We posted an update over here on our blog:
http://handelabra.com/blog/2015/3/31/visiting-rook-city
We're putting the finishing touches on! Also, good work by the forumites here on guessing the variants =) now feel free to speculate about the unlock conditions!
Powerhound beat you to it.
I saw that Pydro, but I think a new thread is appropriate =)
So unlocks, I want to think Expat's will be based on the immigrant song series, or just general mechanics, since it doesn't appear Zombie Spite is coming as well.
So my guesses:
1. Blow up a pterodactyl with your RPG.
2. Shoot Citizens with each type of ammo in one game.
3. Get shot in the eye, then eat your eye, then single handedly route Lu Bu's army. I mean the citizens of the sun, whatever.
4. Use all 4 ammo types in a single turn. I bet on this one.
Mister Fixer:
1. Damage Plague rat with infection damage.
2. Redirect Operative damage to Chairman, causing retaliation. I hope it is this.
3. Use all tools in one game.
4. Use all styles in one game.
5. Return X cards to players hands with salvage yard.
6. Use overdrive X times in a game, or with X different tools. I bet it is this one.
7. Have Grease Gun destroyed by a villain.
Greatest Legacy:
1. Same unlock for Y Legs but using her.
I'm actually surprised we got grandpa, it seems like they are saving the F6 promos for a group unlock, but F6 AZ would be a great release right now. It makes him much more accessible.
I actually think that mr fixer is due to him being incaped with undivided attention.
Just wanting to be sure: Is the Steam update going to take as long as the iTunes update?
To me, the roughest part about the Rook City release date is that that day officially begins the wait for Infernal Relics. ;)
I look forward to be able to play Mr Fixer and AZ in the same game without groans from the people I typically play with.
They release them at the same time, so they have to wait for apple to "approve" it.
If they were just on steam they could release it in the amount of time it takes to upload it from a Fiber connection.
They could still just release it on Steam as soon as it's done, hence my asking for clarification.
Not that I am asking them to release earlier on Steam.
Mr. Fixer + AZ or Bunker is awesome, people who don't understand that make panda's cry. Driving Mantis + Hoarfire/Thermal/Grenade Launcher makes my day.
Nice to hear things are moving along :). Not looking forward to Rook City as much as Infernal Relics and (more importantly, since this is what's actually gonna get me to play the game a bit more ;)) online multiplayer, but I know you guys are working on that and I have plenty to keep me occupied in the meantime :).
The primary reason we want to release the update on all platforms at the same time is so that everyone has a fair chance to be the first to unlock the new variants.
We will be using the Apple review waiting time to make more bug fixes and improvements, like the keyboard shortcuts mentioned in the post.
That certainly makes a large amount of sense. :)
My guess for DW Fixer is getting him incapped in some way while fighting Chairman. Just don't know what specific way. No ideas on AGL or DW Ex, though...
I just watched the Twitch stream from last night. The Dark Watch variants seem really fun!
Expat isn't much different than her classic character card tbh, you're still only going to use the base power after playing an unload and using predjudice's power for it.
Dark Watch Mr. Fixer is a beast, so long as you don't mind your equipments and ongoings going missing.
It does mean you can basically use Bloody Knuckles for free, though ;).
Regarding Aim, it actually is very usefull comboed with Hairtirgger Reflexes, especiallys against villains like Voss, Chairman and Dawn who will reliably pulling out minions most every turn. I use it quite a bit more than I ever used Load. It's especially good if you use it before the turn you Unload to get a +2 bonus to all of your damage
Yup. I love Aim. It's pretty nice to stack out of turn power uses on it as well - we had a Skinwalker Gloomweaver game turn completely around by playing a big Unload with +4 damage to every shot taken.
Its also really good for a SMG shock rounds turn, making it 4 damage to everything rather than 2
Whippersnappers and your new fangled promo cards. Give me some good, wholesome American powers like Initialize, and load. Whats with this bitter strike anyway? Fixer eat too much Grapefruit? People don't know when you have it good.
Release date is... released! A week from today =)
http://handelabra.com/blog/2015/4/7/rook-city-release-date-update-on-future-plans
Yippee!
Sweet!
It is unfortunate but unsurprising in software development to get that negative feedback that you mentioned, from people who aren't familiar with how said development works. Really looking forward to the quality product you'll release when ready.
yay. Looking forward to it especailly since I will be in a car for a few hours that weekend. Now only if we could get an announcement on Sentinel Tactics: The video game :P
Or Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Card Game: The Video Game: The Board Game!
