Umbra Begins Its Journey on Kickstarter

Today, SolarFall Games started their Kickstarter for an isometric RPG in an post-apocalyptic world with hack and slash mechanics, titled Umbra. It's a different sort of hack and slash, with a lot of loot and personalization that gives it more of an rpg feel.According to the Kickstarter, the game takes place in an open world where all of your decisions matter in the long run. It says that your character will have entirely customizable mutations, like horns and wings, which give your character an edge in battle in a way that you want rather than what the game dictates. 

The Story is as follows:

The corrupted Human Republic is falling apart: Starvation and disease are ravaging mankind, leading to violent riot everywhere.

In order to maintain their grasp on the population, the Republic is using vicious tactics, poisoning the population to weaken it and removing all children from their parents to better mold their mind. Newborn babies are rare, and few are born healthy.

An unknown curse has made men lose their memory, provoking a limbo that has eaten their own history and technological knowledge.

Rumors say that the leaders of the Republic signed pacts with occult entities, and monstrously mutated humans are appearing in the wild, leading raids against cities and villages.

Food becomes rare, leading to an extreme measure. In the name of survival, the Republic declared that anyone over the age of 50 should be killed. The same rule applies to anyone presenting mutation.

The Hero

You are a former officer of the Republic who developed magical powers. You tried to hide it, but your hierarchy found out. Instead of directly killing you, they tried to capture you and lead experiment on your body.

You managed to escape and take refuge in the wild. There, you were attacked by a large pack of the monstrous creature. Outnumbered, you were about to fail when the mysterious order of the Templars saved you.

SolarFall Games is asking for 225,000 dollars to fund this epic journey of a game, and thus far has only raised a small fraction of that price. The Kickstarter would help pay for the use of the games engine and to make it the best posible experience it can be. To get the digital version of the game will be 15 dollars according tot he Kickstarter, but the Early Bird Specials are still available as of right now.

The highest reward is the “Guardian Reward” and it's described as follows:

GUARDIAN ANGEL

Everything above! This includes several copies of the games, lots of physical and limited rewards, signed certificates, sketches and more! ♦ Associate Producer Credit! Work with us to shape Umbra. Make your opinion count! ♦ Visit the studio to check the game in person and to give us your ideas and feedback ♦ Be included under the Guardian Angels Credits List ♦ Guardian Angel forum badge ♦ Free shipping!

Umbra will be available for PC in October 2016. The Project is on Steam Greenlight as well as Kickstarter.

Angelina Bonilla, NoobFeed (@Twitter)