Cloudscape
Some time ago, the indie developer Konitama launched a Kickstarter campaign for the survival game Cloudscape. The team actually wanted to raise "only" $ 50,000 to finance the final work. But the game caused quite a stir at Kickstarter and far exceeded the target. In the end, it even raised $ 208,806.Cloudscape sounds like a cross between Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda. At first glance, everything looks like a simulation in which you manage your own farm on a procedurally generated island, meet other residents there and pursue other activities. However, you can leave your home, travel to other islands and explore them. This is where certain survival aspects come into play at the latest. Among other things, you will meet monsters that you have to defeat in battle. By the way, the island consists of a mix of procedural and hand-made parts. Accordingly, every game should be very individual - at least with regard to the starting world.
Since the Kickstarter campaign brought in more than $ 200,000, all stretch goals are also covered. Accordingly, the fans can look forward to several expansions, seasonal events and additional game modes. Even a multiplayer part is firmly planned. However, you will have to wait some time until the release, because the release is only planned for July 2023 - and only if everything goes according to plan.
Source: Kickstarter
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Stardew Valley meets Zelda-like Cloudscape has smashed its Kickstarter
Stardew Valley is one of the best and most addictive games around, and now a new indie team is mixing that gameplay with another all-time great – The Legend of Zelda. That game is Cloudscape, and it’s just concluded its Kickstarter campaign with four times the team’s original goal – along with smashing every one of its stretch goals, too.
The Kickstarter for Cloudscape launched a month ago with the modest goal of $50,000, before concluding on Friday with an excellent total of $208,806 from 4,027 backers – with five of those backers pledging at least $1600 to the project. The campaign’s stretch goals included new expansions, seasonal events, new romantic partners, extra game modes, and even multiplayer. It broke all of these.
Developer Konitama specifically references The Legend of Zelda, Stardew Valley, and Animal Crossing as references, with Cloudscape combining “all of the great aspects of these games” into one adventure. Players will be able to customise their own private island, meet and romance villagers, raise animals, and more – so far, so Stardew.
However, as Konitama explains, “you’re not restoring a farm, you’re restoring the world.” Players can venture beyond the confines of their islands in an exploration and survival adventure, with monsters to fight using “fast-paced and immediate” combat controls. Locations will contain a mix of hand-crafted and procedural generation, and the general goal is to improve the lives of both the player’s neighbours and villagers on other islands.
It sounds a little like the open-world Harvest Days, with more of a traditional top-down viewpoint. Of course, there are plenty of great Zelda-like games on PC, including this month’s Death’s Door and the always-popular Genshin Impact – but the inclusion of Stardew Valley/Animal Crossing-style island management and relationships should allow Cloudscape to stand out as something special.