Action and RPG? Developer SolarFall Games thinks this has something going for it. Their crazy idea is Umbra, and it’s now on KIckstarter where they’re asking for $225k to keep it fully independent and free of evil investors.
It’s an isometric open world powered by CryEngine 3, and we’ll be using an Apocalyptic Form that shifts to reflect our playstyle. We get a crafting mini-game, and can even construct a house.
”We are fully committed to Umbra and to staying independent; there are no publishers or private investors behind us. We hope that Kickstarter will allow us to remain this way and enable us to deliver Umbra true to our original vision,” said Game Director Daniel Dolui.
Our character can shape-shift into an Apocalyptic Form, explains the Kickstarter, which gives us a ”highly customized character” because it will fit our chosen playstyle. ”Mold your character using the comprehensive customization system and create your home using the complex crafting mini-game - all combine to make your adventure feel as unique as possible.”
Check out the Umbra Kickstarter campaign to learn more. It has 30 days left and already has over $17k in pledges. They’ve also launched a Steam Greenlight campaign.
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Feature highlights:
▪ Open World : Discover the world and enjoy it at your own convenience
▪ Exploration and experimentation is rewarded with new powers, attributed accordingly to your play style!
▪ Free character development - No class limitation. You have three resources: Rage, Stamina and Mana, and they all interact with each other in order to balance gameplay.
▪ Apocalyptic Form: According to your play style, you will develop special powers for your character, changing their abilities and look. Fierce melee warrior may gain a third arm to equip with a new weapon; a fire caster will have their skin turn into lava and heal from fire. Even wings and horns might appear on your character depending on your actions!
▪ Tons of Loot: Weapons, Armor, Potions and randomly generated magic effects for more gameplay diversity!
▪ Semi procedural Weaponry: Blades, pommel and guard details can be randomized for more unique gear in the game!
▪ Advanced Crafting mini-game: Build your own weapons and armors thanks to a complex and challenging module in Umbra
▪ Tons of Destructible environments: From small walls to complete parts of an area. We hope you enjoy it!
▪ Housing: Create your own house and proudly showcase your special gear!
▪ Mature story full of secret to discover exploring the world
▪ Kythera AI system: The automatic real time navigation adaptation of Kythera adapts to any change in the physics of the world, allowing us to create exciting scene including large portion of levels collapsing or moving and fighting on the back of giant creature, creating never seen before gameplay situation!
▪ Dungeon challenge (Stretch goal): Transform a special part of your house into a dungeon and challenge other player to survive the onslaught!
▪ Multiplayer mode (stretch goal): Multiplayer is an ambitious goal we would love to achieve, but it must be done correctly. We plan to have different interesting stretch goal for you that will allow us to build the foundation of the multiplayer. In the best case scenario, we would like to have the following mods: Dungeon Challenge (see above), Co-Op mode, and Competitive Plaver vs Player vs AI.
