{"id":875,"date":"2012-08-29T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T21:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2012-08-30T01:52:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T08:52:57","slug":"can-you-defeat-king-gabe-of-steamonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/can-you-defeat-king-gabe-of-steamonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Defeat King Gabe of Steamonia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/greenlight\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-880\" title=\"King Gabe\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/king_gabe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" \/>Steam Greenlight<\/a> will publicly launch at some point tomorrow. Greenlight is a new system that allows the Steam community to vote for the next indie games that they want to see published on the service, and if you&#8217;ve seen our <a href=\"http:\/\/putnestalgiaonsteam.com\/\">Put NEStalgia On Steam .com<\/a> site then you know that <a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/nestalgia-targets-steam-greenlight\/\">we need your help<\/a> to put NEStalgia over the top.<\/p>\n<p>Just like NEStalgia itself will be in a struggle to prove its worth on Greenlight in the coming weeks, so too will NEStalgia players with a special Valve-themed in-game event starting tomorrow. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/\">Valve<\/a> is the company that created Steam and many beloved modern PC games such as Half Life and Portal, and their co-founder and managing director\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabe_Newell\">Gabe Newell<\/a> is well known to gamers everywhere. In the world of NEStalgia, however, he&#8217;s just known as King Gabe of Steamonia.<\/p>\n<table style=\"padding: 0px 3px 3px 3px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-883\" title=\"The Tower of Trials\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_main.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_main.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_main-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_battle2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-886\" title=\"Battling Familiar Enemies...\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_battle2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_battle2.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_battle2-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/npc_talk.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-881\" title=\"Exploring the Tower of Trials\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/npc_talk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/npc_talk.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/npc_talk-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_pillar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-884\" title=\"Igniting the Green Lights!\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_pillar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_pillar.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tower_pillar-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>NEStalgia&#8217;s Greenlight celebration event will challenge players with a brand new dungeon inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal_(video_game)\">Portal<\/a>, the &#8220;Tower of Trials&#8221;. I think that players will be very surprised at how cool the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GWzmL05OlYA\">portal mechanic<\/a> is when adapted for use in a 2D top-down RPG! Anyone who dares enter the Tower of Trials will also face many different monsters that parody those found in the Valve lexicon, culminating in a final showdown with King Gabe at the top of the tower.<\/p>\n<p>As with all NEStalgia events like this, players will have the chance to get their hands on many new event-exclusive character dyes and masks. Better yet, those who defeat King Gabe can obtain a brand new companion: the Heavy Chest.<\/p>\n<table style=\"padding: 0px 3px 3px 3px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_battle.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-878 alignnone\" title=\"Heavy Chest Battle\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_battle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_battle.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_battle-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_companion.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-879\" title=\"The Heavy Chest Companion\" src=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_companion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_companion.png 608w, http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heavy_chest_companion-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This Steam Greenlight event will start around the same time that the Greenlight service itself launches tomorrow afternoon. The event is designed for players of all levels &#8211; simply talk to the mysterious messengers found hanging out near the Inns in every town (except Ennar), and you&#8217;ll be own your way to Steamonia in no time.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Special thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/forum\/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=5058\">Gamekrazzy<\/a> for the awesome King Gabe sprite!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**********<\/p>\n<p>We were lucky enough to be allowed access to the Steam Greenlight Beta, which means that NEStalgia&#8217;s page will be up and ready to view the moment the system goes live. If you&#8217;ve enjoyed NEStalgia and would like to see it put before a much larger audience, then please take a moment of your time this week to go and show your support for the game on Greenlight. I&#8217;ll post a Facebook\/Twitter announcement when the Greenlight service (and in turn this holiday event) launches tomorrow &#8211; stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steam Greenlight will publicly launch at some point tomorrow. Greenlight is a new system that allows the Steam community to vote for the next indie games that they want to see published on the service, and if you&#8217;ve seen our Put NEStalgia On Steam .com site then you know that we need your help to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silkgames.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}