Solasta: Crown of the Magister Kickstarter Campaign Live, Free Demo Available

Solasta: Crown of the Magister, a turn-based tactical CRPG heavily influenced by tabletop RPGs and Dungeons & Dragons in particular, has finally made its way to Kickstarter. Developed by Tactical Adventures, a French studio created by Mathieu Girard who you may know as one of the founders of Amplitude Studios (Endless Space, Endless Legend, etc), the game promises an epic adventure that stays true to its tabletop origins and focuses on such often overlooked features like verticality, interactive environments, and dynamic lighting.

The developers seek a total of €180,000 (roughly $197,000) in order to greatly expand Solasta with new playable classes, races, and quests. Those of you curious about this game can already play a free pre-alpha demo on Steam.

Here’s the introductory Kickstarter video:

And here’s a trailer dedicated to the game’s lore:

Finally, here’s a gameplay-focused trailer:

A few snippets from the campaign overview:

Introduction

Created and written by lifelong fans of Pen & Paper RPGs, Solasta: Crown of the Magister is a Turn-Based Tactical RPG heavily influenced by Tabletop RPGs.

• An Epic Team Adventure – Create your very own party of adventurers with our Character Creation Tool in the classic tabletop RPG tradition. Breathe life into your heroes, and see their personalities reflected in their dialogue.
• Discover a Mysterious & Dynamic World – Delve into long forgotten dungeons to unearth ancient artifacts, but stay watchful of light and darkness: many dangers hide in the dark, but a light can attract monsters.
• Prepare to Think in Three Dimensions – The dungeons in Solasta are more than flat game-boards. Climb, jump, or fly around obstacles. Evade or surprise foes from above or below. Watch out, though – the monsters are also thinking vertically.
• True to Tabletop – Solasta: Crown of the Magister brings back the thrill, tactics, and deep storytelling of tabletop games. As you play, you’ll feel yourself reaching for your dice and miniatures; Roll for initiative!
• A Team of Passionate Veterans – Led by Mathieu Girard, co-Founder of Amplitude Studios (Endless Space…), Tactical Adventures is a small studio of experienced developers with many projects under their belt.

Fact Sheet

• Deep & tactical gameplay using a Turn-based, Grid-based fighting system, and built around core pillars such as Dynamic Lighting, Vertical exploration & combat, and Interactive environment.
• Written by Antoine Guillaud and Graeme Davis, Solasta is a fascinating High Fantasy World with centuries of complex history & lore to explore. Watch our Lore Trailer here!
• An epic single-player campaign that will take your party from level 1 to level 10.
• A fully-customizable party of 4 characters, each of them as important as the others.
• Building the game hand-in-hand with the community, with Communication & Transparency as core values.
• Current Platform: PC Windows
• Current Languages: English (Voiced), French & German (Interface & Subtitles)

Why Kickstarter

We don’t just want you to like Solasta – we want you to love it! Getting additional funds mean we can add more content, such as more classes, more races and more quests. We want to make the best game we can possibly do, and that means seeking support from you – the player.

We want to build Solasta with your help and hear your opinions. What is it you would like to see? What are you excited about? What are your concerns? Kickstarter enables that direct line of discussion.

We also want to be transparent with you. Know that Solasta: Crown of the Magister will come out no matter what – we already have a stable budget consolidated from our own money, bank loans, public investments and government grants – so you can be confident that we’re not just going to bail on you. Kickstarter will allow us to expand the scope of the game beyond its original scope, and we can assure you that we will release a complete & polished game.