- Online Multiplayer enters public testing! - 9 August 2019
Hello Sumerians! It’s taken a whole heck of a lot longer than we anticipated, but the promised day is drawing near: online multiplayer for Steam is nearly complete. We will, barring the unforeseen, release it at the end of the summer. That will let us mark the end of our time in Early Access and launch the full game. Before that, though, we want to get some public testing in, so we’re opening the game up to online play. It isn't on the main branch as it’s not quite stable enough yet, but anybody who owns a copy of Sumer can enable it by right clicking on Sumer in their Steam library, selecting Properties, moving to the Betas tab, and selecting “multiplayer” in the drop down menu. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26900517%2F6437169f3ce3115b6c71cd6b2112850116f1e9a5.png Get some internet friends together for a game and let us know how it goes! If you find an…
- "New Blood" Update Live! - 2 January 2018
NEW BLOOD Update Patch 0.34.1 Introducing Dipid (Pink) and Kir (Yellow) , the newest additions to the Nobles of Sumer! Audio Six new Harvest tracks have been added to the game, replacing the music during the main phase. As you build up the board the music will now change to reflect the growth of your civilization! Added player specific sounds effects that play when goats hit the score UI. Increased the volume of some of Gugalanna's voice lines. Balance Golden Ram Update: The Golden Ram now doubles the points you would get from goats at the end of the game: 2 points for every three goats. Staff of Anu Update: The Staff of Anu now grants you an additional resource in each ritual at the start of the year. This adds a dummy resource to both rituals (currently displayed by a clay) that counts only for majority. The Staff of Anu and Golden Ram are now slightly more common in Four and Six year…
- "New Blood" Update Live! - 2 January 2018
NEW BLOOD Update Patch 0.34.1 Introducing Dipid (Pink) and Kir (Yellow) , the newest additions to the Nobles of Sumer! Audio Six new Harvest tracks have been added to the game, replacing the music during the main phase. As you build up the board the music will now change to reflect the growth of your civilization! Added player specific sounds effects that play when goats hit the score UI. Increased the volume of some of Gugalanna's voice lines. Balance Golden Ram Update: The Golden Ram now doubles the points you would get from goats at the end of the game: 2 points for every three goats. Staff of Anu Update: The Staff of Anu now grants you an additional resource in each ritual at the start of the year. This adds a dummy resource to both rituals (currently displayed by a clay) that counts only for majority. The Staff of Anu and Golden Ram are now slightly more common in Four and Six year…
- PAX Unplugged Attendance! - 9 November 2017
Hello Sumerians, We’re excited to announce that next week Studio Wumpus will exhibiting Sumer at a board game convention! We’ll be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, PA from November 16th to 19th. PAX Unplugged is brand new this year! The convention features the best of non-digital design and we’re honored to be sharing the next evolution of board game design with attendees. PAX Unplugged Giveaway To celebrate PAX Unplugged we’ll have a little prize for anyone who wins at a game of Sumer while at the convention. Play Sumer at Booth 653 and in the demo area for your chance to win a sticker to commemorate your victory! New Characters! You might notice that there are two unfamiliar faces in that image. Say hello to our new contenders for the throne of Sumer! Stay Tuned! Even if you’re not making it out to Philadelphia, keep your ear to the ground in the coming week. We have an exciting anno…
- PAX Unplugged Attendance! - 9 November 2017
Hello Sumerians, We’re excited to announce that next week Studio Wumpus will exhibiting Sumer at a board game convention! We’ll be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, PA from November 16th to 19th. PAX Unplugged is brand new this year! The convention features the best of non-digital design and we’re honored to be sharing the next evolution of board game design with attendees. PAX Unplugged Giveaway To celebrate PAX Unplugged we’ll have a little prize for anyone who wins at a game of Sumer while at the convention. Play Sumer at Booth 653 and in the demo area for your chance to win a sticker to commemorate your victory! New Characters! You might notice that there are two unfamiliar faces in that image. Say hello to our new contenders for the throne of Sumer! Stay Tuned! Even if you’re not making it out to Philadelphia, keep your ear to the ground in the coming week. We have an exciting anno…
- Beta build updated - 4 September 2017
Hey there, Sumerians! In order to fix a rare issue caused when trying to adjust the resolution of your game (discussed here: Textures not rendering?) we've added a new build to the beta channel. This build also features a few things we're experimenting with, as well as a few fixes. While none of this is official as of yet, we wanted to share them as if they were patch notes: Audio Added player specific sounds effects that play when goats hit the score UI Increased the volume of some of Gugalanna's voice lines Balance The Staff of Anu and Golden Ram are now slightly more common in Four and Six year games. Removed the chance for extra clay pits to appear in the Two year game auctions. Breeding Pens may now appear in the 2nd auction of Four year games. Menu Fixed a typo in the credits You can access the Beta by Right clicking on Sumer in your Library and selecting Properties. Under the "Be…
- Beta build updated - 4 September 2017
