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Good Luck! T-Tron out! :-)

Ermagerd I’m so ready!

Can’t wait You guys are doing an awesome job, keep up the great work!

Omg I am so looking forward to it! Too bad that when it comes out it is a school day here in Australia

you guys are doing great and i am confident you will succeed with this project

How do we submit the ticket theres no control panel

OMG OMG OMGGGGG this weeeek! =D thanks guys!

What is the Humble Store Database? Was your game featured in a Humble Bundle that somehow slipped under the radar? Or is it going to be featured and you just spilled the beans?

when is the beta being sent out?

Can’t wait for the prototype. =3

I’m skipping work on Friday so I can play all night thursday and all day Friday!!!!

MY BODY IS READYYYYY!

I can’t wait for the prototype, it shall be awesome being able to play the game!

Good Luck guys!

And remember people, when using the prototype release, don’t complain, REPORT.

The 17th is my birthday. Of all my 34 years, I think this one will be the best!

Good luck guys and don’t get too bogged down with questions! Remember the game! :)

jeee it’s almost here wonder if you have thought about gamemodes. Like attack/defend or world edit mode that would be so cool. But good job and consider this after you done with the prototype. Can’t wait for the release.

OMG! No space Narwhal saying yay!?!?!?!?!?! D:

Yea, that’s cool. it means we can play to CS(lol) without the necessity to have internet connection. (play Castle Story in train! YAY!)
Is the game taking space on hard drive?
I hope not :p

Everybody do a big YAY! to sauropod studio, they need to work hard until 17th!

YAY! CASTLE STORY! Do your best, guys!

Where the hell is Space Narwhal?

Sooo, don’t know if this has been answered, if so please look aside from this message ^_^
But is there any way to still get a hold of the prototype.? or was it a limited time offer.?

YAY!

*Rocks back and forth, staring at screen, chanting the same sentence a bazillion times*

Need to play this game.
Need to play this game.
Need to play this game.

.. Not much of significant value to add, but I must post on every dev diary / blog post I see. Keep up the good work!

Do you know the exact time (not date) for the release? Oh, and I recommend doing a countdown thing 24 hours earlier. That would be nice. :D

Why don’t you guys make a mod maker program fro this game? Like the elder scrolls construction kit?

When we paid for 45£ , we got 2 prototypes and games but you didn’t ask me for the second name. When did you send me an email for it ?

Thank’s you sauropod :)

I’m already packing food and water so I won’t need contact with the outside world for at least a couple of weeks after the prototype is released

Hey didn’t really know where to suggest it so i’m just doing it here. Have you guys though about being able to save blueprints? it would seem useful when building outposts or when building other repetitive structures.

They mentioned it in one of their videos. So yes they thought about it, I’m curious whether it’s already in proto.

Hey guys i am from Grecce. Do you know when the game is going to be releashed and if is going to releashed in STEAM so i can buy it (or if is comes to Grecce). Thanks anyway and you are doing GREAT WORK guys. :P

Why u al hiding in the grass.

3 days to go.
I’m not sure how much gameplay will actually be in the prototype, I expect it to be not that “meaty” and without the real gameplay (mostly building mechanics without having to defend and anything). But I still can’t wait for it :).

Can you get into the prototype for free. I really want to play it sooooo bad but found the kickstarter a bit late.

Can you believe it .. We might be gaming this in 48 hours \(???)/

I have been waiting too long for this game now. I want the prototype TODAY, and not in 2 days =/
These 2 days are gonna be so slow. its gonna be a pain in the ass =/

These next two days may just be the longest in my life…

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Unbelievable, just 2 days before the prototype release !!! Can’t wait !!!

Aww man I saw the original footage of this game way back when and had no idea they did a Kickstarter. Baaah I want early access! Take my money!

Sparamoule, ce que vous dites n’a pas beaucoup de sens.

Oohhhhhh Yeeaaaaahhhhhhh!

Can…not….wait…..any…..longer…..

I HAZ TO HAVE IT!

:D

O.M.G. Cant wait for this game . been waiting so long! i never knew i could make it this long without the game but, ive made it! Great news castle story and hope release goes well! Cant wait to get my hands on it!

Thankyou so much for making an awesome game and gimme gimme gimme now!!

wow… its tomorrow… mind… overloading… cannnot… compute… happiness!!!

I’m pretty sure this question was asked somewhere else, but actually I can’t find the right topic. So here we go:

Is the prototype a free download for everyone and if not, is there any “you have to follow this guide to have the chance to got a prototype-thing” anywhere?

