A silvertree on the Horizon
A silvertree on the Horizon
Game News - posted by Nedrah on Tue 13 November 2007, 12:21:47
Tags: Silvertree RPGFrom the good people that brought us the highly acclaimed Battle for Wesnoth comes a new RPG - Silvertree.
SilverTree is now a complete, albeit unpolished game. Most of the major gameplay features that are intended are now present: you can explore, talk to NPCs, fight, learn skills, gather equipment, and so forth. There is a simple adventure included which can be played through to completion.
Silver Tree is an Open Source project which aims to develop a high quality 3D RPG.
They released a downloadable version 0.2 on October 9, 2007.
As versions advance, I'm sure they will get the shiney graphics done just fine. Sadly, there is not much information available on the kind of gameplay experience they envision, but their google code entry tells us the following:
The SilverTree RPG project will produce a 3D RPG with a hybrid real time, turn based system.
SilverTree intends to include a wide range of adventuring activities, in addition to combat and looting. In the wilderness tracking and stealth can provide the all-important element of surprise in combat, or allow the player to avoid more powerful foes. Literacy allows characters to use books and manuscripts to study new skills.
Grinding will be minimized. Less experience is gained each time the same type of enemy is defeated, and healing is not easily obtained. Most enemies will try to flee from the PC when they have little chance of survival.
SilverTree will allows play as several different types of heros. The PC's response to moral dilemmas will be measured on several scales such as Honest <-> Deceptive, and NPCs will react accordingly, but there is not only one right answer.
We might want to keep an eye on this one, given some interest I shall try to get some words on the game from the devs, themselves.
SilverTree is now a complete, albeit unpolished game. Most of the major gameplay features that are intended are now present: you can explore, talk to NPCs, fight, learn skills, gather equipment, and so forth. There is a simple adventure included which can be played through to completion.
Silver Tree is an Open Source project which aims to develop a high quality 3D RPG.
They released a downloadable version 0.2 on October 9, 2007.
As versions advance, I'm sure they will get the shiney graphics done just fine. Sadly, there is not much information available on the kind of gameplay experience they envision, but their google code entry tells us the following:
The SilverTree RPG project will produce a 3D RPG with a hybrid real time, turn based system.
SilverTree intends to include a wide range of adventuring activities, in addition to combat and looting. In the wilderness tracking and stealth can provide the all-important element of surprise in combat, or allow the player to avoid more powerful foes. Literacy allows characters to use books and manuscripts to study new skills.
Grinding will be minimized. Less experience is gained each time the same type of enemy is defeated, and healing is not easily obtained. Most enemies will try to flee from the PC when they have little chance of survival.
SilverTree will allows play as several different types of heros. The PC's response to moral dilemmas will be measured on several scales such as Honest <-> Deceptive, and NPCs will react accordingly, but there is not only one right answer.
We might want to keep an eye on this one, given some interest I shall try to get some words on the game from the devs, themselves.