I'm waiting for Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Card Game: The Video Game: The Board Game: The Movie: The Video Game.
I want Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Card Game: The Video Game: The Board Game: The Movie: The Video Game: The Comic Book Adaptaion.
I want Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Card Game: The Video Game: The Board Game: The Movie: The Video Game: The Comic Book Adaptation: The FlameThrower
The kids love that one.
Very happy that Rook City comes out and the Flash returns on the same night! And of course I'll likely have to work late that night....
Spring/Summer for Infernal Relics! That sounds like June-ish to me. Not bad!
uh no thanks
they attempted this it failed.
even though a web comic would be fun. Do like they did in the olden times with this ancient thing called a newspaper where they told the adventure a few panes a week. Ended up having to save a years worth of papers to read the phantom in such a way it made sense
- May the Schwartz be with you!
glad I'm not the only one that noticed the reference
Oh, far from it, I'm sure. 
Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Card Game: The Video Game: The Board Game: The Movie: The Video Game: The Comic Book: The Boardway Musical will blow it out of the water.
I was hoping someone would pick up on mine and he did. I was kind of fishing with the Flamethrower… which come to think of it is somethig Guise would do, fishing with a flamethrower…
I think maybe he tried, but he couldn't keep the flamethrower on the hook.
It is 00:01am on April the 14th in parts of the Republic of Kiribati , why has Rook City not been released yet?
I might have sat here with this written in advance, waiting for the right moment.
Will all versions ship at the same time? Or will there be a delay for the Kindle Fire version?
Chomping at the bit for some more options in my favorite time-killer! Can't wait!
DELAYED!!
And now it's 00:01am in my country, this is intolerable!
Yeah, waiting again
You know what I'm most looking forward to?
Keyboard shortcuts.
Wow, you joined the forum almost exactly a year before I did. We have the same forum birthday!
And if you had noticed just 3 days earlier we could have celebrated it together! #stillnoRookCity
No, I'm not going to be the same time every hour until it is released, that was just a coincidence last post.
#Clevelandsucks
Is there any word on what time (rather than just day) this will be released on Steam?
We can celebrate late!
#Notsoonenough
Stuff on Steam always seems to come out at about 6pm or so over here, It's kind of annoying if a game is supposedly due out on a day that I'm off work and I'm waiting for it to be available but end up not being able to get it on that day (or downloading it late at night and then waiting to play it another day) :P.
No earlier than 9 Pacific. We cannot release anything on Steam until the Valve office opens.
We're still waiting on Apple review, but Steam+Android will launch today regardless. We'll have more details later today.
So at least 3 more hours. Cool
I've been watching the Daredevil series and now need to play Mr Fixer against the Chairman.
Is it wrong that I keep opening my Kindle to see if the Rook City download button is available yet?
I'm not obsessed! I've just been dying to throw down Fixer and Expatriette! Why are you looking at me that way!?
Amazon Appstore has its own review process but it's generally pretty short. It's been submitted there too and we'll post when it's available!
Just out of curiousity, how many channels and different OSs are you supporting?
I count:
They have a Mac and Linux version too through Steam. You can see it here http://sentinelsdigital.com/buysotm.html
Yep with your powers combined, arenson9 and Powerhound_2000 are correct =)
I think it's really cool that you can support so many platforms. Is all the development done using Unity?
It's developed using Unity? Base version or Golem? Are you sacrificing equipment or hp to power this game? Enquiring minds want to know.
I can understand if there's a delay. The last few times I tried to use Unity I wound up with nothing but bots in my hand and had to destroy my friends' equipment to get anything done.
We destroyed an Android tablet to bring you this availability tracker blog post:
http://handelabra.com/blog/2015/4/14/rookcityupdate-availability-tracker
Andy: the rules engine is developed in straight C# as a library, we use Xamarin as an IDE for that. The UI is all Unity3D.
At the end of the post it says the app is on sale for 20%. Is it that or 20% off? Bit of a difference.
Thanks, we'll fix that! It's 20% off.
Is it 20% off the price or content?
What?
It's 20% off the price. Sorry, but I don't know what "20% off the content" would even mean.
Amazon wins! http://geni.us/sotmstamazon
You only get 80% of the heroes, villains, environments. The randomizer decides which ones.
