Another year is nearly in the books. 2022 was the year of preparation for Handelabra Games. We launched several great things this year, but most of 2022 has been preparing for 2023. Here's a look back at what Handelabra did this year, and a preview of what is coming up.
Aeon's End
We kicked off 2022 with the launch of Aeon's End: The New Age in February. While technically a DLC for Aeon's End, The New Age has even more content than the core game, including a brand new Expedition Mode for campaign-style play.
The Aeon's End franchise continues to grow on the tabletop with more content. We don't have anything to announce just yet, but we hope to add more to Aeon's End digital in the future!
One Deck Dungeon
Adding gamepad support to One Deck Dungeon on Steam turned out to be a handy improvement when the Steam Deck launched this year. Although Valve hasn't given us the option to get One Deck Dungeon officially listed as Verified on Steam Deck, we promise it works very well! Not to mention, our other games play well on Steam Deck using the mouse/keyboard emulation system.
Sentinels Sidekick
The plucky tabletop companion app received a big update on iOS this spring with support for Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition and Sentinels of Earth-Prime.
Unfortunately, the tides of time have worked against the Android version, and we had to bid it farewell at the end of October.
Sentinels of Earth-Prime
In partnership with Green Ronin, we launched a Kickstarter campaign for Sentinels of Earth-Prime in July and it successfully funded! We reached a couple stretch goals too, and development of the game has been going well. It's now well into beta testing and on track to release in Q1 2023 as planned. You can check out lots of previews of Sentinels of Earth-Prime on our Twitch and YouTube channels!
Screenshot from beta build, subject to change during development.
One Deck Galaxy
Last year we announced that One Deck Galaxy, the spiritual successor to One Deck Dungeon, was one of our next projects. We have been working closely with Asmadi Games and the game is shaping up very well. Look forward to playing it in 2023!
Screenshot from alpha build, subject to change during development.
Spirit Island
Our 2021 year-end post coincided with the launch of the Spirit Island multiplayer public beta. After a lot of work and a lot of feedback from you, multiplayer was officially launched in August 2022. We hope you've been enjoying destroying the Invaders with your friends!
As you can see above, we've been quite busy with various projects (including Spirit Island for most of the year). As those games wrap up, we'll be able to turn our attention to one of the most-requested topics: more content for Spirit Island!
We're pleased to announce that Jagged Earth will be starting development in 2023. Stay tuned for more information in the future. However, since Jagged Earth is a huge project (bigger than Branch & Claw and multiplayer combined), we have decided to first do something a bit smaller.
Horizons of Spirit Island digital is now in development and will be released in 2023. This will be a DLC for Spirit Island with 5 new Spirits and 3 new island boards. On mobile, we plan to make Horizons a lower-cost entry point into the game as well.
With all that, 2022 is wrapping up, and 2023 will be here soon. We'll be taking a break until early January to rest up and get ready for another big year. Happy Holidays to you and yours!