FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 26 August 2020
New pre-alpha video footage shown for the indie RPG’s gamescom booth
Torquay, Australia, August 26, 2020 – Drop Bear Bytes today launched the Steam page for their upcoming isometric RPG, Broken Roads.
As part of their gamescom announcements, the Australian indie studio released a new pre-alpha showreel as well as range of their latest screenshot to tease the progress the game has made since its announcement last year.
"I’m incredibly proud of the leaps and bounds the team have made since we revealed Broken Roads,” says Craig Ritchie, Founder & Game Director of Drop Bear Bytes, “and the way the community has reacted to date is really encouraging! We’ve had our heads down working on a range of new characters, locations, quests and game features and it’s great to share a little of that for everyone at gamescom. We’ll have more to share on our dev blog and over social media throughout the event.”
Wishlist Broken Roads on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ and view the pre-alpha showreel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lV3QQ6OLCs
Broken Roads is set in a ravaged future Australia and presents players with an original alignment system: the Moral Compass. This unique take on morality presents a 360-degree view of all ethical and philosophical decisions a character can make, as well as their available moral traits. A character’s philosophical leaning will affect all areas of the game, from dialogue and companion reactions through to quest resolution and combat.
Broken Roads is in development for PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One, and is scheduled for release in late 2021.
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Broken Roads’ reveal trailer (October 2019) can be found at https://youtu.be/1szow-dCPzc
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About Broken Roads
Broken Roads is the upcoming debut title from Australian indie studio Drop Bear Bytes. Born of a love for traditional computer role-playing, Broken Roads provides a rich, engaging narrative in which players make their way across a desolated Australia.
Blending together traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering unlimited character development options, Broken Roads presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass. This novel design sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character's philosophical leaning.
Features:
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All-new post-apocalyptic setting
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Unique morality system influencing dialogue, quests and character development
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Authentic Australian locations and environments
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Blend of traditional and original RPG mechanics
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Up to 6 party members
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Turn-based tactical combat
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Hand-drawn artwork
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A content-rich and densely-crafted world
More at https://www.brokenroadsgame.com/
About Drop Bear Bytes
Headquartered in Torquay, Australia, Drop Bear Bytes was established in January 2019 and has a team comprised of developers, artists and writers from Australia, South Africa, Canada, UK, USA and China. The studio was founded by Craig Ritchie, a former games journalist turned marketing and brand manager who has worked on titles such as EVE Online, the Vampires: The Masquerade MMO, DUST 514, EVE: Valkyrie and Freya and the False Prophecy. Creative Lead Colin McComb is a veteran designer of both tabletop and computer RPGs whose work spans over 25 years with credits ranging from classics such as Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment through to more recent work on Torment: Tides of Numenera and Wasteland 2 & 3.
More at https://www.dropbearbytes.com/
Press Contact
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