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Dragon Fin Soup brings retro RPG flair to a dragon-turtle's back
Indie developer Grimm Bros opted for a retro, SNES-inspired style for its debut game, Dragon Fin Soup. The developer recently achieved its $24,000 goal on Kickstarter to bring the RPG to PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS3 and Vita. Sporting turn-based movement and a classic 2D top-down visual style, Dragon Fin Soup is an action RPG with roguelike qualities set in the world of Asura, which rests on the back of a giant "dragon-turtle." Players can learn more about the world through a blend of scripted events and quests as well as procedurally-generated content in the game's story mode, led by Dragon Fin Soup's first playable character, Red Robin. It also features a survival mode marked by permanent death in which players are dropped into a dangerous forest with limited supplies, fighting their way through generated dungeons that increase in difficulty. Dragon Fin Soup still has roughly three weeks to go before its crowdfunding campaign ends, and is seeking stretch goals to fund expansions and port the game to the Sony platforms. It was among the 75 games recently approved for Steam distribution via Greenlight. Grimm Bros was founded by former Human Head COO Ash Monif and artist Randis Albion in March 2013. [Image: Grimm Bros]
Former Human Head COO starts new studio Grimm Bros.
Grimm Bros. is a new studio being formed by Prey 2 developer Human Head's former Chief Operating Officer Ash Monif, with artist Randis Albion taking on the role of art director. Prey 2 is currently in limbo. The developer plans on taking Grimm fairy tales and mixing them with the "humor of Monty Python and the darkness of Evil Dead" in an RPG."I grew up reading the classics like Grimm, Chaucer, Tolkien – and I feel that today's games gloss over a lot of the richness that can be found within these great works," said Monif. "Our goal is to create classic and immersive RPG and adventure games, set in a persistent world for a community of core gamers."The studio has started work on its first game, which it plans to announce at next week's Game Developers Conference.%Gallery-183308%
