Former Overwatch recreation director Jeff Kaplan has revealed his subsequent recreation, The Legend of California.
The debut providing from Kaplan’s new studio Kintsugiyama, The Legend of California is a Wild West themed first-person shooter set through the Gold Rush, however in a fictional island of California fairly than the real-life model.
“Discover, collect, craft, construct, hunt, and struggle your approach throughout an enormous untamed frontier,” the sport’s description on Steam reads. “Whether or not you select to journey alone or work along with mates, your mission on this legendary island isn’t just to outlive, however thrive.
“Keep robust, stake your declare, and turn out to be the true Legend of California.”
The sport has multiplayer at its core, and presents procedurally generated islands which have key landmarks in the identical place every time, however randomly strikes different parts round.
“We handcrafted the world so the form of California is at all times the acquainted form of California, besides it’s an island,” Kaplan defined on the Lex Fridman Podcast. “You realize, there’s no Nevada on the jap facet. We handcrafted all of that, it seems to be beautiful, and locations like Yosemite are the place you’ll anticipate Yosemite to be.
“All of these acquainted landmarks are there, however then we now have dozens of factors of curiosity, and people transfer across the map relying on the map seed, and the map can be tiered when it comes to issue. We don’t actually have ranges on this recreation, we now have tiers, and there’s solely 4 proper now, possibly that may change.
Kaplan defined that every server may have a distinct tier system. “Mohave could be the best beginner space in your server, however on my server it’s an endgame Tier 4 space,” he defined.
The sport’s description provides: “Grasp FPS fight that rewards precision and ability – whether or not you’re searching wildlife to remain alive, taking down hostile encampments for some fast coin, or defending your territory towards enemy gamers in optionally available PvP.
“Leverage sturdy gathering and crafting programs to rework the Californian wilderness into every little thing you must survive, from weapons for cover and instruments for enlargement to scrumptious meals to remain fed and prepared.
“Set up and develop your personal ranch – construct a mine, add stables, and unlock highly effective new crafting stations to additional customise your slice of the wild. Play on-line on persistent multiplayer servers the place you may forge your legacy solo or kind an organization with as much as three different gamers, sharing sources, buildings, progress, and extra.”
The Legend of California is obtainable to wishlist now on Steam, the place gamers also can request entry to approaching Playtests.