Wow. SotM is much less expensive on Amazon than on Steam…
Well, that sounds like a great idea, in the spirit of the Black Friday sale for Cards Against Humanity! xD
Dang it. That's what I get for betting on Steam.
I was still looking at Apple as a dark horse to release first. 
Steam is out! :)
Something is downloading!!!!
Yay!!!
How do we do the update for Kindle? I'm currently re-downloading the Season Pass, since there's still no button for Rook City on the Expansions screen in the app.
If you don't see Rook City in the expansion packs screen, you don't have the 1.3.1 update yet. Try rebooting your Kindle to get the Appstore to update its data.
I just tried that, and there weren't any new updates available. :( Trying again.
I see that it's v1.3.1 on Amazon's site, but I'm not getting any updates yet.
I know it'll be there soon. I'm just impatient, is all. :)
Yeah, I reinstalled it, redownloaded the season pass, then restarted my device and did it again, nothing so far.
Yup, still 1.2.3 here. Three reboots, nothing. Starting to remember the definition of insanity. ;)
Soon!
It's Apple's fault. No one can have it until THEY say so.
Here's a page with some instructions that might help. However in general this seems to be a common frustration for Kindle users..
http://www.whitneyapps.com/how-to-get-app-updates-on-kindle-fire-and-nook-hd
I tried going to the Sentinels page in the AppStore on the device, and there was a button that said "Update." So I'm trying that now. I'll update with news when/if it goes through!
Thanks for all the support, MigrantP! From one dev to another, I appreciate you guys being so involved with the community on launch day!
Thanks! Plus I get to surf the Internet all day ;)
mine said it was already updated.
It is not.
Sadness.
Wow. So I sat and watched it update and install the update, and saw a message saying that it was updated to 1.3.1 at such-and-such a time... and when I launch the game (even after a reboot), it still says it's 1.2.3 and doesn't show Rook City available.
Redownloading the Season Pass again, for lack of any other idea as to what to do.
Thanks. Interesting!
Google Play is now live. So now we just have to wait for Apple.
Yeah, not sure what's going on, but this thing doesn't seem to be happening. I guess I'll try again later.
I have now broken in my new decks
fighting in sewers in up to our necks
Wraith, Fixer, and Expat
took on the Plague Rat
Who will no longer continue to vex.
That was a ridiculously fun game. Expat, Fixer, and Rook City Wraith took on Plague Rat in the Chemical Factory. The game ended with Fixer and Expat incapped, and Wraith at 1 hp. Inventory Barrage brought Plague Rat to 5, Sleuth dug through an Experimental Mutagen and then a Chemical Explosion took him out the rest of the way.
Couldn't find any checmicals to explode?
That should be a variant environment. The original print RC Pike Industrial with Checmical Explosions
I have the Season Pass on Steam and it wouldn't update. It would finish downloading, a "Download queued" message would appear, and then nothing else would happen. If I clicked on the "Play" button, the download would begin again from scratch. I erased all the local content and tried downloading the entire thing from scratch and that's no longer working either. It finishes downloading, there's a brief "Updating" message and then the Sentinels of Multiverse tab goes gray as if I never tried to install it in the first place. I've tried re-installing the base game without the expansion content and again, no dice.
I just opened my Steam window for a look and it's showing that it's completed an update for Sentinels, so presumably I have Rook City now :).
Apple, I hate you.
Fixer, Expat, Tempest, and Wraith vs. Plague Rat in Pike Industrial.
Took three tries, but I beat him. Simply brutal. Fixer sucking up the Infection attack and then using Double Crowbar to smack the Rat, double-dipping bonuses, was deadly, risky fun (as an aside, I didn't realize Double Crowbar worked that way... the things we can learn from the app!).
Hat's off, Handelabra!
It didn't, until today. This is a fresh new change for all of us
Yes. Those of with hats have them off. glares at Silverleaf
Got the update from the google play store, right at the select screen I already found a bug, which I thought was a massive oversight. I'm disappointed.
When you tried to view Ambuscade card the info is there but the image isn't on both sides...all I see is black.
Looks like the DLC got deleted or corrupted. Try re-downloading the DLC from the Get Expansion Packs screen.
Which DLC should I redownload the Ambuscade DLC or Rook City...It was fine before the Rook City Update, now I can't see him on his card.
Can I just say, the artwork of a defeated Spite over the backdrop of Rook City is GORGEOUS. Really well done!
