Welcome.

I just want to start off saying I'm really stunned at the progress, I mean I never in a million years expected Crystal Duel to feature everything in this post! If anything it was a dying project that was going to be canned! If it wasn't for the heatwave putting a dampener on my other project *using a laptop and so heat is a big issue!* This wouldn't have happened! If you're working on anything right now or maybe there's a project you started but canned, go back to it right freakin now (or after reading this post!) This might be the day you needed to make a breakthrough or consider if you could have tried something different.  Never give up!

Over the last couple of weeks I've had so much to do with Crystal Duel that it has been a huge challenge and surely most of the progress is almost complete and I'm hoping that the downloadable version of Crystal Duel will be something you can really enjoy! Here are some of the key updates to the progress so far...

Interactive story.

Crystal Duel CCG is about being a player who has begun their career as a proffesional e-gamer and entered the Duel Hall. The Duel Hall is where Rookie CCG battlists begin to move up the rank and enter competitions! There are a number of stages to get through and to get to the top you'll need not only the ability to use strategy to complete and win games, but your social skills will bend and shape your journey too! The interaction in Crystal Duel CCG will really be the highlight of the game as your choices matter and you may either make friendships or enemies of the duelists you compete with! Who knows, there may even be romance. (Damn... Why did I write that!)

The game further opens doors through the "sponsor system" Be sponsored by major companies! At first they're small offers from small companies. Building your reputation up while sponsored will open up new doors and invitations to competition. Who says a big game company can open more doors than a smaller company who has some strings they can pull?  Not happy with your sponsor... Are the rewards they give too weak? Well, you could leave... but it may not go down well! I suppose if you have been given a better offer then what does it matter?! The sponsor system builds in to the game and rewards are affected based on who you're sponsored by. There's extras there too! But, you'll have to play the download version to experience it all! Bare in mind if you have a bad attitude you'll be kicked from a big sponsor who's watching! This simulator takes fair play a step further!

Card collection is finally here!

 The ability to collect the cards was something I had to manually work in too! The new version of Crystal Duel will allow the player the ability to buy and trade cards! This is a huge leap compared to the web version and there are 30 cards so far! Buying cards will require Duel Chips which you earn after a completed a Duel. If you're sponsored by a company you'll recieve more Duel Chips! If you level up your sponsor, you'll earn even more Duel Chips! So, let's buy some cards and make some epic Decks! There's possibly some PACK OPENINGS! Give me a second... 

If you need to pick up some Duel Chips and are feeling adventurous then how about going on a Treasure Hunt?!

 In Treasure Hunt mode you'll need a Deck that balances, healing, ability point recovery and the ability to strategise! The Grey Demon Wolves have one goal, send you back to the lobby! Defeat the hazzards and find Lukamei a cute monster that gives away free Duel Chips when it appears, so cute and friendly... until it attacks... This little guy is the reason you're here and will pop up at random and give you rewards and then bite you! The Treasure hunt is a survival mode and so the aim is to survive and get the best rewards by doing that well! It costs 2000 exp so you'll need to be experienced as this challenge is meant for those who understand their deck and have collected useful Duel Cards made for survival!

There's one more huge update to share and that's I'm really thank full you read this post! Your awesome! So that's it for now. I'm really happy this project turned around and I hope it can have a future. It'll be the very first e-sports CCG simulators out there. I'm proud of achieving this although I hope others will enjoy and want to support the game. I make games as a passion project and really desperate to do this for real! Any help or advice will be 100% taken. Please leave any comments and I'll be back with more very soon!