Congratulations to a great game with a greater community for now ;)

Not to be annoying or anything, but why do you (Sauropod) require me to login “for statistics purposes” ?

While I like Sauropod and Castle Story and I’m happy to help (which is why I participated in the Kickstarter) I’m also a big fan of my personal privacy, so I’m wondering why I have to login “for statistics purposes” ?

It is already the 17th here… Can’t wait!

I think that we have to wait till it gets the 17th in Canada.

When will the game be avalible for those who didn’t see the kickstarter thing in time? :’(

Looking forward to just being able to check it out for myself,….It plays like the vids I will be estatic.

Has anybody gotten the emails with t-shirt stuff/ credit island names yet?
Just wondering because I’m getting antsy with the release of the prototype tomorrow and I want to make sure that something didn’t work for me or whatever. Sorry if this is selfish, but like most of you out there… I CANT WAIT TO PLAY THIS F***ING GAME!!!
Thanks a bunch,
Speartonis

When today will the game be released? I have been waiting 2 hours now, and no sign of life :) I would just like to know at what time :)

Guys… it’s not the 17 yet in Canada, it’s still october 16. I don’t know what country you are from, but there is 3 to 4 hours before they are the 17th were they live, and even then, it will be MIDNIGHT. At least wait for the morning, in 12 hours, or mid afternoon for the release.

I hope it comes out after-school. I am so excited.

Good night to those who it is night where they are, you get my point (hopefully)

can the devs give us a timeframe for when on the 17th they plan to release the prototype?

I think it depends on Humble Store, who developers assigned to deliver the game to us, what time we are sent those emails. Sauropod team did what they could.

Currently in my time zone it is 8:25 whereas in Canada there is 2:25.

Its the 17th :D feels like christmas for me :D I hope its out by the time I get home from work (GMT here)

Think its going to be a late night tonight :D

Sauropod studio ?@SauropodStudio

Guess who’s pulling an all-nighter to get the prototype done?

This was just on twitter….

Just a little longer guys.

Blast, it will be the 18th by the time it arrives here. Stupid time zones and the being on the wrong side of the planet always catches me out.

Ok its the 17th, but I’m in the UK which is like 8 hours ahead of Montreal in Canada so hopefully I can have it after lunch?

I’ll be playing all day and all night! :D

CANT FRIGGING WAIT TO BUILD MY CASTLE!!

They are pulling an all nighter.

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Omg fuck off EpicTaco5

You nerd

GIVE ME THE GAME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Garh. It’s 1:14 PM (13:14) in Denmark now .. Guess the game will arrive to me late tonight, or after midnight :c .. Just ONE more day of boredom ahead!

Today is the day baby! Can’t wait to play this here video game.

It’s 07:16 in the morning for our Sauropods now so I guess there still is some time on the clock.

<33

Oh right, do we have an ETA of the game? .. Some said it was on the Forum, but I was unable to find it.

If not, then please, Germain, if you have time, do you know about when the game is released?.. Not exactly when ofc. :P

It’s 2:14PM (14:14) here in Poland. I can’t wait for this game!!

in germany it’s 14:21 now i post this at 8:21 in canada can’t wait for the game

It’s now 2:33 pm (14:33) here in Belgium…
I hope it’s coming out soon

Is already 8:51Pm In Malaysia ! What time is it coming out? :D

16:55 in Moscow. Can’t wait for release.

15:23 here in Norway. can’t wait! >:D (03:23pm)

15:30 in Poland. Can’t wait for release.

15:33 in Sweden, waaaiiiting!

Hopefully they’ll give us a time really soon.

Or even better, give us the game really soon.

It’s amazing how many people from different countries are wanting this game. In the last hour alone people have commented from Germany, Belgium, Malaysia, Moscow, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Britain.

17:46 in Moscow. Still waiting C:

just about to hit 1am here 18th of Oct in Australia :P

3:58 PM here in South Africa!
Not sure why I’m commenting this, bet everyone else is doing this.
I’m constantly refreshing twitter and this website, waiting for the download link… :D

Waiting! 16:07 in the Netherlands now, no mail yet :(

me too, but i got the beta, not the prototype, so i waiting for nothing…

*FFFUUuuu*

Come on! WE WANT PROTOTYPE! WE WANT PROTOTYPE! :D :D :D

11:30 in Brazil.
Must…wait…

16:33 in sweden

still… no… game…

Just got the download link w00t!!!
3.43 gig download =(

15:36 in Ireland and no game…

20:20 in India, no game :’(

OY, NEWS

I saw it on the forums. One took a printscreen of his forum-thingy. It said that the ETA was about 8 hours. So I guess we can’t expect a game before that <=(

I hope we are allowed to make Youtube Videos about the Prototype.
And: 4:47pm in Germany…no game

no game what hapend? is it fake. or are you trolloing us? or both?

must….. wait…. can’t……..don’t…… say it….must:………… WHERE IS MY PROTOTYPE!!!!!!! omgomgomgomgomgomgomg still no link

I have a sneaking suspision that the forum is so overloaded it keeps going down as I keep getting the server not responding messages. Looks like someone under-estimated the amound to traffic they would be getting today.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31986283/ETA.jpg this is a screenshot taken about 5min ago from the IRC. it states it will be about in ~5hours.

