By Odin, we are joining Steam next fest next week! And we've got some rock-solid new content for the upcoming Fest. This means that you’ll get to test one of our favorite new missions: Rocky! (and even more content, but more on that another day)
This string of three special missions (Normal, Hard, and Brutal) is all about rocks. When a Viking encounters rocks in a playfield, they’ll randomly switch lanes. But in Rocky we have placed out so many it is turning the battlefield into something like a pinball machine. Well... until the Hammer Vikings show up and smash their way through everything!
The goal? Chaos! But for the clever player, it’s also a chance to shape the battlefield to your liking. How to counter all this madness? That’s up to you! But may we suggest Hildur? She’s a stunner, depending on how you feel about trolls. Fun fact: she won “Miss Troll” thanks to her charming ability to rip off her own head and lob it over, well, pretty much anything—including rocks!
Oh, and don’t forget: you can also change the battlefield by dropping rock spells. Wait until a Viking gets close and then—STOMP! Rock smashed, Viking smashed. Two for one, or many if you stack up those vikings!
Thor Palsson (our senior game designer on Trolls Reborn, and part-time god of thunder) had a blast making this level, balancing the “ping-pong effect” of lane-switching Vikings with the brute force of hammer attacks. Hopefully, we hit the just-right sweet spot, but don’t expect the Brutal difficulty to be a walk in the park!
You will be able to play this cool new mission next week! In the meantime, I chucked together a video so you can see a little glimpse of it.
During Next Fest, please let us know what you think of this special mission! We’d love to use this mechanic more in future missions (maybe with stilts?), so if you’ve got ideas on balance or content, give us a shout.
All the best,
Jørgen Tharaldsen
Game Director
Trolls vs Vikings Reborn