Poll: Help us choose a title for our first game!

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Dr.Panties

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^Swordsmith is better than Swordcraft

How about: A Kingly Blade
King's Edge
Hilt
The King's Swordsmith
Cleavemaster
Forger
Sword Forger
Blade Forger
Edge Forger
Bladesmith


...or varying combinations thereof...
 

Moonlight Butterfly

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I like Steel Ascension becuase it give the idea of moving towards an ideal. Which from the sounds of it is what you game is about.
 

radioactive lemur

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How about King of Overcompensation? He needs a huge and powerful sword because he has a small penis and feels inadequate as a result. Could be a plot driving mechanic and give your game an element of comedy.
 

JaymesFogarty

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I think it would be important to stick with a simple one word title; games like 'Braid' & 'Limbo' have done this very effectively. Something like, 'Forger' or 'Swordsmith'. Or, you said that the sword is needed to be fit for a king. How about Kingdom Blade? (actually, that sounds quite good!)
 

Palademon

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A Sword Fit For A King sounds like a proper indie title.
And it sounds appropriate without being too vague and pretentious.
 

Trolldor

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LordSphinx said:
Hello fellow Escapists!

I started my own video game studio and we are a team of 5 developing our first title for XBLIG/Steam. We're having a hard time finding a title for our project.

The game is about a sword that must be enchanted in many ways to become strong enough to be worthy of the King. It isn't focused on the story, the hero doesn't even have a name. It's really more of an exploration game in which there are many different possibilities of sword "builds", much like character builds in RPGs. The goal is simply to start a few different games and check how the different powers combine together and test out the results in a few dungeons.

The game has a working title, which is Swordcraft, and we'd rather not call it that for many reasons. But if it resonates more with our audience than anything else, we might keep it anyway.

So here you go, tell us what you think and if you have a better suggestion, please share it in the comments!
...you could just call it "Forgery" or something like that. A pun title.
 

umpufnufguf

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i don't really have any idea's, but the game sounds good, i'll be keeping my eye out for it
 

Nightvalien

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if you can't find another name i would go with swordcraft and a subtitle so it doesn't get too bland.
 

team star pug

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You could give the sword an amusing name and just name it after that.
Example: Pointy justice or somethin'.
 

Dash-X

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Is there any art that you are allowed to show? Giving people an idea of the visual style might help them to choose or come up with a title.
 

hutchy27

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I voted for Sword Craft.
Maybe have Swordcraft and then as a sub title A Sword Fit for a king.
 

LordSphinx

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Oh wow thanks everyone for the replies, I went out for just an hour and I've already received some very insightful feedback. This is why I like Escapist's community :)

Oh and for those who didn't get it, SWO is a pun; being an incomplete spelling of SWOrd, we found it somewhat clever and catchy in the studio but weren't sure that it would catch on. We're definitely open to more suggestions though, and we'll consider what we heard so far as well.