Super excited to share that Heroes Guard: The Journal, a gamebook I’ve been working on for nearly 2 years, is now available in the app stores!
What makes it even more exciting? Folks seem to be enjoying it as it is currently
I think folks really like the idea of mixing interactive fiction with a card game! 
I remember seeing this during testing and enjoying it! I’m glad I can finally buy it in support.
Congratulations!
I am hoping it only gets better from here. By the way, I noticed something that I feel I should bring to your attention. May I PM you?
Absolutely! You can PM me through the site or email me directly through support@underbytestudios.com whichever you prefer.
There is also a feedback button in the apps menu
how long is the game? in your opinion. I finish most choice games in a few hours
So the game is designed for replayability and not for a single long session. Some folks on Touch Arcade mentioned that one run-through takes about an hour… it all depends on how quickly you read and strategize (the card game for instance). I would say 40 minutes is probably a good average to go by.
The idea is that you’ll want to replay to try new strategies, experience new content, and attempt to get a better score. Ultimately giving hours of replay with the pre-existing content.
I’m currently working with 2 additional writers now to help with post-release content that will be free. Again, this content will not lengthen a single play session - but provide more replayability.
Although I do have plans for several game modes - one of which will lengthen it a bit, but that’s several months away from release.
All this content and additional modes are planned free updates by the way!
Oh okay, interesting. I like it better than the lack of different endings in most choice games.
I choose Nature Magic, but when I touch the medallion, it says Ice Magic.
Thanks @Urban! I’ve added that to be included in the first patch! Are you enjoying the game OK? Any suggestions for future stories and foes?
The Difficult spike make it hard to win the battles, couldn’t defeat the spider even when I won 2 rolls (I think if you win the roll, the enemy card shouldn’t trigger too).
I raised my Int at the beginning and now have to count on rng when I use the other attributes and I’m always loosing now.
Ouch! The spider can be a pain. Each opponent you go up against has a 5 card deck. There is 1 nasty card in each deck - you may also be getting unlucky that 1 of the 3 cards that the spider plays just so happens to be his more powerful card.
I’ll keep watching analytics and adjust the difficulty for some of the encounters! Perhaps when I add “advanced” difficulty option, I’ll also make the base difficulty a little easier.
Also, I may lower the replay cost from 100g to 50g or even 25g to help with any bogus dice rolls or card draws!