Massive Chalice
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| Developer(s) | Double Fine Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Double Fine Productions |
| Director(s) | Brad Muir |
| Producer(s) | Anthony Vaughn |
| Designer(s) | Brad Muir |
| Programmer(s) | Chad Dawson |
| Writer(s) | Max Folkman Nick Folkman |
| Composer(s) | Brian Trifon Brian Lee White |
| Platform(s) | Linux, OS X, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy, turn-based tactics |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Massive Chalice is a turn-based strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and Xbox One by Double Fine Productions, which was funded through Kickstarter. The project leader of the game is Brad Muir, who was previously the project leader of Iron Brigade. It was expected to be released in September 2014 until the game was delayed. The beta version of the game, for people who backed the game at a high enough pledge level to get beta access, was released on October 21, 2014. It was released on Steam Early Access on November 11, 2014. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on June 1, 2015 for $20 or free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
In Massive Chalice, the player takes the role of an immortal ruler defending their kingdom from invasion by an evil force known as the Cadence, whose very touch is deadly to most humans and who leave magical corruption in their wake. They are aided by the titular giant Chalice, a magical artifact whose two personalities advise the player. The Chalice can banish the Cadence, but will take 300 years to build up the magical energy to do so.
The game switches between two modes: Strategy, in which the player makes long-term decisions and watches the years roll by, and Tactical, in which the player commands teams of heroes in turn-based battles against Cadence forces. In Strategy mode, the play decides which tasks the Chalice will spend its small amount of spare energy on, while also dealing with problems that arise in the kingdom's population. While the player waits for long-term projects to complete, the Cadence will regularly attack. Usually they attack multiple parts of the kingdom at once, but as the Chalice can only send a team of heroes to one location at a time, the player must decide which battle to fight to keep Cadence corruption from destroying the land.
As the player's character is bound to the chalice and is unable to leave the palace, they must send other heroes to fight the Cadence. Though these heroes are also attuned to the chalice, allowing them to survive contact with the Cadence, they are not immortal, and so a crucial part of Strategy mode is establishing bloodlines to breed future generations of heroes to ensure success over three centuries. The player can retire a hero to become regent of a noble house, and arranging a marriage to a hero from another house. New heroes inherit some genetic traits from their parents, as well as personality. A house may be established by any combination of male and female heroes, and while same-sex couples cannot have children on their own, the chalice can find babies elsewhere in the kingdom who are attuned to it to be adopted by a noble house. Such children have their own genes but may still inherit personality traits from their adoptive parents or during training.
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