Wyrmbyte, makers of MOBA short-session social gaming hit Dragons and Titans (1 million + players worldwide) announced it’s intriguing post-apocalyptic Hawaiian RPG Nightmarchers is coming to Fig. This is an open-world hybrid RPG shooter that looks like it borrows a bit from Far Cry main gameplay with Zelda like ability gains and weapon acquisition. But the story and faction assistance feels like Fallout 4 which is an awesome combination!
Nightmarchers is set on the island of Oahu after a cataclysmic event leaves the archipelago cut off from the rest of the world. You play as Kai, a man blessed (or cursed) by the forgotten gods of Hawaii to take back the island from the ravenous Kamapua’a.
Nightmarchers kick off on Fig (www.fig.co) offers both equity and rewards opportunities, with an overall goal of $100K. Backers can support by investing in Fig Game Shares that pay a return based on the game’s future sales. Stretch goals add additional features, quest lines, powers, and more.
“Nightmarchers has been a passion project of ours for years now,” said Wyrmbyte CEO Scott Brown. “Hawaii means a lot to all of us at Wyrmbyte, both as a place we love to visit and as a culture. We’re thrilled to explore the mythology of Hawaii and reimaging it as part of our world in this sprawling shooter RPG.”
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As Kai, you’ll wield both real world weapons and the powers of ancient Hawaiian gods like Maui and Pele to make Oahu a safe place for its people once more. Take to the skies as an owl and scout ahead or identify new mission opportunities.
Take to the sea as a Shark and find hidden items on the ocean floor. Craft and customize dozens of weapons, or use your Uhane powers to strike silently from the bushes with your bow. For me, it’s ALL ABOUT THE SPIRT BOW! Imagine a magical weapon that allows you to shoot your spirt into any enemy to posses them and use them to infiltrate a facility or just kill everyone around you.
Yeah, that all day!
The main gameplay seemed to be built around six factions that control different strongholds that you can assist and claim outposts for each. There are dozens of outposts to reclaim, hundreds of missions to undertake, and six rival factions to work with to retake Oahu. One faction, is a marine detachment that survived the cataclysm and have superior firepower, another enclave have embraced the old ways of ancient Hawaiian life to appease the Gods and have acquired superhuman strength and abilities. Check out the “Decisions” video below :
Each factions have power boosts, weapons, technology or magical powers you can cherry pick once you help them gain outposts as you develop your characters skill tree. It’s an amazing amount of customization that gives you freedom to play as you like. In one very cool sequence from the video, you use your spirt bow, which allows you to possess your target, clear a room of enemies, jump out a high rise, turn into an owl then glide to your objective.
All the human factions not in cahoots with Kamapua’a are in opposition to the Big Bad. His corrupted Nightmarchers and possessed islanders and wildlife will be gunning for you, so you’d better make good use of the factions’ knowledge and expertise if you hope to survive.
As of this article’s release, the developers are nearly 1/3 toward thier goal and need lovers of independent game makers like you and I to support innovative projects like these! Pitch in as you can or just spread the word! When I get my hands on a review copy I’ll let you know exactly what I think but so can you! Wyrmbyte wants our feedback to make the best game possible! Check them out!
For more information on Nightmarchers, and its campaign visit https://www.fig.co/campaigns/nightmarchers
About Wyrmbyte
Established in 2013, Wyrmbyte LLC was formed by a group of experienced developers all passionate about building amazing game experiences. Wyrmbyte’s first title, Dragons and Titans, brought short session social gaming to the MOBA space with over 1 million players worldwide. Wyrmbyte has also built a VR experience in DragonWingsVR. Wyrmbyte’s extensive MMO experience worked for years helping Star Citizen to improve its backend services and the networking layer. Now the team exclusively focused on bringing Nightmarchers to market in 2018.
About Fig
Fig empowers developers and passionate fans alike to bring well-known franchises and undiscovered indie titles to market. Fig is the only community publishing platform created by gamers for gamers that offers rewards and investment-based crowdfunding, where backers have the ability to invest and earn returns based on games’ sales. On Fig, the community is the center of the publishing process, and the focus is not only on the funding of games but also on their future success in development and publishing.
Successful projects on Fig have ranged from high profile campaigns for inXile’s Wastelands 3, Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2, Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point and Interabang’s Jay and Silent Bob Chronic Blunt Punch to innovative indie games including Kingdoms and Castles, Solstice Chronicles: MIA, Solo, Little Bug, Make Sail, Consortium: The Tower and Trackless.
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