SHADOWKEEPER: Eye of the Beholder inspired Dungeon Crawler

Engine got a makeover making it more of a complete game engine than a 3D engine.

We are preparing a trailer for Kickstarter (a pretty modest project) but waiting for it to come to the UK.

So we need to ask for a little more patience, this is not going away, but we need to assure the content will meet the standards the engine sets.

 

Version 0.1 of our particle fog. Just a pretty extreme version like it will rather be seen in the forest. Particle fog because this has the potential to swirl around monsters feet etc.

Not sure how much we will be able to implement, but this will see a lot use to create different atmospheres.

 

Would not dare to post a bullshot with that aliasing

Shot was taken and posted from iPhone - looks better in motion

 

Short video of it in motion:



Still rough around the egdes, but clean is not what we are shooting for.

 

Yeah, we plan to be on Kickstarter the whole december. Trailer is in production, but kickstarter pitch is a lot of work, so we hope we make it.

and yes, Kickstarter UK starts 10/31 and you can already register a UK account right now.

 

We'll be asking £6000, which mostly goes into about a dozen original creatures and especially to a professional animator, which is the only area we can't cover on our own.

(unlimited) £1 - Our thanks and your name on "From the Shadowkeepers Lair" website.
(unlimited) £3 - Our thanks and your name on the "The folks who made this game possible" scroll in the game.
(unlimited) £5 - A gift code for the game + name higher on the scroll (first come first serve)
(100 slots) £10 - Your name on a gravestone + gift code
(50 slots) £20 - Genuine medieval lucky penny + gift code
(30 slots) £30 - Your names carved into a tree in a heart, 2 gift codes, 2 genuine medieval lucky pennies
(30 slots) £50 - Lifetime subscription for all our future games and addons + your name on a tomb + genuine medieval lucky penny attached to nice iPhone leather pouch
(20 slots) £100 - Be there from alpha version early next year + credited on "Special thanks" or "Game tester", genuine medieval lucky penny attached to nice iPhone leather pouch + Signed artbook (all up from this)
(20 slot) £150 - Be there early in development. Get your build when campaign ends, use the level editor, your feedback and ideas will make it into the game. Credited as game designer.
(10 slots) £250 - Programmers special. Chat with Andreas for an evening and get pro tips on low level PowerVR programming + Progammers "decision maker coin" (Irish silver half crown, horse = work, harp = play).
(10 slots) £300 - Your noble city house in the game. Take shelter from the undead where all others just face locked doors. Sit in front of your fireplace, heal your wounds and have a look at your family portraits. Your name as Lord or Lady on the door and all official documents so you can call yourself Lord or Lady in real life too.
(5 slots) £500 - Your mansion in the game only you can enter. Take shelter from the monsters of the dark woods, walk a hall with your family portraits. Your names as Lord and Lady on the gate and all official documents so you can call yourself Lord & Lady in real life too.
(5 slots) £1000 - A monster design based on your idea, you get the original concept art drawing. Credited under "monster design" and in game where it fits.
(3 slots) £3000 - Your name in the credits as an executive producer. Your new iPad protected by finest leather arrives with early dev access for this and all our future games.

Stretch goals will include more localizations (besides english, german, spanisch and swedish), fully spoken dialogues, extra dungeons/bosses, multiplayer and maybe PC/Mac/Linux versions.

 

Guys, that's great, so I'll reserve two £3000 slots for you and one £30 (isn't your wife worth the mansion?) - that will suffice for the initial goal

 

Thanks! It is a kickstarter.com project like any other just that it is started from a UK account and everything is pound based (think they will just show the $ equivalent in the US).