Hi! After two VERY long flights totaling almost 20 hours, we arrived in San Francisco for GDC Play 2017! San Francisco is such a beautiful, laid back city, and we are so in love with the cool weather – it’s certainly a nice change from the usually hot and humid Jakarta. BUT we don’t have much time to play, so let’s dive straight into our live report from Semisoft Studio’s first day in GDC Play 2017.

What’s GDC Play?

GDC Play features emerging game studios from all corners of the world. The level of indie creativity in this building is just impossibly high! If you’re coming to GDC, please don’t forget to say hi to Uwil (@uwilwinata) and AJ (@aj.thereal) at GDC Play 2017 (North Hall), booth PL4030 from March 1-3. We’d love to meet and chat with our Kickstarter backers!

Since our Kickstarter ended, we have been busy with development work as we prepared for our trip to the US. It’s the first time we’re showcasing Legrand Legacy in North America and we’re so far away from home that we have to admit… we were very nervous! However, our worries were immediately dispelled as our booth was constantly packed with curious passers-by and RPG-fans alike, who were immediately taken by Legrand Legacy’s art style.

So Much Swag!

Our suitcases were packed with a ton of swag - including t-shirts, fancy mints, and other cool stuff. Please come by our booth, beat our challenge, and win this limited edition t-shirt featuring some awesome new Legrand Legacy artwork!

What’s New with Legrand Legacy?

As far as development is concerned, we have made significant progress in several aspects of the game, especially on tactical war and the mini games, both of which are featured in the special build we brought with us to GDC.

You might remember the earlier tactical war screenshots from Legrand Legacy’s first Kickstarter at the end of 2016. So much has changed since then and this is how tactical war currently looks:

What do you think? Do you like the current look for tactical war ? This is not even its final form yet as we’re still polishing and perfecting it so we can include it in an updated build.

More Good News!

We are proud to announce that Legrand Legacy has been selected as a contestant in the SXSW Gaming Pitch Competition. Uwil and AJ will be presenting to a group of gaming industry veterans, which will hopefully help to bring Legrand Legacy to the next level and beyond!

This also means Semisoft Studio will be attending SXSW Gaming Expo in Austin from Mar 16-18! Where are our Texan backers? Please come by our booth to collect your Legrand Legacy swag.

That was a long update! We hope you enjoyed the many pictures included here. We will also be going live from all three events on Twitter and Facebook so don’t forget to follow us and like our page! We will also have an update about Legrand Legacy’s Alpha build very soon.

And now, before we go we wanted to talk about a project we’re currently backing. Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant - Academy for Heroes from Agate Studio, as its name suggests, is a game where you are put in charge of managing your very own Academy of Heroes! You can try a demo for the game at their Kickstarter page, so be sure to check that out and support their cause!