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Press release:
Nantes, France, October 25th, 2022.
Dear Villagers, the publisher of narrative card game “Foretales“, has assembled a panel of various digital card game developers to discuss their unique approach to storytelling.

Entitled ‘Top Decks and Tall Tales’ – conveying narrative through card games, the entire presentation can be viewed further down the page:

The panelists include Alkemi’s Alain Puget (Foretales), Nerial Studio’s Francois Alliot, (Reigns, Card Shark), Daniel Mullins Games’ founder Daniel Mullins (Inscryption), Shiny Shoes’ Brendan Rafeld (Monster Train), and, prettysmart games’ Miko Charbonneau (THE SPIRIT LIFT). The panel was moderated and presented by Nerial Studio’s Jared J Tan (Reigns, Card Shark).

Topics include: what kinds of stories can be best told through cards, how to create memorable characters, what aspects of cards are most important in terms of narrative weight, how different strategies convey player personalities, which card games are on the cutting edge of narrative design, the best ways to monetise new cards games, and what comes first between gameplay systems and art direction.

To commemorate this occasion, Foretales has received a new accolades trailer, espousing the praise it’s received from critics and influencers alike.

For more information on Foretales:
Buy on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170080/Foretales/
Follow Foretales on Twitter: https://twitter.com/foretales_game
Follow Foretales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foretalesgame/
Visit the Alkemi website: https://www.alkemi-games.com

About Alkemi:
Founded in 2011, Alkemi is a small team of craft people making their own games and other visual products. The studio focuses on medium sized, polished games, with an emphasis on making unique titles that are unlike anything else out there. Its previous works include the horizontal-scrolling shmup / RPG hybrid Drifting Lands, as well as the twin-stick shooter / match-3 mashup Transcripted. Alkemi is now working on its most ambitious title yet with the upcoming narrative-based card game Foretales, due in 2022.

About Dear Villagers:
Dear Villagers is a publishing label of Plug In Digital. It’s a place where talented studios can unleash their creativity and focus on bringing unique single player experiences to players on PC and console, experiences that will stay with them long after the credits roll. Dear Villager’s lineup includes the award-winning The Forgotten City, The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, ScourgeBringer and Edge Of Eternity.