Whale Rock Games Announce “We Are The Dwarves” – The Gamer Headlines

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June 6/23/2014 – Whale Rock Games have announced their latest title “We Are The Dwarves”. The newest title is a Real-Time Tactics game featuring a very ambitious single player story-driven experience; an interesting approach since most RTT games are more multiplayer focused. The developers of Whale Rock Games have launched the game for donations on Kickstarter here.

(The story is about a trio of Dwarves trying to save their kind being at the edge of extinction in the Universe of the Eternal Stone. )

Here is a brief description given by the developers:
“Dwarves – this is just a race among others, being at the edge of extinction, because the Stars mystically go out. Forcer, Smashfist and Shadow are the only survivors of a drilling starship expedition, and their mission is to find a new Star for the dwarven folk. The accident brought them to the unknown part of the Stone Universe, pushing into dangerous circumstances, but that’s where the adventure begins! Dwarves are going to meet other small civilizations and ancient monsters from the deep layers of the Eternal Stone. Some of them are dangerous enemies to each other and this plays to our dwarves hands.”

• – Single-player game where you control three dwarves team, each of them having their own set of exclusive skills;
• – Active game pause mode, for better setting of tactic moves – just stop the game and command your dwarves what to do, and watch them performing when you release the game;
• – You can create the sequence of actions for all three characters in the same time (stack of commands);
• – Depending on what you want from the level, you can play in the style of slasher or think through stealth tactics. That will bring fun in replaying the levels;
• – The creatures living in the world of the Eternal Stone can not only communicate with each other, they have senses to see, hear or smell your trace, which makes it harder for you to stay unnoticed;
• – Environment that brings danger itself with acid lakes or toxic clouds;
• -Active game pause for the thorough tactic creation, ability to choose between stealth and slasher scenario of the level or it’s parts.

Whale Rock Games has released two trailers which you can check out down below.

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Some of the developers are quite experienced and have developed well-known games such as; S.T.A.L.K.E.R, EverQuest, Elder Scrolls Online and more. However, “We Are The Dwarves” is their very first independent project as a studio. The vision and concept production of the game so far seems quite consequential. The trailer displayed a fair amount of unique enemy types from Orcs to other mythological creatures. The focus in gameplay seems to be on the three Dwarves, they showcase different abilities which can make for interesting combat scenarios. The team needs $120,000 to start full development on the game and pledgers will get a nice selection of rewards for donating which includes The Original Soundtrack, Posters, Figurines, and even a trip to their studio.
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(More rewards is listed in the pledgers section of their kickstarter page).

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In the game, Dwarves are the most advanced species, there will be three clans linked to the Dwarves gathered throughout different color stars. The Engineers, the Warriors, and the Disciples. Each branch of the Dwarves main objective isn’t war, however they can protect themselves if need be. Forcer, Smashfist, and Shadow are the main characters in the game, all featuring distinctive looks and personalities to them with promise of intricate backstories.

And let’s face it, who doesn’t like Dwarves?

 

The game will be available for PC & Mac with no word yet on a possible console release, perhaps if it exceeds the overall donation stretch goal?
What do you guys think of the game so far? Leave your comments down below!