CORPSES 'N SOULS Current details

Features

• A massive 2D world to explore. Corpses ‘N Souls offers exceptional detail, employing classic Metroidvania mechanics that so many fans have grown to adore. Coupled with Diablo-like ARPG* action, random or custom loot and substantial replay value are yours for the taking. Multi-faceted gameplay and adventuring combined with an open-world feel brings the player into a whole new level of immersion.

• Fusing Old-School with current technology. Our studio has taken a progressive and modern approach to Corpses ‘N Souls design. We have taken our inspiration from the best of what SNES, Genesis and Arcade-style games have offered, while evolving the genre with cutting-edge rendering techniques.

• Dynamic travel. Enjoy an open world that further removes past constraints often found in 2D games, allowing you to traverse the environment like a modern open-world game. Feel like climbing up towering cliffs then jumping off at any point to a lower level? How about diving into the depths of a water feature and into the underworld below? Corpses ‘N Souls tries to remove as many shackles as possible, giving the player full control to maximize their adventure.

• Fresh Concepts. Corpses ‘N Souls introduces unusual tasks that focus on harvesting the corpses and souls of the fallen, leading to many other related and engaging gameplay experiences. During your time in our world, you will gather, manipulate and process the corpses and souls of fallen foes and witness new multi-tiered experiences.

• Tools of the Trade. As an up and coming elite ECC* operative you will learn to become one with your Reever Chain. The Reever Chain is used specifically for harvesting Corpses and will allow you to deliver corpses to Crypts and Mausoleums for initiating offerings to your Harvest Reever Vessel.

• Crypts and Mausoleums. These key structures scattered throughout the planets are the focal point for harvesting your Corpses and Souls that you gather. Both structures act as the gateway to your Harvest Reever Vessel which will transfer and process your Corpses and Souls that you offer.

• Persistent World Content. Many objects will be persistent in order to ensure continuity of experiences. For added immersion the corpses and souls of fallen foes will remain persistent in the game world, allowing for greater depth to the harvesting mechanic.

• Worlds are massive and intricate in design. Levels are large, multi layered and multi-tiered so you no longer have to be constrained to point A to point B type gameplay that feels one dimensional. One will travel through many environments such as the dead lands, depths of lakes, dungeons, mountains tops, vast forests, swamps, castles, crypts, mausoleums and other places and structures to just name a few. Circular design and Metroidvania type gameplay ensure that you re visit areas and unlock new areas while you progress in the world.

• Travel in style. With a dual portal system that lets you fast travel between any two points without your portal collapsing after use provides the ultimate travel system. Not only are portals efficient in fast travel but they are also a very efficient way of managing your harvesting of Corpses and Souls to select Crypts and Mausoleums that you choose to use.

• No tiles just objects.Everything in Corpses ‘N Souls is considered an object and has meaning. This creates a dynamic environment that can have a dynamic look and behavior along with custom or procedural properties. These features allow for logic to be attached to these objects which further enhance the behaviors, challenges, visuals and variety.

• We love loot! Everything that is usable in Corpses ‘N Souls is constructed to be lootable, with procedural stats, grade and other properties. Some examples include mobs*, ladders, chests, weapons & gear. These options provide dynamic difficulty as needed, the end result being more challenge, depth and variety. Make your choices wisely!

• A vibrant, colorful and detailed gaming world. A rich palette and intricate detail is put into every pixel of the game, allowing Corpses ‘N Souls to fully deliver its vision. Parallax backgrounds are also used to provide a feeling of depth and scale.

• HD graphics and Next gen rendering techniques. Side Scroll Studios custom game engine, 2DEvolved, has been hand-crafted to handle even the most demanding modern 2D environments. Built in-house, the 2DEvolved engine allows Corpses ‘N Souls vision and potential to become a reality, defining a new era in 2D platform games.

Some of our advanced features include :
• Dynamic vegetation, lighting & particles, GPU-accelerated particles & shadowing,
• Normal mapping,
• Multiple shaders, post-processing effects,
• Recommended baseline of 1080p resolution, scaling to a maximum of 5760x1080.

• Crafting. To aid you in your adventures, you will be able to forage for resources to craft new items. These can be used, equipped and consumed, as well as serve many other purposes. Discovering schematics and tablets will also allow the player to further increase their arsenal and tools.

• Minions! During your stay on the E-K planetary group, you may find that getting help from others will help soften the harshness of your environment. Minions can be summoned and recruited to help in combat, harvesting, act as a utility unit, or act as a guard for key structures.

• Dynamic Day/Night cycles. Witness ever-changing lighting as each day/night cycle progresses. Not only visually impressive, coupled with dynamic weather environments, they also act directly to produce unique gameplay experiences according to the time of the day.

• Dynamic weather system. During your time in the world of Corpses ‘N Souls you will encounter dynamic weather systems for the different environments that you visit. With the addition of weather effects added to the mix, further detail and immersion is added to your time in Corpses ‘N Souls.

• Multiple species/classes. The addition of multiple classes per species allows for greater variety for each play-through. The inhabitants that roam the world of Corpses ‘N Souls act as formidable opponents, be on your guard as these aren’t ordinary mobs*. Robust AI provides a challenging and engaging battle-system during your confrontations.

• Spells and Magic. Spellbooks act as a means for gaining new magic abilities, they are found scattered throughout the worlds you encounter as loot. Likewise they can be gained at black market vendors and as rewards from harvesting or by completing tasks. The many schools of magic available will help you in your objectives and strengthen chances of survival.

• Tactics. Perform multiple evasion, combat and defence moves to deal with the many obstacles that will be thrown at you. Couples with a unique stealth system, Corpses ‘N Souls allows the player to develop a defined strategy and use varying tactics suited to each encounter.

• A different kind of Stealth. A unique stealth system breaks up the combat and adventuring and allows the player to strategize and use tactics in order to outsmart the adversary at hand and reap the rewards. Souls and animated Meat chunks provide a new gameplay experience when it comes to stealth and allows the player to take a different perspective while enjoying fresh progressive stealth mechanics.

• Robust Quest System. Multiple tasks await you during your tour across the E-K planetary group. Succeed and reap the benefits. You may also encounter friendly inhabitants on each mission, who may offer you rewards for the completion of specific work. Stay sharp for these opportunities, everything counts.

• Options. Full Xbox One controller support as well Mouse and Keyboard controls, both being fully re-mappable.

*ARPG = Action Role Playing Game

*mobs = enemies

*ECC = Evolutionary Chosen Collectors