Hello fellow bandits,
Here's a quick update -- Call it community update 1.5.
Last week we introduced ourselves to you and our vision for Lost in the Open. We’re excited to share that our Kickstarter campaign is live NOW. This also means that you can be among the first to play Lost in the Open with our first-ever demo available from the Kickstarter campaign page. The Kickstarter trailer can be watched below.
So, Why Kickstarter?
We are hugely passionate about Lost In The Open and have been working on it for a little more than three years, with the last six months being full-time and self-funded. During this time, the project made big leaps. However, for us to continue in a full-time capacity and hit our June 2024 release date, we need your support! All of the funding will go towards development costs, including payments to our composer, sound designer, and additional programmers to assist with the game mechanics workload.
Exceeding our funding goal will allow us to pursue stretch goals we have had to postpone to focus on completing the core features. We're thrilled about the game's potential and eagerly await your support to realize our vision.
Most importantly, the Kickstarter community will provide us with invaluable feedback on all aspects, especially the combat gameplay. The game mechanics require precision, and we count on the community's input to fine-tune the combat experience. Your interest and support mean the world to us, and we sincerely hope you'll share the project with your friends too! Thank you!
We talked about it in the last community update, but a bit more about the demo: Lost in the Open delivers its gameplay in a roguelike fashion, where the death of your main character, the King, means starting all over again. This demo offers a full, but condensed gameplay loop, which is a shortened version of the game’s opening act. The demo includes:
- Multiple different combat and narrative scenarios
- Recruiting new bandits to join your team
- Leveling system to unlock new abilities
- The ability to upgrade equipment at the trader
- Helpful items and valuables to find from combat or buy/sell from the trader
- Flanking and positioning mechanics to reward tactical combat gameplay
- A final encounter that’s quite a challenge. Only a few of us have beaten it so far!
A little snippet of combat gameplay.
So one last time, thank you for checking out Lost In The Open, and we hope this is the start of a long journey together.
Sail on,
The Black Voyage Games Team