Kardboard Kings
Kardboard Kings is a single-player management shop-keeper game[1], which is being developed by Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, Rob Gross and published by Akupara Games. Kardboard Kings is set to release in 2022 to PC on Steam. The title will be translated to English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Russian.
Gameplay
Kardboard Kings allows the player to live out their fantasy of running their own local card store[2] in the Australian beachside community of Parakeet Bay. Heavily influenced by the trading card community, especially Magic the Gathering, players have the option to treat customers well and garner a reputation of a friendly local store owner, or run their own capitalist card empire.[3] Players are able to collect 100s of various card arts from talented artists around the world. [4]
Plot
The player is Harry Hsu, a young man who inherited a card game store from his recently deceased father. He meets Giuseppe, his father's pet bird who can talk, who helps him get the shop open and running again. Harry was living in Berlin with his girlfriend Riley when his dad died, and he rushed back for the funeral without her. He then immediately threw himself into running the card shop, and the two sort of broke up by default, as she was still in Berlin. Harry's dad, George Hsu, was the first Warlock World Champion in the 90s, and was good friends with Christopher Marlowe, the creator of the Warlock Collectible Card Game.[5]
He retired and opened up the Card Shop with the help of Giuseppe and Christopher Marlowe, and ran it for many years. The Warlock Collectable Card Game is the most popular game in the world, played by over 300 million people in 70 countries. It's popularity and Prize pools eclipse the salaries of many sports stars, and pro players are regarded as celebrities. There are rumors that the game was adapted from an ancient, magical game, played in South-east Asia, but the Warlock Company strenuously denies these claims...[6]
Development
Kardboard Kings is being developed by Henry's House, Oscar Brittain and Rob Gross. Henry's House is Oscar Brittian's studio, and was founded in 2020.[7] Oscar, a well-known Australian artist who previously developed Desert Child with Akupara Games handling publishing, is currently working on Nanomon Virtual Pet alongside Kardboard Kings, which is set to "hatch" in 2022.
References
- ↑ LeBlanc, Wesley. "Kardboard Kings Will Let You Live Out Your Card Shop Dreams When It Launches Next Month". Game Informer. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ "Screenshot Saturday Featuring Kardboard Kings, Jack Move, More - Hardcore Gamer". hardcoregamer.com. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Kardboard Kings Next Year - Blue's News Story". www.bluesnews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Card Store Management Simulator Kardboard Kings Coming February 10th". Aroged. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ Allen, Richard; Allen, Richard (2022-01-27). "Open a local card shop in the newly announced Kardboard Kings". GAMING TREND. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ↑ Valentine, Rebekah (2021-11-01). "Coffee Talk Gets a Sequel, Glitchhikers Returns, and More From The Indie Houses Showcase". IGN. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "Australian-made Kardboard Kings signs with Akupara Games, drops a demo". ScreenHub Australia. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
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