We’re partnering with Humble 🤝
over 6 years ago – Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 02:54:04 AM

Making a game is an incredibly hard and huge task. There are so many things involved in the process and a team our size can hardly manage to achieve every single of them correctly.

We love developing games, we love to think about and implement new mechanics, we love listening to the community and shaping the game how you want. But there’s so much more involved in the process that is not really developing the game: marketing, contacting distributors, merchandising, reaching out to streamers and sites, talking to platform holders…

That’s why we’ve decided to partner with Humble to publish Temtem.

Partnering with Humble allows us to focus on Temtem’s development while they handle all the other task in which they excel: bring the game to even more platforms, secure more merchandising opportunities or even get physical editions of the game, while also reaching a bigger audience which will benefit the game in the long run.

They’re also fully committed to giving us creative freedom so Temtem will be exactly how we want it to be. 

Humble Stream & Pre-orders going live for 24h

To celebrate the partnership, Humble is doing a live stream on Twitch showcasing Temtem and other "Presented by Humble" games. If you have any questions about Temtem or the partnership, you can check the stream and ask them there. 

The stream will be hosted on Twitch’s channel and it will start today (July 19th) at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 8 pm CEST. 

We’re also opening the Discord pre-order store for another 24 hours starting at the same time of the stream. If you’re interested in playing Temtem’s Alpha, make sure to grab it before the store closes its doors! 

You can pre-order the game on:

• Discord: https://discordapp.com/store/skus/558547388583772201/temtem-preorder-alpha-access 
• Humble Store: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/temtem 

Both versions will redeem the game on Discord. Right now there’s no way to pre-order the game on other platforms.

Everything you need to know about breeding 🥚
over 6 years ago – Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 12:55:02 AM

Back on our campaign, we talked a bit about Temtem breeding. Since then, there's been a lot of doubts around this topic (especially with the genetic degradation we talked about) so we want to talk in-depth about it in this update.

Have in mind that everything specified here can be changed at any time. As with every feature we introduce we'll be looking at player feedback to improve it.

Our main goal with Breeding in Temtem is to make the process more streamlined and more obvious for the players giving you the full information about what's going to happen and what are the possibilities. Also, we're trying to keep it challenging enough to avoid getting the market filled with infinite perfectly breed Temtem.

What is breeding

Breeding is the process used to create new Temtem from Eggs.

If two Temtem are compatible, putting them together in the Breeding Center will create a new Egg. Eggs will eventually hatch into a new Temtem and they will be able to inherit some characteristics from their parents.

As you know, each Temtem has a defined gender (male/female). In order for breeding to work, both Temtem must have different gender.

Compatible Temtem

Instead of having egg groups, Temtem species will be able to breed as long as they share its typing (Fire, Nature, Electric, Crystal...). Breeding won't be possible between species that don't share any types.

If a Temtem has two types, it will be compatible with other species from any of those two types. E.g., a Fire/Earth Temtem will be able to breed with any Fire Temtem or any Earth Temtem.

Fertility

Previously known as genetic degradation.

Breeding Temtem in captivity will generate stress for the participants during the process. This stress is reflected in the fertility value of each Temtem.

The fertility value is used to avoid over-exploitation of perfectly breed Temtem. Each captured Temtem will begin with a fertility value predetermined by how good (genetically speaking - each SV over 40 will reduce the fertility) they are.

Each time a Temtem is used to breed an egg, they will permanently lose a fertility point. Additionally, the produced egg will inherit the fertility value from their parents (the lower value between the father fertility and the mother fertility). This way, fertility degradation will be pyramidal.

E.g., male Temtem with fertility value 14 breeds with a female Temtem with fertility value 20. The male will end up with fertility value 13, the female with fertility value 19 and the generated egg will have a fertility value of 13.

Once a Temtem reaches zero points in its fertility marker they can no longer be able to breed. Fertility will not be regained naturally in any way.

Getting eggs

Once both Temtem are deposited on the Breeding Center, the process of generating the egg will begin. The Breeding Center will be able to hold two different couples per player at the same time.

A new egg will be generated in 40 (real-time) minutes after the couple is deposited. If both deposited Temtem are part of the same evolutionary line, the time will be reduced to 25 minutes.

When the time is up, players will be able to get back the couple of Temtem and the generated egg. The egg will hold a level 1 Temtem and the species will be the first form of the mother's evolutionary line.

Hatching eggs

The time required to hatch an egg can range between 5 to 40 minutes, it will be related to the capture rate of that Temtem species. Time will only pass as long as the Temtem is equipped in the player Squad but player's don't need to move in order for the egg to hatch.

Inheriting techniques

The newborn Temtem can inherit some techniques from its parents. Each Temtem species have configured a set of egg techniques, if any of the parents have any of these egg techniques, the techniques will be learned by the newborn Temtem.

