DTDigital unveils its first Steam Greenlight campaign to run alongside a free open beta build for Artificer. DTDigital intends to concatenate quick-paced arena combat with careful and tactical planning all in one game, with a planned release in Q4 2016.
About the game
Artificer is a top-down 2D space shooter for PC. It is a competitive shooter – multiplayer or single player – in an arena setting or with simple objectives (e.g. destroy or defend stations, and capture points). Freely customize your ship with the ship editor or build a completely new ship to your own specifications and watch your enemy crafts break apart and drift into space blown apart by a selection of plethora of weapons available to you. Manoeuvre and defend yourself with energy shield modules to ensure you do not share a similar fate, or even use warp capability to instantly transport from one part of space to the other.
Key Features
· Ships are a collection of ship components that are entirely customizable with user friendly in-game ship editor interfaces.
· Three-tiered progression component rosters with different functionality that enable for versatile ship builds.
· Tactical or skill based combat system dependant on the individual ship build.
· Location based damage system, each component is able to withstand limited damage. Once enough damage has accumulated the piece will be destroyed and drift away.
· Mine resources to construct ships, these can be gained from destroying drifting components and asteroid that litter space.
· Single player and multiplayer combat
Open Beta Build – Download the open beta here >> https://dtdigital.itch.io/artificer
Current build includes:
– 15 different single player contracts with simple narrative
– Ship editor with around 50 tier one ship components.
– 11 material elements to collect and build components
– 14 prebuilt ships for player & AI.