Hello Everybody, it’s Sandro, Recreation Designer at Digital Kingdom. As we speak I’d like to take a while to provide you some perception into how we made our sport Swordship and the issues we’ve realized to take the idea of dodging to entire new degree…buckle up!
Let’s begin right here, the preliminary thought for Swordship got here from Ben, our artist. He needed to create a sport that looks like a chase scene in a James Bond film. The participant ought to really feel the strain of being chased by enemies with out the choice to shoot again at them. Let’s make one thing so intense that it makes you maintain your breath and you may really feel the water in your face! 4 years later we’re proud to introduce you to Swordship, a rogue-like with no capturing and loads of water. The sport is all about utilizing talent and precision to not solely dodge enemy fireplace, however trick them into taking one another out.
To grasp Swordship, take into consideration Into The Breach blended with Wipeout. You will discover the tactical gameplay and the rogue-like construction of Into The Breach on the velocity of Wipeout. We’ve designed the sport so that every run presents a unique problem from the earlier one. Whereas the sport would possibly begin off with easy enemies, as you enhance your excessive scores, new options will unlock. This consists of climate, lively powers in your Swordship, new enemies attacking with fireplace and electrical energy and different surprises that may develop the vary of prospects.
One of many key options of Swordship is its supply system. Within the sport you play as a Robin Hood of the longer term. It’s essential to steal containers from the wealthy to provide them to the poor. What’s essential for us is to make the participant really feel that giving is shedding one thing. On the finish of every degree, you’ll have to select if you wish to preserve your containers to get further lives and upgrades or give them away for factors. Hold them for your self and also you enhance your possibilities of finishing the sport. Give them away and also you enhance your possibilities of reaching the highest of the leaderboards. What is going to you select?
With Swordship we wish to give you a tough however truthful expertise. In fact, the sport won’t do you any favors, however it would all the time reward you in your dedication.
We hope you should have as a lot pleasure taking part in the sport as we had making it. See you on the leaderboards!
Swordship
Thunderful Publishing
$19.99
Swordship is a futuristic lightning-fast dodge’em up which flips the script on the standard arcade shooter. Flip each the tide of battle and enemies on themselves by dodging, weaving and diving your manner by means of an onslaught of enemies hell-bent on tearing your Swordship aside.
This addictive action-roguelike pushes you to make split-second choices that may both convey you superb victory in opposition to tyranny, injustice, and turn into a logo of hope to The Banished, or see your unsung heroics sink to the underside of the ocean. With an adrenaline fuelled soon-to-be a contemporary traditional soundtrack this sport will transport you to a grim watery future.
Options:
Weapons are cool however dodging is your finest weapon: The Swordship’s manoeuvrability means that you can outwit the enemy by tactically positioning and dodging enemy fireplace
Ship Talents: Gather power-boosting elements and experiment with completely different play kinds in your runs
Threat/Reward Upgrades: Select between risking all of it by banking stolen containers for large rating boosts or, play it protected for passive upgrades and additional ships that may suit your play fashion
Climate: Be taught to grasp the completely different climate circumstances to get by means of the randomly generated ranges
Story:
The world after international warming. Humanity has taken refuge in three gigantic underwater cities on the backside of the ocean.
Those that are expelled from the cities, for lack of area, barely survive on the burned lands. In the meantime the megacities change tens of millions of containers loaded with items day-after-day.
On the instructions of ultra-fast boats, a number of inhabitants of the underwater cities began stealing these treasured containers, in an effort to ship them to the banished.
Some are extra profitable than others.
