Today we had a full day of filming about SoulCraft, the Delta Engine and MobileBits in general. Hope we soon have a cool MobileBits "The Movie" for you all :)

Btw: you see SoulCraft on an iPad 3 down there (and on all kinds of other devices^^).

We are happy to annouce that we just released SoulCraft 0.7.1 with a new progress system and lots of other new improvements & features based on your feedback. Please keep it coming :)

 Main features in overview:

• Better show progress within the game (progress screen)
• real item shop, current shop stays in there as sales shop
• improved controls

and of course lots of other smaller bug fixes & improvements.

As you may have noticed on facebook, we have also been working hard on making SoulCraft available for iOS. The good news is: it runs already :) The bad news is: we are not 100% there yet but we hope we can finnish it up in the next few days. Then we will submit it to Apple to have it approved which can also take 1-2 weeks. We will keep you posted!

But now have fun with the best SoulCraft ever :)

For the record - here is our official press release for SoulCraft 0.7.1:

04/24/2012

SoulCraft Open Beta releases new update 0.7.1 featuring an awesome new progress unlock system

•    SoulCraft is a free2play Action RPG which will be eventually released on all platforms (starting with Android, iOS, WP7, PC, Windows 8, …)
•    The latest upgrade includes a new unlock & progress system: now the players can see immediately which new locations, items, enemies & more they have unlocked when reaching a new character level
•    SoulCraft has been shown on Google’s Android booth at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona and has had its first appearance at NVIDIA’s CES keynote with a specially optimized version for Tegra powered devices
•    SoulCraft is still in open beta which means that we are having a new release every few weeks with changes based on the feedback we get from the community.
•    SoulCraft is about the fight of angels, demons & humans for supremacy on earth Watch the trailer of the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWDgTkuDXc


Slowly maturing from the beta into a complete game, SoulCraft has just added a cool new progress system, which unlocks additional content based on the player’s character advancement. “Our testers wanted to get a better overview what they have achieved and whats more to come” says Karsten Wysk, CEO of MobileBits.

“Besides lots of other updates & bugfixes, we also added a new item shop which allows the player to buy the items he wants directly” adds Boje Holtz, Producer of Soulcraft. “Please continue to give us feedback so we can make SoulCraft even better!”. 

Players are invited to take part in the open beta to continuously tweak and improve the game. The best starting point for this is http://soulcraftgame.com/feedback.html and please also check out our roadmap: http://SoulCraftGame.com/roadmap.html 
For more information, visit http://SoulCraftGame.com, download the Android Open Beta and help us make SoulCraft even better. Thank you!

If all goes well we will upload the next version of SoulCraft this thursday night (European time) and this update will include an all new progress / unlock system. With each gained character level you will unlock new things like new enemies, spells etc.

The new version will also feature an improved inventory & shop which will allow you to buy exactly the spell you want - you no longer have to rely on the "random" shop to get you the stuff you want! So lots of exciting features coming up which we will write in greater detail about very soon.

However this extensive updates makes it necessary to reset all characters. Your accounts will continue to work but you will have to create a new character. SoulCraft is currently in beta after all and we really would love you to test the new progress system. Thank you very much for your understanding!

Of course you will get back all the gold you have bought so far - so nothing is lost here!

Happy testing and thanks for your feedback!

We were pretty happy with the downloads of SoulCraft before the "All Android release SoulCraft 0.6" but yesterday was really amazing for all of us here at the SoulCraft team. As you can see on the chart below - SoulCraft really took off - thank you very much for all the interest to help us in this Open Beta!

With lots of beta testers naturally you found more bugs and thats why we just released a quick release with SoulCraft 0.6.1 fixing the following issues (no new content download necessary):

• increase speed of character Angel (now always 100% speed, in 0.6 angel was at 85% speed slowly rising up to character level 10 ..but you did not like it)
• Default control scheme is now fixed, you can change it to dynamic controls in the settings
• Decrease controller size by 20%
• Buying Gold on mobile phones actually works now
• If our server is down, you can still play the game even if you dont have an account yet

Have fun and keep the bugs coming - thank you!!!

