Surgent Studios is the indie group based by actor Abubakar Salim, and earlier this yr it launched its debut title in Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU, a 2D action-platformer about grief and loss.
Although ZAU was a success with many gamers and critics, it didn’t expertise meteoric gross sales, and the studio has since needed to put its group on discover for redundancy. The hope for the studio’s future now lies in its subsequent undertaking, and securing funding for it.
As a method of serving to that alongside, Salim and Surgent Studios have introduced their subsequent undertaking. Talking to VGC, Salim revealed Tales Of Kenzera: Venture Uso, which continues the ‘Tales of Kenzera’ titling, although ‘Venture Uso’ seems to be a codename for now.
As a substitute of one other 2D platformer, Venture Uso is ready to be an Afro-Gothic RPG. It’ll be an isometric sport nonetheless set throughout the Kenzera universe, however based on Salim it’ll be a darker story than the one advised in Zau.
“It’s nonetheless within the Tales of Kenzera universe, however it’s darker, it’s extra visceral, it’s gritty. One of the simplest ways I can describe it’s a single-player, isometric, Afro-Gothic motion RPG. The story (with Zau) is that as a shaman you’re difficult the God of Dying as a method of trying on the thought of wholesome dealing with grief, so I got here up with the thought of what if one reader is impressed to defy demise itself, in order that they create this android which is customary to cradle the spirits of the useless,” Salim advised VGC.
He added, “and what if that spirit isn’t a human being, it’s a God, Eshu, the God of Chaos, so now you’ve acquired these two mentalities in a single body? That’s one thing I assumed could be actually cool to discover.”
“We need to actually focus our time and a spotlight on the mechanics, on the gameplay on the texture of it as a complete, as a result of I believe that’s what’s actually key. That’s what will make it actually sing. As passionate Dungeons & Dragons gamers, the Surgent group and I knew we needed to attempt our hand at creating our personal RPG system. As a technique to give Venture Uso a fast-paced, real-time really feel, we created the Crucible system, which requires gamers to roll in opposition to themselves.”
Regardless of the troubles Surgent Studio confronted in having to layoff builders shortly after its debut title, Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU cemented the studio and Salim as sport creators to look at.
Venture Uso already seems like an extremely attractive sport. Hopefully Surgent Studios will be capable to make it.
Supply – [VGC]
