Publisher Digital Tribe and indie studio Innervoid Interactive announce that their sandbox RPG Dustgrave will have a playable demo on the Steam Next Fest, that will run from February 5-12. The game, that will be released on Steam in 2024, has recently published two new dev diaries in which players can get a grasp of how the world changes due to the players actions as well as have a sneak peek at its stealth system.
The world of Dustgrave will change over time depending on both the actions of the player and the factions that populate it. Settlements and locations are dynamic entities. This means they can be conquered by different factions, see their populations decimated, get destroyed and rebuilt or even infested with zombies. All in all, that ruined settlement you stumble upon at the beginning of the game may, one day, be a rebuilt city where you will have to protect its settlers while doing some construction work. You can read the dev diary here.
Players will always have an option to activate stealth mode to try to sneak their way out of difficult situations. In a game where all NPCs remember what you did to them, it’s fundamental to have the possibility of acting from the shadows to avoid negative consequences. NPCs will be able to notice the player via a cone of view and hearing sounds, but they will also have memory. Don’t you dare trying to sell them goods you just stole from them, or they’ll notice quickly. Of course, there’s also an option to engage in combat while in stealth mode, useful for those that don’t want anybody to notice that their character just killed a bunch of people. You can read the dev diary here.
