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Hyper Light Drifter adds PS4 and PS Vita to its launch platforms
Hyper Light Drifter, the alluring RPG project pitched as a blend of The Legend of Zelda and Diablo, has added PS4 and PS Vita to its list of launch platforms, an update on the Kickstarter page reads. Anyone who pledged $15 or more can choose PS4 or PS Vita as their preferred platform; those who pledged $10 will have to choose between PC, Mac or Linux. Since its debut last week, the Hyper Light Drifter Kickstarter campaign has secured over $225,000 in support from backers. The Kickstarter pledge drive only sought $27,000 to create the game, but due to the excessive outpouring of cash the game will now be bolstered by a co-op campaign and competitive mode, two extra areas to explore and a full soundtrack from Disasterpiece. Developer Alex Preston has said he hopes to launch Hyper Light Drifter in mid-2014.
'Hyper Light Drifter' pitched as a blend of Zelda and Diablo
Alex Preston's Hyper Light Drifter is a beautifully pixelated 2D action RPG being made in collaboration with Samurai Gunn programmer Beau Blyth, with tunes by Fez composer Disasterpiece, aka Rich Vreeland. Hyper Light Drifter is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which players assume the role of a Drifter – a person who goes out and collects old technology and artifacts from the world-that-was. But in Hyper Light Drifter, the protagonist isn't an ordinary Drifter: He's suffering from an unknown illness and is on the hunt for a cure. The Kickstarter post describes gameplay as a hybrid between The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Diablo, with "lightning fast combat, more mobility, an array of tactical options, more numerous and intelligent enemies, and a larger world with a twisted past to do it all in." $27,000 will fund the game, while $35,000 will help expand the game world with two new areas and a New Game+ mode. $42,000 will net two more boss battles and improved cutscenes, and $64,000 will allow Preston to hire another animator and expand the game even more. $75,000 will provide a "fully realized soundtrack" by Disasterpiece and, if the Kickstarter campaign reaches $100,000, then co-op campaign and competitive modes will be instituted. Right now the plan is to bring it to PC in mid-2014, but Preston "would love to expand to other platforms."