After having reached over 100.000 downloads only on tegra powered devices, we are happy to announce that SoulCraft is now available for all Android devices.

Adding to that we also added lots of new stuff into this new version - this is a major update as you can see on our roadmap:

• support for most android devices (including Samsung Galaxy S2)
• Changed first 15 minutes (different starting location, new spells)
• Dynamic World Map (scrollable)
• Change Level / Location unlock logic (now only depends on character level)
• Improve difficulty level (easier/slower at first, getting harder/faster later)
• Add China as Gold location (only for Gold players who have bought Gold at least once)
• Easier/better controls (with easier beginner spells, autoaim for easier spells, )
• lots of other bugs & smaller improvements

We hope you like the new version and please do not hesitate to continue to give us feedback! Thank you!

For details please check out our official press release here:

After over 100.000 downloads in just 2 months only on Tegra powered Android devices, SoulCraft is now available for all Android phones & tablets.

•    SoulCraft is a free2play Action RPG which will be eventually released on all platforms (starting with Android, iOS, WP7, PC, Windows 8, …)
•    After being exclusively and heavily optimized available only for Tegra powered Android devices for 2 months, 100.000 downloads later SoulCraft is now available for all Android phones & tablets
•    SoulCraft has just been shown on Google’s Android booth at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona and has had its first appearance at NVIDIA’s CES keynote
•    The latest release also includes the completely new location “Great Wall of China”
•    SoulCraft is still in open beta which means that we are having a new release every few weeks with changes based on the feedback we get from the community.
•    SoulCraft is about the fight of angels, demons & humans for supremacy on earth Watch the trailer of the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWDgTkuDXc


After over 100.000 downloads on Tegra powered Android devices in just 2 months after the initial release without any marketing, SoulCraft is finally available for (almost) all Android devices. “This has been the number one request from our beta testers”, says Karsten Wysk, CEO of MobileBits. “People with Tegra devices were very happy with the game but their friends without Tegra devices also wanted to play”.

Both the Tegra powered and non-Tegra version of the game have just been shown on the Google Android booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2012. “We have been very proud to be selected by Google to show off our game at the official Android booth based on the quality of the game – even though we are still in beta”, says Boje Holtz, Producer of SoulCraft. “We also hope that players will agree that the new location China is the best location so far”.

Players are invited to take part in the open beta to continuously tweak and improve the game. The best starting point for this is http://soulcraftgame.com/feedback.html and please also check out our roadmap: http://SoulCraftGame.com/roadmap.html 
For more information, visit http://SoulCraftGame.com, download the Android Open Beta and help us make SoulCraft even better. Thank you!

As you can see on our roadmap the latest update of SoulCraft will also feature a new location: The Great Wall of China. You may have noticed that this is a "Gold location" and may ask yourself: WTF is a Gold location? :)
We mean "Gold location" in 2 ways: First China is currently the most beautiful location in the game. We tried a slightly different art style and we really like it ..and hope you agree. So the first way to see it is: Gold locations have "gold standard" quality :)
The second way to explain what Gold locations are is this: As you know SoulCraft is a free2play game: You can play the game for free and only if you want to you can spend some real money to improve the gaming experience. To be honest: currently lots of people are playing the game and enjoying it but not enough people are spending real money yet. Harsh reality is that we need at least enough money to pay the team working on the game and we are not there yet ... and thats why we are experimenting with these Gold locations to improve monetization of the game. We simply hope that more people will buy Gold at least once to be able to play the new awesome China location.

So the rule for the Gold locations is: Buy Gold at least once and you become a "Gold member" for life. This allows you to play all "Gold content" including the new China location (and more Gold content coming up). It does not matter if you spent all your gold - you will still be able to access "Gold content" once you have become a "Gold member".