[Official Castle Story IRC ~ Follow the rules! ~ Prototype will be out in less than 5 hours ~ No download yet ~ Livestream event this evening (EST) ]

Must you do this to us?!

I say the devs don’t have to answer to anything as long as they release today. It’s a bit selfish to expect the time in an exact hour. There are a lot of things involved, since the devs won’t even host the game themselves. Giving a release hour will lead to even more frustration if they somehow go over it. The devs are probably waiting on the hosting website themselves.

Heck, there were even dude claiming their entitlement to getting the prototype when there was still 4 hours to reach midnight in canada. There will always be backlash. Just ignore it, and stick to your promised schedule.

Hi i live in the uk and we haven’t got an email yet so when if you know ? ,

It’s Wednesday where be my prototype :)

Its 18:28 in Ireland and still no game.

read their twitter, they are working on it.

@SauropodStudio: Guess who’s pulling an all-nighter to get the prototype done?

Castle Story Online
3 h. ago
Prototype is being released… TODAY!
When? ~8-10hrs from now.

“[Official Castle Story IRC ~ Follow the rules! ~ Prototype will be out in less than 5 hours ~ No download yet ~ Livestream event this evening (EST) ]” That means 9PM UK time, in 2.5 hours. Now people are saying UK time 2AM of the 18th. Seriously, delayed by 5 hours? Honestly, I’m not surprised. You’ve been delaying thing since like March.

Just FYI its coming out at around 23:00 in England which is GMT +0. Calculate your time zones from there

Im gonne stay up all night to wait for this :D

If the prototype doesn’t come out for Mac today I’ll be demanding a refund. And all this waiting today? Sucks. The least they could do is give some update on twitter.

I hope it comes out today, getting tired of people putting up release times/dates and then pushing it up.
Like The WarZ alpha release, that got postponed until the next day in my time zone. It’s kind of okay since they who made the game live in Ameica which means i should go after their PST, but since Sauropod is in France it means it should be released today.
Still psyched for the release tho! :D

Wow, this thread has become rather depressing with all the whining and complaining. Sauropod guys, don’t let the negativity get to you. I have been waiting anxiously for this game too. If it comes out today I will play it, if it doesn’t I will wait. The proto-time has almost arrived! One more day isn’t going to kill me.

I still think you guys at sauropod are doing an awesome job.

Its 4:30 in canada. I am expecting it to be out by 6:30 their time.

Looking at these comments makes me lose hope for the human species.

I found a ton of prototype gameplay on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=prototype+gameplay&oq=prototype+game&gs_l=youtube.3.0.0l10.1500.4741.0.5292.14.9.0.5.5.0.100.732.8j1.9.0…0.0…1ac.1.iXokwSg5vRs

Haha jk. Just be patient.

-.- Canada has multiple timezones… Why do you people think all of Canada is in the same time zone?

I wonder how much longer, ant I know about their tweet not to long ago…

About 5 or 7 hours left. (It will be 9:00 PM for me in five hours)

im in their time zone… and praying that it comes out soon since its a school day…

18th now for me.

ITS ON THE HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE WEBSITE NOW UNDER MY ACCOUNT!!!

same here , download just not available , arrrrggggg

I don’t quite understand, the prototype is only available at the humble indie bundle website or is there another way to get it?

Was the alpha delayed, i havent received any notice?

It’s not showing up in the store for Mac OSX yet. It better, it better.. that’s all I’ll say for now.

What a long day….

How does the Humble Bundle website know i’m one of the Castle Story backers and put the download in my account???? WITCHCRAFT I SAY!!!!

Witch craft? WITCH CRAFT? BURN THEM!!!

Can someone explain how the Humble website works? I haven’t any idea how i can download the sc Prototype.

Is this comment section really screwed up for anyone else? all the comments are lapsing over each other and going really far sideways O.o

Is something wrong with the Windows download? When I download it, it gives me a file that doesn’t have a program to run it.

Humble store is giving gateway timeout

I’ve got Castle Story and Castle Story (beta) listed – does that mean I won’t get access to the prototype? I thought I did?

