Valley 2: Key Features

Procedural Contra-like with strategy layer.

Platforming and Turn-Based Strategy Coupled Together:

Flip back and forth between your own adventure, and the progress of the resistance you’re in charge of. Freely adjust difficulty levels for both to tailor the experience to your own personal playstyle. Both sides of the game can be quite easy or incredibly hard. More Tactile Combat:

The physics of movement and attacks have been completely redone from the first title, with more traditional gamepad and keyboard support. Spells have mass and can block each other, leading to many interesting tactical situations in the platforming segments. Vastly Improved Visuals:

Fully redone artwork by Heavy Cat Studios, including 125 all-new monsters, 200 spells, and lots more.



Focused Gameplay Arc:

Unlike the endless sandbox-style first game, this complete re-imagining has a distinct beginning, middle, and end. Procedurally Generated Worlds:

Each world is a unique challenge, leading to excellent replay value once you do beat the game! Co-Op Multiplayer:

Bring along as many friends as you like on your journey, depending on your connection speed. 2-8 players recommended on most Internet connections; many more on LAN. See Just How Deep An Arcen-style Rabbit-Hole Goes:

After dozens of hours you still haven’t seen it all: 50 mage classes in 5 tiers, 200 spells, 125 enemies, 14 biomes, 100+ types of world map tiles, 64 character customization perks, 100ks of procedural equipment possibilities. Extra Challenges For Expert Players:

String together flawless kills to earn “concentration” and become even stronger. Beat the game on harder difficulties to earn rare achievements. Get The Original Game For Free!

The original game was unique and experimental, and it comes included absolutely free when you buy the sequel.

Valley 2: A Procedural Contra-like with a Strategy layer





A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games. You choose how and where to explore via the world map, how to upgrade your character via mage classes, feats, and perks that you unlock, and how to battle the forces of evil every step of the way.Your character is a mage who has infiltrated the inner circle of the evil Demonaica, and you now share the power of immortality that he uses to terrorize the land. Using this power against him, it’s time to lead an uprising and ultimately bring him and his henchmen back to mortality so that they can be dispatched.Gameplay alternates between two modes that complement each other: brief, tightly-designed platorming segments where your character customization and equipment can be tuned to meet the tactical needs of the current stage; and quick strategic turns on the world map where you order your troops to fight, scavenge, build, recruit, farm, and use special powers. Demonaica and his armies pursue your forces directly on the world map, while his five henchmen have been sent to recapture you in the platforming segments.Your immortality came at great personal cost, but it makes you the one last hope of saving the world from darkness. A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games. You choose how and where to explore via the world map, how to upgrade your character via mage classes, feats, and perks that you unlock, and how to battle the forces of evil every step of the way.Your character is a mage who has infiltrated the inner circle of the evil Demonaica, and you now share the power of immortality that he uses to terrorize the land. Using this power against him, it’s time to lead an uprising and ultimately bring him and his henchmen back to mortality so that they can be dispatched.Gameplay alternates between two modes that complement each other: brief, tightly-designed platorming segments where your character customization and equipment can be tuned to meet the tactical needs of the current stage; and quick strategic turns on the world map where you order your troops to fight, scavenge, build, recruit, farm, and use special powers. Demonaica and his armies pursue your forces directly on the world map, while his five henchmen have been sent to recapture you in the platforming segments.Your immortality came at great personal cost, but it makes you the one last hope of saving the world from darkness.

Valley 2: Reviews

It’s a minor miracle that Arcen Games could revise Valley Without Wind 1 so completely without simply upgrading it, that they have instead made a completely separate game that plays so differently and creates a unique type of experience based on getting your ass kicked.

– Tom Chick. Quarter To Three

Its unconventional and addictive blend of classic platforming action and basic strategy segments makes every accomplishment more meaningful and every failure more devastating, and the very real possibility that you will fail to vanquish Demonaica raises the stakes enough to make everything more interesting still.

– Jason Venter, GameSpot

Valley 1: Key Features

Procedural Metroidvania with crafting.

Travel alone or with friends across an ever-expanding world of dangerous creatures, powerful magic, high technology, and mysteries.

You have choice. The world of Environ is procedurally generated, and lets you go anywhere you see — including right into the overlord’s keep at any time. (Good luck with that.)

The world of Environ is procedurally generated, and lets you go anywhere you see — including right into the overlord’s keep at any time. (Good luck with that.) Environ is endless. When you save one continent from an overlord, a larger and more complex continent appears.

When you save one continent from an overlord, a larger and more complex continent appears. The game adapts to how you play : as you demonstrate your proficiency, monsters and missions upgrade accordingly. Killed 100 bats? Okay, time for… bats on fire!

: as you demonstrate your proficiency, monsters and missions upgrade accordingly. Killed 100 bats? Okay, time for… bats on fire! Crazy amounts of character customization. Combine a multitude of spells, enchants, and equipment to create specialized character builds.

