Drive a horse-drawn cart through plague-ridden Transylvania in the first-person gothic adventure Night Cart: The Immortal Plague that sounds rather interesting. Indie developers just keep on making unique looking games, and the atmosphere here looks great.
Speaking to GamingOnLinux over email the developer described it as:
“The best way I can describe the game is a King’s Field IV-like with an open-world structure: heavy first-person combat, obscure discoveries, oppressive atmosphere (due to the plague and a militarized church faction going nuts and purging everything) and minimal hand-holding.
The combat is slow, deliberate first person melee + early firearms, with blocking, parrying, dodging. There is wildlife, plague creatures, gunners, horse riders, knights in armor and of course, bosses.”
Love the sound of it, especially the effect system that allows you to combine potion effects directly with your weapons and general gear. They shared some examples:
- Ignite a sword with a Fire Bomb and use it to light a pyre that burns creatures (or attracts others to your location).
- Douse yourself or the pyre with water to extinguish the flames.
- Infuse bullets or melee weapons with different effects (yes you can create a sword that cuts and then heals or a magic healing bullets. Or give the plague to your targets if you infuse your weapons with the plague effect).
- Plague spreads from infected creatures and rats and accumulates through exposure.
See the trailer below:
- Use your horse-drawn cart to travel between roads, ruins, settlements, and wilderness, stopping wherever curiosity leads you.
- Travel with Nera, an immortal companion who fights alongside you, comments on the world, and reacts to your journey.
- Explore interconnected roads, wilderness, ruins, caves, churches, cemeteries, laboratories, and other hidden locations, each with its own enemies, discoveries, and rewards.
- Fight deliberate, dangerous encounters in first person using charged melee attacks, firearms, alchemical tools, movement, and the environment itself.
- Choose when to fight, when to move past danger, and how deeply to explore. Use consumables, your horse, explosive objects, terrain, and your equipment to turn encounters in your favor.
- Apply potions to your weapons and create devastating combinations.
- Challenge powerful enemies and bosses guarding key locations, then use what you discover to push farther into the region.
- Meet memorable characters, uncover environmental stories, and piece together the mystery surrounding Count Saint Germain and Nera.
- Immerse yourself in a haunting atmosphere inspired by Romanian history, folklore, and gothic horror.
Their currently plan is to have the game release early November, with a demo sometime ahead of release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.