Craft Keep VR

Craft Keep VR

Released Apr 2017

Set within a fantasy world of dragons, dungeons and foul-mouthed customers, you are an alchemist-blacksmith forging weapons and brewing potions.

62% positive · 120 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Craft Keep VR launched in Early Access on November 11, 2016 and reached its full 1.0 release on April 21, 2017, when the developer shipped all seven story chapters and added Oculus Touch support. The full-release announcement (NEWS-4) was notably candid: the developer acknowledged they had not reached a large enough audience to sustain further development, stating that the game would remain at its current price "indefinitely" and that continued VR-only development was not financially viable for the studio. They explicitly described the 1.0 release as the conclusion of Craft Keep VR's development, while noting the studio would move on to new projects. Following the 1.0 launch on April 21, 2017, there were no further updates to Craft Keep VR itself. Subsequent news posts on the game's Steam page (NEWS-1 through NEWS-3) were announcements promoting a separate game, Craftlands Workshoppe, rather than updates to Craft Keep VR. The most recent developer communication of any kind on this page dates to April 9, 2020. There are no unreleased DLC, no roadmap, and no developer statements indicating further content for Craft Keep VR after the 1.0 launch.
Evidence
Full release post explicitly states the studio could not sustain development due to insufficient audience, the price will stay at $14.99 indefinitely, and the team is moving on to new projects. All seven chapters shipped with this release, completing the game's content.
news post · Apr 21, 2017 source development ending
high
Early Access launch post mentions 'several chapters planned,' indicating content development was underway at that time.
news post · Nov 11, 2016 source content planned
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Excalibur Publishing
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game


Do you want to craft magnificent blades and brew powerful concoctions for local adventurers? If the answer is yes - and why wouldn't it be? - the position of local trainee Alchemist-blacksmith has just become available, thanks to a staffing grievance from the resident dragon who decided to e͞at̷ o̶u̵r̀ ̧las̕t͟ ̕trainee̸. Please see below for more details on the J̴̨̧͚̳̩̙͉̫̮̲̲̖̖̻̙͚ͅǪ̷͙̦͔̱͡B̵̨̘͕͉̱̻̣̬͔̱̣̰̫͔̀͘ ̶̛͕͉͙͙̦̰̫̬̪̙̭̹̤̖́͟R͡͏͇̜̲̮̫̞̠̘̞̲̻̥̜͎̱̞͚ͅÒ̷̡̲̪̱̬̞̘͓̻͈̹̗͕̼̬͕̣̀͟ͅL̵͖̭͖̦̤͕̠͟ͅE҉̸̛͔̲̥́




As the local blacksmith you'll be trusted by hundreds of adventurers to provide them with powerful and reasonably priced swords. Adventurers will rush to your stall asking you to craft something as simple as an iron PlainGru sword... What, you'd think you'd be ready to craft a frizzy dragonbone JagMar sword? Of course not, you build up to that! The last trainee we took on that attempted to create a frizzy dragonbone JagMar sword now requires a bag to poop in... Yes, to P̨͠͏̵̮̱͇̬͉̯̙͇̦̥̣̻̣͇͞O͍̹͈̲̣͇̕͞͝͝O͏̘̖̗̤̞̺ͅP͏̸̰͈̖̻̣̹̮̲͇̠̭̤!͏͇͕̩̫̱̼̜̯̹̯̲͚̣͈͎̕ͅ


The cauldron is a beautiful tool for every alchemist. You can create some pretty potent concoctions with this bad boy. I would know, I spent a good time in my college years creating several cheeky potions as a prank. Good times.... Anyway, With the cauldron you'll need to mix a selection of herbs in order to create useable items like health potions or to charge up enchantment stones.



What are enchantment stones? Well, they are stones that have properties to enchant things. It's not rocket science, i mean er witchcraft, well, maybe it is... Anyway! The enchantment stones can be used on swords and daggers to give them brand new properties like fire and ice. Simply etch an engraving on the sword or dagger you wish to enchant (I tend to use a variety of obscenities in various languages) and then rub the enchantment stone across the dagger until it glows. Job done! You'll have a legendary enchanted sword fit for any adventurer. Just be careful where you wave those stones, we will not be responsible for any third degree burns caused by the use of Enchantment stones.



More often than not, the local adventurers do not maintain their blades. This leads to an adventurer running to their mommy from even the puniest of beasts with a few dozen bruises. These adventurers need someone to repair their blades so that they may return once more to defeat the foe that made them look foolish and try to claw back any shred of dignity. Repair their blades using the forge, anvil and hammer. Remember, an adventurer with a broken blade is a poor sorry excuse of a man so treat them with kindness and respect... After they leave and pay for your services you have our permission to snigger or chuckle at their shocking negligence of weapon preservation.


VIRTUAL REALITY


Craft Keep makes use of the Valve HTC Vive’s motion controller capabilities and uses room scale. We’ve been having great fun in the environment and really can’t wait to see players enjoying the game with this tech.
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