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Redwood Tale

Adventurous rpg platforming in the world of Redwood.

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Redwood Tale

Redwood Tale

Redwood Tale

Redwood Tale

Redwood Tale

Adventurous rpg platforming in the world of Redwood.

Adventurous rpg platforming in the world of Redwood.

Adventurous rpg platforming in the world of Redwood.

Adventurous rpg platforming in the world of Redwood.

alex
alex
alex
alex
1 Campaign |
Panama, Panama
$5 USD 1 backers
0% of $30,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Warm world with kind and touching story, full of secrets and challenges. Redwood Tale will remind you of old classics of n64 era, it will strike you with beauty, and charm you with all the love we put in.

 

There are two ways to describe what were are doing here, one is to use genres to describe it, other is to point at what analogies there are.

So it's soul is a lighthearted adventure, where you travel around the world, in a semi open fashion, entering different locations and trying to complete the kind and humorous story. You have many moves you can do, like jumping or dashing, you fight enemies and collect crazy things, and here starts the deep complex core. 

You will actually have a role playing experience. You will do quests, train new moves, find new equipment that can give you very unexpected abilities, spend money in shops and overall it will feel like a turn based JRPG became realtime with skill based combat. 

Now comparing to beloved classics you can expect a game that is close in it's adventure mechanics to Zelda, Super Mario 64, you will travel the world map, in different regions like in Final Fantasy and other rpgs, you will fight crazy bosses, meet memorable characters , participate in crazy quests and dare i say it - Change the world! 

As a game director i am deeply inspired not only by classics but by modern masterpieces too. You will find how strongly games like Fez, Journey, Little Big Planet affect the course of Redwood Tale, bringing more light and soul in this world.

  • Main story in three acts with a lot of playtime
  • Side quests
  • You are free to revisit places around the world 
  • Meet characters and help them out
  • Character customization!
  • World map, open for you to go where you want

  • We are developing with gamepads and mouse in mind. 
  • Sophisticated combat with auto target locking
  • Mobility moves like dashing, roll, blink
  • Magic casting system that is super awesome - you charge your spells by making gestures with your mouse or thumbstick and then release it when needed (and your hair glows when spell is charged with the color of the magic school the spell belongs to)

  • Change your build as you go - spend experience points to unlock abilities that will change the way you play the game.
  • Warrior, Mage, Rogue, and other potential builds you can pursue.
  • Equipment can give you new abilities, or modify existing ones.

The features described above are all planned and are the core of the game, however how particularly we will implement is still a question mark and will be thought through extensively and tuned and changed as we go. This is how we work, we test features to see how they fit the game, because what's on paper rarely reflects reality. 

All in all this is a HUGE endeavor, especially for a small team. Nevertheless this is not my first project, and every detail was chosen with realistic expectations in mind.  

 

More info about our vision

We will add many unique gameplay mechanics, unique to locations, to items, to characters.
Remember Link's magnet boots? That sort of thing.
We will make combat feel very good, expect Dark Souls level precision, but less punishing.
Same goes for movement, it will feel extremely responsive and accurate, on par with Super Meat Boy. 

We have a script ready for the whole story, it's our most valuable thing right now, that ties all ends together and we will keep it secret til the release :) You will meet a lot of unique characters and will visit many different places.

FAQ

 

Q: Where will the money go?!

A: This is a complex question. I could write a meaningless chart with standard "marketing/animation..." you know all that. However this is how i see it :
I am working on average 12 hours a day on this project, sometimes i have freelance jobs that can consume a good chunk of my time. This is insane. I'm doing everything - art, programming (all the tools/gameplay/core systems) managing the whole production, social media and writing this. Im leading to the point that first of all i need money to support myself and my family, which is fully involved in the process, and when savings run out and i don't get the fundings that will be it - back to day job, which will slow down the process insanely. However we won't stop there.
If we get funded i will invest chunk of money into speeding up the process, hiring artists, animators, programmers if needed. It's not my first day in gamedev and i know how things roll, how to make a product with limited funds. Nonetheless there are friends i know that will join anyway, and it seems they will during this campaign. 

Q: What you gonna do if you don't get funded?

A: It's not like i have a choice, this is such an amazing project and such a big deal for me that backing off is not an option and won't be considered. The only direction is forward, period, through struggles, through ups and downs this game will live and it will be great.

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Adventurer

$20 USD
Discord Badge, Name in credits, THE GAME, Backers Dyes, Backers Pack(a set of unique items)
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Abiding Citizen

$5 USD
Your name in credits A special role (with a very special color!) on our Discord server
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Wandering Villager

$10 USD
Same as previous + sack with special backer dyes that allow you to paint any piece of equipment.
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Redwooder

$15 USD
Same as previous + The Game!
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Heroic Adventurer

$30 USD
Same as above+ Special backer's addition to your in game house .
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Ranger

$50 USD
Same as previous + Poster with the world map
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Ships worldwide.

Hero

$80 USD
Same as previous+ 3d printed figure of our main character.
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Ships worldwide.

Dungeon Crawler

$150 USD
Same as previous+ A backers special in game easter egg, leave the message you want in the world of Redwood! (moderated of course :)
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AdVenture Mastermind

$10,000 USD
For those who really want to help the project, by investing in it. Contact Alex on discord for details.
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