Hey there, Sumerians! In order to fix a rare issue caused when trying to adjust the resolution of your game (discussed here: Textures not rendering?) we've added a new build to the beta channel. This build also features a few things we're experimenting with, as well as a few fixes. While none of this is official as of yet, we wanted to share them as if they were patch notes: Audio Added player specific sounds effects that play when goats hit the score UI Increased the volume of some of Gugalanna's voice lines Balance The Staff of Anu and Golden Ram are now slightly more common in Four and Six year games. Removed the chance for extra clay pits to appear in the Two year game auctions. Breeding Pens may now appear in the 2nd auction of Four year games. Menu Fixed a typo in the credits You can access the Beta by Right clicking on Sumer in your Library and selecting Properties. Under the "Be…
- "Her Divine Voice" Update now Live! - 25 August 2017
Greetings Sumerians! We’re pleased to report that Update 0.30.01, “Her Divine Voice”, is now live on the main channel. Patch Notes below: Audio Added new voice over lines for Inanna. This is a complete replacement of temporary VO. Huge thanks go out to Auður for being the voice of Inanna for so long. We’re proud to have Nanna Gunnars joining the team and demanding sacrifice! Added a track that will play while two or more players are overbidding. A pause menu track will now play while the game is paused! Balance Added an “instant statue scoring” variant to the variants menu. We felt like there wasn't enough incentive to fight statue heavy players in the auction late game and we hope this encourages all players to statues valuable at all points in the game. Updated ritual pairings We want rituals drawn during any given year to vary from each other, giving players the option to choose how…
- "Her Divine Voice" Update now Live! - 25 August 2017
Greetings Sumerians! We’re pleased to report that Update 0.30.01, “Her Divine Voice”, is now live on the main channel. Patch Notes below: Audio Added new voice over lines for Inanna. This is a complete replacement of temporary VO. Huge thanks go out to Auður for being the voice of Inanna for so long. We’re proud to have Nanna Gunnars joining the team and demanding sacrifice! Added a track that will play while two or more players are overbidding. A pause menu track will now play while the game is paused! Balance Added an “instant statue scoring” variant to the variants menu. We felt like there wasn't enough incentive to fight statue heavy players in the auction late game and we hope this encourages all players to statues valuable at all points in the game. Updated ritual pairings We want rituals drawn during any given year to vary from each other, giving players the option to choose how…
- PLAY NYC this weekend, Patch 0.28.1 to follow - 18 August 2017
Happy Friday, Sumerians! It’s been a long while since we last posted but we finally have a chain of announcements on the way. The first of which is that this weekend we’ll be showing at Play NYC, New York City’s first video game convention! Tickets are still available and can be purchased here . We’ll be demoing Patch 0.28.1 of Sumer over the weekend. This patch includes an experimental statue scoring variant that scores statues immediately and a new voice over for Inanna featuring our new voice actress, Nanna Gunnarsdóttir! We’d love to hear your feedback on those additions as well as the various changes we’ve made across menus and the rest of the game. After our final pass of testing next week we’ll push the build to the main channel. Whether you’re joining us at Play NYC or are playing from home, you can play 0.28.1 on the beta channel right now. Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wumpus
- PLAY NYC this weekend, Patch 0.28.1 to follow - 18 August 2017
Happy Friday, Sumerians! It’s been a long while since we last posted but we finally have a chain of announcements on the way. The first of which is that this weekend we’ll be showing at Play NYC, New York City’s first video game convention! Tickets are still available and can be purchased here . We’ll be demoing Patch 0.28.1 of Sumer over the weekend. This patch includes an experimental statue scoring variant that scores statues immediately and a new voice over for Inanna featuring our new voice actress, Nanna Gunnarsdóttir! We’d love to hear your feedback on those additions as well as the various changes we’ve made across menus and the rest of the game. After our final pass of testing next week we’ll push the build to the main channel. Whether you’re joining us at Play NYC or are playing from home, you can play 0.28.1 on the beta channel right now. Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wumpus
- Indie Picnic E3 Announcement! - 31 May 2017
Hello Sumerians! We’re ramping up for a Sumerian summer of development and shows! Sumer goes to Japan! We’re excited to share that last week we showed Sumer at BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan. Kickstarter just announced its expansion to Japan and selected Sumer as one of four games to represent them. We love showing the game to new audiences and Japan was no exception. We had a great time and you should definitely check out the other games that were being shown: La Mulana 2 Legrand Legacy Project Scissors: NightCry Sumer @ E3 We’re also thrilled to announce that we’ll be in Los Angeles in just a few weeks to show Sumer as part of Devolver’s E3 Indie Picnic. If you are at E3 you can join us in the Public Lot across from the Los Angeles Convention Center where the expo is being held. We'll be showing all three days (June 13 - 15) from 11 AM - 7 PM. It’ll be free to anyone with an E3 badge :D Wi…
- Indie Picnic E3 Announcement! - 31 May 2017
