|
Early Access Release
Long ago, cataclysmic events shattered the world into floating islands scattered across an endless skyline. Civilizations tumbled, societies collapsed, and all seemed lost. You are the inheritors of this world, nomads of the skies in a new age of discovery. This is an MMO Sandbox where thousands of players explore a physical and persistent world with the freedom to set their own objectives. This creates an unpredictable environment, rich with the potential for emergent gameplay. Every encounter with creatures, players or new islands will bring with them new threats, experiences and conflicts. Wander the skies as a nomad or form crews to aid one another in exploration and ship building. Pool resources to travel more safely and build greater skyships, or risk your life stowing away on an enemy ship. The choice is yours. There are no ‘levels’ or ‘levelling up. Everything you do - from exploring forgotten ruins to defending your ship from other players and creatures, depends on the creativity and skills that you learn as you play. As an open sandbox game, you must choose your allies carefully and be cautious when your crew encounters others who seek the same treasures. However, cooperating reaps rewards - craft and share items, show solidarity in team colors, and collaborate to build the most ambitious of skyships. With your trusty grappling hook, learn to scale the tallest towers and swing in between flying skyships with elegance. The freeform climbing system lets you climb on any surface and explore hard to reach areas - if you see it, you can reach it. From an agile skyship to a multi-story battle frigate, capable of withstanding the most brutal storms and attacks - explore the world to find and learn what you need to build your ultimate skyship. Build engines, wings, cannons, sails and even decorative parts for your ship. Your skyship design will have direct consequences on its performance and handling. Will yours survive a storm wall? Players will need to explore and scan the world to unlock ‘Knowledge’. This can be used to unlock schematics for advanced equipment, enabling specialisation and the building of more versatile skyships. The world is full of dangers, and each biome presents new challenges. Craft player equipment to help you survive the elements, reach new destinations, and even manipulate the world around you. The first game whose map is created by the community - each island is hand crafted, resulting in a rich, varied game world. The world will continuously evolves as more islands are added - submit your own design and rate your favourite islands with the FREE Island Creator Tool. While shattered, the world is full of wildlife that is influenced by and reacts to players. Creatures feed, migrate and breed, they are predators and prey in a fully simulated, living ecosystem. Some will go about their business until provoked, others will threaten your journey and the lives of your crew. As you explore and experiment, you will discover how responsive the world is. Pillage all vegetation on an island and creatures will travel elsewhere to graze. Tether a trunk to your ship to create a makeshift battering ram. We challenge you to surprise us with your creativity. It features persistency and consequence. You'll leave behind hints of your story that other players will discover, just like you will discover the shipwrecks of other players, scavenging their rusted, rotted debris, and piece together the history of their adventures. It's the first game to use Improbable's SpatialOS technology, which enables the simulation of real-world physics on a scale never achieved before, for thousands of players in real-time. The game shut down in July/2019. |
