Tuesday 15 June 2010

Runic 3D is Coming (Finally!)

Apologies to our countless millions of fans for the complete radio silence that has surrounded Runic 3D as of the past few months. Many things from our lives outside of our computer machines may have got in the way a slight. But never the less Runic 3D is now in play-test!

Without further ado let me give you a run-down of what Runic 3D is and the features that will be in the final version of the game.

As you may or may not know the Runic game is a match three puzzler with a twist, the puzzles can be attacked from a variety of different angles and there is a clear cut goal rather than simply matching pieces for the sake of score.

The new Runic 3D game is a continuation of that idea. We've used the jump to 3D to not only build on the graphical quality of the game, but have also used this to greatly simplify the control scheme. The game is now played across a 12 * 12 grid rather than the original 20 * 20 to improve the flow of the game and still make for some tough puzzles.

The game features four quests; Loki, Freyja, Thor and Odin. Each quest contains 10 challenging levels that can be played single player or co-op with a friend. For each quest you complete you earn a trophy and if all four quests are completed the five level 'Valhalla Quest' is unlocked where you must defeat the toughest puzzles in the game.

As well as the 45 quests and 5 unlockable trophies there are three high-score based timed levels for those of you who feel like a quicker more traditional match-3 puzzle.

The game now also features the players avatar who will clap and cheer the player on in the good times, and cry like a baby during the bad.

Runic 3D is now finishing play test and we are hoping to have released at the end of this month. Possibly most importantly of all this fully 3D puzzle extravaganza will cost only 80 pieces of Xbox gold!

Roll the screenshots!






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