One-man development team Wizard Fu, comprised of Nathanael Weiss. Along with publisher Double Eleven are keen to announce the release date. Since Songbringer will be available for Linux, Mac, Windows on September 1st.
So players take on the roll of Roq. Hence the space-faring planetary surveyor who wakes up shirtless on a strange planet. Together with the help of your robot companion Jib.
Therefore it’s your job to save the universe from the ancient evil army. Which you’ve also accidentally awoken. So no only do you have explore the harsh world of Ekzerra. Yet you also have to master the dungeons. While also defeating its fearsome bosses. Only then will you unlock the secrets of your own power. Thus returning the galaxy to peace.
So Songbringer is an action RPG inspired by the original Zelda games. Since the combat is real, with a wide range of weapons. While also coming loaded with a ton of hidden secrets. World maps are generated from a six-letter world seed. Which also determines the layout of the overworld and dungeons.
Songbringer Gameplay Trailer:
Songbringer Features:
- Single-player action RPG
- Local co-operative two player mode
- Full gamepad support, including rumble
- Real time combat
- 7 kinds of weapons including the nanosword, boomerang-like top hat, bombs, blink orb, ghost sword projectile, lighter and kilobombs
- Hundreds of unique items and powerups
- Some items can be bound together. For example: ghost sword + lightning cube = lightning sword
- Hidden items, secret entrances, secret pathways, bomb-able walls
- Original soundtrack
- Online leaderboards highlight the top players based on completion time, percentage of map uncovered and percentage of items found
- Roguelike-inspired permadeath option which gives a higher score on the leaderboard and allows for faster runs
- Approximately 6-12 hours of gameplay per adventure, depending on thoroughness
- Procedurally generated overworld and dungeons
- Each generated world contains: 1 overworld, 10 dungeons and 13 primary bosses
So Songbringer release date for Linux, Mac, Windows is on September 1st. Pre-orders are open now on the games Humble Store page but not on Steam.