Of course this does not mean that all new cool stuff will be "Gold content". We will of course also add lots of new stuff to the "normal" game as well!

Thanks for your feedback and have fun playing the game!

The next big update of SoulCraft is just around the corner - we will finish it this week, test it over the weekend and if all goes well we will release it on Monday morning (European time). This new update will have lots of improvements which we are excited about (e.g. running on a lot more Android devices!) and it will feature a new location: The Great Wall of China. China will also feature an improved art style which we hope you like .. what do you think? Please see screenshot below :)

SoulCraft (http://SoulCraftGame.com) and the Delta Engine (http://Deltanengine.net) are being shown at the Microsoft booth at the CeBIT (http://cebit.de) in Hannover, Germany. Microsoft has invited us because the game and engine have been completely written in .NET and we are using Microsoft Azure Cloud services to operate both the engine and the game. Thanks for having us Microsoft :)

Here you go with a few impressions from the booth:

 German chancellor Angela Merkel visiting our - ok the Microsoft - booth:

MobileBits at the Microsoft booth:

Showing SoulCraft and the Delta Engine:

After an exciting week we survived the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona :)

 We are very proud to have been part of the Google Android booth and to be able to show off our game SoulCraft there. Thanks a lot for inviting us Google :)

Here you go with some impressions:

And here is our official press release for the MWC:

Action-RPG SoulCraft from MobileBits will be showcased on the Android Stand at Mobile World Congress, first game to show off Android™ Beam for instant multiplayer matching.

•    The Android™ Stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will feature the Action-RPG SoulCraft from MobileBits which is currently in open beta
•    Hold together two NFC-enabled devices running Android 4.0 and you will be able to challenge the other player instantly via Android Beam™ in this exclusive multiplayer preview
•    MobileBits will show off a version running on both Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the Tegra 3 device Asus Transformer Prime
•    SoulCraft will be available as a free download on Galaxy Nexus devices at the beginning of the MWC in the Android Market™.
•    It is already available and especially optimized for NVIDIA Tegra devices since about a month and has been featured by NVIDIA at CES 2011 & 2012 and in the Tegra Zone
•    SoulCraft is in open beta which means that we are having a release every 2 weeks with changes based on the feedback we get from the community.
•    SoulCraft is about the fight of angels, demons & humans for supremacy on earth Watch the trailer of the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWDgTkuDXc

MobileBits has a nice surprise for the MWC in Barcelona: they will show off its Action-RPG SoulCraft using Android Beam: players can instantly challenge each other or play coop together with the Android™ Beam as matchmaking.

“Imagine 2 friends waiting for a bus”, says Karsten Wysk, CEO of MobileBits. “using Android Beam they can now instantly play together without having to work themselves through complicated buddy lists or matchmaking systems”.

Players can test this new feature at the Google booth at the Mobile World Congress. MobileBits will release a new version of SoulCraft running on Galaxy Nexus at the start of MWC – however this public version does not feature the multiplayer mode yet. “We know from the feedback we get from the open beta that players really want Multiplayer" says Boje Holtz, Producer of SoulCraft. “Therefore we will release it for everybody very soon – however for the moment it will be an exclusive preview for the MWC audience”.

MobileBits will discuss the progress of the game with its developer diary on http://SoulCraftGame.com/ 
For more information, visit SoulCraftGame.com, download the Android Open Beta and help us make SoulCraft even better.

A few weeks ago we were very happy to get invited by Google to show our game SoulCraft at the Android booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Of course we said yes and worked our a**es off to make the version in time. We will keep you updated in the next week about what exactly we are showing in Barcelona.

However there is also one small trade off: we were not able to finish the Samsung Galaxy S2 version in time as originally planned. It is planned for in 2 weeks now. Sorry for the small delay! Good news is: we just released a version for Samsung Galaxy Nexus :)

Download the game here: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.mobilebits.soulcraftdefault