The wonderfully whimsical Windforge has released on Steam today, March 11th 2014 and if you act fast you can save 10% off the normal price of $14.99 and pick it up for $13.49. Interestingly Windforge seems to take a page out of Dishonored and fill a world with a society who depends on Whale Oil to survive, not a bad story twist to keep it interesting if you ask me.
The sidescrolling adventure has you grappling hooked to flying whales, taking an airship into the sky to do battle, a procedural world with anything and everything destroyable, over 1200 craftable items and more. To give you an idea of where their head is the developers are pitching this as Contra mixed with Terraria and that’s one bad ass sounding combo indeed.
Be sure to check out the trailer to see the game in action and also look over these screenshots, we’re sure there’s something in there that’ll catch your eye. Will you be the one who will find the answer to the whale oil epidemic of Windforge or will you just blow everything the hell up, does it really matter as long as you have ridiculous fun, nope.
Source Link: YouTube | Windforge on Steam | http://windforgegame.snowedin.ca
PRESS RELEASE
WindForge launches today on Steam and other channels
For immediate release
Ottawa, ON –
Snowed In Studios is pleased to announce that WindForge launches today on Steam, Desura, GOG, the Humble Store, and our own windforgegame.com.
A launch week sale of 10% off the $14.99 regular price will take effect on all channels.
WindForge is a 2D Action RPG where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, making it a game without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Features
• Epic story line and quests that drive gameplay without constricting freedom
• The first game to include minable sky whales, and meat blocks
• Large completely destructible procedural world with multiple environments
• Contra-style action mixed with the creative fun of Terraria
• Build and fly fully-functional airships
• Over 1200 craftable items and counting
• Easy-to-control, skill-based combat with 360-degree aiming
In development since 2012, this project has been funded by the studio itself, coupled with financial support from the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Digital Media Fund and a successful Kickstarter campaign.
WIndForge received the green light from the Steam Community on January 7, 2014.
To buy direct from the developer: http://windforgegame.snowedin.ca
About Snowed-In-Studios
Founded in 2010 by four video game industry veterans, Snowed In Studios is a 15-person independent, privately-owned video game developer based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Snowed in team have collectively worked on some of the world’s biggest franchises in gaming such as FIFA, Need For Speed, The Sims, Far Cry and Deus Ex for some of the world’s biggest companies like Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and Eidos. For the first time on PC, they are bringing this top-tier experience to the table to launch their own original title, WindForge.
