Dealspwn previews one of the most exciting Indie projects to ever enter beta.
Dealspwn.com's Jonathan Lester writes: "Genres mean nothing to A Valley Without Wind. Over the last few months, Arcen Games' upcoming epic has shrugged off any attempts at pigeonholing; gleefully transcending, blending and merging the traditional notions of what a game can be classified as. What, in fact, a game can do. However, with the beta in full swing, we've finally been able to get involved and try to make sense of it.
If you're desperate for a quick soundbite, A Valley Without Wind is a procedurally generated free-roaming side-scrolling platforming strategic role-playing survival simulation. A PGFRPSRPSS if you will. But more importantly, it's an incredible adventure and an unprecedented Indie masterpiece in the making. It's time to bite the bullet and take a look at exactly what this exciting project is all about."
Chris Park: "Postmortem sounds so grisly, doesn't it? I was tempted to call this a retrospective, but that sounds a bit foofy. So here we are. This isn't even a true retrospective, because AI War is still going strong and looks to remain that way for some time.
The time period this postmortem will examine is May 2009 through the end of May 2013."
The Entire Arcen Library is 75% off on Steam until April 22nd, and AI War is part of GamersGate's IndieFort Spring Bundle.
DHGF: It is difficult to explain what kind of game A Valley Without Wind is, the first title is sort of an action RPG/platformer/resource management game. Sort of like Actraiser (congrats if you know that game; you’re probably old too) but with a large amount of additional things to do and pay attention too. A Valley Without Wind 2 is less action RPG and more and action platform jumping game with light RPG elements mixed with a kind of strategy board game. Both are procedurally generated affairs, meaning that the first time you start the game it creates a world from scratch. Create a new world and it will not be the same as the one previously generated.