The art for defeated Plague Rat is great too. :)
I've beaten all four of the new villains already. Interestingly, it only took one try for the Matriarch and the Chairman, but two tries for Spite and Plague Rat, who are supposed to be weaker.
The Chairman took me out back and shot me dead. It wasn't pretty. Why must we wait 'til Vengeance to play in the Mobile Defense Platform environment?! ;)
Had Matriarch dead to rights when back to back hostage situations wwith a cacaphony gave her time, and then cramped quarters with 13 birds in play was our undoing.
Lost to chairman in a game where Rook City is Mine pulled 2 Villainous Weaponry and Operative pulled The Contract. That put us really far behind, and we never caught up. In a last ditch effort to protect the innocent we let the station blow up.
Variant update seems to be up! Trying to unlock them now. :)
Please email feedback@handelabra.com with your details, it'll be easier to diagnose there than in a forum =)
You can stop worrying now people. I have Rook City! :)
Thank goodness, I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep I was so worried.
Well, having Mr. Fixer be defeated by the Chairman or the Operative in Rook City didn't unlock his variant. I thought that, in particular, Undivided Attention might achieve the unlock, but that didn't work. Time for bed now, I reckon! More unlock attempts tomorrow. :)
I wonder if getting every tool and or style out in a game unlocks it?
We really should have a dedicated thread for discussing unlocking variants, so people can avoid spoilers more easily.
This sort of game doesn't really have spoilers.
In this case people might want to give it a go before being told, so what do you call it?
You quote the idea of one in your post! The point is to avoid unlock spoilers so you can find them on your own.
New thread started Right Here!
I too am Rook City enabled on iOS!
Ive already given the Matriarch a solid beating with SS Tachyon, Unity and Expat and ben eaten alive by Plague Rat when using Expat, Fixer and Tempest (Both random-hero games). So much infection damage. :p
Excellent work, Game Dev People! Hold my drink, I'm gonna try the Chairman...
As an aside, has the code for unlocking the old variants (Young Legacy, SS Tachyon, etc.) happened yet? I unlocked them all the old fashioned way, but I wound up uninstalling and reinstalling yesterday in my attempts to get the Amazon build to work, and it wiped out all my unlocks.
I've been wondering too, esp because I am bad at destroying Voss' ships close together.
Only complaint that I have with the update is that the images become fuzzy or lower resolution when page flips or any action items are present. If nothing is occurring the screen looks fine. Sent information to Handelabra about it.
The codes are on their Variants page, no idea how you enter them though.
You enter them by going to select your heroes, then click the variant button to bring up the lock. Then click the lock and it'll open up where you cna put the code in.
Awesome. Sucks not to get the achievements, but way better than having to go through and unlock them all again. :)
Where? No spoilers were mentioned, only mechanics. Spoilers refer to plot details that are meant to be surprises. But because of the plotless nature of the game, spoilers are impossible. If they add a campaign mode in the future (I know there's been rumors/talk of it), then it's quite possible there's going to be spoilers, but as it stands now, they're not even feasible.
Disagree. The mechanics of unlocking the variants are spoilers.
Some people consider it spoilers when others reveal the methods for unlocking hidden content, because they enjoy the thrill of the hunt.
I just want the variants, personally, so I don't care. But some people do. 
silopolis: You will still be able to get the achievements by doing the challenges; you just won't get them automatically. The game remembers the challenge unlock and the code unlock separately.
MarioFanaticXV: The knowledge of the challenge details can be a spoiler, if you're interested in discovering them yourself. Spoilers do not have to always have to be about plot; hence the oft-seen modifier, "plot spoiler."
Even if I agreed with your definition of spoilers (which I don't*), did y ou know that the way you unlock variants is (mostly) through replicating specific things that have happened in the plot of the comics of Sentinels, so would qualify.
That's a poor definition I'd say
Though I agree with it in it's own way
The problem with it
from where I sit
is that there's two definitions, okay?
There's two parts to the definition of 'spoiler'. The first part, is exactly what you said - any information which spoils your enjoyment. But not everyone gets spoiled by the same things. So the more frequently used definition is something closer to "any information provided by someone who isn't the content creater before the content creater intended it to be revealed in the course of consuming the content". This is a more useful definition, because it provides a more measurable and less opinion-based definition of spoilers. It's almost certainly more broad than it needs to be, but that's intentional, overshooting won't spoil anyone, while undershooting might.
By this definition, the triggers to get the promos would count as spoilers, thus allowing the consumers the choice of whether or not it will spoil them.