Wildman: "Evolutionary" Next-Gen Action RPG/RTS Game from Gas Powered Games.

amxn

Hey guys, I came across this project from GPG, "Wildman ARPG/RTS"

Wildman Trailer:

http://youtu.be/uBBDO82ZWXQ


Some Concept-Art:




^ This concept-art has gameplay scenarios and attacks near the bottom (check the hi-res version) - The Bear Slam & T-Rex Tail smash!



^ Shows Polymorphs & Items.

Entire High-Resolution Concept-Art album here: http://imgur.com/gallery/wpQQh/

The Plot:

You start out in the Stone age (from 200,000 years back - Dinosaurs, and other creatures live and battle alongside Man in the Wildman universe) and progress through the eras, looting Technology, Items & Weapons from defeated tribes/camps, kingdoms, etc and shape your own path (and your character) throughout history.

The RTS part of it, "Warzones" is supposed to seamlessly integrate into the game play (Exploration, Dungeon crawling, etc) (below)

Merits & why its Innovative:

I'm yet to see such deep character progression that has been this open-ended, since character progression in most games controlled by a limited tech tree. Wildman on the other hand isn't constrained by a tech tree. Each persons' build - Tech, Weapons and Items are unique and no two players might have the same stats.

Nevertheless, It's got Dinosaurs, Sabretooths, Polymorphs, Mounts & Wildwomen!

Project Mercury & Mod-Tools:

They also demoed their Cloud-based Modding Tool & Web platform, "Project Mercury" which can manipulate 3D in-game objects, contribute to level design, custom maps, etc. (see below) which seems really interesting, cause we don't need to download the tools and get frustrated while setting them up before you even start to work with the tools. This IMO could democratize Modding a fair bit!

http://youtu.be/kuGdQqUhKD4

Edit: Removed kickstarter links since they're against the rules. Thanks @Archsorcerer

rab

Here is a fan-based Wiki on the game:

http://wild-man.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

rab

Here is an update with Artist Kevin Pun aka KBot from Total Annihilation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oYq-AZifPg

Archsorcerer

I'm planning on giving them some money this weekend. First time using a credit card.

Also, I need to get some Judas Priest music too.

In the event that the kickstarter fails, do you think a publisher could pick it up? GPG wouldn't achieve the indie independence but they could remain active.

TychoCelchuuu

Is there any forum that you haven't signed up for in order to pimp the game? Are you one of the GPG employees who isn't going to be hired back when the Kickstarter inevitably fails? Between your stuff, @rab's suspicious "hey I just happened to also join this forum just now and I happen to love Wildman too" and the other Wildman bullshit posts out there I'm starting to get pretty mad at Chris Taylor's "let me crowdsource my company's death throes" idea. Like, honestly, when you launch a Kickstarter asking for money and only later reveal that you've fired everyone and that you were planning on making a ton more money than you are eventually going to get, it's hard not for me to feel like your obliviousness isn't going to carry over into fucking the game up by aiming too low with the budget or hiring back too many people or something else.