Combine a multitude of spells, enchants, and equipment to create specialized character builds. Play as a long line of brave adventurers. It’s not a question of IF your character is going to die, but WHEN. Any character that dies is permanently lost, but you keep all your inventory, enchants, and general progress in the game.

It’s not a question of IF your character is going to die, but WHEN. Any character that dies is permanently lost, but you keep all your inventory, enchants, and general progress in the game. Become a community leader. Rescue NPCs for your settlement, construct buildings for them, and improve their skill and mood — then send them on dispatch missions to help you in return!

Rescue NPCs for your settlement, construct buildings for them, and improve their skill and mood — then send them on dispatch missions to help you in return! Be a clever problem-solver. Challenges have more than one solution, each with its own pros and cons. You get to figure things out rather than just jumping through a set of hoops.

Challenges have more than one solution, each with its own pros and cons. You get to figure things out rather than just jumping through a set of hoops. Difficulty levels give exactly the challenge you want, from casual to hardcore on platforming, combat, and citybuilding independently.

give exactly the challenge you want, from casual to hardcore on platforming, combat, and citybuilding independently. Get The Sequel Free! The sequel is free for all customers who bought Valley 1!

Valley 1: A Procedural Metroidvania with crafting



A 2D sidescroller without a linear path. An action game with tactical combat and citybuilding. An adventure game that lets you free-roam a vast, procedurally-generated world. A Valley Without Wind defies genre stereotypes. Unlike other procedurally-generated games, you also get a logical progression in difficulty, plus helpful tips and checklists to guide your travels (should you need them). Choose for yourself how to prepare to face the vastly stronger Overlord. Complete a variety of missions to earn new spells, and/or roam the wilds to uncover secret missions and stashes of magical crafting loot. Customize your characters with unique combinations of enchants and spells that change how you move, jump, and fight. Or rescue people and bring them back to your settlement so that they can then be sent on dispatch missions; you don’t have to carry the burden of your fledgling civilization alone! You choose how to play, and the world adapts around you.

Valley 1: Reviews

Every thought of “I’ll just give it five more minutes” turned into, “Wait, where did that last hour go?”

– Kate Cox, Kotaku

I can imagine this game opening up under continued exploration to be one of those all-encompassing experiences that you can’t help sinking an unhealthy tract of time into.

– Jim Rossignol, Rock, Paper, Shotgun

A Valley Without Wind might be the place you’re looking for if you need to escape the same dreary titles.

– Rob Manuel, G4TV

A Valley Without Wind Wiki: Learning The Game

Valley 1 Demo (Unlockable Into Full Game With CD Key)

This zip archive contains the OSX, Windows, and Linux versions all in one package. More than 99% of the files are the same between all three operating systems, so this gives you the flexibility of having all three operating systems in one package without needing to download multiple large archives. To play the demo, simply unzip the archive into the location of your choice.

To run the game:

1. Windows: Run AVWW.exe (this is 32bit)

2. OSX: Run AVWW.app (this will run as 32bit or 64bit, depending on your OS).

3. Linux: Run AVWWLinux.x86 if you are on a 32bit OS, or AVWWLinux.x86_64 if you are on a 64bit OS.

That’s it! Note: if you have a CD key (NOT a steam key) for the game, then you can unlock this demo into the full version of the game.

Valley 2 Demo (Unlockable Into Full Game With CD Key)

This zip archive contains the OSX, Windows, and Linux versions all in one package. More than 99% of the files are the same between all three operating systems, so this gives you the flexibility of having all three operating systems in one package without needing to download multiple large archives. To play the demo, simply unzip the archive into the location of your choice.

To run the game:

1. Windows: Run Valley2.exe (this is 32bit)

2. OSX: Run Valley2.app (this will run as 32bit or 64bit, depending on your OS).

3. Linux: Run Valley2Linux.x86 if you are on a 32bit OS, or Valley2Linux.x86_64 if you are on a 64bit OS.

That’s it! Note: if you have a CD key (NOT a steam key) for the game, then you can unlock this demo into the full version of the game.

Important! When you buy the game, you actually get both games for the price of one. All pre-existing customers of AVWW1 get Valley 2 for free, and all future customers of Valley 2 get AVWW1 as a bonus.

If you already have Valley 1, just use your existing license key to unlock Valley 2!

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A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2

1: Procedural Metroidvania with crafting.

2: Procedural Contra-like with Strategy Layer. Add to Cart $14.99 More A Valley Without Wind Purchase Options A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 FOUR PACK

1: Procedural Metroidvania with crafting.

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System Requirements For Valley 1 and 2

COMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEMS

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Windows XP SP2 or later

Mac OSX Intel CPU and “Snow Leopard” 10.6 or later

Ubuntu 10.10 or later, although other unsupported distros may very well work

HARDWARE

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2 GB RAM

1.6Ghz CPU

300 MB Hard Disk Space

Screen resolution at least 720px high, and 1024px wide.

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