This will allow Temtem to learn techniques they aren't able to learn under regular circumstances and even access to techniques from types they aren't part of.

Inheriting stats

The child can also inherit the SV values from their parents. For each different stat, the child has a 50% chance of getting the average value from their parents SV value for that stat, 25% chance of getting the value from the father and 25% chance of getting the value from the mother.

There will be several gear items that will further help players with the process, forcing a certain stat from a certain parent to be inherited .

Inheriting traits

Traits will not be inherited, and will be randomly selected for the new Temtem. But there will be a certain gear item that will allow to ensure inheriting a trait from one of the fathers.

Inheriting Luma coloring

Every new breed Temtem can be born with Luma coloring using the same chances as when finding an untamed one.

As an additional bonus if one of the parents is also Luma, the child will have ten times more chances to be Luma. If both parents are Luma, the child will have a hundred times more chances to be Luma.

Choose-a-Temtem mini-game #3 🗳️ (yes, you read that right!)
over 6 years ago – Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 02:14:46 AM

Last week we ran the choose-a-Temtem mini-game in its second edition. There has been a lot of discussion about the designs and fans trying to convince about why should people vote one or the other. The vote was very very close but in the end there could only be one winner: number 2!

To celebrate that, what's better than doing another choose-a-Temtem edition!

This time we bring you a greater number and more diversity in the options.

This contest will also be run in our Discord server. If you haven't joined it yet, you should! It's free and it's awesome, you can join through this link: https://discord.gg/temtem

Head over the #polls channel and vote for your preferred option. We will close the poll on next Thursday (July 11th). After the poll is over we'll give the community the option to name the Temtem too (along with the previous three chosen from the second edition).

Choose-a-Temtem mini-game #2 🗳️
almost 7 years ago – Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 01:02:08 AM

Back during our Kickstarter campaign, we gave you the opportunity to participate in deciding a new Temtem design for the game. The contest was a success, boasting a huge participation rate and generating true civil wars between the community to decide which of the designs made the cut.

We loved that, it's such a fun way to include the community in the development and it lifts us the burden of choosing new Temtem which is one of the hardest things in the game.

So, we've decided to run a new choose-a-Temtem contest. This time a much more limited contest, you'll only be able to decide between two different options.

We wanted to create a pure Crystal, a three-form evolutionary line which would be one of the most iconic Temtem from Tucma. We made lots of concepts as usual and ended up having two options that we really love and, honestly, we can't decide which one to include in the game. Only one will make its way to the game and the other one will be discarded.

So we're giving you the option to decide. This time the contest will be run in our Discord server. If you haven't joined it yet, you should! It's free and it's awesome, you can join through this link: https://discord.gg/temtem

Head over the #polls channel and vote for your preferred option. We will close the poll on this Sunday (July 7th). After the poll is over we'll give the community the option to name the Temtem too.

Preorders are available (for a limited time) 💸
almost 7 years ago – Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 02:50:44 AM

Starting today and lasting a couple of weeks, Temtem preorders are open through the Discord store.

In order to buy it, you need to join our Discord server: 

 Once you're on the server, you'll need to go to the PREORDER STORE and you'll find the buy button there:

If you're new to the game, we recommend taking a look at the Beginner's Guide in the official wiki. In the current Alpha there's no tutorials in the game, so it can feel a bit daunting at first.

Factsheet

•  Price is $34.99, 30.99€, £27.49.
• The store will be open for two weeks.
• Preordering will get you the final game when it is released and also you get instant access to the on-going Alpha.
• Discord is currently the only option to preorder. The game will release on Steam but preorders are not available there.
• Preordering the game on Discord will grant the final game on Discord too, you won't be able to migrate to Steam without buying the game again there.
• You don't need Discord Nitro to buy the game and you can't get Temtem for free by being Nitro neither.
• There is crossplay between Steam and Discord so you'll be able to play with anyone playing the Alpha.
• There will be cross-save between Steam and Discord if you buy the game on both platforms.
• All progress during the Alpha will be wiped before the game launches.
• Everyone who buys the game on Discord during this period will receive a free ingame cosmetic.
• Note: Paying from PayPal balance directly is currently not supported as you will need a valid Credit/Debit or bank account linked!

I'm a backer, how does this affect me?

Short answer: it doesn't.

Long answer: it depends.

If you currently have access to the Alpha on Steam you can keep playing on Steam and everything will be the same. 

If you're a Tamer and don't have access to the Alpha, you can choose now to switch your platform from Steam to Discord and we will send you a preorder key which will give you access to the Alpha too (but you'll lose the option to get the game on Steam when it releases).

If you have multiple keys, you can also choose to change one of your unused keys for a Discord key so you have the game on both Steam and Discord if you like to.

For any changes you want to make, please write us to [email protected] and we'll make the change for you.