Hello Sumerians! We’re ramping up for a Sumerian summer of development and shows! Sumer goes to Japan! We’re excited to share that last week we showed Sumer at BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan. Kickstarter just announced its expansion to Japan and selected Sumer as one of four games to represent them. We love showing the game to new audiences and Japan was no exception. We had a great time and you should definitely check out the other games that were being shown: La Mulana 2 Legrand Legacy Project Scissors: NightCry Sumer @ E3 We’re also thrilled to announce that we’ll be in Los Angeles in just a few weeks to show Sumer as part of Devolver’s E3 Indie Picnic. If you are at E3 you can join us in the Public Lot across from the Los Angeles Convention Center where the expo is being held. We'll be showing all three days (June 13 - 15) from 11 AM - 7 PM. It’ll be free to anyone with an E3 badge :D Wi…
- Hotfix - Patch 0.27.1 - 20 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We pushed a hotfix to the build last night and just want to share what's new. In addition to fixing a bug that prevented some players from getting into games we have added music to the room placement mode and final judgment at the end of the game. This music is still in an early form and updates are already under way, so you can expect them to change a little down the line. Thanks! Studio Wumpus
- Hotfix - Patch 0.27.1 - 20 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We pushed a hotfix to the build last night and just want to share what's new. In addition to fixing a bug that prevented some players from getting into games we have added music to the room placement mode and final judgment at the end of the game. This music is still in an early form and updates are already under way, so you can expect them to change a little down the line. Thanks! Studio Wumpus
- Gaming for Pixels Stream Today! - 9 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We’re helping out with the pilot run of a gaming marathon called Gaming for Pixels, a fundraising initiative to help stop violence against women. As part of our support we’ll be streaming today, Sunday, April 9th! We’ve selected a handful of games that are either board game-likes or local multiplayer, including some of our recent favorites like Loot Rascals, Overcooked and Offworld Trading Company. A few NYC indies have also volunteered to show local multiplayer games that they’re working on now! Stop by a for a sneak peek at some upcoming gems. Tune in from 9 AM - 10 PM EST on our twitch channel: twitch.tv/StudioWumpus Looking forward to seeing you there! Geoff, Studio Wumpus
- Gaming for Pixels Stream Today! - 9 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We’re helping out with the pilot run of a gaming marathon called Gaming for Pixels, a fundraising initiative to help stop violence against women. As part of our support we’ll be streaming today, Sunday, April 9th! We’ve selected a handful of games that are either board game-likes or local multiplayer, including some of our recent favorites like Loot Rascals, Overcooked and Offworld Trading Company. A few NYC indies have also volunteered to show local multiplayer games that they’re working on now! Stop by a for a sneak peek at some upcoming gems. Tune in from 9 AM - 10 PM EST on our twitch channel: twitch.tv/StudioWumpus Looking forward to seeing you there! Geoff, Studio Wumpus
- Patch 0.25.1 Notes - 4 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We just pushed some fixes to our launch build including a few balance tweaks to the new rituals and improvements to the full screen mode. You can also now change the graphics quality in the options menu. We'll be keeping up with your feedback as we continue to work on online play and will be putting out periodic patches as the game continues to evolve. Good worship! Studio Wumpus Patch 0.25.1 Notes AI Minor tweaks to the lowest level of AI to make it more friendly to new players. Audio Added improved Gugalanna lines. Balance Prevented some rituals from pairing. Controls Fixed bug preventing mouse players from picking a profile. Fixed bug preventing mouse players from picking up placed buildings. Menu Options Full screen will now set your resolution to your monitor size. You can now change graphics quality in the Graphics menu. Tutorial Fixed a bug that causes the slumber…
- Patch 0.25.1 Notes - 4 April 2017
Hey Sumerians! We just pushed some fixes to our launch build including a few balance tweaks to the new rituals and improvements to the full screen mode. You can also now change the graphics quality in the options menu. We'll be keeping up with your feedback as we continue to work on online play and will be putting out periodic patches as the game continues to evolve. Good worship! Studio Wumpus Patch 0.25.1 Notes AI Minor tweaks to the lowest level of AI to make it more friendly to new players. Audio Added improved Gugalanna lines. Balance Prevented some rituals from pairing. Controls Fixed bug preventing mouse players from picking a profile. Fixed bug preventing mouse players from picking up placed buildings. Menu Options Full screen will now set your resolution to your monitor size. You can now change graphics quality in the Graphics menu. Tutorial Fixed a bug that causes the slumber…
- Welcome to Sumer’s Early Access!! - 15 February 2017
We’re really excited to share Sumer with you. The game has gone through a lot of iteration since we first started it in grad school and its thrilling how close we are to the end. You can expect periodic updates of Sumer over the coming months, but the real magic will be going on behind the scenes as we finish implementing online play. We’ll keep you in the loop of course and when online is finished Sumer will be officially launched! Until then, we welcome your thoughts on the game’s local version. Try out the tutorial, test your skills against our AI and enjoy competing with your friends. We’re excited to have you as part of our community and look forward to getting to know you all :D Studio Wumpus
