Press Play, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Kalimba is putting the community front-and-center in a unique "open development process."
Over the past months Press Play has been developing three concepts and it is now leaving the decision of which concept to take forward to the community. The studio promises that the concept chosen by the community will be developed as its biggest game yet.
The three concepts open to community voting are:
Project: Dwarka
An action-packed first-person co-op game, set in a dark fantasy world. Team up with a group of friends to become a band of legendary dwarven treasure hunters, and explore a procedurally generated underworld filled with gold and monstrosities.
Project: Karoo
A physics based multiplayer construction game set in an open world. Build complex machines out of simple blocks—you can build any type of vehicle you can think of, and use it to go on adventures.
Project: Knoxville
A 3rd person multiplayer action-survival game in which players must both work together and against each other. It goes further than any game when it comes to dynamic relationships and spectator interaction, and makes you wonder: "How far will you go to survive?
And that’s just the beginning; beyond this initial feedback, the community will get the chance to engage with Press Play throughout development. Some of the things that Press Play is planning as part of this process include sharing early builds of the game and having community members join meetings and project reviews via Skype. And of course, that’s in addition to regular forum activity, lots of video, and frequent blog updates.
You can vote for your favorite concept here.
