News Grounded (by Obsidian) - coming July 28 on Early access (v1.0 in 2021)

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Grounded

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Explore, build and survive together in this first person, multiplayer, survival-adventure. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Obsidian Entertainment announces Grounded, their new survival game with a small twist. Go big or never go home in Spring 2020. An Xbox Game Preview title built with community feedback and premiering on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC.

Spring 2020

 

[5taquitos]

"Survival"

Aaaaand I'm out.

 

[ISee]

That's a bit unexpected...

 

[KainXVIII]

 

[Le Pertti]

Wow, it's like it tries to hit all the checkmarks on how to bomb.

 

[PossiblyPudding]

I mentioned in the chat when it was first announced that while I'm not the biggest survival genre fan I do really enjoy the whole premise of a "small character in a big world" setting.

So depending on the price I'll probably check it out. Besides it will be on Game Pass first for folks that are signed up for that. Makes for a perfect way to try it out without spending too much and having to deal with a refund if it doesn't click for you.

 

[prudis]

also steampage //updating the OP

Why Early Access?
“From our previous crowdfunding experience, we found incredible value in involving the community early in the process. Early Access provides an ability to receive and implement community feedback in a way that helps us more nimbly build a better game. Grounded is the type of experience in which community feedback will be critical, and Early Access will enable that feedback loop from the very beginning.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“We want to make the best experience possible and putting an exact timeline on an early-in-development game is very challenging. That said, we also want to be transparent with our community, so we will give you our best guess with the understanding that these plans may change. The current target for Grounded’s full release is sometime in 2021.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“There is a ton of great content we want to deliver with Grounded, but more importantly some of the ideas and features may change dramatically based on the feedback we receive from the community. Our current plan for the full release is to have the following features:

• Complete storyline
• Steam Achievements and Cards
• More bugs! The insect kind.
• More environments and biomes
• More crafting recipes
• Additional features and updated systems to improve the entire experience”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“At the start of Early Access, the following features/content will be available in Grounded:

• Roughly 20% of the full storyline
• 3 major biomes – the grasslands, the hedge, and the haze
• Crafting
• Base building
• Single and online co-op play
• First two tiers of weapons and armor
• At least ten insects
• Arachnophobia mode”
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
“We greatly appreciate the willingness of our community to support and engage with the development of Grounded. Therefore, early supporters will receive a benefit since we will gradually increase the price of Grounded in early access as we add more content and features.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
“We want to create as many opportunities as possible for our community to engage with us and provide feedback. Whether it is our development blog, discord server, or monthly dev diaries, we will be listening, discussing, and incorporating your feedback from start to finish.”

 

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During the grounded pax east 2020 panel, the developers showed some first gameplay clips for their new game, where we can see some of the gameplay mechanics and some of the game environments.

Grounded first gameplay focuses on some of the basic aspects of the game, such as the building system, crafting, looting and the combat system. During our adventure we will be able to build shelters by knocking down some tufts of grass that we encounter

The Grounded gameplay demo also contains some of the spectators 'questions present at PAX East and the developers' answers, so it allows us to have further details on the new obsidian adventure.

 

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[UWSL]We are proud to reveal an all new story trailer for Grounded, our upcoming survival adventure game! On July 28th, [/UWSL][UWSL]go big or never go home. [/UWSL]

[UWSL]Coming to Xbox Game Preview and Game Pass on Xbox one, as well as Xbox Game Pass PC and Steam Early Access.[/UWSL]

 

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[UWSL]Obsidian Entertainment brings us an extended, single-player gameplay demo – with developer commentary - of their upcoming survival game Grounded. [/UWSL]

 

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