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A torch-lit Gothic stone niche in an old wall, the Witsteen lion and W S crest carved in a round medallion above the name Witsteen and the word Antwerp

Witsteen Studios

Independent game studio

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Antwerp, Belgium

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Heroes and Forsaken, in development

The studio

Witsteen is an independent game studio in Antwerp. We make fantasy games with a strong sense of place, rules you can read at a glance and nothing hidden behind them.

One studio, the whole game

Design, art direction, animation, effects, sound and code are made together and held to one standard. That is how a small studio keeps a game consistent from the first card to the last.

Developer and publisher

We build our games and bring them to players ourselves, on PC first and mobile after. Heroes and Forsaken is the first.

  • Game design

    Rules, systems and progression that stay easy to read.

  • Art direction

    Characters, cards and worlds held to one house style.

  • Animation and effects

    Motion and spell effects tuned to read at the game’s camera.

  • Sound

    Effects and voices cut to the action on screen.

  • Engineering

    Unity, our own tools and automated checks.

  • Publishing

    Store pages, community and launch.

Antwerp

Stone, print and light.

Antwerp has spent centuries making things built to last: a cathedral of pale stone, the presses of the Renaissance, rooms made for daylight. It is a good place to make games meant to be played for years.

A misty black-and-white view over Antwerp's roofs from the Museum aan de Stroom: the Boerentoren on the left and the cathedral's north tower rising on the right
Antwerp from the Museum aan de Stroom51°13′N 4°24′E
The north tower of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp at night, lit above the old town and its strings of lights

Stone

Building of the Cathedral of Our Lady began in 1352. Its north tower, finished in 1518, rises 123 metres.

An oak hand press beside a leaded window in the printing room of the Plantin-Moretus house in Antwerp

Print

Plantin’s workshop printed books here from 1576 to 1867. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A side aisle of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp: pale clustered piers rising to ribbed vaults above a dark stone floor with grave slabs

Light

Inside the cathedral the light is plain daylight on pale stone.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Kschotanus (CC BY 3.0), Michael Segers (CC BY 4.0), Marmontel (CC BY 2.0) and Ludvig14 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Cropped and graded; the adapted images keep their licences.

Lanfear, a Shadow Leader, on a red field Egwene al’Vere, a Light Leader, on a red field

Our first game

Heroes and Forsaken: The Wheel of Time Digital Card Game

Fight for the Light. Or the Shadow.

A free-to-play card game set in The Wheel of Time, coming to PC and mobile. Choose a Leader from the books, build a 30-card deck around them and win in turn-based matches.

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Your side
  • Free to play
  • PC on Steam and Epic
  • Android and iOS planned
  • Release date to be announced

LanfearShadow Leader · One of the Forsaken

Rand al’Thor, a Light Leader Lanfear, a Shadow Leader

The match

Two Leaders from the books. Bring the other to zero Health.

How a match works
Sundering Weave: the ground splits open beneath a band of Trollocs

One Mythic per deck

When it is played, the whole board knows about it.

Mythic cards
A broken black-and-white seal on red velvet beside a Wheel card

The seals are weakening.

Wishlist Heroes and Forsaken to follow development and hear first when it is ready.

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Principles

How we work.

Four commitments that apply to every game we make, starting with this one.

  1. Faithful to the source

    Every card, character and spell is checked against the books it comes from.

  2. Fair by design

    Every card is earned by playing. The shop sells cosmetics only, so nothing that affects play is for sale.

  3. Readable at a glance

    You should always see what happened, why it happened and what you can do next.

  4. Built in the open

    Sign up for email updates on heroesandforsaken.com to hear first about playtests and launches.

Contact

Write to us.

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