Development extended as Ludomotion pushes the boundaries of radical content generation for its action-RPG
Upcoming Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy is coming to PC by way of the Epic Games Store, its development extended into next year, with a launch targeted for Q1 2021. A new trailer (seen above), showcased at the PC Gaming Show, offers another tantalizing look at Unexplored 2’s wondrous world.
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy is an ambitious roguelite action-RPG, featuring advanced world, level and quest generation, a gorgeous graphical style and a beautiful, orchestral soundtrack.
Publisher Big Sugar and Epic Games have agreed upon a one year exclusivity deal for Unexplored 2. This has enabled the extended development trajectory, allowing developer Ludomotion to explore the design implications of ‘radical content generation’ – an approach that pushes the boundaries far beyond traditional level generation.
Game Director, Joris Dormans, explains:
“We’re taking a radical approach to procedural content generation. We’re creating complete worlds, and little worlds within those worlds: stories, quests, competing tribes. When all of these systems come together, they will create a game which is almost infinitely replayable.”
An Unexplored 2 closed beta will begin later this summer. Anyone wishing to participate can sign-up here: https://www.bigsugar.games/beta
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy Key Features:
- Legacy system: the actions of past heroes impact the fortunes of those that follow in their footsteps. Use your legacy wisely to give successive adventurers greater hopes of completing their quest
- Permadeath in a persistent world: when a hero dies, they stay dead. But you can choose to return to the same world with a new adventurer, forearmed with knowledge of what lies ahead. Or, if you prefer, begin a new adventure in a completely uncharted world
- Generative storytelling: there is no premeditated script in Unexplored 2. Every adventurer’s ultimate goal may be the same – to destroy the Staff of Yendor – but every hero will have their own unique story of the events and encounters that happened along the way
- Procedural generation: Ludomotion’s proprietary technology generates content that feels designed by humans, not algorithms, and can create a near infinite number of new lands, new places, new stories, and new challenges to discover
- Orchestral adaptive soundtrack: an intricate system allows Unexplored 2’s music to be arranged reactively, making subtle changes to the score at appropriate times, whether a moment of high emotion, or to provide foreshadowing
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy will release via the Epic Games Store in Q1 2021.
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