of the Nine Parchments, and we have now met all the adventurous students of the Astral Academy who are about to embark on their quest to complete their spellbooks later on this year when the game will be released at last. But they are not the only wizards in the world! Amongst many others, one particularly famous student of the Astral Academy is Amadeus, who made his name and face memorable when he banded together with Pontius the Knight and Zoya the Thief. Together, as the heroes of Trine, they defeated many villainous […]
Nim the Cleaner “Few things are worth pursuing – but a complete spellbook is one of them.” – Nim Favourite spell: Steam Beam Not only vaporizes enemies, the steam also removes grease stains from the dining hall flagstones. A less-fortunate student at the Astral Academy, Nim finances the Academy fees by working as a cleaner before and after classes. The mysteriously masked caretaker is a taciturn mystery who prefers short conversations and solitude. Nim is eager to collect the Nine Parchments, for a completed spellbook means a swift end to a life of servitude at the Astral Academy.
Owl the Mechanical Owl “Think, Owl, think. If Owl were a parchment, where would Owl hide?” – Owl Favourite spell: Electric Bolt It’s easy to be charmed by a high-speed lightning projectile that stuns its targets. So much potential for experimentation, observation and unintended lightning injuries! Owl is a self-aware mechanical creature and one of the many peculiar oddities of the Astral Academy. Being capable of casting spells and learning magic, Owl was accepted to study a couple of years ago. It seems to have a knack for lightning spells. Owl is curious, analytical, perky and completely lacks all common […]
June has gone past and the summer vacation season is going! That means that there isn’t that much going on at the office at the moment but below are some highlights for you guys. And let’s start with that even though it’s summer, we’re actually still waiting for the summer weather, 15 Celsius degrees isn’t a summer on my scale. Regardless we did have a nice barbeque party which included soda and burgers. Unfortunately we have no pictures from the party as it was raining a bit, or support team might have been too busy eating the burgers. One of […]
Carabel the Glacial Fortunately, I’m not afraid of hard work… or doing it all by myself. – Carabel, Head of the Astral Academy Student Committee Favourite spell: Frost Cloud A chilly spell for a hothead. An efficient and exciting way to start a career in ice sculpting. The Astral Academy’s precious spell parchments are gone, and Carabel is determined to help retrieve them – and to have the adventure of a lifetime! Coming from a long line of Ice Wizards, Carabel’s childhood bedtime stories were populated by these heroic wizarding stalwarts. She yearns to follow in their footsteps, to leave her […]
