trickcal
An autochess-like 2D autobattler gacha game developed and published by Korean developer Epid Games. First starting life as an in-development dark fantasy chess-themed autobattler game titled Roll the Chess in 2019, it would later be scrapped and have development restarted as Trickcal, a portmanteau of the words "trick" and "musical" according to the developer, with renowned Korean chibi artist Diyap joining the dev team as its main illustrator.
It would then officially release in Korea on September 27, 2021, but it was rife with launch issues so badly it would end up being set back to "open beta" status and then would later be pulled from service on October 3 in order to salvage what's left of the IP and restart development yet again. Diyap would later quit from Epid Games on January 19, 2022, and the developer would later find a new artist who could mimic his artstyle.
It would later relaunch as Trickcal RE:VIVE, parodying Cygames's Princess Connect! Re:Dive, on September 27, 2023, 2 years after the initial launch. Despite setbacks and financial losses that could've ruined the developer a few months into the game's relaunch, the CEO continued to invest in the game, taking out loans when necessary, and ended up finding success within the casual playerbase after its first anniversary. The game is now preparing for a global release with additional Japanese voice acting, with its publishing partner seemingly being Chinese company Bilibili following a Play Store leak showing a test page for Trickcal's English server.
该游戏将于 2021 年 9 月 27 日在韩国正式发布，但由于发布问题严重，最终被退回“公开测试”状态，并于 10 月 3 日停止服务，以挽救 IP 的剩余部分并再次重新开始开发。 Diyap 随后于 2022 年 1 月 19 日退出 Epid Games，开发商随后找到了一位可以模仿他艺术风格的新艺术家。
它后来以 Trickcal RE:VIVE 的形式重新推出，模仿了 Cygames 的《公主连结》！ Re:Dive，于 2023 年 9 月 27 日，即首次发布 2 年后。尽管在游戏重新推出几个月后，开发商遭遇了挫折和财务损失，可能会毁掉开发商，但首席执行官仍继续对游戏进行投资，并在必要时贷款，并最终在游戏一周年后在休闲玩家群体中取得了成功。该游戏目前正准备在全球发行，并增加日语配音，其发行合作伙伴似乎是中国公司 Bilibili，此前 Play 商店泄露了 Trickcal 英文服务器的测试页面。