Well, well, well.. So much rush at 0h, and now, everybody want so bad the game. How many of us will be able to download the prototype before all of their servers crash like a damn nugget without wings ?

As i was knowing something like that. I’m a poor gamer in france, i don’t care, i ready to have some fun with nuggets for this game. And i said good fucking luck to Sauropod studio

Pirate bay here i come argggg.

Looks like the 280+ comments have broken this page, it’s not even displaying properly, lol

castlestory.com is offline…. i think it’s time u guys :D

i hope so

I’M DOWNLAODING IT :DDDDD

OMG!!!! i just got my link… this is not a trolling. get ready guys :)

Anyone else having eye twitches waiting for an email link?

BYE GUYS :D IMA PLAYING NOW XDDDD

To clarify… i got the link (the real one) in my humble account at humblebundle.com

O SHIT I GOT IT THANKS GUYS!!!!!! ITS DOWNLOADING!!!!!!!

were do i download the game?!?!

password ?

http://www.humblebundle.com/

HOW DO YOU DESELECT A TOOL!? I’m stuck with the stockpile placing >.<

Controls are really clunky and don’t work really well

Guys, if you need to get rid of the stockpile thing then hold down right click and move the mouse to the Back icon.(The one at the bottom)

I downloaded the game and everything but I forgot my password. Where do i recover it?

it’s really nice to watch the devs playing and not helping their players lmao

About to play the game!

Anyone else not get the link who payed for the prototype?

Derp, nevermind

ZOMG! Prototype! :D :3 :P WOOO HOOO! :DDDD

Did you check your Humble bundle store page? (If you do not have one, register an account with humble bundle that is the same email as the castle story account you made.)

Has anyone else on a Mac had the game crash when you start a new game

Must say, I’m a bit disappointed…. At least they should have included a small tutorial or something to help with the commands. It takes a lot of time and frustration to figure them out, some of them are still a mystery to me. For example, how do I delete a block after it’s been placed? Overall not the spectecular experience I was hoping for… And before anyone starts shouting: I know it’s a prototype and that there will be bugs, thats not what I’m complaining about… I just would like to have some help in testing the game…

Sigh. I take it the game uses sockets and ports for connecting to the server?? Wonderful college internet won’t let me connect thanks to port restrictions.. :*(

I’m slowly finding fixes for found bugs. The game is going better and better.
Is there going to be any official bug tracker or should we send pieces of information about bugs and how to cope with them directly via a message on this page?

you guys if you are having problems or need questions asked just dink around with the prototype. Its not that hard i already found atleast 1 bug and have sent them an email. You guys should do the same the prototype is not just to play the game just to tell them how there game is doing.

How do they want feedback?
Here? Forum? Email?

Only way to make it better is to tell them what’s wrong, and give ideas on how to fix it :)

I have spent a while playing it and this is what i got, this is a small TUTORIAL for the things i learned and a few of the bugs.Please don’t complain. I am sorry if i’m wrong about something here.

First thing, to move your camera, hold the spacebar and use wasd to move around, and hold space and roll the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. the rest of the instructions are on the camera icon on the top right of the game. just hover over it.

TUTORIAL
#1: To place blocks, you need to click on the hammer to create a building group. If you want to be sure it works make the whole blueprint before you even add anyone in the group.IMPORTANT BUG: Before you get out of the construction tab and go do something else, always hold the right click and select the cancel option in the item wheel, otherwise you will not be able to drag people to groups or press any other button.
#2: The first thing you will need to put down is stockpiles ( i recommend at least 4)
#3: Select the bricktrons from the idle tab and drag as many as you want to the construction tab (I recommend 2). They won’t move, that’s because they don’t have resources yet.
#4: you will need to select one of your builders and right click a tree so he will chop it down and build the stockpiles.
#5: Click the axe to create a woocutting task. Select the lumber zone option and click on an area with trees (preferably the closest to your stockpiles) and drag 1 person from the idle group, to the woodcutting group. he will start to fill your stockpiles.
#6: you will need a mine. To make one, select the pickaxe to create a mining group and the instructions on how to select the area for the mine are on the MINE icon on the right. just hover your mouse above it.
#7: just drag the last 2 guys to the mine tab and they will instantly start mining.
YOU’RE GOOD TO GO!

BUGS
#1: The game (at least my copy) can save right now, but when you load it you spawn 5 more bricktrons at the center of the map and all the tasks you had going at the moment you saved, are frozen and have to be recreated for the bricktrons to move.
#2: the building bug. which is stated at the first step of this tutorial. when you are building something but want to switch tabs, you must always hold the right click and go to the cancel option to be able to deselect the last block you had in hand.

