Unique visual and musical styles: Hand-drawn visuals and a soundtrack composed with instruments constructed from everyday objects help make the world of Broken Roads vibrant and alive.ĭrop Bear Bytes headquartered in Australia, brings a wealth of revered industry talent to the fold with a team comprised of talented developers, artists and writers from Australia, South Africa, Canada, USA and the UK.Authentic setting: Explore real-world locations across a post-apocalyptic Western Australia filled with intriguing and emotional stories.Moral Compass: A unique system that influences both story and gameplay as the plot unfolds.Deep and compelling: Broken Roads builds on classic single-player role-playing games, blending traditional gameplay with original mechanics and experiences.Drop Bear Bytes have a clear vision and a collective talent that will bring an exciting addition to the Versus Evil RPG family of published titles and we look forward to sharing their passion project fans of the genre” Said Steve Escalante, General Manager of Versus Evil.īroken Roads will be at Gamescom next week for press and gamers to check out an updated version of the game more closely, along with the publisher's other new signing, Eville: a multiplayer social deduction game which adds a new twist to the genre with its medieval RPG style, character roles, and individualized motives. “Versus Evil has a history of partnering with some of the best creatives in the industry and publishing highly engaging RPG titles enriched with deep narratives and killer visuals. Indie publisher Versus Evil, in partnership with indie development studio Drop Bear Bytes, announced that it will publish Broken Roads in 2023. Originally planned for late 2021, picked up by Team 17 and delayed until 2022, Broken Roads has switched hands to publisher Versus Evil and further postponed until 2023. Player decisions will shift a character’s philosophical leaning and alter their future choices, as well as open up Moral Traits which can help or hinder. This novel design sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character's philosophical leaning.
The game also presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass. The game tells the story of a group of companions as they make their way across Western Australia, encountering new friends, overcoming terrible enemies, and uncovering a mystery behind ever-stranger happenings in the Never Never.īroken Roads’ real-time exploration and turn-based combat is beautifully illustrated with hand-drawn artwork throughout, with the goal of offering an experience of playing in concept art – 3D characters, VFX, 2D environments and props all follow this painterly style. Using fixed-camera, hand-drawn isometric props and environments, the game will allow players to experience a ravaged future in a story of survival, introspection and community as they make their way across a desolated Australia. It’s been a busy year getting us to this point and I’m incredibly proud of what the team has done,” said Craig Ritchie, Founder & Game Director at Drop Bear Bytes.īroken Roads tells the story of a group of companions as they make their way across a post-apocalyptic Western Australia, encountering new friends, fighting fierce enemies, and uncovering a mystery behind strange happening in the Never Never.Born of a love for traditional computer role-playing, Broken Roads is an upcoming isometric post-apocalyptic RPG providing a rich, engaging narrative and an all-new morality system. Being able to put our own spin on the post-apoc genre and get experimental with philosophy and morality has been a lot of fun. “ As a fan of computer RPGs since the 80s, it’s been amazing getting Broken Roads to this point. Since the studio was founded this year, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Broken Roads is their debut title. The team comprises industry veterans and talented newcomers, with alums from the likes of CCP Games, Riot, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Torus Games. Interestingly enough, Drop Bear Bytes was founded in early 2019 by Craig Ritchie, a former games journalist turned marketing and brand manager who has worked on titles such as EVE Online, the Vampires: The Masquerade MMO, DUST 514, EVE: Valkyrie and Freya and the False Prophecy.
Broken Roads is the name of the upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG developed by a brand new Australian indie studio called Drop Bear Bytes. It looks like there's a surge of post-apocalyptic RPG announcements these days, but, thankfully, we can never have too many RPGs.
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