The developers at Avidly Wild Games have put together a Kickstarter for a new game set in an orphanage called Our Darker Purpose. They seek a mere $40,000 to make the game a reality.
It's an action RPG with dark, Tim Burton-esque artwork that's a little bit Lord of the Flies. Players take on the role of an orphan named Cordy who must learn to fend for herself in an orphanage that's become run by the students after all the adults have left.
Here's what the developers have to say about it:
When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos. Cordy must battle feral classmates and dangerous creatures as she ascends to the cruel Administrators’ offices atop the Edgewood Home for Lost Children.
Our Darker Purpose is a top-down, rogue-like action RPG that combines the ingenuity of genre-defining classics with the expansiveness and accessibility of modern day action adventure games. The gameplay is steeped in a variety of influences ranging from A Link to the Past to The Binding of Isaac to Diablo. We love games with great mechanics and awesome, bizarre storylines, and that’s what we’re creating with Our Darker Purpose.
Each playthrough features a unique set of procedurally generated levels. Death is permanent, but your accomplishments earn you resources to buy lesson and upgrades in the afterlife… and your education lasts forever. Every game teaches you more about the Edgewood Home for Lost Children, the disappearance of the adults, and the darker purpose of the Administrators.
You can pledge to the Kickstarter here.