I love how the game has gotten so far in such a small amount of time, and i think this is amazing work you’re doing sauropod. I wish I could get my free hug from you guys, but i currently live in Brazil :(.

KEEP THE GREAT WORK UP!!!
HOPE THIS HELPS EVERYONE AT LEAST A BIT!!!

please comment and help me make this tutorial grow. :P

I was wondering if anyone knew when the beta comes out. Even an aproximate date

I was also wondering if you could buy it when the beta comes out

upon logging in for the first time I keep getting “server hasn’t confirmed” yet I’ve tried every password possible that I would use and nothing seems to be working… hopefully the server is just down perhaps?? 0_0

Hmmm, I keep getting a purple screen when I load the game, any one got or had the same problem?

Is there a better way to lodge faults other the forum ? Because the forum is ugly.

Perhaps a report bug page?

The controls in the game are not working for me.

They are feeling laggy.

Guys, how do I build a stockpile please?

What about paypal pledgers, when will we receive the prototype, because I haven’t gotten it yet

How did u guys get the game i didnt get a e-mail Or anything please reply

This is really annoying. Whenever I try to build something I can’t stop having that block selected, even if I click the cancel button. And then when I’m holding it I can’t exit to the esc menu, so I have to force quit. And also saving doesn’t work. Oh, and there’s no sound.

I knew a prototype wouldn’t be amazing, but I thought it might be playable.

I found a way to cancel, its not a good way of doing it, but my gues its the only way for now.

If you have a few block you want to cancel, delete the building group. That way, all the blocks that have not been
placed yet, will disapear.

I dont know yet how to destroy blocks, my best gues for know is the catapult, aldo I can’t get it to work..

I only got one link, but I paid for the prototype two pack. Anyone else have this problem?

I didn’t receive any email about the second prototype and none is available on the Humble Store page.
How do I send my friend his prototype ?

I’m receiving the “Server hasn’t confirmed. Please try again. Make sure you are registered…” message and have sent an email to “accounts@…”. Fingers crossed that we can get the issue sorted quickly, it’s killing me to have the prototype but be unable to login!

I have the prototype but can’t remember my password. Was there a specific format that was required for passwords? That would be why I didn’t use my normal password. Such as a character limit or number requirement??

I got the prototype thanks guys

Does someone know how to make bridges and knights? I’ve been looking everywhere but I can’t find any tutorial on how to make those things.

I deleted the Prototype immediately after I started it up once. All I wanted was to see the game in action, and now that I have I’ll wait for the full version.

So many problems with this that I’d rather wait for the real thing (time to play Dishonored).

Next time, only send out emails to the people getting the prototype, it’s easily filtered with a database index. I spent an hour trying to download the game using the ridiculous humble store authentication only to realize, after having to scan through articles on this forum, that prototype and beta are not the same thing. What a collosal f&^% up. People are anxiously waiting to play this game as it looks sooo kick ass. Why would you send an email saying “it’s finally time” and offer a download link to something we can’t get?

Please don’t send any more emails until you’re sending out the one that has a link to the game I can actually download.

Thank you.

When I first went to download the demo, I got the message “The Key XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX has already been used” from the https://castlestory.net/dev/accounts/confirm.php website after following the link… did anyone else have this problem??

I BOUGHT THE PROTOTYPE AND MY PC CAN’T EVEN RUN IT!!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

The one who came up with the camera controls, I advise hand with assholes put on the shoulders.
I write through a translator.

Prototype requires internet connection?
What the heck?!
That’s how you want to start a history of this game? With online DRM in PROTOTYPE?!

It’s RIDICULOUS!

Missed the funding on KS so I was wondering if you could buy the beta when it comes out?

I see a lot of folks complaining about Sauropod, but maybe we should go easier on these guys. Game development is not an overnight thing. I have done some small things in the Unity engine and it can be a trick to get everything just right. The Sauropod team deserves a pat on the back for managing everything as well as they have in regards to prototype and keeping the blog updated all the while continuing the dev process. I will patiently await the beta and be glad when it comes out. Take your time guys, it’s worth it!

The prototype is so buggy its almost unplayable! I mean sometimes the menu wont come up and I can’t save so I’m fucked. And every time I reload my save I get 5 more Bricktrons! I really wish you guys would of at least fixed some of the bugs before you uploaded it. Mostly the menu bug because I can’t save so I have to Ctrl Alt Delete and close it and redo all the stuff it didn’t save. Its more frustration than actual fun!

Please Fix :(