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TUG Now Available on Steam Early Access
LOS ANGELES--March 28, in
the year of our Lord 2014--Nerd Kingdom today announced
their debut game, TUG, is now available on Steam Early Access.
TUG is a multiplayer, open-world, sandbox-RPG using social
sciences to allow players to impact how the game morphs.
TUG offers a massive procedurally-generated world to explore,
featuring 13 unique biomes including complex cave systems and
day/night cycles. The gameplay focuses on crafting, exploration,
pvp, and role-playing, with an emphasis on immersion and player
freedom.
Players begin their journey as beings called Seeds, humanoid
creatures with a special crystal on their body enabling them to
interface with the strange energies in the world around them.
While the game won't have a linear narrative, the developers
have hinted at an expansive mythos that will eventually manifest
itself in the game in numerous ways.
"What really sets us apart from other open world sandbox titles
is the way we prioritize our development goals based directly on
player input," said Peter Salinas, a behavioral scientist and
developer for TUG. "We've had such tremendous feedback and
support from our players in our early alpha, and we can't wait
to see all the amazing and creative things players will continue
to do with the game. By looking at our community's play patterns
and listening to their feedback, we can keep our development
focused on what our players want."
The game currently features two gameplay modes: Creative Mode
and Survival Games. In Creative Mode, players can unleash their
creativity on the landscape of TUG by digging and building the
terrain and exploring the near-infinite procedurally generated
world. In the Survival Games, players spawn on a multiplayer map
and must race to collect resources, craft weapons and tools, and
battle it out to the last Seed standing. Players must utilize
the environment to forge tools and weapons, create traps, and
sabotage opponents.
Currently in alpha testing, the game will have new features and
gameplay systems continuously being added, upgraded, and
expanded on. New modding tools will be released periodically so
players can create their own maps, tools, and weapons and share
them.
TUG can be purchased today on Steam Early Access for $9.99.